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First edition of Business @ The Speed of Thought; inscribed by Bill Gates to Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci
GATES, Bill with Collins Hemingway.
Business @ The Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System.
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Gates' work on best practices for utilizing information systems in the business world. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Gates on the half-title page, "Governor Cellucci, Thanks for your support. Best wishes, Bill Gates." American politician and diplomat Argeo Paul Cellucci served as the 69th governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001, and as the United States Ambassador to Canada from 2001 to 2005. His major accomplishments included his efforts to reform the state's education system, his focus on fiscal responsibility, and his initiatives to promote economic development in Massachusetts. Near fine in a…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145138
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"One of the most groundbreaking and influential novels of all time—and one of the best": Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Anthony Burgess
BURGESS, Anthony.
A Clockwork Orange.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1963.
Finely bound edition of Burgess' landmark novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Anthony Burgess on a page bound in. With an Afterword and glossary by Stanley Edgar Hyman. In fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146490
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"Love? First give justice! There's nothing above! And then you may love!": In This Our World; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Copy
GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins [Stetson].
In This Our World.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899.
Second edition of Gilman's first collection of poetry, coupled with almost eighty previously uncollected pieces. Duodecimo, enclosed in a handsewn black silk cover, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Gilman. Inscribed by Gilman on the front free endpaper, "Charlotte Perkins Stetson Her copy!" In good condition with detached binding, some pages in the front and rear loose, closed tears to the hinges of the silk cover, gift inscription in the year of publication on the front free endpaper above Gilman's inscription, "Presented by M. Maynard for Xmas 1899," some poems dated in pencil, loss to the frontispiece tissue-guard. Accompanied by an autograph…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146575
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Rare United States Second Regiment of Artillery Presidential Appointment; signed by Ulysses S. Grant as president
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant Signed Presidential Appointment.
1875.
Rare original Presidential appointment signed by Ulysses S. Grant as the eighteenth President of the United States. One page, partially printed, the commission is dated 25 March, 1875 and appoints John H. Calef as "Captain in the Second Regiment of Artillery in the service of the United States." Signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President and countersigned by Secretary of War William W. Belknap. Retaining the original gold foil seal. Handsomely matted and framed with a portrait of Grant and engraved informational plate. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 30 inches by 26 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147217
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"The inspiring story of women's struggle for recognition in American public life": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok's Ladies of Courage; Signed by Both
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor and Lorena A. Hickok.
Ladies of Courage.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.
First edition of Roosevelt and Hickok's tribute to women in America. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 116277
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"With love to you, on Washington's birthday": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s India and the Awakening East; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the half-title page, "Eleanor Roosevelt with love to you, on Washington's birthday Fer. 22, 1954 Vernon." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 110954
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"Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else": First American Edition of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.
New York: Grove Press, 1967.
First American edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kuhlman Associates. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142102
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Signed Limited First Edition of Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint; Signed by Him and Legendary Actor Richard Benjamin
ROTH, Philip [Richard Benjamin].
Portnoy’s Complaint.
New York: Random House, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of Roth's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original cloth, slipcase. One of 600 numbered examples signed by Philip Roth and additionally by actor Richard Benjamin, who starred in the 1972 adaptation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142668
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Limited Edition Panoramic Photograph of The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; Signed by President Ronald Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.
Limited edition panoramic photograph of 'The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library' in Simi Valley, California. Glossy color 14.5 inch by 5 inch panoramic photograph of 'The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library' in Simi Valley, California, numbered 92/250, boldly signed on the border by Ronald Reagan, and by the photographer, Tom Lamb. In fine condition. Double-matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 13 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146516
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Michael Jordan's For the Love of the Game; Inscribed by Him
JORDAN, Michael.
For the Love of the Game.
Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "To Bill Happy 50th Birthday Hope you make it to 50 more Michael Jordan." From the collection of Bill Zwecker, the former longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. Beginning his journalism career in the 1980s, Zwecker is an industry veteran who has interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. This was a gift to Zwecker for his 50th birthday from Michael Jordan. With a framed collage of Zwecker and Jordan at the annual Chicago Celebrity Softball Game in 1992. It was taken the first time Michael…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 131781
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Long Walk to Freedom; Warmly Inscribed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson .
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Austin Christmas Compliments and best wishes NMandela 10.6.95." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132402
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"The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry": First Edition of The Path to the Double Helix; Signed by Francis Crick and Robert Olby
OBLY, Robert; Foreword by Francis Crick.
The Path to the Double Helix.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974.
First edition of this work on the history of the double helix. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by both the author and Francis Crick on the title page, who contributed the foreword. The author has transcribed the following from this work, "The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry Robert Olby." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3394
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Eisenhower family photograph Signed by members of three generations of the Eisenhower family
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower; David Eisenhower.
Eisenhower Family Signed Photograph.
Photograph of the Eisenhower family, signed by Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower, their son and daughter-in-law and only grandchild. Inscribed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, "For Ken & Joyce Browne with best wishes Dwight D. Eisenhower," and signed, "Mamie Doud Eisenhower." Additionally inscribed by the Eisenhowers' eldest son John and his wife Barbara, "To the Brownes from Barbara and John Eisenhower" and signed by their son David Eisenhower. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.25 inches. Rare and desirable signed by members of three generations of the Eisenhower family.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95836
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Original Hilary Knight Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration Depicting designer John Galliano
KNIGHT, Hilary (John Galliano).
Hilary Knight Original John Galliano Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated models from Armani, Dior, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix and Riccardo Tischi. The present illustration features a portrait of Dior designer John Galliano brandishing a saber at his curtain call. The Christian Dior Show which opened the Paris haute couture season in January 2006 was marked by Galliano's daring and cryptic show: "Red is the New Libertine. Platinum is the New Marie Antoinette. Leather is the New Luxury. Veiling is the New Seduction. Dior is the…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95325
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"But the journey would have been better if Beatrice and Bruce had been there": First Editions of the author’s Masterpiece; Warmly Inscribed by Rebecca West to the Editors of the Ladies Home Journal
WEST, Rebecca.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941.
First American editions of Rebecca West's masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "But the journey would have been better if Beatrice and Bruce had been there. Rebecca West 1962." The recipients, Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies' Home Journal for almost 27 years, from 1935 through 1962, including the golden years of the magazine. Time magazine wrote upon their 1962 retirement, the Goulds took an undistinguished journal in a field that "took the patronizing view that a woman's interests were largely confined…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145979
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First Edition of Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits; Warmly inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
BEARD, Peter.
Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits.
Sante Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999.
First edition of this classic monograph. Quarto, original leatherette cover. illustrated throughout. Elaborately signed and inscribed by Peter Beard in the year of publication, with his left hand imprint added. In fine condition, bookplate opposite the inscription. Preface by Peter T. Tunney and with an introduction by David Fahey. Essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146133
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First edition of Selected Writings of Holbrook Working; inscribed by him
WORKING, Holbrook.
Selected Writings of Holbrook Working.
Chicago: Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, 1977.
First edition of Working's selected writings. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bill Jones, with warm good wishes, Holbrook Working." In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 126837
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Louis Armstrong's Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans; lengthily inscribed by him
ARMSTRONG, Louis.
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.
First edition, second printing of the autobiography of one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz, Louis "Pops" Armstrong. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the musician on the half-title page, "To Josh: The Old Dixie Jazz-hound from New Orleans!! Your friend, Louis Armstrong ("Satchmo")." The recipient, Joshua B. Glassel was a fellow Dixieland jazz musician and friend of Armstrong's in New Orleans. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. With Glassel's ownership signature to the half-title page.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137133
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First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: Vanguard, 1944.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 1962
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“Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?”: First Edition of Aldous Huxley's Antic Hay; Inscribed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Antic Hay.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1923.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For James Murphy, thirty years later, Aldous Huxley, 1954." Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119728
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"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon": First Edition of Money and Mischief; Inscribed by Milton Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist on monetary history. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Alan, some bedtime reading, Best regards Milton." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 4119
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First Edition of the Author’s Prophetic Book The Coming of Post Industrial Society; Inscribed by Daniel Bell in the year of Publication to Sociologist David Riesman
BELL, Daniel.
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
New York: Basic Books, 1973.
First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Dave and Evie Riesman, with regard, Dan Bell Chilmark, July 12, 1973." David Riesman was a Harvard sociologist, known for his classic work The Lonely Crowd, which is considered a landmark study of American character. An outstanding association linking these two academician giants of the twentieth century. Some spotting to the page…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 18062
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“The pursuit of truth, not of facts, is the business of fiction": First Edition of Oakley Hall's Warlock; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery; Signed by Him
HALL, Oakley.
Warlock.
New York: The Viking Press, 1958.
First edition of this classic of American West literature. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by Oakley Hall on a page bound in. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 143509
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"In Loves fair garden-close I wander free, so take your guerdon elsewhere, lovely June": First edition of Joyce Kilmer's Summer of Love; Inscribed by him to fellow poet and critic Thomas Walsh
KILMER, Joyce.
Summer of Love.
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911.
First edition, first issue of Joyce Kilmer's first book of verse. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow poet and literary critic Thomas Walsh, "To Thomas Walsh, With appreciation of his roast of this book, and the sincere admiration of Joyce Kilmer, June 20, 1913, Brooklyn, NY." A scholar of Latin American and Spanish literature, Thomas Walsh published four books of poetry and wrote many short articles and reviews, including several for the New York Times. With Walsh's bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 92792
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"The best inside information is on the tape": Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years; Inscribed by Legendary Investor Richard Wyckoff
WYCKOFF, Richard D.
Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.
Second edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data).. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Misses Niell and Tyson with best regards Richard D. Wyckoff April 19/32." In very good condition. Books signed and inscribed by Wyckoff are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145810
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"It was a Pleasure!": Rare Cat in the Hat Print; Signed by Dr. Seuss
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].
Dr. Seuss Signed Cat in the Hat Print.
Rare illustrated print of Dr. Seuss’s signature children’s book character. Color print of the Cat in the Hat. Boldly inscribed by Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel], “Hi, Fred!" In fine condition. The piece measures 5 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147220
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First Edition of George Schuyler's Slaves Today. A Story of Liberia; Inscribed by Him
SCHUYLER, George S.
Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931.
First edition of "the first novel about Africa written by an African American" (Aric Putnam). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To William M. Stein from George S. Schuyler January 10,1932." In very good condition. Laid in is an original program from 1938 Charter Day at Howard University.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 125792
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“She was buried in his flesh. She throbbed in the beat of his pulses. She was wine in his blood, a music in his heart": First Modern Library Edition of Look Homeward, Angel; Inscribed by Thomas Wolfe
WOLFE, Thomas.
Look Homeward, Angel.
New York: The Modern Library, 1934.
First Modern Library edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Beryl Burk, with best wishes Thomas Wolfe Oct. 30, 1935." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 127273
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"THE USUAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN DIPLOMACY AND FORCE IS NOT MERLY IN THE INSTRUMENTS, WORDS OR BULLETS, BUT IN THE RELATION BEWTWEEN ADVERSARIES": FIRST EDITION OF ARMS AND INFLUENCE: SIGNED BY NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMIST THOMAS SCHELLING
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Arms and Influence.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966.
First edition of this "exemplary text on the interplay of national purpose and military force" (Book Week). Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the spine. A very nice example of an important book, that is uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 2912
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Signed Limited First edition of Louise Gluck's FIrstborn
GLUCK, Louise.
Firstborn.
Oxford: Anvil Press Poetry, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet's first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Louise Gluck on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136043
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"Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death": Original photograph signed by the father of rocket technology, Wernher von Braun
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph signed by German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner, "For "Busher" Bill affectionately Wernher von Braun." In very good condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136509
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“When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you": First Edition of The Power of Positive Thinking; Signed by Norman Vincent Peale
PEALE, Norman Vincent.
The Power of Positive Thinking.
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952.
First edition of Norman Vincent Peale's enduring classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Norma-Jean Roth with best wishes Norman Vincent Peale." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 140273
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Original Hilary Knight Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration Depicting designer John Galliano's Red is the New Libertine show for Dior
KNIGHT, Hilary (John Galliano).
Hilary Knight Original John Galliano Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated models from Armani, Dior, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix and Riccardo Tischi. The present illustration titled "Blood and Grommets" features three models on the runway of the Dior show at Polo de Paris. The Christian Dior Show which opened the Paris haute couture season in January 2006 was marked by designer John Galliano's daring and cryptic show: "Red is the New Libertine. Platinum is the New Marie Antoinette. Leather is the New Luxury. Veiling…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95326
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First Edition of Habermas' Theory and Practice; Inscribed by Him
HABERMAS, Jurgen.
Theory and Practice.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1973.
First edition in English of the philosopher's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by "For John Roper Jurgen Habermas." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard C. Bartlett.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117642
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First Edition of Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man; Signed by Legendary Champion Bill Russell and Twice by Taylor Branch
RUSSELL, Bill and Taylor Branch.
Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of this powerful memoir by the legendary champion and civil rights advocate. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed the author and co-author Taylor Branch on the front free endpaper, "Bill Russell #6." Additionally lengthily inscribed by Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author Taylor Branch on the title page. Also laid in is a certificate of authenticity signed in Russell's hand "William F. Russell." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by The Artworks. Jacket photograph by Bob Peterson. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 134622
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First Editions of Andre L. Simon's The History of the Wine Trade in England; Both Volumes Inscribed by Him
SIMON, Andre L.
The History of the Wine Trade in England.
London: Wyman & Sons, 1906-07.
First editions of Simon's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Volumes I and III are signed Andre Simon, Volume II is inscribed by him, "With the author's Compliments Andre L. Simon 12 Nov 08 To Austin Bellow." In very good condition with rubbing and wear to volume II.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 90384
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First Edition of So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano to Philip Roth
MODIANO, Patrick [Philip Roth].
So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood.
Boston/ New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
First edition in English of this haunting novel of suspense. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to fellow writer Philip Roth, "Pour Philip, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Moore. Translated from the French by Euan Cameron. From the library of Philip Roth. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117832
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FIRST EDITIONS OF each volume in John Le Carre's Acclaimed Karla Trilogy; Smiley's People Lengthily inscribed by him
LE CARRE, John. [David Cornwell].
The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1980.
First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Smiley’s People, "For Victor Ross with best wishes from John Le Carre - & with fraternal greetings! Hampstead 11 April 80." Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a first edition. The Honourable Schoolboy is a fourth impression and Smiley's People is a second impression. Each volume is fine to near fine in a fine to near fine dust jacket. Ownership name to Tinker Tailor. Rare and desirable with such a lengthy inscription…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137034
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Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition Of The Author’s Magnum Opus; Signed by David Foster Wallace
WALLACE, David Foster.
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138301