1957. Original illustration produced by Addams for the film, "How To Murder a Rich Uncle", featured in the movie's official movie insert (shown in last image). Charcoal and pencil on paper. Signed by artist to lower right corner. Artwork measures ~13.5 in. x 20 in . Matted in frame measuring 19.3 in. x 26.3 in. In Very Good condition with mild age toning, mild wear along edges, and mild creasing throughout. More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. Revised Edition. Octavo, xxiii, 271 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Gold spine with black titling. Covers price uncut "$1.95", has an ink “DE” written on spine, small dents and discoloration to the rear cover along the joint, a small pink mark to the rear cover, rubbing wear throughout [impacting some text to the bottom corner of the rear cover], and creasing to edges. Ink inscription to the front cover in an unknown hand: "See DE's address + phone # inside which he wrote into the book for Jess [?]". Ink inscription to the front cover by Neil Sheehan: "This is the book D.E. gave Jess [?]. D. E. told me at the conference in Santa Barbara in May, 1975, that it was the first book he read on non-violence after returning from VN + that it had influenced him in some important ways." and signed "N. S." Textblock has denting to the top corner of the half-title page,, tears and creasing to the bottom edges of pages 263-266 [slightly impacting text but still legible], and light age toning and shelf wear to edges. Inscribed “To Jess [?], Dan Ellsberg 20752 Pacific Coast Hwy. Malibu, Cal. 456-2724” on the half-title page. Shelved in Show Case. More

London: printed for William Rumbald in the Old Change, 1680. First Edition. Octavo, [16], 224 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in three-quarter polished calf. Paneled spine with gilt rules on ridges and blind-stamping to panels; black morocco label with gilt titling. Scuffing to front board; mild wear and rubbing to extremities. Text block edges stained red. Small bookplate to front pastedown and a note on page 224 stating 'Read Octo[be]r 1742'. Marbled boards and endpapers. Signatures: A-P⁸. Rare. Shelved in Case 3. More

Basilaea: Froben, 1549. Quarto, 518 pages. In Very Good condition. Boards rebound in brown leather with double-ruled borders. Recently professionally rebacked with new brown leather spine with red label and gilt lettering. General wear to boards. Bookplate on front pastedown is partially torn off, small two line ink inscription on title page, dated 1589. Printer's device on title page and verso of final leaf before index. Complete collation: AA⁴, a-z⁶, A-T⁶, V⁸, A-B⁸, BB-CC⁶ DD⁸ (DD⁸, V⁸ blank). NM Consignment. Shelved in Case 3. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Borzai Edition. Octavo, 256 pages. In Good condition, lacking the publisher's dust jacket. Bound in publisher's full black cloth, faded lettering to spine. Some general wear and rubbing, including bumping to corners, chipping to head and tail of spine, sun-fading to spine. With James Baldwin's ownership ink on the front free endpaper: "James Baldwin / N.Y. / '52". No marginalia present. Shelved in Show Case. More

New York; London; Windham; Garden City: Various Publishers, 1935-1996. Various Editions. A Collection of 55 Brendan Gill items, with the majority inscribed to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer Susan Sheehan, who was a close friend and colleague of Gill’s at The New Yorker for many years. All shelved in Room F. BOOKS: Octavos, 17 items, and Quartos, 9 items. In Very Good minus condition. Mostly in full or quarter cloth bindings of various colors, with some paperback items. Many with dust jackets of various colors, all wrapped in archival mylar sleeves. Jackets are generally lightly age toned and moderately worn, with scuffing to covers and light rubbing/wrinkling along edges. Some jackets with small closed tears in the edges. Nearly all jackets with prices unclipped. Boards generally show moderate shelving wear, with rubbing along edges and at corners. Text blocks show light-to-moderate age toning with light shelving wear along edges. Interiors are largely clean, with some very sparse penciling present. A NEW YORK LIFE: OF FRIENDS AND OTHERS. By Brendan Gill. Published by the Poseidon Press in 1990; First Edition, First Printing. Light soiling to front cover of jacket. Some pen notation and marginalia throughout. Includes a laid-in letter to Gill discussing an upcoming visit to the a Field Club for the English-Speaking Union of the United States’ Greenwich Branch. WAYS OF LOVING. By Brendan Gill. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Scattered foxing to top edge of text block. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill on the front flyleaf: “For Susan, who is not, alas, on every page– / with love and admiration / Brendan / August 14th 1974”. Includes a laid-in photocopy of a typed note from Gill to several drivers providing directions to “the Owl House” with handwritten corrections. MANY MASKS: A LIFE OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. By Brendan Gill. Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1987. First Edition, Third Printing. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill on the front flyleaf: “For Susan, / beloved friend, colleague, denizen of West 43rd Street, proprietor of a Gill archive of the most doubtful value– this latest Tome, affectionately / Brendan / October 17th / 1988”. Includes a laid-in handwritten note to Susan Sheehan from a friend recounting an encounter with Gill, wherein Gill described his relationship with Susan, calling her the “best of the ‘New Yorker’ writers”. DEATH IN APRIL & OTHER POEMS. By Brendan Gill. Published by Hawthorne House in 1935. First Edition, First Printing. One of 160 copies. Gill’s first book, printed while he was still an undergraduate at Yale. Inscribed on the front flyleaf to Susan Sheehan by Gill: “For Susan, with very much love, this very early work. It is yours because you wanted it and not because I can bear to look at it. I was given it this year (1982) by John [illegible], who inherited it from a deceased uncle in Newport. / Brendan”. WOOINGS: FIVE POEMS BY BRENDAN GILL. Published by the Plain Wrapper Press in 1980. Limited Edition: #123/150. Signed flat in black ink by Brendan Gill on the colophon. THE TROUBLE OF ONE HOUSE (Paperback). By Brendan Gill. Published by Popular Library in 1950. First Trade Paperback Edition. Gill’s first novel. Shows heavier shelving wear, with scuffing to covers, light creasing at the corners, cracking along spine and joints, and a slant to the spine. Inscribed on title page to Susan Sheehan by Gill: “With love to Susuan, January 25th 1965. Poor Richard”. THE TROUBLE OF ONE HOUSE (Hardcover). By Brendan Gill. Published by Doubleday & Company in 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Jacket is much more heavily worn, with splitting along the spine and front joint and chipping at the head and tail. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the front flyleaf: “For Susan, my best reader– / Brendan Gill / July 28th 1960”. THE DAY THE MONEY STOPPED. By Brendan Gill. Published by Doubleday & Company in 1957. First Edition, later printing. Gill’s second novel. Heavy offsetting on jacket back cover. Slant to spine. Splitting at front hinge. Inscribed by Gill on the front flyleaf: “After the first and before the third comes the second / Brendan Gill / Belated 14th, 1960”. THE MALCONTENTS. By Brendan Gill. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1973. Limited edition, published as a New Year’s greeting to friends of the author and publisher. Boards are covered in a lightly chipped protective glassine wrap. Inscribed by Gill to Susan and Neil Sheehan on the front flyleaf: “For Susan and Neil– / affectionate holiday greetings! / Brendan”. LATE BLOOMERS. By Brendan Gill. Published by Artisan in 1996. First Edition, Second Printing. Boards are negligibly worn. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the front flyleaf: “For Susan, / with love– oh, so many books, surely more than anyone else (including me) possesses– / Brendan / April 16th 1997”. TALLULAH. By Brendan Gill. Published by Holt, Reinhart & Winston in 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the title page: “For Susan, with love– / her belated Christmas present / 1/26/93”. THE U.S. CUSTOM HOUSE ON BOWLING GREEN. By Brendan Gill. Published by the New York Landmarks Conservancy in 1976. First Edition. Paperback, lightly worn and age toned. A FAIR LAND TO BUILD IN: AN ARCHITECTURE OF THE EMPIRE STATE. By Brendan Gill. Published by the Preservation League of New York State. First Edition. Paperback, with light wear. JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. By Brendan Gill. First Edition. Published by Harry N. Abrams in 1981. HAPPY TIMES. By Brendan Gill, photographs by Jerome Zerbe. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the half title page: “For Susan whose happy times go unrecorded here / with love, / Brandan / August 15th 1974”. THE DREAM COMES TRUE: GREAT HOUSES OF LOS ANGELES. By Brendan Gill, Photographs by Derry Moore. Published by Lippincott & Crowell in 1980. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the half title page: “For Susan, with love and admiration– / Brendan / at Christmas 1980”. ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL. By Leland Cook, introduction by Brendan Gill. Published by Quick Fox in 1979. First Edition. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the front flyleaf: “For Susan, with love, as Keeper of the Gill Archive– / Brendan / November 26/79”. EXPLORATIONS. By William Butler Yeats. Published by The Macmillan Company in 1962. First US Edition. With Brendan Gill’s bookplate on the front pastedown, dated May 23 1963”. STATES OF GRACE: EIGHT PLAYS BY PHILLIP BARRY. Edited by Brendan Gill. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the front flyleaf: “For Susan, with love– / shortly after the near-death scene at the pen and pencil– ! / Brendan (in perfect health) 2/3/76”. LETTERS TO PHIL (in jacket). By Gene Schermerhorn, foreword by Brendan Gill. Published by New York Bound in 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Comparatively very light wear to boards. Foreword by Gill. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill on the title page: “For Susan, with love and admiration, this (lamentably defective) copy of a little book Mac provided me with the occasion to celebrate my hundred-year-old friend Ned Perkins. / Brendan / August 11th 1983”. LETTERS TO PHIL (in slipcase). By Gene Schermerhorn, foreword by Brendan Gill. Published by New York Bound in 1982. Limited Edition: #8/250. Moderate shelving wear to slipcase. Negligible wear to boards. Inscribed by a Dan to Gill on the half title page: “For Brendan Gill, / with deep appreciation for adding another dimension to the book. / Sincerely, / Dan”. THE HERO. By Lord Raglan. Published by Watts & Co. in 1949. Thinker’s Library edition. Shows some faint soiling to boards, with sunning along the spine. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan (here as Susan Black) on the front flyleaf: “For Susan Black from Lord Raglan’s friend B.G. / Dec. 17th ‘62”. APES, MEN, AND LANGUAGE: HOW TEACHING CHIMPANZEES TO “TALK” ALTERS MAN’S NOTIONS OF HIS PLACE IN NATURE. By Eugene Linden. Published by the Saturday Review Press in 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Foxing on text block edges. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill on the front flyleaf: “For Susan Sheehan, / from the father-in-law of the author, father of the artist– / with love, / Brendan / February 3rd / 1975”. AUGUSTUS JOHN. By Michael Holroyd. Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1975. First Edition. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by both Holroyd and Gill on the front flyleaf. From Holroyd: “For Susan Sheehan / from Michael Holroyd / 8.9.75”. From Gill: “WIth love from Brendan / 9/8/75 / and yes the same day as above!”. POLYPHEMUS. By Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch. Published by Vantage Press in 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Jacket is price clipped. Two inscriptions on the front flyleaf; one from a Dan to Gill, and one from Gill to Susan Sheehan. From Dan to Gill: “April 14– / For Brendan / with my affection / Dan”. From Gill to Susan: “Who herewith passes it along to Dan’s good friend, Susan Sheehan, who sends her love to Dan through me, just as Dan has sent his love to her. / The grateful go-between / Brendan / August 11th 1983”. YALE LITERARY MAGAZINE: SEPTEMBER 1966, ALUMNI ISSUE. Includes "Prologue to a Novel” by Brendan Gill. Published by the Yale Literary Society in 1966. Paperback, with some smudging and age toning to covers. EPHEMERA: STANLEY HYMAN AND HIS MAGIC BRIEFCASE (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Folded in half, lightly age toned, with some rust marks where the paper contacts the staple. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan on the top margin of the first page: For Susan, with love– / Brendan 1/23/73”. DICKEN’S WORLD AND HOW TO ENTER IT (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Leaves are loose, with rust marks where paper clip used to be. Lightly age toned. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. Inscribed “For Susan, / Brendan / Nov. 17 1982”. DOROTHY PARKER (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. In a green binder. Pages are lightly age toned. THE NEW YORK TIMES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1980. Single page, folded into fourths, moderately age toned. Includes the article “Pray Tell: Who Says The Twain Cannot Be Met?” by Brendan Gill. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. PRAY TELL: WHO SAYS THE TWAIN CANNOT BE MET? (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Leaves are loose, with moderate age toning and offsetting. Untitled on the pages, but with same text as the article in the newspaper above. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. The following six items are all housed in the same envelope from The New Yorker, which is signed “Gill” and addressed to Susan Sheehan: -—TLS FROM GILL TO SUSAN SHEEHAN: Typed letter on The New Yorker letterhead, addressed to Susan, signed “B-” at the bottom. Folded in half across the center. Discusses the other items included in the envelope (“A couple of pieces for the Gill file that you keep. [...]”) -—BREAKING GROUND: OPEN SPACES TEMPORARY AND ACCIDENTAL. Booklet, photos by Marven E. Newman, text by Brendan Gill. Folded in half at the center. Inscribed on the front cover by Gill to Susan: “For Susan with love / Brendan”. Additional inscription from gill on the publication page, with arrow pointing to designed Lucian Leone: “A young man who, like most designers, enjoys graphics and consents to words but dislikes context. This type-face is all but totally illegible!!”. -—A CHILD OF VENICE (Typescript) -—JOHN HUSTON (Typescript) -—LISTENING FOR THE LAUGHTER OF GHOSTS (Typescript) -—COLLECTING HOUSES (Typescript) All typescripts by Brendan Gill. Folded in half across the center, with paperclips in the top corners. Lightly age toned. Some with rust marks around paperclips. EASTERN REVIEW: JULY 1982 (Magazine). Reprints Brendan Gill’s article “Summer in Muskoka” from Nautical Quarterly. Lightly age toned and scuffed. Curling near the spine. Housed in a new archival mylar sleeve. ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN NEW YORK (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in the top left corner with some surrounding rust marks. Creasing in the top right corner. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. CHRISTMAS AT THE OWL HOUSE (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in the top left corner. Faint creasing in the bottom right corner. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan in the top margin of the first page: “For Susan / Brendan / 10/11/92”. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. ON PURSUING THE PRIZE (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in the top left corner with some rust marks. Very faintly creased in the top right corner. Very faint smudging along edges of the first page. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan in the top margin of the first page: “For Susan, / Brendan / Nov 14 1982”. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. UNTITLED TYPESCRIPT OF A CLASS REUNION SPEECH. By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in the top left corner. Lighty age toned. Inscribed by Gill to Susan Sheehan in the top margin of the first page: “For Susan with love– / Brendan / 3/19/73”. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. READERS & WRITERS: OCT-NOV 1966 (Magazine). Lightly age toned, with stress marks along the spine. Includes the Foster Hirsch article “Punching Holes in Gill’s Will”, which criticises Gill’s form of film criticism. The pages containing the article are paperclipped. Housed in a new archival mylar sleeve. UNTITLED TYPESCRIPT OF A SPEECH. By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in the top left corner. Lightly age toned. Dated “Nov. 5/64” in black ink in the top margin. Creased across the center. Some rust marks present due to contact with paperclip. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. EULOGY DELIVERED AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR E.J. ROUSUCK (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in the top left corner. Lightly age toned. Attached is a typed, unsigned letter - presumably also from Gill - discussing article ideas. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in the top left corner with surrounding rust marks. Lightly age toned. Hand-corrected in blue ink on the first page. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. HOW I HAVE HELPED THE FRENCH ECONOMY. Booklet, containing a speech given by Brendan Gill in 1962. Lightly smudged and age toned. Rust marks in the top left corner. Housed in a new archival mylar sleeve. FILM COMMENT: JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1973 (Magazine). Includes article “Blue Notes” by Brendan Gill. Rubbing wear along spine. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill on the front cover: “For Susan / who is a little young for this rough stuff / Brendan / 2/22/73”. Housed in a new archival mylar sleeve. MR. FORTUNE (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. In a brown binder. Binder shows mild scuffing. Lightly age toned, with a small smudge on the first page. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill on the title page: “For Susan Sheehan / March 21, 1967”. SCRIPT OUTLINE FOR “FAT GIRL” (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in top left corner. Lightly age toned. Faint wrinkles along the right edge. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. COLE (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Lightly age toned. Paperclip in the top left corner, with surrounding rust marks. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. A POEM FOR ALL TRAVELERS. Single typed sheet. By Brendan Gill. Light wrinkling at the corners, with some rust marks in the top margin. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY ON PHILIP BARRY FROM “STATES OF GRACE” (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. Housed in a light blue binder. Pages are lightly age toned. Inscribed to Susan Sheehan by Gill in the top margin of the first page: “For Susan, in a frantic week! / Love / Brendan / 3/4/75”. THE RIGHT PLACE FOR LOVE (Typescript). By Brendan Gill. In a burgundy softcover binder. Some scuffing to binder, with some stress marks along spine. UNTITLED TYPESCRIPT. By Brendan Gill. Paperclip in top left corner. Housed in a new card-backed archival sleeve. NEWSWEEK, JUNE 10, 1974 (Newspaper). Two pages. Contains the profile “Brendan of Broadway” about Brendan Gill. Papers are age toned, with creasing in the bottom corner of the front page. Pages were folded in half, now split across the center. More

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1989-2022. First Limited Editions, First Printings. Octavo, 41 Volumes. In Fine condition with fine condition slipcases, all still sealed in publisher's plastic wrapping. All volumes signed by John Grisham on limitation page. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "A Time to Kill", published 1993, one of 350 - Vol. 2, "Sycamore Row", published 2013, one of 350 - Vol. 3, "A Time for Mercy", published 2020, one of 350 - Vol. 4, "The Firm", published 1991, #237/350 - Vol. 5, "The Exchange", published 2023, one of 350 - Vol. 6, "Camino Island", published 2017, one of 175 - Vol. 7, "Camino Winds", published 2020, one of 175 - Vol. 8, "Rogue Lawyer", published 2015, one of 350 - Vol. 9, "The Whistler", published 2016, one of 350 - Vol. 10, "The Judge's List", published 2021, one of 350 - [Vol. 11, "The Innocent Man", published 2006, #156/350] - [Vol. 12, "Sparring Partners", published 2022, one of 250] - Vol. 13, "The Pelican Brief", published 1992, #169/350 - Vol. 14, "The Chamber", published 1994, one of 350 - Vol. 15, "The Rain Maker", published 1995, one of 350 - Vol. 16, "The Runaway Jury", published 1996, #132/350 - Vol. 17, "The Partner", published 1997, one of 350 - Vol. 18, "The Street Lawyer", published 1998, #176/350 - Vol. 19, "The Testament", published 1999, one of 500 - Vol. 20, "The Brethren", published 2000, #466/500 - Vol. 21, "A Painted House", published published 2001, #308/350 - Vol. 22, "Skipping Christmas", published 2001, #52/350 - Vol. 23, "The Summons", published 2002, #273/350 - Vol. 24, "The King of Torts", published 2003, #23/350 - Vol. 25, "Bleachers", published 2003, #205/350 - Vol. 26, "The Last Juror", published 2004, #314/350 - Vol. 27, "The Broker", published 2005, #118/350 - [Vol. 28, "Playing for Pizza", published 2007, #07/250] - [Vol. 29, "The Appeal", published 2008, #181/250] - Vol. 30, "The Associate", published 2009, #173/250 - Vol. 31, "The Confession", published 2010, #47/300 - Vol. 32, "The Litigators", published 2011, #237/300 - Vol. 33, "Calico Joe", published 2012, one of 250 - Vol. 34, "The Racketeer", published 2012, #264/300 - Vol. 35, "Gray Mountain", published 2014, one of 300 - Vol. 36, "The Rooster Bar", published 2017, one of 175 - Vol. 37, "The Reckoning", published 2018, one of 150 - Vol. 38, "The Guardians", published 2019, one of 150 - Vol. 39, "Sooley", published 2021, one of 150 - Vol. 40, "The Boys from Biloxi", published 2022, one of 150 - Vol. 41, "Ford County: Stories", published 2009, #28/150. JW consignment. Shelved Rockville in hallway. [Oversized item. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

London: Published by Messrs. Boydell & Co; Hurst, Robinson & Co., [c. 1845]. Second Edition. Small Folios, Three Volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in half contemporary red morocco with paneled spine, elegant gilt decoration on spine, two dark green labels. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. All edges gilt. With some general shelfwear, including boards with moderate wear to edges and corners, light wear to joints, and light wear overall. Slight bowing to boards. Text blocks have light wear to gilt edges. Light age-toning and foxing throughout. Ex-libris (partially removed or worn) on front pastedown of all three volumes. Complete with all 300 mezzotint plates printed in sepia plus frontispiece portraits of Claude, Earlom, and John Boydell. MU Consignment. Shelved in Room A Oversized. More

Wellingborough: Skelton's Press, 1982. Limited Edition #15/25. Folio. Fifteen black and white photographs each mounted on off white mat. In Very Good condition. Housed in blue buckram clamshell box with vellum covered inner box, folding enclosure protecting photos, and tray containing linen gloves for viewing. The photos are in Very Good condition with minor wear to corners. The box is in Very Good condition with mild wear to box covers, red marks on sides of box, and splitting to corners of inner box lid. Each photo is signed by Paul Penrose and numbered 15/25. The introduction page is signed by Introduction writer John Fowles. JW Consignment. Shelved Room A12 - Top Shelf. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More

1571 - 1947. The Russell Collection contains over 300 books, broadsides, and pieces of ephemera produced between the waning decades of the ancien regime and the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. The collection was assembled in the early 1950s by William F. Russell (1890 – 1956), President of Columbia University’s Teacher’s College from 1949 to 1954. With material spanning the 16th to the early 20th century, the majority of the collection was produced between 1775 and 1800. Highlights include early editions of the 1791 and 1793 French Constitutions, letters written and signed by pioneering economist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, and official documents signed by Robespierre and other members of the Comite du Salut Public. The Collection is comprised of the following components: 1) The French Monarchy and the Ancien Regime; 2) Ideological Roots of Revolution; 3) The Transition to Republicanism and Collapse of the Monarchy; 4) The National Convention and the Committee for Public Safety; 5) Historical and Contemporary Context; and, 6) Miscellanea (Ephemera, Manuscripts, and Books). Most of the printed material was published by one of the two major publishing houses in Limoges. This concentration of material from a single city offers perspective on the publication and distribution of political and governmental texts in a particular city or departement (one which was especially impacted by the Crown’s frequently shifting tax and trade policies). It also provides important insight into the early work and career of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, who served as intendant of Limoges from 1761 – 1774. Limoges was home to several printing houses which, at various times during the Monarchy and Revolution, were designated as official printers of government documents for the region. Most notable among these were the Barbou and Dalesmes families. Both families had been established printers for centuries, but the Barbou appear to have been too closely aligned with the ecclesiastical hierarchy – after 1791, all of the officially published material printed in Limoges was released by members of chez Dalesme. 1) The French Monarchy and the Ancien Regime A significant portion of the collection is made up of documents from the reign of Louis XVI, issued by the crown, members of the regime, and the Parisian Parlement in the two decades leading up to the Revolution. These items, ranging from royal decrees to trial testimonies, illustrate governmental practice under the monarchy, especially as it relates to trade policy and criminal justice. 2) Ideological Roots of Revolution The Russell Collection includes a number of books and tracts from writers crucial to the development of revolutionary thought and discourse in France during the 18th-century. First or early editions by Mirabeau, Raynal, Mounier, Marat, and Condorcet, written before and during the upheavals of the early 1790s, reveal the increasingly liberal and radical intellectual currents among France’s intelligentsia. First or early editions of works by Jacques Necker and Turgot also appear, shedding light on abortive efforts at modernization during the various governments under Louis XVI. 3) The Transition to Republicanism and Dissolution of the Monarchy The full span of the National Assembly, from its foundations during the Brienne and Necker governments to its ceding of legislative authority to the National Convention, is captured through official printed documents (Royal and republican), periodicals, regionally-drafted complaints and instructions, and published addresses. Also included are first or early editions of the French Constitutions of 1791 and 1793, as well as various edicts and documents issued by Louis XVI during l’Assemblee Nationale. The formal inauguration of the National Convention (and the removal of all executive powers from the King) is represented both by an Extrait of the relevant Assembly session, and in an officially published broadside explaining “des motif d’apres lesquels l’Assemblee Nationale a proclame la convocation d’un Convention nationale, et prononce la suspension su Pouvoir executive dans les mains du Roi.” 4) The National Convention and the Committee for Public Safety; A substantial component of the Russell Collection is comprised of material created by, or related to, the Convention Nationale and the Comite du Salut Public. Nearly 90 official decrees from the legislative body are present, in addition to numerous printed addresses, departmental complaints, and two officially published broadsides related to the trial of Louis XVI. Other highlights include printed decrees and orders from the Committee for Public Safety, a document issued by the Parisian Communards, and an order signed by seven members of the Committee. 5) Historical and Contemporary Context; A subset of the Collection is made up of books and pamphlets responding to the events of the Revolution, from contemporaneous accounts to late 19th-century histories. The works published during the 1790s and early 1800s, whether biographies of revolutionaries or socio-political commentaries, reveal the mix of horror, regret, enthusiasm and hope stirred up among emigres, international observers, and participants in the revolutionary melee. The texts printed after 1840 reflect the intensive, documentary approach of the French historians in the latter half of the century. 6) Miscellaneous Documents (regional, subject-specific, etc.). Also included are a number of items (ephemera and manuscripts) that are either subject specific and tangentially related to the French Revolution (i.e.; treatises on the French language, moral philosophy deduced from botanical studies, 17th century medicine), or specific to Limoges and the Haute-Vienne. The latter includes several 16th and 17th century manuscripts from Limoges and Orleans. Several 20th century books, inscribed to the collector W.F. Russell, appear in the collection as well. All items are in good or better condition, unless otherwise stated. To view the full inventory, please click HERE. More

St. Albans, London: F. Sander and J. French for Henry Sothern, [1886]-1888-1894. First Edition. Large Folios (21.5 in. x 16 in.), Four Volumes. In Good plus condition. Two series bound in four volumes, First series (two volumes) bound in full brown leather with gilt ruling and titling to spines, Second series (two volumes) three-quarters bound in black leather with morocco-grain cloth on boards; Complete with 48 plates to each volume (192 in total), plates for each series numbered sequentially 1-96. Plates are chromolithographic, by Joseph Mansell, G. Leutzsch and J.L. Macfarlane after Henry Moon, W.H. Fitch, A.H. Loch and C. Storer, heightened with gum arabic, wood-engraved illustrations based on original watercolors. First series (two volumes) with edges and corners of boards, heads and tails of spines, and joints moderately rubbed; numerous light marks to boards. Text on spine of Vol. II reads “Vol. II / Second Series,” but the volume is actually from the first series. The majority of the grey paper wraps from the original monthly publications are preserved and bound in, though several have tears repaired with clear tape. Long closed tear to tissue protector for plate 13; several other tissue protectors with smaller tears. Large tear to page 39 repaired with clear tape. Plate 18 with small closed tear to margin repaired with clear tape; tear to margin of plate 49. Small tear to margin of pages 67, 87. Plate 35 with small patch of paper adhered to gum arabic added to plate (a common issue for this work); plates 81 and 93 in similar state; several other plates with trivial semi-transparent layers of paper fibers adhered to plates. Plate 70 bound in upside down. Tissue protector for plate 90 mostly adhered to gum arabic on plate. Second series (two volumes) with gilt titling and tooling to boards and paneled spines. Leather considerably rubbed and chipped with several small tears at heads and tails of spines; several tears to cloth covering boards, including a narrow four-inch long patch of missing cloth at the fore-edge of the front board of Vol. 1. Pages of all volumes age-toned with scattered foxing (foxing generally does not impact plates). Small patches of tissue protector adhered to gum arabic on plates 1, 7, 10, 11, 22, 24, 25, 27, 38, 39, 69,and 75. A large patch of tissue protector adhered to plate 2, with an open tear in tissue protector; plates 5, 54, and 56 in a similar state. Tissue protector mostly adhered to plate 8, with large tears in protector; plates 13 and 41 in similar states. Tissue protector for page 78 mostly adhered to plate, with a small tear. Tissue protector mostly adhered to plates 43, 44, 45, and 60. Several tears to tissue protector for plate 36, and smaller minor tears to the edges of other tissue protectors. CONTENTS: First Series, Vol. I (110 pages)--First Series, Vol. II (106 pages)--Second Series, Vol. I (iii, 104 pages)--Second Series, Vol. 2 (114 pages). MC [Shelved in Room A Elephant Oversized] [Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Rome: Ant. Salamanca et Antonio Lafrery, 1560. First Edition in Italian, Second Issue. Sexto, [18], 154 leaves, including engraved title page and 42 engraved full-page plates, one of which is a modern reproduction of the now-absent original. Bound in full early vellum, rebacked, with remains of original spine preserved. Vellum yellowed and stained, with light rubbing to edges and corners of boards and several scrapes to rear board. Ex-library copy with library bookplate bearing withdrawn stamp to front pastedown; library stamp to lower margin of title page and withdrawn stamp to lower margin of first page of text. Ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and to title page. Text block lightly age toned with light plus foxing and scattered staining. KL Consignment. Shelved case 4. More

New York, NY / London, UK: The Fountain Press / Hogarth Press, 1929. Limited Edition, #408/450. Octavo, 159, [1] pages. In Good condition. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering along the spine. Boards have mild shelving wear, water-staining along spine slightly extending onto upper edges of boards. Small water-staining along top edge of first two front free endpages. Paperclip stain to top edge of first two front free endpages. Bookplate to front pastedown detached, glue staining present. A few torn top edges from when the book was cut. Signed flat by Virginia Woolf on the half-title page. Limited Edition #408/450. Shelved in Case 2. More