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“The drowning and devastation of the city took just about ten minutes": First Edition of the author's First Book The Johnstown Flood; Inscribed by David McCullough in the Year of Publication
MCCULLOUGH, David.
The Johnstown Flood.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's first book. Octavo, original brown cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page prior to the publication date, "For Donna and Gordon in friendship. David March 1, 1968." The recipients were close friends of the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Publication date of The Johnstown Flood was March 18, 1968. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 59021
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First Edition of Jean de Brunhoff's Le Voyage de Babar; From the Library of Maurice Sendak
BRUNHOFF, Jean de; [Maurice Sendak].
Le Voyage de Babar.
Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1932.
First edition of the sequel to de Brunhoff's first Babar story in the original French; from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original half cloth over pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. In very good condition. Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is often hailed as “the Picasso of children’s books.” He has produced more than 85 books which have populated children’s imaginations for years. For his contributions to children’s literature, Sendak received the third biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration in 1970, one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards in 2003, and…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147154
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FIRST EDITION OF MAX BEERBOHM'S ZULEIKA DOBSON
BEERBOHM, Max.
Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story.
London: William Heinemann, 1911.
First edition of Beerbohm’s classic and only novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom chemise clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 131261
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“The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love": The Maugham Reader; Finely Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
MAUGHAM, W.Somerset.
A Maugham Reader.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1950.
First edition of this collection by the author of The Razor's Edge. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, frontispiece of Maugham, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt. With an introduction by Glenway Wescott. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 134702
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Rare signed photograph World War I fighter ace Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker; with the original transmittal letter additionally signed by him
RICKENBACKER, Edward [Eddie].
Edward Rickenbacker Signed Photograph.
Rare black and white photograph of American in World War I fighter ace Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker. Inscribed by Rickenbacker, "With best wishes to Jerome Miller Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker.” With the original typed transmittal letter also signed by Rickenbacker on his Cadillac Motor Company letterhead dated May 6, 1929 which reads, 'My dear Mr. Miller:- As requested in yours of recent date, you will find enclosed autographed photograph of myself in uniform. Note your interest in my hobby, both past and present, and would say that in boyhood my favorite one was to play hookey from school and skating. Following…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 109853
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First collected edition of Aldous Huxley's Grey Eminence; finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956.
First collected edition of Huxley's biography of French monk François Leclerc du Tremblay. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 130128
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FIRST EDITION OF RAYMOND CARVER’S CATHEDRAL; Inscribed by Raymond Carver to fellow writer Thom Jones
CARVER, Raymond [Thom Jones].
Cathedral. Stories.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
First edition of Carver’s award-winning collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Thom Jones with good wishes Ray Carver May 4, 1984." The recipient, Thom Jones was an esteemed short story writer. His first book, published in 1993, was the short-story collection The Pugilist at Rest. The stories deal with common themes of mortality and pain, with characters who often find a kind of solace in the rather pessimistic philosophy of Schopenhauer. Boxing, absent or mentally ill fathers, physical trauma, and the Vietnam War are also recurring motifs. The collection was a National Book Award…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146006
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"People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power": Signed Limited Edition Of President Clinton’s Autobiography My Life; In the Original Shrink Wrap
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson Clinton].
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Signed limited edition of President William Jefferson Clinton's Autobiography. Thick octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, original slipcase, illustrated. Fine in a fine slipcase. Signed by Bill Clinton, one of 1500 numbered examples. In the original shrink wrap.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 133520
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"Enter the wild wood and view the haunts of nature": William Cullen Bryant's A Forest Hymn bound with In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting
BRYANT, William Cullen.
A Forest Hymn [Bound with] In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck. [Fore-edge Painting].
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1860-1862.
Finely bound collection of two classic American poems; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting. Quarto, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous engravings by John A. Nums and John A. Hows, all edges gilt with a concealed double fore-edge painting which reveals a hunting scene and a scene of figure skaters. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139346
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"All over the ship, all through the convoy there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead": First Edition of The 50th Anniversary Edition of The Naked and the Dead; Lengthily Inscribed by Norman Mailer
MAILER, Norman.
The Naked and the Dead.
New York: Henry Holt, 2005.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of the author's classic first novel. Thick octavo, original boards. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, who has transcribed the first line of this title as follows, "All over the ship, all through the convoy there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead. Norman Mailer." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 842
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First Edition of Harry Truman’s Memoirs; Inscribed by President Truman in Volume One
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Memoirs: Years of Trial and Hope 1946-1952.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1955-56.
First editions of President Truman's presidential memoirs. Octavo, two volumes, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of volume one, "To Mel Abend kind regards from from Harry Truman 3/15/58." Both volumes are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket designs by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket photographs by Eliot Elsofon and U.S. Army Corps.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 136199
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First Edition of D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love; One of only 1250 Examples
LAWRENCE, D.H.
Women in Love.
New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1920.
First edition of the author's classic work which many consider his masterpiece, one of only 1250 examples. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, name to the front pastedown. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139392
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Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait to Humorist Harry Hershfield
BARUCH, Bernard M.
Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait.
A portrait of Bernard Baruch signed to humorist Harry Hershfield. It reads, "For Harry Hershfield who radiates sunshine and good feeling wherever he goes with appreciation and best wishes from one who has basked in that sunshine BM Baruch 1952." Hershfield was an American cartoonist, humor writer and radio personality. He was known as "the Jewish Will Rogers". He also was a columnist for the New York Daily Mirror. His books include Laugh Louder, Live Longer and Now I'll Tell One. As a comics artist he is best remembered for his newspaper comic Abie the Agent. The image measures 7.75 inches by 10.75 inches. Double…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 71053
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“There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield": First Edition of Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels
SHAARA, Michael.
The Killer Angels.
New York: David Mckay, 1974.
First edition of Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, maps by Don Pitcher. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140272
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First Edition of Iris Murdoch's Under the Net; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
MURDOCH, Iris.
Under the Net.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1954.
First edition of Murdoch's first novel which announced "the emergence of a brilliant talent" (Times Literary Supplement). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146201
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“The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love": The Maugham Reader; Finely Bound
MAUGHAM, W.Somerset.
The Maugham Reader.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1950.
First edition of this collection by the author of The Razor's Edge. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. With an introduction by Glenway Wescott. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 134572
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"It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst": First edition of Ian Fleming's Thunderball
FLEMING, Ian.
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961.
First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Richard Chopping.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147491
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Margaret Mead's Male and Female; Inscribed by Her in the year of publication
MEAD, Margaret.
Male and Female: A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1949.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Harry Shapiro from Margaret Mead September 1949." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With the compliments of Margaret Mead laid in. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 122351
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"THE PAIN OF PARTING IS NOTHING TO THE JOY OF MEETING AGAIN": Charles Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; elaborately bound in full crushed blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Oxford University Press, 1968.
Elaborately bound Oxford illustrated edition of one of Dickens' most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full crushed blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With thirty-nine illustrations by 'Phiz' and and Introduction by Dame Sybil Thorndike. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 129073
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“To show his nervousness was not shameful; only to admit it": FIRST EDITION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON; FINELY BOUND
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Death in the Afternoon.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
First edition of early work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, blind ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Ernest Hemingway to the front panel, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 122893
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"Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between": First Edition, First Issue of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
ANGELOU, Maya.
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition with the topstain red of Angelou's critically acclaimed first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 144542
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; with 12 remarkably intricate full color plates illustrated by Edmund Dulac
FITZGERALD, Edward. With illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1920.
Magnificent edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, title page on Japanese vellum, with 12 full color plates tipped with tissue guards. In fine condition. A nice presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 126161
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First edition of Virginia Woolf's Flush: A Biography; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WOOLF, Virginia.
Flush: A Biography.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1933.
First edition of Woolf's fictional "stream of consciousness" tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders and facsimile signature stamped to the front panel, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with four original drawings by Vanessa Bell and six other illustrations. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146583
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith; finely bound and decorated with a fore-edge painting
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. and Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of the Arts. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.
Finely bound example of Goldsmith's complete poetical works, decorated with a fore-edge painting of a golfing scene. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt scrolling and fleuron cornerpeices to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, illustrated with wood engravings, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a golfing scene. Ownership inscription. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140226
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"How doth the little crocodile improve its shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale": First Edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Under Ground
CARROL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1886.
First edition being a facsimile of the original manuscript which was later expanded and published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Octavo, original scarlet cloth, elaborate gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt vignette to the rear panel, triple gilt ruled, all edges gilt, text printed in the author's handwriting including thirty-seven illustrations in facsimile, advertisements at rear. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 145905
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"I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life": Tenzing Norgay's Tiger of the Snow; Signed by Him
NORGAY, Tenzing with James Ramsey Ullman .
Tiger of the Snows: The Autobiography of Tenzing of Everest.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
First edition, early printing of Norgay's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographic frontispiece and 18 pages of photographs. Boldly signed by Tenzing Norgay on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Dwight Shepler. Written with James Ramsey Ullman. Books signed by Norgay are rare.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139449
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The Albion edition of the Poetical Works of Thomas Moore; finely bound with a double fore-edge painting
MOORE, Thomas.
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d..
The Albion edition of Moore's poetical works. Octavo, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Moore. With a double concealed fore-edge painting revealing two golfing scenes. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 129405
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First Edition of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
MEAD, Shepherd.
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard’s Guide to Fame and Fortune.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrations by Claude. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146086
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"What if it should turn out eternity was but the steeple on our house of life": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION of Robert Frost's Steeple Bush; one of only 751 copies SIGNED BY ROBERT FROST
FROST, Robert.
Steeple Bush.
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1947.
First edition, first printing of this spiritually-themed Frost collection. Octavo, original half cloth over boards, front panel decorated in gilt. One of 751 copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 167. Fine in the rare original glassine which is in very good condition and slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 110271
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Ronald Reagan's 1985 inauguration Program; Signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
BURGER, Warren E.; Ronald Reagan.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Signed 1985 Inauguration Program.
Official program for Ronald Reagan's 1985 inauguration and has a First Day Cancellation at the top. Signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger at the bottom. Burger administered the oath of office to President Reagan on that day. The entire framed piece measures 9.25 inches by 12.25 inches.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 47021
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"It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals": First Edition of Felix Frankfurter Reminisces; Warmly Inscribed by Him
FRANKFURTER, Felix.
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: Recorded in Talks With Dr. Harlan B. Phillips.
New York: Reynal & Company, 1960.
First edition of this collection of thoughts from Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Leonard Maill, who helped confirm my anglophilism, with the warm regards of Felix Frankfurter July 19, 60." The recipient, Rowland Leonard Maill, was a BBC broadcaster and administrator. Bookplate of the recipient. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Books signed by Frankfurter are uncommon.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 59088
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First Edition of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl; Signed by Her and Ben Affleck
FLYNN, Gillian.
Gone Girl.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2012.
First edition of this "instant classic" (Vanity Fair), basis for the film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gillian Flynn and Academy Award-winning actor Ben Affleck. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 131752
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"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased": First edition of Me: Stories of My Life; Signed by Katharine Hepburn and Signed Three Times by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
HEPBURN, Katharine .
Me: Stories of My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.
First edition of Katharine Hepburn's revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 165 photographs. Boldly signed by Katharine Hepburn on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson and Chip Kidd.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147701
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First Edition of Alice's Restaurant Cookbook; Signed by Alice May Brock and Arlo Guthrie
BROCK, Alice May and Arlo Guthrie.
Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this classic cookbook. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with numerous pages of photographs. Signed by both Arlo Guthrie and Alice Brock on the title page with numbers on the title page. In good condition. Introduction by Arlo Guthrie. Rare and desirable signed by both Guthrie and Brock.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140091
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142996
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First Edition of Thomas Berger's Crazy in Berlin; Signed by Him
BERGER, Thomas .
Crazy In Berlin.
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1958.
First edition of Berger's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Berger on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142436
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First Edition of Of Flight And Life; Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
Of Flight and Life.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.
First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Elizabeth Bartky with much affection, and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August 1948." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An excellent association.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 144539
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Rare First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Letters of Marque
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Letters of Marque.
Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co, 1891.
Rare first edition of this collection of letters published without Kipling's permission and so quickly suppressed. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. One of one thousand copies, many of which were destroyed at Kipling's behest. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 120684
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; Finely Bound by Worsfold
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Royal octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf by Worsfold, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, illustrated with wood-engravings after George Cattermole & Hablot K. Browne. In very good condition, bookplates to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147267
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Turgenev's Favorite work by Tolstoy; First Edition of Tolstoy's The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in 1852
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in 1852.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878.
First edition in English of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Eugene Schuyler. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 123937