First Edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude. First edition (as stated on copyright page, no number line on last page), in the first edition, second issue dust jacket ($7.95 price, with period at end of first paragraph on flap). Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1970. First American edition of the author's.....
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Incorporation of Bradford Academy- the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts- Acts for the State of Massachusetts 1804
Bradford Academy was the 3rd oldest post secondary institution in Massachusetts behind Harvard University and Williams College And the first coeducational institution in Massachusetts. Pamphle Volume 14 of 17: Acts for the State of Massachusetts, January 12th Session, 1804 [ Incorporation of Bradford Academy] Containing the original incorporation of Bradford.....
Rolls Royce "Royal Retreat" Limo Schematic
Archive of five different hand-drawn schematic plans, each sheet about 22" x 13" inches, for a custom made Rolls Royce limousine that included a personal on-board shower, bar, lavatory, twin and double beds, wardrobe, kitchenette, and more luxurious features in its whopping 31 foot long body. Inside space has a......
Atlas Shrugged, First Edition in Original Dust Jacket
Ayn Rand. Atlas Shrugged. New York: Random House, [1957]. First edition. Octavo. viii, 1168, [1,blank], [2, About the Author], [5, blank] pages. Publisher's green cloth, front board stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt; in the original dust jacket. Spine a bit toned; headcap bumped and with a......
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Important Documents Chronicle Zionist Movement from 1918 Balfour Declaration to the creation a Jewish national home in Palestine
Three important writings from the first half of the 20th century on Zionism and the founding of the state of Israel. These documents chronicle some of the earliest support for establishing a Jewish state in Palestine and the growing Zionist movement as anti-Semitism spread in Europe between World War I......
Susan B. Anthony Signed Quotation: "Live the truth, Sweet and Beautiful - Susan B. Anthony."
Susan B. Anthony. The foremost women's rights activist of the United States. Autograph quotation signed “Susan B. Anthony.” Anthony writes “Live the truth Sweet & beautiful” in one of the most challenging and dangerous years of her life. Matted on pink board underneath her iconic portrait. September 4th 1862. Rochester.....
1743 Edition of Montaigne's Essays, A Rare Enlightenment-era Copy of One of the Period’s Most Influential Works
MONTAIGNE, Michel de. Essays In Three Books. With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator, by the Late Marquiss of Hallifax. London: Barker, Straham, Ballard, etal., 1743. Volume I. Translated by Charles Cotton, Esq. 18mo, 4” x 6.5”.....
First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's If--: "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/And treat those two impostors just the...
KIPLING, Rudyard. Rewards and Fairies. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1910. First Edition of Kipling's collection of short stories and poems, including the first printing of Kipling's famous poem "If--", arguably his masterpiece and the most influential work of his lifetime. Octavo. Publisher's original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine.....