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"Doctor Eduardo Plarr stood in the small port on the Parana, among the rails of yellow cranes": Rare first edition of Graham Greene's classic British thriller novel The Honorary Consul; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
GREENE, Graham.
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1973.
First edition of one of Greene's own favorite works. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 146489
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First Edition of Hubert Selby's Last Exit To Brooklyn; Inscribed by Him
SELBY, Jr..
Last Exit To Brooklyn.
New York: The Grove Press , 1964.
First edition of Selby's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Glenn With All Best Wishes H. Selby Jr 6/22/91." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Cover design by Roy Kuhlman. An exceptional example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 51892
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"Because death belongs to all, so too should life": First Edition of Terra: Struggle of the Landless; Signed by Jose Saramago
SALGADO, Sebastiao; Preface by Jose Saramago.
Terra: Struggle of the Landless.
London: Phaidon Press, 1997.
First edition of one of the finest compilations of the works of Brazilian photojournalist and political activist, Sebastiao Salgado. Quarto, original gray cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago on the title page, who contributed the preface. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Poetry by Chico Buarque.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 147043
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First Edition of The Victim; Signed Twice by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
The Victim.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed twice by the author. Signed "good wishes Saul Bellow" on the title page and again on a notecard on the front free endpaper. Light rubbing, near fine in the original dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 1961
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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, 1969.
First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 132106
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": Charles Dickens' David Copperfield; finely bound in full leather
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: George G. Harrap, 1924.
Finely bound example of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, tooling to the front and rear panels, frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond. In fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 119346
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First edition of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Senator Larry Pressler
GORE, Al.
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
First edition, first printing of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For my friend and colleague Larry Pressler, with respect + best wishes, Al Gore." The recipient, Senator Larry Pressler served in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, representing South dakota. After completing his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, he joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant. He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144920
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“Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything": Finely Bound Set of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
STERNE, Laurence.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.
London: T. Becket, 1777.
Finely bound set of Sterne's Tristram Shandy. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in contemporary full polished brown calf, black morocco spine labels, smooth spines with gilt rules and decorations, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece in volume one after Hogarth. In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 89417
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First Edition of The Blood of Adonis; Inscribed by both Adonis and the Translator Samuel Hazo
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY SAMUEL HAZO,.
The Blood of Adonis.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.
First edition of the poet's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by both the poet Adonis and by the translator, Samuel Hazo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 1544
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First Edition of Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Thomas Schelling
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's important compilation of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For John Rogers I hope he enjoys this book as much as I enjoyed writing it Thomas Schelling." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144352
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Signed limited edition of Roald Dahl's Two Fables; one of 300 copies signed by him
DAHL, Roald.
Two Fables.
Middlesex: Viking, 1986.
Signed limited edition of Dahl's short fable collection. Octavo, original half leather with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated by Graham Dean. One of a limited edition of 300 books signed by Dahl and published by Viking in honor of Dahl's seventieth birthday, this is number 267. In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 129318
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First Edition of Michael Bond's Paddington Marches On; Signed by Him
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Marches On.
London: Collins, 1964.
First edition of the sixth book in the Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Michael Bond on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 48011
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Rare May 27, 1922 Edition of Collier's Magazine; Featuring the First Appearance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
Collier’s The National Weekly [The Curious Case of Benjamin Button].
New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company, May 27, 1922.
First edition of volume 69 of this weekly general interest magazine, with the first appearance of Fitzgerald's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Small folio, original wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs, advertisements, and illustrations by H. M. Stoops, R.F. Schabelitz, Jack Flanagan, and others. Scarce first appearance of Fitzgerald's 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg, beginning at page 5 and continuing from page 22 to page 28. In near fine condition, an antiquarian library label and embossment to the front panel. Rare.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 145484
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"I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something": Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of The Ginger Man
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
New York: McDowell, Obelensky, 1958.
Rare uncorrected proof of the first American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 120176
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"Each generation in our history needs to be taught what the Constitution is, and what the framers of it understood it to be, at its formation": Rare first edition of George S. Williams' The Constitution of The United States For the Use of Schools and Academies
WILLIAMS, George S.
The Constitution of The United States. For the Use of Schools and Academies.
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1861.
First edition of Williams' Civil War era printing of the United States Constitution, intended for use in both public schools and private academies. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, gilt American flag and eagle vignette to the front panel. In near fine condition with rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Includes The Constitution of the United States, Washington's Farewell Address, The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 124073
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December 1939 Issue of Model Builder Magazine; Signed by Baseball Hall of Fame Legend Joe DiMaggio
DI MAGGIO, Joe.
Joe DiMaggio Signed Model Builder Magazine.
Mount Morris, Illinois: Lionel Corporation, December, 1939.
December 1939 Issue of Model Builder Magazine, the 'The Magazine of Model Railroading for Men and Boys' published every other month by Lionel Corporation. Imperial octavo, original wrappers, featuring a black and white photograph of Joe Di Maggio with a New York Central model railroad on the cover with related excerpt on page 29 that reads, "On the cover of this issue of the Model Builder is a picture of Joe DiMaggio, outstanding ball player on the world's champion New York Yankees. When this year's greatest home run hitter is not on the ball field, he will probably be found…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 145454
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"There's nothing on this earth I'd rather do than take pictures": Shooter; Inscribed by David Hume Kennerly to General Colin Powell
KENNERLY, David Hume [Colin Powell].
Shooter.
New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
Second edition of this incomparable biography of a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Oblong octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographic plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, "To Chairman Colin Powell, who has been there - and back. With respect & admiration, David Hume Kennerly Wash D. C. 3/24/93." The recipient, General Colin Powell was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who was the first Black secretary of state. When Life magazine made a brief comeback for Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Kennerly shot an inside story called "Men of War" on Secretary…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 146673
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Rare autograph note signed by Apollo Astronauts Ronald Evans, Gene Cernan, and John Young
CERNAN, Gene; Ron Evans; John Young.
Apollo Astronauts Signed Note.
Rare note signed by Apollo astronauts John Young (Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9), Ronald Evans (Apollo 17), and Gene Cernan (Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17). One page, signed by each astronaut. The note measures 7 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 13.25 inches by 11.25 inches.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 120894
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"When you're really enjoying what you're reading, 'knowledge' & 'broadening' will follow by themselves. So have fun first.": Rare Autograph Letter Signed by John LE CARRÉ
LE CARRÉ, John.
John le Carré Autograph Letter Signed.
Cornwall: 2006.
Autograph letter signed by British author John le Carré. Quarto, two pages on John le Carré's personal stationary, the letter reads in full, "Dear Stacy, Thanks for your letter. Mine will be short as I am correcting galley (first printed sheets) of my new novel 'The Mission Song' out next September, & I'm just back from Congo, where it's partly set, and in a muddle. I write by hand & my wife types, retypes, re-re-retypes & so it goes. Brian Aldiss is tough going - don't be too hard on yourself. Have you read any P. G. Wodehouse? The funniest…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 146942
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First Edition of Volume I of Andre L. Simon's The History of the Wine Trade in England; Inscribed by Him
SIMON, Andre L.
The History of the Wine Trade in England.
London: Wyman & Sons, 1906-07.
First edition of Simon's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Volumes I. Presentation copy, inscribed by Andre L. Simon opposite the title page, "With the author's Compliments Andre L. Simon 15/9/07 to S.C. Coggin Sept." In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 112957