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First Edition of Peter Drucker's The Temptation To Do Good; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Temptation To Do Good.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this "convincing and haunting novel" (Publishers Weekly) by the father of modern management. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef. Author's photograph by Rob Lewine.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142036
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Finely Bound example of Anthony Trollope's The Macdermots of Ballycloran
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Macdermots of Ballycloran.
London: Chapman and Hall, nd.
Finely bound example of Trollope's first published novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over pebbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 115533
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Rare Author's Edition of Lincoln: A Picture of Story of His Life; Signed by Stefan Lorant
LORANT, Stefan.
Lincoln: A Picture Story of His Life.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.
Rare author's edition of this pictorial history of the sixteenth president of the United States of America. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs, documents, and political drawings. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase. Accompanied by two portraits of Lincoln which appear in a manila envelope with Lincoln's signature in facsimile.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146569
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A fine collection of five first editions of Evelyn Anthony Novels
ANTHONY, Evelyn.
Evelyn Anthony First Edition Collection. Including: The Poellenberg Inheritance, The Persian Ransom, The Return, The Company of Saints, and Voices on the Wind.
London: Hutchinson, 1972-1985.
A fine collection of five first editions of Evelyn Anthony novels. Octavo, original cloth, 5 volumes. The collection includes: The Poellenberg Inheritance (1972), The Persian Ransom (1975), The Return (1978), The Company of Saints (1983), and Voices on the Wind (1985). Each volume is near fine to fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 119088
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First Edition of Thornton Wilder's The Ides of March; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication and with an autograph note tipped in
WILDER, Thornton.
The Ides of March.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948.
First edition of this classic work of historical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Mrs. Chapman with the friendship of Thornton Wilder New York Feb 20 1948." With an additional autograph note signed by Wilder tipped in which reads, "I hope you won't be upset by the shocking behavior of some people in the late Roman republic, and that you will find much to enjoy and something to love in some of the characters! Devoted regards ever Thornton Feb. 27, 1948." Near fine in a very…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132599
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MEIER, Richard.
Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1979 – 1989.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990.
First Edition of this monograph of the architects projects compiled from the late 1970's to the 1980's. Inscribed and dated by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $470.00 Item Number: 874
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"On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience": Rare P.B. Socci sketch of Hollywood actor Anthony Quinn; Signed by Anthony Quinn
SOCCI, P.B. (Anthony Quinn).
Anthony Quinn Signed Artist’s Sketch.
Signed graphite P.B. Socci portrait of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn. Signed by Anthony Quinn to the left of his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 89103
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“The more bare a life is, the more we fear change"; First Edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case
GREENE, Graham .
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett. An exceptional example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 104522
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First Edition of Stirling Moss' A Turn at the Wheel; Signed by Him
MOSS, Stirling.
A Turn at the Wheel.
London: William Kimber, 1961.
First edition of Moss' races, which cover the years 1957-1960, the most productive of his career. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138011
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Rare early 20th century Albarel Map
[ALBAREL],.
Carte Canada et de la Louisiane. [The Albarel Map].
Beautifully illustrated facsimile map attributed to Sieur Albarel in 1695. One page, the map shows regions of North America attributed as La Louisane, Florida, Nova Anglia, Noveau Mexique, and Canada with views of Quebec, New York and Niagara Falls, and a scene of whale hunting. 'The Albarel Map' was likely produced in the early 20th century [c. 1930] and may have been sold as a copy of an authentic map produced in 1695. In near fine condition. An attractive piece.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138509
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Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen
BUSH, George H. W.
George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen.
Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen bearing Bush's signature in facsimile. Housed in the original pen box bearing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. In fine condition requiring the nib insert.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114942
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"A man in search of a magician": First Edition of Anthony Burgess' Earthly Powers; Warmly inscribed by Him
BURGESS, Anthony.
Earthly Powers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980.
First edition of this epic masterpiece by the author of A Clockwork Orange, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jose Matos, A man in search of a magician Anthony Burgess." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to the spine. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 115443
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Bridge to Terabithia; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
Early printing of the author's first Newbery-Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Patti, Katherine Paterson 1/26/82." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122421
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"Life passes most people by while they're busy making grand plans for it": Bruce Porter's Blow; inscribed by him and the film's director Ted Demme
PORTER, Bruce. [Ted Demme].
Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost it All.
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1993.
First St. Martin's Griffin edition of Porter's thrilling retelling of the story of George Jung, adapted into the 2001 film of the same name directed by Ted Demme and starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Edgar Best wishes Bruce Porter 3/30/01" and the film's director Ted Demme, "best - Ted Demme 2001." In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 123485
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"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Autobiography; Signed by Him
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life.
Jerusalem: Steimatzky's Agency LTD, 1976.
First edition of the legendary military leader and politician's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bethram Kapadia.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 134303
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First Edition of John Bates Clark's Essentials of Economic Theory
CLARK, John Bates.
Essentials of Economic Theory: As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909.
First edition of this early work by John Bates Clark. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition with light marginala.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 67031
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First edition of Mikhail Gorbachev's The Results and Lessons of Reykjavik; signed by him
GORBACHEV, Mikhail.
The Results and Lessons of Reykjavik.
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1986.
First edition of this collection of speeches delivered by Mikhail Gorbachev at the historic Reykjavík Summit. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114360
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First Edition of Annie Dillard's An American Childhood; The Author's Own Copy
DILLARD, Annie.
An American Childhood.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
First edition of Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. The author's own copy with her personal bookplate. Signed by Annie Dillard on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Dreese Breslin.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 1746
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"And wherever they are, those Borgias, may they rest in peace": First edition of Gregory Maguire's Mirror Mirror; inscribed by him
MAGUIRE, Gregory.
Mirror Mirror.
New York: ReganBooks, 2003.
First edition of the author of Wicked's lyrical revision of the tale of Snow White. Octavo, original pictorial boards, frontispiece. Designed by Judith Stagnitto Abbate. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "'And wherever they are, those Borgias, may they rest in peace.' Gregory Maguire April 2007." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Douglas Smith. Author photograph by Jill Walsh.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 126382
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J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish; Signed by Him
MACLEISH, Archibald .
J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.
First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Archibald MacLeish on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Title page by Ismar David.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 131799
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"The greatest of our Civil War novels": Signed Limited First Edition of Andersonville
KANTOR, MacKinlay.
Andersonville.
Cleveland & New York: World Publishing, 1955.
Signed limited first edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Mackinlay Kantor. Fine in a fine slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 75767
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FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND VOLUME OF RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL'S OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: Young Statesman; complete with all three parts of its companion volume
CHURCHILL, Randolph S.
Winston S. Churchill. [The Official Biography]. Volume II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 [with] Volume II Companion Parts I, II, and III.
London: Heinemann, 1967-1969.
First edition of the second volume in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated, photographic frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill in 1904. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144722
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First Edition of My Life; Signed By Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON, Bill; Hillary Rodham Clinton.
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of President Clinton's autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Boldly signed in full on the title page by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138187
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Complete Collection of The Poetry Quartos with First Edition Poem Brochures by Robert Frost, Edwin Arlington Robinson, and Ten Others
TAGGARD, Genevieve; Robert Frost; Vachel Lindsay; Edwin Arlington Robinson; Louis Untermeyer; Alfred Kreymborg; 'H. D.'; Elinor Wylie; Theodore Dreiser; William Rose Benét; Conrad Aiken; Witter Bynner.
The Poetry Quartos: Monologue for Mothers, The Lovely Shall Be Choosers, Rigamarole Rigamarole, The Prodigal Son, Adirondack Cycle, Body and Stone, Red Roses for Bronze, Birthday Sonnet, The Aspirant, Sagacity, Prelude, and Roots.
Silvermine, Connecticut: Random House, May, 1929.
Complete collection of The Poetry Quartos, containing twelve first edition poetry brochures, each a new poem by an American poet. Octavo, twelve brochures, original illustrated wrappers by Paul Johnston. One of 475 copies printed for Random House. Fine in the original folding box cover also designed by Paul Johnston which is in very good condition. Some toning and closed tears to the spines of the box cover. An exceptional example, rare in such fine condition and complete with all twelve poems.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145429
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First Edition of Detective Story; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Imre Kertesz
KERTESZ, Imre.
Detective Story.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
First edition of this riveting novel about a torturer for the secret police of a Latin American regime who tells the haunting story of the father and son he ensnared and destroyed. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Gall.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 699
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First Edition of Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Amartya Sen
SEN, Amartya.
Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of this "indispensable book" (Anwar Ibrahim). Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Amartya Sen on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 33051
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FIRST EDITION OF OUR TIME IS NOW; SIGNED BY STACEY ABRAMS
ABRAMS, Stacy.
Our Time Is Now. Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
First edition of this "striking manifesto, a stirring indictment and a straightforward road map to victory" (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Stacy Abrams on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design Christopher Sergio.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 134697
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"She knows everything about the plaza": Kay Thompson's Eloise series; each volume Signed by illustrator Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Kay Thompson’s Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmastime.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
First edition, later printings of the first three books in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. Quartos, 3 volumes, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Each volume signed by illustrator Hilary Knight. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jackets.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 133189
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's The Tenants; Warmly Inscribed by Him to his cousins
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Tenants.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.
First edition of Malamud's sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Minnie and Marshall With affection Bern." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Jacket photograph by Janna Malamud.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112806
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"Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappoints. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding": John Adams; Warmly Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For Edward Ash-Milby with greetings from David McCullough 2001." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146414
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"THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THE REAL WORLD, OBJECTIVE FACTS IN THE WORLD, THAT ARE ONLY FACTS BY HUMAN AGREEMENT": FIRST EDITION OF SEARLE'S THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL REALITY; SIGNED BY HIM
SEARLE, John R.
The Construction of Social Reality.
New York: The Free Press, 1995.
First edition of Searle's reply to Derrida's philosophy of deconstruction. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Searle on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Henri Matisse.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 88030
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James and the Giant Peach; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.
James and the Giant Peach.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.
Early printing of this Dahl classic. Octavo, original cloth, beautifully illustrated, many full-page and in color. Boldly signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144540
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's The Glimpses of the Moon; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
WHARTON, Edith.
The Glimpses of the Moon.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1922.
First edition of Wharton's sweeping epic. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in a near dust jacket with light wear and closed tears to the extremities.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 115679
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ZOCCHI, Giuseppe.
Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze).
New York: Walker and Company, 1967.
Portfolio of 27 plates in facsimile, 17.5 x 22.5 inches, in a buckram bound box. First edition / limited edition of 950 copies, of which this is number 476. Includes 29 page booklet, Views of Florence, which are notes on the individual prints. Original drawings are in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. Giuseppe Zocchi (c. 1711-1767) was an Italian painter and printmaker, active in Florence, and best known for his vedute of the city. Prints are fine. The box has some wear.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 2363
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Rare printing of the Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States including Miami and Pottawatomie Indian Treaties
Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States…Begun and Held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the second of December, 1875.
[1875].
Rare printing of the Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States including Indian treaties with the Creek, Cherokee, Delaware, Pottawatomie, Miami Indian tribes. Octavo, bound in contemporary wrappers. The Ninth Congress of the United States was a significant legislative Congress which passed the first laws abolishing importation of slaves in its second session. In very good condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 135321
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First Edition of Ethel King's The Calendar In Rime; Signed by Her
KING, Ethel.
The Calendar In Rime.
Portland, Maine: Falmouth Publishing House, 1947.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With my compliments- Ethel King." Near fine in the rare original glassine.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114523
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First Edition of Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Tommie.
Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007.
First edition of this powerful autobiography by the Olympic gold medalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Michelle- Enjoy Life, it's divine Tommie Smith 1968 Olympics." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kate Nichols. Written with David Steele.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 117701
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First Edition of My Life; Inscribed by President Bill Clinton
CLINTON, Bill.
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of President Clinton's autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To ____ Best wishes- Bill Clinton. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146893
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First Edition of Woody Allen’s Third Collection of Stories, Signed by Him
ALLEN, Woody.
Side Effects.
New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Woody Allen on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 3515
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"One of the most important documents of World War II": Rare First Edition of Mary Berg's The Warsaw Ghetto
BERG, Mary.
Warsaw Ghetto.
New York: L.B. Fischer Publishing Company, 1945.
First edition of this powerful collection of diary entries begun by Berg at the age of fifteen, one of the most important documents in the age of Hitler. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 141428
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"That it happened as it did and that it now forms parts of reality is moving proof of the power of fiction, that beguiling lie which every so often comes true in the most unexpected ways": First American edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Language of Passion; inscribed by him to fellow poet Robert Lima
LLOSA, Mario Vargas.
The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
First American edition of this selection of commentary from Vargas Llosa's "Touchstone" column. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Con recordo afection para Roberto Lima, de tu viejo amigo M V/L 10 de abril de 208." The recipient, Cuban-born American award-winning poet, literary critic, and playwright Robert Lima was a professor emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literatures at Pennsylvania State University, as well as fellow emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. His passion for archaeology and the connected mythologies of various civilizations motivated…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137075
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First Edition of I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue; Signed by Legendary Illustrator Maurice Sendak
KRAUSS, Ruth; Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, .
First edition of the re-issue of this early illustrated work by Maurice Sendak. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137488
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First Edition of Hope For Animals and Their World; Signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard
GOODALL, Jane with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson.
Hope For Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
First edition of this work by this by Goodall. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146167
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Marcella's Italian Kitchen; Signed by Her
HAZAN, Marcella.
Marcella’s Italian Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes! Marcella Hazan." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Front-of-jacket photograph by David Massey. Jacket design by Karen Katz.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143529
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First Edition of The Great American Heritage: The Story of the Five Eisenhower Brothers; Warmly Inscribed Bela Kornitzer to Boxing Legend Gene Tunney
KORNITZER, Bela.
The Great American Heritage: The Story of the Five Eisenhower Brothers.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1955.
First edition of this famed journalist's work on the Eisenhower brothers. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the great boxing champion on the dedication page, "To Gene Tunney, who manifested that body and spirit are truly ---- [?]. With sincere admiration and affection, Bela, May 26, 1963, Stamford, Conn." Bela Kornitzer, a Hungarian-born journalist, made a career of interviewing prominent men. In 1940 he compiled his many interviews into a two-volume book, Fathers & Sons, which earned him a place on the Gestapo's most-wanted list. During the Nazi occupation, he sought protection for himself and for…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145646
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"The craft that we call modern, the crimes that we call new, John Bunyan had 'em typed and filed in sixteen eighty-two": First separate edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Holy War
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Holy War.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, [1917].
First separate British edition of Kipling's homage to John Bunyan which first appeared in Land and Water Magazine, December 1917, printed by Methuen and Co. to secure copyright protection. Small octavo, original wrappers with elaborate woodcut borders to the front panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A superior example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 121059
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1,2,3 The Zoo; Signed by Eric Carle
CARLE, Eric.
1,2,3 To The Zoo.
New York: Philomel, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, the artists' first solely authored and original picture book. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Eric Carle opposite the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137876
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"Love is a good thing, you admit that don't you?": First Edition of J.D. Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour
SALINGER, J.D.
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.
First edition of this collection of two novellas by the author of The Catcher in the Rye. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example with noted provenance.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112321
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First Edition of The London Dore Saw; Inscribed by Eric de Mare
DE MARE, Eric.
The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation.
London: Allen Lane, 1973.
First edition. Folio, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, "To Peggy and Frank Taplin with kind, associational thoughts from Eric de Mare Jan. 1973." Also laid in, is a page and half handwritten signed letter to the same recipients. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panel and some nominal wear the the extremities.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 2474
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"BON APPETIT!": FIRST EDITION OF FROM JULIA CHILD’S KITCHEN, SIGNED BY BOTH JULIA AND PAUL CHILD
CHILD, Julia.
From Julia Child’s Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
First edition of Child's fourth book. Octavo, original pictorial coated cloth boards. Boldly by the author on front free endpaper, "Bon Appetit to Carol & Jim Julia Child." Additionally signed by Paul Child on the front free endpaper. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Photographs and drawings by Paul Child.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 147065
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“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..": Finely Bound example of The Poetical Works of John Milton
MILTON, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges.
The Poetical Works of John Milton.
London: Printed For Thomas Tegg, 1842.
Finely bound example of Sir Egerton Brydges' compilation of Milton's poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of Milton. In very good condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122634
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First Edition of Iris Chang's Thread of the Silkworm; Warmly Inscribed by her
CHANG, Iris.
Thread of the Silkworm.
New York: Basic Books, 1995.
First edition of the definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, "For Janean, Best wishes! Iris Chang." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143051
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"I have the only key to your heart I can stop you falling apart": First Edition of Horse’s Neck; Inscribed by Pete Townshend
TOWNSHEND, Pete.
Horse’s Neck.
London: Faber & Faber, 1985.
First edition of Townshend's series of short fictions. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Joe Pete Townshend." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pentagram.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144404
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FIRST EDITION OF MY LIFE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
First edition of Coretta Scott King's autobiography, which recounts the history of the Civil Rights Movement and offers an inside look at Dr. King, his sermons and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Washington Pepsi Cola With Warmest Appreciation for your support Coretta Scott King 1-15-84." The recipient, Frank Washington was an American basketball player. In 1945, he played for the Washington Bears. Washington was part of the first Harlem Globetrotters team to travel around the world. Washington was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters from 1946 to 1960. After his basketball career,…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 104655
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George Reisman's The Government Against the Economy; signed by him
REISMAN, George. Introduction by William E. Simon.
The Government Against the Economy: The Story of the U.S. Government’s On-going Destruction of the American Economic System through Price Control.
Ottawa, Illinois: Jameson Books, 1979.
First edition, early printing of Reisman's argument against regulated price controls. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by George Reisman on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 115809
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“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901.
First edition with the chapter-heading rhymes for only chapters VII and VIII as called of what many consider Kipling's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, embossed black and gilt to the front panel, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. An exceptional example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122738
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First Edition of Ellen Raskin's Figgs and Phantoms; Warmly Inscribed by Her
RASKIN, Ellen.
Figgs and Phantoms.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the author’s Newbery Honor book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ethel & Paul many, many thanks for all your kind words Ellen Raskin." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 29005
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First edition of Garry Wills' Explaining America: The Federalist; signed by him
WILLS, Garry.
Explaining America: The Federalist.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981.
First edition of Wills' analysis of The Federalist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Garry Wills on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lewis Friedman.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 132144
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First edition of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's Voces Populi and Voces Populi Second Series; finely bound in three quarters vellum by morrell
ANSTEY, F. [Thomas Anstey Guthrie].
Voces Populi.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890.
First edition of Guthrie's collection of short comedic plays which originally appeared in Punch magazine. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters vellum by Morrell with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with twenty illustrations to volume I and twenty-five to volume II by Partridge including frontispieces. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplates to the pastedowns.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112304
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First Edition of Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Tommie.
Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007.
First edition of this powerful autobiography by the Olympic gold medalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "6-7-07 To Philip Health and Wellness. Faith Tommie Smith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kate Nichols. Written with David Steele.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 117848