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"This book is offered to those women on the fighting line who have had the courage to face ridicule, and the wit to turn the laugh upon their enemies by their indifference to derision": Rare first edition of Constance Smedley's Woman: A Few Shrieks!
X. [SMEDLEY, Constance]; Appendix by Mrs. Philip Snowden [Ethel Snowden].
Woman: A Few Shrieks!
Letchworth Herts: Garden City Press , [1907].
First edition of Constance Smedley's rare feminist tract, published under the pseudonym X and with an appendix by Ethel Snowden. Octavo, original cloth, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Appendix by Ethel Snowden. In good condition. Stamps throughout including to the front and rear panels and top edge. Bookplates to the pastedown.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134985
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The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
KUHN, Thomas S.
The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1957.
First edition of Kuhn's classic treatise. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some rubbing. Foreword by James Bryant Conant.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 77852
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First Edition of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; Signed by Legendary Director Oliver Stone and photographer Barry Wetcher
STONE, Oliver and Stanley Weiser.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
New York: Newmarket Press, 2010.
First edition. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone and photographer Barry Wetcher on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133568
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Finely bound set of Martha Walker Freer's The Married Life of Anne of Austria and The Regency of Anne of Austria
FREER, Martha Walker.
The Married Life of Anne of Austria, Queen of France, Mother of Louis XIV, and Don Sebastian, King of Portugal [with] The Regency of Anne of Austria, Queen Regency of France, Mother of Louis XIV.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865-1866.
Finely bound set of Freer's authoritative biography of Anne of Austria. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portraits of Queen Anne. The Regency is a first edition; The Married Life is a second edition. In very good condition. Bookplates.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139016
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First Edition of the 50th anniversary of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
First edition of the 50th anniversary of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pete Garceau. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140797
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Inscribed by Eric Carle with a Drawing of a Bear
CARLE, Eric.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1983.
First General Book edition, early printing of enormously creative children's book. Small quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Grrr, for Ryan, Eric Carle," with an large original drawing of a bear standing on two legs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable with an original drawing.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147284
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Limited First Edition of The Lure and the Land; Inscribed by J.P. Widney to Eleanor Roosevelt
WIDNEY, J.P. [Eleanor Roosevelt].
The Lure and The Land: An Idyl of the Pacific.
Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Publishing Company, 1932.
Limited first edition, one of one thousand copies of this collection of poems about the Pacific Coast. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "To Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt from the author, J.P. Widney." The recipient, Eleanor Roosevelt was a political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945. Through her travels, public engagement, and advocacy, she largely redefined the role.…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147697
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"the greatest building of our time" (Philip Johnson) First Edition of Frank Gehry’s Monograph on the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; Signed by Him
VAN BRUGGEN, Coosje [Frank Gehry].
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1999.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Gehry's masterpiece, The Guggenheim Museum in Balbao, Spain. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Frank Gehry at the preface. Fine in fine dust jacket. Preface by Thomas Krens.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 4597
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First Edition of Edward O. Wilson's The Diversity of Life; Warmly inscribed by Him to Colleague Ruth Turner
WILSON, Edward O.
The Diversity of Life.
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ruth Turner with warmest regards and respect Edward O. Wilson." Wilson who has also added a drawing of an ant. The recipient, Ruth Turner was a colleague of Wilson's at Harvard and was also a pioneering marine biologist and malacologist. She was the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. An…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131698
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"A fragrant flame rose, and before as glow'd fruit, viand, blossom, and amber wine and gold": First Edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Princess; A Medley
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
The Princess: A Medley.
London: Edward Moxon, 1847.
First edition of Tennyson's serio-comedic narrative poem about the heroic Princess Ida. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and ruling to the panels stamped in blind. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 101523
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First Edition of Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
BROCKETT, L. P..
Woman’s Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience.
Philadelphia : Zeigler, McCurdy, 1867.
First edition of this major early history of Civil War women, published only two years after the war's end, with authoritative accounts of groundbreaking work by Clara Barton and over 80 field nurses. Thick octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 16 steel-engraved portraits and a contributing essay by Harriet Beecher Stowe. In near fine condition. A sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140052
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The Salon edition of Gustave Flaubert's A Simple Heart
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
A Simple Heart.
Paris: Societe des Beaux Arts, n.d. [ca. 1895].
The limited Salon edition of Flaubert's classic novella. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling with red morocco onlays to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, with tissue-guarded illustrations by Emile Adan. Limited to five hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 152. Preface by A. de Claye. In near fine condition with rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139337
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First edition, limited issue of RICHARD R. HOLMES' QUEEN VICTORIA; PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVED PORTRAITS FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTIONS
HOLMES, Richard R. [Queen Victoria].
Queen Victoria.
London: Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897.
First edition, limited issue of this finely illustrated account of the life and reign of Queen Victoria compiled and edited by the librarian to the Queen, Richard Holmes, to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. Folio, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and central royal Coat of Arms to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of the Queen and Prince of Wales, profusely illustrated with tissue guarded engravings after portraits from the Royal…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139233
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Beverly Cleary's Ramona and Her Father; inscribed by her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Ramona and Her Father.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977.
First edition, early printing of the fourth book in Cleary's Ramona Quimby series; a 1978 Newbery Honor Book. Octavo, original boards. Illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jennifer Hall - Happy reading! Beverly Cleary." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117994
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First Edition of William Shirer's End of a Berlin Diary; Inscribed by Him
SHIRER, William L.
End of a Berlin Diary.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
First edition of the sequel to Shirer's acclaimed Berlin Diary. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Gareth L. Pawlowski- William L. Shirer." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118341
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First Edition of Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Book, 1998.
First edition of this work by the father of modern management. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jim Black with best regards from Peter Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lance Hidy. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142028
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Roderick Field. Author photograph by Morris Zwi.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129195
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Rare First Edition of this "comprehensive survey of current mechanism, practice, and theory" Stock Market Theory and Practice
SCHABACKER, Richard Wallace.
Stock Market Theory and Practice.
New York: B.C. Forbes, 1930.
First edition, second printing of the first of Schabacker's three major works on the stock market. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some rubbing and wear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 88994
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Soldier Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Soldier Tales.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896.
First edition of Kipling's collection of soldier tales. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, gilt ruled, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated with engravings. In near fine condition with a touch of wear to the crown of the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96105
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"The first major work on the French Revolution": Adolphe Thiers' renowned History of the French Revolution; elegantly bound
THIERS, Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe.
Histoire de la Revolution Francaise. [History of the French Revolution].
Societe Typographique Belge: Bruxelles, 1840.
Finely bound example of the first major work on the French Revolution. Quarto, two volumes bound in full contemporary polished and diced calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Thiers. In very good condition. A very attractive binding.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137208
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"There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one": FIRST EDITION OF HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS; Lengthily SIGNED BY JULIA ALVAREZ
ALVAREZ, Julia.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Press, 1991.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "May you enjoy my book- There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one, Julia Alvarez." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Paul Munck. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108779
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Richard Yates' Young Hearts Crying; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
YATES, Richard.
Young Hearts Crying.
New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1984.
First edition, early printing of this classic work by "one of the most important and influential writers of the second half of the century” (Robert Stone). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ellen Quinn Assuming she will agree this isn't much of a book, and with best wishes anyway, Dick Yates 2/13/88 (with a drawing of a heart)." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jeffrey Adams. Jacket design by Richard Rossiter.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139289
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Signed Limited Edition of The Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee
LEE, Stan.
Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir.
New York: 2015.
Signed limited edition of this work by the legendary comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by Stan Lee. Fine in a fine dust jacket in the original shrink wrap.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140053
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First Edition of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust
WEST, Nathanael.
The Day of the Locust.
New York: Random House, 1939.
First edition of West's masterpiece. Octavo, original bound in full leather, raised bands, title to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140694
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First Edition of Jean de Brunhoff's Babar and His Children; From the Library of Maurice Sendak
BRUNHOFF, Jean de. [Maurice Sendak].
Babar and His Children.
New York : Random House, 1968.
First American edition of this charming children's story; from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Translated from the French by Merle Haas. 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 the Laura Ingalls…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147130
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First Editions of Each volume in The Spiderwick Chronicles; Each Signed by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
DITERLIZZI, Tony and Holly Black.
The Spiderwick Chronicles Complete Set [The Field Guide, The Seeing Stone, Lucinda’s Secret, The Ironwood Tree, The Wrath of Mulgarath; The Care and Feeding of Sprites; Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You; The Spiderwick Chronicles: Notebook for Fantastical Observations].
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003-2009.
First editions of each volume in the author's acclaimed series, basis for the 2008 film starring Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker and Sarah Bolger, with Nick Nolte, Seth Rogen, and Martin Short in voice roles. Octavo, 5 volumes, original illustrated boards. Each volume is signed by each author on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 141589
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First Edition of the First Monograph on Frank Gehry's Masterpiece The Walt Disney Concert Hall; Signed by Him
GEHRY, Frank.
Symphony: Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003.
First edition of this volume on Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Preface by Deborah Borda. Introduction by Frank Gehry. With essays by Richard Koshalek and Dana Hutt, Carol McMichael Reese, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Michael Wood. Photography by Grant Mudford.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 515
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Finely Bound Set of The Life of Samuel Johnson
BOSWELL, James.
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1891.
Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in three quarters red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 2542
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"I have sought a human society reduced to its most basic expression": First Edition of Claude-Levi Strauss' A World on the the Wane; Inscribed by Him
LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude.
The World on the Wane.
New York: Criterion Books, 1961.
First American edition of Levi-Strauss' experience among tribes in Brazil. Octavo, original brown boards, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Inscribed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear to the extremities. Translated from the French by John Russell.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 802
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First Edition of Will Durant's Transition: A Mental Autobiography; Signed by Him
DURANT, Will.
Transition: A Mental Autobiography.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Will Durant on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 125898
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's The Heavenly Host; inscribed by him
ASIMOV, Isaac. Illustrated by Bernard Colonna.
The Heavenly Host.
New York: Walker and Company, 1975.
First edition of Asimov's classic juvenile science fiction adventure. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Bernard Colonna. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Steve Isaac Asimov." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142300
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Kathryn Hulme's The Nun's Story; inscribed by her
HULME, Kathryn.
The Nun’s Story.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Hulme's best-selling novel, basis for the classic film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Virginia Stanley with Best Wishes Kathryn Hulme." Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 95304
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Rare Eighteenth Century Map of China by Renowned French Cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.
L’Empire de La Chine Pour Servir a l’Histoire Generale des Voyages. [Eighteenth Century Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Map of China].
Paris: 1748.
Eighteenth century engraved map of China by renowned French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137234
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First Edition of Roald Dahl's Going Solo; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Going Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.
First edition of this classic autobiographical account of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Michael Love Roald Dahl 15/12/86." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Julie Tennent. Author's photograph by Sophie Baker.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135871
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First edition of Hamlin Garland's Main-Travelled Roads; inscribed by him
GARLAND, Hamlin.
Main-Travelled Roads.
Boston: Arena Publishing Company, 1891.
First edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free patterned endpaper, "To my friend Hird whose encouragement was so timely. With fraternal best wishes. Hamlin Garland Boston June 9/91." In very good condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139642
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First edition of Anne Shannon Monroe's Signing in the Rain; inscribed by her and in the rare original dust jacket
MONROE, Anne Shannon.
Singing in the Rain: Essays for Thoughtful People.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1930.
First edition of this collection of the author's popular articles on beautiful living. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Cora E. MacKenzie of Lauta; and a delightful evening's memory at the Town Club in Portland Oregon. from Anne Shannon Monroe Leave Grove Oregon." Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115861
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Rare autograph letter signed by W. Somerset Maugham
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
W. Somerset Maugham Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed by the author of The Razor's Edge, W. Somerset Maugham. One page, on Messages Maritimes letterhead, the letter reads, "On the way to Port Said at sea. My dear Miller Thank you very much for sending me a cable on my first night. It was kind of you to think of me at that trying moment. Since it took £404 on the second night I think it has got something. Yours very faithfully, W.S. Maugham." The recipient, Gilbert Heron Miller was an American theatrical producer who collaborated with Maugham on several plays including The Constant Wife and…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115513
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First Edition of Weegee's People; Inscribed by Him
WEEGEE,.
Weegee’s People.
New York: Essential Books/ Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1956.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To Sam Clemente Weegee 1956." An excellent near fine example with the original very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 19034
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First Edition of Harold Pinter's The Collection and the Lover
PINTER, Harold.
The Collection and the Lover.
London: Methuen and Co, 1963.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143521