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We specialize in first editions of English and American literature, literary letters and manuscripts, livres d'artistes and illustrated books, and also carry a variety of interesting and rare books and manuscripts in other fields: European literature, fine and designer bindings, Americana (particularly California and Hawaii), travel, music, etc.

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Exquisitely bound by Riviere to high 19th century taste: full brown Levant morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, expertly washed and resized. A fine and complete copy, in a matching pull-off case. Bookplates of Sir Edward Sullivan (1822-1885), Lord Chancellor of Ireland ("An ardent and lifelong bibliophile, he had at his death amassed one of the most valuable private libraries in the kingdom" ODNB) and Fleming Crooks (1932 sale at Sotheby's). "The Anatomy ... was one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. All the learning of the age as well as its humour--and its pedantry--are there...it exercised a considerable influence on the thought of its time," PMM. Among its admirers one can count Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, John Keats (who said it was his favorite book ), and Charles Lamb. In more recent times the work has served as an inspiration for such a diverse group as Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, Philip Pullman, and Cy Twombly.

The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is. With all the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognosticks, and several Cures of it.... By Democritus Junior.
Burton, Robert.
Oxford: Printed by John Litchfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1621. Exquisitely bound by Riviere to high 19th century taste: full brown Levant morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, expertly washed and.. more
Price: $45,000.00

Neuromancer.
Gibson, William.
London: Gollancz, 1984. Boards, fine in fine dust jacket. .. more
Price: $2,250.00

Maroon cloth, a fine copy in lightly used first issue dust jacket (small old tape repairs inside). An advance copy, with the publisher's dated review slip, tipped to the front free endpaper.

All the King's Men.
Warren, Robert Penn.
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1946). Maroon cloth, a fine copy in lightly used first issue dust jacket (small old tape repairs inside). An advance copy,.. more
Price: $7,500.00

Original light blue linen. Ink mark on front endpaper, slight fading, a very good copy. First state dust-jacket a little faded (probably once washed) and with some very light wear at the extremities. Half leather case.

Call It Sleep.
Roth, Henry.
New York: Robert M. Ballou, (1934). Original light blue linen. Ink mark on front endpaper, slight fading, a very good copy. First state dust-jacket a little.. more
Price: $10,000.00

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