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First Edition of REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE GENERAL COURT OF VIRGINIA, FROM 1730, TO 1740; AND FROM 1768 TO 1772; Inscribed by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
JEFFERSON, Thomas [Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph].
Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia, From 1730, TO 1740; And From 1768 TO 1772.
Charlottesville: F. Carr and Co., 1829.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor and Thomas Jefferson’s grandson on the front free endpaper, "Rick Barnhead Presented by Tho Jefferson Randolph Grand son of the author." In very good condition. Rare and desirable, especially signed and inscribed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 128396
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"The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you:" Rare First Edition of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Signed by E.L. Konigsburg
KONIGSBURG, E. L.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
New York: Atheneum, 1967.
First edition of the author's Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by E.L. Konigsburg on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare in this condition and signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 23067
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live": COMPLETE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION SET OF EACH VOLUME IN J.K. ROWLING'S BEST-SELLING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HARRY POTTER SERIES
ROWLING, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.
New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998-2007.
First American editions of each book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, seven volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 143115
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition In Parts of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.
First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Original serial issue. Twenty parts in nineteen, octavo four to thirty-two pages of preliminary advertisements; text continuously paginated 1-624; eight leaves of preliminaries follow text in final part. Frontispiece, vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates, the majority with tissue inserts as issued. Original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers. Several backstrips chipped at head and foot; some light soiling, wear at hinges; some parts skewed. In excellent condition, an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work. Includes the scarce insert "Lett's diaries" advertisement at end of Part…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 91369
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Nineteenth Century Portrait of George Washington
STUART, Gilbert. (George Washington).
George Washington Portrait.
Portrait of George Washington after Gilbert Stuart, American School, late 19th century oil on canvas portrait of President George Washington, after the Athaneum portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Housed in a Victorian giltwood frame with floral carved corner ornaments and oval opening. The entire piece measures 35 inches by 40 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 78002
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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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"You can live in another and a wiser fashion if you choose to think it out and work it out. You are not awake to your own power": First Edition of H.G. Wells' A Short History of the World; Inscribed by Him to Close Friend Maurice Baring
WELLS, H.G.
A Short History of the World.
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1922.
First edition of Wells' classic work, which Albert Einstein recommended for the study of history as a means of interpreting progress in civilization. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by H.G. Wells on the half-title page, "Maurice, from H.G. Nov. 1922." The recipient, English man of letters Maurice Baring, enjoyed a period of success as a dramatist and began to write novels after serving in the Royal Airforce during World War I. He was widely known socially and associated with several aristocratic intellectual societies including the Cambridge Apostles, the Coterie, and the literary group associated with G. K. Chesterton…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 124096
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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 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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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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“AS CLOSE TO THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL AS ANYONE”: FIRST EDITIONS OF DOS PASSOS’ MONUMENTAL U.S.A. TRILOGY; EACH INSCRIBED BY HIM
DOS PASSOS, John.
U.S.A. Trilogy: 42nd Parallel, 1919, Big Money.
Boston: Harper & Brothers and Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1930-36.
First editions of Dos Passos' epic U.S.A. Trilogy, each signed and inscribed by him. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Each are very good to near fine in the original dust jackets. We have never seen another complete set signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 129644
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Rare First Edition of Edmond Halley's Astronomical Tables with Precepts both in English and Latin for Computing the Places of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Comets
HALLEY, Edmond.
Astronomical Tables with Precepts both in English and Latin for Computing the Places of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Comets.
London: Printed for William Innys, 1752.
First edition in English of Halley's classic work. Quarto, bound in contemporary full calf, gilt titles to the spine, gilt embossed stamp of The Society of Writers to the Signet on the front and rear panel, copper-engraved frontispiece portrait. Edited by John Bevis. In very good condition with light rubbing and wear.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 70038
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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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Rare Limited Édition Artistique Edition of the selected works of the great authors; one of only 75 sets produced
BOURGET, Paul; Gustave Flaubert; Theophile Gautier; Longus; Paul de Musset; William Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet; Anthony and Cleopatra; King Candaules; A Night of Cleopatra; Jean and Jeannette; Daphnis and Chloe; Heródias; A Simple Heart; Pastels; The Last Abbé.
Société des Beaux Arts: Paris, n.d .
The Édition Artistique of the selected works of Flaubert, Shakespeare, Gautier, Musset and Longus. Quarto, 10 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling embellished with botanical decorations with white, red and violet morocco onlays, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, full morocco doublures, silk-watered endleaves, top edge gilt others untrimmed, with illustrations by J. Wagrez, Louis Titz, Emile Adan, Georges Rochegrosse, Paul Avril and others. Prefaces by Anatole France and Leo Claretie. One of 75 numbered copies produced for England and America, this is number…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 132844
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Rare Civil War era Confederate States of America Flag
11-Star “Stars and Bars” Confederate States of America Flag.
1861.
Rare Civil War era Confederate States of America Flag, in use between July 2 and November 28, 1861 commemorating the admittance of Tennessee and North Carolina into the Confederacy. Cotton, hand-sewn and double-sided. The entire piece measures 36 inches by 50.5 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 133072
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“Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine": First Edition, First Issue of Trollope's Barchester Towers; In the rare original cloth
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Barchester Towers.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.
Rare first editions, first issue of one of Trollope's most important novels. Octavo, original cloth, blind stamped boards. Half-title present in Volume I, brick-red endpapers with advertisements. Sadleir 5. Bookplates of Oliver Brett on front free endpapers and of Duff Cooper on versos. In near fine condition. Each volume is housed in a three quarter calf clamshell box. Uncommon set in the original cloth of one of Trollope's most important novels.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 98876
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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
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First edition of Volume 37 Number 1 of Reviews of Modern Physics; containing Roger Penrose's fundamental article on spacetime: A Remarkable Property of Plane Waves in General Relativity; signed by him
PENROSE, Roger.
Reviews in Modern Physics: A Remarkable Property of Plane Waves in General Relativity.
New York: The American Physical Society by the American Institute of Physics, 1965.
First edition of Reviews of Modern Physics: Volume 37 Number 1, containing Nobel Laureate in Physics Roger Penrose's fundamental article on spacetime: A Remarkable Property of Plane Waves in General Relativity. Quarto, original wrappers. Signed and dated by the mathematical physicist on page 215, the first page of his contribution, "Roger P 20 Sept 2016." In fine condition. Scarce signed by Penrose.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 119437
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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