[Rarebooks] FS: A BAKER'S DOZEN OF BOOKS

[Stephen Johnson]

> *Greetings to All.  The below Baker's Dozen of items are
available at at substantially reduced prices today (May 29, 2023) and
Tomorrow (Tuesday) subject to the terms set forth below:*


*1.  *Dove, John
A Creed Founded on Truth and Common Sense; With Some Scriptures on the
Origin of our Ideas, the Primary Design of the Decalogue, the Light, Law,
and Religion of NATURE, NATURAL CONSCIENCE, and the MORAL SENSE WITH A
Letter to his Grace the Abp of Canterbury, and An APPENDIX to the Rev. Dr.
Foster

London: Printed for R. Spavan, at the Crown in Ivy-Lane, Pater Noster Row;
and to be had at the Pamphlet Shops in London and Westminster, 1750. First
Edition, First Printing. A Very Good copy of this notable work by John Dove
with the leaves showing their age (including foxing and discoloration along
with some edge wear, some dog ears, an a few closed tears), elegantly bound
in half-leather with marbled boards (with the incorrect date "1770" to the
spine tail.) The volume is mildly askew but remains quite attractive.
Commonly called "the Hebrew tailor," due to his trade, Dove was a
distinguished Hutchinsonian who possessed a good knowledge of the Hebrew
language, and was considered a man of learning, but intemperate in his
language. Dove's principal works are, the work presented here as well as
"The Importance of Rabbinical Learning." (Anonymous) (London 1746); "An
Essay on Inspiration" (London, 1756); "Plain Truth or, Quakerism Unmasked"
(London, 1756); and "A Dissertation upon the supposed Existence of a Moral
Law of Nature" and "Upon the Being of a Triune God"; A dissertation upon
the supposed existence of a moral law of nature, and upon the being of a
triune god. Wherein is shewn that the idea of the former is not to be found
in scripture, and is contrary to reason: and that the latter is contained
in scripture, and is not contrary to reason. With a letter to the Right
Reverend Thomas, Lord Bishop of Oxford. And a postscript to the Dunciad,
the critical and monthly reviewers (sold by E. Withers ..., 1757);
Miscellanious Dissertations on Marriage, Celibacy, Covetousness, Virtue,
the modern system of Education ...; Remarks upon a Pamphlet written by the
Rev. Caleb Heming in a letter of admonition ...1756; and A vindication of
the Hebrew Scriptures : with animadversions (London : Norris, 1771). COPIES
OF THE PRIMARY WORK DESCRIBED HEREIN ARE INDEED QUITE SCARCE TO THE MARKET.
[NOTE: Hutchinsonian is defined as: Of or pertaining to John Hutchinson
(writer) (1674–1737), English theological writer, who claimed that the
Bible contained the elements of all rational philosophy.]. Item #3717

Price: $545.00  *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $325.*


2.  A Civilian [Jones, George]
Sketches of Naval Life with Notices of Men, Manners and Scenery on the
Shores of the Mediterranean in a Series of Letters from the Brandywine and
Constitution Frigates

New Haven: H. Howe [Hezekiah Howe], 1829. First Edition, First
Printing. Hardcover.
A very attractive set of these scarce volumes comprising an Autobiography
of George Jones and his travels by sea, set forth in the form of a series
of letters. The volumes have been rebound in elegant leather with gilt
lettering, lining, and decoration to each buttressed spine. The spines and
the boards are stamped in blind and each board is also decorated in gilt,
to the faces, to the ends and to the turn-ins. A number of relevant maps
accompany the text and the leaves show foxing. The pastedowns of each
volume and the facing sides of the accompanying endpapers, as well as the
visible edges of each volume's closed page both, are marbled. Each volume
shows general wear as well as some rubbing through, and the fold-out map at
Volume I's front shows some loss to the edges as well as some
wrinkling/fold lines beyond the prescribed fold lines. Born to a farmer
living outside of Smyrna, Delaware, whose parents died while he was still
rather young Jacob was soon able to embark on an education in medicine. He
received an excellent education, first under a noted local doctor and
politician James Sykes, and thereafter at the University of Pennsylvania.
He spent a limited time working in the medical field but then switched to a
legal career and was appointed by Delaware’s Federalist Governor as the
clerk of the Delaware Superior Court, and married the daughter of Dr.
Sykes. After her death Jones, then still young but old for a Naval
enlistee, he entered the nascent American Navy which was then engaged in an
undeclared naval war with France, and those in Federalist circles with whom
Jones associated enthusiastically supported the conflict. On 10 April 1799,
at age 31, Jones was appointed midshipman, most of whom who were in their
teens. He also recruited a body of men from Delaware to serve as sailors
and, after a short cruise with the frigate United States, the Secretary of
the Navy ordered Midshipman Jones to report with his recruits to
Philadelphia where he would join the crew of the sloop-of-war Delaware.
During the conflict, Jones served on board United States, Delaware, Ganges,
and Constitution and he rose through the ranks of his less mature comrades.
While serving in Ganges on 20 July 1800 the ship recaptured the American
brig Dispatch which had previously been taken by a French barge whereupon
Jones' Commanding officer, Lt. John Mullowny, designated Jones as prize
master and delegated him the responsibility to return the captured vessel
to Philadelphia. On February 27, 1801, Jones was elevated to the rank of
Lieutenant on 27 February 1801. He became the most junior ranked
commissioned officer to earn that honor. His fellow sailors came to admire
his leadership qualities, with Capt. Bainbridge describing him as a “brave
and good Officer and a correct man.” Seaman William Ray, a member of
Philadelphia’s ship’s company likewise remembered Jones as “a calm, mild,
and judicious officer, beloved by all the seamen.” He also served in the
War of 1812. The U.S. Navy has named two destroyers and an escort ship in
honor of Commodore Jacob Jones, including: USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer #
61), 1916-1917; USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer # 130, later DD-130), 1919-1942;
and USS Jacob Jones (DE-130), 1943-1973. Jacob Jones [# 61] retains
significance as the first U.S. destroyer ever to be lost to enemy action.
After over a century since its loss, its final resting place has yet to be
found. A second Jacob Jones destroyer, DD-130, was laid down at the New
York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden, New Jersey, on 21 February 1918
and launched on 20 November 1918 with sponsorship from Jacob Jones’s
great-granddaughter Mrs. Cazenove Doughton. That ship was sunk on 28
February 1942 by a U-boat in World War II. Very good. Item #3712

Price: $950.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $650.*


*3.  *[No Author Stated]
Columbian Almanac for 1874

Philadelphia: Hollowbush & Carey, 1871. 1st Edition. Wrappers. A Very Good
copy of this Almanac for the year 1874. The spine has been repaire/restored
by new material stitched on and finished with a loop at the top for
hanging. The text printed at the bottom of pages 9 and 19 is incomplete due
to a printing defect and there is some loss to the bottom leading edges of
some leaves. The volume shows some general foxing as well as some common
chipping and tearing. Within are short writings, advertisements, and
calendars for each month of the year, and Court information. A Very Good
copy. Very good. Item #3715

Price: $35.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $15.*


4.  [No Author Stated]
Columbian Almanac for 1871

Philadelphia: Hollowbush & Carey, 1871. 1st Edition. Wrappers. A Very Good
copy of this Almanac for the year 1871. The spine has been repaire/restored
by new material stitched on and finished with a loop at the top for
hanging. The volume shows some general foxing as well as some common
chipping and tearing. Within are short writings, advertisements, and
calendars for each month of the year, and Court information. A Very Good
copy. Very good. Item #3714

Price: $35.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $15.*


5.  Nabokov, Vladimir
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

London: Editions Poetry London, 1945. First UK Edition. Hardcover. A Very
Good copy of the First UK Edition, First Printing, in the Publisher's
original cloth (here faded), and being the first of Nabokov's novels to
have been first published in English, as well as the first of his books to
have been published in the UK. Very good. Item #3713

Price: $25.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $17.50.*


6.  Milne, A. A. [Milne, Alan Alexander]
Winnie the Pooh

London: Methuen and Co., 1928. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good
copy of the first edition, first printing/impression, of the fourth Winnie
the Pooh novel in the Publisher's original salmon-coloured cloth, with the
front board lined and decorated in gilt and the spine lined and lettered in
gilt, lacking the dust jacket. The volume is a bit askew and the spine
modestly, the rear board shows some fading to the extremities, the leading
corners some bumping and light wear, the half-title page bears a gift
presentation, and there are some scattered marks to the pages. The side of
each page facing its accompanying pastedown is toned -- likely due to the
glue used for the pastedowns. Notably, prior to writing this tale, Milne
had purchased a stuffed Tiger for his son which he named "Tigger" and so
Milne added Tigger to his band of Winnie the Pooh characters and, as this
work introduced both Tigger and the game of "Poohsticks", it became a
beloved conclusion of his Winnie the Pooh series. Item #3707

Price: $545.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $325.*


7.  Carnegie, Andrew

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. "IT WILL
BE A GREAT MISTAKE…TO SHOOT THE MILLIONAIRES FOR THEY ARE THE BEES THAT
MAKE THE MOST HONEY." A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first
printing, in the Publisher's original maroon cloth (no jacket was issued),
WITH THE TITLE ON THE TITLE PAGE BEING LETTERED IN RED AND WITH THE TITLE
PAGE EMBLEM IN RED AND SURROUNDED BY AN EMBOSSMENT IN BLANK PARALLEL TO THE
EMBLEM. [NOTE ON PRIORITY: Both this edition and the edition which names
itself as the "SUCCESS EDITION" were published in April, 1902. Due to the
foregoing features of the printing described above and the lack of such
features in the "SUCCESS EDITION", as well as the tendency of publishers to
reduce special features in later printings and editions to save costs, we
surmise that this edition was printed first and the "SUCCESS EDITION" later
that month.] The volume shows light to modest rubbing to the spine ends and
leading board corners and some slight lightening to the spine and to a
small portion of the front board's upper left. The cloth is otherwise rich
in color, and the closed page block's upper edge is in gilt. Within, a
prior owner's bookplate graces the front pastedown, and there are light
pencil notations on the upper right corner of both the front free
endpaper's recto and the rear pastedown. The title page faces the
tissue-guarded frontis of Carnegie's image and the title page itself is
partially lettered and decorated in red and is otherwise lettered in red.
The hinges are solid and uncracked and the leaves are remarkably bright and
clean. A Business Classic, the volume contains seventeen (17) Essays by the
great Industrial Titan whose work and charity greatly affected America's
business and culture. Each Essay has its own half-title. Andrew Carnegie,
along with the Rockefellers, Fricks, Morgans, Goulds, and Mellons presided
over America's Gilded Age and, between the Civil War and the early 20th
Century, and drove the forces that upended the old Jeffersonian world.
Quite notably, Carnegie differed from his fellows as he, to the benefit of
many, maintained that all the new wealth was "...not chiefly the product of
the individual… but largely the joint product of the community, and that
therefore, while ambitious men might naturally pursue great fortunes, those
riches should be returned in one's lifetime to do public good." 'Whether
the millionaire wishes it or not, he cannot evade the law which under
present conditions compels him to use his wealth for the good of the
people." This being the case, Carnegie also maintained that (as quoted in
the New York Times: "It will be a great mistake for the community to shoot
the millionaires for they are the bees that make the most honey." Carnegie
lived by this principle and he not only funded libraries (for which he is
famous, he also paid for thousands of church organs, but also used his
funds to help establish numerous colleges, schools, and other nonprofit
organizations and associations in other nations as well. While Carnegie
rose to great fame and wealth, it is notable that he was born not in
American but in Scotland. His parents, Will and Margaret Carnegie, sold
their belongings in Scotland to come to America when he was 13-years-old.
They took up their life in a Pittsburgh suburb and lived in a pair of rooms
above a weaving shop that as run by their relatives. They eventually took
over eventually took over the business but failed to succeed. Consequently,
Andrew Carnegie began working as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill, laboring
long hours and earning $1.20 per week. From these modest beginnings he
worked his way to becoming one of the richest men in the world's history,
then using his wealth to benefit others. This copy is QUITE SCARCE
altogether and is EASILY THE NICEST COPY WE EVER HAVE SEEN. Very good + /
[No Dust Jacket Issued]. Item #3706

Price: $1,200.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $725.*


8.  Barrus, Clara
Whitman and Burroughs; Comrades

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. First Edition, First
Printing. Cloth. A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing in
a Very Good dust jacket. The volume's closed page block's bottom shows
shelf soiling to its leading edge and the binding shows only quite light
wear. The dust jacket shows some edge wear and overall modest soiling, and
each panel shows some chipping and tearing. The front free endpaper's recto
shows two tiny notations of a prior seller. Within, the reader will find
previously unpublished letters by Walt Whitman and information on his life
and writings and on the close friendship of Walt Whitman and John Burroughs
as well as contemporaneous records of the reception given by both European
and American writers of Whitman's greatest work, "Leaves of Grass', as well
of reactions to, and opinions of, others about Whitman himself being an
altogether strong study of "comradeship" through the lens of the
relationship of these two highly-notable American writers. Copies in the
dust jacket are quite scarce. Very good + / very good. Item #3663

Price: $65.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $25.*


*9.  *Fitzgerald, Penelope
The Means of Escape

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Edition, First
Printing. Hardcover. A Fine, unread, copy of the first edition, first
printing with a bit of sunning to the upper edges, in a near Fine dust
jacket (with sunning to the jacket's spine and upper edge and a shadow from
removal of a security sticker from the verso but otherwise Fine). The book
was published soon after the author's death and is her DEBUT COLLECTION OF
SHORT STORIES. Fine / fine. Item #3701

Price: $35.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $16.50.*


10.  Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy; Caldwell, E. [Illustrator -- a brother a
brother of Mary Tourtel]
Jock of the Bushveld

London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1907. First
Edition. Hardcover. A Very Good or better copy of the first edition, first
printing/first issue [with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with
his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457 which was
changed to back legs in later printings and with drawing of a horse is
being dragged up a vertical cliff on pg 316], in the Publisher's original
green cloth (being a variant binding) with the spine lettered in gilt and
decorated in blind. The boards show some rubbing and bending to their
leading corners as well as some shelf wear to their bottom edges. A true
story written by Fitzpatrick, a South African who was the Master of "Jock",
the fearless and brave runt of a litter, the book is richly illustrated by
Edwin Caldwell, a brother of Mary Tourtel [the British author and artist
who created and drew the popular comic strip character "Rupert Bear"]. The
tale contains a tissue-guarded frontispiece and twenty-two additional "Full
Page Illustrations". The first page of each chapter contains a heading
illustration and each other page shows a varied number of illustrations to
the margin. The leaf hosting pp 177/178 has a sort of overlay to the
leading margin that partially obscures the illustrations therein shown, and
the illustration leaf facing page 172 shows a light fold line. The pages
hosting the half-title and the blank side of the frontispiece have some
dark marking (leaving the frontis illustration page clean), and the outer
margin of that leaf shows a small closed tear to the leading margin.
Scattered foxing lies within, but in spite of these flaws, this copy
presents an opportunity to obtain the first edition, first printing, FIRST
ISSUE of this RATHER UNCOMMON TO SCARCE noted work at a relatively low
price. [NOTE: per Wikipedia: Jock of the Bushveld is a 1986 South African
adventure film directed by Gray Hofmeyr and produced by Duncan MacNeillie
for Duncan MacNeillie Production and Toron International. The film stars
Jonathan Rands, Jocelyn Broderick and Michael Brunner in lead role along
with Gordon Mulholland, Wilson Dunster in supportive roles and the dog
Umfubu. The film is based on the 1907 novel by same name written by Irish
writer James Percy FitzPatrick who went South Africa in 1800s. It was his
friend Rudyard Kipling who encouraged Fitzpatrick to commit these stories,
which Fitzpatrick had told to his children as bedtime stories, to writing.]
This tremendously popular South African book and has been also widely read
abroad. Over a hundred editions have been printed and it has been
translated into Afrikaans, Dutch, French, Xhosa, and Zulu, and others. A
SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OF THIS NOTABLE WORK. Very good +. Item
#3716

Price: $750.00    *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $285.*


11.  Clark, Carol Higgins
Twanged [SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY] inscribed and signed to Famed New York
Restauranteur Elaine Kaufman with the dust jacket framed and once hanging
in her Restaurant]

New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. A Very Good
or better copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's
original light green boards and half-orange spine cloth lettered in green,
and with a presumed drinking glass bottom ring to the rear board. The
leading corners are slightly bumped and rubbed and the spine ends are
mildly pushed. The front free endpaper has been excised with some remnants
remaining. The title page has been dated and inscribed by the author to
Elaine Kaufman as follows: "March 22, 1998 // For Elaine, // Check out page
257 - // It takes place at the best / joint in New York.... / (and the
world!) // Hope you enjoy it! // Love / Carol // Carol Higgins Clark" The
dust jacket has been removed and the front panel framed for hanging in the
restaurant. Elaine Kaufman owned and operated the highly popular Manhattan
restaurant "Elaine's" where prominent authors, actors, and other
celebrities often ate. Seen as a salty den mother, Elaine took no flack
from anyone. (She and Norman Mailer had an argument one day, whereupon she
kicked him out of the restaurant. Mailer vowed never to return and
thereafter wrote her an unflattering letter. She wrote "Boring" on the
letter and sent it back to him.) In "Elaine's" sat a row of tables along
one wall of the restaurant's main room that were held for the use by
regular diners -- a group which included Norman Mailer, Woody Allen (who
filmed a scene for his movie "Manhattan" at Elaine's), Gay Talese, George
Plimpton, Peter Maas, Dan Jenkins, Joseph Heller, Mario Puzo, Frank Conroy
and many others, including, of course, Carol Higgins Clark. Diners also
included theater, film, and television personalities as well as sports
figures, politicians, and gossip-column society. Celebrity diners were so
common at Elaine's that a rule evolved that customers should pay no special
attention to them. The rule was broken, however, when Mick Jagger dined
there (“The room grew still,” Elaine said) and, when Luciano Pavarotti ate
there, on his entry, all of the other diners stood and applauded.
Unsurprisingly, Willie Nelson, could never be ignored as each time he came
he kissed every woman at the bar. Famous artists also came, including Helen
Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell. The restaurant's reputation for
attracting celebrities was memorialized by Billy Joel (whose song "Big
Shot" contains the line “They were all impressed with your Halston dress /
And the people that you knew at Elaine’s.” Kaufman, in spite of her
reputation for being gruff, was also known for having a soft heart for
writers as those who had not yet met with success were allowed to dine on
credit -- among them being Winston Groom who could later afford to pay his
bill after the success of "Forest Gump". Kaufman's love for writers was
further exhibited by her removal of book jackets (including this one) from
the books that authors gave her which dust jackets she framed and hung on
the restaurant's walls. Furthermore, so great was her fame that in 2003 the
New York Landmarks Conservancy named Kaufman a "Living Landmark".
Presumably, the hanging of this jacket would have been a point of pride for
the author as she was being publicly hailed as a celebrity to and among
other celebrities. Signed copies of Carol Higgins Clark's works are not
scarce to the market, but signed ASSOCIATION COPIES-- especially to fellow
New York celebrities AND LIVING LANDMARKS are RARE INDEED. Very good / [see
description for information on the dust jacket]. Item #3700

Price: $265.00    *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $95.*


12.* Trollope, Anthony*
Tales of All Countries [First Series]

London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
An about Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing, in the
Publisher's original green cloth with spine lettered and decorated in gilt,
the front board lined and decorated in gilt, and the rear board decorated
in blind. The volume is askew and shows rubbing to the boards and rubbing
through to the board corners and spine ends. The boards show bubbling to
the cloth, the rear hinge is broken, and the leaves are rather clean. The
volume contains eight short stories and no catalogue ever has been present
and, as Sadlier states: "This catalogue may be regarded as optional. Copies
of the book exist with no catalogue at all, and, as it is doubtful whether
more than one binding-up of sheets was ever called for (the stories were
unsuccessful in volume form) catalogue and non-catalogue copies may well be
simultaneous is issue." As of the date this description was authored, we
found only three (3) first edition copies of the book in original cloth on
ABE and only six (6) copies altogether. QUITE SCARCE INDEED. Very good.
Item #3693

Price: $725.00    *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $325.*


13.*  Morley, John*
Voltaire

London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
An about Very Good or better copy of the first edition, first printing,
bound in full green leather with the spine and both boards decoratively
lined in gilt and the buttressed spine also decoratively lined, lettered,
and dated in gilt. All three visible closed page block edges are in gilt as
well. The leading board corners and spine corners are also rubbed and the
joints show wear and signs of use. The front pastedown is graced with a
small and elegant bookplate that, in part, reads "OTIUM SINE LITERIS MORS
EST" [which means "leisure without literature is death"]. The volume
contains forty-six (46) inserted plates with a tissue guard to most of
them. There the half-title shows some staining and there also are scattered
stains apparently caused by the presence of a plate and/or tissue guard,
and several of the tissue-guards show a closed tear. An oddly-placed tissue
guard is adhered to the rear free endpaper's verso and partially torn due
to some person or persons attempt(s) to open it. Finally, the front free
endpaper has a crease to the upper leading right portion and the second
free endpaper bears a prior seller's pencil notes. In spite of the
foregoing, the volume remains quite attractive and inviting. Very good +.
Item #3698

Price: $325.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $135.*


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