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Original Silver Gelatin Print of Sir Winston Churchill by Walter Stoneman; Signed by Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston S. Churchill Signed Walter Stoneman Photograph.
1942.
Silver gelatin print portrait of Winston Churchill by Walter Stoneman, boldly signed and dated by him, "Winston Churchill 1947" on the mount. Photographer's stamp on verso. The photograph measures 9 inches by 6 inches. Celebrated war-time portrait of Churchill taken on 1 April 1942, by Walter Stoneman, self-styled "The Man's Photographer." In June 1897, he was the only one of fourteen photographers working for J. Russell & Sons who succeeded in taking four pictures of Queen Victoria in her golden state landau on the occasion of her diamond jubilee. Working for J. Russell & Sons, he took numerous photographs of royalty, aristocracy, members of high society and other…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 132579
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"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights": Finely Bound set of william Blackstone's Influential Work Commentaries on the Laws of England
BLACKSTONE, William.
Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765.
First edition set of Blackstone's landmark work. Quarto, 4 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco title labels lettered, raised bands. In near fine condition, rebacked. A very sharp set.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 139240
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"The earliest known book on chess printed in America": Rare First Edition of Chess Made Easy. New and Comprehensive Rules for Playing the Game of Chess
FRANKLIN, Dr. Benjamin.
Chess Made Easy. New and Comprehensive Rules for Playing the Game of Chess.
Philadelphia: James Humphrey, 1802.
First edition of the earliest known book on chess printed in America. 32mo,bound in half leather over marbled boards, illustrated with engraved frontispiece. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities, frontispiece repaired, title-page repaired and dampstained. An exceptional rarity, with only one example appearing at auction in the last 75 years.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 126090
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First Edition of My 60 Memorable Games; Signed by Chess Legend Bobby Fischer
FISCHER, Bobby.
My 60 Memorable Games.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
First edition of this classic work, which is regarded as one of the great pieces of chess literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Bobby Fischer on the front free endpaper. Introduction by Grandmaster Larry Evans. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Smith. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed by this chess legend.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145616
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"Most of our faculties lie dormant because they can rely upon Habit, which knows what there is to be done and has no need of their services": First Edition in English of Proust’s Masterpiece Remembrance of Things Past
PROUST, Marcel [Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff].
Remembrance of Things Past [A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu, In Search of Lost Time]: Swann’s Way; Within a Budding Grove; The Guermantes Way; Cities of the Plain; The Captive; The Sweet Cheat Gone; Time Regained.
London: Chatto & Windus, Alfred A. Knopf, 1922.
Complete first edition set of Proust's most well-known work. Octavo, 11 volumes, original blue cloth with titles to the spine in in gilt. In near fine condition, with Time Regained in the rare dust jacket. Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff. An excellent set, rare in this condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 121344
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"So just remember that this is the first sign of trouble - if books are banned, that means that things are going wrong": First English uncensored edition of Babi Yar; inscribed by Anatoly Kuznetsov
KUZNETSOV, Anatoly. Translated by David Floyd .
Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970.
First English uncensored edition of soviet writer Anatoly Kuznetsov's most acclaimed work in its complete, unredacted form. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Mr. M.G. Millard - with very best wishes, in appreciation for the invaluable help he has given me. A. Anatoli 14/XII/1970 London." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Exceptionally rare with no other signed examples traced at auction.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 143812
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"To my sweetheart, Sylvia": Sylvia Plath's childhood copy of A Little Maid in Vermont; inscribed to her by her mother
CURTIS, Alice Turner [Sylvia Plath].
A Little Maid of Vermont.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition of the author's children's classic; from the library of Sylvia Plath. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Grace Norcross. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sylvia Plath's mother on the front free endpaper, "Feb. 10, 1941 To my sweetheart, Sylvia from Mommy" and with her father, Otto Plath's, embossed library stamp. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother, Aurelia Schober Plath, was a second-generation American of Austrian descent, and her father, Otto Plath (1885–1940), was from Grabow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany and worked as a professor of biology at Boston University. Plath would have been 8 years old when her mother…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 134822
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First Edition of Mary Mapes Dodge's Classic Work Hans Brinker; Inscribed by Her
DODGE, Mary Mapes.
Hans Brinker Or, The Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland.
New York: James O'Kane, 1866.
First edition of the author's second and best known work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Presented to Robert Dale Owen by the author January, 1866." The recipient Robert Dale Owen was responsible for introducing the legislation to establish the Smithsonian. He represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–47). As a member of Congress, Owen successfully pushed through the bill that established Smithsonian Institution and served on the Institution's first Board of Regents. Owen also served as a delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention in 1850 and was appointed as U.S.…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 76002
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"We miss you very much. Love from Caroline & Mummy" Postcard from Jacqueline Kennedy to her son John, Jr.
KENNEDY, Jacqueline and John.
Jacqueline Kennedy Signed Postcard to John Kennedy, Jr.
Postcard from Jacqueline Kennedy to her son John F. Kennedy, Jr. It reads, “Dearest John, Every day we say where is John-John – Away!! – We ride in this cart & the horse has feathers – & we play on a beach like this & I found a sea horse – & we go up this hill to our house. That is a tower to look out for pirates – We miss you very much. Love from Caroline & Mummy.” Written on a postcard from Amalfi which she has addressed to “Master J.F. Kennedy Jr.” The verso shows a colorful illustration…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 65095
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“Tell me. Tell me with your eyes": First Edition of Exiles: A Play in Three Acts; Signed by James Joyce
JOYCE, James.
Exiles: A Play in Three Acts.
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918.
First American edition of the author's only play, published simultaneously with the British edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "James Joyce 2 June 1923 Paris." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 144094
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Complete Set of The Macallan James Bond Set
The Macallan James Bond 60th Anniversary Release Decade I-VI [Full Set].
Through a behind the scenes exploration of the James Bond archives this release celebrates 007 and The Macallan as modern innovators linked by their Scottish heritage. The Macallan and James Bond are bound together by our shared Scottish heritage, innovative nature and the pursuit of excellence. We have created a remarkable collection comprising six limited edition bottles inspired by each of The Six Decades of Bond, telling the story of innovation over 60 years and the pioneering character attributes of James Bond and The Macallan. The packaging of each bottle features an original illustrative design and colour to denote the…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145007
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First edition of Henry James' The Princess Casamassima: A Novel; an exceptional example from the libraries of Barton Currie and later Maurice Sendak
JAMES, Henry.
The Princess Casamassima: A Novel.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886.
First edition in book form of one of James's "three formidable novels" published in the 1880s along with The Bostonians and The Tragic Muse. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, half-titles, 2 pages of advertisements at rear of vols. II and III. From the library of Barton Currie with his bookplate to the pastedown and later Maurice Sendak, although not marked. American journalist, author, and book collector Barton Currie contributed hundreds of articles and stories for publications such as New York Evening World, New York Evening Sun, Harper's Weekly and Good Housekeeping in the…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 135364
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“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light": First Edition of Dylan Thomas' In Country Sleep; Signed by Him
THOMAS, Dylan .
In Country Sleep.
New York: New Directions, 1952.
First edition of this collection of poems, including the first book appearance of "Do not go gentle into that good night." Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Dylan Thomas 1952." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed as Thomas passed away one year after the publication.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 106778
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“I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution": Rare First Edition of Wernher Von Braun's The Mars Project; Inscribed by Him
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
The Mars Project.
Urbana: University of Illinois, 1953.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bob Mabon from one space man to another- Wernher von Braun." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips. First editions are rare, signed and inscribed examples exceptionally so, this is the first example we have seen.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 123721
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"If men should cease and desist from their talk about and their search for evil men and commence to look instead at the institutions manned by ordinary people, wide avenues for genuine social reform might appear": First Edition of The Calculus of Consent; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Economist James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock
BUCHANAN, James M. and Gordon Tullock.
The Calculus Of Consent.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly inscribed by both James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that has a few small closed tears. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed first edition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 39005
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Rare First Edition of Kate Chopin's The Awakening
CHOPIN, Kate.
The Awakening.
Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1899.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in dark green and red. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are rare, especially in this condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 131587
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First edition of C.S. Lewis' The Personal Heresy: A Controversy; inscribed by him
LEWIS, C.S. and E.M.W. Tillyard.
The Personal Heresy: A Controversy.
London: Oxford University Press, 1939.
First edition of this collection of arguments on the subjective and objective positions of writings, with C.S. Lewis arguing the latter. Presentation copy, inscribed by C.S. Lewis on the front free endpaper, "R.W. Fletcher from C.S.L. March 20th 1940." In near fine condition. Exceedingly rare signed and inscribed by Lewis.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 132284
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"The best inside information is on the tape": First Edition of Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years; Lengthily Inscribed by Legendary Investor Richard Wyckoff and in the Rare Dust Jacket
WYCKOFF, Richard D.
Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930.
First edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend and former associate on Wall Street, New York E. Kilburn Scott this volume is inscribed, with kindest personal regards Richard D. Wyckoff London June 24/31." Very good in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Housed in a custom house morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145604
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"Virtue which is not supported with gravity gains no repute among men": Rare First edition of La Morale De Confucius
CONFUCIUS,.
La Morale De Confucius, Philosophe De La Chine.
Amsterdam: Pierre Savouret, 1688.
Rare first edition of The Morals of Confucius preceding the English translation, regarded as the first work which introduced readers to Confucianism. Small octavo, bound in half vellum over marbled boards. In near fine condition. An exceptional example, scarce and desirable with only three examples appearing at auction in the last 90 years.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 135381
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“I HOPE I WILL BE ABLE TO CONFIDE EVERYTHING TO YOU, AS I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CONFIDE IN ANYONE”: FIRST EDITION OF ANNE FRANK’S DIARY, HET ACHTERHUIS; In the exceptionally rare dust jacket
FRANK, Anne .
Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank].
Amsterdam: Contact, 1947.
First edition of the diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch. Small octavo, original publisher's white and red paper-covered boards, illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions of the interior of the house, 1 floor plan, and 2 facsimiles from the diary. Introduction by Annie Romein-Verschoor. Very good in the dust jacket which is in very good condition with some professional restoration and tape repairs to the verso, with the second issue in blue. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Exceedingly rare and desirable, especially in the original dust jacket.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 96773