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1965 – ECCLESIASTES OR, THE PREACHER DRAWINGS BY BEN SHAHN – LIMITED EDITION ECCLESIASTES OR, THE PREACHER IN THE KING JAMES TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE with drawings by BEN SHAHN, engraved in wood by STEPHAN MARTIN, calligraphy by DAVID SOSHENSKY – Printed and … Continue reading →

Even if you did not live in the Philadelphia area in the mid-20th century and remember this iconic store, as a book lover you have probably heard of the store. When I used to buy estates when my shop was … Continue reading →

c1766 – 14 ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS – MOST DESIGNED BY GUISEPPE ZOCCHI An interesting assortment of engravings, ten of which come from the Four Volume Set – Serie di ritratti d’uomini illustri toscani con gli elogj storici dei medesimi consacrata a Sua … Continue reading →

EARLY AVIATION COLLECTION — AUGUST 1, 1938 – COL. CLARENCE CHAMBERLIN LANDS IN CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY Ready to win the 1927 prize to be the first to solo across the Atlantic in a plane, the day before Lindberg began his … Continue reading →

MERRYMOUNT PRESS – BOSTON, MASS. – D. B. UPDIKE LETTERS AND BOOKLET Offered as a lot I have three Daniel Berkeley Updike items.  Founding his press in 1893, Updike was committed to creating books of superior quality, believing that books … Continue reading →

1870 – TWENTY YEARS AMONG THE BULLS AND BEARS OF WALL STREET by MATTHEW HALE SMITH 1870 First Edition – there were later printings – J. B. Burr & Company, Hartford, Conn., 557 pages, 12 black and white full page … Continue reading →

1797 – THE UNITED STATES AND NEW-HAMPSHIRE REGISTER FOR THE YEAR 1797 BEING THE 21ST-22ND, OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE Printed at Dover (New Hampshire) For the citizens of the United States by Samuel Bragg, Jr. Well worn, and been resewn, front … Continue reading →

1848-1849 – THE NEW ENGLAND OFFERING – LOWELL MILL WORKERS WRITINGS Harriet Farley, editor and publisher; published at Lowell, 23 Central Street, 1849 (title page with illustration. The New England Offering was a collection of journal entries that were written by female mill … Continue reading →

As I am enjoying watching a good snowfall begin, I am working on one project that I started over two years ago, but goes back over two decades – illustrating, pricing, and offering for sale the original Sherman F. Denton … Continue reading →

I first visited Charles Dickens home in London in 1990 and became fascinated with A CHRISTMAS CAROL and began collecting different editions of the tale and ephemera. I wanted to do readings in my bookshop in Haddonfield, NJ, but that … Continue reading →