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Highlighted Items at the Fair

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press (1998). First American edition. Stated Uncorrected Proof” or Advance Review Copy. Includes much now-amusing promotional text in which the publisher’s predict this debut novelist will do well. Between the Covers Rare Books, Merchantville, NJ

Keller, Helen. Original Photograph of Helen Keller with her pure bred, “Go-Go,” Inscribed. [NP: ND, but ca. 1939]. Priscilla Juvelis, Inc., Kennebunkport, ME

Verne, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Boston (Osgood), 1873. One of two copies in existence in salmon-colored cloth. Sumner & Stillman, Yarmouth, ME

Original screenplay for Strangers on a Train. Patricia Hitchcock’s copy, signed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1951. Royal Books, Baltimore, MD

Beethoven, Ludwig Von. Letter relating to his Missa Solemnis. La Scala Autographs, Princeton, NJ

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Twice Told Tales. Boston, 1837. First edition.

Hamilton, Alexander; Madison, James; Jay, John. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. New York: John and Andrew M’Lean, 1788. 2 vols. in one. John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller, San Francisco, CA

Fontaine, Mary. Confederate and Southern Scrapbook from 1861, which includes many poems and newsclippings.

Lawrence, D.H. Women in Love, one of 25 copies signed by Lawrence during a trip to the U.S. in 1923. Royal Books, Baltimore, MD

Schubert, Franz. Extremely rare first edition of the “Great” Symphony #9 dating from 1840, in the original boards. La Scala Autographs, Princeton, NJ

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1925. First edition, first issue. Between the Covers Rare Books, Merchantville, NJ

A Plan Of The Action At Bunkers Hill On The 17th June 1775, engraved by Pelton & Goldsmith, which was drawn by General Howe’s Aide de Camp. Ships “Lively,” “Falcon,” and an “Armed Transport” are clearly depicted. A true Bostonian map – published in Boston and highlighting historical events in the city. Jonathan Potter Ltd. (Antique Maps), London, England

Plath, Sylvia. Ariel. London: Faber and Faber (1965) 1st edition, inscribed by Plath’s husband, Ted Hughes, to his friend and collaborator, the Hungarian poet Janos Csokits, in April 1967. Jett W Whitehead Rare Books, Bay City, MI