"THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT AMERICA"
TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Democracy in America. London, 1835, 1840. Four volumes.
First editions in English of both parts of Tocqueville's important and influential analysis of American democracy, one of the most outstanding intellectual achievements of the 19th century—"one of the most important texts in political literature" (PMM)—with very scarce folding map colored in outline, with all four volumes uniformly bound in contemporary marbled boards. $52,000.
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ONE OF THE FINEST PRODUCTIONS OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB
LAWRENCE, Jacob. Eight Passages. New York, 1990.
A magnificent production, number 2 of only 22 exhibition copies with eight superb original multi-colored silkscreen prints by Lawrence depicting a preacher and his congregation, each print signed and numbered by Lawrence. $45,000.
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"RICHLY PACKED WITH STRANGE INFORMATION… STRIKINGLY DRAMATIC"
HURSTON, Zora Neale. Tell My Horse. Philadelphia and New York, 1938.
First edition of Hurston's major anthropological work focusing on voodoo and Caribbean folklore, vividly affirming her resolve to "tell stories that reflected the truth, as she knew it, of black people’s lives," with photographic frontispiece and 25 plates, scarce in original dust jacket, inscribed on the half title by the author in red ink: "Sincerely yours, Zora Neale Hurston." $38,500.
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