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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144316
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“YOU TRIP OVER A WORD WHILE CARRYING A TRAY OF VOCABULARY OUT TO THE POOL ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT BROKEN GLASS IS A GOOD TOPIC”: First Edition of Billy Collins' The Apple That Astonished Paris; Inscribed by Him
COLLINS, Billy.
The Apple That Astonished Paris.
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1988.
First edition of this early collection of poems by award-winning poet. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Billy Collins on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 12017
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First Edition of Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook; Signed by Alice Waters
WATERS, Alice.
Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook.
New York: Random House, 1982.
First edition of Waters' first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Alice Waters on the half-title page. Near fine in a near very good price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Written in collaboration with Linda P. Guenzel. Recipes edited by Carolyn Dille. Designed and illustrated by David Lance Goines.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 130561
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"The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language": First Modern Library Edition of Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
New York: The Modern Library, 2000.
First Modern Library edition of what many consider her magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 79043
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“You may not believe this. No one believes this, but it is true": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Winner Take Nothing
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Winner Take Nothing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.
First edition of Hemingway's third collection of short stories. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with light rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132324
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Rare Stock Certificate For the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company; Signed by Financier and Railway Executive E. H. Harriman
HARRIMAN, Edward Henry.
Edward Henry Harriman Signed Stock Certificate for the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company.
New York: Central Trust Company of New York, 1895.
Rare Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American financier and railroad executive E.H. Harriman. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certificate is dated December 19, 1895 and issues 100 shares of the Capital Stock in the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Co. to Harriman. The document reads in part: 'This certifies that "E. H. Harriman" is the owner of one hundred shares of the capital stock of the Cedar Falls and Minnesota No. N916 Railroad Company of one hundred dollars each transferable on the books of the Company upon the surrender of…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146742
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Scarce complete first edition set of William O. Blake's pictorial history of the American Rebellion
BLAKE, William O.
Pictorial National Records: Embracing Descriptions of European and Asiatic Nations: A Statistical View of the United States of America; and a History of the Great Rebellion.
Columbus, Ohio: Gilmore and Brush, 1863-1866.
Complete first edition set of Blake's scarce history of the American Civil War. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher's gull morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In good condition. A rare complete set of this scarce work, far more rare than Blake's better-known History of Slavery and the Slave Trade.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133068
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First Editions of the author's Classic The House of Spirits Trilogy; Each Signed by Isabel Allende
ALLENDE, Isabel.
The House of Spirits Trilogy: House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First edition of each work in the author's classic House of Spirits trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To ____ ____ 'You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found.' Isabel Allende." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michel Guire Vaka. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman. Translated from the Spanish by Magda Bogin. Daughter of Fortune is signed by Isabel Allende on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Portrait of Sepia…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147493
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Original World War II Photograph album of American serviceman in India: Taj Mahal, Calcutta, barracks, funeral biers, contortionists
World War II Photographic Album of American Serviceman in India: Taj Mahal, Calcutta, etc.
1940s.
Twelve inches wide, contains roughly 200 photographs of life in India, ca. 1943, with visits to the Taj Mahal, much in Calcutta, documenting life in the barracks, street life including contortionists, a snake charmer, funeral biers, documentation of an airplane crash, etc. Whoever kept this album trained in Jackson, Mississippi and the first some pages have white ink captions for photos of life in the camp that are no longer there. The person who took these photographs was probably in the Air Force and a number were taken while in the air.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 109234
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First edition of Sven Hedin's Fran Pol Till Pol; inscribed by him and with the scarce preface
HEDIN, Sven.
Fran Pol Till Pol. [From Pole to Pole].
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1911.
First edition of Swedish explorer and geographer Sven Hedin's account of his journey through Asia and Europe at the turn of the 20th century. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pictorial onlay of the globe to the front panel of each volume, patterned endpapers, illustrated with numerous charts, maps, and photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of volume I to Ella Heckscher. The recipient, Ella Heckscher was a Swedish genealogist and daughter of Legal Counsel, National Financial and Consul General Isidor Heckscher and sister of the famous…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138546
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William Alexander's Picturesque Representations and the Dress and Manners of the Chinese; finely bound in full morocco
ALEXANDER, William.
Picturesque Representations and the Dress and Manners of the Chinese. Illustrated with Fifty Coloured Engravings, with Descriptions.
London: Printed for James Goodwin, c. 1829.
Finely bound example of Alexander's profusely illustrated work on t19th century China. Octavo, original full straight-grain morocco richly decorated in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, illustrated with fifty hand-colored engravings. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133048
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"one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians": Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; elaborately bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. With Prefatory Memoir by George Saintsbury.
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886.
Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front an rear panels, central morocco onlay to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated with one hundred and fourteen colored illustrations. With a prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury. From the library of Eugene Field with his bookplate to the pastedown. Often referred to as "the…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139375
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First Edition of The Bread of Life; Inscribed by the Illustrator to Julie Andrews and signed by Halldor Laxness
LAXNESS, Halldor.
The Bread of Life.
Reykjavik: Vaka-Helgafell, 1987.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator to actress Julie Andrews on the front free endpaper, "August 1988 To Julie Andrews with thanks and appreciations Snorri Sveinn Fridriksson." Additionally signed by Halldor Laxness on the half-title page. Illustrated by Snorri Sveinn Fridriksson." Translated by Magnus Magnusson. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. From the library of Julie Andrews.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 116748
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First Edition of Of Flight And Life; Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh to close friend Walter Bartky
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
Of Flight and Life.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.
First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Dean Walter Bartky with affection, and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August 1948." The recipient, Walter Bartky was an American educator and mathematician and friend of the Lindberghs. After receiving a Ph.D. from the university, he served on its faculty in the astronomy department. In 1943 he became associate dean of the University of Chicago’s Division of Physical Sciences. During the Manhattan Project, Bartky served as the Metallurgical Laboratory’s associate director. Bartky…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144537
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Photograph of King Charles III as Prince of Wales; Signed and Dated by Him
KING CHARLES III, Former Prince of Wales.
King Charles III Signed Photograph.
2001.
Photograph of King Charles III as Prince of Wales seated with royal staff. Framed glossy color photograph of King Charles as Prince of Wales seated with royal staff, signed and dated by him "Charles 2001." In fine condition. The piece measures 11.25 inches by 13.25 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145406
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First Edition of Simple Speaks His Mind; Inscribed by Langston Hughes to Rev. Charles Sumner Lee
HUGHES, Langston.
Simple Speaks His Mind.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950; [1951].
First edition of the first book in Hughes’ “Simple” series. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, gray top stain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed especially for Rev. Charles Sumner Lee with the good wishes of Langston Hughes. Camden, 29 April 1951." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147216
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"With best wishes for a pleasant trip, success, and luck. Hope to see you soon. Love, Mary": Hemingway: The Viking Portable Library; Warmly Inscribed by Mary Hemingway
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. [Mary Hemingway].
Hemingway: The Viking Portable Library.
New York: The Viking Press, 1944.
First edition, early printing of this compilation of Hemingway's works. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Mary Hemingway on the front free endpaper, "23 June 1947 Dear Nina, With best wishes for a pleasant trip, success, and luck. Hope to see you soon. Love, Mary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Edited by Malcolm Cowley. We have never seen another signed and inscribed example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135292
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“If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Islands In The Stream.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970.
First edition of Hemingway's autobiographical novel in three parts, published posthumously. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140288
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Rare original playbill from the September 25, 26 & 27 1964 performances of Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach's Orchestra at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco; signed by both Marlene Dietrich and Burt Bacharach
DIETRICH, Marlene and Burt Bacharach.
Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach’s Orchestra Featuring The Jacques Loussier Trio.
[San Francisco]: 1964.
Rare original playbill from the September 25, 26 & 27 1964 performances of Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach's Orchestra at the Masonic Auditorium. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Marlene Deitrich and Burt Bacharach on the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140205
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"What is worth doing at all is worth doing well": Rare first edition of Frederic Kitton's Illustrations to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and
KITTON, Frederic G. [Charles Dickens].
Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and A Supplement to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil.
London: Frank T. Sabin, 1890-1891.
First edition in book form of the most sumptuous presentation of Kitton's collection of Dickens portraits and illustrations which first appeared in serialized parts between 1889-1890. Folio, two volumes bound in full buckram with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, containing 31 engraved portraits, 30 engraved remarque plates, 78 illustrations in the text and 67 'Additional Illustrations'. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 122094
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“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil": First Editions of Hannah Arendt's The Life of the Mind
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Life of the Mind. Volume One: Thinking; Volume Two: Willing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
First editions of "the most intriguing…and thought-provoking book that Hannah Arendt wrote (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Fine in fine dust jackets. First editions are rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145761
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"Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day": First Edition of Bellow's Seize the Day; Inscribed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Seize the Day.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Gabels with best wishes from an old exile to Evanston Saul Bellow." The recipients were close friends of Bellow's while he was a student at Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors and earned bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and sociology. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Jacket design by Bill English. Association copies of Seize the Day are uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 84225
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Evita; Boldly signed by Legendary Director and Screenwriter Oliver Stone
STONE, Oliver [Screenwriter]; Alan Parker [Director]; Tim Rice.
Evita.
New York: Warner Brothers, 1996.
First edition of the draft script for the 1996 film, boldly signed by Oliver Stone, based on the 1978 musical stage production by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was in turn based on Rice and Webber's 1976 concept album, following the brief life of Argentinean first lady Eva Peron from her impoverished illegitimate beginnings to her later idolatry. The film went through many iterations of production, passing between studios and directors, with Parker returning to direct in 1994 after having initially rejected the opportunity in 1979.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133217
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John Van Buren's first edition copy of The Constitutions of the United States and State of New-York and Articles of Confederation; with his ownership signature
[VAN BUREN, John].
The Constitutions of the United States and State of New-York and Articles of Confederation; Together with the Rules and Orders, Standing Committees, List of Members of the Senate and Assembly for 1831, List of Counties, &c. &c. &c.
Albany: Printed by Croswell and Can Benthuysen, 1831.
John van Buren's first edition copy of this early American government handbook. 16 mo, bound in full morocco for Van Buren with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with 3 folding plates and 3 folding maps including: a folding map of the City of Troy (with manuscript notes locating landmarks), folding floor plan of the assembly; small hand-colored folding map of the city of Albany, folding floor plan of the assembly [1831], small folding floor plan of the Senate chamber [1831], large hand-colored folding "Map of the State of New York and the Surrounding Country," by David H. Burr, dated 1829. With John van Buren's ownership signature to the pastedown, "John van Buren's book." In…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 134298
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“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without": First Edition of The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille; With signed letters from Him
DEMILLE, Cecil B.
The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1959.
First edition of the autobiography of the legendary director. Octavo, original cloth. Note written on stationary from Hotel Pierre, New York, from Cecil B. De Mille to Barrett Kiesling, MGM Publicity Directory, dated June 21, 1931, laid-in, includes De Mille's signature. Two notes to Kiesling from Cecilia De Mille Harper (daughter of the famous director and an actress) also laid in, with her signature. Typed letter on Paramount Pictures Corporation letterhead from Cecil B. DeMille to Barrett C. Kiesling, with signature, affixed to the back pastedown (letter mentions Kiesling's help in writing the autobiography), dated May 14, 1958. Minor underlining…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 130481
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"The only pal I ever had - always wishing you happy landings": First edition of Frank Hawks' Autobiography Speed; lengthily inscribed by him
HAWKS, Frank.
Speed.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931.
First edition of the legendary World War I aviator's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, lacking the frontispiece. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rolly Ueland, the only pal I ever had - always wishing you happy landings Frank Hawks alias Hawker." The recipient, Rolf Ueland practiced law in Minneapolis from 1923 to 1969. His sister, Brenda Ueland, was a noted journalist, editor and bookseller. With an additional Christmas postcard addressed to the recipient in the original transmittal envelope laid in. In very good condition. Books signed and inscribed by Hawks are scarce.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138244
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“It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded": Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist; finely bound in full crushed levant morocco
DICKENS, Charles.
Oliver Twist.
London: Richard Bentley, 1839.
Early edition of Dickens' classic “novel of crime and terror” (Baugh et al). Octavo, three volumes bound in full red crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 24 plates by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. An attractive binding.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139872
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“Her memory's your love. You want no other”: First Edition of Henry James' The Wings of Dove
JAMES, Henry.
The Wings of the Dove.
London: Westminster and Archibald Constable & Co, 1902.
First edition of Henry James' landmark novel. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142275
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"Come Then Let Us To The Task To The Battle & The Toil each to our part each to our station": First Edition of Winston S. Churchill "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, frontispiece, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145964
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“Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.": James Legge's classic Chinese-English translation of the four major texts of Confucian philosophy
LEGGE, James. [Confucius].
Interpretation of the Correction of the Four Books of Huaying. [The Four Books: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, and The Works of Mencius].
China: Kanshou, 1918.
James Legge's classic Chinese-English translation of the four major texts of Confucian philosophy. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions and bookplates in both Chinese and English.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 127035
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“The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux": First Edition of Autobiography of A Yogi; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
YOGANANDA, Paramhansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946.
First edition of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Preface by Walter Evans-Wentz. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 130643
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First Edition of Amartya Sen's Employment, Technology and Development; Inscribed 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. Inscribed and dated by Amartya Sen on the front free endpaper. Bookplate, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 76982
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"Take Dead Aim!": Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf; Lengthily Inscribed by Him and Golfing Legend Bernhard Langer
PENICK, Harvey with Bud Shrake [Bernhard Langer].
Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
First edition, early printing of the best-selling golf book ever published. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dr. Don Brown: I hope that this book will help you to enjoy life, and also this great game of golf to it's fullest. I hope you enjoy helping your patient as I did my pupils. I am sure you did! Sincerely Harvey Penick." Additionally signed by two time Master champion Bernhard Langer on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Parr. Introductions by Tom Kite,…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147082
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“There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart": First edition of Charles Dickens' Hard Times
DICKENS, Charles.
Hard Times. For These Times.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.
First edition in book form of Dickens' attack on the living conditions of England's mid-19th century industrial cities. Octavo, original green cloth blindstamped with gilt titles to the spine including the "Price 5/-" in gilt at the base of the spine and p.244 misnumbered as 44. In near fine condition with the half-title present, which is often lacking. Housed in a custom three quarter morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 121032
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“A picture means I know where I was every minute. That’s why I take pictures. It’s a visual diary": First Edition of Andy Warhol's Exposures; Signed by Andy Warhol
WARHOL, Andy.
Andy Warhol’s Exposures.
New York: Andy Warhol Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1979.
First edition of Warhol’s candid and engaging photobook. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145778
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Every investor wants a magic way to select stocks...so let me begin by saying that this is not that kind of book": First Edition of Quality of Earnings; Lengthily Signed by Thorton O'Glove
O'GLOVE, Thornton with Robert Sobel.
Quality of Earnings.
New York: The Free Press, 1987.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper. "April 14, 2015, Every investor wants a magic way to select stocks...so let me begin by saying that this is not that kind of book. Thorton L. O'Glove." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W. Scott Carouge.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146179
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Rare Rawlings Official National League baseball signed by several major authors including Tom Wolfe, Don DeLillo, and Margaret Atwood
WOLFE, Tom; Don DeLillo; Ann Beattie; Richard Ford; Robert Stone; Cynthia Ozick; Margaret Atwood; T. Coraghessan Boyle; Umberto Eco; John Le Carre; John Ashberry; George Plimpton; Paul Auster; Garrison Keillor.
Modern Authors Signed Baseball.
Rare Rawlings Official National League baseball signed by over 15 well-known authors including: Tom Wolfe (on the sweet spot), Don DeLillo, Ann Beattie, Richard Ford, Robert Stone, Cynthia Ozick, Margaret Atwood, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Umberto Eco, John le Carre, John Ashberry, George Plimpton, Paul Auster, and Garrison Keillor. In near fine condition. Housed in the original box with the previous collector's annotations recording the date of acquisition of five of the signatures.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 128594
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“Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
To Have and Have Not.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937.
First edition of Hemingway's classic novel about smuggling, intrigue, and love. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 130514
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"LET THE WORD GO FORTH FROM THIS TIME AND PLACE, TO FRIEND AND FOE ALIKE, THAT THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED TO A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICANS": Rare collection of original materials from events held upon the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Inauguration Invitations and Programs.
1961.
Rare collection of original materials from events held upon the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. The collection includes a menu from the Inauguration Luncheon held on January 20th 1961 at the United States Senate Restaurant, invitations to Inaugural Ball an Inaugural Gala held at the National Guard Armory, a response card to the Gala, and four presentation photos of Kennedy with facsimile inscrisption, "For Donald S. Carmichael - with warm regards - John F. Kennedy." All items are in fine condition. An exceptional collection.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 96015
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First edition of T. Henry Cotton's Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People; Signed by him and in the rare original dust jacket
COTTON, T. Henry.
Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People Who Aspire to Proficiency in the Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd, 1931.
First edition of Cotton's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Cotton. Signed by the author in the year of publication beneath his frontispiece portrait, "Henry Cotton 1931." Very good in the rare original dust jacket with a chip to the spine. Ownership inscription. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 136110