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First Edition of Joan Didion's Salvador; Signed by Her
DIDION, Joan.
Salvador.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.
First edition of this classic work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124791
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“MODERN MAN HAS LOST THE OPTION OF SILENCE”: First Edition of William Burroughs' The Ticket That Exploded; Signed by Him
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Ticket That Exploded.
London: The Olympia Press, 1962.
First edition, first printing. Octavo, original green wrappers. Signed by William Burroughs on the title page. In fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 5719
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"Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind": First Edition of Middlesex; Lengthily Inscribed by Jeffrey Eugenides
EUGENIDES, Jeffrey.
Middlesex.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John, "Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind." Eugenides." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell. Jacket photograph by Marc Yankus.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 126292
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William Augustus Henderson's The Housekeeper's Instructor; from the library of American journalist William Safire
HENDERSON, W. A. [William Safire].
The Housekeeper’s Instructor; Or, Universal Family-Cook: Being a Full and Clear Display in all its Branches… To Which is Added, The Complete Art of Carving.
London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, [1823].
Early printing of Henderson's bestselling English cookery book. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with engravings, lacking the frontispiece, one plate and with loss to another plate. Corrected and revised by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. From the library of William Safire, although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123841
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First edition of Richard Sale's The Oscar; inscribed by him
SALE, Richard.
The Oscar.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.
First edition of the author and director's explosive novel, later adapted into the 1966 film of the same name starring Tony Bennet, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, and Frank Sinatra. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ysidra and Thelusa amigos viejos con amor Richard Sale." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Author photograph by Mary Loos.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 127539
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First Edition of Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe; Warmly Inscribed by Her in the year of publication
FLAGG, Fannie.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
New York: Random House, 1987.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Nov. 1987 For Mia- Best Wishes from "Susie Sweetwater" Fannie Flagg." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133206
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First edition of Tyranny of the Status Quo; Signed 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. Boldly signed by Milton and Rose Friedman on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lem Rauk/ Visible Ink. Jacket photography by Frank Castro and Associates.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147053
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Rare Taj Mahal Postcard Signed by Jawaharlal Nehru
NEHRU, Jawaharlal.
Jawaharlal Nehru Postcard Signed.
Dariba, Delhi: Lal Chand & Sons, Photographers, n.d.
Rare autograph postcard signed by the first prime minister of India. Octodecimo, Lal Chand & Sons postcard featuring a photograph of the Taj Garden Agra from General View. Signed by Jawaharlal Nehru on the righthand side. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146905
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First Edition of W.H. Russell's My Diary: North and South
RUSSELL, William Howard.
My Diary: North and South.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1863.
First edition of this work by Russell. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, folding map in volume one. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137554
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“People can't hear anything except when it's nonsense. Then they hear every word. If you try to talk sense, they think you don't mean it, or don't know anything anyway, or it's not true, or it's against religion": First Edition of Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of Fools; Signed by Her
PORTER, Katherine Anne.
Ship of Fools.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1962.
First edition of this classic bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize winner which dramatizes the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s in a sweeping story of a transatlantic cruise featuring a cast of unforgettable characters. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Katherine Porter on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rob Howard. Photograph of Katherine Anne Porter by Arthur B. Long. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell case.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142403
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First Edition of M.F.K. Fisher's Here Let Us Feast; Signed by Her
FISHER, M.F.K.
Here Let Us Feast: A Book of Banquets.
New York: The Viking Press, 1946.
First edition of Fisher's classic fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by M.F.K. Fisher on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. A very sharp example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124637
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"ONE OF THE GREAT CHARACTERS OF MODERN FICTION": FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF KAZANTZAKIS’ ZORBA THE GREEK
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos [Kazantzaki].
Alexis Zorba ou le Rivage de Crete [Zorba The Greek].
Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1947.
First French edition of Zorba the Greek, published one year after the first Greek edition and six years prior to the first English translation. Octavo, original wrappers. Kazantzakis traveled to Paris frequently throughout his life and spoke French fluently. From 1902 Kazantzakis studied law at the University of Athens, then went to Paris in 1907 to study philosophy. Here he fell under the influence of Henri Bergson. His 1909 dissertation was titled "Friedrich Nietzsche on the Philosophy of Right and the State." In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 4634
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First edition of Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel; bound in a unique full morocco binding
DU MAURIER, Daphne.
My Cousin Rachel.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1951.
First edition of Daphne du Maurier’s classic mystery-romance. Octavo, bound in full morocco to mimic a lady's riding jacket with three jeweled buttons. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 129038
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The Aldine Edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Poetical Works
CHAUCER, Geoffrey.
The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1886.
Finely bound Aldine edition of this collection of brilliant poetical works. Octavo, six volumes, bound in three quarter brown calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within five raised gilt bands, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, decorated with botanical headpieces, tailpieces, and initials throughout. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, light toning to the text blocks, and a bookplate to the front pastedown of Vol. VI. Edited by Richard Morris LLD with Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145246
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FIRST EDITION OF J.M. KEYNES' A REVISION OF THE TREATY; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
A Revision of the Treaty. Being A Sequel To The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1922.
First edition of Keynes' classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146084
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First Edition of Richard Posner's The Economics of Justice; Inscribed by Him
POSNER, Richard A.
The Economics of Justice.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981.
First edition of Posner's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Roger with all best wishes Dick Posner." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 85890
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First Edition of James Goldsmith's Counter Culture; Inscribed by Him to Economist Peter L. Bernstein
GOLDSMITH, James M. [Peter L. Bernstein].
Counter Culture.
London: W.H. Allen, 1985.
First edition of this work by Goldsmith. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Peter all best wishes Jimmy." The recipient Peter L. Bernstein, was a financial historian, economist and educator whose development and refinement of the efficient-market hypothesis made him one of the country's best known authorities in popularizing and presenting investment economics to the general public. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133538
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Rare first edition of Hornblower One More Time; signed by Alexander Kent
FORESTER, C.S. [Alexander Kent].
Hornblower One More Time.
Tacoma: The Non-Profit Press, 1976.
First edition of this collection of three Hornblower stories never before published in book form. Octavo, original boards, cartographic endpapers. One of 25 numbered copies signed by Alexander Kent of an edition of 350 numbered copies. Additionally one of 15 copies with one of the co-sponsors' gilt names to the front panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 131908
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Rare Rudyard Kipling Ephemera Collection
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Ephemera Collection.
Rare collection of Rudyard Kipling ephemera from the collection of William Britton Stitt including his membership card to The Kipling Society, letters of correspondence between him and the President of The Kipling Society, newspaper clippings, articles, postcards, pamphlets and separate editions of Kipling stories and poems. In very good condition. A unique collection.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 122487
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"For Teddy Kollek who inspired this book and without whom 'A Will to Survive' would never have been written": First edition of A Will to Survive; warmly inscribed by John Philips to the mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kolleck who contributed the book's afterword
PHILLIPS, John. Foreword by Golda Meir. Afterword by Teddy Kollek.
A Will To Survive. Israel: The Faces of Terror 1948 The Faces of Hope Today.
New York: The Dial Press/James Wade, 1977.
First edition of the renowned photojournalist's remarkable portrait of the people of Israel. Quarto, original wrappers, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Foreword by Golda Meir. Afterword by Teddy Kollek. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Teddy Kollek, who contributed the afterword, in the year of publication, "For Teddy Kollek who inspired this book and without whom 'A Will to Survive' would never have been written. With sincere best wishes John Phillips Jerusalem April.21.77." The recipient, Teddy Kollek, was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993 and founded the Jerusalem Foundation…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 119901
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Finely bound collection of stories and poems from Little Folks Magazine; featuring Arthur Rackham's first printed colour plate
[RACKHAM, Arthur].
Little Folks: A Magazine For Young People.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1899.
Finley bound collection in book form of stories and poems from Little Folks Magazine, featuring Arthur "Rackham's 1st printed colour plate" (Riall, p. 212), Up a Tree, used as the frontispiece. Quarto, Vol. II, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with numerous full page and in-text illustrations including 6 coloured plates. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142843
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First Edition of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Signed Four Times by Jacket Illustrator Thomas Taylor and with an illustration
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 2022.
First edition of the 25th anniversary edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Thomas Taylor. Signed four times by jacket illustrator Thomas Taylor, on the half-title page with a drawing of glasses, on the jacket panel, on the book front panel and on the rear jacket panel. At the time of the book’s publication in 1996, Thomas Taylor had just graduated from art school and was working at Heffers Children’s Bookshop in Cambridge. At Heffers, Taylor…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144071
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"From within the earth's bitter disgrace, coldness and barrenness my friend the moon rises: she is beautiful tonight, but when is she not beautiful?": First Edition of Poems 1962-2012; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Author Louise Gluck
GLUCK, Louise.
Poems 1962-2012.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
First edition of this collection of poems by the Nobel Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed Louise Gluck on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gretchen Achilles.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146120
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First Edition of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Scherz, List und Rache [Jest, Cunning, and Revenge]
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von.
Scherz, List und Rache. [Jest, Cunning, and Revenge].
Leipzig: Bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1790.
First edition of this libretto in the original German. Octodecimo, in wrappers. In near fine condition with very light toning. Housed in a custom folding chemise and half cloth case. Rare.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145573
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Signed Limited Edition of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts
HARDY, Thomas.
The Dynasts.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1927.
Signed limited edition, one of 525 examples. Quarto, bound in half vellum over boards. Signed by Thomas Hardy in volume I. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133285
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"One of the best musicals of the century": Original tour program from the 1961 U.S. tour of My Fair Lady starring Ronald Drake and Caroline Dixon
LERNER, Alan Jay. Music by Frederick Loewe.
Original My Fair Lady Tour Program.
New York: Kal Efron, .
Original program from the 1961 U.S. tour of My Fair Lady starring Ronald Drake and Caroline Dixon. Quarto, illustrated with photographs. Signed and inscribed by Ronald Drake, Margaret Bannerman, Marie Paxton, Charles Vistory, Hugh Dempster, and Katharine Hynes. In very good condition. A unique example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 95285
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Large format lithograph of the Lincoln family by American engraver George Stinson
STINSON, George. [Abraham Lincoln].
The Lincoln Family George Stinson Original Lithograph.
Portland, ME: George Stinson and Co., Publishers, 1871.
Large format lithograph of the Lincoln family by American engraver George Stinson. Framed. The entire piece measures 27.5 inches by 20.5 inches.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 135435
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"But for a dog That kept its head": Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline's Rescue; Inscribed by Him
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline’s Rescue.
New York: The Viking Press, 1955.
First edition, early printing of the second book in the Madeline series, which went on to win the Caldecott Medal in 1954. Thin quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Linda with love Ludwig Bemelmans Christmas 1955." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146919
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"The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is": First Edition of The Conservationist; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
The Conservationist.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974.
First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the rare wrap around band present. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 100101
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First Editions of Time on the Cross; Inscribed by both Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman
FOGEL, Robert William and Stanley L. Engerman.
Time On The Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery & Time On the Cross Evidence and Methods. Two Volumes.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974.
First edition of this work which attracted widespread attention in the media and generated heated controversy and criticism for its methodology and conclusions. Octavo, original brown cloth, 2 volumes. Both volumes are inscribed by both authors to the same recipient. Volume one is near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine tips. Volume two is near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sarah L. Bindari.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 2415
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Uncorrected Proof of Saramago's The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Signed by Him
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
Uncorrected proof of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original blue wrappers. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 2631
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First Edition of Sexual Behavior in the Human Female; Signed by Alfred C. Kinsey and Wardell Pomeroy
KINSEY, Alfred C..
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1953.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Boldly signed by Alfred C. Kinsey and Wardell B. Pomeroy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 21049
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First Edition of Leonard Bernstein's The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard; Inscribed by Him
BERNSTEIN, Leonard.
The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976.
First edition of this work by the legendary composer. Oblong, quarto, original illustrated boards, original slipcase, original records enclosed. Inscribed by the Leonard Bernstein on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 44062
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LIMITED SPONSOR'S EDITION OF JOHN MARSHALL’S LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON; SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR PHILEMON TECUMSEH SHERMAN
MARSHALL, John [George Washington].
The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States.
New York: WM. H. Wise & Co, 1925.
Sponsor's edition of Marshall’s magisterial biography of Washington; specially prepared for Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, five volumes bound in full leatherette, tissue-guarded frontispieces in each volume, illustrated with several tissue-guarded plates in each volume. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities and spine of each volume. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145735
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First Edition of Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
RACKHAM, Arthur. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures.
New York: The Century Co, n.d.
First edition of this collection Rackham's favorite illustrations, compiled by him. Quarto, bound in full morocco, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 44 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white illustrations.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 132858
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"Let justice be done, though the heavens fall": First Edition of Oliver Stone's JFK: The Documented Screenplay; Signed by Him
STONE, Oliver and Zachary Sklar.
JFK: The Documented Screenplay.
New York: Applause Books, 1992.
First edition of this work which was the basis for the award-winning film. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133276
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"Let us now praise famous men - men of little showing": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co.
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Stalky & Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1899.
First British edition of Kipling's collection of school stories. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt medallion displaying an elephant to the from panel, top edge gilt. In fine condition. From the library of George Barr McCutcheon with his bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 96106
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First Edition of Gandhi's Autobiography; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GANDHI, Mahatma K.
Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.
London: Phoenix Press, 1949.
First edition of Gandhi's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Translated by Mahadev Desai.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134231
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"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true": First Edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls in the Original First-Issue Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
First edition with Scribner's A of the novel that is regarded as one of Hemingway’s best works. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a good unrestored second-issue price-clipped dust jacket. Bookplate.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137027
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“But women can bear anything better than desertion. Cruelty is bad, but neglect is worse than cruelty, and desertion worse even than neglect": First Edition of Anthony Trollope's The Claverings
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Claverings.
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1867.
First edition of this work by Trollope. Octavo, two volumes, bound in half leather. In very good condition. With Sixteen Illustrations by M. Ellen Edwards.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110699
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FIRST EDITION OF EDNA FERBER'S CLASSIC WORK GIANT; SIGNED BY HER
FERBER, Edna.
Giant.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1952.
First edition of this "powerful story...truly as big as its subject" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edna Ferber. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Fred McCarroll.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 114531
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"All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they took photographs": First Edition of Pale Fire
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Pale Fire.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.
First edition of this “witty, ironic and complex tour de force” (Hart, 521). Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140076
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First Edition of Financial Economics: Essays in Honor of Paul Cootner; Signed by William Sharpe and Robert Solow
SHARPE, William F. and Cathryn M. Cootner[Robert S. Solow].
Financial Economics: Essays in Honor of Paul Cootner.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1982.
First edition of this collection of essays in honor of the famed economist. Quarto, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economists William Sharpe and Robert Solow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 143055
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“Without attention, the human sense of wonder and the holy will stir occasionally, but to become a steady flame it must be tended": First Edition of the Religions of Man; Inscribed by Huston Smith
SMITH, Huston.
The Religions of Man.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of the author's masterpiece and one of the most widely used college textbooks on comparative religion. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Huston Smith on the half title page. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare and desirable signed by Huston Smith.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 1350
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"HOLD FAST TO DREAMS For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly": First Edition of Langston Hughes's The Dream Keeper
HUGHES, Langston.
The Dream Keeper.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1949.
First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Helen Sewell. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Helen Sewell. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 125808
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First Edition of Muriel Spark's The Mandelbaum Gate; Signed by Her
SPARK, Muriel.
The Mandelbaum Gate.
London: Macmillan, 1965.
First edition of this classic novel by Spark. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 57014
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Rare Photograph of Hollywood Couple Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier; Signed by both
LEIGH, Vivien; Laurence Olivier.
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier Signed Photograph.
n.p., n.d..
Rare candid photograph of the famous Hollywood couple. Candid black and white photograph depicting Laurence Olivier holding an arm around Vivien Leigh as they smile warmly at one another. Signed in blue ink by both Leigh (left) and Olivier (right). In very good condition. The piece measures 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146612
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“WE MUST STEP INTO HISTORY AT SOME MOMENT OF TIME AND IN THE PROCESS DO VIOLENCE TO ITS ESSENTIAL CONTINUITY”: First Edition of The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Douglass C. North
NORTH, Douglass C. and Robert Paul Thomas.
The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History.
New York/ Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Douglass C. North on the front free endpaper. Light rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 15036
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First edition of Ralph Nading Hill's Robert Fulton and the Steamboat; signed by the 40th president of the United States Ronald Reagan
HILL, Ralph Nading. [Ronald Reagan].
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat.
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the author's compelling work on the inventor of the world's first commercially successful steamboat. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Lee Ames. Signed by Ronald Reagan on the half-title page. Ronald Wilson Reagan served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975. When Reagan left office in 1989, he held an approval rating of 68%, matching those of Franklin…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137258
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Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.
Lord Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888.
Finely bound example of Macaulay's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a view of ancient Rome. In very good condition. Bookplate and ownership inscription.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138642
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First Edition of Jose Saramago's Nobel Lecture; Inscribed by Him
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Discursos De Estocolmo [Nobel Lecture].
Lisbon: Caminho, 1999.
First edition of the author's Nobel Prize speech given in 1998. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed and dated by the author in Portuguese. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 1503
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First Edition of Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey; Signed by Ali and Photographer Howard L. Bingham in the year of publication
ALI, Muhammad.
Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this photographic record of Muhammad Ali's career. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with numerous photographs by Howard L. Bingham of or concerning Muhammad Ali. Signed by both Muhammad Ali and photographer Howard L. Bingham on the title page in the year of publication, "Howard L. Bingham 10-5-93" and "Muhammad Ali 10-5-93." Introductions by Muhammad and Lonni Ali, Bill & Camille Cosby, Jim Murray, Gordon Parks, George Plimpton, Alvin F. Poussaint, Budd Schulberg, Ralph Wiley, and A.S. "Doc" Young. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Littman.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144185
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"For Burt Reynolds whos 'the end' is one of the funniest films ever made!": Death Is A Lonely Business; Lengthily Inscribed by Ray Bradbury to Actor Burt Reynolds
BRADBURY, Ray [Burt Reynolds].
Death Is A Lonely Business.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First edition, second printing of this classic murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "4/7/87 For Burt Reynolds whos 'the end' is one of the funniest films ever made! Thanks from Ray Bradbury." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145612
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First Edition of Frantz Fanon's Studies in a Dying Colonialism
FANON, Frantz.
Studies in a Dying Colonialism.
New York: Monthly REview Press, 1965.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ernest Socolov. Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier. Introduction by Adolpho Gilly.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 129464
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Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth Rare with Original Dust Jacket; Signed by Vivien Leigh
WILDER, Thornton [Vivien Leigh].
The Skin of Our Teeth: Play in Three Acts.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942.
Early edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Octavo, original cloth and labels. Signed by actress Vivien Leigh on the front free endpaper. One of the most iconic actresses of the 20th century, known particularly for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 epic film 'Gone with the Wind,' Leigh was lauded for her talent in acting, winning multiple awards for Best Actress across her years in film. Leigh was already well-established by the time she accepted the role of Lily Sabina in Thornton Wilder's play, 'The Skin of Our Teeth,' which she performed in between work on 'Caesar and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145370
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Both First and Second Editions of the Golfer's Rubáiyát
BOYNTON, Henry Walcott.
Two Editions of the Golfer’s Rubaiyat.
Chicago/ New York: Herbert S. Stone/ Duffield, 1901, 1907.
Both the first and second editions of the Golfer's Rubaiyat. Octavo, original cloth, two volumes, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 75645
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's House of Light
OLIVER, Mary .
House of Light.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1990.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Cover design by Dede Cummings. Rare.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146866
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Scarce Printing of Three Historical Memoranda
Historical Memoranda. I. The Number and Density of the Population of Ancient Palestine. II. The Jewish Population in Palestine from the Fall of the Jewish State to the Beginning of Zionist Pioneering. III. The Waves of Jewish Migration into Palestine (640-1882).
Jerusalem: [General Council (Vaad Leumi) of the Jewish Community of Palestine], 1947.
Scarce printing of this historical record. Octavo, original wrappers, rebacked, illustrated with five folding lithographed maps. In good condition with toning to the front and rear panels, first and last leaves, white marking to the spine, institutional stamps to the title page, final leaf, and final map.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146805
