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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO
Autograph letter signed to Miss Russell (Mary Howland Russell). Concord, April 17, 1855
Emerson sends thanks for Russell’s gifts of $100 each for his daughter Ellen and his aunt’s brother, George Partridge Bradford. “I wish you all the joy that your two magnificent presents sent through Lidian’s hands can reflect. The children have conceived of you as some beatified person walking softly and invisibly to serve clouds of clients.”
$1,300
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PINTER, HAROLD
Typed letter signed to Anthony Peek, manager of the Theatre Royal Haymarket.. London, July 24, 1985
Harold Pinter complains about policies at Theatre Royal Haymarket.
$1,250
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WHITMAN, WALT
Good-Bye My Fancy. 2d Annex to Leaves of Grass. Good-Bye My Fancy. 2d Annex to Leaves of Grass, 1891
FIRST EDITION. This form of Good-Bye My Fancy is not in Myerson.
$1,200
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JONSON, BEN
The Works. With Notes Critical and Explanatory and a Biographical Memoir by W. Gifford Esq. London: for Nicol et al, 1816
Gifford’s edition of Jonson’s works played an important role in the Jonson revival.
$900
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DAVIS, JOHN FRANCIS
Chinese Novels, Translated from the Originals; to which are added Proverbs and Moral Maxims. London: John Murray, 1822
FIRST EDITION. This volume contains introductory “Observations on the Language and Literature of China” followed by “The Shadow in the Water,” “The Twin Sisters,” “The Three Dedicated Chambers,” and a selection of Chinese proverbs.
$900
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(BOOK AUCTIONS) (DENT, JOHN.) (WILLIAMS, THEODORE)
Two book auction catalogues: (DENT, JOHN.) Catalogue of the Splendid, Curious, and Extensive Library of the Late John Dent, Esq. … sold by auction by Mr. Evans (1827). [bound with] (WILLIAMS, THEODORE.) A Catalogue of the Splendid and Valuable Library of the Rev. Theodore Williams … sold by auction, by Messrs. Stewart, Wheatley, and Adlard (1827). London: Evans [and Stewart, Wheatley, and Adlard], 1827
These catalogues from the golden age of English book collecting are filled with landmark early printed books, books printed on vellum, illuminated manuscripts, and more. The Dent library contained “numerous volumes of the greatest beauty, several illuminated manuscripts, … other books printed on vellum” (De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts). Both auction catalogues are fully priced in manuscript with prices realized and buyer names.
$900
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JONSON, BEN
The Works. With Notes Critical and Explanatory and a Biographical Memoir by W. Gifford Esq. With Introduction and Appendices by Lieut.-Col. F. Cunningham. London: Bickers, 1875
Gifford’s edition of Jonson’s works played an important role in the Jonson revival.
$900
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WHITMAN, WALT
Poems … selected and edited by William Michael Rossetti. London: John Camden Hotten, 1868
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Whitman’s poems.
$850
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WHITMAN, WALT
Specimen Days & Collect. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1882-'83
FIRST EDITION, second printing, first issue. Thomas Harned’s copy, with his bookplate. Whitman’s friend Harned was one of the poet’s literary executors, alog with Horace Traubel and Richard B. Bucke.
$800
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(WILDE, OSCAR.)
The Importance of Being Earnest: Collection of 11 photographs of the Theatre Royal Haymarket production. Angus McBean, photographer, 1968
This West End revival of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest opened on February 8, 1968 and ran for 283 performances at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The production starred Isabel Jeans, Daniel Massey, Helen Weir, and John Standing, among others.
$800