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Rare 17th century map of America and the state of Florida by Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa
VAN DER AA, Pieter.
La Floride, Suirvant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l’Academie Royale des Sciences, etc. [17th Century Map of Florida and America].
Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, [1713].
Rare 17th century hand-colored engraved map of Florida and 17th century America by Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa. One page, the engraved hand-colored map features Florida, part of Mexico, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and Illinois, Native American territories of Conchaques, Apalachicoli, and Apalache, Villages of the Chaktas Indians, and the Bahamas. Embellished cartouche. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. A very nice example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138431
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Rare finely bound example of John Dunton's Letters From New-England
DUNTON, John.
John Dunton’s Letters From New-England.
Boston: Printed For the Society, 1867.
The Prince Society edition of Dunton's letters from New England. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. One of twenty numbered copies printed on large paper, this is number 5. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135164
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Deluxe limited Sauret edition of the complete works of Apollinaire
APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume.
Oeuvres Poétiques de Guillaume Apollinaire.
Paris: André Sauret , 1965.
Deluxe illustrated Sauret edition of the works of Guillaume Apollinaire. Quartos, 5 volumes, bound in full black pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with colored engravings. Limited edition, one of 95 sets produced, this is number 88. Each volume housed in the original custom marbled slipcase. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 94694
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"I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court": First Edition of Out Of Order; Inscribed by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day.
Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court.
New York: Random House, 2013.
First edition of this collection of stories from the history of the Supreme Court by the first female justice. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs, paintings, and court drawings. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Michael Addy with good wishes- Sandra D O'Connor." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anna Bauer.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145146
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Autobiography, Living to Tell the Tale; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Living To Tell the Tale.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author's memoir. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 110799
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First illustrated edition of The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
WILDE, Oscar. With Woodcuts by Frans Masereel.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1925.
First illustrated edition of this rare Wilde title. Royal octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with woodcuts by Frans Masereel. One of 450 numbered copies, this is number 16. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139325
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"I am not my body. My body is nothing without me": First Edition of Rock ‘n’ Roll; Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom.
Rock ‘n’ Roll.
New York: Faber & Faber, 2006.
First edition of "one of the great political plays in the English language (John Peter). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by AKA.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 141491
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Roderick Field. Author photograph by Morris Zwi.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129195
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First Edition of Richard Bach's Biplane; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BACH, Richard.
Biplane.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.
First edition of the author's classic second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John! Happy Flying, always Richard Bach." Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133181
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"I was born to a vocation to bear witness to the great mysteries": First edition of Ararat; inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück
GLUCK, Louise.
Ararat.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, "For ____ ____ with best wishes Louise Gluck." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Näher.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138219
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Fine Nineteenth Century Map of the Chinese Empire by Renowned cartographer Conrad Malte-Brun
MALTE-BRUN, Conrad [China].
Empire Chinois et Japon. [Nineteenth Century Conrad Malte-Brun Map of the Chinese Empire] [China].
Paris: 1812.
Fine detailed nineteenth century map of China by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun. One page. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 14.75 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137350
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Signed Limited Edition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time
BALDWIN, James; Schapiro.
The Fire Next Time.
Koln: Taschen, 2019.
Signed limited edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Quarto, original boards, photographs by Steve Schapiro. In fine condition. Introduction by John Lewis. Boldly signed by Steve Schapiro.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137029
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"Author of this author, generous critic, and loyal helper, who reads my books more often than anyone else": First Edition of Portrait of A Romantic; Inscribed by Steven Millhauser to His Mother
MILLHAUSER, Steven.
Portrait of a Romantic.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Mother on the front free endpaper, "For Mom, author of this author, generous critic, and loyal helper, who reads my books more often than anyone else Steven." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146451
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First Edition of Jack Nicklaus's My Most Memorable Shots; Signed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Most Memorable Shots In the Majors.
New York: Golf Digest Book, 1988.
First edition of this classic work by the Golden Bear. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jack Nicklaus on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Ken Bowden. Illustrations by Jim McQueen. Foreword by Barbara Nicklaus.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146898
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First Edition of Farewell to Manzanar; Signed by James D. Houston
HOUSTON, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D.
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, a powerful true story of life in a Japanese American incarceration camp. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by co-author, "James D. Houston Sacramento June 4, 1997" on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147036
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"Failure is not an option": Apollo 13 Photograph; Inscribed by Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot
KRANZ, Gene and Sy Liebergot.
Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.
April 13, 1970.
Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA’s heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz, "Eugene F. Kranz, 'Flight,'" and Seymour Liebergot, "'We may have had an instrumentation problem, Flight.' 4/13/70, Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM." Ironically, the station anomaly was far greater than any instrumentation malfunction Liebergot could believe. In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147225
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First Edition of Schirra's Space; Inscribed by Captain Wally M. Schirra, Jr. and Jack Lousma; Signed by Mario Runco, Bill Shepherd, Bill Readdy, and Alan Shepard
SCHIRRA, Captain Walter M. Jr [Wally]; Richard N. Billings; Jack Lousma; Mario Runco; Bill Shepherd; Bill Readdy; Alan Shepard.
Schirra’s Space.
Boston: Quinlan Press, 1988.
First edition of this revealing autobiography of Captain Walter M. Schirra, Jr. Octavo, original blue boards, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Wally Schirra and Jack Lousma on the front free endpaper and also signed by astronauts Mario Runco, Bill Shepherd, Bill Readdy, and Alan Shepard. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Hannus Design Associates and front jacket painting by Robert Peak.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147678
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First Edition of Will Durant's Transition: A Mental Autobiography; Signed by Him
DURANT, Will.
Transition: A Mental Autobiography.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Will Durant on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 125898
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First Edition of Travesìa del Horizonte; Signed by Javier Marias
MARIAS, Javier.
Travesìa del Horizonte.
Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia, 1972.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3368
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First Edition of Young Pillars; Signed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Young Pillars.
Anderson, IN: The Warner Press, 1958.
First edition of this early work by the legendary creator of Peanuts. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Charles Schulz on the title page. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 5620
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First Edition of Czeslaw Milosz's Emperor of the Earth: Modes of Eccentric Vision; Signed by Him
MILOSZ, Czeslaw.
Emperor of the Earth: Modes of Eccentric Vision.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Czeslaw Milosz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by John E. Johnson, Jr. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142084
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First Edition of Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience; Signed by Ben Bernanke and Frederic Mishkin
BERNANKE, Ben S; Thomas Laubach; Frederic S. Mishkin and Adam S. Posen.
Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.
First edition of this ground breaking study. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Ben Bernanke and Frederic Mishkin on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 44019
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First Edition of Advances in Behavioral Finance; Signed by Richard Thaler
THALER, Richard H. Edited by.
Advances in Behavioral Finance.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.
First edition of this collection of essays on behavioral finance. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contributors include Richard H. Thaler, Robert J. Shiller, Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence H. Summers, Kenneth French and Richard Roll.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133580
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"This faint resemblance of thy charms, though strong as mortal art could give": Finely bound collection of the Poems of Lord Byron, each accompanied by an elaborately engraved plate
LORD BYRON. DRAWINGS BY CHALON, Leslie.
Heath’s Illustrations to the Works of Lord Byron, From Drawings by The First Artists.
London: A. Fullarton, And Co, c.1830.
Finely bound example of the poems of Lord Byron, each accompanied by a period engraving. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over decorative boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece engraved portrait of Lord Byron. Illustrated with 36 full page engraved plates. In very good condition with the plates bright and crisp.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 95864
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"No artist lives and loves, that longs not Once, and only once, and for one only": First edition of Robert Browning's Men and Women
BROWNING, Robert.
Men and Women.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1855.
First edition of one of Browning's finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 136291
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Rare First Edition of Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story
MERIWETHER, Louise [Rosa Parks].
Don’t Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this children's book, which tells the The Rosa Parks story. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by David Scott Brown. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137547
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First Edition of Revolution On Wall Street; Inscribed by All Three Authors
BLUME, Marshall E.
Revolution On Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993.
First edition of this informative history of the New York Stock Exchange. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by all three authors on the front free endpaper, "To Barbara and David Holmes The pride of the Franklin Inn! Dan Rottenberg, Jeremy Siegel and Marshall E. Blume." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Greco.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138057
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First Edition of Roberto Bolano's The Savage Detectives; Signed by Translator Natasha Wimmer
BOLANO, Roberto.
The Savage Detectives.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
First edition of this modern classic, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the translator Natasha Wimmer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral. Jacket lettering by Jennifer van Dalsen. Translated from Spanish by Natasha Wimmer.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146485
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Beverly Cleary's Ramona and Her Father; inscribed by her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Ramona and Her Father.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977.
First edition, early printing of the fourth book in Cleary's Ramona Quimby series; a 1978 Newbery Honor Book. Octavo, original boards. Illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jennifer Hall - Happy reading! Beverly Cleary." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117994
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First Edition of William Shirer's End of a Berlin Diary; Inscribed by Him
SHIRER, William L.
End of a Berlin Diary.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
First edition of the sequel to Shirer's acclaimed Berlin Diary. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Gareth L. Pawlowski- William L. Shirer." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118341
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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, Saul.
Herzog.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1965.
First British edition of the author's second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally S. from S. Bellow Best wishes Oct 10 '91 Chicago, Ill." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118261
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"I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something": First Edition of The Ginger Man; Signed by J.P. Donleavy
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
New York: McDowell, Obelensky, 1958.
First American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "J.P. Donleavy Washington D.C. March 1994." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alfred Manso. A bright example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3965
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Whatever Was, Was Right; Inscribed by Lynn Thorndike
THORDIKE, Lynn .
Whatever Was, Was Right.
American Historical Review, 1956.
First separate edition of the Presidential address read at the annual dinner of the American Historical Association, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "To Dr. H. Justin Ross from Lynn Thorndike." In very good condition, one page of underlining. Books signed by Thorndike are rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129202
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First Edition of Hilary Putnam's Renewing Philosophy; Inscribed by Him
PUTNAM, Hilary.
Renewing Philosophy.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Hilary Putnam on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 15027
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First Edition of Amartya Sen's Employment, Technology and Development; Signed by Him
SEN, Amartya.
Employment, Technology and Development.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amartya Sen on a slip attached to the front pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133812
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“I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals": First Edition of on & off the fairway a pictorial autobiography; Inscribed by Jack Nicklaus in the year of Publication
NICKLAUS, Jack.
On & Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
First edition of this work by the golfing legend. Quarto, original half-cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Allen-Williams Best Wishes Jack Nicklaus 1978." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145390
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.
First edition of Kipling's Second Jungle Book. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignette to the front panel, all edges gilt, pictorial title pages, illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Contemporary ownership inscription.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119977
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First edition of W. Somerset Maugham's A Writer's Notebook; from the library of Raymond Chandler
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. [Raymond Chandler].
A Writer’s Notebook.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1949.
First trade edition of Maugham’s semi-autobiographical confessional. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, top edge red, frontispiece portrait of Maugham by Sir Gerald Kelly. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front free endpaper: Raymond Chandler 6005 Camino de la Costa La Jolla, California OCT 13 1949. Subsequently from the library of Chandler's personal secretary, fiancé, and muse Jean Vounder-Davis, with her ownership inscription to the front free endpaper beneath Chandler's library stamp, "Jean Vounder-Davis 1418 Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla California." Raymond Chandler was a pivotal figure in 20th-century American literature, renowned for his contributions to…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147738
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First edition of Henry Adams' A Letter to American Teachers of History; signed by him
ADAMS, Henry.
A Letter to American Teachers of History.
Washington, D.C.: Privately Printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co. Baltimore, 1910.
First edition of Adams' classic treatise on education. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Henry Adams at the conclusion of the introduction. From the library of Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. was an American scientist and physician. He discovered that streptococcus can cause rheumatic fever and nephritic syndrome, for which, he received the Lasker Award. He was a longtime professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In near fine condition. Bookplate. A nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131944
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First Edition of On the Mines; Signed by Photographer David Goldblatt
GOLDBLATT, David; Nadine Gordimer.
On the Mines.
Capetown: Struik Press, 1973.
First edition of the photographer's first book. Quarto, original cloth. Signed by David Goldblatt on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some of the usual rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 85243
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Mark Twain's The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day; from the library of Arthur Balfour's younger brother Cecil Balfour and subsequently American journalist William Safire
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel Clemens] and Charles Dudley Warner.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day.
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1878.
Early printing of Twain and Dudley's satirical work on greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America which has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, fully illustrated from new designs by Hoppins, Stephens, Williams, White, et al. In very good condition. Bound for and from the library of Cecil C. Balfour, the younger brother of Arthur Balfour. British Conservative statesman Arthur Balfour served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 127448
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First Edition of George F. Kennan's Nuclear Delusion; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
KENNAN, George F.
Nuclear Delusion: Soviet-American Relations in the Atomic Age.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1982.
First edition of this Kennan work, which reviews the complex issues that must be addressed if the United States is to make rational, prudent decisions about future nuclear weapons systems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to is sister Constance Lathrop Kennan on the front free endpaper, "For Con with love, George, 'The Farm' Oct. 16, 1982." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135232
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Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of Leonard Bernstein: A Complete Catalogue of His Works; compiled by him and with his ownership signature
[BERNSTEIN, Leonard]. Compiled by Jack Gottlieb.
Leonard Bernstein: A Complete Catalogue of His Works. Celebrating His 60th Birthday August 25, 1978.
Amberson Enterprises, Inc. Publisher, 1978.
First edition of Gottlieb's complete catalogue of Leonard Bernstein's works of music, writing, and film. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy with his ownership signature to the title page. Gottlieb worked for Bernstein for more that thirty years, first as his assistant and later as his editor, preparing for publication Bernstein’s books, scores, catalogues, programs and jackets. In his memoir “Working with Bernstein”, Gottlieb relayed, “Close to my heart were the editing jobs I did on three of Bernstein’s popular books. First was ‘The Joy of Music,’ on which I had the pleasure…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135237
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First Edition of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam; Warmly Inscribed by Neil Sheehan
SHEEHAN, Neil.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of the definitive Vietnam War exposé which won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Dec. 4, 1988 To Tom Griffin, With Best Wishes, Neil Sheehan." Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Sposato.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140223
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First Edition of Alaska: An Empire in the Making; Inscribed by John J. Underwood in the year of publication
UNDERWOOD, John J.
Alaska: An Empire in the Making.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913.
First edition of this comprehensive history of Alaska. Octavo, original cloth with white and blue pictorial detailing, frontispiece, folding map, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147680
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"What I can't see isn't likely to hurt me": First Edition of the author’s Newbery Honor Novel The Great Gilly Hopkins; Signed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
The Great Gilly Hopkins.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1978.
First edition of this realistic children's novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Katherine Paterson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Fred Marcellino.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 4088
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First Edition of Javier Marias' While The Women Are Sleeping; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
While the Women Are Sleeping.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2010.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Harold Billings, who shall find an old friend in one of these old stories, with thanks for his middle years and best wishes, Javier Marias December 2010." The recipient is a well-known editor, author and librarian, known for his work on M.P. Shiel. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 12061
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"ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING BOOKS EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN": First edition of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Wind in the Willows.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
First American edition of Grahame's beloved children's novel which preceded the English edition by only four days, with Scribner's seal on the copyright page. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece by W. Grahame Robertson. In good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143829
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"The pleasures of golf are not measured by successes but by the love of the player for the game": First Edition of Golfing Legend J.H. Taylor's Golf: My Life's Work
TAYLOR, J.H. (John Henry); Introduction by Bernard Darwin.
Golf: My Life’s Work.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943.
First edition of Taylor's classic autobiography, who is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time and a pioneer of modern golf. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 48095
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First edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Sheppy; inscribed by him to Elsie Tritton
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Sheppey: A Play in Three Acts.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1933.
First edition of Maugham's final play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "The author's last play for Elsie Tritton W. Somerset Maugham." The recipient, Elsie Tritton, was a noted collector and friend of Maugham‘s who introduced him to Alan Searle. A younger man from the London slum area of Bermondsey, Searle had previously embarked upon an affair with the writer Lytton Strachey. Maugham began a relationship with him after his companion Gerald Haxton died in 1944. In 1962, Maugham attempted to adopt Searle as his son and heir when he disowned his daughter…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133056
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Rare first edition of Mary Phillips' The Militant Suffrage Campaign in Perspective
PHILLIPS, Mary.
The Militant Suffrage Campaign in Perspective.
London: Latimer Trend & Co, [1957].
Rare first edition of Mary Phillips' personal account of the militant suffragette movement. Octavo, original wrappers. Foreword by the Right Hon. Lord Pethick-Lawrence. Mary Elizabeth Phillips joined the radical Women's Social & Political Union in 1907 and established a Glasgow branch of the WSPU. In March 1908 she was sentenced to six weeks in Holloway Prison following a demonstration outside the House of Commons. She remains the longest prison serving suffragette. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135293
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First Edition of Andrew Macphail's Essays in Fallacy
MACPHAIL, Andrew.
Essays in Fallacy.
New York, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co, 1910.
First edition of Macphail's essay on the psychology of the suffragette. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135199
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145502
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First Edition of Advances In Game Theory; Signed by Mathematician W.H. Fleming
EDITED BY M. DRESHER; L.S. SHAPLEY; A.W. TUCKER [W.H. FLEMING],.
Advances In Game Theory.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.
First edition of collection of papers on game theory. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by mathematician W.H. Fleming on the title page, next to his name. Wendell Helms Fleming was a mathematician, specializing in geometrical analysis and stochastic differential equations. Fleming received in 1951 his PhD under Laurence Chisholm Young at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a thesis entitled Boundary and related notions for generalized parametric surfaces. Fleming was a professor at Brown University, where he retired in 2009 as professor emeritus. Fleming was with Herbert Federer a pioneer of geometric measure theory. Later in his career, he worked on stochastic processes, stochastic differential equations and their applications in control theory.…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146321
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First edition of The Money Masters; signed by John Train
TRAIN, John.
The Money Masters.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1980.
First edition of one of the most widely read investment books in history. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "J Train." From the library of financial analyst Keniston P. Merrill on the front free endpaper, "Keniston P. Merrill February 15, 1980." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146631
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Finely Bound Edition of Ernest Peixotto's Romantic California
PEIXOTTO, Ernest.
Romantic California.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912.
Finely bound edition of this classic in travel and tourism for the state of California. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands with a design of a California mission and bell on the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Illustrated throughout by Ernest Peixotto. In very good condition with light rubbing.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147696
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First Edition of Capital Ideas Evolving; Inscribed by Peter Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Peter.
Capital Ideas Evolving.
New York: Wiley, 2007.
First edition of Bernstein's final book. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For William The idea man Peter Bernstein." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 321
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First edition of Opinions of Women on Women's Suffrage
Opinions of Women on Women’s Suffrage.
London: Central Committee of the National Society For Women's Suffrage, 1879.
First edition of this collection of Opinions on Women's Suffrage, compiled by the Central Committee of the National Society For Women's Suffrage and containing the opinions of English women in official positions, scientific and political careers, and principals of colleges and high schools among others. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135724
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“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed": Rare First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery. An Autobiography
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Up From Slavery. An Autobiography.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1901.
First edition of Booker T. Washington's landmark biography. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities and some dampstaining to the cloth. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137493
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"There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one": FIRST EDITION OF HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS; Lengthily SIGNED BY JULIA ALVAREZ
ALVAREZ, Julia.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Press, 1991.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "May you enjoy my book- There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one, Julia Alvarez." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Paul Munck. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108779