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“People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore": First Edition of Slaughterhouse-Five; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a Drawing of a Self-Caricature
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969.
First edition of Vonnegut's masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Kurt Vonnegut with a drawing of a self-caricature on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket with a unique jacket that has been mistriked bearing a duplicate look on the verso. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. A unique example, one of the nicest we have seen.
Price: $10,500.00 Item Number: 147938
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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 very good dust jacket with a few small chips and closed tears. Jacket design by Michael Kennard. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. A nice example.
Price: $10,500.00 Item Number: 146200
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“AMONG THE BEST EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”: FIRST EDITIONS OF A.A. MILNE’S FOUR POOH BOOKS; EACH IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
MILNE, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1924-1928.
First editions of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Each book is fine in a very good dust jacket with some loss and wear to the crown and foot of the spine, as is typically seen. Housed in a custom slipcase. Small ownership name to When We Were Very Young, bookplate to The House At Pooh Corner.
Price: $10,500.00 Item Number: 124859
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"The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind": The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan; Signed by Bob Dylan
DYLAN, Bob.
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
1963.
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on May 27, 1963 by Columbia Records, boldly signed by Dylan. Whereas his self-titled debut album Bob Dylan had contained only two original songs, Freewheelin' represented the beginning of Dylan's writing contemporary words to traditional melodies. Eleven of the thirteen songs on the album are Dylan's original compositions. The album opens with "Blowin' in the Wind", which became an anthem of the 1960s, and an international hit for folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary soon after the release of Freewheelin'. The album featured several other songs which came to…
Price: $10,500.00 Item Number: 109822
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Rare Original 1910 Explorers Club Luncheon Menu; held in honor of and signed by Ernest H. Shackleton in addition to Explorers Club President Robert E. Peary
SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry and Robert E. Peary.
Ernest Henry Shackleton and Robert E. Peary Signed Explorers Club Luncheon Menu.
1910.
Rare original dinner menu from the historic luncheon tendered to Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton by The Explorers Club at the Hotel Astor, New York on Tuesday, March 29th 1910. Small octavo, original wrappers, one-page menu with a black and white portrait of Shackleton tipped in. Signed by Shackleton, "E.H. Shackleton" and American Admiral Robert E. Peary, "R.E. Peary" below the portrait. American Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is widely recognized as the first person to reach the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April…
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 100132
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"you see stretching from the spurs of Ritter a row of exceedingly sharp and slender spires": The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of John Muir; with an original autograph manuscript page from Muir's The Mountains of California
MUIR, John.
The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916-24.
The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of John Muir, one of 750 numbered sets produced with an original autograph manuscript page bound into the first volume. Octavo, 10 volumes in the publisher's deluxe three quarter crushed levant morocco over cloth boards with gilt titles and tulip stamping to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, ribbons bound in, illustrated with 69 photogravures, including colored frontispiece, 34 halftone plates of the author's sketches, 7 maps, and 2 plates of his drawings. One of 750 numbered sets with an original manuscript page bound…
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 143457
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"Mathematics Is A Language": Paul Samuelson’s Foundations Of Analysis, First Edition, Signed By Him
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
Foundations of Economic Analysis.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s magnum opus and one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original burgundy cloth with titles in gilt. Signed "Paul A. Samuelson MIT" on the title page. An excellent example with light wear to the cloth, some toning to the spine, near fine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 3541
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Rare World War II Era Japanese flag signed by 29 soldiers of the United States 49th Field Artillery Battalion
World War II Era 49th Field Artillery Battalion Signed Japanese Flag.
Rare World War II era Japanese flag signed by 29 soldiers of the United States 49th Field Artillery Battalion. In near fine condition. The flag measures 27 inches by 32.75 inches with 'Okinawa' inscribed in ink to the central red disc and "49th Full Artillery" inscribed at the top of the page in addition to the 29 signatures. Framed. The entire piece measures 39 inches by 33 inches.
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 109748
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SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF PORGY AND BESS; SIGNED BY GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN, DUBOSE HEYWARD, AND ROUBEN MAMOULIAN
GEORGE GERSHWIN. LIBRETTO BY DUBOSE HEYWARD. LYRICS BY DUBOSE HEYWARD AND IRA GERSHWIN. PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY ROUBEN MAMOULIAN,.
Porgy and Bess.
New York: Random House, 1935.
Deluxe limited edition of Porgy and Bess, number 162 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Folio, original full red morocco, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine in the rare original slipcase.
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 130673
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“I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ALDOUS HUXLEY'S BRAVE NEW WORLD
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Brave New World.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.
Signed limited first edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo, original yellow cloth, gilt topstain as issued. One of a limited edition of 324 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page. In near fine condition with light toning. An exceptional example.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 89752
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First Edition of "The most influential social science treatise of the twentieth century": First Edition of Keynes' The General Theory; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1936.
First edition of the economist's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice example in the uncommon dust jacket.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142399
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RARE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON
PATTON, George.
General George S. Patton Signed Photograph.
Rare original gelatin silver print photograph of General George Patton in military uniform, signed by him, "G S Patton Jr." From the collection of Colonel Nicholas Campanole, Patton's Assistant Chief of Staff, with a collection of typed letters and postcards addressed to him. Colonel Nicholas Campanole was aide to Gen. John J. Pershing during the Mexican campaign of 1914 and served on his staff during World War I. Physically retired in 1937, Gen. George Patton recalled him to active duty in 1942 and he remained with Patton as assistant chief of staff throughout World War II. In very good condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 139221
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Maurice Ravel Signed Autograph musical quotation signed and an autograph letter signed
RAVEL, Maurice.
Maurice Ravel Autographed Signed Letter and Signed Musical Quotation.
Autograph musical quotation signed and an autograph letter signed by Maurice Ravel. The quotation, 3 bars from his Chansons madécasses, notated on a two-stave system, with holograph title, lyrics, tempo directive and instrument labels. The letter in French is addressed to "My friend", in French, stating that he received his note when leaving Geneva and mentioning two places he might be when he returns at Christmastime, dated Paris 15 December 1928 With Hotel D'Athènes" stationery. Both matted and framed together with a commemorative medallion. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 27 inches. A striking piece, rare and desirable.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 72755
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF CHARLES DARWIN'S THE DESCENT OF MAN; IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH
DARWIN, Charles.
The Descent of Man.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition, first issue of both volumes (with "transmitted" the first word on p. 297 in the first volume; in the second, the printer's note on the verso of the half-title, errata on title verso, and the postscript leaf after p. viii. Both volumes have the January ads). Octavo, two volumes, original green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In excellent condition with rubbing to the extremities with the spine gilt bright.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142104
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Scarce first edition of Frederick Studebaker Fish's A Hunting Trip in Jackson's Hole, Wyoming, October 1913; in the original wrappers
FISH, Frederick Studebaker.
A Hunting Trip in Jackson’s Hole, Wyoming, October 1913.
South Bend, Indiana: Privately Printed, 1913.
Scarce first edition of this detailed narrative of a month-long hunting trip throughout Jackson's Hole, Wyoming. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers with gilt titles as issued, 8 engraved plates incorporating captioned photographs and illustrations. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom quarter morocco and chemise slipcase. Scarce, Worldcat locates only 2 other copies.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 95343
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“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they'll go through anything": First Edition of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Brave New World.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.
First edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on a slip laid in. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with professional restoration.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 138100
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First Edition of The Gremlins; Inscribed by Roald Dahl in the Year of Publication
DAHL, Roald [Walt Disney].
The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
New York: Random House, 1943.
First edition of Dahl’s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Tim xxx from Roald Dahl 19/6/43 There should be a bowler hat and a tail." Dahl has added a drawing of a hat and a tail on the gremlin. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed in the year of publication.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 73076
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“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on": Why England Slept; Signed by Jack Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
Why England Slept.
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.
First edition, early printing of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed in a contemporary hand "Jack Kennedy" on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 122533
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“I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it": First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Silver Chair; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
The Silver Chair.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. An exceptional example, as this is the most difficult volume in the series to find in collectible condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144244
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“True sorrow is as rare as true love": First Edition of Stephen King’s First Book Carrie; inscribed by Stephen King; In Fine Condition
KING, Stephen.
Carrie.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition, first printing of the novel that launched King's career, with 'First Edition' stated on the copyright page and 'P6' in the gutter of page 199. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the second endpaper, "For L. Jack Powell - with best wishes, Stephen King 11/7/80." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and author photograph by Alex Gotfryd. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144855