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First Edition of The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986.
First edition of this novel by "one of the master storytellers of our time” (Denis Lynn Heyck, Chicago Tribune Book World). Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Mario Vargas Llosa. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Alfred MacAdam.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142
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JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL'S THE BIGLOW PAPERS
WILBUR, Homer. [James Russell Lowell]..
Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866.
Sixth edition of James Russell Lowell’s first book, a bitter criticism of the Mexican-American War and opposition to the expansion of slavery; named by the Grolier Club as the most influential book of 1848. Octavo, original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 139745
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“It is a curious fate to be objectified alive. Think with humor while reading": Anton Reiser's Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait
REISER, Anton. [Albert Einstein].
Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930.
First edition, early printing of this Einstein biography written by Rudolf Kayser, a German literary historian and husband to Albert Einstein's stepdaughter Ilse under the pseudonym Anton Reiser. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144683
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First Edition of Carveth Wells' Six Years in the Malay Jungle
WELLS, Carveth.
Six Years in the Malay Jungle.
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1925.
First edition of Wells' work on the Malay jungle. Octavo, original orange cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket,
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1921
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First Edition of Memories of the Ford Administration; Signed by John Updike and Chip Kidd
UPDIKE, John.
Memories of the Ford Administration.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by jacket designer Chip Kidd on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133586
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First Corgi Yearling Edition of Spring-Heeled Jack; inscribed by Philip Pullman
PULLMAN, Philip. Illustrated by David Mostyn.
Spring-Heeled Jack: A Story of Bravery and Evil.
London: Corgi Yearling Books, 1998.
First Corgi Yearling edition of Pullman's fantastic adventure story. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes Eileen - Philip Pullman." In fine condition. Cover illustration by Peter Bailey. Inside Illustrations by David Mostyn.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 89122
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First edition of Michael Palin's Sahara; inscribed by him
PALIN, Michael. Photographs by Basil Pao.
Sahara.
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.
First edition of Palin's incredible retelling of his journey across the Sahara Desert. Quarto, original boards, patterned endpapers, photographs by Basil Pao. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Glenn - Don't eat the camel! Michael Palin." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover design by Basil Pao.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119797
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First edition of Michael Frayn's The Trick of It; inscribed by him to Sally Soames
FRAYN, Michael.
The Trick Of It.
London: Viking, 1989.
First edition of of Frayn's reverential novel. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally with best wishes from Michael Frayn 15 August 1989." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research on her…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119338
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First edition of Arthur Schnitzler's Casanova's Homecoming
SCHNITZLER, Arthur.
Casanova’s Homecoming.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947.
First edition of of Schnitzler's famous novella. Quarto, original boards. In near fine condition. Numbered 96 of 1499 examples. Artwork by Rockwell Kent.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 137532
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First edition of The Guiding Book; containing short stories by Rudyard Kipling, Katharine Tyman, Bella Sindey Woolf and many others; with illustrations by Edmund Dulac and W. Heath Robinson
[KIPLING, Rudyard] Edited by Ann Kindersley.
The Guiding Book: Dedicated to the Girlhood of Many Countries and to All Those with a Heart Still Young.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd.
First edition of this book for Girl Guides containing stories by Rudyard Kipling, Katharine Tyman, Bella Sindey Woolf and many others. Quarto, original publishers cloth with colored pictorial onlay to the front panel. With seven illustrations in color by Edmund Dulac, Margaret Tarrant, Lawson Wood, Heath Robinson and others on mounted plates. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120349
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The Pity of War: Explaining World War I; Signed by Niall Ferguson
FERGUSON, Niall.
The Pity of War: Explaining World War I.
New York: Basic Books, 1999.
First edition, early printing "rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking. Ferguson is a talented writer and a versatile scholar" (Atlantic). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David J. High. With a letter from the publisher laid in.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145605
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First edition of One City; signed by Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh
RANKIN, Ian; Alexander McCall Smith; Irvine Welsh. Introduction by J. K. Rowling.
One City.
Edinburgh: Polygon, 2005.
First edition of this collection initiated by four of Edinburgh's most famous authors to benefit One City Trust, a charity committed to tackling social injustice and inequality in Edinburgh. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh on the half-title page. Introduction by J. K. Rowling. Foreword by Rt Hon. Lesley Hinds. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 125273
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COFFIN, Robert P. Tristam.
Poems for a Son with Wings.
New York: Macmillan Company, 1945.
First edition. Inscribed by the author, "For Frangeon Jones Fellow poet and friend Robert P. Tristam Coffin". Coffin has also added a drawing a seaside home with a pine tree. Octavo. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1989
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VARGAS LLOSA, Mario; Edited and translated by John King.
Making Waves: Essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giraux, 1997.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1736
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First edition of David Rieff's Going to Miami; inscribed by him and from the library of Peter Matthiessen
RIEFF, David. [Peter Matthiessen].
Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists, and Refugees in the New America.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987.
First edition of Rieff's classic work on the complex history of Miami, Florida. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "For Maria, with much love. David New York IX.9.87." The recipient, Maria Eckhart was the third wife of American writer Peter Matthiessen. 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. "No…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135144
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's The Descent of Man and Other Stories
WHARTON, Edith.
The Descent of Man and Other Stories.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.
First edition of this early collection of Wharton's short stories. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, woodcut border to the title page, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 110354
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First Edition of Winston Churchill's The Dawn of Liberation
CHURCHILL, Winston S; Compiled by Charles Eade.
The Dawn of Liberation.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1945.
First edition of the fifth volume of Winston Churchill's war speeches, compiled by Charles Eade. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, photographic frontispiece of the King entertaining the Dominion Prime Ministers at Buckingham Palace. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145029
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Rude Rhymes: Mother Goose Goes Behind the Bike Shed; Inscribed by Michael Rosen
ROSEN, Michael.
Rude Rhymes: Mother Goose Goes Behind the Bike Shed.
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1989.
Early printing. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issue. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "hello Eileen Michael Rosen was here." In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 82141
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's A Critic in Pall Mall: Beings Extracts From Reviews and Miscellanies
WILDE, Oscar. Selected by E. V. Lucas.
A Critic in Pall Mall: Beings Extracts From Reviews and Miscellanies.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1919.
First edition of this selection of Wilde's literary criticism. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 139580
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First edition of richard ford's the sportswriter; inscribed by him
FORD, Richard.
The Sportswriter.
New York : Vintage Books, 1986.
First edition of this paperback original as issued. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Elias Kanner with the very warmest wishes. Richard Ford January 8, 1990 NYC." In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120536
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
Early printing of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144125
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First Edition of Son; Signed by Lois Lowry
LOWRY, Lois.
Son.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
First edition of the thrilling conclusion to 'The Giver' quartet. Octavo, original half-cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "with best wishes Lois Lowry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Brock.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145163
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First Edition of Henry James' View and Reviews
JAMES, Henry.
Views and Reviews: Now First Collected.
Boston: The Ball Publishing Company, 1908.
First edition of this series of literary essays written in James' earlier style. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. Introduction by Le Roy Phillips. In near fine condition. A very bright example.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 78043
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First Edition of Denzil Batchelor's This My Son; Signed by Him
BATCHELOR, Denzil.
This My Son.
London: Collins, 1954.
First edition of Batchelor's moving story exploring the pathos of childhood. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With love from Denzil Batchelor." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 101441
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Home Before Dark; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan.
Home Before Dark: A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever by His Daughter.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition of Cheever's candid portrait of her father, John Cheever. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "New York City October 1984 To Burrows with love from his old friend 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 by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142633
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First edition of William Morris's Old French Romances Done Into English
MORRIS, William. Introduction by Joseph Jacobs.
Old French Romances Done into English.
New York: Charles Scribners' Sons, 1896.
First American edition of Morris's fine translation of the great French Romances. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 139275
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Business Cycles and National Income
HANSEN, Alvin H.
Business Cycles and National Income.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1951.
First edition of this work by the "American Keynes." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 4286
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Col. I Winslow Ayer's The Great Treason Plot in the North During the War
AYER, I. Winslow.
The Great Treason Plot in the North During the War. Most Dangerous, Perfidious, Extensive and Startling Plot Ever Devised! Imminent Hidden Perils of the Republic. Astounding Developments Never Before Published.
Chicago: U.S. Publishing Co, n.d..
Early printing of Ayer's Civil War account. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132537
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"It's not what's around the Christmas tree that matters it's who's around it": First Edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas
SCHULZ, Charles M.
A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic Christmas story and later filmed for television, which was later honored with both an Emmy and Peabody Award. Small quarto, original boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147380
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“ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT TREATISES ON WAR THAT HAS EVER BEEN WRITTEN”: FIRST EDITION OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S THE WORLD CRISIS 1916-1918: Part II
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The World Crisis 1916-1918. Part II.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927.
First edition of the second volume in the Part III of Churchill's The World Crisis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with numerous maps (many folding), charts, facsimiles, photographs. In very good condition, errata slip, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 134677
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First edition of George A. Henty's No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1900.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122099
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First Edition of New Worlds to Conquer; Signed by Richard Halliburton
HALLIBURTON, Richard.
New Worlds to Conquer.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929.
First edition of the third legendary travel-adventure book from this author. Medium octavo, original olive green cloth with gilt titles, beveled edges, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of the author at the summit of Popocatepetl, illustrated with photographs throughout. Boldly signed by Richard Halliburton on the front free endpaper. In very good condition, owner signature to the half-title page.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145248
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First edition of Josephine Hall's Damage; inscribed by her to photographer Sally Soames
HART, Josephine.
Damage.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of Hart's best-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally - who is on her own journey of the soul Much Love, Josephine." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 126823
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"We had, in silence, a little luminous talk about it, in the course of which she seemed to tell me the most interesting things": First edition of Henry James' The Soft Side
JAMES, Henry.
The Soft Side.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1900.
First edition of this collection of James' novellas. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 80111
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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, early printing 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 Diana. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147173
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Finely bound example of Francis Charles Philips' My Little Husband and If Only; finely bound
PHILIPS, Francis Charles.
My Little Husband and If Only.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894-1904.
Finely bound example Philips' two collections short stories. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114507
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The Metropolitan Magazine, September 1904; containing Rudyard Kipling's Mrs. Bathurst
KIPLING, Rudyard; Max Beerbohm; Lloyd Osbourne; Charles Sarka; Carolyn Wells; et al.
The Metropolitan Magazine, September 1904.
New York: The Metropolitan Magazine Company, 1904.
The September 1904 issue of The Metropolitan Magazine which includes Rudyard Kipling's most popular short story Mrs. Bathurst. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122140
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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.
Toronto: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 230
