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A fine collection of five first editions of Evelyn Anthony Novels
ANTHONY, Evelyn.
Evelyn Anthony First Edition Collection. Including: The Poellenberg Inheritance, The Persian Ransom, The Return, The Company of Saints, and Voices on the Wind.
London: Hutchinson, 1972-1985.
A fine collection of five first editions of Evelyn Anthony novels. Octavo, original cloth, 5 volumes. The collection includes: The Poellenberg Inheritance (1972), The Persian Ransom (1975), The Return (1978), The Company of Saints (1983), and Voices on the Wind (1985). Each volume is near fine to fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 119088
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First Edition of Guy de Rothschild's The Whims of Fortune
ROTHSCHILD, Guy de.
The Whims of Fortune: The Memoirs of Guy de Rothschild.
New York: Random House, 1985.
First edition of Guy de Rothschild's revealing memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Tony Kent. Jacket design by Loretta Leiva.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144635
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"I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own Heaven to be happy": Mark Twain's Extract From Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven; from the library of American journalist William Safire
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.
New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d..
Early printing of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime. Octavo, original cloth with titles in white and vignette in black, frontispiece in blue and white, no publication date to the title page. From the library American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language”…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 127530
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Signed Limited First Edition of A Masque of Mercy; signed by Robert Frost
FROST, Robert.
A Masque of Mercy.
New York : Henry Holt & Company, 1947.
Signed limited edition of Frost's play of the purported last chapter in the book of Job. Royal octavo, original half cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. One of 751 numbered copies boldly signed by Robert Frost in black ballpoint on the limitation page, this is number 177. In fine condition in the original publisher's slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147534
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First edition of Sir Walter Scott's The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French Revolution
BY THE AUTHOR OF "WAVERLY," &c. [Sir Walter Scott].
The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French Revolution.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827.
First edition of Sir Walter Scott's Life of Napoleon. Royal octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Napoleon. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 139524
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First Edition of Philip Roth's When She Was Good; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
When She Was Good.
New York: Random House, 1967.
First edition of Roth's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Christopher Lasch, with his name to the front free endpaper. Lasch was a historian, moralist, and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. Lasch sought to use history as a tool to awaken American society to the pervasiveness with which major institutions, public and private, were eroding the competence and independence of families and communities. He strove to create a historically informed social criticism that could teach Americans how to deal with rampant consumerism, proletarianization, and what he famously labeled the "culture…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 117571
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"Photographing a cake can be art": First Edition of Still Life; Signed by Irving Penn
PENN, Irving.
Still Life.
New York: Bullfinch Press, 2001.
First edition of this collection of photographs. Tall quarto, original beige cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Irving Penn on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 4324
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First Edition of A Tribute to John F. Kennedy; Warmly Inscribed by Pierre Salinger to Actor Allan Sherman
SALINGER, Pierre [John F. Kennedy].
A Tribute to John F. Kennedy.
Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc, 1964.
First edition of this tribute to President Kennedy. Octavo, original boards, original slipcase, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Allan Sherman with the sincere appreciation of his friend and admirer Pierre Salinger." The recipient, Allan Sherman was actor, singer, producer and writer who became known as a song parodist in the early 1960s. His first album, My Son, the Folk Singer (1962), became the fastest-selling record album up to that time. His biggest hit was Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, a comic novelty recording in which a boy describes his summer camp experiences to the…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 134104
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"She was a person of distinction he saw at once, moreover very handsome": Finely bound collection of Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop, Alexander's Bridge, and Shadows on the Rock
CATHER, Willa.
Death Comes for the Archbishop; Alexander’s Bridge; Shadows on the Rock.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; Alfred A. Knopf, 1922-1931.
Finely bound collection of three of the author's best-known works, including her first novel: Death Comes for the Archbishop. Octavos, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of two volumes. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 105420
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SNYDER, Julian.
The History of Money.
Continental Silver Corporation, 1973.
Rare first edition of this work on the history of money. Octavo, original wrappers, 32 pp. Contents: I. The American Illusion of Invulnerability, II. The Four Stages of Monetary Decline, III. The End of the Gold-Backed Dollar, IV. Printing Press Prosperity, V. The Problem with Inflation Addiction, VI. Exponential Inflation and the $100 Cup of Coffee, VII. The Point of No Return, VIII. Five Ways You Can Protect Yourself and Your Family Against the Double-Barreled Thread of Runaway Inflation and Depression., IX. The Silver Lining - Your Investment Opportunity, X. How Will My Family and I Be Affected -- End.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144087
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First Edition of Iris Chang's Thread of the Silkworm; Warmly Inscribed by her
CHANG, Iris.
Thread of the Silkworm.
New York: Basic Books, 1995.
First edition of the definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Wei-ling Dai, Best wishes and happy Chinese New Year! Iris Chang 2-17-96." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125008
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"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became": First Edition of The Civil War; Inscribed by Ken Burns
WARD, Geoffrey C..
The Civil War.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
First edition, early printing of this work, basis for the documentary film bearing the same name. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Twila and Frank Ken Burns April 16, 1993." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Archie Ferguson. The Civil War includes essays by our most distinguished historians of the era: Don E. Fehrenbacher, on the war's origins; Barbara J. Fields, on the freeing of the slaves; Shelby Foote, on the war's soldiers and commanders; James M. McPherson, on the political dimensions of the struggle; and…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146192
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First edition of Of Mandino's The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II; warmly inscribed by Og Mandino
MANDINO, Og.
The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II.
New York: Bantam Books, 1988.
First edition of the sequel to the author's classic guide to success. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Kay Love! Og Mandino." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131605
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First Edition of Charles King's The True Ulysses S. Grant; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
KING, Charles [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The True Ulysses S. Grant.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914.
First edition of this biography of soldier, statesman, and president Ulysses S. Grant; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Grant as Major-General Commanding in the West, illustrated with twenty-eight black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. Accompanied by a Lexington Hand-Colored postcard, illustrated with a portrait of General Robert E. Lee. In very good condition with light rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance,…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145931
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“A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets”: FIRST EDITION OF SALVADOR DALÍ’S THE WINES OF GALA
DALI, Salvador.
The Wines of Gala.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1978.
First edition of this classic work by Dali. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Translated from the French by Olivier Bernier. Near fine in the original decorative stiff paper dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146783
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First Editions of Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam; First Edition Six Volume Set of Great Religions of Modern Man
J. LESLIE DUNSTAN [PROTESTANTISM]; GEORGE BRAND [CATHOLICISM]; ARTHUR HERTZBERG [JUDAISM]; RICHARD A. GARD [BUDDHISM]; LOUIS RENOU [HINDUISM]; JOHN A. WILLIAMS [ISLAM],.
Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam: Six-Volume Set of Great Religions of Modern Man.
New York: George Braziller, 1961.
First editions of this classic collection of works. Octavo, original cloths, 6 volumes, original slipcase. Near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Joseph Low.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140432
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Enderby Outside
BURGESS, Anthony.
Enderby Outside.
London: William Heinemann, 1968.
First edition of the second novel in the author's acclaimed Enderby series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, " The recipient, Rolland Comstock was a noted book collector. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125843
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Autobiography My Story; Inscribed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the Golden Bear's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Doug Good Golfing Jack Nicklaus." Written with Ken Bowden. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146131
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First Edition of Karel Polacek's Povidky Pana Kockodana
POLACEK, Karel.
Povidky Pana Kockodana.
Nakladatelstvi Polygrafie V Brne, 1922.
First edition of this work by the famed Czech writer, humorist and journalist. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133507
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First Edition of Casino: Love and Honor In Las Vegas; Inscribed by Nicholas Pileggi
PILEGGI, Nicholas.
Casino: Love and Honor In Las Vegas.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
First edition of Pileggi's true crime story, basis for the classic Martin Scorsese movie of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Bob Hope you like it best Nick Pileggi." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Corsillo/Manzone.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147712
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First edition of Jean-Louis Bourgeois' Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition; signed by him and Carollee Pelos and from the library of Peter Matthiessen
BOURGEOIS, Jean-Louis. Photographs by Carollee Pelos. [Peter Matthiessen].
Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition.
New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc, 1980.
First edition of this spectacular celebration of traditional Adobe architecture in the West. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs by Carollee Pelos. Historical Essay by Basil Davidson. Signed by Jean-Louis Bourgeois and Carollee Pelos on the half-title page. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140210
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FIRST EDITIONS OF JOHN R. HICKS' COLLECTED ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC THEORY
HICKS, John R.
Collected Essays on Economic Theory. Wealth and Welfare. With: Money, Interest and Wages. With: Classics and Moderns.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981-83.
First edition of John Hicks' three-volume series which comprise his most important theoretical papers. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 7347
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"I speak to the broken halves of all our selves and tell them to embrace, loving the worst in us equally with the best": First Paperback Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Dusklands; Inscribed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Dusklands.
London: Penguin Press, 1982.
First paperback edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ken Hubner with best wishes J.M. Coetzee Cape Town April 27, 1987." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 129678
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"And so I am a revolutionary, and a most reluctant one": First Edition of The Reluctant Revolutionary; inscribed by Edward Teller
TELLER, Edward.
The Reluctant Revolutionary.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1960.
First edition of Teller's classic work on the role of the scientist in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author Edward Teller on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146178
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"Keep the gimlet with you": Rare 1933 Special Carling Hotel edition of The Gimlet
The Gimlet: Miami, Palm Beach, Havana.
Miami: John Ashe Scott, Publisher, 1933.
Special Carling Hotel edition of The Gimlet, "published in the interest of the many visitors to Cuba and Florida and other fascinating resorts of the South." Slim octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with numerous vintage advertisements. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 134108
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First edition of Andre Maurois' Byron; finely bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
MAUROIS, Andre. [Lord Byron].
Byron.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930.
First edition of Maurois' appreciation of Byron. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Byron. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136270
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"And live men are just names! said M. Beaucaire": First Edition of Booth Tarkington's Monsieur Beaucaire; warmly Inscribed by Him
TARKINGTON, Booth.
Monsieur Beaucaire.
New York: McClure, Philips, 1900.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second novel, basis for the classic 1946 film starring Bob Hope. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "And live men are just names! said M. Beaucaire." Booth Tarkington. For Miss Carmel Myers." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137803
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First British edition of Jose Luis Gonzalez-Balado's Heart of Joy; lengthily inscribed by Mother Superior Agnes Mariam de la Croix
GONZALEZ-BALADO, Jose Luis. [Mother Teresa] Agnes Mariam de la Croix.
Heart of Joy.
London: Founts Paperbacks, 1988.
First British edition, second impression this collection of Mother Teresa's thoughts on the transfiguring power of self-giving. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Mother Superior Agnes Mariam de la Croix on the front free endpaper, "Dear Saruleh, you are God's gift to us and our poor. Remain in His love and share His love with all you come in contact with. May God bless you Sr. M. Agnes, mc 26th Aug. 1989." Christian nun Mother Agnes is mother superior of the monastery of St James the Mutilated in Syria, a Melkite Greek Catholic monastery in the town…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 115901
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First edition of Georges de Scudéry's Curia Politiae: Or, The Apologies of Several Princes
SCUDéRY, Georges de.
Curia Politiae: Or, The Apologies of Several Princes: Justifying to the World Their most Eminent Actions, by the Strength of Reason, And the most Exact Rules of Policie.
London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1654.
First edition in English of Scudéry's great catalogue of eminent world leaders, published early in early in Cromwell’s Commonwealth. Small quarto, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt tooling to the spine, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece, with 11 engraved portraits including those of Emperor Charles the Fifth; Matthias Corvin, King of Hungary; Mahoment the Second, the Grand Seignior; James the First, King of England; and Henry the Eighth, King of England among others. With the final page issued by Thurloe appointing Moseley to print the work. In very good condition. Bookplates…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126839
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First Edition of 3 by Irving; Inscribed by John Irving To Editor David Kent
IRVING, John.
3 By Irving: Setting Free the Bears; The Water-Method Man; The 158-Pound Marriage.
New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of this compilation of the author's first three novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his editor David Kent, "For David Kent John Irving with my admiration and affection." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Introduction by Terrence Des Pres.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 37055
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Limited Edition of Tristram; Signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson
ROBINSON, Edwin Arlington.
Tristram.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927.
Signed limited edition of this popular Pulitzer prize-winning Arthurian narrative poem. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, top edge gilt. One of three hundred and fifty copies signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the limitation page, this one is number 167. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. From the library of Frank Irving Fletcher, a prominent freelance copywriter of advertising who famously wrote in his autobiography 'Lucid Interval,' “The aim of modern advertising is not to make people think, but to save them the trouble and effort of thinking."
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145430
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Paul Brickell's Reach For The Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader; signed by Douglas Bader
BRICKELL, Paul.
Reach For The Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader.
London: Collins, 1954.
First edition, early printing of the biography of one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and dated by Douglas Bader on the frontispiece in the year of publication, "Douglas Bader 27/6/54." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146974
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First Edition of Gary Players First Book; Signed Twice by Golfing Legend Gary Player
PLAYER, Gary .
Gary Player’s Golf Secrets.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1962.
First edition of Gary Player's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by Gary Player on the title page and additionally signed by Player on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a good dust jacket with a large chip to the rear panel.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 109227
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First edition, first printing of Sedrick Arlington Goldbeck's I Sing Sonnets & Other Forms: About Things Everywhere
GOLDBECK, Sedrick Arlington.
I Sing Sonnets & Other Forms: About Things Everywhere.
Bronx, NY: The Bird Press, 1996.
First edition of the poet's collection of sonnets. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "1996 to Gary, Regards Sedrick A. Goldbeck." In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 115382
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First Edition of Silver on the Tree; Signed by Susan Cooper
COOPER, Susan.
Silver on the Tree.
New York: Atheneum, 1977.
First edition of the final volume in the author's acclaimed Dark is Rising series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Michael Heslop. Boldly signed by Susan Cooper on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146164
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First Edition of Here is New York; Inscribed by Gilles Peress
PERESS, Gilles; Michael Schulan; Susan Meiselas; Jeff Mermelstein.
Here is New York.
New York: Scalo, 2002.
First edition of this work by the award-winning photographer. Thick oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, original slipcase. Inscribed by Gilless Peress. Illustrated with nearly 1000 full-color and black-and-white photographic plates with images by noted photographers such as Gilles Peress, Susan Meiselas and Jeff Mermelstein. Fine in a fine slipcase. Parr & Badger II, 232.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 972
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Advanced reader's edition of Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red; Signed by him and Twice by Chip Kidd
PAMUK, Orhan.
My Name Is Red.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Advanced reader's edition of this "fabulously rich novel, highly compelling" (The Independent). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Orhan Pamuk and twice by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd (once on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In near fine condition. Design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Göknar. The jacket was later changed to a different design.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126789
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"The red sun seemed to tip one end of a pair of scales below the horizon, and simultaneously to lift an orange moon at the other": First Folio Edition of Between the Woods and the Water; Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
Between the Woods and the Water.
London: The Folio Society, 2006.
First Folio edition of the author's second book in the author's trilogy that began with A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine slipcase. Illustrated by Mary Kuper.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 38087