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SZYK, ARTHUR
The Haggadah. London: Beaconsfield Press, [1940]
FIRST EDITION of the greatest Haggadah of the 20th century, finely printed in color on vellum, published in an edition of 250 copies. The entire edition of the celebrated Szyk Haggadah was printed on vellum.
This is Szyk’s own copy, out of series and unsigned. An accompanying provenance note states that it descended from Szyk to his heirs until it appeared for sale at Christie’s in New York in 2015.
$55,000
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(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Alexander Gardner, attrib
Abraham Lincoln delivering his Second Inaugural Address. Washington, March 4, 1865
Lincoln delivers his Second Inaugural Address, one of the most historic photographs of the 19th century. This famous image shows Lincoln in the act of delivering the address on the east portico of the United States Capitol on March 4, 1865.
$38,000
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WHITMAN, WALT
The Complete Writings. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1902
First edition of “the first comprehensive collection of Whitman’s work.” This is the rare deluxe issue printed on Japan vellum, number 2 of only 10 such sets, in the magnificent original morocco binding.
$38,000
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GUICCIARDINI, FRANCESCO
La Historia di Italia. Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1561
FIRST EDITION. A “masterpiece of scientific history,” Guicciardini’s History of Italy was “undoubtedly the greatest historical work that had appeared since the beginning of the modern era. It remains the most solid monument of Italian reason in the 16th century, the final triumph of that Florentine school of philosophical historians which included Machiavelli …” (Britannica, 11th ed.).
$28,000
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KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936
First edition of this classic of modern economics, “on which Keynes’s fame as the outstanding economist of his generation must rest” (DNB).
$24,000
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON S
The Second World War. London: Cassell, 1948-1954
FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS. Signed and dated by Churchill in the first volume.
$18,500
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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From its First Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth Month, called May, 1754. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1754
FIRST EDITION of Benjamin Franklin’s account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital established in the British colonies, co-founded by Franklin with his friend Dr. Thomas Bond. It remains a leading medical institution in Philadelphia.
$17,500
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(TORAH.) Leeser, Isaac, transl
Torat ha-Elohim. The Law of God [Five Books of Moses]. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 5605-6 (1845-46)
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of the Pentateuch translated by a Jew and the first American translation of the Torah. Isaac Leeser was the single most influential Jewish figure in 19th-century America. His many accomplishments include establishing the vernacular sermon as a permanent feature in the American synagogue, publishing the first successful American Jewish newspaper, and founding the first American rabbinical school.
$17,000
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KINSEY, ALFRED , et al
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1948
FIRST EDITION of this classic, a book that helped usher in the sexual revolution.
$3,500
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BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE
Le Deuxieme Sexe [The Second Sex]. Paris: Gallimard, 1949
FIRST EDITION. One of 2000 numbered copies (from an edition of 2,150).
$3,500