He rose through the ranks, ultimately serving as aide-de camp, with the brevet rank of Major, to Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington. He fought at Germantown in October 1777, and spent the winter at Valley Forge. Alden enlisted as a soldier in Benedict Arnold’s expedition to Quebec in September 1776. A splendid association copy from the library of Major Roger Alden. An exceptional copy in the original boards, with the edges untrimmed. Sold by the 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop at AbeBooksįrom the seller: “First edition of The Federalist, the most sought-after of all American books. Own the Finest.”Īlexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay, The Federalist (First Edition) - $450,000.00 The entirety in incredibly fine clean condition. Four color plates + four woodcuts all by John Leech. Bound in a fine signed Riviere binding with inner gilt. (Blue and Red title page, blue half title, “Stave I”). Being A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens. Sold by the Antiquarian Bookstore at AbeBooksįrom the seller: “Rare true first printing of A Christmas Carol. Later acquired by William Gott (1797-1863), including his engraved armorial with the motto ‘Nec temere | Nec timide.'”Ĭharles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (First Edition) - $500,000.00 Clarke is best remembered for his commentary on the English Bible, in which he references this volume. Adam Clarke (1760-1832), a prominent Methodist theologian and contemporary of John Wesley. Early twentieth-century crushed black morocco, spine in six compartments lettered gilt, gilt-ruled turn-ins, edges gilt spine and board edges very lightly rubbed.

Text in double columns, black letter (English for preliminaries, Schwabacher for the text with roman for marginalia and disputed words), General title within woodcut border attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, Separate titles within woodcut borders composed of eight blocks for parts two (The seconde parte of the Olde Testament) and four (All the Prophetes in Englishe) of the Old Testament, the Apocrypha and the New Testament, each with separate registers and foliation (as well as for the Book of Job which has a drop title), 158 woodcut illustrations made from 68 woodblocks derived from designs by Hans Sebald Beham (which first appeared in a Bible printed at Frankfurt by Christian Egenolff, 1534), woodcut and flourished gothic script initials washed and pressed, 1–6, TT5, and folding map (as usual) supplied in fine old facsimile by John Harris, minor marginal repairs to some leaves chiefly to lower right corners. Six parts in one volume, folio (12 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. dba Miles Books at AbeBooksġ535 Coverdale Bible (First Edition of the First Printed Bible in English) - $695,000.00įrom the seller: “An extraordinarily fine copy of the first edition of the printed Bible in English. Michael Grant, The Founders of the Western World: A History of Greece and Rome (First Edition) - $700,011.00 Or, you know, today plus 3-5 business days for shipping. Most of the books on the below list don’t get anywhere near the most expensive books ever sold-but unlike any of those, the books below could be yours today. I excluded maps, manuscripts, ephemera, lithographs, and books that were primarily illustration (Audubon, etc.), as well as multiple books sold together as a lot. I also picked and chose among the most expensive books I could find, and have highlighted what was most interesting-whether because of the book in question or the history behind it (or lack thereof). To that end, I’ve collected some of the most expensive for you to look at here.īy the way, this is by no means a scientific experiment-I certainly don’t claim to have looked at every book sale on the Internet.

Luckily, many of these are available on the Internet, and it’s actually pretty fascinating to see how old books and first editions are priced-it’s sort of like the art world, in that it’s not always clear why something is valuable. When you have a lot of extra cash burning a hole in your pocket, and your pocket is made of silk or gold or unicorns or something, then well-it’s probably an even better idea to spend it on a book. When you have a little extra cash burning a hole in your pocket, it’s always a good idea to spend it on a book.

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