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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976); Inscribed by Him to his Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976).
New York: Random House, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal all love to Kit.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Artworks.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 126757
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First Edition of Common Wealth; Signed by both Jeffrey Sachs and Edward O. Wilson
SACHS, Jeffrey D.
Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2008.
First edition of this work by the award-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Jeffrey Sachs and scientist Edward O. Wilson, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a fine dust jacket. &
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 46
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Diary of A Bad Year; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Diary of a Bad Year.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2007.
First Australian edition of this groundbreaking novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Chong.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131086
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Account Books Kept by Benjamin Franklin with Notes by George Simpson Eddy; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
FRANKLIN, Benjamin; Notes by George Simpson Eddy.
Account Books Kept by Benjamin Franklin.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1928.
Benjamin Franklin's ledger and journal from 1728-1939 from The American Philosophical Society's 'Papers of Benjamin Franklin'; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Small quarto, original wrappers. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper. In very good condition with light rubbing and closed tears to the extremities. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed the New York Commissioner of Labor. He transferred his…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145950
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"The strangest prose-poet Russia ever produced": First British Edition of Nabokov's Nikolai Gogol
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Nikolai Gogol.
London: Editions Poetry London, 1947.
First British edition of Nabokov's criticism of the work of Russian literary master Nikolai Gogol. Octavo, original cloth. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Gogol. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 118463
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"In Lowestoft a boat was laid, mark well what I do say!" The Boston American's Reprint of Rudyard Kipling with The British Fleet
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling with The British Fleet.
Boston: For the Boston American, 1915.
The Boston American's complimentary reprint of Kipling's Fringes of the Fleet which first appeared in England in The Daily Telegraph, and in the United States in the Hearst newspapers. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. Rare.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 120584
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First edition of Mark Twain's The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893.
First edition of Twain's classic short story collection. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece by Dan Beard and 9 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. BAL 3436. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 137551
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Limited edition of The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus; translated by Sir Richard Burton and from the library of American journalist William Safire
CATULLUS, Gaius Valerius. [Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton].
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus.
New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1928.
Limited edition of The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus, translated by Sir Richard F. Burton and Leonard C. Smithers. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with eight full page plates, rebacked. One of seven hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 170. From the library of Oliver Craus Safir with his ownership signature and, subsequently his son, 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 supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 128056
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Early 20th century printing of Matthew Gregory Lewis's The Monk
LEWIS, Matthew Gregory.
The Monk: A Romance.
London: Gibbings & Company, 1906.
Early 20th century printing of the author's classic gothic novel. Octavo, three volumes in the original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with etchings by R.C. Armour, engraved frontispiece to each volume. In near fine condition. A very attractive example of one of the most important Gothic novels of its time.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145001
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First Edition of David Lloyd George's Where Are We Going?, in the scarce original dust jacket
GEORGE, David Lloyd.
Where Are We Going?
Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton , 1923.
First edition of this work by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131326
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First Edition of Matt Haig's A Boy Called Christmas; Signed by Him
HAIG, Matt.
A Boy Called Christmas.
London: Canongate, 2015.
First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Matt Haig on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rafaela Romaya. Illustrations by Chris Mould.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 125921
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“Out there, in the open desert, men can walk for days without passing a single house, seeing a well, for the desert is so vast that no one can know it all": First American Edition of Desert Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M.G. Le Clezio
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
Desert.
Boston: A Verba Mundi Book, 2009.
First American edition of what many consider the author's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ghost. Translated from the French by C. Dickson.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 1555
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First Edition of Mr. Sammler’s Planet; Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 42977
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First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ken With my appreciation John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Book design by Victoria Wong.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 137631
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Thomas Stafford's We Have Capture; Inscribed by Him
STAFFORD, Thomas P with Michael Cassutt.
We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.
First edition, early printing of this exhilarating memoir of an Apollo space flight commander. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ken, Tom Stafford." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147235
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First Edition of Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving
FROMM, Erich.
The Art of Loving.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956.
First edition of this groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their capacities for love. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 140445
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, John.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971.
Early printing of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144337
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First Edition of Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism; Inscribed by Economist William Baumol
BAUMOL, William J.; Robert E. Litan; Carl J. Schramm.
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Warmly inscribed by Baumol on the front free endpaper, "To ___ ____ from a grateful author Will Baumol." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 45006
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First Edition of Desmond Morris' The Human Zoo; Inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
MORRIS, Desmond.
The Human Zoo.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969.
First American edition of this work, which examines how the biological nature of the human species has shaped the character of the cultures of the contemporary world. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Gerald McNulty with best wishes from Desmond Morris 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 85377
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“There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people": Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Kidnapped: Being the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751.
London: Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press, 1930.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated edition. Quarto, original cloth, slipcase, illustrated by Rowland Hilder. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138086
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First edition of Symonds' Sketches in Italy; bound in full vellum
SYMONDS, John Addington.
Sketches in Italy.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1883.
First edition of John Addington Symonds' Italian sketches. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges red, ribbon bound in. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 111022
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From the collection of Joan Didion: First edition of Michael D'Antonio's Heaven on Earth
D'ANTONIO, Michael. [Joan Didion].
Heaven on Earth: Dispatches From America’s Spiritual Frontier.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1992.
First edition of the journalist's objective exploration of "New Age" spirituality. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of Joan Didion with the original typed transmittal letter signed by the Senior Editor of Crown Publishers to Joan Didion laid in. The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneer of the New Journalism style of news writing. Her articles and political writing engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, California culture, and California history. She also gained recognition for her sensational novels, including…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141834
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First edition of Secondhand is Better; inscribed by Susan Cheever Cowley to Kenneth David Burrows
MATTHEWS, Douglas; Suzanne Wymelenberg; and Susan Cheever Cowley [Erica Jong].
Secondhand is Better (2H=B).
New York: Arbor House, 1975.
First edition of this unique handbook to secondhand buying. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Susan Cheever Cowley on the front free endpaper, "To Burrows, without whose diverse and grateful help this book - and a lot of other things - would not have been possible. Susan." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142533
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First edition of To Rule the Night; inscribed by Jim Irwin
IRWIN, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr.
To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1973.
First edition of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To William Stanhope my very best wishes for your life in Him. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144838
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First Edition of High Yield Bonds; Inscribed by Martin Fridson
FRIDSON, Martin S.
High Yield Bonds: Identifying Value and Assessing Risk of Speculative Grade Securities.
Chicago: Probus Publishing Company, 1989.
First edition of this early work by Fridson. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Peter- Hoping this helps you get to the bottom line! Marty Fridson." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 78912
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"Signed for whoever buys this book to aid the cause of peace": Theodore Dreiser's America is Worth Saving; Inscribed by Him
DREISER, Theodore.
America is Worth Saving.
New York: Modern Age Books, 1941.
First edition, second printing of this work by the author of Carrie. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Signed for whoever buys this book to aid the cause of peace by Theodore Dreiser Hollywood. April- 1941." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 112359
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First Edition of The Strange Library; Signed Twice by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The Strange Library.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed twice by illustrator Chip Kidd on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122378
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First Edition of Raymond Hull's How to Write a Play; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
HULL, Raymond.
How to Write A Play.
Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 1983.
First edition of this work on how to write a play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Mary Greetings and best wishes for success with all your writing Raymond Hull Vancouver, B.C. October, 1983." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Strebel.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142459
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The Yogi and the Commissar; Inscribed by Arthur Koestler
KOESTLER, Arthur.
The Yogi and the Commissar.
London: Hutchinson of London, 1965.
First Danube edition of this classic work by the author of Darkness at Noon. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Karl and Diane from Arthur." The recipients were Karl Pribram and his wife Diane. Karl as a neurosurgeon and close friend of Koestler who did pioneering work on the definition of the limbic system, the relationship of the frontal cortex to the limbic system, the sensory-specific "association" cortex of the parietal and temporal lobes, and the classical motor cortex of the human brain. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ralph Mabey.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142677
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First Edition of White Writing; Signed by J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa.
South Africa: Radix, 1988.
First South African edition, which precedes the American edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 217
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First Edition of Evolution: The First Four Billion Years; Signed by Edward O. Wilson
RUSE, Michael and Joseph Travis.
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
First edition of this work on evolutionary thought. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 14051
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First editions of The World's Worst Children and The World's Worst Children Two; both volumes signed by David Walliams
WALLIAMS, David.
The World’s Worst Children [with] The World’s Worst Children Two.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2016.
First editions of the best-selling author's collection of deliciously mischievous tales of simply the worst children. Octavo, two volumes, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with color illustrations by Tony Ross. Both volumes signed by the author opposite the copyright page. Both volumes are fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Tony Ross.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145215
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“THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SAGA OF HOW AMERICA BECAME INVOLVED IN VIETNAM”: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Best and the Brightest.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2005.
Signed limited edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Signed David Halberstam. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144148
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First edition of V.S. Pritchett's Blind Love and Other Stories; Inscribed by Him
PRITCHETT, V.S.
Blind Love and Other Stories.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1969.
First edition of Pritchett's collection of humorous short stories. Octavo, original light blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rolland L. Comstock V.S. Pritchett." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ionicus.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121277
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First Edition of Bernhard Langer's Autobiography While the Iron is Hot; Signed by Him
LANGER, Bernhard.
While the Iron is Hot: An Autobiography.
London: Stanley Paul, 1988.
First edition of the autobiography of the two-time Master's champion. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Bernhard Langer on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Bill Elliot.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 134621
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First edition of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
JEROME, Jerome K.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889.
First edition, second state of Jerome's humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by A. Frederics. Second state with '11 Quay Street' (first state is without the 11) to the title page. In good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138348
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First edition of Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, at the Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress
Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, at the Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865.
First edition of Vol. III the Official Congressional Report on the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 132562
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Finely bound example of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade
VOLTAIRE,.
La Henriade avec des Variantes et des Notes. Et l’Effai sur le Poëme Epique.
London : Jacob Tonsen, 1734.
Finely bound example of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade. Small octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Text in French.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 81165
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Signed Limited Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Emperor Jones; Signed By Him
O'NEILL, Eugene.
The Emperor Jones.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928.
Signed limited first edition, one of 750 examples, this is number 472. Signed by Eugene O'Neill. Illustrated by Alexander King. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 43896
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First edition of George H. Gordon's A War Diary of Events in the War of the Great Rebellion
GORDON, George H.
A War Diary of Events in the War of the Great Rebellion. 1863-1865.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.
First edition of the historian and Union General's American Civil War Memoir. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131769