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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142996
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"AN EXTRAORDINARY WRITER—A TRUE AND ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL AMERICAN VOICE": PRESENTATION FIRST EDITIONS OF ALL THREE NOVELS IN RAYMOND ANDREWS' AWARD-WINNING MUSKHOGEAN TRILOGY; VOLUMES 1 and 2 INSCRIBED BY HIM TO FELLOW WRITER BILL STARR
ANDREWS, Raymond.
Appalachee Red. Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee. Baby Sweet’s [The Muskhogean Trilogy].
New York: The Dial Press, 1978, 1980, 1983.
First edition of each novel in Raymond Andrews' famed yet elusive Muskhogean Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, original half cloth, illustrations by Benny Andrews. Association copies, inscribed by the author in both volumes one and two to fellow author Bill Starr. Appalachee Red inscribed as follows, "For BILL, A pleasure having met you, Ray Andrews 9-24-88." Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee inscribed as follows, "BILL, Thanks very much for the great reviews, All the Best Always Ray Andrews 9-24-88." The recipient Bill Starr was an author and reviewer, who advanced Southern Literature, first as Book Review Editor for The State in Columbia, South…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 122389
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"THE PAIN OF PARTING IS NOTHING TO THE JOY OF MEETING AGAIN": Charles Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; elaborately bound in full crushed blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Oxford University Press, 1968.
Elaborately bound Oxford illustrated edition of one of Dickens' most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full crushed blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With thirty-nine illustrations by 'Phiz' and and Introduction by Dame Sybil Thorndike. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 129073
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First Edition of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
MEAD, Shepherd.
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard’s Guide to Fame and Fortune.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrations by Claude. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146086
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Rare First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Letters of Marque
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Letters of Marque.
Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co, 1891.
Rare first edition of this collection of letters published without Kipling's permission and so quickly suppressed. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. One of one thousand copies, many of which were destroyed at Kipling's behest. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 120684
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“To show his nervousness was not shameful; only to admit it": FIRST EDITION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON; FINELY BOUND
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Death in the Afternoon.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
First edition of early work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, blind ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Ernest Hemingway to the front panel, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 122893
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A. P. Wavell's Other Men's Flowers; finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
WAVELL, A. P.
Other Men’s Flowers: An Anthology of Poetry Compiled by A. P. Wavell.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.
Finely bound example of Wavell's fine anthology. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In very good condition,
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 132135
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"What if it should turn out eternity was but the steeple on our house of life": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION of Robert Frost's Steeple Bush; one of only 751 copies SIGNED BY ROBERT FROST
FROST, Robert.
Steeple Bush.
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1947.
First edition, first printing of this spiritually-themed Frost collection. Octavo, original half cloth over boards, front panel decorated in gilt. One of 751 copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 167. Fine in the rare original glassine which is in very good condition and slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 110271
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FIRST EDITION OF MAX BEERBOHM'S ZULEIKA DOBSON
BEERBOHM, Max.
Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story.
London: William Heinemann, 1911.
First edition of Beerbohm’s classic and only novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom chemise clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 131261
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"All over the ship, all through the convoy there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead": First Edition of The 50th Anniversary Edition of The Naked and the Dead; Lengthily Inscribed by Norman Mailer
MAILER, Norman.
The Naked and the Dead.
New York: Henry Holt, 2005.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of the author's classic first novel. Thick octavo, original boards. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, who has transcribed the first line of this title as follows, "All over the ship, all through the convoy there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead. Norman Mailer." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 842
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First Edition of Waterfront; Inscribed by Budd Schulberg to fellow writer R.P. Dickey
SCHULBERG, Budd.
Waterfront.
New York: Random House, 1955.
First edition of Schulberg's novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer R.P. Dickey on the front free endpaper, "For R.P. Dickey, Here it is at last! With my thanks for your patience, and interest in my work. Sincerely Budd Schulberg Sept. 1, 1983." Fine in a near fine dust jacket without the usual fade to the spine panel. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 138005
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First Edition of Thomas Berger's Crazy in Berlin; Signed by Him
BERGER, Thomas .
Crazy In Berlin.
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1958.
First edition of Berger's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Berger on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142436
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"... fortune holds some gifts in store for those who try": First Edition of Percy Fitzpatrick's Classic Work Jock of the Bushveld
FITZPATRICK, Percy.
Jock of the Bushveld.
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1907.
First edition, first issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt topstain, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 64984
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; Finely Bound by Worsfold
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Royal octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf by Worsfold, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, illustrated with wood-engravings after George Cattermole & Hablot K. Browne. In very good condition, bookplates to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147267
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“Solitude is the playfield of Satan": First Edition of Pale Fire
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Pale Fire.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.
First edition of this “witty, ironic and complex tour de force” (Hart, 521). Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 140795
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Signed by Nobel Laureates Naguib Mahfouz and Nadine Gordimer
MAHFOUZ, Naguib; Foreword by Nadine Gordimer.
Echoes of An Autobiography.
New York: Doubleday, 1997.
First edition of this autobiography by the first Arab writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Nobel Laureates Naguib Mahfouz and Nadine Gordimer, who contributed the foreword to this volume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Both signatures were obtained in person.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 1907
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“In journeys, as in life, it is a great deal easier to go down hill than up”: First Edition of Dickens Nicholas Nickleby
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over boards, gilt titles to the spine. First issue points with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123, "latter" for "letter" p.160, "flys" for flies on p. 245, and "visiters" for "visitors" on p. 272. First issue points for first four plates. In very good condition.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 117498
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"Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray"; Finely Bound Set of Lord Byron
LORD BYRON; THOMAS MOORE,.
The Works of Lord Byron: His Life and Poems.
London: John Murray, 1851.
Finely bound collection of the works of Lord Byron. Octavo, sixteen volumes, contemporary full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, frontispiece to each volume. In very good condition.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 3289
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Where the Wild Things Are; Signed by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, Maurice.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
Early edition of one of the most desirable books in modern children’s literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 139431
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First Edition of The Black House; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen & Peter Straub.
The Black House.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition of this work by the author of Carrie. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc Cohen.
Price: $1,000.00 Item Number: 143655