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London: Henry Colburn, 1845. 1/2 roan. 3 vols. Sm 8vo (7.7 in, 19.5 cm). Vol. I: [vii] viii, [1] 2-315 [1]. Vol. II: [iv], [1] 2-324 Vol. III: [ii], [1] 2-326. Vol. III has no half-title as issued. C. & p. Third edition: same year as first. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). 285 pp. B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday (translator); Eleanor Roosevelt (introduction). First English language edition: First edition stated on copyright page and $3.00 on jacket flap. Anneliese Frank's diary documents her life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland beginning..... More
Amsterdam: Printed by Heinricum Wetstenium, 1684. Vellum. 4to (8.1", 20.6 cm). [28], 598 40 [20] pp. Latin. Francesco Guicciardini (editor). First edition: The preeminent Swiss theologian of his time, Heidegger (1633-1698) was a professor of Hebrew, philosophy, dogmatics and ecclesiastical history, moral philosophy, and theology. This is a chief example..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1910. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5 in, 21.6 cm). [vi], 1-80 pp.; port., illus. Printed at the De Vinne Press. Book designed by Robert Wier Crouch. First edition: Blind, deaf, and mute, Helen Keller (1888-1968) was six when Anne Sullivan began to instruct her. Sullivan taught her..... More
![LA GALLERIE DES FEMMES FORTES [The Gallery of Heroic Women]. Pierre LE MOYNE](/pictures/thumb/1138.jpeg?v=1625254443)
Leiden [Netherlands] and Paris: Jean Elsevier and Charles Angot, 1660. Vellum. 12mo (5.4 in, 13.7 cm). [70], 1-452, [24] pp.: frontis., ill. (engravings). French. Jean Elsevier is a printer noted for well-conceived and beautifully illustrated productions such as this. "Their small editions in 12mo, 16mo and 24mo, for elegance of..... More
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1876. Hardcover. Sm 8vo (7.6 in, 19.3 cm). vi, 7-168 pp.; frontis., 8 pl., 5 port. First edition inscribed association copy: Author A. B. Meacham (1826-1882) befriended and admired Native Americans; thus, was repeatedly tasked to move various Native American tribes from their valuable lands..... More
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1873. Hardcover. 8vo (8.7 in, 22 cm). vi, 313 [314] [2 pp. author's works]. Saville, Edwards and Co., printers. First edition: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was prodigiously well-educated, developed a keen, analytic mind, and authored works of historic importance. After a breakdown, Mill believed..... More
(Geneva): Huldrichi Fuggeri for Henri Estienne, 1560. Vellum. Two volumes in one. 32mo (5.0 in, 12.7 cm). [2] 3-576; [2] 3-432 pp. a-z aa-nn^8; A-Z, AA-DD^8. Greek and Latin on opposite pages. Vol. I: "Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Eight of the rest of the lyric verse Alcaeus, Sappho, Stesichorus..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo (8.1 in, 26 cm). [i-iv] i-xi [blank], 1-246 pp.; frontis. port., illus. First edition: 1904 on title-page, copyright page, and introduction. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose from slavery to prominence and believed in manual labor to build skills and the industrious character necessary..... More