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“We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity": First edition of John Hersey's The Wall; Warmly inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
The Wall.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Harold Merry 'We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity.' p. 427 John Hersey." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. A unique example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140379
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First Edition of Jack Kerouac's First Book The Town and the City
KEROUAC, Jack.
The Town and the City.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of Kerouac's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in an excellent price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing and a chip to the extremities. Jacket design by Leo Manso.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 47652
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Rare Original Playbill from the 1952 Broadway Performance of Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra; Signed by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
OLIVIER, Laurence and Vivien Leigh.
Original Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra Signed Playbill.
New York: Laurence Olivier Productions Ltd, 1952.
Rare original playbill from the February 25th 1952 performance of the Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra repertory at the Ziegfeld Theatre starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Octavo, illustrated with photographs and advertisements. Signed by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh on the front panel and inscribed by Ronald Adam, "with happy memories and good wishes, Ronald Adam." A close friend of Olivier's, WWII RAF fighter pilot Ronald Forbes Adam made his stage acting debut at this very performance. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 90375
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"The house seemed swarming with boys, who were beguiling the rainy twilight with all sorts of amusements": First edition, first state of Louisa May Alcott's Little Men
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the second book it Alcott's Little Women trilogy. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. A desirable example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 111024
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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 near fine condition. Ownership stamp. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124119
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Thomas A Kempis' The Imitation of Christ; from the library of legendary aviator Steve Fossett
A KEMPIS, Thomas. Translated by John Payne.
The Imitation of Christ; In Three Books.
Glasgow: Printed for Chalmers and Collins, 1823.
Rare early 19th century example of a Kempis’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full polished calf five raised bands to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. From the library of Peggy and Steve Fossett with their bookplate to the pastedown. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours,…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 130441
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"A pale horse seen a mile away at sunrise means the night is over": First edition of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Company; Signed by Him
CORNWELL, Bernard.
Sharpe’s Company. Richard Sharpe and the Seige of Badajoz, January to April 1812.
London: Collins, 1982.
First edition of the third book in the Richard Sharpe series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author who has added the first lines of this book as follows, "With all best wishes- A pale horse seen a mile away at sunrise means the night is over. Bernard Cornwell."
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 1812
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The Riverside Edition of the writings of John Greenleaf Whittier
PICKARD, Samuel T. [John Greenleaf Whittier].
The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895.
Riverside edition of the collected writings of abolition advocate John Greenleaf Whittier. Octavos, nine volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontipieces. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 109568
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First Edition of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Nadir Jose Saramago 10.28.2008." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140786
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The Fairy Queen; Bound In Full Contemporary Calf
SPENSER, Edmund.
The Fairy Queen. With a Glossary, Explaining the Old and Obscure Words.
London: J. and R. Tonson, 1758.
Finely bound edition of this classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, with nine full page engraved plates by Louis du Geurnier. In very good condition, with the ownership signature on title page of a W. A. Watson and occasional marginalia, rebacked. A very sharp example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144293
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First Edition of The Magic Barrel; Inscribed by Bernard Malamud
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Magic Barrel.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.
First edition of Malamud's first collection of short stories, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marshall and Min Everything good- Bernie." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 111744
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James Fields' Yesterdays With Authors; elaborately bound in full morocco by tout
FIELDS, James T.
Yesterdays With Authors.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882.
Finely bound illustrated edition of Fields' Yesterdays with Authors. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Tout with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt decorative cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, watered silk doublures and endleaves, gilt topstain, extra illustrated with 61 rare plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece of Charles Dickens, and engraved portraits of Thackeray, Wordsworth, Hawthorne, Longfellow, and many others. In near fine condition. Bookplate.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122843
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“We never know what’s in us till we stand by ourselves": The Works of George Meredith; finely bound by Maclehose
MEREDITH, George.
The Works of George Meredith.
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1897.
Finely bound set of the works of George Meredith. Octavo, 18 volumes bound by Maclehose in three quarters crushed morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt topstain, engraved frontispiece to each volume. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124159
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“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this": First English Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.
First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 134755
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"They killed my girl," Rheinhardt said, walking down the street. "I'm gonna to bust up the bar": First Edition of A Hall of Mirrors; Lengthily Inscribed by Robert Stone
STONE, Robert.
A Hall of Mirrors.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Stone who has additionally added the line from this title as follows, "They killed my girl," Rheinhardt said, walking down the street. "I'm gonna to bust up the bar. Robert Stone." Laid in a program from a literary festival signed by Stone as well. Light rubbing to the bottom cloth, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 1108
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First Edition of Son of Dracula; Signed by Ringo Starr
STARR, Ringo & Harry Nilsson.
Son of Dracula.
Blackwood Music, 1974.
First edition of this original work. Quarter, original wrappers. Signed and dated by Ringo Starr on the front panel, "Love Ringo 05." In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3245
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First Edition of the Roots of Heaven; Signed by patrick Leigh Fermor
GARY, Romain (Patrick Leigh Fermor).
The Roots of Heaven.
London: Michael Joseph, 1958.
First edition in English of this novel, which was awarded France's Prix Goncourt in 1956. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the front free endpaper. Leigh Fermor co-wrote the screenplay for the 1958 film. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 47063
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"Consider the lilies in the field... make them the object not of a fleeting glance in passing, but of thy consideration": First English edition of Søren Kierkegaard's Consider The Lilies
KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Translated by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie.
Consider The Lilies: Being the Second part of “Edifying Discourses in a Different Vein”, published in 1847 at Copenhagen, by S. Kierkegaard.
London: The C. W. Daniel Company, Ltd., 1940.
First English edition of the elaboration and conclusion of Kierkegaard's important existential discourses of 1847. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Danish by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144009
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"With esteem and admiration- for what they do, and the way they do it- and the community they create”: THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST; WARMLY INSRIBED BY DAVID HALBERSTAM
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Best and the Brightest.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition, early printing of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rik and Margaret with esteem and admiration- for what they do, and the way they do it- and the community they create David Halberstam May 16, 1996." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Chet Jezierski. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144036
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First Edition of The Farewell Party; Inscribed by Milan Kundera
KUNDERA, Milan.
The Farewell Party.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
First edition of Kundera's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Milan Kundera in the year of publication on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, clipping from Kundera's novel on the rear pastedown. Jacket design by Lidia Ferrara. Jacket illustration by Charles Shields. Translated from the the Czech by Peter Kussi.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120543