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ROYAL 1964 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1964 Christmas Card.
1964.
Royal 1964 Christmas and New Year Card featuring a black-and-white photograph of the Royal family. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1964" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 7.25 by 19.25 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137583
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"They call me Mister Tibbs!": First edition of In The Heat of the Night; inscribed by John Ball and Signed by Actress Lee Grant
BALL, John.
In The Heat of The Night.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic mystery drama which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant. Octavo, original half cloth, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Anthony Miller and Hatie with warmest regards and friendship John Ball 29 Sept 1987." Additionally signed by actress Lee Grant on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Luis Woods. Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144307
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“The urge to escape from selfhood and the environment is in almost everyone almost all the time": First Edition of The Doors of Perception; Signed by Aldous Huxley
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Doors of Perception.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954.
First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144197
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Autograph Photograph of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
HOLMES, Jr..
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Signed Photograph.
1928.
Autographed photograph of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, signed and dated February 2, 1932. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 13 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 94958
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"And if I should live to be the The Last Leaf upon the tree in the Spring, Let them smile as I do now At the old forsaken bough Where I cling": First edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Last Leaf; inscribed by him to Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie Grant
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.
The Last Leaf. Poem. By Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press, 1886.
First edition of Holmes' classic poem. Folio, original publisher's half vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, top edge gilt, illustrated by George Wharton Edwards and F. Hopkinson Smith. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie Grant, "Oliver Wendell Holmes for Miss Nellie Grant" and additionally signed and inscribed by him on the second blank with a stanza from The Last Leaf, "And if I should live to be the The Last Leaf upon the tree in the Spring, Let them smile as I do now…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 138225
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"Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt": First Edition of Waiting For the Barbarians; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
Waiting for the Barbarians.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1980.
First British edition, preceding the South African first of this modern classic by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket without the usual sunning to the spine with a small closed tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 4295
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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "hello! Michael Rosen." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. With the original ticket of the appearance of Rosen laid in. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142057
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FIRST EDITION OF SLIDE SHOW: THE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF HELEN LEVITT; INSCRIBED BY HER TO FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF WALL
LEVITT, Helen.
Slide Show: The Color Photographs of Helen Levitt.
New York: Powerhouse Books, 2005.
First edition of Levitt's impressive collection of previously unpublished color photographs. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow photographer Jeff Wall on the title page, "For Jeff Wall. Helen Levitt." The recipient, Jeff Wall, has been a key figure in Vancouver's art scene since the 1970's. He is best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs that explore Vancouver's mixture of natural beauty, urban decay, and postmodern and industrial featurelessness. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by John Szarkowski. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117735
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Rare Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens to his close friend and financial adviser Thomas Mitton
DICKENS, Charles.
Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.
1844.
Rare autograph letter signed by great English novelist Charles Dickens. One page, octavo, folded, the letter reads, "Devonshire Terrace Eighteenth April 1844. My Dear Mitton, I am sorry to say that plan won't do. Because although Coutts’s were so prompt and polite last time, still they did say 'that it wasn’t the kind of note’ &c &c - as I wrote you at the time. Indeed, I remember to have often heard that they avoid discounting... I wish to Heaven you could think of any other way. I will come down today, between 2 and 3. I have not seen…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 132057
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ROYAL 1961 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1961 Christmas Card.
1961.
Royal 1961 Christmas and New Year Card featuring an color plate of Peter Paul Rubens' The Holy Family with Saint Francis from the Royal Collection. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1963" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 8.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137892
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"Tarzan is the dream man we would most of us like to be": First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar; Inscribed by him
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1918.
First edition, first printing of the fifth book in Burroughs' epic Tarzan series with with "Published, April, 1918" and W. F. Hall on the copyright page. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stephen Gray Best All good wishes, Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzana California June 6 1939." In 1919, Burroughs purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles, California, which he named "Tarzana". The citizens of the community that sprang up around the ranch voted to adopt that name when their community,…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96782
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FIRST EDITION OF HERE AND THERE; INSCRIBED BY HELEN LEVITT TO FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF WALL
LEVITT, Helen.
Here and There.
New York: Powerhouse, 2004.
First edition of collection of this collection of Levitt's street photography. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow photographer Jeff Wall on the title page, “For Jeff Wall. Helen Levitt.” The recipient, Jeff Wall, has been a key figure in Vancouver’s art scene since the 1970’s. He is best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs that explore Vancouver’s mixture of natural beauty, urban decay, and postmodern and industrial featurelessness. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Adam Gopnik. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 118052
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Rare Original Silver Gelatin Print of Rabindranath Tagore; Signed by Him
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.
Rare original silver gelatin print of Nobel Prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore below the photograph. The entire piece measures 5 inches by 3 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 120647
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"'Where is God?' Said the black girl to the missionary who had converted her?": First edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God; Inscribed by him and wife Charlotte to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his wife Eleanor
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God.
Constable & Company Limited: London, 1932.
First edition of George Bernard Shaw's short story collection, including the satirical allegorical title story: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, designed and illustrated with engravings by John Farleigh. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Eleanor and Theodore Roosevelt this Visiting Card after a memorable day at Government House, Manila from Charlotte F. Shaw and G. Bernard Shaw 9th February 1933." Mr. and Mrs. George Bernard Shaw stopped at Manila on a round-the-world cruise where they were invited to lunch with Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96134
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"Let Us Hope That The Best Important Achievement Of Atomic Energy Will Lie In Planetary Exploration, And Not In Human Destruction": First Edition of George Gamow's Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity; Inscribed by Him to Chester Nimitz
GAMOW, George [Chester Nimitz].
Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1946.
First edition of this work by the legendary physicist and cosmologist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To The Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Cordially From The Author G. Gamow." The recipient, Chester Nimitz was made Fleet Admiral in 1944 (a lifetime appointment) and was in charge of the United States Forces in the Pacific, and Commander of Operations including the first military use of atomic energy in warfare, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Near fine in very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 139841
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First Edition of The Missing Piece Meets the Big O; Warmly Inscribed by Shel Silverstein with a large Drawing
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.
First edition of this work of poetry by the author on The Giving Tree. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of a hand with a pen on the front free endpaper continuing to the front pastedown, "For Daniel With Love Shel Silverstein." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145791
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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare Original July 21st 1969 Delaware Evening Journal Front Page; Signed by legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Delaware Evening Journal.
Wilmington: Delaware Evening Journal, July 21, 1969.
Rare original Delaware Evening Journal featuring the headline "Eagle Jets Safely Off Moon; In Orbit for Rendezvous", a front page article on the Apollo 11 moon landing, and large photograph of Neil Armstrong collecting dirt on the lunar surface. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong on his photograph. Below the headline is Armstrong's famous quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Articles featured on the front page include, "Neil, Buzz Leave Prints on Moon", "Kennedy Charged in Crash", and "Luna 15 Lands On Moon, 500 Miles from LM." In very good condition. Double matted and framed.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 100158
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Rare First Edition of An Address; Inscribed by Peter Paul Francis Degrand to John Quincy Adams
DEGRAND, Peter Paul Francis [John Quincy Adams].
An Address by P.P.F. Degrand, on the Advantages of Low Fares, and Low Rates of Freight, Practically Illustrated by the Deep Researches of the British, French and Belgian Governments; Unanimously Approved and Adopted, and Ordered to be Published, by a Meeting of Gentlemen Friendly to Internal Improvements, Held in Boston, Dec. 3, 1840.
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1840.
First edition of this rare work by one of the earliest promoters of a transcontinental railroad. Octavo, original publisher's salmon wrappers, ownership stamp to the verso of the title page, "Baker Library From the Library of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich." Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Hon. J. Q. Adams, Washington. With P. P. F. Degrand's regards." One of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in American history, John Quincy Adams is best known for his historic role in the development American foreign policy; staunchly defending the ideals of liberty, nonintervention, and freedom of commerce.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147598
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“Many of the books tossed into the flames in Berlin that night by the joyous students under the approving eye of Dr. Goebbels had been written by authors of world reputation": William Shirer's Classic work The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich; Inscribed by Him
SHIRER, William L.
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.
Later printing "one of the most important works of history of our time" (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Barbara Melensky- with best wishes from the author William L. Shirer." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Brownjohn, Chermayeff and Geismar. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147360
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“People look to the order of numbers when the world falls apart": First Edition of A Beautiful Mind; Signed by Sylvia Nasar and John F. Nash
NASAR, Sylvia; John F. Nash.
A Beautiful Mind.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of this work, basis for the Academy award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sylvia Nasar and additionally signed by Nobel Laureate and subject John F. Nash on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Timothy Hsu.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 58990