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The Eliza Armstrong Case: Being a Verbatim Report of the Proceedings at Bow Street. With Mr....
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The Eliza Armstrong Case: Being a Verbatim Report of the Proceedings at Bow Street. With Mr. Stead's Suppressed Defence

by [Sex Work] [Sexual Abuse] [Stead, William Thomas]

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London: Pall Mall Gazette Office, 1885. First edition. Original printed wraps stapled at spine. Measuring 250 x 180mm and complete in 96 pages. Chipping, splitting, and loss along spine and corners of wraps. Light scattered foxing throughout, with heavier foxing to final four leaves and to fore-edge of closed text block. A follow-up and conclusion to William Stead's sensational expose of abuses within London's sex trade, this piece is scarce institutionally and in trade. While OCLC reports 4 copies in libraries, none appear in the modern auction record and the present is the only example on the market. [TW: Sexual assault] A pioneering journalist, William Stead rose to prominence with his 1885 exposès on widespread child abuse and human trafficking present in London's sex trade. In a series of articles titled A Maiden Tribute to Modern Babylon and released by the Pall Mall Gazette across the summer and fall of 1885, Stead described harrowing conditions, oftentimes with sensational language, using… Read More
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Eloise in Moscow (Inscribed first edition)
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Eloise in Moscow (Inscribed first edition)

by Thompson, Kay; Hilary Knight, Illustrator

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine book in like dust jacket. Book with a small bump to the lower board and the spine a bit rolled. In a Near Fine dust jacket with a few professionally repaired tears. Inscribed by the author: "For Jane with love Kay Thompson and me Eloise Dadada." A pleasing copy of this children's classic, which finds the intrepid Eloise away from the Plaza Hotel on an international adventure. Eloise and Nanny discover that "not everyone in Moscow is a diplomat" and a host of other revelations, such as the "rawther deep" voices of Russian pigeons. This title in the Eloise series was published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War when tensions between the USSR and USA were outright hostile and the threat of mutually assured destruction reassured no one. Eloise brings her disarming candor to Moscow where despite her admission that "I could tell you a lot but I am only 6," we do in fact learn and laugh with this precocious 6 year old.… Read More
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En attendant Godot [Waiting for Godot]
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En attendant Godot [Waiting for Godot]

by Beckett, Samuel

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Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First edition. Near Fine. A Near Fine copy of the first trade edition, following the 35 signed copies. A fragile softcover book, uncommon in this condition. Spine slightly toned and a crease running the length, slight nicks at the spine ends and a small stain on the rear wrapper. Pages a bit toned, as usual, otherwise an excellent copy internally. One of the masterpieces of 20th century theatre - Beckett's hugely influential tragicomedy. Beckett had originally written the play in French between the Fall and Winter of 1948-1949. (Beckett would not translate the play into English until its London premier, in 1955) In fact, this edition of the play - the Minuit edition - was released in 1952, before the play's first performance the next year. Beckett was thought to have been inspired to write the work after viewing Caspar David Friedrich's painting "Mann und Frau den Mond betrachtend" (Man and Woman observing the Moon). Upon its French premier, the play was met… Read More
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English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (In Two Volumes)
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English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (In Two Volumes)

by Kavanagh, Julia

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London: Hurst & Blackett, 1863. First Edition. Near Fine. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, with gilt to spine and top edges. Mild shelfwear to extremities and small split to the crown of Vol I holding well. Marbled endpapers with the bookplate of Robert Heysham Sayre, chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (1824-1907) and the ownership signature of the same on the front endpaper of each volume; Volume II extra-opened between the title and table of contents, but text block tight. Collates: (Vol I) iv, 331 pages, (Vol II) iv, 353: complete, but for the publisher's adverts at the rear of Vol II. Internally, both volumes are exceptionally clean, neat, and pleasing examples of this rare book, which appears twice in the auction record, in 1978 and 1958. Written as a companion piece to French Women of Letters, Kavanagh's English Women of Letters became an influential reference guide for literary scholars. Rather than focus broadly on women's historical accomplishments, as her… Read More
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English Matrons and their Profession, with some considerations as to their various offices, their...
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English Matrons and their Profession, with some considerations as to their various offices, their national importance, and the education they require

by [Phillips, Lydia F. M.] L.F.M.

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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873. First edition. Fine. Original publisher's cloth binding stamped in black and gilt. All edges stained red. Bookplate of the Fraser Institute on the front pastedown; small binder's ticket to the rear pastedown. Front hinge a bit tender but holding well. Collates xii, 284, 48: complete. Internally a clean, tight, square copy of this work on women's education and employment, which OCLC records at only 8 institutions worldwide, with only 1 of those in the U.S. A scarce work in trade as well, this is currently the only copy on the market, with none appearing in the modern auction record. "The interests of women and men are identical, one, and inseperable." So Phillips initiates her argument on the need to expand and improve women's education, particularly as it applies to their employment. Admitting that the topic is well-trod territory, she points out that she must lend her voice to the debate specifically because it has not been adequately solved and is… Read More
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Equal Rights for Women, A Speech by George William Curtis [with] New England Woman Suffrage...
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Equal Rights for Women, A Speech by George William Curtis [with] New England Woman Suffrage Association Constitution

by [Women's Suffrage] American Woman Suffrage Association

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Boston: The Office of the Woman's Journal, 1871. First thus. Near Fine. No. 2 of the Woman's Suffrage Tracts printed by The Woman's Journal of the American Woman Suffrage Association. Original printed self-wraps stitched at spine. Collates 24, [4]: complete, including the unpaginated Constitution, list of officers, and ad for the Woman's Journal. Light soiling to wraps; small closed tear to upper corner of pages 9-10 not affecting text. In all, a lovely survivor of an important work, marking one wing of the women's movement branching off on its own and developing its distinct platform for promoting equality. While the American Equal Rights Association and the NWSA's periodical The Revolution printed earlier versions of this tract (1867 and 1868 respectively), both of which are listed on OCLC, the 1871 Woman's Suffrage Tract printing is the only one to contain rear material on the newly founded organization's Constitution, officers, and journal. The only copy on the market, this edition was not… Read More
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Espana en el Corazon
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Espana en el Corazon

by Neruda, Pablo

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Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Ercilla, 1937. First edition. Good. A worn, but complete copy of this scarce publication by one of Latin America's most prominent poets. Original self wrappers printed in red, gray and yellow, spine cracked and professionally reattached (lacking a small chip), wrappers soiled, and a dampstain affects the top edge of leaves throughout. Rare in the original wraps, most first edition copies have been rebound. Just two thousand copies of this original edition were produced, each containing 16 black and white photographic reproductions, as here. Posted in Spain as a diplomat during the Spanish Civil War, Neruda witnessed the destruction and transformation of Spain during these turbulent years. Neruda commemorates the republican fighters, figures, and values in Espana en el Corazon. Good.
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An Essay Upon Modern Gallantry. Address'd to Men of Honour, Men of Pleasure, and Men of Sense....
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An Essay Upon Modern Gallantry. Address'd to Men of Honour, Men of Pleasure, and Men of Sense. With a Seasonable Admonition to the Young Ladies of Great Britain

by [Erotic Literature] [Satire] Anonymous

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London: A. More, 1726. First edition. Second issue title page with "Second Edition"; all text produced from the same type setting as the first, with only the title page modified. Bearing what Treadwell identifies as the "false and misleading imprint" of A. More, which was used to protect printers of licentious materials, it is likely that the edition statement was added to suggest that demand and distribution were great enough to merit a second run. Modern drab wraps with paper label to cover. Measuring 200 x 140mm and collating complete: 45, [1, blank]. A Near Fine copy, with a small stain to lower title affecting one letter and pages trimmed close along header with occasional partial loss to page numbers. Internally clean and unmarked. A scarce piece with either title page institutionally and in trade. ESTC lists only 9 copies from 1726 in U.S. libraries -- but it does not provide clarity on whether these are both issues (given that the collations and prices match). No separate listing exists for… Read More
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An Essay on the Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty
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An Essay on the Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty

by [Animal Rights] Ritson, Joseph

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London: Richard Phillips, 1802. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, rebacked to style with gilt and morocco label to spine. Boards with some gentle rubbing and toning, else pleasing and square. Armorial bookplate of the Delamere House to front pastedown. Occasional marginal foxing, but internally clean and unmarked otherwise. Collating complete: [4], 236. OCLC reports 19 copies at U.S. institutions. An antiquary by trade and animal rights activist by ideology, Joseph Ritson became a vegetarian in 1772 as he worked through Madeville's Fable of the Bees. By his own account, the book "induced him to serious reflection" at the age of 19 and ever since then he "firmly adhered to a milk and vegetable diet, having, at least, never tasted during the whole course of those thirty years, a morsel of flesh, fish, or fowl." An atheist who based his views in observations of human behavior rather than in a theistic worldview, he was considered a dangerous radical by some contemporaries.… Read More
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Essayes or Counsells Civill & Morall..
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Essayes or Counsells Civill & Morall..

by Bacon, Sir Francis

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London: J. M. Dent and Aldine House, 1901. First Thus. Finely bound by Brentano's in full crushed morocco with ornate gilt to spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Measuring 145 x 90mm. A pretty copy, with slight bowing to boards and small bumps to corners. Small scrape to upper corner of front endpaper. Internally fresh and unmarked, featuring a frontis portrait of Bacon as well as marginal glosses throughout and a glossary at the rear. A lovely, pocket-sized compilation of some of Sir Francis Bacon's important essays. The present selection includes the topics of truth, death, love, unity in religion, health, and customs of education. Designed to introduce readers to the early modern philosopher -- and to provide the curious with easy-to-access quotations -- it is a charming addition to a library.
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Estelle, by Mr. Florian...With an Essay Upon Pastoral
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Estelle, by Mr. Florian...With an Essay Upon Pastoral

by Cummyng, Susanna (translator)

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London: Printed for the translator, 1798. First Thus. Contemporary full polished calf with gilt to spine and boards; morocco spine label replaced. Measuring 160 x 95mm. All edges speckled red. Marbled endpapers. Some chipping and loss to spine extremities; joints rubbed and tender, but holding well. Small chip to rear board. Externally pleasing. Armorial bookplate of Charles Henry Rich to front pastedown. Internally fresh and unmarked, without the foxing typical of the era. Collating complete including half title: xii, 147, [1, blank]; [2], 127, [1, blank], 44. The first edition of Cummyng's translation, which was the second edition in English and the second edition translated by a woman (the first being the 1791 translation by Elizabeth Morgan). Both translations are scarce institutionally and in trade, with ESTC recording Morgan's at only 5 libraries and Cummyng's at only 7 libraries. While Morgan's translation has not come to auction, Cummyng's translation has appeared once, over a decade ago. The… Read More
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Eugene Oneguine [Onegin]: A Romance of Russian Life in Verse
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Eugene Oneguine [Onegin]: A Romance of Russian Life in Verse

by Pushkin, Alexander

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London: Macmillan and Co, 1881. First English language edition. Near Fine. Translated by Lieut.-Col. Spalding. A Near Fine copy of this scarce and important work. Original green cloth with bright gilt on the spine and front panel; brown-coated end papers; octavo: xxiv, [4], 276. Slight foxing on the preliminary and terminal leaves, a previous owner's name on the title page, otherwise a lovely copy overall. Generally considered the greatest Russian poet, Pushkin is credited with founding modern Russian literature. Eugene Onegin is Pushkin's only novel, written in iambic tetrameter. A keystone to the canon of Russian literature, it has been credited with providing numerous writers of the period with a prototype for their youthful protagonists. Focused on a selfish hero whose life ends in regret following his egotistical rebuffing of a virtuous young woman and his careless entry into a duel with his closest friend, Eugene Onegin also provided a plot for one of Tchaikovsky's celebrated lyric operas. Near Fine. Read More
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An Extensive Collection of P.G. Wodehouse Novels
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An Extensive Collection of P.G. Wodehouse Novels

by Wodehouse, P. G. [Pelham Grenville]

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London & New York: Watt, Herbert Jenkins, Doubleday, & Simon & Shuster, 1996. First (and later) editions. Near Fine/Near Fine. An extensive collection of 45 titles, the majority first editions, all in the publisher's boards or cloth, and most in the publisher's original pictorial dust jackets. Overall condition of the collection is Near Fine, with 2 copies closer to Very Good (noted below). Two books inscribed by Wodehouse: Pigs Have Wings and Ice in the Bedroom. The Collection includes: A15a. The Prince and Betty (First Edition, no DJ) 1912, USA (front inner hinge expertly repaired, slight stain at top of first few pages); A32a. Ukridge (First Edition, second printing, second printing DJ) 1924, UK; A34a. Carry On, Jeeves (First Edition, no DJ) 1925, UK; A42a. Very Good, Jeeves (First Edition, DJ) 1930, USA; A50a. Heavy Weather (First Edition, DJ) 1933, USA; A53a. Blandings Castle (First Edition, third printing, DJ) [1935], UK; A55a. Young Men in Spats (First Edition, First Variant with Drones Club… Read More
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