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“Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head": Rare First Edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Treasure Island.
London: Cassell & Company, 1883.
First edition, first issue of Stevenson's timeless tale of adventure which set the gold standard for the pirate genre. With the following first issue points: 8 page publisher’s list at end, December ads numbered 5E-12.83; "dead man's chest" not capitalized on pp. 2 or 7; broken type of “vain” in the last line on p. 40; “a” missing in line 6, p. 63; p. 83 with 8 present in the page number; 7 not present in the pagination of p. 127; period not present on line 20 of page 178; “worse” instead of “worst” on line 3 of page 197.…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 147069
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“There is never enough light": First Editions of Each Volume in the Author’s Alexandria Quartet; Each signed by Lawrence Durrell
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea. [The Alexandria Quartet].
London: Faber and Faber, 1960-1961.
First editions of each of the novels comprising the author's acclaimed Alexandria Quartet, each volume signed by Lawrence Durrell. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Justine is signed twice by Lawrence Durrell on the front free endpaper. Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea are each signed by Lawrence Durrell on the front free endpaper. Each book is fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Each volume are housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Easily the nicest signed set we have seen.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 138169
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First Edition of John Carey's An Essay, on the Coyn and Credit of England: As They Stand with Respect to Its Trade
CARY, John.
An Essay, on the Coyn and Credit of England: As They Stand with Respect to Its Trade.
London: Printed by Will. Bonny, and sold by the booksellers of London and Bristol, 1696.
First edition of this work by Cary, a pioneer in the field of economics. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Rare with no examples appearing at auction in the last eighty years.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 109827
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Fare First Edition of Dylan Thomas' First Book Eighteen Poems; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to literary editor and close friend Desmond Hawkins
THOMAS, Dylan.
Eighteen Poems.
London: Sunday Referee and the Parton Press, 1936.
First edition, first issue of Thomas' first book, one of 250 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Desmond Hawkins, who was Dylan's literary editor and close friend, with a playful (and perhaps drunken) inscription which attempts to conflate their names, maybe in an effort to create a new single persona out of the two of them: "To and from Hawkins Dylan Desmond Thomas Dylan Desmond Dylan Desmond Hawkins Thomas Dylan Desmond." He has also included a more conventional inscription, signed "Dylan Thomas 24th May 1936." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 111544
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"Like wind we come, like waves we go": First American edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; from the library of Samuel Clemens with his ownership and gift inscriptions
OMAR KHAYYáM. [SAMUEL L. CLEMENS I.E. MARK TWAIN],.
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1878.
First American edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám from the library of Samuel Clemens. Octavo, original decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. From the library of Samuel Clemens with his ownership signature and presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "SL Clemens Hartford 1878" and "Transferred to Miss Henry G. Brooks with the kindest regards of S.L. Clemens May 1884." With scribbles and hash-marks in pencil to blank margins, presumably in Twain's hand, similar to the annotated ninth edition at the Mark Twain Archive, Elmira College. In very good condition with loss to the…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 123424
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First Edition Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Signed by J.K Rowling and several members of the 2007 film cast including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Tom Felton
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
London : Bloomsbury, 2003.
First edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed by several primary members of the 2007 film cast on the front free endpaper and pastedown, including: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore), Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley), and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom). Fine in a fine dust jacket with a "Signed by the Author at Waterstones" sticker to the front panel.…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 143822
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FIRST EDITION OF CAESAR’S COMMENTARIES, “BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED AND RICHLY ADORNED,” WITH FAMOUS BULL PLATE, IN CONTEMPORARY CALF-GILT
[CAESAR, Julius]. William Duncan.
The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To Which is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning The Roman Art of War.
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, et al, 1753.
First edition of Duncan’s famous translation of Caesar’s Commentaries, sumptuously illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Caesar, six double-page maps, and 78 splendid plans and plates (most double-page). This copy with the famed double-page bull plate, often not present. Thick folio, contemporary full brown calf rebacked with elaborately gilt-decorated calf spine, raised bands. In very good condition. Period bookplate to the front pastedown and front free endpaper.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 99425
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"God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race": First Edition of Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story; Signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1958.
First edition, early printing of Dr. Martin Luther King’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes Martin Luther King, Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 144105
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Elaborately illustrated First pine edition of the complete works of Horace; Alexis de Tocqueville's copy, lengthily inscribed to him by his Father
HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus (Alexis de Tocqueville).
Horatii Opera (The Complete Works of Horace).
John Pine: London, 1733-37.
First Pine edition of the collected works of ancient Roman poet and political figure Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace), "the most elegant of English eighteenth-century books in which text and illustrations alike are entirely engraved" (Ray). French statesman Alexis de Tocqueville's copy, inscribed to him by his father in Volume I, "Donné à mon fils Alexis le 5 septembre 1822, jour où il a obtenu le prix d'honneur en Rhétorique, le premier prix en version Latine, le second prix en discours Francais, et gratia accessis. Metz, le 5 septembre 1822 le C[om]te de Tocqueville." Alexis de Tocqueville received the gift as…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 81146
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"Thanks for driving me home in your Buick in '32, and for your friendship to my father": First Edition of Jack Kerouac's First Book The Town and the City; Lengthily inscribed by Him
KEROUAC, Jack.
The Town and the City.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of the Jack Kerouac's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Jack Kerouac To Judge Eno- belated Thanks for driving me home in your Buick in '32, and for your friendship to my father-." The recipient, Judge Eno was the father of Kerouac's close friend Arthur Eno who were classmates at St. Joseph's School. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional inscription, rare and desirable.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 139281
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past": First Edition of George Orwell's Classic Nineteen Eighty-Four
ORWELL, George.
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.
First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small chips and closed tears. Jacket design by Michael Kennard. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A very nice example.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 143801
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“The constitution of our English government is no Arbitrary tyranny”: Rare First Edition of Henry Care's English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance
CARE, Henry.
English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject’s Inheritance.
London: Printed by G. Larkin, for Benjamin Harris at the Stationers Arms and Anchoy in the Piazza under the Royal Exchange, 1680.
First edition of one of the very first law books printed in colonial America, contains the first American printing of Magna Carta and other fundamental documents of individual liberty in Anglo-American law. Small octavo, contemporary calf. In excellent condition, with light wear to the crown of the spine. Auction records show that there has not been a first edition offered in the twentieth century. A rare landmark work which significantly influenced the American colonies.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 24087
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“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood": First Edition of Martin Luther King's Strength to Love; Inscribed by Him
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Strength to Love.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
First edition of Dr. King’s second book, of which Coretta Scott King noted, “If there is one book Martin Luther King, Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives, it is Strength to Love.” Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Major Ernest D. Muse With Best Wishes Martin Luther King." Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and a few small closed tears. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Dr. King.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 41050
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"O come, then, quickly come! We are budding, we are blowing; And the wind that we perfume Sings a tune that's worth the knowing": First Edition of Ralph Waldo Emerson's poems; Inscribed by Him
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
Poems.
Boston: James Munroe & Co, 1847.
First edition with four pages of publisher's ads dated January 1, 1847 bound before the title of this collection of poems. Octavo, bound in publisher's boards covered in coated ivory-colored paper, with publisher's label on spine. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Elizabeth Burgess with the best wishes of R.W.E. 1 Jan. 1847." In very good condition with some wear to the binding. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Emerson in the year of publication.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 70005
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He knew with a sudden and heart-lifting certainty that they would meet again. And when that happened the right words would be found": First Edition of the Author’s First Book Cover Her Face; Lengthily Signed by P.D. James
JAMES, P.D.
Cover Her Face.
London: Faber and Faber, 1962.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original green cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the added words, "P.D. James He knew with a sudden and heart-lifting certainty that they would meet again. And when that happened the right words would be found." The inscription is the final lines of this novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Charles Mozley. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example with a nice inscription from the author.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 4325
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"It is said that men condemned to death are subject to sudden moments of elation; as if, like moths in the fire, their destruction were coincidental with attainment": First Edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "David Cornwell aka John le Carre." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 115768
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"Could the financial crisis have been avoided? That is the $1.1 trillion question. The Price tag of the bailout this time": First Edition of Too Big To Fail; Inscribed by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Warren E. Buffett, Sheila Bair and Gary Parr
SORKIN, Andrew Ross.
Too Big To Fail.
New York: The Viking Press, 2009.
First edition of Ross Sorkin's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter- Could the financial crisis have been avoided? That is the $1.1 trillion question. The price tag of the bailout this time. Andrew Ross Sorkin." Additionally signed by "Warren E. Buffett" and "Sheila C. Bair Red my book too...) and Gary Parr on the half-title page. Buffett was the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who played an integral part in this work. Bair was the head of the FDIC. Parr was the deputy chairman for…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 127359
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"What do you intend to do with those diamonds": First Edition of Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever; Signed by Sean Connery
FLEMING, Ian [Sean Connery].
Diamonds Are Forever.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956.
First edition of the fourth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Sean Connery opposite the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by this iconic figure who first embodied James Bond in film.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 139463
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First Edition of John Steinbeck's First Book Cup of Gold
STEINBECK, John.
Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929.
First edition of Steinbeck's first book one of about 1500 copies. The publisher printed 2476 copies, 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Comes with the original publisher's glassine. Housed in a custom cloth case. Rare, especially in this condition.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 70009
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First Edition of this Classic Treatise The Constitution of Liberty; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist F.A. Hayek
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Constitution of Liberty.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1960.
First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For H.L. Severance with all best wishes May 8, 1975 F.A. Hayek." Very good in a very good dust jacket, original clipping from the review of this title to the front free endpaper and rear endpaper. With a review by Henry Hazlitt laid in. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 140907