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"Who combines all the advantages of a philosophical worldliness and a worldly philosophy": First Edition of The Worldy Philosophers; Inscribed by Robert Heilbroner To Aline Bernstein Saarinen In the Year of Publication
HEILBRONER, Robert L.
The Worldly Philosophers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.
First edition of this bestselling classic, which has went on to sell more than 4 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Aline - Who combines all the advantages of a philosophical worldliness and a worldly philosophy. Fondly Bob Heilbroner Oct. 4, 1953." The recipient, Aline Bernstein Saarinen was a well-known critic of art and architecture in the United States, an author and a television journalist, who married the architect Eero Saarinen. She was given the International Award for Best Foreign Criticism at the Venice…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 115615
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"She gazed downward upon the dark, ceaseless water. It was never still, never the same, and on it moonlight was broken into little fleeting silver wings": First edition of William Faulkner's Mosquitoes
FAULKNER, William.
Mosquitoes.
New York: Boni & Liveright, Inc, 1927.
First edition of Faulkner's second novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the front flap. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. A very nice example of this early Faulkner work.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 91795
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First Edition Collection of President Bill Clinton's Selected Remarks; Inscribed by Him to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
CLINTON, President William Jefferson [Bill] [Madeline Albright].
Selected Remarks.
Collection of speeches and addresses from the 47th president of the United States, all first edition; from the library of Secretary Madeleine Albright. Octavo, seven volumes, original cloth and wrappers. Secretary Madeline K. Albright's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. Association copies, inscribed by the President in 'Selected Remarks 2017' on the title page, "To Madeline with thanks Bill," and in 'Selected Remarks 2007' on the front free endpaper, "To Madeline Thanks Bill Clinton 2007." The recipient, Madeleine Albright worked with President Clinton for more than 30 years, during which time both gave countless speeches and public appearances.…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 145736
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“Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!": The Thornton Edition of the Novels of The Sisters Bronte; including Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre
BRONTE, Charlotte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte. Edited by Temple Scott.
Novels of the Sisters Bronte. [The Professor; Jane Eyre; Villette; Shirley; Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Agnes Grey; Wuthering Heights].
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905.
The Thornton edition of the novels of the Sisters Bronte. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait to each volume. Edited by Temple Scott. A very attractive set.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 147601
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“He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf": First Edition of Len Deighton's The Ipcress File; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
DEIGHTON, Len.
The Ipcress File.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962.
First British edition of Deighton's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 131328
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“The pursuit of truth, not of facts, is the business of fiction": First Edition of Oakley Hall's Warlock; Inscribed by Him to Historian and Friend Jim Dunham
HALL, Oakley.
Warlock.
New York: The Viking Press, 1958.
First edition of this classic of American West literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jim Dunham with best wishes Oakley Hall UCI 89." The recipient, Jim Dunham was a historian and friend of the authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Egri and Evelyn Curro. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed by the author.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 140967
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"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do": RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE COLLECTION OF JEFFERSON’S WRITINGS
JEFFERSON, Thomas.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph.
Charlottesville, VA: F. Carr and Co, 1829.
First edition of the first published collection of Jefferson’s writings, an impressive four-volume work edited by his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Octavo, 4 volumes, contemporary calf, engraved frontispiece portrait after Gilbert Stuart in volume I, 4 folding plates of facsimiles of Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 142662
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"It is the constant and undying hope for improvement that makes golf so exquisitely worth playing": First Edition of Playing the Like; Signed by Bernard Darwin
DARWIN, Bernard.
Playing the Like.
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1934.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Bernard Darwin Jan 1935." An excellent copy with some information regarding the book pasted to the inside gutter in the very rare dust jacket with a few closed tears. Rare in the original dust jacket and signed.
Price: $4,750.00 Item Number: 2724
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“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Inscribed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007.
First edition of the seventh and final novel in Rowling's immensely popular Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Robin J.K. Rowling." With the author's hologram to the title page. Accompanied by the original ticket and bag from the signing event, which was on July 21, 2007. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft.
Price: $4,600.00 Item Number: 141297
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“THE BEST NOVEL I HAVE WRITTEN”: RARE FIRST EDITION OF TROLLOPE’S LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Last Chronicle of Barset.
London: Smith, Elder, 1867.
First edition in original 32 weekly parts of the final novel in Trollope’s acclaimed Barsetshire series. Octavo, original color pictorial wrappers. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. In very good condition. Rare in complete form.
Price: $4,600.00 Item Number: 140447
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“Those who dream by day are cognisant of many things which escape those who dream only by night": The Annabel Edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe
POE, Edgar Allan.
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902.
The Annabel edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, ten volumes, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 60 photogravures, each with a lettered tissue guard. In very good condition. A sharp set.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 141684
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Original Hilary Knight Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration
KNIGHT, Hilary.
Hilary Knight Original Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated models from Armani, Dior, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix and Riccardo Tischi. The present illustration features supermodel Mariacarla Boscono wearing Givenchy by Tischi at the Musee Bourdelle. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 95324
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Rare Typed Letter Signed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.
Hyde Park Gat, London: 1949.
Rare typed letter signed by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill to a Lady Aberconway, likely Christobel Aberconway. Octavo, one page on Western letterhead, the letter reads in full, '28, Hyde Park Gate, London, S. W. 7. "3" March, 1949. "Madam Lady Aberconway," Thank you for your letter of February 28. Alas I have never made a painting or drawing of a cat, although I am very fond of them. So sorry I cannot help you as you suggest. I am much interested to read about your forthcoming 'Dictionary of Cat Lovers'. I am sure it will be a success.' Boldly…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146911
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First Edition of Peter Bryant's Two Hours to Doom; Inscribed by Him
BRYANT, Peter [Peter George].
Two Hours to Doom: A Novel of Suspense.
London: T.V. Boardman & Company, 1958.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper, "Billie, This is the original, all the best, Peter." First editions are scarce, signed and inscribed examples are rare, as the author passed away six years after publication.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 127658
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"The smaller the unit of government and the more restricted the functions assigned government, the less likely it is that its actions will reflect special interests rather than the general interest": First Edition of Free to Choose; Inscribed by Milton and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.
First edition of Friedmans' persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the authors in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Gordon St. Angelo, a fellow fighter in the good cause Milton Friedman." Additionally signed and dated in the year of publication by Rose Friedman. The recipient, Gordon St. Angelo helped create a foundation with Milton and Rose Friedman to promote and help establish educational choice in America. He served as President & CEO of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation for…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 4174
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Signed Limited Edition of Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom; One of 1000 Numbered Copies
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom.
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.
Signed limited first edition, one of 1000 numbered copies of this classic autobiography. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 135598
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Rare Autograph Letter Signed by Ulysses S. Grant to Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Letter Signed.
1876.
Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of Ulysses S. Grant as President. Addressed to the Attorney General of the United States Edwards Pierrepont the letter reads, "Elizabeth, N.J. Sept. 2nd 1876 Dear Judge, While in Utica Judge Hunt spoke to me of the importance of appointing a member to Judge Woodruff at as early as a day as practicable on account of the great amount of business before the court. I do not know of any lawyer in the circuit to whom to tender the position when it should be Senator Edmunds and he I should dislike…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 101208
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First edition of William Faulkner's Sanctuary; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Sanctuary.
New York: Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of the novel that established Faulkner's literary reputation. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some professional restoration. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 138101
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First Edition of Murray Rothbard's Masterpiece The Ethics of Liberty; Signed by Him
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
The Ethics of Liberty.
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1982.
First edition of Rothbard's greatest contribution to the politics of freedom. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Murray N. Rothbard on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 120588
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"BEING AN AMERICAN, HE INSTANTLY LOOKED ABOUT FOR THE BEST RUNG OF THE LADDER OF SUCCESS": First Edition of HR of Wall Street; Inscribed by Edwin Lefevre
LEFEVRE, Edwin.
H.R. [Hendrik Rutgers] of Wall Street.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915.
First edition of Lefevre's novel about a young man's rise from obscurity as a bank clerk to New York business mogul headed for the White House. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With the best wishes of Edwin Lefevre, Dorset, VT, 7 August 1919." In near fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 147889
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First Edition of John O'Hara's Classic Appointment in Samarra
O'HARA, John.
Appointment in Samarra.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine with a contemporary bookplate to the inner gutter, in the first issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 109228
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Rare First Edition of Edgar Burroughs'Tarzan of the Apes; Finely Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan of the Apes.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1914.
First edition, first printing with "W. F. Hall Printing Co. / Chicago" in Old English type in two lines on the copyright page of the author's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. References: Zeuschner (1996), 696; Zeuschner (2016), pages 424-425. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 147389
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The 1994 Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award Presented to Lloyd Millard Bentsen; with a collection of programs from the Prize Presentation Ceremony held at Gettysburg College on June 15, 1994
[EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award Presented to Lloyd Millard Bentsen.
The Eisenhower Leadership Prize presented to the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury, Lloyd Millard Bentsen on June 15, 1994 with an archive of speeches and dinner programs from the Eisenhower Leadership Prize Presentation Ceremony and the Fall 1994 issue of Dateline produced by The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute featuring a photograph of Bentsen receiving the award on the front page. Presented by Gettysburg College and The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, the prize features a bronze bust of Eisenhower by renowned sculptor Nison A. Tregor with a bronze presentation plaque. From the collection of Lloyd Millard Bentsen. In fine…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 122916
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First South African Edition of Long Walk to Freedom; Signed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson .
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed on the title page by the author, "NMandela 28.2.96." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 126733
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“Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own": First Edition of The Joy of Music; Inscribed by Leonard Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Leonard .
The Joy of Music.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of this classic work, a national best-seller on its publication, Bernstein's first collection of essays and conversations on the world of music. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ed Hiller Sincerely Leonard Bernstein." Fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Rare and desirable signed by Bernstein.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 129577
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"A man, a real man, must never be an agent, a tool, or a gambler — acting for himself or for others — he must employ such. A real man — a financier — is never a tool. He used tools. He created. He led": First Edition of Theodore Dreiser's The Financier; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DREISER, Theodore.
The Financier.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912.
First editions of the first novel of the author’s acclaimed Trilogy of Desire. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some unnecessary tape reinforcement to the verso with some bleedthrough. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 34078
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First Edition of Edward Thorp's Beat the Dealer; Inscribed by Him
THORP, Edward O.
Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One.
New York: Random House, 1962.
First edition of Thorp's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, with charts and illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Alfred Best Wishes Ed Thorp." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146421
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First American Edition of Love In The Time Of Cholera; Inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and signed twice by jacket designer Chip Kidd
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Love in the Time of Cholera.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.
First American edition of the author's work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Para Erich, del amigo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 98." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson and Chip Kidd. Additionally signed twice by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel and on the rear jacket flap. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 147602
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First edition of William Faulkner's Sanctuary; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Sanctuary.
New York: Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of the novel that established Faulkner's literary reputation. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A very sharp example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 91796
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“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men": First Edition of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator; Inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Timothy Love Roald Dahl." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146383
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"The Truth Will Set You Free. But Not Until It Is Finished With You": First Edition Of The Author’s Magnum Opus; Signed By David Foster Wallace in the year of publication
WALLACE, David Foster.
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication on the title page, "Hello! David Foster Wallace 2/96." Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 145601
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"Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles": Toward Freedom: The Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru; signed by Jawaharlal Nehru and his sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and from the collection of actor and author Aly Wassil
NEHRU, Jawaharlal .
Toward Freedom: The Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru.
New York: The John Day Company, 1942.
Early printing of Nehru's classic autobiography, from the collection of actor and author Aly Wassil. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed on the front free endpaper by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, his sister, the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet portfolio, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and Wassil with his ownership signature and annotation, "Aly Wassil M.I.T. October 21, 1949." Born in Pakistan, Aly Wassil was a graduate of Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, and the author of several books including "The Wisdom of Christ," "Rubaiyat of Modern Man," "Song of the Saviour,"…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146425
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"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb": First Edition of Long Walk To Freedom; Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
Boston: Little Brown, 1994.
First American edition of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author on the title page, "NMandela 12.5.05." It was signed in New York City by Mandela during a visit upon receipt of an honorary doctorate from Amherst College. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 55043
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"The artist’s task is not to alter the world as the eye sees it, but to perceive the esthetic reality within the actual world" First Edition of Helen Levitt’s First Book A Way of Seeing; Signed by Her
LEVITT, Helen; Essay by Agee.
A Way of Seeing: Photographs of New York by Helen Levitt with an Essay by James Agee.
New York: The Viking Press, 1965.
First edition of Levitt and Agee's classic collaboration. Oblong quarto, original black cloth, illustrated with 50 black-and-white photogravures. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title page. Essay by James Agee.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 807
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"PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED THE COURSE OF HISTORY": Thomas Norton's English translation of one of the most influential works of Protestant theology: John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
NORTON, Thomas. [John Calvin].
The Institution Of Christian Religion, Written In Latin By M. John Calvine, Translated Into English According To The Authors Last Edition; With Sundry Tables To Finde The Principall Matters Intreated Of In This Booke.
London: John Norton, 1611.
Rare 1611 edition of Calvin's seminal work on systematic theology, regarded as one of the most influential works of Protestant theology. Quarto, bound in three quarter calf with five raised bands to the spine, elaborate architectural borders to the title page, woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. In good condition. Upper portion of title page removed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 132719
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Signed Limited Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We; in the original blue box with matching number
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
Signed limited edition of Lindbergh's autobiography, which provides the account of the life of one of the century's greatest adventurers, the first man to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight. One of 1000 numbered copies, this is number 97, signed by both Charles Lindbergh and the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo, half bound salmon paper covered boards, frontispiece with tissue-guard, 51 black and white plates, with the publisher's note laid in. Fine in the original glassine and in the original blue box with matching number. Introduction by Myron T. Herrick. One of the finest most preserved example possible.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 133274
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First Edition of An Essay on Civil Government: In Two Parts
An Essay on Civil Government In Two Parts: Part I: An Enquiry into the Ends of Government, and the Means of Attaining Them. Part II: On the Government and Commerce of England; with Reflections on Liberty, and the Method of Preserving the present Constitution.
London: Printed for R. Willock, At Sir Isaac Newton's Head, 1743.
First edition of this bold attack on the Whig administration of Robert Walpole. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges speckled red, rebacked. In very good condition. Armorial and contemporary bookplates to the pastedown. Exceedingly rare.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 90461
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First Edition of Drives and Puts in the original dust jacket; Inscribed by Walter Camp in the year of Publication
CAMP, Walter and Lilian Brooks.
Drives and Puts.
Boston: L.C. Page, 1899.
First edition of this collection of golf short stories by the father of American football. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of a woman golfer by H.C. Ireland, vignette on title page, top edge gilt. Inscribed by Walter Camp in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Louis, with my best wishes, Walter Camp. Xmas 99." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light wear and restoration to the extremities. Inscribed first editions in the original dust jacket are exceptionally rare.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 82458
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First Edition of Ferrari 80; Inscribed by Enzo Ferrari to one of the Old Guard mechanics of the Ferrari Team in the Year of Publication
FERRARI, Enzo.
Ferrari 80.
Modena: Arbe Officine Grafiche , 1979.
First edition of this work by the legendary Enzo Ferrari, one of only 1,000 copies produced, not for sale to the general public but given to patrons and friends of author's. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Seligardi Enzo Ferrari 12/79." The recipient, Deo Seligardi, was one of the "old guard" mechanics associated with the Ferrari race team. In very good condition with some toning to the extremities. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146465
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“It was a glorious thing, to be given hope, when all had seemed lost": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S LETHAL WHITE; SIGNED BY J.K. ROWLING
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
Lethal White.
London: Sphere, 2018.
First edition of the fourth book in Rowling's Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rowling on the title page "Robert Galbraith" and with Rowling's hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Duncan Spilling. Uncommon signed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 127099