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"God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better": First Edition of Just As I Am; Inscribed by Billy Graham to Bob and Delores Hope
GRAHAM, Billy.
Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1997.
First edition of Billy Graham's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to Bob Hope and his wife Dolores, "To my dear friends Bob and Dolores God bless you always Billy Graham." Though this copy is personally signed and inscribed by Graham, attached to the front end page is a tipped-in note with the author's apologies for being unable to personally sign books due to his Parkinson's Disease. Rare personally signed and a wonderful association copy. From the library of Bob and Dolores Hope. Accompanied by a signed letter from Linda…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 2998
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First Edition of Content and Consciousness: An Analysis of Mental Phenomena; Inscribed by Daniel C. Dennett
DENNETT, Daniel C.
Content and Consciousness: An Analysis of Mental Phenomena.
London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Annie- Daniel C. Dennett 3/5/23." Also laid in is a note from Dennett stating, "* My memoir: I've Been Thinking in October." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145503
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Inscribed Photograph of the Johnson Family to Mary Lasker
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird.
Signed Family Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Large photograph of Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson posing on the White House lawn, Inscribed "To Mary Lasker—Merry Christmas from her friends Lady Bird and" "Lyndon B. Johnson" "Christmas 1966." "The recipient Mary Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation. She helped convince Eleanor Roosevelt to endorse Lyndon Johnson's efforts to become the 1960 Democratic nominee, and Lady Bird glowingly mentions Lasker in her book A White House Diary. Lasker was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Double matted and framed;…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 81065
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First Edition of David Dreman's Psychology and the Stock Market: Investment Strategy Beyond Random Walk; Inscribed by Him to Close Friend Keniston P. Merrill
DREMAN, David N.
Psychology and the Stock Market: Investment Strategy Beyond Random Walk.
New York: AMACOM, 1977.
First edition of Dreman's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to close friend Keniston Merrill, "To Ken With all good wishes David." The recipient, Keniston P. Merrill worked as a financial analyst for TIAA-CREF in New York City from 1957-1964. In 1965, he joined The Five Arrow's Fund as a financial analyst. Five Arrows later became New Court Securities and then Rothschild, Inc. where Ken rose to Managing Director. In 1982, Ken left Rothschild and joined National Life Insurance Company in Montpelier as Chief Investment Officer and President and Chief…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 106537
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First Edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's Moscou; Inscribed by Him
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
Moscou [Moscow].
Paris: Collection Neuf/ Robert Editeur, 1955.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "a Monsieur et Madame Henri Dumur avec mon souvenir le meilleur Henri Cartier-Bresson." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 138199
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First Edition of Candy; Inscribed by Terry Southern
SOUTHERN, Terry.
Candy.
Evanston, Ill: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1965.
First printing of this edition of Southern's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Harry with all best wishes Terry Southern." In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 121443
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First Edition of Nelson Mandela’s African Folktales; Signed and Dated by Him
MANDELA, Nelson.
Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales.
New York: Norton, 2002.
First edition of this collection of African folktales chosen and introduced by Nelson Mandela. Quarto, original glossy illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Mandela on the title page.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 849
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The First Assault Upon the Sorbonne
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The First Assault Upon the Sorbonne (Le Premier Assault Contre la Sorbonne).
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.
Rare first American edition of Kipling's classic work on the Sorbonne. Octavo, original publisher's half vellum, text in French and English. One of fifty copies. In near fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 123604
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“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself": Signed Limited Edition of Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Point Counter Point.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Huxley's classic satiric novel, one of 256 numbered copies, this is number 254. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130871
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“FREEDOM IS THE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT OF MAN’S MIND”: FIRST EDITION OF AYN RAND'S CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL; SIGNED BY HER
RAND, Ayn; Essays by Nathaniel Branden.
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
New York: New American Library, 1966.
First edition of this collection of essays—which Rand, in her introduction, characterizes as “a nonfiction footnote to Atlas Shrugged.” Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by S.A. Summit, Inc. With additional articles by Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, and Robert Hessen. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130896
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First Edition of All the President's Men; Inscribed by Carl Bernstein to ABC Journalist Rebecca Chase Williams
BERNSTEIN, Carl & Bob Woodward.
All The President’s Men.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
First edition of this groundbreaking work in American journalism. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Carl Bernstein in a contemporary signature to fellow journalist Rebecca Chase Williams, "To Becky with thanx Carl Bernstein." The recipient, Rebecca Chase Williams was a distinguished ABC News journalist for more than twenty years. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. From the library of Rebecca Chase Williams.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135253
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"E. Weber, under another name had a real place in my life, & an exquisitely wicked one": Collection of Rare Autograph Letters Signed by John LE CARRÉ to Writer and Reviewer Trevor Pateman
LE CARRÉ, John.
John le Carré Autograph Letters Signed.
Penzance and London: 2017.
An exceptional group of three letters and a card sent by John le Carré to writer and reviewer Trevor Pateman, discussing his character E. Weber's inspiration and Pateman's upcoming book. The first letter, two pages on le Carré’s personal stationary, 10 February 2017, written in London, reads: "Thank you so much for your letter, and the thoughtful & delightful piece that accompanied it. It's hard to believe now, but E. Weber, under another name had a real place in my life, & an exquisitely wicked one, but it was left to me to coin the phrase on her behalf. And…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146944
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The Weimar edition of The Works of Friedrich Schiller; elaborately bound in full morocco
SCHILLER, Friedrich.
The Works of Friedrich Schiller.
Weimar and New York: The Northern Press, Printed for Subscribers only, n.d.
The Weimar edition of the collected works of Friedrich Schiller. Octavo, 10 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, watered silk endleaves and doublures with central gilt mongrams "EHR", top edge gilt, illustrated with numerous hand-colored photogravures. One of 100 numbered copies of the Weimar edition, this is number 2. Provenance: from the collection of Fred and Kay Krehbiel. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 143624
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Rare First Edition of Edna Lewis' First Book: The Edna Lewis Cookbook
LEWIS, Edna and Evangeline Peterson.
The Edna Lewis Cookbook.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1972.
First edition of Edna Lewis' first book. Octavo, original cloth.Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives. Jacket photograph by John T. Hill. First editions are scarce.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145073
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First Edition of Milan Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting; Inscribed by Him
KUNDERA, Milan.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
First edition of the novel that brought Kundera his first big international success. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Milan Kundera on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131074
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First Edition of Robert Kennedy’s Manifesto To Seek A Newer World; Signed by Him
KENNEDY, Robert F.
To Seek A Newer World.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967.
First edition of Robert Kennedy's classic fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert F. Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket photograph by Lawrence Fried.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131782
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FIRST EDITIONS OF THE FOUR FINAL NOVELLAS IN CHARLES DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS BOOK SERIES; ATTRACTIVELY BOUND
DICKENS, Charles.
The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.
First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The set is comprised of a first edition of The Chimes [London: Chapman & Hall, 1845 (1844)] Half-title and 13 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield. Second state of the vignette title; First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth [London:…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 132035
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"Me and Robert looked at each other there a long time, they all went by him": First Edition of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; Lengthily Signed by Ernest J. Gaines
GAINES, Ernest J.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
New York: The Dial Press, 1971.
First edition of this classic novel, which depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. Octavo, original boards. Lengthily signed by the author with a powerful quote from this novel on the title page, "Me and Robert looked at each other there a long time, they all went by him Best always Ernest J. Gaines." Fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Mike McGiver. A unique example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146411
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Fine collection of eighteen Martin Amis First Editions; fifteen signed by him
AMIS, Martin.
Martin Amis First Edition Collection.
Lonson: Jonathan Cape, 1984-2020.
Extensive collection of first editions by acclaimed novelist Martin Amis, including his best-known works Money and London Fields. Octavo, 18 volumes, original cloth and half-cloth. 15 volumes signed by the author. The collection includes first editions of Einstein's Monsters [London: Jonathan Cape, 1987]; and signed first editions of London Fields [London: Jonathan Cape, 1989] and Time's Arrow [London: Jonathan Cape, 1991] among others. Each volume is a first edition, first printing with the exception of money which is an first edition, second printing published in the same year as the first. Each volume is near fine to fine in a…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 134198
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Signed by eight justices, Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist and John P. Stevens
BURGER, Warren E.
The Supreme Court of the United States.
Washington, DC: 1973.
First edition of this work on the Burger Court. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by eight justices beneath their portraits accompanying their biographies. They include: Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist and John P. Stevens. 20 page pamphlet on the Supreme Court, published by them.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120344
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"The light of Greece opened my eyes, penetrated my pores, expanded my whole being": Rare First Edition of Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi; Warmly Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
MILLER, Henry.
The Colossus of Maroussi.
New York : Colt Press, 1941.
True first edition of the author's landmark travel book and frequently cited as one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Tania and Jimmy, from their good friend, Henry Miller, N.Y., 12/3/41." The recipients were James and Tania Stern, close friends of the author. Very good in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition with some rubbing and wear.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 127544
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First Edition of Honeymoon; Inscribed by Patrick Modiano to Fellow Novelist Philip Roth
MODIANO, Patrick [Philip Roth].
Honeymoon.
Boston: Verba Mundi/ David A. Godine, 1995.
First American edition of this "haunting tale of quiet intensity" (Review of Contemporary Fiction). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Philip, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Roth first gained attention with the 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus, which won the National Book Award for Fiction. Ten years later, he published the bestseller Portnoy’s Complaint. Nathan Zuckerman, Roth’s literary alter-ego, narrates several of his books. A fictionalized Philip Roth serves as narrator for some of his others, such as the alternate history The Plot Against America, Roth went on to be one of the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146091
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Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's influential work of zoology: The History of Animals
ARISTOTLE. TRANSLATED BY THEODORO GAZA,.
Aristotelis De Historia Animalium Libri. IX. [Bound with] De Partibus Animalium, & Earu Causis, Libri IIII; De Generatione Animalium Libri V; Hoc Volumine Continentur.
Parisiis: Ex officina Prigentii Caluarini ad Geminas Cyppas in Clauso Brunello, 1542.
Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. Octavo, bound in full polished calf, engraved title pages. Rebacked. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133014
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"I remember Evelyn first at Oxford, a convivial, pink-faced, blue-tweeded figure with, almost invariably a glass in his hand": First revised edition of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop; inscribed by him to life-long friend Patrick Balfour
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Scoop.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1964.
First revised edition of Waugh's satire of sensationalist journalism. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Patrick, with regards from Evelyn." The recipient, Scottish author-journalist Patrick Balfour,(Lord Kinross), was a life-long friend of Waugh’s. Balfour was serving as a correspondent for The Evening Standard and Daily Sketch in East Africa and became a close companion of Waugh’s as he wrote the present volume. Laid in is a four-page typescript article written by Balfour about his friendship with Waugh, titled "Evelyn Waugh". The article begins, "I remember Evelyn first at Oxford, a convivial, pink-faced, blue-tweeded…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 95271
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First Edition of Richard Wright's 12 Million Black Voices; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, Richard.
12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941.
First edition of this powerful work by the author of The Native Son, featuring photographs by Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed Richard Wright on the front free endpaper. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Photo-direction by Edwin Rosskam. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 119447
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"Dear Mr. Updike, You and the prophet Isaiah are the only literary influences that I can clearly identify in my own writing"; Inscribed by Robert Olen Butler to Fellow Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author John Updike
BUTLER, Robert Olen (John Updike).
Countrymen of Bones.
New York: Horizon Press, 1983.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author to John Updike on the front free endpaper, "For John Updike 72000 more words from one of your biggest fans, Robert Olen Butler Sea Cliff, NY Oct 19,1983." Also laid into this book is a signed letter addressed to Updike from Bulter dated October 19, 1983, which reads, "Dear Mr. Updike, You and the prophet Isaiah are the only literary influences that I can clearly identify in my own writing. And so, in the wake of an Anatole Broyard rave about my new novel, I’m taking the liberty of sending…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4403
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"Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some": Charles Dickens' Sketches by Boz; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED RED MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE
DICKENS, Charles.
Sketches By Boz.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of the new edition of one of Dickens' collection of short pieces. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel, gilt signature on the back panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130587
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"One of the 100 best books of any kind of the 20th century": First Edition of Hannah Arendt's Masterpiece The Origins of Totalitarianism; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Origins of Totalitarianism.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951.
First edition of this masterpiece, by one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 147458
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First Edition of Ethel Boileau's Ballade in G Minor; Inscribed by her to Ayn Rand
BOILEAU, Ethel [Ayn Rand].
Ballade in G Minor.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1938.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Ayn Rand from Ethel Boileau A tribute to "We The Living" New York Feb.10th 1938." Lady Ethel Boileau was an English novelist, best known for Clansmen and Ballade in G Minor. Her correspondence with Ayn Rand began in 1936, when she wrote a glowing homage to We the Living after her American publisher had sent her a copy. After Rand read Clansmen in 1936, she wrote to Boileau that her “descriptions are so lovely…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136398
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"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example": First Edition of Joe Di Maggio's Lucky To Be A Yankee; Inscribed by Him
DI MAGGIO, Joe [DiMaggio].
Lucky To Be A Yankee.
New York: Rudolph Field, 1946.
First edition of this early autobiography by Joltin Joe Di Maggio. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand, "To Dick- Hope the start of a good Pic Book! Best alwasy Joe Di Maggio." Foreword by Grantland Rice. Introduction by James A. Farley. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Most desirable signed by this baseball legend.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 107322
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"Ingle-go-jang, my joy, my joy! Ingle-go-jang, my joy!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Debits and Credits; Signed by Him
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Debits and Credits.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.
First edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author's most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. Boldly signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140953
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First Edition of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward
BELLAMY, Edward.
Looking Backward 2000-1887.
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888.
First edition, first issue with "J. J. Arakelyan" imprint on verso of title leaf of this classic utopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140787
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FIRST EDITION OF MARC CHAGALL’S JERUSALEM WINDOWS, WITH TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS; IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE
CHAGALL, Marc; Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie.
Jerusalem Windows.
New York: George Braziller, 1962.
First edition. Folio, original red cloth. With two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contains the rarely seen original slipcase, also present is the original blue ribbon. The rear panel of the acetate shows some wear.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4235
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First Argentinian Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's first book La Hojarasca; Which introduced the World To Magical Realism; Signed by Him; From the Library of Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
La Hojarasca.
Buenos Aires: Editorial Suamerica, 1970.
First Argentinian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the front free endpaper. From the library of Gregory Rabassa, with his signature. Rabassa was the translator of La Hojaraca into English and Cien Anos de Soledad, among others. He was a translator of the works of several major Latin American novelists, including Julio Cortázar, Jorge Amado and Gabriel García Márquez. On the advice of Cortázar, García Márquez waited three years for Rabassa to schedule translating One Hundred Years of Solitude. Garcia Marquez later declared Rabassa's translation to be superior to the Spanish original. In…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 60052
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Complete Finely Bound Second Edition Set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1966.
Complete second edition of each title of Tolkien’s epic, best-selling Lord of the Rings Trilogy with a later edition of The Hobbit. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in contemporary red morocco with morocco spine labels and motifs onlaid in six compartments within raised bands, matching motifs stamped in blind on the front panel of volume, marbled endpapers to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, illustrated with drawings and folding maps. Signed by the binder, Jean Gladstone-Goodwin, on the verso of inserted custom-made title pages of typescript, pen and ink. In good condition with rubbing to the spine and extremities of each volume,…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146003
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First edition, first issue of Mark Twain's King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
King Leopold’s Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule.
1905: The P. R. Warren Co, Boston, Massachusetts.
First edition, first issue of Twain's work of political satire harshly condemning King Leopold's rule over the Congo Free State. Small octavo, original wrappers as issued. In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth and chemise case with a second edition third printing of the pamphlet which contains the publisher's later advisory, "The publishers desire to state that Mr. Clemens declines to accept any pecuniary return from this booklet, as it is his wish that all proceeds of sales above the cost of publication shall be used in furthering the effort for relief of the people of the Congo State.…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 95339
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Scarce 18th Century Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments; Printed by Reverend Leonard Howard
HOWARD, Rev. Leonard.
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, Illustrated and Explained By a Full and Comprehensive Paraphrase at the Bottom of Each Page. By the Rev. Leonard Howard, D. D.
London: Printed for J. Pottinger, 1761.
Scarce 18th century Book of Common Prayer printed by the Rev. Leonard Howard, Chaplain to the Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. Quarto, bound in full calf with gilt titles and five raised bands to the spine, ruling and cornerpieces to the panels stamped in blind, all edges marbled, illustrated with engravings including frontispiece portrait of King George II. In very good condition. Gift inscriptions and history of provenance to the front free endpapers and verso of the frontispiece. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha was the Princess of Wales from 1736-1751 and became Dowager Princess of Wales when her husband…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 109571
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First Edition of Theodore Roosevelt's Life-Histories of African Game Animals; in the original cloth
ROOSEVELT, Theodore and Edmund Heller.
Life-Histories of African Game Animals.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.
First edition of Roosevelt's final work on big-game hunting. Octavo, 2 volumes, original buckram cloth with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispieces, with illustrations from photographs and drawings by Philip R. Goodwin and with forty faunal maps. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 125598
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First British Edition of Midnight's Children; Inscribed by Salman Rushdie
RUSHDIE, Salman.
Midnight’s Children.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
First British edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Charles- Salman Rushdie." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Botten. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144363
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First edition of Tyranny of the Status Quo; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Tyranny of the Status Quo.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration’s attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Proctor Jones with best wishes Milton Friedman." Also signed by Rose Friedman. The recipient Proctor Jones was a San Francisco based filmmaker and author, who in 1970 founded the Proctor Jones Publishing Company. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a a few closed tears. Jacket design by Lem Rauk/ Visible Ink. Jacket photography by Frank Castro and Associates.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 19097
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's My Days; Inscribed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
My Days.
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1938.
First edition of this firsthand look of everyday life in the White House by Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Roosevelt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Miss Trefether With a Merry Xmas from Eleanor Roosevelt." Introduction by Malvina Thompson Scheider. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 92438
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Jonathan Edward's A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton
EDWARDS, Jonathan.
A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton, and the Neighboring Towns and Villages of New-Hampshire and New-England [AND] True Grace, Distinguished from the Experience of Devils.
Elizabeth-Town, NJ: Shepard Kollock, 1790.
Rare early example of this essay about the process of Christian conversion in Northampton, Massachusetts, during the Great Awakening, which emanated from Edwards' congregation in 1734, to which is added 'True Grace,' a sermon preached by Edwards before the Synod of New York. Duodecimo, original boards, rebacked. In very good condition with rubbing to the boards, some dampstaining, antiquarian ownership inscription to the rear flyleaf.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146579
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First edition program from the November 1974 Palm Coast Symposium signed by Saul Bellow, Gunnar Myrdal, James D. Watson, Sidney Hook, Vernon E. Jordan, Kate Millett, William F. Buckley, Jr., Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., E. T. York, Truman Capote, Leslie Fiedler, Harold Rosenberg, Lionel Trilling, Norman Young, and Melvin M. Tumin
BELLOW, Saul.
The Palm Coast Symposium: Great Dialogues on the Human Condition.
Palm Coast, Florida: The Palm Coast Symposium, 1974.
First edition program from the November 1974 Palm Coast Symposium signed by Saul Bellow, Gunnar Myrdal, James D. Watson, Sidney Hook, Vernon E. Jordan, Kate Millett, William F. Buckley, Jr., Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., E. T. York, Truman Capote, Leslie Fiedler, Harold Rosenberg, Lionel Trilling, Norman Young, and Melvin M. Tumin throughout. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. An exceptional collection of signatures.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96039
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Signed Limited Edition of Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Eyeless In Gaza.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1927.
Signed limited edition of what is considered by many to be Huxley's definitive work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Number 85 of 200 numbered copies, signed by Aldous Huxley. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136196
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Original First edition Exhibition Flyer from the 1959 Hartigan and Rivers With O'Hara Show at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery; inscribed by Rivers to fellow New York School member Willem de Kooning
O'HARA, Frank.
Hartigan and Rivers With O’Hara.
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1959.
First edition of this exhibition flyer for the 1959 Tibor de Nagy exhibition of works by Larry Rivers and Grace Hartigan inspired by O'Hara's poetry. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated with twelve black and white lithographs. Association copy, inscribed by Larry Rivers on the verso of the front cover to fellow member of the informal New York School of artists Willem de Kooning, "For Bill de Kooning much admiration Larry Rivers." Musician, artist and filmmaker Larry Rivers took up painting in 1945 and lived in the the Hotel Chelsea, notable for its artistic residents such as Bob Dylan, Janis…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 90478
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First Edition of Deliverance; Warmly Inscribed by James Dickey and signed by Jon Voight
DICKEY, James.
Deliverance.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970.
First edition of Dickey’s first and most famous novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To my old friend Inman Mays this novel of survival: "adapt of die"- James Dickey June 21, 1970." Additionally signed by Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight on the title page, who starred in the Academy Award nominated film bearing the same name. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon Studios. An unique example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 143993
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"The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again": First Edition of Cry The Beloved Country; Signed by Alan Paton in the Year of Publication
PATON, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.
First American edition of Paton's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Alan Paton Johannesburg May 27, 1948." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare and desirable signed in the year of publication.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 43091
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"It is said that men condemned to death are subject to sudden moments of elation; as if, like moths in the fire, their destruction were coincidental with attainment": First Edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; In Exceptional Condition
LE CARRE, John.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of the le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146385
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First Edition of Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing; Lengthily Signed by Her
OWENS, Delia.
Where the Crawdads Sing.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018.
First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time and basis for the 2022 film. Octavo, original boards. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "Way out yonder, where the crawdads sing Delia Owens." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Na Kim. A unique example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136037
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First edition of Blanchard Jerrold's The Life of George Cruikshank; bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
JERROLD, Blanchard. [George Cruikshank].
The Life of George Cruikshank. In Two Epochs.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.
First edition of the definitive biography of famed illustrator and satirist George Cruikshank. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition. Bookplates.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137182
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"Keep the joy of loving God in the Poor and share this joy with others, God bless you": Photograph of Mother Teresa; Inscribed by her
MOTHER TERESA,.
Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.
1984.
Rare photograph portrait of Mother Teresa boldly signed, "God bless you M. Teresa mc." In fine condition. The piece measures 5 inches by 7 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 147287
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"To Grand Guy Andre to whom I owe all": First Edition of Terry Southern's The Magic Christian; Inscribed by Him to his publisher publisher André Deutsch
SOUTHERN, Terry.
The Magic Christian.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of one of the funniest, cruelest, and most savagely revealing books about American life ever written, hailed as Southern's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Grand Guy Andre to whom I owe all. Terry Southern New York City 2-2-60." The recipient was publisher André Deutsch, who was Southern's first publisher, and who published the first edition of The Magic Christian. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by William Pene du Bois. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120936
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Rare plaster replica of the famed Houdon bust of George Washington
ANDERSON, Ronald Lee. [Jean-Antoine Houdon; George Washington].
George Washington Houdon Bust Sculpture.
Life-size sculpture of the head of George Washington, after the famed Houdon bust of George Washington of 1785. Plaster, the piece measures 11.5 inches by 9 inches and is attributed to American portraitist Ronald Lee Anderson who likely sculpted the work as an exercise as a college student. French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon was revered for his life-like portrayals of numerous notable eighteenth-century philosophers, inventors, and political figures including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Napoléon Bonaparte, and George Washington. In 1784, the Virginia General Assembly commissioned a statue of George Washington "to be of the finest marble and the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 121908
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Rare First Edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's Ivan Ilyitch
TOLSTOI, Count Lyof N. [Leo Tolstoy].
Ivan Ilyitch and Other Stories.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1887.
First edition in English of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole with a preface by him. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 123477
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First edition of Barnard Ellinger's The City
ELLINGER, Barnard.
The City: The London Financial Markets.
Westminster: P. S. King & Staples, Limited, 1940.
First edition of Ellinger's work on the London financial markets. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Exceedingly rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 124205
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“Calm Down what happens happens mostly without you": First Edition of Joseph Alber's Despite Straight Lines; Inscribed By Josef Albers to Henri Cartier-Bresson
ALBERS, Josef. [Henri Cartier-Bresson].
Despite Straight Lines.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961.
First edition of this work by the famed artist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Henri Cartier-Bresson, "For Henry Cartier-Bresson Josef Albers May 20, ‘68." Cartier-Bresson was working for Magnum Photographers when he photographed Josef Albers at his home in Connecticut in May of 1968. An outstanding association copy, linking Albers, one of the great abstract artists of the 20th century and Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the finest photographers. Also, laid in is a card signed by Albers.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 3783
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“Some men seem to know exactly where their opportunities lie; they break prisons and cross whole Siberias to pursue them. One room holds me": First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some wear and toning to the spine.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 12039
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“BUT IS GOD A YALE MAN?”: First Edition of God and Man at Yale; Inscribed by william f. Buckley
BUCKLEY JR., William F.
God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of “Academic Freedom”.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951.
First edition of the author's first book and seminal work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mrs. S.T. Salmger with many Thanks for your much-needed encouragement- William F. Buckley." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Also laid in is a signed black and photograph of Buckley laid in.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145602
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“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it": First Edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat; Signed by Oliver Sacks
SACKS, Oliver.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales.
New York: Summit Books, 1985.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Roger, With kind regars Oliver Sacks 1/15." Fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130831