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"A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants": Signed Limited Edition of Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
DURRELL, Lawrence.
The Alexandria Quartet. Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea.
London: Faber & Faber, 1962.
Signed limited first edition of Durrell's masterpiece, one of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Lawrence Durrell on the limitation page. Octavo, original orange cloth, hand-print design to upper board in black, yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. With the original acetate dust jacket, in the publisher's black and gold slipcase. Bookplate to the front pastedown of book collector Otis Skinner Blodget. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 97421
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"I went into a public-house to get a pint of beer, the publican 'e up and sez, 'we serve no red-coats here'": Scarce first edition of Tommy and Other Poems; containing Rudyard Kipling's Tommy and Lewis Carroll's The Walrus and the Carpenter
KIPLING, Rudyard; Lewis Carroll; Norman Gale; Mary E. Manners et al.
Tommy and Other Poems For Recitation.
London: James Clarke & Co., 1895.
First edition of this humorous collection of poems for recitation including Rudyard Kipling's Tommy and Lewis Carroll's The Walrus and the Carpenter. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123443
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“She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making": Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WHARTON, Edith.
The House of Mirth.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
First edition, early printing of the novel that brought Wharton international success. 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. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144789
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Iris Murdoch's Under the Net; Inscribed by Her to her Former Pupil
MURDOCH, Iris.
Under the Net.
London: Chatto & Windus, .
Early printing of Murdoch's first novel which announced "the emergence of a brilliant talent" (Times Literary Supplement). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Eddie... All best wishes to my dear pupil Iris Murdoch." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Victor Ross. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 170039
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"The pursuit of truth and justice is a never-ending battle, but it is one worth fighting until the end": Signed limited edition of John Grisham's The Pelican Brief
GRISHAM, John.
The Pelican Brief.
New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Signed limited edition of Grisham's third novel, the basis for the 1993 film adaptation starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. Octavo, original publisher's full leather gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. This leatherbound, slipcased edition limited to 350 copies, numbered and signed by the author on the limitation page, this is copy number 19. In fine condition. Housed in the original publishers glassine which is in fine condition and the original publisher's slipcase. A superior example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147635
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Rare First Edition of Annals of The Club. 1764-1914
Annals of The Club. 1764-1914.
London: Printed for The Club [by Horace Hart at the Oxford University Press, 1914.
First edition of this work on the Club in London. which was founded by Samuel Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and whose rolls would later include Oliver Goldsmith, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon and James Boswell. Quarto, original three quarters leather, gilt titles to the spine, nine plates. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 125191
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First Edition of Dickson's Kuwait and her Neighbours; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DICKSON, H.R.P.
Kuwait and Her Neighbours.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956.
First edition of Colonel H.R.P. Dickson's classic work on the people and history of Kuwait. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs, maps, tables. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is price-clipped.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140006
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First Edition of Ruth Rendell's The Best Man to Die; Signed by Her
RENDELL, Ruth.
The Best Man to Die.
London: John Lang, 1969.
First edition of the fourth Inspector Wexford novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ruth Rendell on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Jacket design by William Randell.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 61004
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The Club de Livre deluxe limited illustrated edition of the works of Charles Baudelaire; each volume signed by its lithographic artist
BAUDELAIRE, Charles.
Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire.
Paris: Club de Livre, 1985.
The Club de Livre deluxe limited illustrated edition of the works of Charles Baudelaire. Quartos, 3 volumes, bound in full violet elaborate fuschia and black inlay designs to the panels, black endpapers, top edge gilt, with original lithographic illustrations in color in each volume. Each volume is numbered and signed by its respective artist on the colophon. In fine condition. Each volume housed in the original morocco and silk slipcase.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 94702
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“Any man's life, told truly, is a novel”: Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon; Finely Bound by Zaehnsdorf
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Death in the Afternoon.
Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1932.
Early printing of Hemingway's work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the spine, front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 108979
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"WE WERE THEN STRUNG OUT IN A SIX-MILE LINE, THIRTY SHIPS, ALL HEADING WESTWARDS": FIRST APPEARANCE OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S A FLEET IN BEING
KIPLING, Rudyard.
A Fleet In Being.
London: The Morning Post, 1898.
First appearance of of this collection of 5 articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Royal octavo, bound in blue boards, consisting of the original 5 Morning Post articles which appeared on November 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11, 1898 clipped and adhered to octavo sheets and bound. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121680
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First Edition of Helen Keller's We Bereaved; Warmly Inscribed by Her
KELLER, Helen.
We Bereaved.
New York: Leslie Fulenwider, Inc, 1929.
First edition of this small book of wisdom by Helen Keller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs Warren Monk, whose sweet faith is a bond between us. Affectionately, Helen Keller, July 24th, 1940." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138074
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Robert Aris Willmott's The Poets of the Nineteenth Century; finely bound and decorated with a fore-edge painting
WILLMOTT, Robert Aris [Editor].
The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1869.
Finely bound example of Willmott's compilation of the great nineteenth century poets. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, central gilt emblem and fleuron cornerpieces within triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a maritime scene, illustrated with one hundred and thirty engravings. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140229
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First Edition of Hollywood Saga; Signed by Both Cecil B. Demille and William C. Demille
DEMILLE, William [Cecil B. DeMille].
Hollywood Saga.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939.
First edition of this biography of screenwriter and film director of William C. DeMille, older brother of Cecil B. DeMille, who started as a playwright before following his brother to Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Cecil B. DeMille on the frontispiece inscribed by William C. DeMille to Emma Obitz, his long-time housekeeper, dated Oct. 9, 1939, on the title page. Foreword by John Erskine. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145796
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"I am afraid that 'Kaspar's Song In Varda' is one of my own compositions": Rare Autograph Letter Signed by Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Autograph Letter Signed.
September 2, 1907.
Rare autograph letter signed from Rudyard Kipling to R. G. Von Berg. One page on Bateman's Burwash Etchingham letterhead, the letter reads in full, "Sep. 2 1907 Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of the 28th Aug. I am afraid that 'Kaspar's Song In Varda' is one of my own compositions and that you will not find it in the works of your great poet. Sincerely yours Rudyard Kipling R. G. Von Berg." Also known as 'Butterflies,' 'Kaspar's Song in Varda' was a sister-poem that accompanied Kipling's short story 'Wireless,' first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1902 and later…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146537
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Rare deluxe limited edition of Rudyard Kipling's Lettres du Japon; one of only 50 copies printed on japan paper
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Lettres du Japon.
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1925.
Deluxe limited edition of Kipling's collected letters written during his 1889 travels in Japan. Octavo, original wrappers, decorated by H. Tirman. One of 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin-Jackson. Very good in the rare original richly decorated dust jacket. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 122943
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First Edition of Javier Marias' Manana en la batalla piensa en mi; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Manana en la batalla piensa en mi [Tomorrow In the Battle Think On Me].
Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1994.
First edition of the author's classic novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Marias on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3434
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"Would I Find La Maga?": First Edition of Hopscotch; Signed by Julio Cortazar and Translator Gregory Rabassa
CORTAZAR, Julio.
Hopscotch.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the translator Gregory Rabassa, who has written the opening line of this title, "Would I find La Maga?" Fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Jacket designed by George Salter.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5713
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"It may read better in print than it did in manuscript": First Edition of Joseph Heller's Something Happened; Warmly Inscribed by Him
HELLER, Joseph.
Something Happened.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of this classic work by the author of Catch-22. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Doreen Phelan, With pleasure + good wishes Joseph Heller 5/24/75 Ojai, Pal." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142470
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First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Pnin; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Pnin.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1957.
First American edition of this ‘campus novel’, a subgenre which was beginning to manifest itself in the early Fifties. 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. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144268