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First signed Limited Editions Club edition of the Complete Poems of Robert Frost; one of 1500 copies signed by him, illustrator Thomas A. Nason, and printer Bruce Rogers
FROST, Robert.
The Complete Poems of Robert Frost. With a Preface by the Author, an Appreciation by Louis Untermeyer, and Wood-Engravings by Thomas A. Nason.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950.
First signed Limited Editions Club edition of the Complete Poems of Robert Frost. Quarto, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spines, illustrated with wood-engravings by Thomas A. Nason. One of 1500 copies printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club and signed by Robert Frost, Thomas A. Nason, and Bruce Rogers on the limitation page, this is number 1103. Preface by Robert Frost. Appreciation by Louis Untermeyer. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146506
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"Did you ever here of Mickey, how he heard a racket in the night, and shouted Quiet down there!": First Edition of In The Night Kitchen; Inscribed by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, Maurice.
In the Night Kitchen.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1970.
First edition of Sendak's classic work. Quarto, original cloth with illustrated paper cover label, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Nicholas Robertson Maurice Sendak Dec. 85." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140617
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"Investment strategy is the first issue that investors should consider": First Edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds; Signed by Financial Legends John Bogle and Burton Malkiel
BOGLE, John C. [Burton G. Malkiel].
Common Sense on Mutual Funds.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
First edition of the best book on index investing ever published. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and by legendary investor and author of A Random Walk On Wall Street Burton Malkiel on the front free endpaper, "To Amy Later, With best wishes John C. Bogle." “Jack Bogle was a great friend and I was on the Vanguard board for twenty-eight years. I knew Jack Bogle extremely well. We got along famously because we both did have the same philosophy. Jack was certainly one of my heroes. And I’ll tell you one of the reasons he was…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 112469
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": FIRST EDITION OF KEEPING FAITH; INSCRIBED BY JIMMY CARTER TO LLOYD BENTSEN
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
First edition of the 39th President of the United States' memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by President Carter to former four-term United States Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen on a Presidential bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper, "To Lloyd Bentsen J. Carter." The recipient, Lloyd Millard Bentsen, ran as the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket and served as the the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton. As a primary architect of the Clinton economic plan, Bentsen contributed to a $500 billion reduction in the…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 119599
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Rare Autograph Letter Signed By Famed English Writer Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Autograph Letter Signed.
1907.
Rare handwritten autograph letter signed from Rudyard Kipling to J. McGill sent from the R.M.S. Empress of Britain. Duodecimo, one page on Canadian Pacific Railway letterhead, the letter reads in full, "Dear Sir I am much obliged to you for your letter of the 25th and can only express my regret but my plans & movements are so uncertain that I am unable to arrange beforehand for any speeches." Double matted with a portrait of Kipling. In fine condition. The piece measures 14 inches by 11 inches.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 147774
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Signed Limited Edition of The David Foster Wallace Reader
WALLACE, David Foster.
The David Foster Wallace Reader.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Deluxe signed limited edition of this compilation of Foster Wallace's work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by artist Karen Green, the widow of Foster Wallace. The limited edition contains one piece of the original painting, "signed on verso with the artist's fingerprint." Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138151
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First Edition of 100 Years of Wimbledon; Signed by Lance Tingay and Wimbledon Champion Carlos Alcaraz
TINGAY, Lance. [Carlos Alcaraz].
100 Years of Wimbledon.
London: Guinness Superlatives Limited, 1977.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Wimbledon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Barry Newcombe, the most esteemed of colleagues Lance Tingay." Additionally signed by Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146249
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"A friend is someone you have things in common with, Charlie Brown": First Edition of I Need All The Friends I Can Get; Signed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M .
I Need All The Friends I Can Get.
San Francisco : Determined Productions, Inc, 1964.
First edition of this charming 'little classic' featuring Charles Schulz's endearing Peanuts characters. Small octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the front free endpaper. Book design by Jim Young. Photograph by John Arms. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 109011
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Rare Original S. L. Kaye Sketch Portrait of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion; Signed by Him
KAYE, S. L.; [David Ben-Gurion].
David Ben-Gurion Signed S.L. Kaye Sketch.
1960.
Framed rare graphite artist’s sketches of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion by artist S. L. Kaye. Signed and dated by Ben-Gurion below the portrait, "D. Ben-Gurion 9. 3. 60." Additionally signed by the artist at the corner of his sketch. In fine condition. The piece measures 20.9 inches by 16.9 inches. A fine example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145560
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First Edition of William Cothren's History of Ancient Woodbury Vol. II; Inscribed by Roger M. Sherman to Ellen Sherman
COTHREN, William [William Tecumseh Sherman].
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854: Including the Present Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a Part of Oxford and Middlebury.
Waterbury, Connecticut: Bronson Brothers, 1854.
Second volume of the first edition of this history of Ancient Woodbury, the location of the Sherman family’s initial establishment in early 1673; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with coats of arms from the Graham and Sherman family. General Sherman and his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplates to the front pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed by Roger M. Sherman on the flyleaf to Ellen Sherman, "Mrs. General Sherman with the compliments of Roger M. Sherman." The recipient, Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman and a prominent pro-Union…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145760
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First Edition of Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel; Warmly Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh in the Year of Publication
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1942.
First edition, one of only 500 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Carolyn with love from Evelyn Christmas 1942." In very good condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146276
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First Edition of The President Speaks: "A More Beautiful America": Inscribed by LBJ to Florida Senator George Smathers
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. Photographs by Ansel Adams.
The President Speaks: “A More Beautiful America” Excerpts from Speeches.
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1965.
First edition of this collection of speeches from President Lyndon Johnson. Quarto, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To George Smathers from his devoted friend. Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, George Smathers was a United States senator from Florida from 1951-1969, and close friends of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Illustrated throughout from photographs by Ansel Adams, plus one by Wynn Bullock. Booklet "Message on Natural Beauty" by Johnson loose in rear endpaper pocket as issued. Near fine in a fine slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 56030
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First Edition of Robert Penn Warren's World Time and Enough; Inscribed by Him
WARREN, Robert Penn.
World Enough and Time.
New York: Random House, 1950.
First edition of this classic novel; one of the big sleepers in 20th century American fiction and the "richest of [Warren's] novels" (New York Herald Tribune). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Sutherland regards Robert Penn Warren." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jules Gottlieb. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142272
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First Edition of Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It
MACLEAN, Norman.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1976.
First edition of Maclean's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Joel Snyder.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 147114
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"Beauty will live though I must sleep, unknowing, beneath thy feet": The Constant Nymph; signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean
KENNEDY, Margaret and Basil Dean.
The Constant Nymph: From the Novel of Margaret Kennedy.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1926.
First edition, second impression of the classic stage adaptation of Kennedy's Bohemian novel of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean on the half-title page. In near fine condition. From the library of bibliophile Henry Stuart Maclean Jack with his bookplate to the pastedown. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124809
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The Economic Point of View; Signed by Israel Kirzner
KIRZNER, Israel M.
The Economic Point of View.
Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1976.
First printing of this edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Israel Kirzner on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Grandits. Edited with an introduction by Laurence S. Moss.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144369
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First Edition of Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider; Inscribed by the Author with a Drawing of a Spider
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Busy Spider.
New York: Philomel Books, 1984.
First edition of this classic picture book. Oblong octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author opposite the title page in black felt tip, "For Van, with love, Eric Carle." Additionally inscribed with a drawing of a spider. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription of the recipient in the year of publication opposite the title page.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146480
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First Edition of William Starr Myers and Walter H. Newton's The Hoover Administration: A Documented Narrative; Inscribed by Former President of the United States Herbert Hoover
MYERS, William Starr; Walter H. Newton [Herbert Hoover].
The Hoover Administration: A Documented Narrative.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.
First edition of this complete, fully documented, and authoritative story of Herbert Hoover's four years as President. Octavo, original navy cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Hoover from the drawing by Clarence R. Mattei. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Hoover on the front free endpaper, "Dear Mrs. Bent, This is not my authorship but I am for it and I am glad you have it. Sincerely Herbert Hoover." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Rare with such a lengthy inscription.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146699
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"Knock, and it shall be opened unto you": First Edition of Sean O'Casey's I Knock At The Door; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
O'CASEY, Sean.
I Knock At The Door: Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1939.
First edition of this autobiography by the famed Irish playwright. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To Joe Cummins, with deep affection, from Sean O'Casey remembering many delightful Dublin chats round his surgery firesides. Devon 1939. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 108016
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"First with the head, then with the heart": First British Edition of The Power of One; Signed by Bryce Courtenay in the Year of Publication
COURTENAY, Bryce.
The Power of One.
London: William Heinemann, 1989.
First British edition of the Courtenay's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Bryce Courtenay 22/3/89." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 147199