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Belt and Spur: Stories of the Knights of the Middle Ages from the Old Chronicles; finely bound in full morocco with a disappearing fore-edge painting
[SEELEY, Emma Louise].
Belt and Spur: Stories of the Knights of the Middle Ages from the Old Chronicles. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1883.
Finely bound example of this classic on Knights and the Middle Ages. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, inner dentelles, illustrated with six illuminations, all edges gilt. With a disappearing fore-edge painting which reveals a jousting scene. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131780
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First edition of Daphne du Maurier's The Scapegoat; finely bound
DU MAURIER, Daphne.
The Scapegoat.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1957.
First edition of du Maurier's classic work, adapted into the 1959 film of the same name starring Sir Alec Guinness. Octavo, bound in full morocco to mimic a gentleman’s coat with five buttons. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132445
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"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves": First Edition of High Adventure; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the title page, "E.P. Hillary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132749
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First Edition of Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America; Inscribed by John Lewis
LEWIS, John.
Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America.
New York: Hyperion Books , 2012.
First edition of this award-winning work by the Civil Rights icon. Octavo, original boards. "To Dan, Thank you for all of your good work. Keep the faith. John Lewis, 8-2-12." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Rose. Foreword by Douglas Brinkley. Written with Brenda Jones. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146391
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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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"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies": First Edition of The Rabin Memoirs; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
RABIN, Yitzhak.
The Rabin Memoirs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1979.
First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Eleanore with best wishes Y. Rabin 10.31.79." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Renfer. Photograph by Magnum photographer Leonard Freed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 92754
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Rare first edition of Frances Power Cobbe's Why Women Desire The Franchise; with an original albumen carte-de-visite signed by her
COBBE, Frances Power.
Why Women Desire The Franchise.
London: Spottiswoode & Co., Printers, 1869.
First edition of prolific Anglo-Irish suffragette Frances Power Cobbe's feminist treatise. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine, burgundy morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Accompanied by an original albumen carte-de-visite of Frances Power Cobbe by Philip Crellin signed by her. In near fine condition. Library stamp to the title page.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 135210
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry
GEHRY, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines, Pilar Vilades. Foreword Henry N. Cobb. Commentaries by Frank Gehry.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 44675
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First Edition of Haruki Murakami's After Dark; Signed by Him and three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
After Dark.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this "hypnotically eerie, sometimes even funny, but most of all, it’s [a book] that keeps ratcheting up the suspense"(The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and stamped by Haruki Murakami and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, below Murakami's signature and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123497
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Finely Bound Example of Strabonis Geographia cum notis Casauboni et aliorum
STRABONIS,.
Strabonis Geographia cum notis Casauboni et aliorum.
Amstelaedami; Joannem Wolters, 1707.
Folio, bound in half morocco over cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3604
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First edition of Walter Abish's Duel Site; signed by him
ABISH, Walter.
Duel Site.
New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970.
First edition of the award winning poet's first book. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. One of 300 copies, 1 to 0 of which are signed. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 128294
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First Editions of Cadernos De Lanzarote I-IV; Each Volume Signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Cadernos de Lanzarote Diario I- IV.
Lisbon: Caminho, 1994-1997.
First Portugese editions of the Nobel Prize-winning author's commentaries on Lanzarote, one of Spain's volcanic Canary Islands. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, 4 volumes. Each volume is signed by Saramago, who has added the word "Lanzarote." Fine in fine dust jackets.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148
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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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“Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever": Rare original White House card Signed by President William Howard Taft
TAFT, William Howard.
William Howard Taft Signed White House Card.
1913.
Rare original White House card inscribed by President William Howard Taft, "For Robert H. Schutz of Hartford, with best wishes, Wm. H. Taft, Feb 21st, 1913." Double matted and framed with a medallion of Taft by Barber. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 9 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 96012
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First Edition of Paul Johnson's Left of Centre; Inscribed by Him to Publishing legend Martin Secker
JOHNSON, Paul.
Left of Centre.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1959.
First edition of the historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sylvia and Martin Secker with best wishes from an Aspiring Author Paul Johnson." The recipient, Martin Secker was London publisher who was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary authors, including D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Norman Douglas, Henry James, Compton Mackenzie, and George Orwell. He began publishing just before the First World War. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136466
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"These are tales of Ateria, a country which long ago lay on the distant borderlands": First edition of Emily Post's Rare Third Novel Woven in the Tapestry; lengthily inscribed by her
POST, Emily.
Woven in the Tapestry.
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908.
First edition of Emily Post's third novel, published before she achieved fame with her seminal work, Etiquette. 12mo, original stiff paper boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Dear Mrs. Douglas, I have done this little book in the spirit of a memorial for my Father - & not for commercial reasons. Therefore I have a sentiment too, about its readers. Knowing your sympathy I am sending you this, in the hope that you will like it a little. Emily Post 10/34/1908." In near fine condition. Uncommon, particularly inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138531
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First Edition of J. Paul Getty and Ethel Le Vane's Collector's Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey through Europe; Signed by both authors
LE VANE, Ethel and J. Paul Getty.
Collector’s Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey Through Europe.
London: W.H. Allen, 1955.
First edition of this work by the legendary businessman and collector. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Signed by the authors opposite in the year of publication on the half-title page, "J. Paul Getty, Sept. 1955," and also inscribed by the co-author above, "To the Sprigg's, with all good wishes from Ethel LeVane (Bunny)." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Books signed by Getty are rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139670
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Sven Hedin's Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet; From the Library of Explorer and Adventurer Steve Fossett
HEDIN, Sven.
Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet.
London: Macmillan & Company, Limited, 1909-1913.
Early printings of volumes one and two and a first edition of volume three of this work by the famed explorer. Octavo, 3 volumes, frontispieces, 14 maps (4 of which are folding route maps), numerous illustrations. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111827
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First Edition of I Love Myself When I Am Laughing: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader; Inscribed by Alice Walker in the Year of Publication
HURSTON, Zora Neale [Edited by Alice Walker].
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader.
New York: The Feminist Press, 1979.
First edition of this classic collection of work, edited by Alice Walker. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To David Levin Peace Alice Walker 12-79." Edited by Alice Walker. Introduction by Mary Helen Washington. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 141434
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“And he, he himself...the Grinch...carved the roast-beast!”: Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas; signed by the director of the popular 2000 film adaptation Ron Howard and several members of the cast
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel] [Ron Howard].
How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
New York: Random House, 1985.
Later printing of one of the most celebrated and memorable Christmas stories of all time, signed by several members of the 2000 film. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Signed by several members of the 2000 film cast including director Ron Howard, Jeffrey Tambor (Mayor Augustus Maywho), Molly Shannon (Betty Lou Who), and Christine Baranski (Martha May Whovier). Directed by Ron Howard, How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 17, 2000. The film spent four weeks as the #1 film in the United States and grossed $345.8 million worldwide, making it the…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142655