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The New–England Magazine

The New–England Magazine by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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Seller: Biblioctopus
Title
The New–England Magazine
Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Seller
Biblioctopus (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Boston: J.T. Buckingham, 1835. First Edition. Near fine. 23 vols. 1st appearances in original wrappers of 12 Hawthorne stories in The New–England Magazine, featuring tales from the allegorical (Young Goodman Brown) to a precursor to the detective story (Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe). 2 complete years in the original wrappers with Jan. 1835 issue (The Gray Champion) extracted from an annual volume.  Despite light wear and a few minor repairs, in near fine condition (extraordinary). 2 half morocco cases. These are the 1st printings of the stories that brought Hawthorne his first fame, and a run of this length in original wrappers is unheard of, and even single individual issues from 1834 and 1835 are rare. Ex–Rufus Choate (ownership inscriptions to an 1835 issue). Robert H. Hay (bookplates). Ref: Clark D9, D10, D12–D25. Contains the following: Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe (as an interior part of The Story–Teller # 1 & 2) Old News Nos. 1–3 My Visit to Niagara Young Goodman Brown Wakefield The Ambitious Guest Graves and Goblins A Rill from the Town–Pump The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet The Vision of the Fountain Sketches from Memory Nos. 1 & 2 The Devil in Manuscript Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" stands as a masterful exploration of Puritan anxieties and moral ambiguity. The tale employs sophisticated allegorical techniques to interrogate the psychological dimensions of religious faith and human depravity. Through its protagonist's nocturnal journey into the forest—a liminal space representing moral uncertainty—Hawthorne crafts a narrative that deliberately blurs the boundaries between reality and hallucination. This ambiguity serves as the story's central philosophical inquiry: whether the Satanic ritual Brown witnesses reveals the hypocrisy of his community or merely reflects his own psychological projection of sin onto others. The text's linguistic precision creates a sustained atmosphere of dread through careful deployment of shadowplay imagery and biblical allusions, while simultaneously subverting Puritan literary conventions by refusing moral closure. Particularly notable is Hawthorne's nuanced characterization of Faith, Brown's wife, whose symbolic pink ribbons function as multivalent signifiers of innocence, sexuality, and moral compromise. Through this complex narrative structure, Hawthorne offers a sophisticated critique of Puritan moral absolutism while establishing themes of hidden sin and psychological isolation that would characterize his later, more celebrated works.
Photograph Signed

Photograph Signed by RAND, AYN

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company
Title
Photograph Signed
Author
RAND, AYN
Seller
The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
np: np. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good. LARGE (8 x 10 in ) PHOTOGRAPH OF RAND, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED in ink in the bottom margin: "To Carl Davis - / -Cordially - Ayn Rand / 8-25-78". A fine portrait of Rand in her later years. A little ink variation on the inscription, due to the glossy paper, otherwise fine. Signed Rand photographs are extremely rare on the market.
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Provincetown. Wood Engravings by Barnard Taylor by OLIVER, Mary

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Title
Provincetown. Wood Engravings by Barnard Taylor
Author
OLIVER, Mary
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy
Description
(Lewisburg, PA): Bucknell University/The Press of Appletree Alley, 1987. First edition. One of 145 copies signed by Oliver. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, glassine dust jcket. Fine copy.
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales , A. D. MCLXXXVIII; Translated into English, and Illustrated with Views, Annotations, and a Life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart

The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales , A. D. MCLXXXVIII; Translated into English, and Illustrated with Views, Annotations, and a Life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart by Giraldus, Cambrensis

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The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales , A. D. MCLXXXVIII; Translated into English, and Illustrated with Views, Annotations, and a Life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart
Author
Giraldus, Cambrensis
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: Printed for William Miller, 1806. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. Large 4to. 2 vols. (12),cxcii,220,(4);(6),440,(4)pp. Indices. Complete with 59 engraved plates (including a hand-colored folding map) and a second large, hand-colored folding map at rear of Vol. II. Errata page is present. Old calf over marbled boards (rubbed), tips worn. Spines in 6 compartments with raised bands; gilt. A few of the plates are foxed. A very attractive wide-margined copy. Lowndes says that the editor's annotations and notes are particularly valuable . Lowndes, p. 896.
The Black Camel (FIRST EDITION IN SECOND ISSUE DUST JACKET)

The Black Camel (FIRST EDITION IN SECOND ISSUE DUST JACKET) by Biggers, Earl Derr

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Title
The Black Camel (FIRST EDITION IN SECOND ISSUE DUST JACKET)
Author
Biggers, Earl Derr
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition in second issue dust jacket. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". 312pp. Presents nicely in archival sleeved dust jacket. Wear to unclipped, nicely repaired dust jacket, with rubbing, toning, creasing, tears, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spine of jacket. Bound in gray cloth over boards with spine and front cover lettered in orange. Mild rubbing, toning, and bumps to corners and edges of boards. Small black smudge to spine. Light rubbing to edges of text block. Penciled notation to front free endpaper. Small open tear to rear free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A presentable first edition of this Charlie Chan mystery by Earl Derr Biggers. The character of Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers as a counter to the stereotype of "Yellow Peril," and as an alternative to the common practice of media to portray Asian characters as stoic, menacing villains. Chan was characterized as heroic, intelligent, handsome, and honorable, and was received well by the general public. His stories would go on to be featured in numerous movies, as well as radio and television adaptations. ABOUT THIS BOOK: "Death is the black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate." This is what Charlie Chan tells the guests of the unfortunate Shelah Fane, a glamorous Hollywood movie star who has been murdered while on location beach side in Honolulu. Here the detective confronts his most perplexing case of his long and illustrious career. Chan is aided by a mysterious fortune teller named Tarneverro the Great. It appears that Miss Fane had summoned Tarneverro to Honolulu as she strongly believes in his mystical powers. A number of bystanders do not have alibis in this case, and it takes every bit of Chan's considerable powers to untangle this intricate web of deception and murder.(Publisher).
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Document Signed, by ALLEN, Harry

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Document Signed,
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ALLEN, Harry
Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
endorsement on Application for Membership of Ken Maynard in The Masquers, Hollywood, California, May 14, 1928. Signed by Charles Hill Mailes and Harry Allen. 5 1/2" x 7 1/4"; very good.. Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good.
A Florida Territory Document Concerning An Estate Dispute

A Florida Territory Document Concerning An Estate Dispute by (FLORIDA)

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Title
A Florida Territory Document Concerning An Estate Dispute
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(FLORIDA)
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
(FLORIDA). DS. 1pg. December 26, 1843. Escambia County, Florida Territory. A handwritten legal document concerning an estate dispute. It was signed by a clerk and docketed on the verso by several other parties, including U.S. Marshal for the District of E. Florida John Beard. To the Marshals of the Territory of Florida, Greeting We command you that of the goods and Chattels Lands and tenements of John N Stockton deceased in the hands of William T Stockton administrator to be administered you cause to be made the sum of one thousand seven hundred and thirty three dollars and forty seven cents for his principal and interest there on up to the eight day of December 1843 and eight per cent interest thereon until paid which John Campbell lately in our Superior Court for the County of Escambia in the western District of Florida recovered against the said William T Stockton administrator as aforesaid and the further sum of three dollars and eighty-seven cents Which to the said John Campbell was adjudged for his costs by him about his suit in this behalf expanded where of the said William T Stockton as administrator aforesaid in Convict as appears to us of record and failing the goods and chattels of the said John N C Stockton deceased And you are further commanded that you have the said sum of money in one hundred and twenty days from the date hereof before our said Court at the Court House in said County to render to the said John Campbell to satisfy and pay the debt and costs aforesaid Florida became a state in 1845. The document is in very good condition with minor faults.
Aucassin and Nicolette

Aucassin and Nicolette by Lang, Andrew

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Title
Aucassin and Nicolette
Author
Lang, Andrew
Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1931 Designed and illustrated by Vojt?ch Preissig. Translated by Andrew Lang. Limited edition. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by Preissig, this being number 1376. Publisher's cloth, patterned in purple, green, and black, spine lettered in gilt, and endpapers decorated in green; in its original cream dust jacket, patterned in green yellow and purple, with spine lettered in black; lacking publisher's slipcase. Book with just a tiny spot of staining to right edge of front board, else fine; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with two tiny nicks to head of spine, and a few small closed tears to top edges of panels. Overall, a superb copy. Aucassin et Nicolette is an anonymously penned 13th-century French chantefable (prose narrative interspersed with poetry) about two lovers who overcome pirates and imprisonment to be together. The story is seen as a parody of Old French genres, like the epic, the romance, and the saint's life. The one surviving manuscript of Aucassin et Nicolette is held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.. Signed. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
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Shadow Country. by ALLEN, Paula Gunn.

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Title
Shadow Country.
Author
ALLEN, Paula Gunn.
Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: American Indian Studies Center, (1982).. First edition.. 149 pp. Covers unevenly sunned, else very good plus in illustrated wrappers with one small corner crease. INSCRIBED by Allen on the title page.
Bartholomew's British Isles Contour Motoring Map

Bartholomew's British Isles Contour Motoring Map by Bartholomew, John

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Bartholomew's British Isles Contour Motoring Map
Creator
Bartholomew, John
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Son, Ltd. Map. Very Good. Map. Sturdy stock map with red cover. Folds out to oversized map: scale 1/16 per mi. In very good condition with no fading or edgewear. In 4 colors. Travel Pamphlets. TRAV/1163.
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Kunst der Gegenwart. Malerei, Zeichnung, Druckgraphik, Keramik im neuen Verwaltungsgebäude der RAG Aktiengesellschaft. Konzeption und Text: Ursula Bode. by RAG Aktiengesellschaft.

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Kunst der Gegenwart. Malerei, Zeichnung, Druckgraphik, Keramik im neuen Verwaltungsgebäude der RAG Aktiengesellschaft. Konzeption und Text: Ursula Bode.
Author
RAG Aktiengesellschaft.
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Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
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Essen, n.d.. 61, (1)pp. Prof. illus. in color. 4to. Wraps.

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