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First British edition of Churchill's only full-length work of fiction: Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania; bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900.
First British edition of Churchill's singular attempt at full-length fiction, one of only 1,500 copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles. In near fine condition, names. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144132
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories; Signed by Him
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
Early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Rear panel photograph by Jerry Bauer. Translated from the Spanish by J.S. Bernstein. A superior example, uncommon signed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 97433
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First Edition of Beverly Cleary's Henry and Ribsy; Signed by Her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Henry and Ribsy.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954.
First edition of the third book in Cleary's classic Henry Huggins series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Beverly Cleary on the title page. In very good condition. Illustrated by Lois Darling.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 10007
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Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell
Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell.
c. 1920.
Early 20th Century French Empire Doré bronze inkwell featuring prominently a large bronze eagle flanked by two bronze inkwells on clawed feet. Sited on a green marble base atop two bronze winged lions and two rear feet. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches long, 7.25 inches deep, and 8.5 inches tall. In fine condition. A handsome library decoration.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 90475
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"Then freeing up her pent-up soul she rushed in frantic race, and fragments of the miller's wheel threw in the miller's face": First Edition of Julia Ward Howe's Passion-Flowers; inscribed by her to fellow author Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
HOWE, Julia Ward.
Passion-Flowers.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854.
First edition of Julia Ward Howe's first book. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, publisher's advertisements at rear dated 1853. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper prior to publication, "Lizzie Agassiz from her Julia Howe Dec. 22nd 1853." The recipient, Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American author, naturalist, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In very good condition with the gilt to the spine bright. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 109025
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First Edition of Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man; Signed by Him
BRADBURY, Ray.
The Illustrated Man.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1951.
First edition of Bradbury's third book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Near fine in a near fine bright dust jacket that shows none of the spine fading endemic to this title, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Syndney Butchkes. A very bright example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 2520
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First Edition of The Stonemason; Signed by Cormac McCarthy and Signed Three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts.
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994.
First edition of this expansively imagined drama about four generations of an American family. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd, on on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 141442
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"Regrets are illuminations come too late": First Edition of Joseph Campbell's Seminal Work; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
CAMPBELL, Joseph.
The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1949.
First edition of Joseph Campbell's magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated with 22 textual drawings, 12 plates, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144386
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First Edition of Questions About Angels; Inscribed by Billy Collins to Laurence and Mary Rockefeller
COLLINS, Billy.
Questions About Angels: Poems.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991.
First edition of Collins' fourth collection of published poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Laurence and Mary Rockefeller with best wishes Billy Collins 1996." The recipients, Laurence Rockefeller were prominent an American philanthropist, financier, and major conservationist and member of the Rockefeller Family. Mary, too, was from a prominent Billings Family. The Rockefellers turned over their land in Woodstock to form Vermont's only National Park, The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Antonina Krass.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 3889
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First edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132470
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Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer during his years as a medical missionary in Africa; warmly inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Photograph.
January 18, 1963.
Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, inscribed by him, "En canoe sur la fleuve Ogooué a monsieur Glarvey Robbins avec ma profon de reconnniass avec Lambaréné Albert Schweitzer 18.1.63." Schweitzer's philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, which up to 1958 was situated in French Equatorial Africa, and after this in Gabon. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135832
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First Edition of Octavia Butler's Imago; Signed by Her
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Imago.
New York: Warner Books, 1989.
First edition of the gripping climax to Butler's acclaimed Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustration by Wayne Barlowe.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 134414
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Rare United States Navy Ensign Appointment; signed by Theodore Roosevelt as president
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Presidential Appointment.
1906.
Rare original Presidential appointment signed by Theodore Roosevelt as twenty-sixth President of the United States. One page, partially printed, the document is dated 18 January, 1906 and appoints Fred H. Soleel as "an Ensign in the Navy." Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy Truman H. Newberry. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of Roosevelt and an informational plaque. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147219
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Large Signed Portrait of Woodrow Wilson; Signed by Him and the Artist Frederick Reynolds
WILSON, Woodrow; Frederick Reynolds.
Woodrow Wilson Signed Portrait.
Limited edition engraving by artist Frederick Reynolds, signed by both the artist and Woodrow Wilson, one of 300 numbered. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 24 inches. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 29015
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First Edition of Henry James' Roderick Hudson
JAMES, Henry.
Roderick Hudson.
New York: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876.
First edition of one of James' earliest novels. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142180
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First Edition of The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics; Inscribed by Roger Penrose
PENROSE, Roger.
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
First edition of this work by Penrose, which won The Science Book Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Roger Penrose on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Martin Gardner. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 87509
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Rare French Book of Common Prayer
French Book of Prayer.
Paris: c. 1697.
Rare late 17th century Book of Prayer. Octavo, bound in one quarter vellum over speckled red boards with a hand painted coat of arms to the front panel, all edges red, illustrated with two engravings, text in French manuscript. Dedicated on the title page to Madame de Maintenon. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 116083
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"The Leading And Most Persuasive Explanation of the worst economic Distaster In American History": First Edition of A Monetary History of the United States
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
A Monetary History of the United States: 1867-1960.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth. Review copy, with the slip adhered to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146725
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First edition, First Issue of Lawrence Durrell's The Black Book: An Agon
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Black Book: An Agnon.
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938.
First edition, first issue of the first volume in the Villa Seurat Series. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 119554
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First Edition of Plays in Prose and Verse; Signed by William Butler Yeats
YEATS, William Butler [W.B.].
Plays in Prose and Verse: Written for an Irish Theatre, and Generally with the Help of a Friend.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924.
Signed limited edition of this collaborative collection of prose and verse plays. Octavo, original half cloth with paper labels to the spine and front panel. One of two hundred and fifty copies signed by William Butler Yeats limitation page, this is number 173. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147264
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The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad; Signed by Joseph Conrad
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad. [Almayer’s Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of “Narcissus”, Tales of Unrest, Lord Jim, The Inheritors, Youth: and Two Other Stories, Romance, Typhoon and Other Stories, Nostromo, The Mirror of the Sea, The Secret Agent, A Set of Six, Under Western Eyes, Some Reminiscences, ‘Twist Land & Sea Tales, Chance, Victory, Within the Tides, The Shadow Line, The Arrow of Gold, On Day More, The Rescue].
London: William Heinemann, 1921.
Signed limited edition of the complete works of the writings of Joseph Conrad, one of 780 copies. Octavo, 20 volumes, original cloth. Signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation page of volume one. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129488
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"THE FIRST AMERICAN BESTSELLER": RARE EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING OF SUSANNA HASWELL ROWSON'S Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth
ROWSON [SUSANNA HASWELL],.
Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth.
Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, 1827.
Early American printing of the first American bestseller, first published in 1794. 16mo, half calf over wooden boards, gilt-lettered spine, woodcut frontispiece. In good condition, assuming boards were once paper-covered, the paper has since entirely perished; shallow loss along top edge of both covers, lacking rear endpaper, 20th century rubberstamp to front pastedown. Rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142082
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Rare typed letter signed by Ronald Reagan as president to fellow American actor Charles Foy
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed.
1982.
Typed letter signed by Ronald Reagan as president. One page on Reagan's White House letterhead, the letter reads: February 3, 1982 Dear Sarah and Charlie: Please forgive this belated note to thank you and Ron for the terrific briefcase. It was a great Christmas present, and I really do appreciate your thoughtfulness. Many, many thanks for selecting this "piece of the West" for me. We had a wonderful holiday season and hope you did, too. Nancy joins me in wishing you all our very best for 1982. Sincerely, "Ron" Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foy 450 North Rossmore Los Angeles, California…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 133078
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Limited First Edition English Translation of St. J. Perse's Anabasis; Signed by T. S. Eliot
ELIOT, T.S.
Anabasis: A Poem by St. J. Perse.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1930.
Signed limited first edition of this famous poem by Marie René Auguste Alexis Léger under the pseudonym St. J. Perse, translated from the original French by T. S. Eliot, which Eliot wrote is "of same importance as the later work of Mr. James Joyce;" from the library of poet and literary critic, William Everson. Royal octavo, original cloth. One of three hundred and fifty copies signed by the Eliot on the limitation page, this is number 243. In near fine condition. From the library of William Everson, signed and dated on the front free endpaper, "William Everson July 3, 1941…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 145470
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"THE PAIN OF PARTING IS NOTHING TO THE JOY OF MEETING AGAIN": FIRST EDITION OF DICKENS' NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with the steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens in the first state, first four plates in later state without imprint, page 123 with "sister" (2d state) & page 160 with "letter" (2d state). Smith I:5; Eckel, p. 64. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132012
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THE DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SAMUEL PEPYS; FINELY BOUND AND WITH A CONCEALED FORE-EDGE PAINTING TO EACH VOLUME
PEPYS, Samuel. With a Life and Notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke.
Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Published for Henry Colburn, 1854.
Finely bound fourth edition of the diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys. Octavo, four volumes bound in red Russia with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, each volume decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting including a portrait of Pepys, the Great Plague, the Fire of London, and the Battle of Solebay, illustrated, folding map. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138281
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First Edition of Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving; Inscribed by Him
FROMM, Erich.
The Art of Loving.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956.
First edition of this groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their capacities for love. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rev. Gotlerb Huse with best regards Eric Fromm." Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. First editions are uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 112439
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"With gratitude and every good wish for the future": First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Warmly Inscribed by John Fowles
FOWLES, John.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition of Fowles' third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Phil Thayer - with gratitude and every good wish for the future - John Fowles, Regis, January 21st, 1970." With the bookplate of John Fowles to the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 97577
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First Edition of The Thin Red Line; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by James Jones
JONES, James.
The Thin Red Line.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1962.
First edition of Jones’ sequel to his first novel, From Here to Eternity. 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. Boldly signed by James Jones on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147502
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First Edition of Anne Tyler's The Accidental Tourist; Inscribed by Her to Fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy
TYLER, Anne.
The Accidental Tourist.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning writer William Kennedy on the title page, "For William Kennedy- with best wishes- Anne Tyler 7-5-86." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 130894
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First Edition of Seven Miles Down: The Story of the Bathyscaph Trieste; Signed by Jacques Piccard
PICCARD, Jacques and Robert S. Dietz.
Seven Miles Down: The Story of the Bathyscaph Trieste.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., Limited, 1962.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by legendary explorer Jacques Piccard on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Books signed by Piccard are rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 143057
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“AND HIS SOUL COULD NOT LEAVE HER, WHEREVER SHE WAS”: FIRST EDITION OF D.H. LAWRENCE’S SONS AND LOVERS
LAWRENCE, D.H.
Sons and Lovers.
London: Duckworth and Co, 1913.
First edition, first state of Lawrence's first important novel and today regarded as a masterpiece by many critics and is often regarded as his finest achievement. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 136001
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First Edition of John O'Hara's Pal Joey; Lengthily inscribed by Him
O'HARA, John.
Pal Joey.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940.
First edition of this classic novel, basis for the 1957 film starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sally Cooke, with every confidence and all good wishes for success in her new undertaking (and no cracks about undertaking). Sincerely, John O'Hara, Quoque. August 29, 1943." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the spine.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 121992
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“A word in earnest is as good as a speech": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Bleak House
DICKENS, Charles.
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury Evans, 1853.
First edition of this Dickens' classic. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engraved title page and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 141572
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"I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory": First Edition of Rory Stewart's The Places In Between; Lengthily inscribed by Him
STEWART, Rory.
The Places In Between.
London: Picador, 2004.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, "I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Rory Stewart.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 91569
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Photographic Print of Father Damian De Veuster; Signed by Mother Teresa
MOTHER TERESA,.
Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.
Photographic print of Father Damian de Veuster, recognized for his ministry to people with leprosy and venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Black and white photographic portrait of Father Damian De Veuster, boldly signed by Mother Teresa, "God bless you M Teresa mc." In fine condition with a very faint horizontal crease. The piece measures 8.5 inches by 12.5 inches. An uncommon autographed photo. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146846
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Rare Royal Appointment Signed by Queen Victoria
VICTORIA, Queen.
Queen Victoria Appointment Signed.
1842.
Rare signed signed by Queen Victoria on vellum, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 13 x 9, November 1, 1842. Queen Victoria appoints Archibald Richard Harene "to be Ensign in Our Ninety Seventh Regiment of Foot." Signed at the head by Queen Victoria. The affixed paper seal and blue ribbon are present. In very good condition. Double matted and framed, the document measures 13 inches by 9 inches. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 119348
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Rare First Edition of Amartya Sen's Choice of Techniques; Inscribed by Him
SEN, Amartya Kumar.
Choice of Techniques: An Aspect of the Theory of Planned Economic Development.
Oxford: Basil Blackford, 1960.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's dissertation. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed on the title page by Amartya Sen to a fellow economist. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 1049
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FOSSATI, George.
Raccolta di varie Favole Delineate, ed incise in Rame (Volume 4).
Venezia: Pecora, 1744.
First edition. Large Quarto. Tome Quatrieme (Volume 4), contemporary vellum. Thirty-six finely engraved plates printed in sepia. Text in parallel columns of Italian and French. Some shelfwear and soiling, generally clean and sound internally.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 1830
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"Since Adam and Eve ate the apple, man has never refrained from any folly of which he was capable": First edition of Bertrand Russell's History of the World in Epitome (For Use in Martian Infant Schools); signed by him
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
History of the World in Epitome (For Use in Martian Infant Schools).
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1962.
First edition of Russell's 21-word summary of human history, issued on the occasion of his 90th birthday and written in reaction to the Cuban missile crisis. 16 mo, original wrappers, illustrated by Franciszka Themerson. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 128355
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First Edition of Fiddler on the Roof; Inscribed by Sheldon Harnick
STEIN, Joseph.
Fiddler on the Roof.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1964.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the title page, "For Candy: Sheldon Harnick 12/16/15." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket drawing by Tom Morrow. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 131388
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"You will come in the future, and therefore these verses are written to you": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Inclusive edition 1885-1918; in the publisher's deluxe full vellum
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition 1885-1918.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.
First trade edition of the Inclusive Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Verse. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher's full vellum, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, titles in red and black. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 121882
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First Edition of Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer; Warmly Inscribed by Jacques Cousteau
COUSTEAU, Jacques.
Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer.
Monaco: Au Musee Oceanographique de Monaco, 1960.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Jacques Cousteau, "To Lob Taylor II en souvenir de la visite a Monaco- le 14/1/61 Tres cordialment, Jacques Cousteau." Illustrated by F.-Ch. Francois Roux. In very good condition. Introduction by Jacques Cousteau.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138002
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"What use, after all is Man, if not to teach God His lessons?"; First Edition of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus; Lengthily Signed by Him
SHAFFER, Peter.
Amadeus.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1980.
First edition of the playwright's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "What use, after all is man, if not to teach God His lessons?" Peter Shaffer." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Front cover photograph by Nobby Clark.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 128746
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Signed Limited Edition of Hall's The Well of Loneliness
HALL, Radclyffe .
The Well of Loneliness.
New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1929.
Signed limited edition of this classic work, one of only 225 copies. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, frontispiece to volume one. Signed by Radclyffe Hall. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 141326
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First Edition of Andrew Carnegie's The Empire of Business
CARNEGIE, Andrew.
The Empire of Business.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Carnegie. In good condition. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 42664
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First Edition of The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics; Inscribed by Roger Penrose
PENROSE, Roger.
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, which won The Science Book Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by on the title page, "For John Rogers Roger Penrose with extreme apologies for the absurd delay 15 Nov. 2016." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Martin Gardner. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147818
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“Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant": First Edition of John Muir's Travels in Alaska
MUIR, John.
Travels in Alaska.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in white, color illustrated paper cover label, top edge gilt. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with a small chip to the front panel.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 125110
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First Edition of Robert K. Merton's Social Theory and Social Structure; inscribed by Him
MERTON, Robert K.
Social Theory and Social Structure.
Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1949.
First edition of this landmark work in sociology. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Fred, your friend for quite some time, Bob." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and wear. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 126746
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First edition of M. A Racinet's masterpiece Le Costume Historique
RACINET, Auguste.
Le Costume Historique. Cinq Cents Planches, Trois Cents En Couleurs, or et Argent, Deux Cents en Camaieu.
Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot Et C, 1888.
First edition of Racinet's monumental work on the history of clothing which took 12 years to complete. Folio, six volumes bound in full buckram with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 500 plates including 300 chromolithographic plates in color decorated with gold and silver and 200 in monochrome. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135242
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Rare second revised and enlarged edition of Giles' monumental Chinese-English Dictionary
GILES, Herbert A.
A Chinese-English Dictionary.
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, & Yokahama: Kelly & Walsh, Limited and London: Bernard Quaritch, 1912.
Finley bound second revised and enlarged edition of Giles' monumental work, the first Chinese–English encyclopedic dictionary published. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, rebacked, all edges marbled. The present enlarged edition contains the original 13,848 Chinese character head entries alphabetically collated by Beijing Mandarin pronunciation romanized in the Wade–Giles system with the addition of 67 entries and numerous usage examples. In very good condition. Exceptionally clean internally. A nice example of the most complete Chinese-English dictionary ever published.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138229
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"I realized that most people actually encourage you to turn bad. They seem to think that if you don't, you'll never get anywhere in the world": First edition in English of Natsume Sōseki's Botchan
SōSEKI, Natsume .
Botchan (Master Darling).
Tokyo: Ogawa Seibundo, 1918.
First edition in English of one of the most popular novels in Japan. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Yasotaro Morri. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 123022
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Finely Bound Example of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln
TARBELL, Ida M.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln.
New York: Lincoln History Society, 1909.
Bound set of Tarbell's classic biography of President Lincoln. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Lincoln to the front panel, frontispiece portraits, one in color, illustrated with reproductions of original paintings and photographs, marbled endpapers. In good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129092
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"The real measure is the success or fall of the climber to triumph, not over a lifeless mountain, but over themself": First Edition of The Ascent of Everest; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HUNT, John; Edmund Hillary.
The Ascent of Everest.
London: Hodder & Houghton, 1953.
First edition of this account of the 1953 British conquest of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with eight color photographic plates, 48 half-tone plates and many in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches. Boldly signed by Edmund Hillary on the half-title page in a contemporary hand. Chapter 16 is Sir Edmund Hillary’s stirring account of the final part of the climb, and the appendices are by members of the expedition. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144001
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past": First American Edition of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
ORWELL, George.
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949.
First American edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Caricature of Orwell on the rear panel by George Holland.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146209
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First Edition of the Author’s National Book Award-Winning Novel; Inscribed by Bernard Malamud
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Fixer.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of the author's fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ida and Marshall With all good wishes Bern." Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light wear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 111937
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The Heart Has Its Reasons: The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor; Inscribed by Her to Ambassador Henry Taylor and with an original telegram
THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR,.
The Heart Has Its Reasons: The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor.
New York: David McKay Company, 1956.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Fay and Harry with my love and devoted friendship Wallis Windsor." With a Holiday Greetings from Western Union from Edward Wallis to the recipients laid in. The recipient, Henry Junior Taylor was an economist, author, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your Land and Mine, on which he was known for his conservative…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144117
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First Edition of Robert E. Lucas' Lectures on Economic Growth; Inscribed by Him
LUCAS, Robert E.
Lectures on Economic Growth.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 2002.
First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970" (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John with best wishes, Robert E. Lucas, Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142089
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Rare Autograph Note Signed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier
LE CORBUSIER,.
Le Corbusier Autograph Note Signed.
Rare autograph note signed and dated by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, "Le Corbusier 19 Nov 59." In fine condition. Double matted and framed with a photographic portrait of Le Corbusier. The entire piece measures 17.25 inches by 16.25 inches.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 109585
