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"Is it true? Have we really been there?": First Edition of Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya
BENUZZI, Felice.
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure.
London: William Kimber, 1952.
First edition in English of this mountaineering classic recounting the 1943 attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya. Octavo, original cloth, map endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the crown and overall wear, tape repair to the verso. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 42030
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"Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest": Rare First Edition of Gaia
LOVELOCK, James E.
Gaia: A New Look At Life on Earth.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Henri Rousseau. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146379
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Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn
JOCELYN, Nathaniel and Simeon Smith.
Asia. [Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia].
c. 1825.
Rare hand-colored engraved map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137394
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First Edition of Amos Oz's A Tale of Love and Darkness; Signed by Him
OZ, Amos.
A Tale of Love and Darkness.
New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2004.
First American edition of "one of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books"(The New Republic). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Amos Oz on a University of the Negev bookplate with a portrait of David Ben-Gurion. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine G. Mansour. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas De Lange.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 107479
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First Edition of Helen Levitt's Crosstown; Signed by Her
LEVITT, Helen; Essay by Francine Prose.
Crosstown.
New York: Powerhouse, 2001.
First Edition of this handsome retrospective paying tribute the photographers work. Large quarto, original gray cloth with cover photographic plate, illustrated throughout. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 808
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Doctor Absalom Baird's Authentic Letters and Papers; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BAIRD, Absalom [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Copies of Authentic Letters and Papers Throwing Some Light on the History of Doctor Absalom Baird of the Army of the Revolution Who Died at Washington, Pennsylvania in 1805 Likewise Referring to His Associates.
Pittsburgh: Reed & Witting, Press, 1909.
Scarce early 20th century primary account of the history and politics of revolutionary Pennsylvania, printed solely for their preservation among the author's descendants; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with rubbing and a few losses to the extremities and rear panel, some creasing to the front panel, and toning to p. 14 and 15 where a newsclipping of 'Out of My Mind To the Freshmen' by Katharine Brush is laid in. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145937
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First Edition of Fred D. Gray's Bus Ride To Justice; Inscribed by Him
GRAY, Fred D.
Bus Ride To Justice.
Montgomery, Al: Black Belt Press, 1995.
First edition of this Civil Rights icon's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Fred D. Gray Schaler Let us keep the legacy alive Fred D. Gray March 9, 1995." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Breuna Baine.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139681
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First Edition of Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance; The author's Copy
BESCHLOSS, Michael R.
Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980.
First edition of the historian's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Michael Beschloss' personal copy with his name to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward P. Diehl. Foreword by James MacGregor Burns. From the library of Beschloss.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 112673
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John Hersey's The War Lover; Warmly Inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
The War Lover.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959.
First edition, early printing of this aviation history classic, basis for the 1962 film starring Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner and Shirley Anne Field. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ethan C. LeMunyon- with best wishes to a fellow Tientsinite. John Hersey." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140689
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First Edition of The Kentucky Cycle; Lengthily Inscribed by Robert Schenkkan
SCHENKKAN, Robert.
The Kentucky Cycle.
New York: Plume Books, 1993.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lenghtily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Adrienne Rogers, 'Run, you son of a bitch! Run! Runnnnnnn! Warmest Best Wishes Robert Schenkkan October 6, 2022." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover photographs by Russell Lee and Walker Evans. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144531
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Signed limited edition of The Prisoner of Heaven; one of 500 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Prisoner of Heaven.
Burton: Subterranean Press, 2014.
Signed limited edition of the third book in the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books' series. Octavo, original cloth. One of 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the limitation page, this is number 381. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket illustration and interior illustrations by Vincent Chong. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145036
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First edition of Joseph Guns' The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews; elaborately bound
GUNS, Joseph. [Translator].
The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. [Hebrew Prayer Book].
Vienna: Published by Jos. Schlesinger, 1857.
First edition of Joseph Guns' translation of the primary prayers of the German and Polish Jews. 12 mo, original mounted bone onlays over celluloid boards, elaborately decorated front panel with decorated onlays, top edge gilt, brass clasp, patterned endpapers, text in Hebrew and English. In very good condition. Ownership annotations to the front and rear endpapers documenting family deaths.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 136085
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"Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature": First Edition of Soul Mountain; Signed by Gao Xingjian
XINGJIAN, Gao.
Soul Mountain.
New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
First edition in English of the author's magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Mabel Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138016
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First Edition of Honeymoon; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano
MODIANO, Patrick.
Honeymoon.
Boston: Verba Mundi/ David A. Godine, 1995.
First American edition of this "haunting tale of quiet intensity" (Review of Contemporary Fiction). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Pour James, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated by Barbara Wright.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 118229
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First Edition of Philip Stern's The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
STERN, Philip M.
The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Joan and Arthur Gardner With the warmest and fondest wishes of their friend Phil S. November, 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 143398
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First French Edition of Saul Bellow's L'Homme De Buridan; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].
Paris: Libraire Plon, 1954.
First French edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 185
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First Edition of More Die of Heartbreak; Inscribed by Saul Bellow To Fellow Writer Sidney Hyman
BELLOW, Saul.
More Die of Heartbreak.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's tenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "For Sidney and Fredda from an old friend Saul Bellow." The recipient, Sidney Hyman as a fellow writer from Chicago and a close friend of Bellow. He is best know for his work The American President. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 3138
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First Edition of Evelyn Waugh's The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1957.
First edition of what Waugh called his "mad book"—a largely autobiographical account of a period of hallucinations caused by bromide intoxication that he experienced in the early months of 1954, recounted through his protagonist Gilbert Pinfold. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145512
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Rare First edition of Mark Mills Pomeroy's The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party
POMEROY, M. M.
The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party.
New York: M. M. Pomeroy, 1868.
First edition of Pomeroy's scathing satirical biography of Union Army General Benjamin Butler. 12mo, engraved illustrated title page. Lacking the front wrapper. In very good condition. Very rare.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139376
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First edition of Jim Brandenburg's White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend; inscribed by him to Peter Matthiessen
BRANDENBURG, Jim. [Peter Matthiessen].
White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend.
Minocqua: Northwood Press, Inc., 1988.
First edition of Brandenburg's landmark work in nature publishing. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Peter In admiration of your work & Looking forward to working with you. Jim Brandenburg." The recipient, American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140120
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Signed Limited First Edition of John Dos Passos' Most Likely to Succeed; Additionally Inscribed by Him to William Safire
DOS PASSOS, John.
Most Likely to Succeed.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.
Signed limited first edition of the author's semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. This special presentation edition limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 138. Association copy, additionally inscribed by the author, "For Bill." The recipient, 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…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 127665
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Rare Supreme Court Ruling Document; signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
BURGER, Warren E.
Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document.
Washington, D.C.: June 11, 1986.
Rare typescript Supreme Court ruling document signed by the 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren E. Burger. Two pages, typescript, signed by Burger on the first page. Decided on July 11, 1986, the document offers Burger's opinion in the Richard Thornburgh, et al., Appellants v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. regarding the legality of a minor seeking an abortion without parental consent. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 122766
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"It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve, but if need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die": First Edition of Nelson Mandela's No Easy Walk To Freedom
MANDELA, Nelson.
No Easy Walk To Freedom: Articles, Speeches, and Trial Addresses.
New York: Basic Books Inc., Publishers, 1965.
First edition of Nelson Mandela's classic account of the struggle against South Africa's apartheid system. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Parke P. Bowman. Introduction by Oliver Tambo. Edited by Ruth First. Rare and desirable.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144890
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"The hills are alive with the sound of music, With songs they have sung for a thousand years": First Edition of The Sound of Music
RODGERS, Richard; Oscar Hammerstein; Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
The Sound of Music:
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Meyer Wagman. An exceptional example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147915
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller's Ideas and Integrities, a Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure; Inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.
First edition of this work by Fuller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ed Westhoff in friendship Buckminster Fuller." Edited by Robert W. Marks. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125971
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"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody": First Edition of the death and life of great american cities
JACOBS, Jane.
The Death And Life of Great American Cities.
New York: Random House, 1961.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket light a few small closed tears. A very sharp example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146108
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"The mission of the lantern is to give light, to show the way": Grace Thompson Seton's Chinese Lanterns; lengthily inscribed by her
SETON, Grace Thompson.
Chinese Lanterns.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924.
Early printing of Grace Thompson Seton's work on Chinese lanterns. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, illustrated with photographs, many taken by the author. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To S.D. Green with the all good wishes of the author: Grace Thompson Seton. July 20, 1927. 'Through the Eastern Gates I wandered far where cloud-like beauties I roughed the way' -Shi-King." In near fine condition. Rare inscribed by the author.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96116
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First Edition of Play Golf With Player; SIGNED BY GARY PLAYER
PLAYER, Gary.
Play Golf with Player: Instruction of Every Aspecct of the Game.
London: Collins, 1962.
First edition of this early instructional by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, "With Very Best Wishes Gary Player." Very good in the original dust jacket that shows some wear to the crown.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 988
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“A conscience is the price of morality, and morality is the price of civilization": FIRST EDITION OF "PATRIOT GAMES": INSCRIBED BY TOM CLANCY
CLANCY, Tom.
Patriot Games.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Son's, 1987.
First edition of the author’s third novel, basis for the 1992 film starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer and James Earl Jones. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Brad Best Regards to you Tom Clancy." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137873
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First edition of Jack Schannep's Dow Theory for the 21st Century; inscribed by him
SCHANNEP, Jack.
Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators For Improving Your Investment Results.
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.
First edition of the investor's must-read on trading strategy. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, "Hope some of the ideas in this book will be helpful to you in your investment success Sincerely, Jack Schannep." In fine condition. Design by Loretta Leiva. Jacket photograph by Tommy Flynn.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 124830
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's At Lady Molly's
POWELL, Anthony.
At Lady Molly’s.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1957.
First edition of this classic work in the author’s 'Dance to the Music of Time' series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145804
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First edition of Jacques Barzun's A Stroll With William James; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
BARZUN, Jacques. [William Safire].
A Stroll With William James.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of Barzun's intimate biography of "Father of American psychology", William James. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Bill, with admiration on many counts. Jacques 22 IV 83." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him 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 his weekly column “On Language” in…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 128020
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First Edition of West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition; Signed by Tom Wicker, Thomas Guinzburg, David Halberstam, and others
COWLEY, Robert; Thomas Guinzburg; Stephen Ambrose; William F. Buckley.
West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition.
New York : Warner Books, 2002.
First edition of this commemorative history of the famous military academy. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with over 400 photographs and drawings, including famous and rarely seen paintings, historic letters from cadets, treasured athletic memorabilia, and other artifacts. Signed by Tom Wicker, Thomas Guinzburg, David Halberstam, and one additional contributor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Accompanied by the original West Point 200th anniversary invitation which has been inscribed, "... you may get a second invite for it. See ya there, Rich."
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147325
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First Edition of Architecture + Process: Gehry Talks; Warmly Inscribed by Frank Gehry
GEHRY, Frank.
Architecture + Process: Gehry Talks.
New York: Rizzoli, 1999.
First edition of this overview of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrations throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Frank Gehry on the half-title page, "For Bob and Annie Much Love from Frank Gehry 2001." Edited by Mildred Friedman. Essay by Michael Sorkin. Commentary by Gehry throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 112371
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"This First Edition...with warm regards": First Edition of David McCullough’s National Book Award-Winning Work The Path Between the Seas; Warmly Inscribed by Him
MCCULLOUGH, David.
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.
First edition of the author's National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with two detailed maps and 80 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "This first edition is for Bette and John with warm regards David McCullough Hillsdale College 2006." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Rosalee McCullough.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 117653
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes; inscribed by him
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.
First edition of Asimov's wonderfully woven, old-fashioned murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen Isaac Asimov." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Al Nagy.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142352
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"The red sun seemed to tip one end of a pair of scales below the horizon, and simultaneously to lift an orange moon at the other": First Edition of Between the Woods and the Water; Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
Between the Woods and the Water.
London: John Murray, 1986.
First British edition of the author's second book in the author's trilogy that began with A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by John Craxton. A very sharp example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 40026
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First Edition of Thomas H. Sherman's Twenty Years with James G. Blaine; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
SHERMAN, Thomas H.; with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler [William T. Sherman].
Twenty Years with James G. Blaine: Reminiscences by His Private Secretary.
New York: The Grafton Press, 1928.
First edition of this biography of American statesman, Republican politician, and Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, from the observations of his private secretary; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of James G. Blaine, illustrated with black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. In near fine condition. 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…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145741
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Rare Eighteenth Century Map of China with Korea by renowned French geographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas [China].
La Chine avec La Coree et les Parties de la Tartarie. [Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Eighteenth Century Map of China with Korea and Parts of Tartary].
Paris: c. 1750.
Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Korea by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.75 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137294
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First Edition of Jonathan Safran Foer's We Are The Weather: Saving The Planet Begins At Breakfast; Accompanied By a Manuscript note from Barbra Streisand to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
FOER, Jonathan Safran [Barbra Streisand] [Madeleine K. Albright].
We Are The Weather: Saving The Planet Begins At Breakfast.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
First edition of this urgent work on global warming. Octavo, original publisher's boards, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Accompanied by a manuscript note laid in, "Secretary Madeleine Albright, From Barbra Streisand." Singer, Songwriter, and environmental activist, Streisand and Albright were close friends since they met in 1993 while Albright was serving as Ambassador to the United Nations. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147595
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First Edition of Philip Fisher's highly regarded Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks
FISHER, Philip A.
Paths To Wealth Through Common Stocks.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960.
First edition of Fisher's classic second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with a few chips.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146396
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First Edition of Malamud's Idiots First; Inscribed by Him to his cousin
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Idiots First.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, "For Marshall, Every good wish Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Marshall Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 112830
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First Edition of Dorothy Baker's Young Man with a Horn; Warmly inscribed by Her
BAKER, Dorothy.
Young Man with a Horn.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.
First edition of this novel, which was the basis for the classic 1950 American film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernandez. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "For Nell- Hommage de l'lauteur Dorothy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140685
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First Edition of Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics; Signed by the Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
SOLOW, Robert; Edited by Mauro Boianovsky and Kevin D. Hoover.
Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics.
Chapel Hill, NC: Duke University Press, 2009.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. In fine condition, no dust jacket was issued for this volume.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 15051
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First edition of Garry Kasparov's Autobiography Child of Change; Signed by Him
KASPAROV, Garry.
Child of Change: An Autobiography.
London: Hutchinson , 1987.
First edition of this chess legend's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 5392
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"Once I started sorting out the stamps I had accumulated, I was hooked": Rare Original Issue of The Stamp Journal with Ayn Rand's Article Why I Like Stamp Collected
RAND, Ayn.
Stamp Journal: Why I Like Stamp Collecting.
New York: Minkus, 1971.
Original issue of the Stamp Journal with an article by the philosopher Ayn Rand, entitled Why I Like Stamp Collecting. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Vol. VI, No. 2 - 1971. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in Rand's honor in 1999. An uncommon piece by Rand.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 78006
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Finely Bound Collection of the Works of O. Henry
O. HENRY. [WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER],.
The Works of O. Henry.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913.
The Authorized edition of the works of William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry. Octavos, 12 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt initials to the front panel, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispieces, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 90460
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First Edition of this Foundational Science Fiction Work Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41
GERNSBACK, Hugo.
Ralph 124C 41+.
Boston: The Stratford Company, 1925.
First edition of "arguably the first major work of American science fiction" (The Economist). Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 108776
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“I won't be a slave to the past": the Works of Thomas Hardy
HARDY, Thomas.
The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Return of the Native; The Hand of Ethelberta.]
New York: Hovendon Company, n.d.
The Hovendon Company edition of Thomas Hardy's works. Duodecimo, four volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece to 'Return of the Native.' In good condition with some rubbing and bumping to the extremities, bookplates to the front pastedown of 'The Mayor of Casterbridge,' slight toning to the margins, ownership stamp to the front free endpaper of 'Far From the Madding Crowd,' ownership signature and marginalia in pencil to some volumes.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147350
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"A Journey into Nowhere" Rare Log of President Truman's Eighteen Day Vacation Cruise
LANGELLO, Charles J. [Harry S. Truman].
Log of the President’s Vacation Cruise: August 16, 1946 to September 2, 1946.
1946.
Rare keepsake book of President Truman's 18-day vacation cruise, known as "A Journey into Nowhere." The log records activities including games, fishing, and reports of members, featuring visits to Quonset Point, Rhode Island; Hamilton, Bermuda; and Hampton Roads, Virginia. Octavo, pictorial front cover, blue plastic comb binding, illustrated with black and white photographs. Unlike some Presidents before him, Truman was not an avid angler, and his trips to sea were generally more escapes than sporting pursuits. This particular expedition came at a difficult time early in Truman's presidency, the country, and world, rife with political and economic uncertainty following the…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147718
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First Edition of A First Family of Tasajara; inscribed by Bret Harte
HARTE, Bret.
A First Family of Tasajara.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.
First edition of Harte's classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "with the best New Years greetings from Bret Harte London Jan. '92." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96090
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Advanced Reading Copy of Blindness; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Blindness.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1997.
Advanced reading copy of the first edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Jose Saramago on the title page. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. In near fine condition. Front panel design by Claudine G. Mansour.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138043
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Classic Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138165
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First Edition of Javier Marias' Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996.
First edition of this "brilliantly imagined novel" (La Vanguardia). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with two closed tears. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 2891
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“CAPITALISM WITHOUT FAILURE IS LIKE RELIGION WITHOUT SIN”: FIRST EDITION OF ALLAN H. MELTZER'S WHY CAPITALISM?; INSCRIBED BY HIM
MELTZER, Allan H.
Why Capitalism?
New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
First edition of Meltzer's Why Capitalism? Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jack An old friend Best Wishes Allen Meltzer." Additionally signed by Meltzer on a book plate attached to the front free end paper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 43457
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Eighteenth Century Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan; by Venetian cartographer Antonio Zatta
ZATTO, Antonio [China].
Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone. [Eighteenth Century Antonio Zatta Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan]
Venice: Presso Antonio Zatta, 1784.
Large eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Japan by Venetian cartographer Antonio Zatta. One page, hand-colored with a fine botanical cartouche. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 23.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137611
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First Edition of From So Simple A Beginning; Signed by Editor Edward O. Wilson
WILSON, Edward O.; Charles Darwin.
From So Simple A Beginning: Darwin’s Four Great Books (Voyage of the Beagle, The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals).
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of this collection of the four works of Darwin. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the editor, Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn an image of an ant. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by B. Middleworth.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140254
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First edition of George Bainton's The Art of Authorship
BAINTON, George.
The Art of Authorship: Literary Reminiscences, Methods of Work, and Advice to Young Beginners, Personally Contributed by Leading Authors of the Day.
London: James Clarke & Co, 1890.
Rare first edition of Bainton's classic collection of reminiscences on the art of writing, with contributions from Henry James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bret Harte, and Samuel Clemens among many others. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and font panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 123077
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Leonard Cohen’s First Novel; Signed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
The Favourite Game.
London: Black Spring Press, 1996.
Later printing of Cohen's classic novel . Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the half-title page with his "Order of the Unified Heart" stamp below. In fine condition. Illustration by David Wood.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144295
