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On The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin First Issue W/ Signed Letter
$75000Includes a signed letter from Darwin to his property manager on December 4, 1865. Also included is a cut signature of Captain Robert Fitzroy, under whom Darwin served on the HMS Beagle.
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The Raven Folio by Edgar Allen Poe First Edition 1883.
$4000First edition folio richly illustrated by Gustave Doré.
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1550 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Third Collected Edition (Scarce Variant)
$40000The definitive edition of Chaucer’s collected works, edited by William Thynne, Henry VIII’s custodian and hunter of Chaucerian manuscripts. Chaucer is often referred to as the Father of English Literature and Poetry. 1 of 12 surviving copies.
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First Obtainable Printings of the Emancipation Proclamations With Manuscript Orders Signed by E.D. Townsend and Lorenzo Thomas
$150000General Orders of the War Department, 1862–1863
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Up From Slavery First Edition Association Copy with Signed Letter from Booker T. Washington
$9500First edition of the deeply impactful autobiography with a typed signed letter from Booker T. Washington.
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Roman Missal Printed by Thielmann Kerver’s 1521 Finely Bound Folio – 1 of 2 Surviving Copies
$80000According to USTC and Worldcat, only one copy of this edition exists in libraries.
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Padovani’s Opus 1570 First Edition w/ unique manuscript content and direct association with the author’s collaborator.
$22000A remarkable association copy of Giovanni Padovani’s rare 1570 Opus de horologiorum solarium usu, owned and annotated by his collaborator Johannes Andrea de Muscis. With two leaves of manuscript notes bound in before the title—commenting directly on the use and correction of Padovani’s astronomical tables—and marginalia throughout, this copy documents one of the few surviving examples of direct scholarly engagement between author and assistant in 16th-century scientific literature.
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First edition of Lévi’s Histoire de la Magie 1860
$2200First edition of Lévi’s Histoire de la Magie, the author’s second major contribution to the revival of occult philosophy in 19th-century Europe—an ambitious attempt to unify the history, rituals, and metaphysical underpinnings of magic from antiquity to modernity.
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Life of Christ 1684: A Heroic Poem by Samuel Wesley, Complete Folio with 60 Copper Engravings
$2800A work of literary and visual piety, this publication stands at the intersection of Restoration poetics, Anglican theology, and English print culture. The engraved suite alone marks it as one of the most richly adorned poetic folios of its generation.
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The Romaunt Of The Rose by Geoffrey Chaucer. Illustrated by Keith Henderson and Norman Wilkinson (150/500) Printed 1908
$600An exemplar of early twentieth-century English bookmaking at its height, fusing poetic legacy, private press craftsmanship, and the mystical charm of its illustrators. Scarce and increasingly sought after, particularly in such a well-preserved state.
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A Note By William Morris, Kelmscott’s Last Book Printed in 1897 (1 of 525)
$3500The last book issued by the Kelmscott Press just months after Morris’s death, containing his final manifesto, in which he reflects on the founding principles of the Press: beauty, legibility, and the union of craft with content.
