Holiday List

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For the natural history buff:

A fine pair of watercolors by noted 18th century artist, Sarah Stone

For the New York Enthusiast:

A rare panorama map of the Hudson River

For the music lover:

A near contemporary manuscript of Mozart's popular work (more music here)

For the Dismal Scientist:

A fine copy of a cornerstone work in modern economics

For the Wierd Scientist:

A rare and amusing work on practical uses of kites, with fine color plates

For newlyweds and their mothers:

A scarce colored issue of this work by Frances Trollope

A Literary Classic:

Hemingway's only signed limited edition. (more literature here)

For the Fable book collector:

A beautiful Italian Fable book with plates after Titian (more fable books here)

Another for music:

A rare American instructional broadside.

For the traveller:

A important South Sea voyage. (more travel).

More music, here for the young:

A charming chapbook giving the basics of music.

A fine modern Fable book:

Stephen Gooden's Aesop

For the explorer:

A "popular edition" of accounts (mainly Captain Cook)

A fine binding with royal provenance:

The Queen of Holland's copy of her own work.

American History:

A beautiful example of colored 19th century sheet music

A classic on music:

A wonderful copy of LaBorde's treatise on music.

A concert playbill for one ofthe first music star heros:

Paganini gives a concert in England

For the lover of Fairy Tales:

An early English edition of Mother Goose.

Two for the contemporary literature buff:

Remarkably fine copies of Pynchon's major works.

Early English Literature:

A beautiful copy of this classic.

For the guitar student:

A signed copy of Segovia's method for children.

For those who like to look at pictures:

Sonderland's amazing book of pictures.

A classic of American History

Tocqueville's important account of early American Democracy in action, a finely matched copy of an early edition.

For that special someone:

A charming book of amorous poetry

Another for the Animal lover:

Wilson's Natural History

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