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William Augustus Henderson's The Housekeeper's Instructor; from the library of American journalist William Safire
HENDERSON, W. A. [William Safire].
The Housekeeper’s Instructor; Or, Universal Family-Cook: Being a Full and Clear Display in all its Branches… To Which is Added, The Complete Art of Carving.
London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, [1823].
Early printing of Henderson's bestselling English cookery book. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with engravings, lacking the frontispiece, one plate and with loss to another plate. Corrected and revised by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. From the library of William Safire, although not marked. 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 speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123841
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First Edition of More Matter; Inscribed by John Updike To His Friend and Golfing Partner With A Drawing Of Santa Claus
UPDIKE, John.
More Matter: Essays and Criticism.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, with 46 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his friend and golfing partner in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Peter Vermilze matters to be consumed in small tasty bites Merry Christmas John Updike 12/25/99." Updike has also drawn a nice drawing of Santa Claus. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll. Jacket photograph by Steve Buhman.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 3569
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"YES I LOVE YOU BUDDY": First Separate Edition OF ONE CHRISTMAS, SIGNED BY CAPOTE
CAPOTE, Truman.
One Christmas.
New York: Ladies' Home Journal, 1982.
First separate edition of this work by Capote, an offprint put out by the Ladies' Home Journal in advance of the story's appearance in the December 1982 issue. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Truman Capote on the front panel. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 109651
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Rare complete set of the works of Charlotte Elizabeth; in the publisher's original full deluxe morocco
ELIZABETH [TONNA], Charlotte.
The Works of Charlotte Elizabeth. With an Introduction by H. B. Stowe.
New York: Published by M. W. Dodd, 1849.
Seventh edition of the complete works of English Victorian writer and suffragette Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher's full deluxe morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt decorations to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. Volume I contains an introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe, followed by Charlotte Elizabeth's Personal Recollections, of which Stowe wrote, "We know of no piece of autobiography in the English language which can compare with this in richness of feeling…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142626
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First Edition of Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move; Signed by Judith Viorst
VIORST, Judith; Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser.
Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move.
New York: Atheneum, 1995.
First edition of this work in the author's classic Alexander series. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, "From Alexander's mom- Judith Viorst." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 5688
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First Edition of Robert McElroy's Grover Cleveland The Man and The Statesman
MCELROY, Robert [Grover Cleveland].
Grover Cleveland The Man and The Statesman: An Authorized Biography.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923.
First edition of this informative view of Grover Cleveland's two terms in office. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispieces. Very good in very good dust jackets, some toning to the spines of the dust jackets with multiple small losses and closed tears. Rare and desirable.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147737
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First edition of Will Rogers' Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on The Peace Conference; signed by him
ROGERS, Will.
Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on The Peace Conference.
New York: Harper & Brothers: Publishers, 1919.
First edition of Will Rogers' first book. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Yours, Will Rogers." In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137393
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First Edition of Bill Owens' Suburbia; Inscribed by Him
OWENS, Bill.
Suburbia.
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, 1973.
First Edition. Oblong quarto, original photographic stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed by Bill Owens on the front free endpaper, "For Dave Bill Owens Can you avoid Suburbia." In very good condition. Laid in is the photographer's business card.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 948
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First Edition of Uncommon Places; Inscribed by Stephen Shore
SHORE, Stephen.
Uncommon Places.
New York: Aperture, 1982.
First edition of Shore’s remarkable photobook of the American landscape, in which “the nondescript emerges as an opportunity for awakened perception." Oblong quarto, original cloth, with 49 color plates. Inscribed by the photographer Stephen Shore on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 1060
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First Edition of Gandhi's Autobiography; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GANDHI, Mahatma K.
Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.
London: Phoenix Press, 1949.
First edition of Gandhi's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Translated by Mahadev Desai.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134231
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Rare Framed Charles Dickens Gilt Bronze Relief Portrait
DICKENS, Charles.
Charles Dickens Gilt Bronze Relief Portrait.
Original gilt bronze relief portrait of Charles Dickens. Framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 12 inches. In near fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 92795
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First edition of Charles Darwin's The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
DARWIN, Charles.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.
New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1868.
First edition of Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations and a chart. Preface by Asa Gray. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137161
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"For Madeleine Albright - Whose encouragement and support have meant so much to me...and who understands so well that communist countries do have domestic politics": First edition of China: Fragile Superpower; Inscribed by Susan L. Shirk to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
SHIRK, Susan L. [Madeleine K. Albright].
China: Fragile Superpower.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
First edition of this rare glimpse inside Chinese politics. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs and maps, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "April 11, 2007 For Madeleine Albright - Whose encouragement and support have meant so much to me...and who understands so well that communist countries do have domestic politics Susan Shirk." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147586
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David Livingstone: The Great Missionary Explorer; finely bound in full morocco
[LIVINGSTONE, David].
David Livingstone: The Great Missionary Explorer.
New York: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd, n.d. c. 1908.
Finely bound example of this anonymous work on the life of David Livingstone. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, frontispiece. In near fine condition. Bookplate. A fine example of early 20th century binding.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124055
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Original Typescript for The Man Who Looked Like Himself; First Edition of Erskine Caldwell's Kneel to the Rising Sun
CALDWELL, Erskine.
Original Typescript for The Man Who Looked Like Himself. [with] Kneel to the Rising Sun: and Other Stories.
New York: The Viking Press, 1935.
Rare original typescript of Erskine Caldwell's The Man Who Looked Like Himself with a first edition of Kneel to the Rising Sun: and Other Stories. Octavo, original typescript with holograph emendations in eight sheets. In very good condition. Accompanied by a first edition of Kneel to the Rising Sun. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147684
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First Edition of The China Diary; Signed by George H.W. Bush and Jeffrey Engel
BUSH, George H.W.; Edited by Jeffrey Engel.
The China Diary of George H. W. Bush: The Making of a Global President.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
First edition of Bush's diary, which he dictated while being de facto U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China in 1974–75. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by President George H.W. Bush and inscribed by the editor, Jeffrey Engel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144397
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“My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me": The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1877.
Finely bound example of the collected poetical works of Longfellow. Octavo, bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a pastoral scene, illustrated. In very good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An attractive binding.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138812
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"Statesman, Warrior, Writer, and Painter, his genius had few parallels ever": First Edition of Elizabeth Longford's Winston Churchill; FINELY BOUND BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
LONGFORD, Elizabeth. [Winston Churchill].
Winston Churchill: Authorized by the Winston Churchill Foundation.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1974.
First edition of Elizabeth Longford's photographic retrospective of the life of Sir Winston Churchill, authorized by the Winston Churchill Foundation. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe , gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous photographs. Foreword by Anthony Eden. Afterword by Winston S. Churchill, M.P. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 139533
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“Everybody must have a fantasy": First Edition of The Philosophy of Andy Warhol; Inscribed by Warhol
WARHOL, Andy.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again).
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
First edition, early printing of this work by Warhol. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Herb Lubalin. Jacket photograph by Philippe Halsman. An exceptional example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144331
