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DRAKE, Leah Bodine (1904-1964). A Hornbook for Witches Poems of Fantasy. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1950.8vo. Half-title. (Some very light toning.) Original black cloth, spine gilt-lettered (a few scuffs, corners slightly bumped); unrestored and unclipped pictorial dustjacket (some minor chipping and rubbing). Provenance: Charlotte Stephens (gift inscription from Mary Henderson).FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY DRAKE: "Sincerely, Leah Bodine Drake. 1950." ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS PUBLISHED BY ARKHAM HOUSE, ONE OF 553 COPIES, of which 300 were given to Drake. Dedicated to Drake 's "sixteenth century ancestor Jean Bodin who also concerned himself with witches," this was her first book of poetry and her only work published by Arkham House. American visual artist Frank Utpatel, who designed cover illustrations for various works of science fiction and fantasy including the magazine Weird Tales  and works by H. P. Lovecraft, provided the illustrations for this dustjacket.Property from the Collection of Christi Schmitz

ELIOT, George ( "Mary Anne Evans Lewes") (1819-1880). The Mill on the Floss. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.3 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol. III. (Some spotting, toning, and staining.) Publisher 's orange-brown diagonal ripple-grain blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered by Edmonds & Remnant with their ticket (spines darkened, slight wear to extremities, some very minor staining); folding case. Provenance: Sold Barker Shiffnal Bookseller (bookseller 's embossed ticket).FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE in Carter's variant B binding, with no advertisement inserted in vol. I and 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol. III. Carter pp.110-111; Sadleir 816.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

CHAPTAL, Jean Antoine Claude (1756-1832). Traite theorique et pratique sur la culture de la vigne, avec l'art de faire le vin, les eaux-de-vie, esprit de vin, vinaigres simples et composes ...seconde edition. Paris: Marchant for Delalain fils, An X - 1801.  2 volumes, 8vo (203 x 122mm). 21 engraved plates (3 folding), 3 letterpress folding tables. (Occasional minor spotting or browning, small pale stain in some upper margins in Vol II., minor soiling.) Contemporary French tree calf gilt (a little wear to spine ends and joints). Provenance: previous owner 's library stamp on titles.    Second edition, published the same year as the first edition.   Brunet VI, 6368.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). Nature. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836.  12mo. Original purple-rose cloth embossed with coral-like branches, blocked in blind, title gilt-lettered on upper cover (repairs to spine ends, spine slightly leaned, some minor soiling); folding case. Provenance: Mercantile Library Association New York (stamps on title and contents leaves, a few shelf marks).FIRST EDITION, second state with p.94 correctly numbered. EMERSON'S FIRST BOOK and, a fundamental work of the Transcendentalism movement, one of 1,500 copies printed, which were issued in bindings of varying cloth and designs, offering as many as 75 different binding combinations. BAL 5181 (binding cloth G, frame B, no priority); Myerson A3.1.a (binding cloth 2, stamping B).  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt (minor blistering to the rear cover, slight rubbing to corners).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with "chatter" for "echolalia" on p. 60, "northern" for "southern" on p. 119, "sick in tired" for "sickantired" on p. 205, and "Union Street station" for "Union Station" on p. 211. Bruccoli A11.1.a; Connolly The Modern Movement 48.Property from the Collection of G. Deliberto

GODWIN, Francis, Bishop (1562-1633). Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth. Edward the Sixt. Queene Mary. Morgan Godwyn, translator. London: printed by A. Islip and W. Stansby, 1630.  Folio (278 x 174 mm). 3 engraved portraits, ornamental woodcut borders on title and 2 sectional titles, numerous woodcut decorations and initials. (Marginal wormholing in top gutter, some minor staining or spotting, a few tiny holes from the deckle, some minor creasing, corner on Nn2 folded and uncut.) Contemporary blind-ruled calf gilt, covers with central gilt design, edges sprinkled red (rebacked preserving original spine and endleaves, an old repair and some contemporary annotations to front flyleaf, some light wear). Provenance: S.G. Lansford? (early signature, 4 August 1687).FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, originally published in 1616 in Latin, and translated into English by Bishop Godwin 's son, Morgan Godwyn. Bishop Godwin also wrote The Man in the Moone which was posthumously published in 1638, considered to be among the first works of science fiction. ESTC S106901.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). Good-Bye To All That. London: Jonathan Cape, [1929].  8vo. Pictorial portrait frontispiece, illustrations. Publisher's salmon cloth (a few faint stains, spine slightly leaned, spotting to fore-edge); original pictorial dust jacket (some minor chipping, some minor soiling, spine panel browned, price-clipped).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, including passages on p.290 and pp.341-343 that were suppressed at Siegfried Sassoon's insistence in later issues. The unexpurgated text includes a description of Sassoon's mother's attempts to communicate with her dead son Hamo, and the text of a verse letter from Sassoon to Graves, published without his permission. Higginson & Williams A32a.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

GRAY, Thomas (1716-1771). Odes. Strawberry-Hill, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757.  4to (250 x 202 mm). Half-title; engraved device on title-page. (Discreet repair to inner blank margin of the first few leaves). 19th-century calf gilt, spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Riviere; morocco-backed slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Ilissus" on p.8 and the comma after "Swarm" on p.16. The first book printed at Horace Walpole's Strawberry-Hill Press. Hayward 174; Hazen, Strawberry Hill, 1; Rothschild 1067.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

CLAVIUS, Christoph (1537-1612). Algebra. Rome: Bartholomaeus Zanettus, 1608.  Contemporary flexible vellum, manuscript title on spine (spine darkened with some chips at ends, some edgewear, soiled, front hinge cracked, lacking front and rear free endpapers).  FIRST EDITION, marking the first appearance in Italy of the German plus ( "+") and minus ( "- ") signs. Clavius was also "one of the very first to use parentheses to express aggregation of terms" (see DSB III, p. 312). Clavius ' Algebra was so well received that a Geneva edition followed only a year later (1609). BL/STC Italian I, p. 240; Honeyman 719; Sommervogel II, 1221. RARE.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858.  8vo. Half-title, engraved title, additional letterpress title printed in red and black, 8 engraved plates. (Some minor staining or offsetting.) Original brown pebble blind-stamped cloth (some light rubbing, front hinge starting, a few corners bumped); folding case. Provenance: Benjamin Franklin Taylor (1819-1887) (stamp).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. In BAL Binding Aa (no priority) with 5-ring decoration, the period after the word "Company" in the imprint,   BAL 8781; Tilton P.69ff.[Laid in:] Autograph letter signed ( "O.W. Holmes"), to Professor Rogers. [London], 29 May 1868. One page with integral blank, 8vo, folded, a few spots. Regarding a sketch of the life and work of Dr. Mason Warner and encouraging revision if needed.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). The Alhambra. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832.2 volumes, 8vo (198 x 116 mm). ORIGINAL PURPLE MUSLIN-BACKED TAN BOARDS, printed paper label on spine, uncut [BAL variant B, no priority] (some staining or soiling, labels chipping with minor losses, some minor rubbing); folding case. Provenance: D.F. Chadceyne? (gift inscription from H. Manning).FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with "Philadelphla" in imprint on title-page Vol. II. BAL 10136.

JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784). A Journey to The Western Islands of Scotland. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775.  8vo (207 x 126 mm). (Light spotting and mostly marginal toning heaviest at the end.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, top edge darkened, some minor chipping). Provenance: Samuel Oldnall (signature, a few annotations); Mary Russell Oldnall (signature).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (Todd 's edition A), with the 12-line errata, and with "afford'' on p.199, line 13, which has been corrected in the previous owner 's hand in this copy. Johnson's journey, though contemplated far earlier, took place in 1773 when he was sixty-four. He sent the first sheets of his account to press on 20 June 1774, and before the year ended it had been published at 5 shillings. ESTC T84319; Rothschild 1257 (with page 296 correctly numbered); Tinker 1357.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784) and Hill BOOTHBY (1708-1756). An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, from His Birth to His Eleventh year, Written by Himself ...to which are added original letters... by Miss Hill Boothby. London: Richard Phillips, 1805.  8vo (172 x 103 mm). (A few small annotations, some soiling and spotting, marginal rust-hole on A4.) Original blue boards, uncut (modern rebacking and a few repairs, some minor soiling); cloth folding case. Provenance: Edward Sage? (early signature, 1873); Stoke Newington Public Libraries (stamps on a few leaves).  FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Johnson ordered all of his papers destroyed after his death, but this fragment was saved by his servant Francis Barber, and was subsequently sold by Barber 's widow to the publisher Richard Phillips. Rothschild 1272.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

KIPLING, Joseph Rudyard (1865-1936). Debits and Credits. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926.  8vo. (Some offsetting from old laid-in clippings.) Original red cloth gilt, added rear pocket (some toning to edges); folding case. Provenance: K.N.K, 17 September 1926).FIRST EDITION of Kipling 's collection of stories and poems.  [Laid in:] KIPLING. Typed letter signed, with holograph corrections ( "Rudyard Kipling"), to Sir Kenneth D. Mackenzie. Sussex, 20 January 1927. 2 pages on a bifolium, 8vo, on Bateman 's Burwash stationary with original addressed and stamped envelope, some toning and creasing. Marked "private" and regarding science, the occult, and the Church: "The whole question raised by you in your thesis is too great an [sic] one to be decided on general rules, it seems to me. The Church used to take one view of it some time ago, and Science now takes the other. It is very difficult to come to any conclusion, on the relative balance of good and evil ... Thank you again for your interesting handling of the thorny subject."  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

KIPLING, Joseph Rudyard (1865-1936). A group of 3 works, comprising:  Captains Courageous. London & NY: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Publisher 's gilt stamped blue cloth, edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. Livingston 137. -- Collected Verse. London: T. and A. Constable for Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. Contemporary limp vellum gilt, (lacking ribbon ties). DE LUXE LIMITED EDITION, number 466 of 500, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND PRINTER. -- Kim. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901. 20th-century red morocco gilt, original cloth bound in FIRST EDITION. Livingston 250.   -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, condition generally fine.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

CULLEN, William (1710-1790). Synopsis and Nosology, being an Arrangement and Definition of Diseases. Hartford: Nathaniel Patten for Isaiah Thomas, 1792.16mo (148 x 84 mm). Half-title. (Some very minor spotting or browning.) Contemporary sheep, smooth spine gilt-ruled and with mor lettering piece (minor worming near head of spine, else very good). Provenance: Jonathan Sax (contemporary   inscription on title, "Ex Libris Johannis Saxonis").  FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, and an early American medical imprint. Cullen was an eminent Scottish physician; professor of medicine and chemistry at Glasgow and Edinburgh and first published this work in Latin in Edinburgh the same year. The work was first translated into English for the present American edition. This copy the issue with a six-line imprint. ESTC notes two issues of imprint, one in   6 lines long, with last line beginning "Boston"; the other in 5 lines, with last line beginning "and by him ..."    Evans 24237; Austin 581; Norman 540; ESTC W22405.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1892). The Song of Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1855.  8vo. Advertisements dated November 1855. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine (spine slightly leaned, a touch of wear with discreet repairs to spine ends); folding-case. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "In the Moon" on p. 32, "Wahonomin" on p. 39, "Dove" on p. 96 "Cooed the Omemee" on p. 278; with the "n" in "one" on p. 279 present (no priority in BAL). BAL 12111; Grolier American 66.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). The Masque of Pandora. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875.  8vo. (Some offsetting to a few pages.) Original publisher 's gilt-stamped green cloth, beveled boards (some minor rubbing, some light wear to spine ends and corners); custom green and tan drop-spine box with green morocco lettering-piece gilt. Provenance: Dr. T. M. Dalooska (presentation inscription from the author); Mildred Greenhill (bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate; sold his sale, Sotheby 's New York, 30 January 1990, lot 2128).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LONGFELLOW: "Dr. T. M. Dalooska with compliments and kind regards of the Author. May 23, 1876." One of 3030 copies in the first edition, with first issue points: imprint and copyright notice dated 1875, "Cadenabria" on p. [iii], "Heard in" on p. 32, and "Sea-Tides" as running headline on p. 141. THE H. BRADLEY MARTIN COPY. BAL 12170.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

ADAMS, George (1750-1795). Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy. London : R. Hindmarsh, sold by the Author, 1794.  5 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece, 39 folding plates. (4 plates supplied from shorter copy margins extended to size, some uncut plate margins frayed, one with longer tear not affecting image.) Original paper-backed boards, printed spine labels, uncut and largely unopened (spines lightly toned, minor wear to extremities, labels rubbed). Provenance: Ben Damph Forest Library (stamps on pastedowns).  FIRST EDITION of his last publication, containing his lectures on many areas of natural philosophy from astronomy to optics. ESTC T88417.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650). L'Homme et la Formation du Foetus. Paris: Charles Angot, 1677.4to (245 x 185mm). Illustrated with numerous anatomical text woodcuts and other diagrams. (Occasional marginal spotting, some minor wormholes or short wormtracks mostly in lower margins, occasionally touching letters, some repaired). Contemporary French calf gilt (some old repairs to joints and edges, joints now starting near ends, but cords sound). Provenance: Herbert McLean Evans (bookplate).    Second edition in French. Dedicated to Colbert, and the second to contain his De homine figuris, his attempt to explain reproductive generation in mechanistic physiological terms. Another issue by Girard was published the same year. The work represents "the first attempt to cover the whole field of 'animal physiology'" (Garrison & Morton). The first edition appeared in Latin in 1662, a translation from the original French manuscript; the first French edition appeared in 1664, and included the first printing of the treatise De la formation du foetus, which appears here on pp. 99-154. The woodcuts are based on drawings by Descartes in the manuscript.  Garrison & Morton 574; Tchemerzine 4, 309; this edition not in Wellcome.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[MINIATURE BOOK] -- [BIBLE, in English]. The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old and New Testaments. London: E. Newberry, 1780.41 x 28 mm. Engraved title pages (including second title for the New Testament) and 8 (of 14) engraved plates. (Lacking A1.) Contemporary calf (some wear).   FIRST EDITION of "the best-known miniature Bible" (Adomeit). THE EARLIEST ISSUE without an imprint on p.256, without a period after the date on the first title page and with parentheses enclosing the page numbers. Adomeit B26; ESTC T124732. [With:] [MINIATURE BOOK] -- [BIBLE, in English]. Holy Bible King James Version. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., N.d. Square 35 x 35 mm. Red cloth.  

[MINIATURE BOOK]. CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B. C. E.). M. Tullii Ciceronis de Officiis Libri Tres. [Antwerp]: Platiniana Raphelengi, 1610.65 x 40 mm. Title-page printed within a double-rule border, text printed within rule border. (Some soiling and staining, heaviest on first and last several leaves.) Contemporary blind-ruled calf (some light wear). Provenance: John J. Boswitt (signature dated 1822); Hugh Tempest Sheringham (1876-1930), English angling author (bookplate).  A rare edition of Cicero's works. Not in Spielmann.  

PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Memoirs of Samuel Pepys. Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669. London: Henry Colburn, 1825.  2 volumes, 4to (299 x 225 mm). Half-titles, 13 engraved portraits and plates including one folding map,   in-text illustrations, advertisement leaf in vol. I. (Some offsetting, spotting or staining). Contemporary calf gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, brown and black lettering-pieces gilt, edges marbled (skillfully re-backed, some minor wear, a few light scuffs to sides); later beige cloth slip-case. Provenance: Hugh Percy, possibly (1785"“1847) 3rd Duke of Northumberland (bookplates).FIRST EDITION of Pepys' diary, which was in cipher until 1825, when it was deciphered by John Smith. Edited by Lord Braybrooke, the contents depict contemporary everyday life, making this a popular source of information about late 17-century England. Grolier English 75.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[POETRY & PLAYS]. A group of 14 works, including:SCOTT, John. The Poetical Works. London: J. Buckland, 1782. Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked). Keynes 94. -- LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. Tales of A Wayside Inn. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863Original green cloth blind-stamped.   FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. BAL 12136. -- ELIOT, T.S. The Cocktail Party. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., [1950]. Original green cloth; in unrestored and unclipped dust jacket.   Gallup A55a. -- CUMMINGS, E. E. Tulips and Chimneys. NY: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. Original quarter linen. -- And 10 others. Together, 14 works in 16 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, Guillaume (1806-1875). De l'Electrisation Localisee et de son application a la physiologie, a la pathologie et a la therapeutique. Paris: J.-B. Balliere, 1855.8vo. Half-title; numerous wood-engraved text illustrations. (Occasional minor marginal foxing). Contemporary quarter morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt (minor rubbing to extremities).    FIRST EDITION. Duchenne proved electricity to be an essential tool for the study of the physiology of muscles in the body, and also a means of diagnosis. He was able to identify previously unknown diseases, distinguishing between progressive muscular atrophy, labioglossolaryngeal paralysis, progressive muscular atrophy with pseudohypertrophy, and locomotor ataxia. "Duchenne classified the electrophysiology of the entire muscular system and summed up his findings in the above work. The application of his results to pathological conditions marks him as the founder of electrotherapy" (Garrison & Morton).  Garrison & Morton 614; Heirs of Hippocrates 1690; Osler 2511; Waller 2604; Norman 659.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[POLAR/ARCTIC EXPLORATION]. NANSEN, Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg (1861-1930). Farthest North. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897.2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces, 4 color folding maps, 16 chromolithographic plates after Nansen 's sketches, numerous illustrations. Original black cloth gilt, stamped in red, green, and silver, top edge gilt, others uncut (some staining); modern blue paper-covered slipcase. Provenance: Redfield Proctor (1831-1908), 37th Governor of Vermont, Vermont Senator(bookplates).  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Nansen's voyage was the first for the Fram, a ship specially designed to withstand ice pressure; after being frozen in for 3 years, the Fram emerged from the ice undamaged, and went on to carry Roald Amundsen to South Polar waters on his 1910 expedition. Though Nansen didn't reach the North Pole during his expedition, he reached the highest latitude so far attained by man (85 ° 14'). Nansen's account was instantly successful and was translated into numerous languages. Arctic Bibliography 11983; PMM 353 (Norwegian edition, "it remains the classic story of Polar exploration").Property from a Private Collection, Evanston, IL

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de (1900-1944). Wind, Sand and Stars. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939.  8vo. Original quarter blue calf, blue-and-white patterned cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut (some chipping and minor staining); original board slipcase (some wear).  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 43 of 500 copies SIGNED BY SAINT-EXUPERY. Saint-Exupery's memoirs recall his early flights, first as a mail carrier pilot in the Sahara and Libya, and later in South America and Spain. Saint-Exupery disappeared on a flight over the Mediterranean in 1944.[With:] SAINT-EXUPERY. Night Flight. Stuart Gilbert, translator. New York & London: The Century Co., 1932.8vo. Publisher 's original blue cloth pictorial stamped in navy and gilt,   (some spotting to upper edge, some light rubbing; in original dustjacket (price-clipped, some chipping, some light toning). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, FIRST PRINTING of Saint-Exupery's second novel which won the Prix Femina in 1931.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Woodstock: or, The Cavalier. Edinburgh & London: for Archibald Constable and Co.; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826.3 volumes, 8vo (195 x 122 mm). Half-titles. (Small holes on title-pages from erasure, some spotting or staining.) Original boards, printed lettering-pieces, uncut (some chipping and soiling, spines slightly darkened, hinges reinforced); slipcase. Provenance: J.L.P. Leith? (signatures); Helen Gordon (signatures, 1846); effaced signatures on titles.  FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS of one of Scott 's Waverly novels, a historical novel is set just after the English Civil War (1642-1651) which retells the escape of Charles II of England in 1652 and his triumphal entry into London on 29 May 1660. Scott 's Waverly novels were published anonymously prior to 1827.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant. London: Grant Richards, 1898.  2 volumes, 8vo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece and 8pp. publisher's advertisements in Vol.I; 4pp. publisher's advertisements in Vol.II. (A few stains.) Publisher's green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (some staining, spines darkened and slightly leaned, hinges starting or separating); morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Alfred J. Warne Browne (presentation inscription, stamp on paste-down vol.I).    FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SHAW: "From G.B.S. ,painter of humanity, to Warne Browne, painter of the next deepest subject - the sea! Cadgwith Sept. 1899." Shaw's "unpleasant" plays were so-called because they forced the spectator to face unpleasant truths; he followed them with "pleasant" plays in an effort to appeal to producers and audiences.  [With:] SHAW. The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God. London: Constable & Company Limited, 1932.8vo. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations by John Farleigh. (Some occasional spotting or soiling.) Publisher 's pictorial black and white boards (some light rubbing). FIRST EDITION of Shaw 's controversial short story collection.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952.8vo. Original publisher's green cloth stamped in red and dark green (front hinge starting, a few leaves nearly sprung, very slight wear to extremities); original unclipped dust jacket (some slight chipping, a few short tears, spine panel toned).  FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with ''bite'' on p. 281. FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET without reviews, the with the $4.50 price present. Elia Kazan's 1955 film of the same title was loosely based on the fourth and final part of Steinbeck's novel. Goldstone & Payne A32.b.

STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Sweet Thursday. New York: The Viking Press, 1954.8vo. Original publisher's beige cloth stamped in blue and red, top edge stained red; unclipped dust jacket (some light chipping and wear to extremities).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with top edge stained red. FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with the $3.50 price present and with no blurbs beneath the photo of Steinbeck on the back panel. Goldstone & Payne A33.b.

STERNE, Laurence (1713-1768). A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. London: T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768.  2 volumes, 16mo (144 mm x 90 mm). Half-titles; 16pp. subscribers' list in vol. I. Contemporary calf, smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rebacked preserving original spines and endpapers, neat repairs to corners); cloth folding case. Provenance: C. Marlborough (signatures on titles); Abel E. Berland (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Vol. I is Rothschild's variant 2 with "vous" on p.150; Vol. II is Rothschild 's variant 1 with "who have" on p.133. "The real journey immortalized in the story was made in October, 1765... in December, 1767, two volumes were completed, and on February 27, the work was published... On the eighteenth of March, Sterne died" (Grolier). ESTC T14747; Grolier English 54; Rothschild 1971.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

ERNSTING, Arthur Conrad (1709-1768). Historische und physikalische Beschreibung der Geschlechter der Pflanzen. Welcher Hrn. Linnaeus systematisches Verzeichnis von den Geschlechtern der Pflanzen beigefuget worden. Lemgo (North Rhine-Westphalia): gedruckt mit Meyerschen Schriften, 1762.  2 parts in one volume, 4to (212 x 170mm). 10 engraved folding plates at end. (Some minor browning to text.) Late 18th- or early 19th-century half calf, marbled boards (a little wear to spine ends and corners, some rubbing to joints and edges, some scrapes to boards).    FIRST EDITION. Includes section on pp. 663-748, Caroli Linnaei Methodus sexualis sistens genera plantarum secundum mares et foeminas in classea et ordines redacta.  Hirsch II, 299; Stafleu & Cowan 1717; Pritzel 2735.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

TARKINGTON, Booth (1869-1946). The Gentleman from Indiana. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899.  8vo. Original green cloth stamped in red and tan, spine gilt-lettered, top edge green, others uncut (light rubbing to extremities, spine slightly darkened). Provenance: A.R. Howard? (stamped signature); acquired Hamill & Barker.FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with   "eye" and "so pretty" on p.245, and "brain of Zeus" on p. 342. IN EARLIEST BINDING with the ear of corn on the spine pointing up. Tarkington 's first novel.[Laid in:] TARKINGTON. Autograph letter signed ( "Booth Tarkington"), to Mrs. Charles A. Evers. Indianapolis, Indiana, 16 June 1899. 4 pages, 8vo, creasing and light toning. Responding to Evers ' request for an autograph, one of the first he ever received: "Yours is the first and only request of that kind I have received and I confess, without caution, that I am in a state of painful anxiety lest it prove also the last ..." --   Self-portrait of Booth Tarkington drawn in pencil, signed ( "Booth Tarkington"). Indianapolis, Indiana, 1903. 1 page (one leaf), 8vo, on wove paper, some spotting.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. London: Effingham Wilson, 1830.  12mo (180 x 105 mm). 2pp. publisher's advertisements. Blue crushed levant gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere (hinges lightly rubbed).  FIRST EDITION, second issue, with "carcanet" on p.72, and with p.91 numbered correctly. Tennyson's first separately published book. Wise 6.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

WALLACE, Lew (1827-1905). Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880.8vo. 12 pp. advertisements at rear. (Some staining.) Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in red, blue, green, and black (darkened and some staining, some light wear, front hinge starting, a few leaves becoming loose).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with dated title-page and 2-line dedication, and with covers not beveled. Ben-Hur, one of the best-selling novels of the 19th century. The film adaptation, released in 1959, won 11 Academy Awards. BAL 20798.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

WOOD, Ellen ( "Mrs. Henry Wood") (1814-1887). East Lynne. London: Richard Bentley, 1861.3 volumes, 8vo (186 x 112 mm). (Some minor spotting and soiling.) Early 20th-century blue morocco gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Root; together in custom blue cloth slipcase. Provenance: H. Harvey Frost (1863"“1969), industrialist and bibliophile (bookplate).FIRST EDITION of Wood 's Victorian best-selling sensational novel. After first being rejected for publication by Chapman & Hall and Smith & Elder, Bentley published it in a small run, which went on to be published in 15 editions in 5 years, with 110,250 copies sold in its first 25 years. Sadleir 3333.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[WORLD LITERATURE]. A group of 9 works of literature, including:  Specimens of German Romance. London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1826. 3 volumes. Contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards gilt, edges gilt by Riviere & Son. -- STERNE, Laurence. Original Letters. London: Logographic Press, 1788. Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: George Rooke (bookplate); Edward Liard (signature, 1817).   -- STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. London et al: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1888. Original red cloth. Provenance: Graham Pollard (1903-1976), British bookseller (bookplate). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- DINESEN, Isak. Seven Gothic Tales. NY: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Original half cloth; dust jacket. -- And 5 others. Together, 9 works in 11 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good or fine.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[FLORA]. A group of 10 works, including:TORREY, John. A Flora of North America. NY et al, 1838-1840. 2 volumes. Contemporary calf. Provenance: Edward Read Memminger (1856-1949), botanist (signatures, 1888). -- RALFS, John. The British Desmidieae. London, 1848. Provenance: Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865"“1947), American zoologist (bookplate). -- WALTON, Elijah. Flowers of the Upper Alps. London, 1869. -- NUTTALL, Thomas. The Genera of North American Plants ... to the Year 1817. Philadelphia, 1818. 2 volumes in one. Later quarter morocco. -- BIGELOW, Jacob, Florula Bostoniensis. Boston, 1824. Original boards, later quarter cloth. Second edition. -- And 5 others. Together, 10 works in 12 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[FLOWERING PLANTS]. A group of 13 works, including:HOOKER, William Jackson. Flora Scotia. London et al, 1821. 2 volumes in one. Original boards   (reinforced). -- SCHLEIDEN, M.J. The Plant; A Biography. London, 1848. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- WARD, F. Kingdon. The Romance of Plant Hunting. London, 1924. -- [ALLEN, Stephen M.] Fibrilia: A Practical and Economical Substitute for Cotton. Boston, 1861. -- WILSON, E.H. Plant Hunting. Boston, 1927. 2 volumes. Part of dust jacket laid in. SPECIAL AUTOGRAPHED EDITION, SIGNED BY WILSON. -- BRIDGEMAN, Thomas. The Florist 's Guide. NY: the author et al, 1847. Original cloth-backed boards. Later edition. -- TAYLOR, George et al. An Account of the Genus Meconopsis. London, 1924. -- And 6 others. Together, 13 works in 16 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most illustrated, all in original cloth except where noted, all FIRST EDITION except where noted, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

FREART, ROLAND, Sieur de Chambray (ca 1606-1676). A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern in a Collection of ten Principal Authors who have written upon the five orders ... London: T. Roycroft for J. Place, 1664.Folio (344 x 222mm). Imprimatur leaf, engraved title and 40 engraved plates. (Some browning to early leaves and margins throughout, tear on D1 just crossing catchword, tear on E2 just crossing platemark, small internal tear on plate M3, 3-in. tear on P4 crossing plate near gutter, a few other minor marginal tears and dust-soiling.) Contemporary English calf (rebacked in modern calf gilt, some wear to corners). Provenance: T. March (early signature on upper margin of engraved title); P. Jackson (early signature on upper margin of engraved title).    FIRST EDITION of Evelyn's translation. "The preface to the work strikes a new note in English architectural theory. The true model of architecture resides in antiquity, but not all examples of antique architecture are now considered worthy of imitation. The essential can be grasped only after painstaking study and analysis of the originals, and a firm rejection of all distortions and developments. This meant, in effect, that only the Greek models were to be upheld" (Millard).  Fowler 128; Wing C-1923; Keynes, Evelyn 74; Millard 19; ESTC R19331.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

ADANSON, Michel (1727-1806). Familles des Plantes. Paris: Vincent, 1763.  2 volumes, 8vo (188 x 117mm). One folding engraved plate. (Some minor toning and occasional spotting.) Contemporary French calf gilt (some repairs to joints, minor wear to spines and extremities). Provenance: Emile Burnat (his bookplate and donation label to Bibliotheque du Conservatoire Botanique de Geneve with duplicate release stamp, 1922); Kenneth K. Mackenzie (bequest to:); New York Horticultural Society of New York (bequest bookplate, 1934).    FIRST EDITION of this important work in botanical classification. In this book, Adanson proclaimed his contempt for Linneaen systems. Adanson had been sent to Senegal in 1748 to catalogue the natural resources of the country. "The bewildering diversity of tropical vegetation made the systems of classification proposed by Tournefort and Linnaeus appear pitifully inadequate, based as they had been on the wild flora of Europe and a limited number of cultivated plants...he concluded that, by making a large limited number of systems and then putting together those plants which belonged together in the greatest number of systems without attaching greater importance to one set of characters than another, he could make one generally satisfactory natural system" (Hunt Cat., Introduction, pp. xcii-xciii).   Hunt 577; Pritzel 21  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[GARDENING ALMANACS] -- [CALENDARS] -- [ENCYCLOPEDIAS]. A group of 10 works, including:JUSTICE, James, Sir. The British Gardener's Calendar ... Climate of North-Britain. Edinburgh: R. Fleming, 1759. Contemporary calf (rebacked). -- LOUDON, J.C. An Encyclopaedia of Gardening. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1878. Original cloth. "New edition." -- PHILLIPS, Henry. Flora Historica. London et al: E. Lloyd and Son et al, 1824. 2 volumes. Modern half calf. -- SWITZER, Stephen. Ichnographia Rustica. London: D. Browne et al, 1718. Volume I (of 3). Contemporary English paneled calf (rebacked).   -- And 6 others. Together, 10 works in 11 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[GARDENING]. A group of 22 works, including:HANDASYDE. The Four Gardens. Philadelphia & London, 1912. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- [McINTOSH, Charles.] The Flower Garden, Its Cultivation, Arrangement, and General Management. London, 1845. “New edition.” -- DOWNING, Andrew Jackson. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America. NY, 1859. Sixth Edition. -- NICOLSON, Philippa, editor. V. Sackville-West’s Garden Book. London, 1968. Dust jacket. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY NICOLSON. -- JEKYLL, Gertrude. Children and Gardens. London et al, 1908. -- BUIST, Robert. Family Kitchen Gardener. NY, 1855. Second edition. -- CALLCOTT, Maria. A Scripture Herbal. London, 1842. -- [VICK, James.] Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden. Rochester, NY: James Vick, N.d. FIRST EDITION. -- BRIDGEMAN, Thomas. The Young Gardener’s Assistant. NY, 1857. Later edition. -- BOGGS, Kate Doggett. Prints and Plants of Old Gardens. Richmond, VA, 1932. -- And 12 others. Together, 22 works in 22 volumes, various 4to, 8vo, and 12mo sizes, most illustrated, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

ADAIR, James (1709?-1783). The History of the American Indians; particularly those Nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia. London: for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775.  4to (274 x 212 mm). Half-title; engraved folding map. (Some minor offsetting of map.) Contemporary green calf-backed marbled boards (some rubbing).  FIRST EDITION of the "best 18th-century English source on the Southern tribes, written by one who traded forty years with them" (Howes). Adair lived and traded among several tribes, including the Cherokee, Catawba, and Chickasaw. ESTC T86841; Graff 10; Howes A-38 ( "best 18th century English source on the Southern tribes, written by one who traded forty years with them"); Sabin 155.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).  The Birds of America. New York and Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Co. & Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [i.e. Nico Israel], 1971-1972.  4 volumes, oversize folio. 435 colored plates. Publisher's half calf over green cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 82 of 250 copies printed for Mark and Carmen Holeman. THE FIRST AND FINEST FULL-SIZE REPRODUCTION of Audubon's Birds of America, reproducing the subscriber's copy in the collection of the Teyler Foundation in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The edition was limited to 250 copies, which retailed in 1972 for $5,500. A FINE ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER'S COPY.  Property from the Carmen S. Holeman Trust, Indianapolis, Indiana

[GEOLOGY]. A group of 16 works, including:TUTTON, A.E.H. Crystallography and Practical Crystal Measurement. London, 1922. 2 volumes. Dust jackets. Provenance: Alsoph Henry Corwin (ca 1908 -2007), former Johns Hopkins University chemistry professor (signature). Second edition. -- WILLIAMS, Butler. Practical Geodesy. London: John W. Parker, 1842. -- KING, Lester C. The Morphology of the Earth. Edinburgh & London, 1962. Provenance: William J. Breed (1928-2013), American geologist (presentation inscription). PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY KING TO BREED on business card tipped-in. -- [BRANCA, Wilhelm.] Atlas zu den Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte. Berlin: J.H. Neumann, 1887. Volume VIII, number 4 only. Original cloth-backed printed wrappers. -- HERSCHEL, John F.W. Physical Geography from the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Edinburgh, 1862. -- BAKEWELL, Robert. An Introduction to Geology. London, 1815. Original boards, later quarter cloth. Second edition. -- EMMONS, William Harvey. The Enrichment of Ore Deposits. In: Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, Bulletin 625. Washington, [D.C.], 1917. -- LYELL, Charles. Elements de Geologie. Paris: Pitois-Levrault, 1839. Later quarter calf. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. -- And 8 others. Together, 16 works in 17 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most illustrated, most in original cloth,   most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.  Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

BRADLEY, Omar (1893-1981). A Soldier's Story. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1951.8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original tan cloth, top edge gilt (some soiling to foot of spine); original glassine (chipped); original slip-case, printed paper lettering-piece (some wear).  FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, no. 30 of 750, SIGNED BY BRADLEY, senior officer in the United States Army during and after World War II, who eventually rose to the rank of General of the Army.   He later became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, serving in that post from 1949 to 1953 under Presidents Truman and Eisenhower.  Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

BUNYAN, John (1628-1688).  The Pilgrim's Progress. Boston, N.E.: John Draper for Thomas Fleet, 1744.  Second part only (of 2, see below), 12mo (150 x 88 mm). 3 woodcuts (of 4, lacking frontispiece). (A few tears crossing woodcuts or text, staining.) Stab-sewn retaining original lower marbled wrapper and portion of spine only, manuscript paper label on spine. Provenance: Patty Upham (signature on rear flyleaf). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE SECOND PART of Pilgrim's Progress, the third extant American edition of any part of the work, preceded by an unillustrated Boston edition of 1681, and an illustrated edition of the first part published in Boston in 1738 (see Evans 4228). "There is no way to determine if theses crude [wood]cuts were executed in England or America" (Smith, Illustrations of American Editions of 'The Pilgrim's Progress' to 1870, p.17). In his introduction to the first English edition of the second part, Bunyan notes: "'Tis in New-England under such advance Receives there so much loving countenance. The remarkable advance in the value of early editions of the Pilgrim's Progress, within the last few years, and the difficulty of obtaining copies of editions before at least the tenth, attest the permanency of the famous allegory as a world-classic, and of no other classic can it be said that but one copy is known of the first edition." Evans 5351 (recording the Thomas Fleet imprint); See Sabin 62847. VERY RARE: According to online records, no copy of this edition has sold at auction since 1916. OCLC locates only 7 copies of this edition (most with a variant imprint not recorded by Evans recording that the work was printed for Charles Harrison).  Property from the Collection of Mr. Felix Brejente

CLARK, Charles M. (b. 1834). A Trip to Pike 's Peak and Notes by the Way, with Numerous Illustrations ... of the Country through Kansas and Nebraska... Chicago: S.P. Rounds ' Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1861.  8vo (210 x 130 mm). 18 wood-engraved plates. (Some minor browning, spotting, or soiling.) Publisher 's embossed brown cloth gilt (some slight wear to extremities). Provenance: Gardner S. Chapin (bookplate).   FIRST EDITION of Clark's account, "one of the best contemporary ones of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush" (Streeter). The plates depict views of Denver, Golden City, the Rocky Mountains, Fort Kearny and Kearny City, and St. Joseph. Clark's is "one of the few authentic accounts of that year's travel to the Rockies. Graff called it 'one of the best' and noted that it contains fine early views of Denver and other western cities" (Wagner-Camp 372). Graff 731; Howes C-430; Streeter 2144.  Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[COLORADO]. HALL, Frank (1836-1918). History of the State of Colorado. Chicago: The Blakely Printing Company, 1889-1895.4 volumes, 4to (253 x 184 mm). Numerous lithographs and photographic reproductions. (Some minor soiling, a few tiny spots.) Contemporary blind-stamped brown morocco gilt edges marbled (some light wear, a few hinges and joints starting, a few with old repairs, spine to vol. I slightly sunned).FIRST EDITION, written by Hall to provide "the historian of the future" with "the most accurate guide which could be furnished during the lifetime of those who planted the seeds of civilization here" in Colorado (Preface, p.v).  [With:]  First Annual Report of the Union Colony of Colorado, including a History of the Town of Greeley .... New York: George W. Southwick, 1871. 8vo. (Some soiling.) Modern brown cloth; original printed wrappers neatly bound-in (chipped, soiled). Provenance: D.B. Ames (signature); Jonny (signature, 1900). FIRST EDITION. Graff 4235; Howes C-608.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin. London: for J. Parsons, 1793.  8vo (210 x 125 mm). Half-title. (Marginal tear with small loss to S6.) Modern morocco gilt. Provenance: St. Andrew's Working Men's Association Plymouth (stamp on final leaf, stamp on title partially effaced). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Franklin's memoirs, first published in an unauthorized French translation in 1791, and then translated back into English for this edition. Though not Franklin's words exactly, "this account is the epitome of Franklin's spirit. In it one sees him as a typical though great example of 18th-century enlightenment, a Yankee Puritan who could agree with Rousseau and Voltaire" (Hart 142). Grolier American 21 ("The most widely read of all American autobiographies...it holds the essence of the American way of life"); Howes F-323.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

[FUR TRADE]. CHITTENDEN, Hiram Martin (1859-1917). The American Fur Trade of the Far West. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902.  3 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces in vols. I&II, 8 plates, folding map. (Some chipping, short tears in map crossing image, some soiling.) Publisher 's original green cloth gilt, edges uncut (light rubbing).  FIRST EDITION of "the first modern history of the fur trade, and still a standard work on the subject" (Reese). Includes a history of the pioneer trading posts, early fur trade, and overland commerce. Graff 696; Howes C390; Rader 770; Reese Best of the West 231.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[FUR TRADE]. LARPENTEUR, Charles (1803-1872). Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri. Elliott COUES, editor. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898.2 volumes, 8vo. 2 portrait frontispieces, 2 folding maps, 14 plates. (Some minor staining, some toning, a few tears not affecting text.) Publisher 's blue cloth gilt, (some minor rubbing, spines darkened). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 511 of 950 copies.   This important source on the history of fur trading contains Larpenteur 's narrative of forty years in the fur trade from 1833-1872.Graff 2404; Howes C800.[With:] CHITTENDEN, Hiram Martin (1859-1917). The American Fur Trade of the Far West. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902. 3 volumes, 8vo. 10 plates; linen-backed folding map in vol. III rear pocket. (Some light toning, a few pencil markings.) Publisher 's green cloth gilt (some light rubbing, repairs to one spine).   FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies printed, of Chittenden 's definitive work. Graff noted that even "Sixty years after publication, this is still the great work on the subject." Graff 196; Howes C390; Rader 770; Streeter IV: 3206.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA] -- [LONGSTREET, Augustus Baldwin (1790-1870)]. Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, &c. In the First Half Century of the Republic. Augusta, GA: Printed at the S.R. Sentinel Office, 1835.  12mo (180 x 108 mm). (Some spotting or a few tiny stains throughout, blank corners of a few leaves repaired.) Modern quarter morocco, uncut. Provenance: Christopher Oscanyan (1818-1895), American-Armenian writer, Turkish consul general (signature); Mrs. J. Smith (faint gift inscription in pencil).   FIRST EDITION of Longstreet's "humorous and realistic sketches of life in the 'Old Southwest' [which] were a landmark in American literature, and among the earliest works of the tradition that led to Clemens" (Streeter Sale 1168). "The aim of the author was to supply a chasm of history which has always been overlooked - the manners, customs, amusements, wit, dialect, as they appear in all grades of society" (Willingham Georgiana 28).   Despite Longstreet's attempts to suppress Georgia Scenes when he entered the Methodist ministry, fifteen printings were issued by 1860.   BAL 12946; De Renne I, p. 445; Howes L-448; Sabin 41936.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA] -- [MARTYN, Benjamin (1699-1763)].  Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia... London: W. Meadows, 1733.  4to (233 x 171 mm). Engraved frontispiece by T. Pine; engraved map (small hole to blank area repaired verso, short marginal tear repaired verso); engraved tail-piece by T. Pine. (Upper margin trimmed very slightly shaving woodcut head-piece on one leaf, a few minor stains.) Modern half calf gilt. Provenance: Long Island Historical Society (stamp on title-page). FIRST EDITION, THE PREFERRED SECOND ISSUE, with the 8-page "Postscript" containing a letter from Georgia founder James Oglethorpe, and with the map in the second state as usual. Benjamin Martyn acted as chief publicity agent for Oglethorpe's planned colony, and here recounts the primary benefits to Great Britain for the founding of a new colony. His name did not appear on the title-page until the second edition, published later in the same year.   With the map in the second state, having "S Augustin" located below "Matansas." "A well-written tract; plausible in its arguments, glowing in its descriptions, valuable for its information, and pertinent in its appeals to the philanthropic and benevolent" (Sabin 45002). Cumming Southeast 211 (map); De Renne, p. 45; Howes M-356; Streeter Sale 1144.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA] -- [OGLETHORPE, James Edward (1696-1785), editor?].  Select Tracts Relating to Colonies. London: J. Roberts, [ca 1732].  8vo (202 x 119 mm). (Some browning, a few small spots.) 20th-century quarter calf gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt (some rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Jacob Harsen Purdy (1844-1917), American book collector, (bookplate); Henry Raup Wagner (1862-1957), American bibliographer, historian, and collector, gifted to; Yale University Library (bookplate 1910, with duplicate note).   FIRST EDITION, prepared for the promotion of Oglethorpe's Georgia colony, and including: "An Essay on Plantations," by Sir Francis Bacon; "Some Passages taken out of the History of Florence, &c."; "A Treatise," by John DeWitt; "The Benefit of Plantations or Colonies," William Penn; and "A Discourse Concerning Plantations," Sir Josiah Child.   RARE: According to online records, no copy of this tract has appeared at auction since 1966.   De Renne I, pp. 35-36; ESTC T47433; Sabin 78992. Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA]. SIBBALD, George. Notes and Observations, on the Pine Lands of Georgia, Shewing the Advantages they Possess, Particularly in the Culture of Cotton... Augusta, GA: William J. Bunce, 1801.  8vo (207 x 134 mm). (Some overall browning, dampstaining to first few leaves.) Disbound; morocco-backed folding case.   FIRST EDITION, later issue, with the addition of the 6pp. postscript. "Sibbald's book became an emigrants' guide to Georgia and, more importantly, gave encouragement to the growth of a crop which had hitherto in the state been almost ignored -- cotton. Because of Sibbald's convincing arguments and Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin, cotton production became both logically and physically feasible for the Georgia planter" (Willingham Georgiana 16). De Renne I, p.302; Howes S-443; Sabin 80814.   RARE: According to online records, no copy of this work has appeared at auction in over 50 years.  Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA] -- [STEPHENS, William (1671-1753)].  A State of the Province of Georgia, Attested upon Oath in the Court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. London: W. Meadows, 1742.  8vo (189 x 119 mm). Half-title; woodcut device on title-page. 20th-century half red morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (original sewing-holes present in gutter margin). Provenance: L. S. (stamp on first text leaf). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, "also issued from the same setting of type differently imposed, as an appendix to vol. 2 of the author 's Journal, 1742, and included in the reprint in the Colonial Records of Georgia" (Sabin).   Stephens' work "was ordered printed by Egmont and put into the hands of members of Parliament as 'an antidote' to Tailfer's True and Historical Narrative...though issued as a reply to Tailfer, neither he nor his associates are mentioned" (Streeter Sale 1151). "With all the problems besetting the colony at this time, it became the task of William Stephens, colonial secretary, to fire volleys of responses to the questions raised by Tailfer and the other malcontents...Stephens was an important cog in the machinery of colonial government and his journals and reports to the Trustees form a revealing account of operations in Georgia" (Willingham Georgiana 4). De Renne I, p.109; see Howes S-945; Sabin 91315.   For a copy of Tailfer's True and Historical Narrative, see lot 361.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia

[GEORGIA] -- [STEPHENS, William (1671-1753)].  A State of the Province of Georgia, Attested upon Oath in the Court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. London: W. Meadows, 1742.  8vo (189 x 119 mm). Woodcut device on title-page. (Lacking half-title, some light spotting.) Later boards, printed label on spine (a few repairs to spine ends, soiling and a few small losses to spine label). Provenance: L. S. (stamp on first text leaf).FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, "also issued from the same setting of type differently imposed, as an appendix to vol. 2 of the author 's Journal, 1742, and included in the reprint in the Colonial Records of Georgia" (Sabin).   De Renne I, p.108-109; see Howes S-945; Sabin 91315.   For a copy of Tailfer's True and Historical Narrative, see lot 361.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia