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1. BEAUMONT, FRANCIS, & JOHN FLETCHER | Comedies and Tragedies Never Printed Before. London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley, 1647

2. CLEMENS, SAMUEL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876

3. CLEMENS, SAMUEL | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). New York: Charles Webster, 1885

4. CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. | A Collection of First Editions

5. FAULKNER, WILLIAM | Light in August. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932

6. FIELDING, HENRY | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749
![FIELDING, HENRY | Amelia. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752 [1751?]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/339cd69/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1498x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F53%2F0e%2Fd8698f85450d84c83db44a6efdff%2F537n09954-9ycc3.jpg)
7. FIELDING, HENRY | Amelia. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752 [1751?]

8. FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT | The Beautiful and Damned. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922

9. FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT | All the Sad Young Men. New York: Scribner's, 1926

10. FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT | Group of Six First Editions

11. HEMINGWAY, ERNEST | Three Stories and Ten Poems. Paris: Contact Publishing, 1923

12. HEMINGWAY, ERNEST | A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929

13. HEMINGWAY, ERNEST | Group of 13 First Editions
![JONSON, BEN | The Workes. London: Imprinted by Will Stansby, 1616 — The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second [–Third] Volume. Containing these Playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The Staple of Newes. 3 The Divell is an Asse. London: Printed for Richard Meighen, (1631–) 1640 [i.e., 1641]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8bf1c92/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1343x2000+0+0/resize/150x223!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff1%2Fe7%2F526da7414edbb414c422e6582d9c%2F484n09954-9yccb.jpg)
14. JONSON, BEN | The Workes. London: Imprinted by Will Stansby, 1616 — The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second [–Third] Volume. Containing these Playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The Staple of Newes. 3 The Divell is an Asse. London: Printed for Richard Meighen, (1631–) 1640 [i.e., 1641]

15. JOYCE, JAMES | Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922
![MASSINGER, PHILIP | A New Way to Pay Old Debts: A Comoedie as it hath beene often acted at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane, by the Queenes Maiesties servants. London: Printed by E. P[urslowe]. for Henry Seyle, 1633](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/de096a0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1475x2000+0+0/resize/150x203!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fba%2Fe7%2Fbb07816b47ea86704b30fcf7c903%2F381n09954-9yn6c.jpg)
16. MASSINGER, PHILIP | A New Way to Pay Old Debts: A Comoedie as it hath beene often acted at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane, by the Queenes Maiesties servants. London: Printed by E. P[urslowe]. for Henry Seyle, 1633

17. MELVILLE, HERMAN | Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851
![MELVILLE, HERMAN [ROCKWELL KENT] | Moby Dick. Or, The Whale. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a865ba5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1416x2000+0+0/resize/150x212!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Faa%2F09%2F1f3ba8dd4da3a362bdf1854d1511%2F211n09954-9ycch.jpg)
18. MELVILLE, HERMAN [ROCKWELL KENT] | Moby Dick. Or, The Whale. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930
![MILTON, JOHN | John Milton. Paradise Lost. London: [Samuel Simmons for] Peter Parker, Robert Boulter, Matthias Walker, 1667](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/12673f7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fc9%2F94%2Fb1bfc40c45e3b781672bdedb91de%2F554n09954-9yccj.jpg)
19. MILTON, JOHN | John Milton. Paradise Lost. London: [Samuel Simmons for] Peter Parker, Robert Boulter, Matthias Walker, 1667

20. MILTON, JOHN | Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books. London: S. Simmons for S. Thomson, H. Mortlack, M. Walker, R. Boulter, 1668

21. MILTON, JOHN | Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. London: Printed J.M. for John Starkey, 1671

22. MILTON, JOHN | Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. London: by Miles Flesher for Jacob Tonson, 1688
![MILTON, JOHN | Il Paradiso Perduto (Trans. Paolo Rolli). [Verona]: Giannalberto Tumermani, 1742](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fdeccaa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1472x2000+0+0/resize/150x204!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F91%2Fde%2F2c5d229e4a57b0fa8e3ab50afeb0%2F481n09954-9yccm.jpg)
23. MILTON, JOHN | Il Paradiso Perduto (Trans. Paolo Rolli). [Verona]: Giannalberto Tumermani, 1742

24. MILTON, JOHN | Paradise Lost. Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1770

25. MILTON, JOHN | The Poetical Work, with Life of the Author by William Hayley London: Boydell, 1794−1797

26. MILTON, JOHN | The Poetical Works of John Milton with a Life of the Author by William Hayley. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794-97
![MILTON, JOHN — JOHN MARTIN [ILLUSTRATOR AND ENGRAVER] | Paradise Lost. London: Septimus Prowett, 1827](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/68a4a5f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1595x2000+0+0/resize/150x188!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fbb%2F52%2F2d13542a44399b38035971fa5910%2F400n09954-9ycct.jpg)
27. MILTON, JOHN — JOHN MARTIN [ILLUSTRATOR AND ENGRAVER] | Paradise Lost. London: Septimus Prowett, 1827
![MILTON, JOHN | Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1902, 1905](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/adee479/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1524x2000+0+0/resize/150x197!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff6%2F9d%2Fe72651514fc0b448898c3326d290%2F480n09954-9yccv.jpg)
28. MILTON, JOHN | Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1902, 1905

29. MILTON, JOHN | Paradise Lost; Paradise Regain'd. Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press for the Cresset Press, 1931

30. JOHN MILTON | Paradise Lost. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937

31. MILTON, JOHN | A Collection of Four Eighteenth-Century Editions

32. POPE, ALEXANDER | The Rape of the Lock. An heroi-comical poem. In five canto’s. London: Bernard Lintott, 1714

33. CONGREVE, WILLIAM, JOHN DRYDEN, & WILLIAM WYCHERLEY | A Group of Restoration Drama
![SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM | Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The Second Impression. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot (, John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, and Richard Meighen), and are to be fold [sic] at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/37c1daa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1640+0+0/resize/150x123!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fc9%2F42%2Fdfb0551e436799c36e8bc6460358%2F011n09954-9yccz.jpg)
34. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM | Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The Second Impression. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot (, John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, and Richard Meighen), and are to be fold [sic] at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632

35. SHERIDAN, RICHARD, AND OTHER PLAYWRIGHTS | A Collection of Eighteenth-Century English Drama
![[STERNE, LAURENCE] | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. [York: Printed by John Hinxman], 1760 (vols. 1 & 2; London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 (vols. 3 & 4); & London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, 1762–1767 (vols. 5–9)](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/26fc41f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1498x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F0d%2F1d%2F625d05df46c482c3b8724b578648%2F644n09954-9ycd2.jpg)
36. [STERNE, LAURENCE] | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. [York: Printed by John Hinxman], 1760 (vols. 1 & 2; London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 (vols. 3 & 4); & London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, 1762–1767 (vols. 5–9)
![WEBSTER, JOHN | The Devils Law-case. Or, When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of Businesse. London: A. M[atthews] for John Grismand, 1623](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/baf6d07/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1739x2000+0+0/resize/150x173!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F4c%2Ffc%2Ffc0520bb46009df5657092a36602%2F176n09954-9yn69.jpg)
37. WEBSTER, JOHN | The Devils Law-case. Or, When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of Businesse. London: A. M[atthews] for John Grismand, 1623

38. WEBSTER, JOHN | The White Devil or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Vrsini, Duke of Brachiano, with The Life, and Death, of Vittoria Corombona, the famous Venetian Curtizan... London: Printed by I. N. for Hugh Perry, 1631
![BOOK OF HOURS | Book of Hours, Use of Rome, manuscript in Latin. [Flanders (Bruges), 15th century (last quarter)]](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/42dcf66/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1418+0+0/resize/150x106!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F13%2Fdf%2F1bd9ed03440aa07f1fee753379d5%2F638n09954-9w9hp.jpg)
39. BOOK OF HOURS | Book of Hours, Use of Rome, manuscript in Latin. [Flanders (Bruges), 15th century (last quarter)]

40. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE | The History of the Valorous and VVitty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly Corrected and Amended (trans. Thomas Shelton). London: Printed by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke, 1652

41. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE | The History of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Panza, now made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language (trans. John Phillips). London: Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, 1687

42. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE | El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha … Nueva Edicion, corregida por la Real Academia Española. Madrid: Por Don Joaquin Ibarra Impresor de Cámara de S. M. y de la Real Academia, 1780

43. CHURCHILL, WINSTON S., SIR | The World Crisis. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928, 1929, 1927, 1929

44. DENNIS, JOHN, ED. | English Lyrics from Spenser to Milton. London: (Chiswick Press for) George Bell & Sons, 1898

45. DEWEY, DELLON MARCUS | The Colored Fruit Book: for the Use of Nurserymen, containing Accurate Specimens of Fruits and Flowers carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature, and Designed to Represent a Medium and Fair Size of each Particular Fruit. Rochester, New York: Published by D. M. Dewey, Ag't, Horticultural Bookseller, 1860

46. DU HALDE, JEAN-BAPTISTE | A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartart,... London: T. Gardner for Edward Cave, 1738-1741

47. (EDISON, THOMAS ALVA) | Frank Lewis Dyer & Thomas Commerford Martin. Edison: His Life and Inventions. 2 vols. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910 — Dyer & Martin, with the Collaboration of William Henry Meadowcroft. Edison: His Life and Inventions. 2 vols. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929

48. EDWARD, DAVID B. | The History of Texas; or, The Emigrant's, Farmer's, and Politician's Guide to the Character, Climate, Soil and Productions of That Country: Geographically Arranged from Personal Observation and Experience. Cincinnati: Stereotyped and Published by J. A. James & Co., 1836