"PUBLIC AFFAIRS ARE OFTEN FOUL AND FULL OF ORDURE, WHEREBY WITH THE LEAST TOUCH A MAN CONTAMINATES HIMSELF"
BALZAC, Jean-Louis Guez de. Aristippus… Being a Discourse Concerning the Court. London, 1659.
First edition in English of Aristippe, a treatise on wisdom in political administration, a collection of "sound, if somewhat pessimistic opinions (some of them commonplaces from ancient authors) on ethics, politics, and literature" (Harvey & Heseltine). $2600.
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“SUCH WORKS… ARE THE RAILROADS TO LEARNING”
ROBERTSON, William. Works. London, 1824. Twelve volumes. “New Edition” of Robertson’s lauded histories of Scotland, Charles V and the New World, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait and seven folding plates (six maps), handsomely bound. $2200.
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SIGNED BY DON DELILLO
DELILLO, Don. Players. New York, 1977.
First edition of this dark novel about an affluent Manhattan couple who become involved with violence and sex in order to escape from their dull lives, signed by Don DeLillo. $900.
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