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From the Library of Jack Kerouac: First Edition of I DODO A Poem Cycle; Inscribed to Him by Fred Kline
KLINE, Fred; [Jack Kerouac].
I, DODO: A Poem Cycle.
San Francisco: Double-H Press, 1968.
First edition of this charming book of poetry; from the library of 'On the Road' author Jack Kerouac. Sextodecimo, original wrappers. The first printing of 2000 copies. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "to Jack Kerouac, with great admiration. Fred Kline. Nov. 11, 1968 Dos Palos." The recipient, Jack Kerouac, is generally considered the father of the Beat movement, although he actively disliked such labels. His method was heavily influenced by the prolific explosion of jazz in 1960s America and later by his studies in Buddhism that originated with fellow beat and academic Gary Snyder.…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146634
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“FREEDOM IS THE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT OF MAN’S MIND”: FIRST EDITION OF AYN RAND'S CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL; SIGNED BY HER
RAND, Ayn; Essays by Nathaniel Branden.
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
New York: New American Library, 1966.
First edition of this collection of essays—which Rand, in her introduction, characterizes as “a nonfiction footnote to Atlas Shrugged.” Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by S.A. Summit, Inc. With additional articles by Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, and Robert Hessen. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130896
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"we were each other, we were each other, not that it mattered much in the long run but what else mattered as much": First Edition of the author’s first book run river; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan.
Run River.
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1963.
First edition of the Didion’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anthony Post. A nice example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140695
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First edition, signed limited issue of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts
HARDY, Thomas.
The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927.
First edition, signed limited issue of Hardy's epic drama. Quarto, three volumes, original half vellum over decorated paper boards with gilt titles to the spine, etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. One of five hundred and twenty-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets which are in very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140594
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"Howl for them that suffer broken bone homeless on moody balconies, Jack's soul returning to me over & over with prophecy": First edition of Allen Ginsberg's Iron Horse; inscribed by him to Fellow Beat John Clellon Holmes
GINSBERG, Allen (John Clellon Holmes).
Iron Horse.
Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1972.
First edition of Ginsberg's beatific visionary poem, an important part of his The Fall of America: Poems of These States sequence. Oblong octavo, original illustrated metallic wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Allen Ginsberg on the half-title page, "a ah gha sa ma ha for John Clellon Homes Salem/Kerouac Mass from Allen Ginsberg 5 April 1973." The recipient, John Clellon Holmes was one of the foremost members of the Beat Generation along with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. In November of 1952 Holmes introduced the phrase 'beat generation' as a term of common parlance with the publication of…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96567
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First Edition of Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey; Inscribed by Astronaut Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Coke and Betty, when overtaken by insomnia. Michael Collins." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. First printings are uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 128433
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Signed Limited Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
Author's autograph edition of Lindbergh's autobiography, which provides the account of the life of one of the century's greatest adventurers, the first man to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight. One of 100 numbered copies, this is number K, signed by both Charles Lindbergh and the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo, half bound salmon paper covered boards, frontispiece with tissue-guard, 51 black and white plates. In near fine condition. Introduction by Myron T. Herrick. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129369
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Fine collection of eighteen Martin Amis First Editions; fifteen signed by him
AMIS, Martin.
Martin Amis First Edition Collection.
Lonson: Jonathan Cape, 1984-2020.
Extensive collection of first editions by acclaimed novelist Martin Amis, including his best-known works Money and London Fields. Octavo, 18 volumes, original cloth and half-cloth. 15 volumes signed by the author. The collection includes first editions of Einstein's Monsters [London: Jonathan Cape, 1987]; and signed first editions of London Fields [London: Jonathan Cape, 1989] and Time's Arrow [London: Jonathan Cape, 1991] among others. Each volume is a first edition, first printing with the exception of money which is an first edition, second printing published in the same year as the first. Each volume is near fine to fine in a…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 134198
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“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us": Rare photograph inscribed by Helen Keller
KELLER, Helen.
Helen Keller Signed Photograph.
Original photograph of Helen Keller with her Great Dane, Sieglinde, and beloved teacher Anne Sullivan's Scottish Terrier. Inscribed by Helen Keller, "To Perry Finkelstein, with cordial greetings, Helen Keller, June 14th, 1938, Helen Keller." Helen Keller had at least one pet from childhood until the end of her life. Dogs served as a special source of companionship to Keller and accompanied wherever she went, from college classrooms to a visit to Japan. Keller is even credited with helping to introduce Japanese Akita breed to the United States with her beloved Kamikaze-Go and Kenzan-Go which were imported directly from Japan. The…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 89153
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Rare Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Document Signed
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Document Signed.
1871.
Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Quarto, one page, partially printed, the document reads, 'I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the commutation of the sentence of Charles Purdue dated this day and signed by me and for so doing this shall be his warrant. "U.S. Grant" Washington May 2 1871.' The man referenced here, Charles Purdue, was a seaman aboard the Robert Edwards in the spring of 1871 who was accused of inexplicably setting fire to…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146683
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First Edition of McCarthy; Inscribed by Roy Cohn to close friend and writer William Safire and his wife
COHN, Roy.
McCarthy.
New York : The New American Library, 1968.
First edition of this work by Cohn, who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to close friend William Safire and his wife, "For Sadie and Bill — Much love — Roy May 25/68." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 128627
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First Edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's Moscou; Inscribed by Him
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
Moscou [Moscow].
Paris: Collection Neuf/ Robert Editeur, 1955.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "a Monsieur et Madame Henri Dumur avec mon souvenir le meilleur Henri Cartier-Bresson." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 138199
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"Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares": First Edition of Rosser Reeves' Reality in Advertising; Signed by Him
REEVES, Rosser.
Reality in Advertising.
New York: Borzoi/ Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.
First trade edition, published after the privately printed Ted Bates edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, slipcase. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With a promise that this is a very short, short book! Rosser Reeves Oct 8, 1962. Fine in the original glassine wrapper in a fine slipcase. Rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 30014
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First Edition of Langston Hughes's Laughing To Keep From Crying; Inscribed by Him
HUGHES, Langston.
Laughing To Keep From Crying.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1952.
First edition of Hughes' second major collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed especially for Wolfgang, With sincere regard Langston New York March 30, 1952." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 61051
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"To know Indians was to take a delight in people as people; every encounter was an adventure": First Editions of each volume in Naipaul's India Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India; India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964-1990.
First editions of each of the author's works in his acclaimed Indian Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 90453
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“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself": Signed Limited Edition of Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Point Counter Point.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Huxley's classic satiric novel, one of 256 numbered copies, this is number 254. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130871
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“Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert": First Edition of J.K. Rowling's Quidditch: Through the Ages; Signed by Her
ROWLING, J.K [Kennelworthy Whisp].
Quidditch: Through the Ages.
New York: Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic Books, 2001.
First edition of this "amazingly imaginative work" (Associated Press). Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. In fine condition. Rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141463
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"Our fathers fought bravely. But do you know the biggest weapon unleashed by the enemy against them? It was not the Maxim gun. It was division among them. Why? Because a people united in faith are stronger than the bomb": Rare Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of A Grain of Wheat; Inscribed by Ngugi
NGUGI, James.
A Grain of Wheat.
London: William Heinemann, 1967.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Warmly inscribed by Ngugi on the title page, "For John Your favorite? Mine too! Ngugi." In very good condition with some spotting to the wrappers.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 45014
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Inscribed Photograph of the Johnson Family to Mary Lasker
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird.
Signed Family Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Large photograph of Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson posing on the White House lawn, Inscribed "To Mary Lasker—Merry Christmas from her friends Lady Bird and" "Lyndon B. Johnson" "Christmas 1966." "The recipient Mary Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation. She helped convince Eleanor Roosevelt to endorse Lyndon Johnson's efforts to become the 1960 Democratic nominee, and Lady Bird glowingly mentions Lasker in her book A White House Diary. Lasker was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Double matted and framed;…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 81065
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"I remember Evelyn first at Oxford, a convivial, pink-faced, blue-tweeded figure with, almost invariably a glass in his hand": First revised edition of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop; inscribed by him to life-long friend Patrick Balfour
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Scoop.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1964.
First revised edition of Waugh's satire of sensationalist journalism. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Patrick, with regards from Evelyn." The recipient, Scottish author-journalist Patrick Balfour,(Lord Kinross), was a life-long friend of Waugh’s. Balfour was serving as a correspondent for The Evening Standard and Daily Sketch in East Africa and became a close companion of Waugh’s as he wrote the present volume. Laid in is a four-page typescript article written by Balfour about his friendship with Waugh, titled "Evelyn Waugh". The article begins, "I remember Evelyn first at Oxford, a convivial, pink-faced, blue-tweeded…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 95271