Recent Arrivals from Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts

First edition; containing the first picture of a Christmas tree published in America. Sabin 6176, Faxon 769, Grolier/Elliott 37. Scarce.

First edition (first printing, 15 November 2023), including a 59-page bibliography of 'Jane Eyre' translations; inscribed to Jay Dillon, bibliographer; with an unpublished leaf of corrigenda laid in.

All four variants of the gilt-morocco 'ticket' or bookplate of George E. Staehle, Grolier Club 1963-2008. The design is a view of his new house in Short Hills, blocked in gilt on (1) blue-, (2) green-, (3) maroon-, and (4) tan-morocco wafers 43 x 58 mm, as shown. Pristine, as new, unused. Sets of this kind are vanishingly rare on the… Read more about this item

First edition (only edition), a lavish selection of prints etc, depicting Jews and Jewish life in Europe ca 1500-1900, from the author's collection; privately printed ("Not for Sale") and very scarce on the market. OCLC/WorldCat 1196373921.

FIRST EDITION (only edition), one of 200 numbered copies, this being no. 77 INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "For Jay Dillon-- Who solved the sine of 4 (and came up with the Seven-per cent solution)-- Josh Pachter" in blue ink on the upper wrapper recto. -- -- The allusion, of course, is to the mathematical sine of four degrees, which is 0.0696… Read more about this item

¶ First typographical edition of the first 'Jane Eyre' in Urdu; one of 1000 copies. Inscribed by the publisher Amar Shahid.

¶ Only edition, notable here for Paola Cosentino's paper "Un plagio del Principe: Il De regnando peritia di Agostino Nifo", pages 139-60, which has not been reprinted. This is "an overall re-examination of the literary, historical and cultural value" of Nifo De regnandi peritia 1523, famous for containing the only version of The prince published in Machiavelli's lifetime. Scarce in… Read more about this item

¶ Only edition of the only bibliography of Nifo (Niphus, d. 1538?), whose treatise De regnandi peritia 1523 includes the only substantial text of Machiavelli The prince printed in Machiavelli's lifetime; including references to thirty-nine manuscripts and 374 secondary works.

First edition (only edition) of this important bibliography, giving not just the authors and titles of all 212 individual volumes and parts 1855-1913, but also descriptions of their contents and some hints at their importance. It also identifies the authors of a number of works published anonymously. (Series: Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College [1855- ], volume 75,… Read more about this item

First edition, published simultaneously in French (as here) and in Flemish (Dutch); including correspondence with Patti Smith, in English, about her participation in Rimbaud's sesquicentenary 2004, and a reproduction of her portrait "St. Rimbaud 1973", pages 80–[91]. Inscribed "To Marshal Pierce" and signed "Patti Smith | NYC" on the title-page (page 3). Marshal Lawrence Pierce (b. 1961) published the fictional… Read more about this item

First edition, published simultaneously in Flemish (as here) and in French; including correspondence with Patti Smith, in English, about her participation in Rimbaud's sesquicentenary 2004, and a reproduction of her portrait "St. Rimbaud 1973", pages 80-[91]. Inscribed "To Marshal Pierce" and signed "Patti Smith | X" on the title-page (page 3). Marshal Lawrence Pierce (b. 1961) published the fictional Lost… Read more about this item

The original watercolor for one of Stecher-Traung's beloved seed-packets. — The 'Spencer' sweet pea is associated with Althorp in Northants: It was the fifth earl's gardener, Silas Cole, who noticed the new variety there in 1898, named it Countess Spencer, and sent 2200 seeds to America in 1903 — ancestors, I suppose, of the individuals pictured here.

The original watercolor for one of Stecher-Traung's beloved seed-packets. — The 'Spencer' sweet pea is associated with Althorp in Northants: It was the fifth earl's gardener, Silas Cole, who noticed the new variety there in 1898, named it Countess Spencer, and sent 2200 seeds to America in 1903 — ancestors, I suppose, of the individuals pictured here.

The original watercolor for one of Stecher-Traung's beloved seed-packets. — The 'Spencer' sweet pea is associated with Althorp in Northants: It was the fifth earl's gardener, Silas Cole, who noticed the new variety there in 1898, named it Countess Spencer, and sent 2200 seeds to America in 1903 — ancestors, I suppose, of the individuals pictured here.

The original watercolor for one of Stecher-Traung's beloved seed-packets. — The 'Spencer' sweet pea is associated with Althorp in Northants: It was the fifth earl's gardener, Silas Cole, who noticed the new variety there in 1898, named it Countess Spencer, and sent 2200 seeds to America in 1903 — ancestors, I suppose, of the individuals pictured here.

First edition, advance uncorrected proof issued about one month before the finished book (October 1999), which was reimposed. Rare on the market. Compare e Bay 382596775844 (12 December 2018, another posthumous Feynman proof) sold at $850. -- Collation: 210 x 137 mm, 8¼ x 5¼ inches: 152 leaves paginated (pi)[1–4], [i]–[xvii] [xviii blank], [1]–274 [275–282 blank]. Nine line-illustrations (diagrams, facsimiles).… Read more about this item

First edition (only edition), including four pages (about 1200 words) and four halftone illustrations (portraits) devoted to Springsteen. The author was a lifelong professional astrologer, and well regarded, living at the time in Noe Valley. Excessively rare, not in Monmouth. OCLC locates one copy only. -- Collation: In 32 (177 x 128 mm, 7 x 5 inches): 32 leaves paginated… Read more about this item

First edition in Hebrew, translated by Ephraim Broido (1912–1994), probably from Giles, and published by IDF. This copy belonged to Hashomer Hatzair (the young guard) at kibbutz Mesilot, where it was certainly needed: Iraq had bombed the place in 1948, and terrorists attacked again in 1957. —— Collation: In 8s (167 × 120 mm, 6½ × 4¾ inches): Forty-one leaves… Read more about this item

First edition, including a "very good and informative article" by Sebastian Dobson (Sheffield) on E. F. Calthrop, the first English translator of Sun Tzu on The art of war 1905, 1908. —— Collation: Thick octavo (228 × 143 mm, 9 × 5½ inches), paginated [i]–xxxvi, 1–768 [769–772 blank]. Numerous portraits, illustrations. Binding: Publisher's brown boards lettered in gilt, plain wove… Read more about this item

First edition (only edition), the FIRST AMERICAN TRANSLATION of Sun Tzu on The art of war, little known and very scarce on the market. The translator was George Henry Rankin Gosman (1876–1958), MD, of Brooklyn (New York), US military attaché at Tokyo 1911–15. This was the only American translation of Sun Tzu for two generations, till 1963. The present copy… Read more about this item