First Edition
Showing 6421–6440 of 7735 results
-
Browse by Category
- Browse All
- Americana
- Art and Architecture
- Autograph Letters Signed
- Biography and Autobiography
- Children's Books
- Economics and Finance
- Featured Rare Books
- Fine Bindings and Sets
- First Edition
- First Edition>Signed
- Food and Wine
- Framed Autographs and Historical Documents
- Geography
- Gifts
- Gifts - For Her
- Gifts - For Him
- Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
- Gifts - Holidays
- History, Law, and Politics
- Literature
- Music
- New Arrivals
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Poetry
- Presidents and World Leaders
- Religion
- Science and Natural History
- Science Fiction and Mystery
- Signed
- Signed & Autographed Books
- Sports and Leisure
- Travel and Exploration
- Uncategorized
-
“There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people": Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Kidnapped: Being the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751.
London: Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press, 1930.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated edition. Quarto, original cloth, slipcase, illustrated by Rowland Hilder. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138086
-
Charles Darwin's The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms
DARWIN, Charles.
The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits.
London: John Murray, 1881.
Early edition of this study of the habits of worms. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth, illustrated with diagrams, errata slip tipped in. In very good condition with light bumping to the crown and foot of the spine.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146649
-
First edition of Susan Cheever's Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker; inscribed by her to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
First edition of Cheever's frank and moving autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "New York City January 1999 For Erica and Ken What can I say? No words could begin to express mt gratitude, my fond memories, my affection and my love for you both S C." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142607
-
"The strangest prose-poet Russia ever produced": First British Edition of Nabokov's Nikolai Gogol
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Nikolai Gogol.
London: Editions Poetry London, 1947.
First British edition of Nabokov's criticism of the work of Russian literary master Nikolai Gogol. Octavo, original cloth. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Gogol. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 118463
-
First Edition of Don Delillo's Running Dog; Inscribed by Him
DELILLO, Don.
Running Dog.
New York: 1978.
First edition of "the best Vietnam novel to appear so far, bearing some relationship to Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers and some to V. S. Naipaul's Guerrillas (Houston Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Brian Light Best ever Don DeLillo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lidia Ferrara. Jacket painting by Karl Korah.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141423
-
Signed Limited Edition of James Michener's Facing East
MICHENER, James A. and Jack Levine.
Facing East.
New York : Maecenas Press/Random House, 1970.
Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author, signed by James Michener and illustrator Jack Levine. Folio, original cloth. lithographs and woodcuts by Jack Levine enclosed in a silk covered clamshell box with a large belt-like closure on the front cover. Fine in a near fine slipcase.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 118821
-
"I am Eloise and I am six": First Edition of Kay Thompson's The Absolutely Essential Eloise; Signed by and dated in the year of publication by illustrator Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Kay Thompson’s The Absolutely Essential Eloise.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
First edition of the essential edition of Eloise. Slim quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated in the year of publication by illustrator Hilary Knight. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scrapbook written by Marie Brenner.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 133190
-
First Edition of The Spinoza Problem; Inscribed by Irvin D. Yalom
YALOM, Irvin D.
The Spinoza Problem.
New York: Basic Books, 2012.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Kathy Irvin D. Yalom." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145637
-
"Pete Briggs pats pigs. Briggs pats pink pigs. Briggs pats big pigs"; First Edition of Dr. Seuss's Oh Say, Can You Say?
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].
Oh Say, Can You Say? “Oh my brothers! Oh my sisters! These are Terrible Tongue Twisters!”
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of this book of tongue twisters by Dr. Seuss. Octavo, original laminated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. In very good condition, without dust jacket as issued.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 139022
-
"We hope it may while some hours away & that you are not tired with the subject": First Edition of Wilfrid Noyce's South Col: One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953; signed by mountaineer George Band and from the library of George Sale
NOYCE, Wilfrid; Foreword by Sir John Hunt.
South Col: One Man’s Adventure on the Ascent of Everest, 1953.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1954.
First edition of Noyce's firsthand account of the ascent of South Col. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photogravures and maps including frontispiece. Foreword by Sir John Hunt. Signed by 1953 Mount Everest British expedition member George Band on the title page. George Christopher Band George was the youngest climber on the 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest. From the library of mountaineer and author Richard Sale with his signed bookplate opposite the title page. Very good in a good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141037
-
First Edition of P. G. Wodehouse's The Old Reliable
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
The Old Reliable.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1951.
First edition of Wodehouse's clever comedic mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some restoration to its spine. Jacket illustration by Frank Ford.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145017
-
First edition of G. Manville Fenn's George Alfred Henty: The Story of An Active Life
FENN, G. Manville. [George Alfred Henty].
George Alfred Henty: The Story of An Active Life.
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1907.
First edition of Fenn's biography of highly popular 19th century novelist George Alfred Henty. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with 11 plates including frontispiece portrait of Henty. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription. A sharp example of this rare title.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122474
-
“LEARNING SOFTENETH THE HEART AND BREEDETH GENTLENESS AND CHARITY": MARK TWAIN'S CLASSIC HISTORICAL DRAMA THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER; FROM THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN JOURNALIST WILLIAM SAFIRE
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale of Young People of All Ages.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1881.
First Tauchnitz edition of Twain’s first attempt at historical fiction, first published in Canada in 1881. 12mo, 2 volumes bound into one in half cloth over marbled boards. From the library of American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 135741
-
“I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three": First Edition of Grant; Inscribed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, Ron.
Grant.
New York: Penguin Press, 2017.
First edition of this award-winning biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ned and Andrea- Ron Chernow." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Evan Gaffney. Author photograph by Beowulf Sheehan.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145665
-
First Edition of The Handbook of Experimental Economics; inscribed by Alvin E. Roth
EDITED BY JOHN H. KAGEL AND ALVIN E. ROTH,.
The Handbook of Experimental Economics.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.
First edition of this comprehensive critical survey of the results and methods of laboratory experiments in economics. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Inscribed by Alvin E. Roth on the front free endpaper, John: Volume 2 is coming out maybe this year. Best Wishes, Alvin E. Roth." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 95170
-
First Edition of Mr. Sammler’s Planet; Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 42977
-
First edition of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
JEROME, Jerome K.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889.
First edition, second state of Jerome's humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by A. Frederics. Second state with '11 Quay Street' (first state is without the 11) to the title page. In good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138348
-
"You've nothing to lose. You could make the experimental land for humanity. Over yonder, where we were, you could create a new commonwealth. On that ancient soil, Old-New Land!": Theodor Herzl's Altneuland
HERZL, Theodor.
Old-New Land [Altneuland].
Haifa: Haifa Publishing Company, 1961.
Second edition in English of Herzl's classic work, by the founder of political Zionism. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Translated by Paula Arnold. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 68046
-
First Edition of David Lloyd George's Where Are We Going?, in the scarce original dust jacket
GEORGE, David Lloyd.
Where Are We Going?
Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton , 1923.
First edition of this work by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131326
-
First edition of George H. Gordon's A War Diary of Events in the War of the Great Rebellion
GORDON, George H.
A War Diary of Events in the War of the Great Rebellion. 1863-1865.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.
First edition of the historian and Union General's American Civil War Memoir. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131769