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“Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade": First Edition of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles; Signed three times by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of Murakami's heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Octavo, original boards. Signed three times by the jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; once on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear jacket flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 125609
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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers": Finely bound example of The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862.
Finely bound example of The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson. Small octavo, bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tennyson. In near fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 101470
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inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Saul bellow to friend and fellow high school classmate
BELLOW, Saul.
Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original yellow wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow high school classmate, "For Abel Savitsky for old times sake (Tuley gym!) Saul." In good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2038
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First Edition of Louise Gluck's The House on Marshland; Inscribed by Her
GLUCK, Louise.
The House on Marshland.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1975.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Larry Louise Gluck." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Loretta Li.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 141607
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Théophile Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin; finely bound in full crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son
GAUTIER, Théophile.
Mademoiselle de Maupin.
Paris: L. Conquet; G. Charpentier, 1883.
Finley bound example of Gautier's retelling of the infamous legend of Mademoiselle de Maupin. Quarto, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, hand-colored frontispiece to volume one, illustrated. In near fine condition. A very attractive set.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138581
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First Edition of Broken Trail; Signed by Alan Geoffrion, Robert Duvall, Scott Cooper and Olivia Cheng
GEOFFRION, Alan [Robert Duvall.
Broken Trail.
Golden, Colorodo: Fulcrum, .
First edition of the paperback original. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Geoffrion on the title page, additionally signed by Scott Cooper and Olivia Cheng above and Robert Duvall opposite the title page. Duvall, Cooper, and Cheng acted in the 2006 miniseries adaptation, directed by Walter Hill and went on to win four Emmy awards, including outstanding miniseries and outstanding lead actor for Duvall. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 117349
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“there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it": First edition of Harriet Lummis Smith's Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms; in the scarce original dust jacket
SMITH, Harriet Lummis. Illustrated by Weston Taylor.
Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms.
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1924.
First edition of the third book in Smith's beloved Pollyanna series. Octavo, original publisher's cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated by Weston Taylor. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, scarce in the original dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137089
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"Well until tomorrow then, my dearest, until tomorrow, goodbye": First Edition of Life in the Tomb; Lenthily Inscribed by Translator Peter Bien
MYRIVILIS, Stratis.
Life in the Tomb.
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1977.
First edition in English of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator on the half-title page, "To A. Roger Well until tomorrow then, my dearest, until tomorrow, goodbye. Peter Bien Riparius, NY Sept. 11, 2020." In very good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 124581
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First Edition of Saul Bellow’s Second Book, The Victim; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
The Victim.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A Burgess 99 title.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 125877
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“And now it is time for a final act of courage. I urge you: March proudly into your own dream”: First Edition of Going After Cacciato; Signed by Tim O'Brien
O'BRIEN, Tim.
Going After Cacciato.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1978.
First edition of the author's National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Tim O'Brien on title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by M.S. Chiang. An exceptional example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 136969
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First Edition of the "Definitive Edition" of the Song of Robin Hood; Inscribed by Virginia Lee Burton
BURTON, Virginia Lee; Selected and Edited by Anne Malcolmson; Music Arranged by Grace Castagnetta.
Song of Robin Hood.
Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1947.
First edition of this classic retelling of Robin Hood. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation, inscribed by Virginia Lee Burton, "Greetings to the ‘Caner’ from Virginia Lee Burton." Near fine in the original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 641
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First Edition of John Clellon Holmes' Get Home Free; Inscribed by Him
CLELLON HOLMES, John .
Get Home Free.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1964.
First edition of Clellon Holmes' third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Phyllis- all good wishes- John Clellon Holmes." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 10022
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"Oh, I'm not just going too far, I've arrived": First Editon of Seeing; Signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Seeing.
New York: Harcourt, 2006.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author's sequel to Blindness. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine G. Mansour. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140
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First Edition of Claude Simon's La Route Des Flandres; Inscribed by Him
SIMON, Claude.
La Route Des Flandres [The Flanders Road].
Paris: Les Editions De Minuit, 1960.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Pour Mademaiselle Allot hommage de l'auteur Claude Simon." In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 1902
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Facsimile Manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.
Washington, D.C: Microcard Editions Books, 1973.
The facsimile manuscript edition of Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Bruccoli.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140683
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First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 96384
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"SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, IT IS A GRAND SPORT": FIRST EDITION OF S. KIP FARRINGTON, JR.'S ATLANTIC GAME FISHING; INSCRIBED BY HIM to the editor of Field & Stream
FARRINGTON, S. Kip. Introduction by Ernest Hemingway.
Atlantic Game Fishing.
New York: Kennedy Bros., Inc., Publishers of Yachting, 1937.
First trade edition of Farrington’s classic work on Atlantic game fishing, with an introduction by Ernest Hemingway. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs and color illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt including frontispiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For Ray Holland one of the best editors in the game, and as good a sportsman as there is in the world, and the last goes also for Dan who will soon rank with the old man on the first. With my very best wishes to you both. S. Kip Farrington…
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 126491
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Washington D.C.; Inscribed by him to his sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Washington, D.C.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967.
First edition of the final volume in Vidal's Narratives of Empire, his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the second title page, "Valerie from Gore, 1968." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author's sister. Vidal's father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sheridan Germann. An exceptional association.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 125449
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First Edition of Lillian Smith's Memory of a Large Christmas; Inscribed by Her to Fellow Writer George Plimpton
SMITH, Lillian; Illustrated by Constance McMillan.
Memory of a Large Christmas.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1962.
First edition of this "beautifully written book which should be read by families at Christmas time as Dickens' Christmas Carol used to be" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to George Plimpton, "ForGeorge- who owe still owes me a love letter- Lillian." Decorations by Constance McMillan. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 100543
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First edition of Jim Peck's We Who Would Not Kill; Signed by Him
PECK, Jim.
We Who Would Not Kill.
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1958.
First edition of the civil rights hero's story of a group of conscientious objectors who were imprisoned for their beliefs during World War II. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge red. Signed by Jim Peck on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 119230
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First Edition of Gerald Durrell's The Overloaded Ark; Signed by Him
DURRELL, Gerald.
The Overloaded Ark.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Durrell's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bill English. Uncommon signed.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 131079
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First Edition of Donna Tartt's The Secret History; Signed three Times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
TARTT, Donna.
The Secret History.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of this contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller...absolutely chilling" (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel of the book, on the half-title page and rear jacket panel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Barbara De Wilde.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140899
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"There are many things in the cauldron, but he cooks do not dip in the ladle quite blindly": First edition of Gregory Maguire's A Lion Among Men; inscribed by him with an original drawing
MAGUIRE, Gregory.
A Lion Among Men.
New York: William Morrow, 2008.
First edition of the third volume in the author's bestselling Wicked series. Octavo, original pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Douglas Smith. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, "There are many things in the cauldron, but the cooks do not dip in the ladle quite blindly. Their selection is important. Gregory Maguire June 30 2009." The author has also added an original drawing of a cauldron. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket and case illustrations by Douglas Smith.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 126888
