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First Edition of Tiresias and Other Poems; Inscribed by Lord Alfred Tennyson to his niece
TENNYSON, Lord Alfred.
Tiresias and Other Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1885.
First edition of this collection of poems by one of the most famous poets of the Victorian era. Duodecimo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by Lord Alfred Tennyson to his niece on the title page, "Cecilia from her affectionate Uncle Tennyson April 15th - 87." Cecilia Tennyson was the daughter of Tennyson's youngest brother, Horatio, and was named after one of his sisters. In very good condition. From the library of noted collector William A. Strutz with his small bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco folding case. A wonderful…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147858
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First Limited Edition of The Bibliography of the First Letter of Christopher Columbus; Inscribed by R.H. Major
MAJOR, R.H.
The Bibliography of the First Letter of Christopher Columbus, Describing His Discovery of the New World.
London: Ellis & White, 1872.
First limited edition of this comprehensive bibliography cataloging the various editions and translations of Columbus's first letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella describing his initial voyage to the 'New World'. Duodecimo, bound in full contemporary brown pebble-grained morocco with gilt titles to the front panel, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Spencer H. Walpole. One of only 75 printed copies. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 147857
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"THE MOST PRAISED AND MOST CONDEMNED 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN WORK OF FICTION": FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, PRECEDING THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
MARK TWAIN; [SAMUEL L. CLEMENS],.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.
First English edition, preceding the first American edition, of "the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction" (Legacies of Genius). Octavo, original decorative red cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, illustrated from 174 drawings by E.W. Kemble. The English edition of Huckleberry Finn preceded the American by a few months and was made from sheets sent by American edition publisher Webster. In very good condition, bookplate. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141133
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George Lucas' Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker; Signed by Him and Alan Dean Foster
LUCAS, George; Alan Dean Foster.
Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.
New York: Del Rey/ Ballantine Books, 1977.
First Ballantine edition of Lucas' Star Wars. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Lucas on the front free endpaper and by Alan Dean Foster on the title page. Fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket design by James Rampage. Cover art by John Berkey. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 148179
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First Edition of The Scots Musical Museum; Inscribed by the national poet of Scotland Robert Burns
JOHNSON, James [Editor]; Robert Burns [Contributor].
The Scots Musical Museum, Humbly Dedicated to the Catch Club. Instituted at Edinr. June 1771.
Edinburgh: James Johnson, 1787 and 1790.
First edition, first issue of this influential collection of traditional folk music of Scotland. Octavo, two volumes comprised of volumes one and three out of six, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spines, vignettes to the title pages, engraved throughout with musical stanzas. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Burns on the title page of volume one, "To Mr. Whyter from Robt. Burns" and on the verso of the title page of volume three, "Remember me! Ro. B." Robert Burns contributed some 200 songs, new or adapted to the successive volumes of The Scots Musical Museum. In good…
Price: $26,000.00 Item Number: 147856
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Limited Edition James Bond 60th Anniversary Giclée Prints in collaboration with The Macallan
THE MACALLAN [IAN FLEMING],.
The Macallan James Bond 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Giclée Prints.
Limited edition 60th anniversary Giclée prints marking the six decades of James Bond films with a collaboration between The Macallan and EON Productions. Square folio, pictorial boards, six tissue-guarded archival pigment prints on 300gsm smooth fine art paper made of 100 percent cotton each depicting a decade of James Bond. One of 471 numbered editions, this is number 63. In fine condition. Housed in a custom The Macallan x 007 box. The pieces measure 14 inches by 15 inches.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 147855
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First Edition of Rawlings' Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel The Yearling; Uniquely Inscribed by Her Across three pages
RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan.
The Yearling.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, uniquely and lengthily inscribed by the author across three pages; on the front free endpaper, the second free endpaper and its verso, "For Harry W. Zollars Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - A writer loses all rights to elucidate a book, once he has corrected the last proofs. Anything unexplained at that point must go forever unsaid. Yet he may still offer a private opinion, as on the work of any other. In my opinion, this book about Jody, is in reality Penny's book. Penny was once Jody, and…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147651
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"War is the most monstrous of man's illusions": First Edition of Raintree County; Signed by Ross Lockridge
LOCKRIDGE, Jr. Ross .
Raintree County.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948.
First edition of Ross Lockridge, Jr.'s one and only epic novel, basis for the 1957 film starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick and Lee Marvin. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece. Boldly signed by Ross Lockridge, Jr. on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of noted collector William Strutz with his small bookplate to the front pastedown. Rare and desirable in this condition and signed as Lockridge passed away two months after publication.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147648
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"The Roaring Lion": gelatin print of Yousuf Karsh's iconic portrait of Winston S. Churchill; signed by Karsh and with a clipped signature of Churchill
KARSH, Yousuf. [Winston S. Churchill].
Yousuf Karsh Signed Winston S. Churchill Portrait.
Rare silver gelatin print of Karsh's iconic portrait of Churchill, “The Roaring Lion” which in May 1941 was featured on the cover of Life magazine and brought Karsh international fame. Signed by Karsh "Y. Karsh", along with a clipped original signature of Winston Churchill matted below. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The photograph measures 8.5 inches by 6.25 inches. The entire piece measures 23.5 inches by 18.5 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 146197
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First Edition of Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?; Inscribed by Martin Luther King, Jr.
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of King's "last grand expression of his vision" (Cornel West). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Steven Rockefeller, With appreciation for your great support and your genuine humanitarian concern Martin Luther King, Jr." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Jacket photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Bob Fitch. Photograph of the Selma March to the front panel by Steve Schapiro. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare in this condition and signed.
Price: $22,000.00 Item Number: 148201
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"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains": Exceedingly rare first edition in English of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's A Treatise on the Social Compact: Or The Principles of Politic Law; the precursor to the French Revolution
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques.
A Treatise on the Social Compact: or The Principles of Politic Law.
London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, in the Strand, 1764.
First edition in English of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's magnum opus; a seminal treatise on political philosophy and precursor of the French revolution. Twelvemo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 3pp. advertisements at end. In near fine condition. Exceedingly rare with only a handful of copies traced in auction records, exceptionally rare and desirable.
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 148170
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"I am Wind In His Hair. Do you see that I am your friend? Can you see that you will always be my friend?": Dances with Wolves; Inscribed by Michael Blake and Signed by Kevin Costner
COSTNER, Kevin; Michael Blake.
Dances with Wolves.
Tucson, AZ: Hrymfaxe, 2002.
First edition of the Hrymfaxe edition of this classic novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Michael Blake and boldly signed by Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Costner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 148172
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First Edition of The Ice Dragon; Signed by George R.R. Martin
MARTIN, George R.R.
The Ice Dragon.
New York: Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2014.
First edition of this poignant fantasy novella by George R.R. Martin. Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art and illustrations throughout by Luis Royo.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147755
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First Edition of Lady Constance Stewart Richardson's Dancing, Beauty and Games
RICHARDSON, Lady Constance Stewart.
Dancing, Beauty and Games.
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1913.
First edition of this work exploring the relationship between physical movement, dance, and beauty. Octavo, bound in full crushed purple morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, Art Nouveau stamped in blind, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece bound in. Ten plates under printed guards were extracted from the book and are present in a folding chemise within the case. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case. A very attractive example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147845
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"It was the place he had seen in the midst of the blizzard, the dark and booming place where some hideously familiar figure sought him down long corridors carpeted with jungle. The place Tony had warned him against. It was here. It was here. Whatever Redrum was, it was here": Rare Original Stephen King Autograph Quotation from The Shining Signed
KING, Stephen.
Stephen King Autograph Quotation from The Shining Signed.
Rare original autograph quotation from Stephen King's 1977 horror classic. Duodecimo, one page with the title "The Shining" in the top right corner, the quotation reads in full, "It was the place he had seen in the midst of the blizzard, the dark and booming place where some hideously familiar figure sought him down long corridors carpeted with jungle. The place Tony had warned him against. It was here. It was here. Whatever Redrum was, it was here. (p.63) Stephen King." In fine condition. The piece measures 7.75 inches by 5.75 inches. A unique piece.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 147768
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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them": Limited Edition of The World of William Shakespeare; Signed by Anthony Burgess
BURGESS, Anthony [William Shakespeare].
The World of William Shakespeare.
London: The Arcadia Press, 1971.
Signed limited edition of this comprehensive exploration of Shakespeare's life, works, and lasting cultural influence, blending historical context with literary analysis to highlight his enduring legacy. Quarto, bound in full crushed red morocco by Zaehnsdorf with pictorial inlay of the Globe Theater in gilt, all edges gilt, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations and 42 colored plates. One of 265 numbered copies, this is number 39. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the title page. In near fine condition with light rubbing.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147850
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First British Edition of L.M. Montgomery's classic novel Anne of Green Gables
MONTGOMERY, L.M..
Anne of Green Gables.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD, 1908.
First British edition, from the US sheets (published the same year as the American first) of this timeless and beloved work by L.M. Montgomery. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, mounted pictorial label on front panel. Illustrations by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 141041
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First Edition of the 40th Anniversary Edition of To Kill A Mockingbird; Signed by Harper Lee
LEE, Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
New York: HarperCollins, 1999.
First edition, first printing of the 40th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 147849
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“Every real story is a never ending story": First Edition of Die unendliche Geschichte; Signed by Michael Ende
ENDE, Michael.
Die unendliche Geschichte. [The Neverending Story].
Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns Verlag, 1979.
First German edition and true first of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Michael Ende on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 148174
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“In seeming contradiction of physical laws, time is heavy only when it is empty": First Edition of Trevanian's Shibumi; Signed by Him
TREVANIAN,.
Shibumi.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Trevanian on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Books signed by Trevanian are of the utmost scarcity, we have never seen another Shibumi signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 148176