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“OF ALL SAD WORDS OF TONGUE OR PEN, THE SADDEST ARE THESE, 'IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN'": First edition, First issue of John Greenleaf Whittier's Snow-Bound
WHITTIER, John Greenleaf.
Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866.
First edition, first issue of this poetic description of the pleasant isolation of “the inmates of the family at the Whittier homestead” with the final page properly numbered 52. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, pale yellow endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait and title page vignette, headpiece and initial letter by Harry Fenn. BAL 21862. In near fine condition. Rear endpaper clipped. Housed in a custom clamshell and folding chemise case.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 139441
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"Some people care too much. I think it's called love": First Edition Set of A. A. Milne's Christopher Robin Songbooks
MILNE, A.A.; Music by H. Fraser-Simson.
Christopher Robin Songbooks: Teddy Bear & Other Songs From When We Were Very Young, Songs From Now We Are Six, More Very Young Songs.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926-1928.
First edition set of songbooks from Milne's Christopher Robin and Pooh series. Quarto, 3 volumes, original tan half cloth, illustrated with decorations by E. H. Shepard. In near fine condition with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper of each volume.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146005
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First Edition of Theodore Pratt's That Was Palm Beach; signed by him
PRATT, Theodore.
That Was Palm Beach.
St. Petersburg, Florida: Great Outdoors, 1968.
First edition of Pratt's history of Flagler era of Palm Beach, Florida. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. In very good condition. Front cover photograph of "the great Royal Poinciana Hotel which once stood in Palm Beach, the grandest hotel of all time, the largest wooded building ever built in the history of the world."
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138405
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First edition of J.K. Rowling's Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit
ROWLING, J.K.
The Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit.
London: Bloomsbury, 2003.
First edition of the Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit. Octavo, three volumes, housed in the original pictorial slipcase and shrink wrap. The pack includes one adult first edition and 2 children's first editions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with 5 bookmarks, 5 Do Not Disturb Signs, 5 sticker sets, and 3 bookplates. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144952
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First edition of Shackleton Baileys Cicero; FROM THE LIBRARY OF ENGLISH CLASSICIST BERNARD KNOX WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE
BAILEY, D. R. Shackleton. [Bernard Knox].
Cicero.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.
First American edition of Baileys classic work on Cicero. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government’s highest honor for achievement in the humanities. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 134285
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First Edition of George Agar Ellis' The True History of the State Prisoner, Commonly Called The Iron Mask
ELLIS, George Agar.
The True History of the State Prisoner, Commonly Called The Iron Mask, Extracted from Documents in the French Archives.
London: John Murray, 1826.
First edition of this early account of the French legend, later retold by Alexandre Dumas in The Man in the Iron Mask. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary straight grain morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges marbled. In very good condition. An attractive 19th century binding.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 137292
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First Edition of Two Lucky People; Signed by Milton and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Two Lucky People.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998.
First edition of this memoir by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and his wife Rose, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "For Vernon Paul Rose Friedman and signed below by Milton Friedman. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 72865
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Leonard Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby's auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein
[BERNSTEIN, Leonard; Jack Gottlieb].
A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.
New York: Sotheby's, Inc, 1997.
Leonard Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby's auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. With Gottlieb's notes throughout including the hammer price for each lot that sold in the auction. He has also marked the page that has a lengthy quote from him describing a French provincial walnut style folding table in the catalog, "In the inner sanctum - the staging area for super-human accomplishment - stood that table, where the Maestro marked up his performing scores in crystal-clear intricate detail, like a a fine jeweler polishing precious…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 135684
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"One moonlit evening, mainly to prove himself he could do it, Harold went for a walk on a tightrope": Scarce First Edition of Harold's Circus: An Astounding, Colossal, Purple Crayon Event!
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Harold’s Circus: An Astounding, Colossal, Purple Crayon Event!
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959.
First edition of the fifth book in the author's beloved series. 16mo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Scarce.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 101254
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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay; finely bound in full polished tree calf
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.
Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1878.
Finely bound new edition of the historical essays of Macaulay. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, inner dentelles stamped in blind, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In very good condition. Bookplates.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138519
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First edition of In Search of America; signed and inscribed by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
JENNINGS, Peter and Todd Brewster.
In Search of America.
New York: Hyperion, 2002.
First edition of the bestselling authors' lavishly illustrated work exploring American identity from the country's foundation to present day. Quarto, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs edited by Vivette Porges. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "Rebecca You are on a great journey! & a great person P.J." and "Todd Brewster 9.26.02." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elton Robinson.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144820
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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale": First Edition of The Last Unicorn; Signed by Peter S. Beagle
BEAGLE, Peter S. with Peter B. Gillis; Art by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon.
The Last Unicorn.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2011.
First edition of the graphic novel adaptation of Beagle’s classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon. Boldly signed by Peter S. Beagle on the front end paper. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147091
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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala
DALI, Salvador.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife, Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146757
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First Edition of In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story; Signed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story.
Wisconsin: Shadow Mountain, 2010.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 143615
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First Edition of A Child's Calendar; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
UPDIKE, John.
A Child’s Calendar.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5035
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Rare unauthorized edition of Mark Twain's Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda.
Toronto: James Campbell & Son, [1871].
Rare unauthorized edition of Twain's witty collection of satirical sketches; this edition possibly containing the first appearance of My Late Senatorial Secretaryship. BAL 3334. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137267
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Antoine François Prévost's The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux; finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery
PRéVOST, Antoine François. [The Abbe Prévost D'Exiles].
The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1935.
First edition thus of Helen Wadell's translation of the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité which was adapted into the famous opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini. Quarto, bound in half morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Pierre Brissaud. Translated by Helen Waddell. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147343
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New York: An Illustrated History; Inscribed by Ric Burns and James Sanders
BURNS, Ric; James Sanders; Lisa Ades.
New York: An Illustrated History.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
The expanded edition of this landmark illustrated history of the city that never sleeps. Quarto, original cloth, heavily illustrated with more than 600 images in color and black and white. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the authors on the half-title page, "For Reagan - with boundless gratitude and appreciation for you extraordinary support & belief in this project! 12/13/21 Ric Burns, J Sanders." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jenny Carrow.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147324
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"We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?" P.B. Socci sketch of Anthony Perkins; signed by Anthony Perkins
SOCCI, P.B. (Anthony Perkins).
Anthony Perkins Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of American actor Anthony Perkins from a scene from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho. Signed by Anthony Perkins. 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 11.5 inches by 9 inches.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 89138
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"A BEST-SELLING CLASSIC... THE MOST RELIABLE, COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE BOOK ON WINE EVER WRITTEN": First Edition of Hugh Johnson's Modern Encyclopedia of Wine; Signed by Him
JOHNSON, Hugh.
Hugh Johnson’s Modern Encyclopedia of Wine.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Hugh Johnson. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 119739
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Signed limited first edition of Carl Sandburg's Good Morning America; one of 811 copies signed by him and from the library of American journalist William Safire
SANDBURG, Carl. [William Safire].
Good Morning America.
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Sandburg's classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon bound in. One of 811 copies signed by the author, this is number 238. From the library of American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown and gilt initials to the front panel. William Safire was an important American author,…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127368
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“Happiness is good health and a bad memory”: P.B. Socci sketch of Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman; Signed by Ingrid Bergman
SOCCI, P.B. (Ingrid Bergman).
Ingrid Bergman Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc. Signed by Ingrid Bergman. 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: $350.00 Item Number: 89643
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First edition of Charles Dalton's The Waterloo Roll Call; finely bound
DALTON, Charles.
The Waterloo Roll Call.
London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.
First edition of Dalton's account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon's last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Bookplate. Ownership name. Rare.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137101
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Olivia, Signed by Ian Falconer
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia.
New York: Atheneum Books, 2000.
First edition, early printing of the author's first book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout.Boldly signed by Ian Falconer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 647