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History of Don-Quichote

A CORNERSTONE OF THE WESTERN CANON

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. (SHELTON, Thomas, translator). History of Don-Quichote. London, 1620. Two volumes.

The very rare first appearance of both parts of Don Quixote in English, this being the earliest obtainable edition in English of the entire work: comprising the second edition in English of the First Part and the first edition in English of the Second Part. From the Regiate Priory, home of Lady Isabella Caroline, Lady Henry Somerset, notable 19th-century temperance advocate. A splendid copy of a cornerstone of the Western canon. $125,000.

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Happy Prince and Other Tales

SIGNED BY OSCAR WILDE: “WHEN I WAS ALIVE AND HAD A HUMAN HEART,I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TEARS WERE”—THE SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITIONOF THE HAPPY PRINCE, ONE OF ONLY 75 LARGE-PAPER COPIES

WILDE, Oscar. The Happy Prince and Other Tales. London, 1888. Large-paper limited first edition, number 21 of only 75 copies on handmade paper, signed by Oscar Wilde and the publisher David Nutt. Extraordinarily rare. $48,500.

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Autograph manuscript leaf from Walden

"I FIND PREDOMINANTLY IN ME AN INSTINCT TO A HIGHER AND MORE SPIRITUAL LIFE THAT THE COMMON… AND ALSO ANOTHER… TO A PRIMITE AND SAVAGE LIFE, AND I REVENCE BOTH OF THEM ALIKE"

THOREAU, Henry David. Autograph manuscript leaf from Walden. Concord, Massachusetts, 1854.

A wonderful item: an original autograph manuscript leaf from Henry David Thoreau's masterpiece, Walden, including passages from the chapter "Higher Laws" where Thoreau discusses his moral ambivalence about fishing, and another from the "Baker's Farm" chapter that also features fishing. $39,000.

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Writings

“I USED TO WONDER AT THE HALO OF LIGHT AROUND MY SHADOW,AND WOULD FAIN FANCY MYSELF ONE OF THE ELECT”

THOREAU, Henry David. Writings. Boston and New York, 1906. Twenty volumes. Manuscript Edition, beautifully bound and illustrated, limited to 600 copies, with manuscript leaf from Walden (two sides) entirely in Thoreau’s hand. $37,500.

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Animal Farm

"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"

ORWELL, George. Animal Farm. London, 1945.

First edition, first printing, of Orwell’s "savagely ironical allegory" (Clute & Grant) on the gap between radical ideals and reality, his most famous and widely read work, an exceptional copy in original dust jacket. $28,500.

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Survey of 'Eagleswood'

"HIS PROFESSION WAS THAT OF A SURVEYOR, AND IT IS EASY TO IMAGINE HOW, WITH HIS POETIC TEMPERAMENT, WHILE LAYING OUT ROADS AND MEASURING WOODLOTS, HE CAME TO BE WHAT HE WAS"

THOREAU, Henry David. Survey of 'Eagleswood'. Concord, Mass, 1856.

Rare, exceptionally large example of one of Thoreau's surveys, in his hand and signed by him, done for the estate of Marchus and Rebecca Spring, who were prominent philanthropists and active Quaker abolitionists. Beautifully framed. $26,000.

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Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

“A STREAM, NOT JUST OF WATER OR EVEN OF TIME, BUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS ITSELF”

THOREAU, Henry David. Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Boston and Cambridge, 1849.

First edition, first issue, of Thoreau’s first book, one of only 1000 copies printed and one of less than 400 copies in the publisher's cloth, a beautiful copy from the famed collection of Arthur Swann. $25,000.

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"IT'S THE BASIC CONDITION OF LIFE TO BE REQUIRED TO VIOLATE OUR OWN IDENTITY"

DICK, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Garden City: 1968.

First edition of one of science fiction's most famous and influential novels (and inspiration for the landmark futuristic film noir, Blade Runner), Dick's masterful vision of the struggles between technology and humanity, entropy and empathy, in a post-apocalyptic world. $24,500.

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