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17.5 x 22 cm, printed document on light blue paper, with the caption title “District of Salem and Beverly." A certification by the custom house inspectors of merchandise entering the port at Salem, Massachusetts. This one certifies that customs had been paid on fifty bales of wool, and following Hawthorn's signature in red-brown ink, it is countersigned by his co-workers Zachariah Burchmore, the collector and John D. Howard, the naval officer.
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.
Salem Custom House document, signed by Hawthorne as surveyor.
Salem, Mass.: Sep. 23, 1848,
Price: $1,200.00
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LEVER, CHARLES.
The Knight of the Gwynne. A Tale of the Time of the Union . . . With Illustrations by Phiz.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1856.,
Price: $275.00
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Folio, original green cloth spine and pictorial boards. Ten plates on india proof paper mounted on heavy card stock laid in. The text by is on double leaves and unopened, as in Chinese books.
PEIXOTTO, ERNEST C. AND ROBERT HOWE FLETCHER.
Ten Drawings in Chinatown . . . With Certain Observations.
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1898.,
Price: $600.00
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DRYDEN, JOHN, TRANSLATOR.
De Arte Graphica. The Art Of Painting, By C. A. Du Fresnoy. With Remarks. Translated into English, Together with an Original Preface Containing a Parallel betwixt Painting and Poetry . . .
London: Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers, 1695.,
Price: $850.00
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[CARTER, SARAH C., EDITOR].
Child's Wreath, or Poems for Children. Edited by S.C.C.
Boston: J. Buffum, 1853.,
Price: $150.00
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22 x 16 cm, trimmed to and just within the plate-mark, mounted on a board with a triple-rule and framed.
[ENGLISH ENGRAVING: 17TH CENTURY].
The Conten:ted Cuck:kold [caption title].
[?London, circa 1660].,
Price: $800.00
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[PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING: HIS COPY].
Grammatica Lusitano Anglica; or, An English and Portuguese Grammar . . . With all Instructions Necessary to Learn this Language with Ease and in little Time.
London: Printed for F. Fayram and W. Meadows, 1731.,
Price: $450.00
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HEDGE, LEVI.
Elements of Logick; or, A Summary of the General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning.
Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1816.,
Price: $275.00
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LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL AND FRANCIS J. CHILD.
Il Pesceballo. Opera Seria: In Un Atto. Musica del Maestro Rossibelli-Donimozarti [caption title].
[Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1862].,
Price: $650.00
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DRYDEN, JOHN.
Amboyna: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal.
London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673.,
Price: $650.00
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DRYDEN, JOHN.
Marriage A-la-Mode. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal.
London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673.,
Price: $950.00
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12mo, contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering on the spine. One plate of a coat of arms.
[TRAVEL & VOYAGES]. Fontenay-Mareuil, Francois Du Val, Marquis De.
Voyage Faict en Italie par Monsieur le Marquis de Fontenay-Marueil Ambassadeur du Roy près de Sa Saincteté en l'année 1641 . . .
Paris: Chez Louis Boulanger, 1643.,
Price: $1,500.00
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SAYERS, DOROTHY.
Typed letter signed and dated Essex, 14 March 1936, to American mystery novelist Lenore Glen Offord.
Price: $1,500.00
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BEDDOES, THOMAS LOVELL.
The Complete Works of . . . Edited with a Memoir by Sir Edmund Gosse.
London: The Fanfrolico Press, (1928).,
Price: $225.00
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[AMERICAN POETRY: 19TH CENTURY]. Breen, P.C.T.
Hugh O'Nell's [sic] War with Queen Elizabeth, Irish National Efusions and Miscellaneous Poems.
Chicago: Clark & Edwards, 1882.,
Price: $225.00
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[STOCKDALE, JOHN JOSEPH, ATTRIBUTED AUTHOR].
Tales Original and Translated from the Spanish. By a Lady.
London: Printed for J. J. Stockdale, 1810.,
Price: $400.00
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[ANTHOLOGY]. Strachey, Mrs. Richard, Compiler.
Poets on Poets.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1894.,
Price: $150.00
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MILTON, JOHN.
Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books . . . A New Edition, with Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton.
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1749.,
Price: $800.00
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FLEMING, IAN.
The Man with the Golden Gun.
(New York:) The New American Library, (1965).,
Price: $150.00
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DAY-LEWIS, CECIL.
Beechen Vigil and Other Poems.
London: The Fortune Press, (1925).,
Price: $150.00
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STERLING, GEORGE.
Thirty-Five Sonnets.
(San Francisco:) The Book Club of California, (1917).,
Price: $175.00
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WHITMAN, WALT.
Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 . . . To a Young Friend (Peter Doyle). Edited with an Introduction by Richard Maurice Bucke, M.D.
Boston: Laurens Maynard, 1897.,
Price: $10,000.00
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JOYCE, JAMES.
Ulysse. Traduit de l'anglais par M. Auguste Morel assisté par M. Stuart Gilbert. Traduction entièrement revue par M. Valery Larbaud avec la collaboration de L'Auteur.
Paris: La Maison de Amis des Livres, Adrienne Monnier, 1929.,
Price: $1,500.00
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4to, two volmes in one, later wrappers with a manuscript title on the upper wrapper, 8 pages [&] 8 pages.
[AMERICAN POETRY: 19TH CENTURY]. [Biglow, William].
Commencement, A Poem: or Rather Commencement of a Poem. Recited before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in their Dining Hall, in Cambridge, Aug. 29, 1811. By A Brother [pseud] [bound with:] Re-Re-Commencement: A Kind of Poem: Calculated to be recited before an
Salem: Printed by Thomas Cushing, 1811 [&] 1812.,
Price: $275.00
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[AMERICAN ALMANAC: 18TH CENTURY]. [Aitken, Robert].
Aitken’s General American Register and Calendar, For the Year, 1774.
Philadelphia: Printed for R. Aitken, 1773.,
Price: $2,000.00
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