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Highlighted Items at the Fair

Earhart, Amelia.  20 Hrs, 40 Mins, first edition, signed.  Her first book, a journal of her experiences as the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight.  Brattle Book Shop, Boston, MA

J.D. Salinger’s High School Yearbook with Salinger’s 

photograph signed by him to a classmate. 

Charles Agvent, Mertztown, PA

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London and New York, 1902. First trade edition—among the earliest issues, with first-state text and earliest endpapers—of Potter’s first book, one of the most popular not only of her books but also of all children’s tales, with 30 charming color illustrations. Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia PA

Dickens, Charles. Dickens’ Christmas Books. A five-volume set, first editions, in a fine leather binding. The Christmas books, particularly The Chimes, the Cricket, and the Carol, were the centerpiece of Dickens’ public reading tours in the 1850s and 60s with A Christmas Carol far and away the most popular with audiences. Brattle Book Shop, Boston MA

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. New York, 1934. First edition, in scarce original first-issue dust jacket, this exceptional presentation copy boldly inscribed by Fitzgerald, “Dear Curtis—you’ve been so appreciative of my books in the past that I thought this might amuse you. Scott Fitzgerald.” A lovely and bright copy in a handsome custom box. Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia PA

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1926. First edition, first issue in first issue dustwrapper. This copy Inscribed by Hemingway: “To Cuyler Stevens with all best wishes Ernest Hemingway.” One of only 5090 copies of the first printing, which sold out within weeks. An inscribed copy of one of the most sought after novels, and one of a handful of irrefutable 20th Century high spots in the exceptionally uncommon first issue jacket, without restoration. Between The Covers Rare Books, Gloucester City, NJ

Hemingway, Ernest. Three Stories & Ten Poems. [Paris]: Contact (1923). First edition. Light foxing to the wraps else an about fine, unopened copy, lacking the glassine dustwrapper. The Nobel laureate’s first book, published in a limited edition of 300 copies. Between The Covers Rare Books, Gloucester City, NJ

Angell, Roger. Ancient Mariner. Images and Visual Design by Charles Hobson. San Francisco, CA: Pacific Editions, 2009.    Artist’s book, one of 39 copies all on BFK Rives paper, each signed and numbered by the artist, Charles Hobson and signed by the author, Roger Angell. The text by the distinguished senior editor at “The New Yorker” magazine, Roger Angell, is a memoir about sailing in Maine. He considers the jargon of sailing. Charles Hobson provides the reader / viewer with a jib sail that can be lifted to provide an additional take on the subject. The final page of the text requires the reader / viewer to jibe the mainsail to read the text.

Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

Dickenson, Emily. The Single Hound: Poems of a Lifetime. With an introduction by her niece Martha Dickinson Bianchi. Boston: Little, Brown, 1914. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the editor on the half-title, “To Cousin Kate from Martha D. Bianchi - Christmas, 1914.” The ms. consists of twelve lines on a folded sheet embossed “Paris” in the upper corner, and is, highly unusually, signed “Emily” at the conclusion.

Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

The Proclamation of Emancipation By the President of the United States, To take Effect  Janurary 1st, 1863. n.p. [Boston]: [John Murray Forbes], [1862]. First edition in book or pamphlet form; “The only edition of the preliminary proclamation issued in pamphlet form.” Issued by Boston industrialist John Murray Forbes, said to be one of a million copies printed for distribution to blacks by Union troops. That number seems highly unlikely given the booklet’s rarity; Eberstadt located six copies, including his own; six copies are located by OCLC; only two have appeared at auction in the last 25 years, and we have seen a handful elsewhere in the market.

Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.