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"You cannot eat a cluster of grapes at once, but it is very easy if you eat them one by one": First Edition of Roumain's Masters of the Dew: A Novel of Haiti; Inscribed by Langston Hughes
ROUMAIN, Jacques; Translated by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook.
Masters of the Dew: A Novel of Haiti.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947.
First edition of this outstanding Haitian novel which tells of Manuel's struggle to keep his little community from starvation during drought. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator Langston Hughes in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Michael Alexander- Sincerely, Langston Hughes New York, Sept. 12, 1947. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 130654
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"This is good in parts, but not as good as William James": First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Lengthily Inscribed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Adrienne Rogers Freeman Dyson February 2010 This is good in parts, but not as good as William James." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144346
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The Kansas City Athletics; Signed by Baseball Hall of Famer Roger Maris
MEHL, Ernest [Roger Maris] .
The Kansas City Athletics.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1956.
First edition, second printing of this work on the famed baseball team. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by hall of famer Roger Maris on the front free endpaper, "To Gary Good Luck Roger Maris." Maris played in the minor leagues from 1953 to 1956, and made his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians in 1957. He was traded to the Kansas City Athletics during the 1958 season, and to the New York Yankees after the 1959 season. Maris is most well known for setting a new Major League Baseball single-season home run record with 61 home runs…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133163
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Rare original combined promotional poster for Stephen King's The Dark Half and Four Past Midnight; signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen.
The Dark Half and Four Past Midnight Stephen King Signed Promotional Poster.
New York: Signet/Penguin/Viking, .
Combined promotion and advertising campaign poster for Stephen King's best-selling horror novels The Dark Half and Four Past Midnight. One page, the poster features a full color image of Stephen King with both books. Boldly signed by Stephen King in black felt pen. The poster measures 22 inches by 16.75 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145483
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First edition of Charles Dickens' The Uncommercial Traveller; finely bound in full morocco by Tout
DICKENS, Charles.
The Uncommercial Traveller.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1861.
First edition in book form of Dickens' classic collection of personal vignettes. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Tout, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, all edges gilt. In near fine condition, bookplate to the pastedown. An attractive example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 135109
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First Edition of Nobel Prize Winning Economist's Thomas C. Schelling's First Book; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
National Income Behavior: An Introduction to Algebraic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas Schelling on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 44748
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Rare Hand-colored engraved nineteenth century folding map of the United States by renowned Scottish cartographer Daniel Lizars
LIZARS, Daniel.
Daniel Lizars 19th Century Map of the United States.
Edinburgh: Published by D. Lizars, [1828].
Hand-colored engraved nineteenth century folding map of the United States by renowned Scottish cartographer Daniel Lizars. The hand-colored engraved folding map covers the territories of the United States circa 1828 extending as far west as the Missouri Territory, Arkansa [sic], and Louisiana. In very good condition with splitting to the central fold. Matted and framed the entire piece measures 24.5 inches by 21 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146295
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Rare finely bound set of the complete novels of Francis Edward Smedley
SMEDLEY, Francis Edward [Frank].
The Works of Frank E. Smedley. [Lewis Arundel, Frank Fairlegh, Harry Coverdale’s Courtship, The Colville Family]
London: George Routledge and Sons, c. 1888.
Rare finely bound set of the complete novels of Francis Edward Smedley. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 110526
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Rare example of Johnson's Civil War era Map of the state of Florida
JOHNSON, Alvin Jewett .
Johnson’s Map of Florida.
New York: A.J. Johnson, 1863.
Rare 19th century example of Johnson's famed Civil War era map of the state of Florida. One page, the hand-colored lithographic map depicts the state in full with color coding according to county in the midst of the American Civil War with references to towns, railroads, villages, depots, swamps, the territories of Native American tribes, forts and battle sites related to the Seminole Wars, Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades, Indian Hunting Grounds between Fort Poinsett and Key Biscayne Bay, Tampa Bay and the Okefenokee Swamp. Additionally notes the course of a proposed canal route leading from Tampa to the Atlantic and…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138227
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First Edition of Peter Baron's The Opium Murders; in the Rare Original Dust Jacket
BARON, Peter [Pseudonym of Leonard Worswick Clyde].
The Opium Murders.
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1930.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some light expert restoration to the spine tips. Jacket design by Beth Krebs Morris.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 112463
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Rare First Edition of Britain's Memorial to Franklin Roosevelt Souvenir Book
WINSTON CHURCHILL; CLEMENT ATLEE,.
Britain’s Memorial to Franklin Roosevelt Souvenir Book.
London: 1947.
First edition of this tribute to President Roosevelt with contributions by Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston S. Churchill and Clement Atlee, a selection of excerpts from the speeches of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a biographical note illustrated with photographs. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123823
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"Hello Sun in my face": First Edition of Why I Wake Early; Signed by Mary Oliver
OLIVER, Mary.
Why I Wake Early.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2004.
First edition of this collection by the Pulitzer prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 124501
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's Books Do Furnish a Room
POWELL, Anthony.
Books Do Furnish a Room.
London: Heinemann, 1971.
First edition of this classic work in the author's Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142098
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Rare deluxe limited edition of Rudyard Kipling's Lettres du Japon; one of only 50 copies printed on japan paper
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Lettres du Japon.
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1925.
Deluxe limited edition of Kipling's collected letters written during his 1889 travels in Japan. Octavo, original wrappers, decorated by H. Tirman. One of 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin-Jackson. Very good in the rare original richly decorated dust jacket. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 122943
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Finely Bound Set of The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
BURN, Richard and George Chetwynd.
The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer.
London: Printed by A. Strahan , 1820.
Finely bound set of this monumental work. Octavo, 5 volumes, bound in contemporary full calf, morocco spine labels. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 126858
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First Edition of Bernard Darwin's Rubs of the Green In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DARWIN, Bernard.
Rubs of the Green.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936.
First edition of this work by Darwin. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears and light rubbing. First editions in the original dust jackets are uncommon and this is easily the nicest example we have seen or handled.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 14004
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First Edition of Javier Marias’ first novel Los Dominios del Lobo; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Los Dominios del Lobo.
Barcelona: Edhasa, 1971.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 994
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“Promise to build a chap a house, he won't believe you. Threaten to burn his place down, he'll do what you tell him. Fact of life": First Edition of John Le Carre's The Night Manager; Inscribed by Him and signed again on the rear jacket flap and three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
LE CARRE, John.
The Night Manager.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
First edition of le Carre's first post-Cold War novel, detailing an undercover operation to bring down a major international arms dealer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Antonia Gale Moss from John le Carre Cornwall Feb 12 '96." Additionally signed by John le Carre on the rear dust jacket flap and three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the title page and again on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Carol Devine Carson. A unique example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131389
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Limited Special Edition of William Faulkner's Pylon; Signed by Him
FAULKNER, William.
Pylon.
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, 1935.
Signed limited special edition of Faulkner’s explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original publisher's three quarter cloth over metallic silver boards. One of three hundred and ten copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 69. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146079
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting of the great court of Trinity College
TENNYSON, Alfred.
Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Strahan and Co., Publishers, 1869.
Finely bound example of Tennyson’s “long-meditated great task” which brought him to fame; decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of the great court of Trinity College (Baugh, 1388). Octavo, bound in full pebbled green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise bands, gilt ruling and scrolled cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a highly detailed concealed fore-edge painting of the Great Court of Trinity College. Ownership inscriptions. In good condition with the fore-edge painting very crisp.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139645