Rare books from My Book Heaven

The Century Co, 1921. Signed by Charmian London in both volumes, Both volumes have Charmian London's name to the first pages on tipped in labels. First Edition. Good to Very Good condition.

John More, Esquire, 1639. 1639, well-worn covers(typical for books almost 400 years old), Possibly rebound, but even the rebinding is old. John More Esquire, owner inscribed, general wear,

London: Humphrey Moseley, 1648. 1648 edition. One of the earliest works on Suicide. Good to Very Good condition. Some foxing and slight staining. Antique bookplate of Charles W. Pilgrim (Renowned psychologist).. Some penciling to the inside cover. Also, an antiquarian small slip attached to an inside blank page. Older, nice binding, but no way to tell if this is the original binding. Biathanatos (from Greek Βιαθανατος meaning "violent death") is a work by the English writer and clergyman John Donne. Written in 1608 and published after his death, it contains a heterodox defense of "self-homicide" (suicide), listing prominent Biblical examples including Jesus, Samson, Saul, and Judas Iscariot. Thomas De Quincey responds to the work in his "On Suicide", and Jorge Luis Borges responds in "Biathanatos". Contents Donne begins by addressing his patron, Phillip Harbert, then divides the book, after a preface, into three parts, each part divided into distinctions, each distinction divided into… Read More