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“Any man's life, told truly, is a novel": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Death in the Afternoon.
Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1932.
First edition of Hemingway's early work on bullfighting. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece by Juan Gris. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips. Jacket illustration by Roberto Domingo.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 119227
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First Edition of John Neff On Investing; Signed by Him
NEFF, John with S.L. Mintz.
John Neff On Investing.
New York : John B. Wiley & Sons, 1999.
First edition of this work by the legendary investor. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the dedication page, "Best wishes John B. Neff." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Olinsky. Jacket photograph by Brad Wilson. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142421
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"For in the end, is it not fitting that a book about the Constitution should close by studying what the Constitution is not about?" First Edition of American Constitutional Law; Lengthily Inscribed by Laurence Tribe
TRIBE, Laurence H.
American Constitutional Law.
New York: The Foundation Press, 1978.
First edition of the legal scholar's classic treatise on constitutional law. Quarto, original red boards. In near fine condition, issued without a dust jacket. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed the author on the front free endpaper, "For Adri- For in the end, is it not fitting that a book about the Constitution should close by studying what the Constitution is not about? Laurence H. Tribe June 2009." In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper, issued without a dust jacket.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143896
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First on the Moon; Signed by Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Michael Collins; Edwin E. Aldrin.
First On The Moon: A Voyage With Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
Early printing of this work, which describes the events leading up to and during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned landing on the Moon. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light wear. Written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin. Epilogue by Arthur C. Clarke. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 140419
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First Edition of Haruki Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart; signed by Him and three time by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Sputnik Sweetheart.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
First edition of this work which "grabs you from its opening lines. . . . [Murakami’s] never written anything more openly emotional” (Los Angeles Magazine). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author "Haruki Murakami 11/7/05" on the title page. Additionally signed three times by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd on the front panel, title page and on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 123751
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“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so": Rare Honorary Dinner Program; Signed by French General Charles de Gaulle
DE GAULLE, Charles.
Charles de Gaulle Honorary Dinner Program Signed.
1960.
Rare original dinner program from the Honorary Dinner For His Excellency General Charles de Gaulle held in New York City on April 26th, 1960, boldly signed by him. Quarto, 8 pages, string bound. Signed by Charles de Gaulle on the front cover of the program. The program includes listings of the presidents, officers, directors, and honorary members of the Alliance Francaise de New York, American Society of the French Legion of Honor, and The France-America Society. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed by General de Gaulle.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 92469
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First Edition of Hymns of the Ages: Second Series; from the library of Ulysses S. Grant
[GRANT, Ulysses S.].
Hymns of the Ages: Second Series. Being Selections From Wither, Crashaw, Southwell, Harington, and Other Sources.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.
First edition of the second series of Hymns of the Ages, from the library of Ulysses S. Grant. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece. From the library of Ulysses S. Grant with a presentation bookplate to the pastedown which reads, “Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, from the Citizens of Boston, January 1, 1866.” In very good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 138284
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The Selected Works of John Lothrop Motley; finely bound
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.
The Selected Works of John Lothrop Motley: The Rise of the Dutch Republic; Life and Death of John Barneveld; The United Netherlands.
London: John Murray, 1903-1904.
Finely bound set of the selected works of John Lothrop Motley. Octavo, 9 volumes bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispece to each volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143815
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"But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone I'll be speaking to you sweetly From a window In the Tower of Song": First Edition of Leonard Cohen's Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs; Inscribed by Him to Mort Lindsey and fellow singer Judy Johnson
COHEN, Leonard.
Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs.
New York: Pantheon, 1993.
First edition of this collection of poems and songs. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Mort and Judy warm regards on Christmas Day Leonard Los Angeles 1993." Cohen has include his trademark entwined heart stamp. The recipients were composer Mort Lindsey and fellow singer Judy Johnson and close friends of Cohen. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen DiGrado. Jacket photograph by Edward Gajdel. Association copies are uncommon.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 117464
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The Collected Writing of John Maynard Keynes; 31 volumes
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.}.
The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes.
London: Macmillan University Press for the Royal Economic Society, 1971.
Eleven volumes of the collected writings of John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, 11 volumes of 30, original cloth. The set includes vols. II, IV, XII, XIII, XVI, XX, XXI, XXII, XXVIII, XXIV, XXVI. All are first editions excluding vols. II, IV, XIII, XVI, and XXI. Each volume is near fine in a near fine to fine dust jackets.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146976
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Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; with twelve remarkably intricate full color illustrations by E. Geddes
FITZGERALD, Edward; Introduction by A. C. Benson; Illustrated by E. Geddes.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Siegle, Hill & Co, c. 1919.
Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. Quarto, bound in full deerskin with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt borders and blind stamping to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, illustrated with twelve full-color drawings by E. Geddes and engraved borders, initials, and writing by A. Sutcliffe. In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146936
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"For Larry McMurtry with thanks for the pleasure of your company and your good book": First edition, advance reading copy of The Joy Luck Club; inscribed by Amy Tan to Larry McMurtry
TAN, Amy [Larry McMurtry].
The Joy Luck Club.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989.
First edition, advance reading copy of Tan's masterpiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Larry McMurtry with thanks for the pleasure of your company and your good book. Amy 5 Apr '90." The recipient, Larry McMurtry remains best known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove which was adapted into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations. McMurtry was also a prominent book collector and bookseller. In 1970 with two partners, he opened a book store in Georgetown, which he named Booked Up and 1988 he opened another Booked Up in Archer…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143578
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Rare early 18th Century Oxford Book of Common Prayer; finely bound in full contemporary calf together with The Whole Book of Psalms
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung in Churches. [Together with]: The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others.
Oxford: Printed by the University Printer, 1729.
Rare early 18th Century Oxford Book of Common Prayer. Duodecimo, bound in full contemporary polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt central ornament within gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. Together with The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others. [London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1729] in an identical binding. In near fine condition. A very nice set.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 140235
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First edition of First Poems; signed and inscribed by James Merrill with a four-line stanza from his poem White Stag, Black Bear
MERRILL, James.
First Poems.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.
First edition of the author's first regularly published book. Octavo, original maroon cloth. One of 990 numbered copies printed, this is number 912. Association copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page with a four-line stanza from his poem White Stag, Black Bear, "...We called the autumn night his lair, Yet knew it ours, who long ago released, movements of such persuasiveness in the beast, that seven stars became a bear. James Merrill for Robert A. Wilson." The recipient, Robert A. Wilson was an noted bibliophile, publisher and proprietor of the Phoenix Book Shop in Greenwich Village.…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143437
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The Collected Writing of John Maynard Keynes
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.}.
The Collected Writing of John Maynard Keynes.
London: Macmillan University Press for the Royal Economic Society, 1971.
The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, 30 volumes, original cloth. Volumes XI, XII, XVI-XXX are first editions. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 144916
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Rare first edition of David Davidson's Comprehensive finely illustrated Family Bible
DAVIDSON, David.
The Comprehensive Family Bible; Containing The Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorized Version. With Copious Critical, Explanatory, and Practical Notes, and Reflections; A General Introduction, Parallel Passages, Index of Subjects, and Chronological Tables.
Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London: Blackie and Son, 1858.
First edition of Davidson's finely illustrated family Bible. Large quarto, bound in contemporary full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate decorative tooling to the front and rear panels stamped in blind, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated with numerous hand-colored maps and engraved plates by Holl, Robinson, Knight, and Whitfield including frontispiece and engraved title page. In very good condition. Interior hinges reinforced. A nice example of this popular 19th century illustrated Bible.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 130348
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First Edition of Anthony Burgess' One Hand Clapping; Inscribed by Him to the executive producer of A Clockwork Orange Si Litvinoff
[ANTHONY BURGESS] JOSEPH KELL,.
One Hand Clapping.
London: Peter Davies, 1961.
First edition of this work by the author of A Clockwork Orange. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To dear Si with affection 'Joe’(Anthony/John.” The recipient, Si Litvinoff was the executive producer for Stanley Kubrick’s film A Clockwork Orange that was based on Burgess’ 1962 dystopian novel. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a small chip to the front panel, with Litvinoff's signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Charles Gorman. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 134575
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Louis A. Coolidge's Ulysses S. Grant; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
COOLIDGE, Louis A. [Ulysses S. Grant; William Tecumseh Sherman].
Ulysses S. Grant.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924.
Later edition of this biography of the eighteenth president of the United States; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, two volumes, original cloth, top stain red, frontispiece portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in each volume. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown of both volumes beneath his ownership signature with an additional gift inscription on the title page of Vol. I. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the extremities, front and rear panels of both volumes. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145876
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Extra-illustrated first edition of Robert Southey's The Pilgrim's Progress With a Life of John Bunyan; elaborately bound in full morocco by bayntun riviere
SOUTHEY, Robert. [John Bunyan].
The Pilgrim’s Progress. With a Life of John Bunyan.
London: John Murray and John Major, 1830.
First edition of A Pilgrim's Progress to include Southey's Life of Bunyan, extra-illustrated with 15 plates, 6 in color. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, triple gilt ruling and decorative borders to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Bunyan, illustrated with two engravings by William Raymond Smith after paintings by John Martin and woodcut illustrations in text by Charles Nesbit. This copy extra-illustrated with 15 plates, 6 in color. Southey's biography of Bunyan reinvigorated interest in…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 133036
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We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order TO Live; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan; Introduction by John Leonard.
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live. Including: Slouching Towards Bethlehem; The White Album; Salvador; Miami; After Henry; Political Fictions; and Where I Was From.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2006.
Early printing of this Everyman's Library's compilation of the author's collected non-fiction work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by John Leonard.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 70983