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Rare First Edition of Samuel Beckett's En Attendant Godot
BECKETT, Samuel.
En Attendant Godot. Pièce en Deux Actes.
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1952.
First edition, one of 2500 copies printed of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers printed in blue and black. In excellent condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 109378
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“Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again": First Edition of James Baldwin's Just Above My Head; Signed by him
BALDWIN, James.
Just Above My Head: A Novel.
London: Michael Joseph, 1979.
First edition of Baldwin's final novel “the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stonecastle Graphics.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 131579
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"Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision": First Edition of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas.
New York: McGraw Hill, 1961.
First American edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Stephen Russ. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 2783
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First edition of H.G. Wells' Things to Come; signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay
WELLS, H.G. [Derrick de Marnay].
Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”
London: The Cresset Press, 1935.
First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells' Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper. Derrick de Marnay starred as Richard Gordon in the acclaimed 1936 film adaptation, Things to Come, directed by William Cameron Menzies. In near fine condition. A very sharp and unique signed example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 143681
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The February 1967 issue of Eco Magazine; containing the first appearance of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Cien Años de Soledad
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
Cien Años de Soledad. [En Revista De La Cultura De Occidente. Febrero De 1967].
Bogota, Colombia: Librería Buchholz, 1967.
First edition of the February 1967 issue of Revista De La Cultura De Occidente containing the first appearance of a fragment of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Cien Años de Soledad. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Published between between May 1960 and June 1984, Colombian cultural magazine Eco was instrumental in the development of Colombian literary culture. The eclectic publication exposed Colombian readers to a broad variety of Western (primarily German and American) literature and philosophy and brought together a generation of intellectuals who came to identify with a humanist approach to art and culture. The fragment of Marquez's Cien Anos marks the…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 138401
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"However closely we live together, at whatever time of day or night we sound the deepest thoughts in one another, we know nothing": Rare First Edition of the John Le Carre’s First Book Call For the Dead
LE CARRE, John.
Call For The Dead.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1961.
First edition of the author's first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good second printing dust jacket with a chip to the crown. A sharp example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 136002
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Typed Letter Signed by Agatha Christie.
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Agatha Christie Typed Letter Signed.
May 2, 1969.
Typed letter signed by Agatha Christie to 'Mr. and Mrs. Holden' in answer to the question of how many books she has written. One page on Christie's Winterbrook House letterhead, duodecimo, the typed letter reads, '2nd May, 1969 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Holden, In answer to your question, how many books have I written, the answer is between 60-100, but I cannot tell you exactly because books of short stories differ here and in American publications. I suggest that you get Agatha Christie Mistress of Mystery by G.C. Ramsey published in America by Dodd Mead & Co of New York,…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 145287
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First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery. An Autobiography; In the rare original dust jacket
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Up From Slavery. An Autobiography.
New York: A.L. Burt Company Publishers, 1901.
First edition of the A.L. Burt Publishers edition of Booker T. Washington's landmark biography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Exceptionally rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 132410
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Signed Limited Edition of William Faulkner's The Wild Palms
FAULKNER, William.
The Wild Palms.
New York: Random House, 1939.
Signed limited edition, number 14 of only 250 examples. In near fine condition, without the usual fading accustomed to this title. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 142141
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"Well," said Stuart, "a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone": First Edition of Stuart Little; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Signed by E.B. White
WHITE, E.B.; Illustrated by Garth Williams.
Stuart Little.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945.
First edition, first printing, with code "I-U" on copyright page of the author's classic work. 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. Boldly signed by E.B. White on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 147118
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"Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle": First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Forbidden City; Inscribed by him
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and the Forbidden City.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, 1938.
First edition of the twentieth book in Burroughs' epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles stamped in red, frontispiece in color, illustrated by the author's son John Coleman Burroughs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To French C. Smith II Best Wishes Edgar Rice Burroughs." Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in fine condition. Jacket art by John Coleman Burroughs. In exceptional condition.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 90372
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"Memory believes before knowing remembers": First Edition of William Faulkner’s Light In August
FAULKNER, William.
Light In August.
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.
First edition, first issue, with first printing statement on copyright page, and “Jefferson” for “Mottstown” on page 340, line 1; first-issue binding, lettered in blue and orange. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Petersen A13a; Howard A13.1a; Massey 103. A sharp example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133611
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First Edition Of Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills Of Africa
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Green Hills of Africa.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
First edition of Hemingway's second work of nonfiction, an account of a month on safari he and his wife took in East Africa during December 1933. Octavo, original green cloth, decorations by Edward Shenton. Near fine in a bright very good dust jacket. A nice example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138087
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"Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else": Rare First Edition of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.
London: Faber & Faber, 1967.
First paperback edition (issued simultaneously in hardback) of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 139108
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“The pursuit of truth, not of facts, is the business of fiction": First Edition of Oakley Hall's Warlock; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery; Signed by Him
HALL, Oakley.
Warlock.
New York: The Viking Press, 1958.
First edition of this classic of American West literature. 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. Signed by Oakley Hall on a page bound in. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 143509
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First edition of Yukio Mishima's After the Banquet; warmly inscribed by him
MISHIMA, Yukio.
After The Banquet.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963.
First edition in English of "the biggest and most profound thing Mishima has done so far in an already distinguished career" (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Preston with the author's best wishes Yukio Mishima." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Fumi Komatsu. Rare signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 129580
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"LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY": FIRST EDITION OF ERICH SEGAL'S LOVE STORY; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HIM, ALI MACGRAW AND RYAN O'NEAL
SEGAL, Erich.
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition, early printing of the author's best-selling novel, a "sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental" work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role. The film is considered one of the most romantic by the…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 139599
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Signed Limited First Edition of Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint; Signed by Him and Legendary Actor Richard Benjamin
ROTH, Philip [Richard Benjamin].
Portnoy’s Complaint.
New York: Random House, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of Roth's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original cloth, slipcase. One of 600 numbered examples signed by Philip Roth and additionally by actor Richard Benjamin, who starred in the 1972 adaptation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142668
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“You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end": First Edition of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch; Signed by Him With the original prospectus
BURROUGHS, William S.
Naked Lunch.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1962.
First American edition, first issue jacket with no zip code on rear panel and no roman numerals on lower spine near back panel of Burroughs' classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William S. Burroughs on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Included is the original prospectus issued by Grove Press prior to publication. Photograph of Burroughs on the rear panel by Martha Rocher. An exceptional example, scarce with the original prospectus.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 87577
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"One of the most groundbreaking and influential novels of all time—and one of the best": First Edition of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange; In the Original First Issue Dust Jacket
BURGESS, Anthony.
A Clockwork Orange.
London: Heinemann, 1962.
First edition of Burgess' landmark novel. Octavo, original black boards, titles to spine in gilt. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the wide flaps, price-clipped. Jacket design by Barry Trengrove. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146205
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“Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?”: First Edition of Aldous Huxley's Antic Hay; Inscribed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Antic Hay.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1923.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For James Murphy, thirty years later, Aldous Huxley, 1954." Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119728
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“Remember this, if you can--there is nothing, nothing more precious than time": First Edition of The Caine Mutiny; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Herman Wouk
WOUK, Herman .
The Caine Mutiny.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951.
First edition of Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. 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. Boldly signed by Herman Wouk on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147484
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Rare original Capricorn One shooting script; inscribed by Peter Hyams
HYAMS, Peter.
Capricorn One Original Shooting Script.
ITC Entertainment, Inc., 1976.
Rare original shooting script from from the 1978 science fiction thriller Capricorn One. Quarto, original leatherette wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the writer/director on the title page, "To ____ Many thanks. Peter Hyams. P.S. Where did you find this?" In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124688
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First Edition of Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Eyeless in Gaza.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936.
First edition of Huxley's classic work, which many consider one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed in the year of publication by the author, "Aldous Huxley 1936." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 125643
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“When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument": C.S. Forester's The African Queen; Signed by Him
FORESTER, C.S.
The African Queen.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935.
First edition, early printing of C.S. Forester’s beloved African adventure, basis for John Huston’s 1951 Oscar-winning film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by C.S. Forester on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132321
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First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: Vanguard, 1944.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 1962
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Rare Original Streetcar Named Desire Script
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
A Streetcar Named Desire Script.
New York: Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, Inc, .
Rare script from the first Broadway revival production of Tennessee Williams' masterpiece performed at the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center in 1973. Quarto, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 109905
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First Edition of Heinlein's The Man Who Sold the Moon; Signed twice by Him and the Publisher
HEINLEIN, Robert A.
The Man Who Sold the Moon: Harriman and the Escape from Earth to the Moon!
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950.
First edition of this classic work by the author of Stranger in a Strange Land. Octavo, original cloth, chronological chart on endpapers, with the publisher's printed label "Future History, 1951-2600 A.D." on the bottom of the front and rear free endpapers, as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page and again signed in full on the title page, "From one Bob to another! R.A.H." Additionally inscribed by the publisher on the half-title page in the year of publication, "8/30/50 To Bob Cook- With the best wishes of the Publisher Melvin Korshak." Near fine in a near…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117457
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Calligraphic manuscript on vellum with a color miniature of the painting of Jesus by Leonardo Da Vinci
Calligraphic Manuscript on Vellum with a Color Miniature of the Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci.
c.1900.
Rare illuminated manuscript regarding Da Vinci’s master drawing The Head of Christ (c. 1495), the basis for Da Vinci’s depiction of Jesus in The Last Supper. Da Vinci himself considered the drawing so important, he reworked it several times over the course of his life. The text is headed "Art" at the center in liquid gold, flanked by "Revealing the Emotions and the Soul - The Head of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci". The body of the text flanking the painting describes the image and its meaning. Framed. The entire piece measures 8.75 inches by 10.75 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119865
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“With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head": First Edition of Tim O'Brien's If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home; Signed by Him
O'BRIEN, Tim.
If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of O'Brien's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tim O'Brien on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142299
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First edition of Alfie; signed by Bill Naughton and inscribed by his wife Erna; with an autograph manuscript draft of the work laid in
NAUGHTON, Bill.
Alfie.
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1966.
First edition of the novelization of Naughton's popular stage play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page, "Bill Naughton" and lengthily inscribed by his wife, Erna, "For Laurence Foster I.M. of Bill Naughton 12th June 1910 Ballyhaunis Co Mayo Ireland - 9th January 1992 Isle of Man with love & dearest wishes from Erna Naughton 23rd June 1999 Isle of Man Thank you for bringing 'Alfie' to Ireland. X." The recipient, Laurence Foster was head of RTE Radio Drama Department from 1990 to 1998. His film and televisions appearances include The Mansions of America,…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 143918
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“Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property": Emma Goldman's Anarchism and Other Essays; Signed by Her
GOLDMAN, Emma.
Anarchism and Other Essays.
New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911.
Second revised edition of Goldman's most important collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Goldman. Boldly signed by Emma Goldman on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. With biographical sketch by Hippolyte Havel. Books signed by Goldman are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144296
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"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way": First Editions of Each Book in the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Children of Violence Series; Each Signed by Doris Lessing
LESSING, Doris.
Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City.
London: Michael Joseph, 1952-1969.
First editions of the author's Children of Violence Series. Octavo, 5 volumes. Original cloth. Each of the five volumes are signed by Doris Lessing. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 796
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“MOTHER OF GOD,” HE SAID, “IS THIS THE END OF RICO”: FIRST EDITION OF W.R. BURNETT'S LITTLE CAESAR; INSCRIBED BY HIM
BURNETT, W.R.
Little Caesar.
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929.
First edition of Burnett's classic novel, which has inspired generations of gangster films. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Mrs. Brown with best wishes of W.R. Burnett." In near fine condition with light rubbing, clipping of a picture of the author and his wife to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom clamshell box. First editions of Little Caesar signed and inscribed are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 59019
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“BEYOND THE EARTH, BEYOND THE FARTHEST SKIES, I TRY TO FIND HEAVEN AND HELL. THEN I HEAR A SOLEMN VOICE THAT SAYS: "HEAVEN AND HELL ARE INSIDE”: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; One of 550 Copies Signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe; In the Original Elaborate Binding
FITZGERALD, Edward; Illustrated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Siegle, Hill & Company, 1910.
Signed limited first edition of this work reproduced in color from the manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe, number 247 of 550 copies signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Folio, bound in publisher's full vellum, front panel elaborately stamped in gilt in a peacock motif, gilt titles and a floral motif to the spine, brown gilt morocco lettering label, pictorial endleaves. With twelve full-page illustrations inserted throughout. In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 108452
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“Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen": Signed Limited Edition of W. Somerset Maugham's The Razor’s Edge
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
The Razor’s Edge: A Novel.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1944.
Signed limited first and true first edition of Maugham’s masterpiece, published prior to both the American and English trade edition. Octavo, original publisher's red buckram, black leather spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. One of seven hundred fifty numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 501. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146255
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"Don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by": First edition of Colin Higgins' Harold and Maude; signed by him and legendary singer Cat Stevens
HIGGINS, Colin. [Cat Stevens].
Harold and Maude.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971.
First edition of the classic 1971 American coming-of-age dark comedy–drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Colin Higgins [on the front free endpaper] and singer-songwriter Cat Stevens [on the front pastedown]. The music in Harold and Maude was composed and performed by Cat Stevens. He had been suggested by Elton John to do the music after John had dropped out of the project. Stevens composed two original songs for the film, "Don't Be Shy" and "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" and performed instrumental and alternative versions of the previously…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133160
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“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat": Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich; Signed by Him
HILL, Napoleon.
Think and Grow Rich.
Meriden, Conn: Ralston Society, 1940.
Early printing of this classic bestseller, which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. In very good condition, contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138368
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Rare First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery. An Autobiography
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Up From Slavery. An Autobiography.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1901.
First edition of Booker T. Washington's landmark biography. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141523
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"In Loves fair garden-close I wander free, so take your guerdon elsewhere, lovely June": First edition of Joyce Kilmer's Summer of Love; Inscribed by him to fellow poet and critic Thomas Walsh
KILMER, Joyce.
Summer of Love.
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911.
First edition, first issue of Joyce Kilmer's first book of verse. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow poet and literary critic Thomas Walsh, "To Thomas Walsh, With appreciation of his roast of this book, and the sincere admiration of Joyce Kilmer, June 20, 1913, Brooklyn, NY." A scholar of Latin American and Spanish literature, Thomas Walsh published four books of poetry and wrote many short articles and reviews, including several for the New York Times. With Walsh's bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 92792
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“For a little while when we were lovers I breathed the air from the high places where love comes from, and I can't no more come down": Rare First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Hungry Hearts; Signed by Her
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Hungry Hearts.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
First edition of Anzia Yezierska's rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Anzia Yezierska on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a trace of edge wear in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears to the extremities. Rare signed and especially so in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 42019
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“ROUND AND ROUND WE SPIN, WITH FEET OF LEAD AND WINGS OF TIN”: FIRST EDITION OF CAT’S CRADLE; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY AND SIGNED BY KURT VONNEGUT
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Cat’s Cradle.
New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1963.
First edition of Vonnegut’s classic satire of the clash between science and religion in the nuclear age. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut in a page bound in, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation, uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146009
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"I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see": First Edition of Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira; Signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira [Blindness].
Lisboa: Caminho, 1995.
First Portuguese edition and true first of the Nobel Prize-winning author's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Jose Saramago on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138766
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"For secret doubt and open slight the mercy, lord, be for the right!": Scarce First separate edition of Rudyard Kipling's "After" A False Start
KIPLING, Rudyard.
“After” A False Start.
At the Sign of the George, 1924.
First Separate edition of Kipling's "After", the first draft of the poem that would later become The Recessional, being a facsimile of a hand-written note retrieved from Kipling's wastebasket which was later donated to the Harvard College Library. One page, folded. In fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123514
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Aldous Huxley's The Art of Seeing; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley's experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 139661
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“You cannot surprise an individual more than twice with the same marvel": First Edition, first state of Mark Twain’s Life On The Mississippi in the publisher's original full sheep
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Life On The Mississippi.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
First American edition, first state of this provocative portrait of the great Mississippi River with tailpiece of Twain in flames on p. 441 and “The St. Louis Hotel” caption on p. 443. Octavo, original publisher's deluxe full sheep with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition, rebacked. Uncommon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142314
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“Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it": First Edition of Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me
FLEMING, Ian.
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133250
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The Arbury edition of the works of George Eliot
ELIOT, George.
The Works of George Eliot.
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, n.d..
The Arbury edition of the works of George Eliot. Octavo, 24 volumes bound in three quarter half russet crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, hand-colored tissue-guarded frontispiece and photogravure plate printed on cream velin to each volume. One of one thousand numbered copies, this is number 277. In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144866
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Percy Fitzpatrick's Classic Work Jock of the Bushveld; Signed by Him
FITZPATRICK, Percy.
Jock of the Bushveld.
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1913.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Percy Fitzpatrick on the title page. In near fine condition with light shelfwear to the extremities. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119744
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First American Edition of Helena; Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh to Fellow Novelist Jim Powers
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Helena.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
First American edition of what the author always described as his best work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend, fellow Catholic and novelist J.F. Powers on the front free endpaper, "For Jim Powers with warm regards from Evelyn Waugh." Jim Powers was a novelist and short-story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic priests in the Midwest. Writing about Powers's first collection of stories, "Prince of Darkness," Evelyn Waugh said that he "is almost unique in his country as a lay writer…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 2807
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"I Was a Very Smart Child at the Age of Thirteen": First Edition of Mark Twain's Editorial Wild Oats; In the rare Original Dust jacket
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Editorial Wild Oats.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Rare in the original jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 68027
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Complete first edition set of Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet; each volume inscribed by British actor Charles Dance
SCOTT, Paul. [Charles Dance].
The Raj Quartet. [The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils, Staying On].
London: Heinemann, 1966-1975.
Complete first edition set of "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction" (The Times). Octavo, five volumes, original cloth. Presentation copies, each volume inscribed by British actor Charles Dance who featured in the televised version of The Jewel in the Crown on the front free endpaper, "For Charles Swynnerton from Charles Dance!" Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Larry Learmonth and Tom Simmonds. A very sharp set, uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144627
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First Editions of Each Volume the Classic Sword of Honour Trilogy; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1952-1961.
First editions of each volume in the author's acclaimed Sword of Honour Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, finely bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. A nice set. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146619
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Rare First Edition of Dinsdale's Television: Seeing by Wire or Wireless
DINSDALE, Alfred.
Television: Seeing by Wire or Wireless.
London: Sir Issac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1926.
First edition of the first book on television, a key work on the history of technology. Octavo, original stiff boards, frontispiece halftone reproduction of photograph of John Logie Baird. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear, small tape repair on the front panel. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119245
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First Edition of Leonard Cohen's Book of Mercy; Inscribed by Him to Close Friend and Record Producer Dick Asher
COHEN, Leonard.
Book of Mercy.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984.
First Canadian edition and true first of the author's classic collection of contemporary psalms. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dick Asher with affection Leonard Cohen New York 1985." The recipient Dick Asher was a top executive at Columbia Records, Cohen's record label and a close friend of his. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael van Elsen. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124529
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First Edition of George Schuyler's Slaves Today. A Story of Liberia; Inscribed by Him
SCHUYLER, George S.
Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931.
First edition of "the first novel about Africa written by an African American" (Aric Putnam). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To William M. Stein from George S. Schuyler January 10,1932." In very good condition. Laid in is an original program from 1938 Charter Day at Howard University.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 125792
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First Edition of The Ginger Man; Signed by J.P. Donleavy
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955.
First edition, first issue with the words, Special Volume, Francs: 1.500 to the rear panel. Small octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by J.P. Donleavy on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. Introduction by Arland Ussher. A nice example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 91458
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Rare first edition, presentation copy of L'Hotel du Nord; inscribed by Eugène Dabit
DABIT, Eugene.
L’Hotel du Nord.
Paris: Robert Denoël, 1929.
First edition of the author's immensely popular novel. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Valmard with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers and additional patterned silk endleaves, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by Valmard, with two illustrations signed by Dabit mounted to the front and rear pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Bernard Steele. Hors commerce copy, from a total edition of 250 numbered copies. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase. Rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144043
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“He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old": First Edition of Anthony Trollope's The Prime Minister
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Prime Minister.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.
First edition of this classic work, which examines one of the most enduring questions in government; whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader. Octavo, original cloth, four volumes. In near fine condition. An exceptional example, one of the nicest examples we have seen.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 131836
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"It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst": First edition of Ian Fleming's Thunderball
FLEMING, Ian.
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961.
First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Richard Chopping. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 131678