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F. Scott Fitzgerald - My Muse has gone, Autograph Letter signed
Date: 1896 - 1940
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James Joyce - Ulysses, Virgil Thomson’s Copy, First edition
Date: 1922
Medium: in quarter morocco slipcase
Dimensions: Tall 8vo (26.2 x 20.1 cm.)
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Rare July 1776 Declaration of Independence Broadside: The Earliest Known Publication in Massachusetts
Date: 1776
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Dimensions: Sheet size 13¾ x 16¾”, untrimme
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Marc Chagall - The Lithographs of Chagall I-VI (complete)
Date: 1960 - 1986
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Dimensions: quarto
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Abraham Lincoln - Autograph Note Signed
Date: 1864
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Dimensions: 8vo
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First Edition of "Joan Miro et l’émancipation définitive de la queue du chat"
Date: 1978
Medium:velin d’arches paper; yellow clot
Dimensions: Square 4to [26 x 25 cm / 10.2 x 9.5
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Thomas L. McKenney, James Hall - History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Date: 1836 - 1844
Medium:half-calf (worn)
Dimensions: 3 volumes folio [50 x 36,3 cm / 19,
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René Descartes - First Edition of The Passions of the Soul
Date: 1649
Medium:bound in full contemporary overlapp
Dimensions: 8vo [15,9 x 9 cm / 6,25 x 3,54 inch
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The 1564 Medici-Danti Map of California
Date: 1600 - 1700
Medium:pen and ink, gouache and watercolor
Dimensions: 44 5/8 x 38 5/8 inches (113.7 x 98
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Edmund Dulac - The Buried Moon, English Tale
Date: 1916
Medium:Pencil and Watercolor with ink, Mat
Dimensions: 12.6 x 11.0 in. / 31.9 x 28.0 cm
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Man Ray - Photographs - First Monograph, Signed and Inscribed
Date: 1934
Medium:original spiral-bound photo-pictori
Dimensions: Quarto
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Sigmund Freud - Autograph Letter signed
Date: 1856 - 1939
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Dimensions: 12mo
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams - Ship's Passport
Date: 1818
Medium:parchment
Dimensions: folio
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Marcel Proust - A la recherche du temps perdu
Date: 1918 - 1927
Medium:brown morocco, gilt, silk
Dimensions: 13 volumes in foolscap 4to [21,4 x
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Descartes, René :First edition of the - Discourse on the Method - preserved in its elegant contemporary Parisian binding
Date: 1637
Medium:Full fawn calf, gilt fillet on the
Dimensions: 4to [207 x 155 mm / 7,9 x 5,9 inche
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Map of Dutch New-York - Allard’s Totius Neobelgii Nova
Date: 1674
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Dimensions: Plate: 18½ x 21⅝ in.; sheet size
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George Washington’s Throne of Grace Letter
Date: 1789
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Dimensions: 7¾ x 13 in.
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Emily Dickinson - Poems
Date: 1890
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Dimensions: octavo
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Nicolas Visscher - Baroque Architecture of the Netherlands
Date: 1660
Medium:bound in 18th century paperboards.
Dimensions: Large folio [53.5 x 35.8 cm/21 x 14
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Don Quichotte, Bound for the Princess of Lamballe
Date: 1775
Medium:full green morocco, triple gilt fil
Dimensions: 4 volumes 12mo [15,7 x 9,5 cm / 6,1
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Rare Specimen of Monumental Antiphonary
Date: 1400 - 1500
Medium:vellum, binding of pigskin over mas
Dimensions: Dimensions of the binding: 88 x 66
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Illuminated Manuscript - Nativity Scene
Date: 1470 - 1500
Medium:parchment
Dimensions: 574 x 414 mm (approx. 22.6 x 16.3 i
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Henry Alken - The National Sports of Great Britain
Date: 1823
Medium:straight-grained dark blue morocco,
Dimensions: Large folio [49.2 x 33.2 cm/19.3 x
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Adam Smith - An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Date: 1776
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Dimensions: 2 vols. 4to
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John Gould - One of the Finest Collections of the Works of John Gould in Existence
Date: 1831 - 1888
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Cole Porter - Typed Letter Signed
Date: 1891 - 1964
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Dimensions: 4to
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First edition of the map of the world seen from Japan, entirely hand-colored at the time
Date: 1785
Medium:wood-engraved map, blue cloth prote
Dimensions: 165 x 91 cm (65 x 35,8 inches)
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Cellarius: The celestial atlas used by navigators, sumptuously contemporary hand-coloured.
Date: 1708
Medium:Bound in limp vellum
Dimensions: Large folio [51,2 x 32,2 cm / 20,1
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Israel's Declaration of Independence
Date: 1948
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Dimensions: 8¼ x 13 in
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Redouté, Pierre Joseph - Redouté's Roses
Date: 1828 - 1829
Medium:blue half-calf
Dimensions: 3 volumes large 8vo [22 x 15,4 cm /
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Thomas Jefferson - A Map of the United States of N. America
Date: 1785
Medium:custom leather-and-cloth slipcase
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Theodore Roosevelt, Typed Letter Signed
Date: 1901
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Gustave Flaubert - The First Edition on Large-paper of L'Education Sentimentale
Date: 1870
Medium:dutch paper; bound in burgundy quar
Dimensions: 2 volumes large 8vo [24,5 x 15,3 cm
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Extraordinary Archive of Material on the assassination of President James Garfield and the trial of Charles Guiteau
Date: 1859 - 1883
Medium:All laid into a three quarters blac
Dimensions: various sizes (8vo to folio)
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A Signed Copy of Martin Luther King’s 1963 Collection of Sermons Strength to Love
Date: 1963
Medium:in custom blue half-calf clamshell
Dimensions: 5¾ x 8½ in
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
Date: 1881 - 1886
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Dimensions: approximately 3½ x 8½” folded
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Catalogue of Perfumes and Cosmetic Products - J.G. Mouson & Cie. Parfumerien & Toiletteseifen
Date: 1898
Medium:bound in burgundy quarter-shagreen,
Dimensions: Folio [43 x 31 cm / 16,9 x 12,2 inc
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Albert Camus - La Peste
Date: 1947
Medium:glassine
Dimensions: octavo
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Winston Churchill - The Second World War
Date: 1948 - 1954
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Dimensions: Octavo
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Pierre Sonnerat - Journey to the East Indies and China, Undertaken at the King's Command
Date: 1782
Medium:bound in full red morocco, triple g
Dimensions: 2 volumes 4to [28.9 x 22 cm / 11.3
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George Edwards - A Natural History of Birds
Date: 1802 - 1806
Medium:red full straight-grained morocco,
Dimensions: 2 works bound in 4 volumes folio [4
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George Barbier - Journal des Dames et des Modes
Date: 1912 - 1914
Medium:Holland paper
Dimensions: Octavo
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John Speed - The Theatre of Great Britain
Date: 1611
Medium:19th-century full calf with elabora
Dimensions: Folio (414x287mm)
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Illuminated Manuscript: Decorated Leaf with Crucifixion Scene Miniature
Date: 1470
Medium:vellum
Dimensions: S133 x 93 mm (approx. 5.3 x 3.7 inc
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Marc Chagall - The Jerusalem Windows
Date: 1962
Medium:Original red cloth, original pictor
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La Varenne - Le Cuisinier François 
Date: 1654
Medium:vellum
Dimensions: 8vo [16,6 x 10,2 cm / 6,53 x 4,01 i
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Illuminated Manuscript - Miniature Depicting the Circumcision of Christ
Date: 1475
Medium:vellum
Dimensions: Size: 180 x 125 mm (approx. 7.0 x 5
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Jacques Lagniet - The Life, Manners and Proverbs of the French People in the Reign of Louis XIII and Louis XIV
Date: 1657 - 1663
Medium:bound in contemporary stiff full ve
Dimensions: 3 suites bound in 1 volume 4to [25,
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Editio Princeps of Aristophanes’ Comedies
Date: 1498
Medium:bound in limp vellum, flat spine
Dimensions: Folio [31,7 x 21 cm / 12,48 x 8,26
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Giuseppe Piattoli - First Edition Suite Depicting the Games and Entertainments in Tuscany in the 18th Century
Date: 1790
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Dimensions: Oblong folio [32,8 x 45,2 cm / 12,9
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James D. Watson, Francis D. Crick - The Discovery of the Structure of DNA
Date: 1953
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Jackie Robinson Autograph Letter Signed
Date: 1960 - 1970
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Dimensions: 12mo
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Julius Caesar; William Duncan - The Commentaries of Caesar Translated into English
Date: 1753
Medium:full contemporary calf with elabora
Dimensions: Folio
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen - Eine neue Art von Strahlen [About a new kind of rays]
Date: 1895
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Edouard Manet; Edmond Bazire - Manet
Date: 1884
Medium:contemporary half calf over marbled
Dimensions: octavo
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Illuminated Manuscript - Prayer to God, the Father
Date: 1480
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Dimensions: Size: 212 x 136 mm (approx. 8.3 x 5
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Raymond of Peñafort - Illuminated manuscript: Decretals
Date: 1300 - 1400
Medium:vellum
Dimensions: Leaf Size: 27 x 42cm.
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Albert Einstein - Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper [Special Relativity]; et al.
Date: 1905
Medium:contemporary German half-morocco ov
Dimensions: Octavo
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Mathew Seutter's Mississippi Bubble Map
Date: 1728
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Dimensions: frame measurements 28 1/2'' by 25 1
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French Manuscript Map of Northeast India
Date: 1765 - 1770
Medium:Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: 42'' x 66''
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President John Quincy Adams signed ships passport
Date: 1826
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Dimensions: size framed: 16'' by 19 ½''
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Abraham Lincoln signed naval commission
Date: 1863
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Dimensions: 17'' by 14''
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Engraving: A Plan of the City & Fortifications of Louisberg
Date: 1745
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Dimensions: framed and matted: 22 1/4'' by 19''
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The first map of the East Coast
Date: 1548
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Dimensions: framed and matted: 13'' by 11 ½''
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Frontispiece from Basilius Besler's Hortus Eystettensis
Date: 1640
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Dimensions: size of frame: 28 1/2'' by 33''
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John Speed, Map of Carolina
Date: 1676
Medium:Paper
Dimensions: Height: 15 inches, Width: 20 inches
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A Fine Early 19th Century American Ships Passport Signed by President James Madison May 16, 1809
Date: 1809
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Nova Anglia Septentrionali America by Johannes Baptista Homann
Date: 1716
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Dimensions: framed and matted: 30 1/2'' by 27''
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A War of 1812 Military Commission signed by Pres. James Madison on June 1, 1810, appointing James Bryson as Second Lt.
Date: 1810
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Large Decorative Map of Rome
Date: 1829
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Dimensions: 29.5 x 44.5 inches, overall; 7.5 x
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Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia
Date: 1795
Medium:Black and white engraving, with bro
Dimensions: 15.75 x 20.75 inches, including bor
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A Rare War of 1812 Naval Commission signed by President JAMES MADISON appointing David Deacon as Master Commandant
Date: 1814
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Unique and Rare Antique George Washington Memorial Calligraphic Exercise
Date: 1800 - 1820
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Dimensions: Including frame the width is 30 1/2
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An engraved print of Boston
Date: 1775
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Dimensions: 8'' by 11''
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A Revolutionary War Period State of Massachusetts Bay Bond Payable on January 1, 1780.
Date: 1780
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Dimensions: 17 3/4'' by 13 3/4''
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An Original and Rare Pre Revolutionary War French Engraving of Boston
Date: 1760
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Dimensions: measuring 13'' by 9 1/2''.
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A Wooden 'Memorial' Book with carved Anchor on the front and a carving of the ship 'EURYDICE' on the back
Date: 1878
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Dimensions: 8'' by 6'' by 3/4''.
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A Fine Ship's Passport Signed by Presidents JAMES MADISON and JAMES MONROE and dated Dec. 3, 1811
Date: 1811
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Dimensions: this fine grouping measures 39 1/2'
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An Important Colonial Ship's Registry Certificate BOLDLY signed by Governor 'JOHN HANCOCK' and dated August 7, 1781.
Date: 1781
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A Fine Vellum-bound Book Entitled Noctium Atticarum
Date: 1706
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Dimensions: It measures 10'' by 8 1/4'' by 2 1/
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