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Scarce First Edition of Claude McKay's Harlem: Negro Metropolis in the Very Rare Dust Jacket
MCKAY, Claude.
Harlem: Negro Metropolis.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1940.
Scarce first edition of this intimate history of the Black Mecca of the world, authored by one of the central figures in the Harlem renaissance. Octavo, original brown cloth with gilt titles, red topstain, frontispiece of Bird's-eye View of Harlem, illustrated with eighteen additional plates of black and white photographs. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket, which is in very good condition with loss to the crown and foot of the jacket spine, rubbing and small losses to the extremities of the dust jacket. An extremely rare duo.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145357
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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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Rare Original Photograph signed by President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan
CLINTON, Bill.
Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, King Hussein Signed Photograph.
1995.
Color photograph taken during the the signing of the Oslo II Accords of Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan and Hosni Mubarak on the White House lawn, signed by Clinton, Arafat and Faisal Husseini. On September 28, 1995, the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip was signed in Washington, D.C. This agreement, which marks the conclusion of the first stage in negotiations between Israel and the PLO, incorporates and superseded the Gaza-Jericho and early empowerment agreements. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 13 inches. Rare and desirable signed by…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 123430
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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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John Hersey's Hiroshima; Signed by Eight Members of the Enola Gay crew including Paul Tibbetts, George R. Caron, Thomas Ferebee, Bob Lewis, Jacob Beser, Morris Jeppson, Dutch Van Kirk, and Richard Nelson
HERSEY, John .
Hiroshima.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First edition, early printing of Hersey's classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by eight members of the Enola Gay crew including Paul Tibbetts, George R. Caron, Thomas Ferebee, Bob Lewis, Jacob Beser, Morris Jeppson, Dutch Van Kirk, and Richard Nelson. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was judged the finest piece of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department. Very good in a…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 147654
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"Probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century": First Edition of The Poverty of Historicism; Inscribed by Karl Popper to Fellow Economist Lionel Robbins who played an important role in the work's development
POPPER, Karl R.
The Poverty of Historicism.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957.
First edition of this undisputed classic in the philosophy of social science. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Lionel Robbins from K.R.P. October 31st, 1957." The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. He and Popper were colleagues for over twenty years and formed a strong inter-departmental alliance, fortified by their mutual friendship with Friedrich von Hayek. They also had significant intellectual intersections, with Robbins playing a role in the development of two…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 104071
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First edition of the Ian Fleming’s first book Casino Royale which introduced the world to 007
FLEMING, Ian.
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953.
First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 138170
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"AS LONG AS SHE THINKS OF A MAN, NOBODY OBJECTS TO A WOMAN THINKING": SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S ORLANDO; SIGNED BY HER
WOOLF, Virginia.
Orlando: A Biography.
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Woolf’s immensely popular feminist classic, one of only 800 copies signed by her in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece portrait of Orlando as a boy, illustrated with engravings. One of 800 copies signed by Woolf on the verso of the half-title page. Typography by Frederic Warde. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, The Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 138537
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"May you live all the days of your life": Finely bound set of the works of Jonathan Swift
SWIFT, Jonathan.
The Works of Jonathan Swift.
London: Bickers & Son, 1883.
Finely bound set of the works of Jonathan Swift, with notes and a life by Sir Walter Scott, one of 750 numbered sets, this is number 330. Octavo,19 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. In near fine condition. From the library of Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja, often known as Ranji, who was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933, as Maharaja Jam Saheb, and was a noted Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team. Sets of Swift are uncommon, especially in this…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 119436
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First Edition of White Noise; Inscribed by Don Delillo to Graham Greene
DELILLO, Don [Graham Greene].
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Graham Greene, "For Graham Best Ever Don DeLillo." With Graham Greene's bookplate. DeLillo and Greene both received the Jerusalem Prize. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association linking these two great writers.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 143056
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The River War; Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933.
Later edition of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Charles Peake from Winston S. Churchill Sept 1936." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144339
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"But what does it matter what I suffer for you to enjoy? That I perish for a people to live" Rare autograph letter signed by 'El Libertador', Simón Bolívar to Ecuadorian independentista Manuela Garaycoa
BOLIVAR, Simón.
Simón Bolívar Autograph Letter Signed.
Bogota: 1827.
Rare autograph letter signed by 'El Libertador', Simón Bolívar as President of Gran Colombia. One page, script in Spanish. Sent from Bogota, the letter is dated December 6, 1827 and reads in full, "A la Senora Manuela Garaycoa. Umd. siempre se eccele a si misma on bondades para conmigo y me prodiga elofios ques ellos solo, bastarian para saviar la codica del mas ambivioiso de gloria. Y que otra cora podria yo esperar de las Garaycoas de esas amigas fieles de esas Colombians constantes de esa Gloriosa sin rival? Yo les doy las gracias a todas y seame tambien permitido…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 126188
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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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“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": Signed Limited First Edition of Dylan Thomas' In Country Sleep
THOMAS, Dylan .
In Country Sleep.
New York: New Directions, 1952.
Signed limited edition, one of 100 copies of this collection of poems, including the first book appearance of "Do not go gentle into that good night," published the year before his death, Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Dylan Thomas. Fine in a fine slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 109248
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Rare autograph note signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald; sent by Fitzgerald to childhood friend and "first love" Marie Hersey as a young man during his first Christmas home from boarding school
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Autograph Note Signed.
Autograph note signed calligraphically ("Scott Fitzgerald"), to Marie Hersey, commemorating his first Christmas home from boarding school. 1 page on cardstock, 5.25 inches by 3.25 inches, adhesive residue to verso where previously pasted down. A charming note from a lovesick young Fitzgerald to his childhood friend and "first love." The card contains Fitzgerald's printed signature on the upper left "Scott Fitzgerald" and the inscription "Sacred to the memory of Xmas 1911" in the center; in the lower left Fitzgerald has drawn three small irregular ovals, with the explanation that they are "Tears." In the right portion, he had evidently mounted a small piece of mistletoe [no longer present] as he has inscribed "The Misletoe"…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142895
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": First Edition of BFG; Signed by Roald Dahl and Illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Nicola Love Roald Dahl." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator Quentin Blake opposite Dahl's inscription. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 109358
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First edition of the Ian Fleming’s first book Casino Royale which introduced the world to 007
FLEMING, Ian.
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953.
First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142681
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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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"I have no house only a shadow. But whenever you are in need of a shadow, my shadow is yours": First Edition of Under the Volcano; Signed by Malcolm Lowry
LOWRY, Malcolm.
Under the Volcano.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Malcolm Lowry on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. First editions are rare signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 136883
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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