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“They looked at each other until they weren't acquaintances any longer": First Edition of What Makes Sammy Run; Inscribed by Budd Schulberg in the year of publication
SCHULBERG, Budd.
What Makes Sammy Run?
New York: Random House, 1941.
First edition of what many consider one of the most important novels on Hollywood and the film industry. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Julian Johnson with respect and fond regards, Budd. March 29, 1941." The recipient, Julian Johnson was the head story editor for 20th Century Fox studios in the 1930s. Fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the rear panel with the blurbs by F. Scott Fitzgerald and John O'Hara. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A nice association.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 89545
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"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads": First Editions of Shelby Foote’s Classic Civil War Trilogy; Volumes One and Two Lengthily Inscribed by Him
FOOTE, Shelby.
The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville; Fredericksburg to Meridian; Red River to Appomattox.
New York: Random House, 1958-74.
First editions of the author's authoritative text on The Civil War. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copies, inscribed by the author in volumes one and two. Volume one is inscribed, "For Tom Low of Washington from Shelby Foote Memphis 13 May 1990 (These days after the death of Walker Percy, whose letter is enclosed)." Volume two is inscribed on a postcard pasted in and reads, "Memphis 25 Oct 88 Dear Tom Low Good for…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 91861
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“I'M WILD ABOUT YOU, GAL, YOU OUGHT TO BE A FOOL ABOUT ME”: Bob Dylan's Original Album Modern Times; Signed by Him
DYLAN, Bob.
Bob Dylan: Modern Times.
New York: BMG & Columbia Records, 2006.
First pressing of this album by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Quarto, 2 original vinyl records. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the front panel. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 122328
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First Edition of Albert Camus' L'Homme Révolté; inscribed by him to fellow French philosopher Yvon Belaval
CAMUS, Albert.
L’Homme Révolté. [The Rebel].
Paris: Gallimard, 1951.
First edition, review copy (marked "S.P." on title-page and lower wrappers) of one of Camus' most notable works. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Yvon Belaval en souvenir des Portiques d'Alger, amicalement Albert Camus." The recipient, French philosopher and literary scholar Yvon Belaval, was a specialist in 18th century French philosopher Denis Diderot and edited an important edition of Diderot's works with fellow philosopher Jean Grenier, one of Camus' most influential mentors to whom he dedicated the present volume. Camus became a student of Grenier's in Algiers and was strongly…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 137305
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"This is a book that needed to be written": First Edition of Tin Pan Alley; Signed by George Gershwin, Charles Previn and James Melton
GOLDBERG, Isaac; Introduction by George Gershwin.
Tin Pan Alley.
New York: The John Day Company, 1930.
First edition of this work on American popular music. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Introduction by George Gershwin. Boldly signed "Sincerely George Gershwin" on the dedication page. Additionally signed by conductor Charles Previn and tenor James Melton. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Previn was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood, Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions. Melton was a popular singer in the 1920s and 1930s and later began a career as an operatic singer when tenor voices went out…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 84308
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Rare First Edition of Robert Frank's The Americains
FRANK, Robert.
Les Americains [The Americans].
Paris: Delpire, 1957.
First edition of the photographer's masterpiece with 83 black-and-white full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto, original boards illustrated by Saul Steinberg. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 127265
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First Edition of Dorothy Hartley's Food In England; Lengthily Signed by Her
HARTLEY, Dorothy.
Food In England.
London: Macdonald, 1954.
First edition of this classic work by the social historian Dorothy Hartley, which is both a cookery book and a history of English cuisine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with Hartley's own strong, detailed and lively illustrations. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "D. Hartley. the author- with remembrances of our meetings-at the National!" Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Exceptionally rare signed, we trace no other examples.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 131335
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First Edition of The Owl Service; Inscribed by Alan Garner to his Niece
GARNER, Alan.
The Owl Service.
London: 1967, Collins.
First edition of this classic work, winner of the Guardian Award and Carnegie Medal. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his niece and goddaughter on the half-title page, "For Brenda from Alan." Also signed in full on the title page by Alan Garner. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kenneth Farnhill.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 117475
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The works of Washington Irving: The author's autograph edition
IRVING, Washington.
The Works of Washington Irving: The Autograph Edition [The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Rip Van Winkle].
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895–97.
The Works of Washington Irving: The Author's Autograph edition. Octavo, 40 volumes, bound in the original publisher's three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with one folding map and two folding charts. One of 500 sets, this set contains a page of original manuscript by Irving and an autograph note signed, both tipped in to volume one of The Alhambra. The manuscript leaf is page 216 of The Alhambra manuscript, with several deletions and corrections in ink. In the autograph note, signed "Washington Irving" and dated "Tuesday May 1," the author regrets not…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 49090
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"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities": Finely bound set of Voltaire's Complete Works in 97 volumes
VOLTAIRE (AROUET, Francois-Marie).
Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire avec des Remarques et des Notes Historiques, Scientifiques, et Literaires Par Mm. Auguis, Clogenson, Daunou, Etc. [The Works of Voltaire].
Paris: Deslangle Frères, 1828-34.
Finely bound set of the complete works of Voltaire with historic, scientific and literary notes. Octavo, 97 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, frontispieces with tissues guards and half titles as issued. In very good condition. A complete set, covering the broad scope of the versatile and prolific writer.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 96178
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"There are moments which are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur": First Editions of Tinker, Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley’s People; Each Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
[The Karla Trilogy]: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1979.
First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate to the title page. Each is near fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 133663
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"The veritable Bible of Christmas": COMPLETE SET OF DICKENS' CHRISTMAS BOOKS, INCLUDING FIRST EDITIONS of The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, THE BATTLE OF LIFE, AND THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN and the first appearance of A Christmas Carol in the matching red cloth
DICKENS, Charles.
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1844-48.
Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books, comprising the first appearance of A Christmas Carol in red cloth, issued to match the others, and first editions of the remaining four. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol is a tenth edition with 4 hand-colored plates, spine neatly repaired [1844]; First edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story with the advertisement leaf for the above edition of A Christmas Carol, second state of vignette title-page, recased [1845]; first edition of The Cricket on the Hearth, second state of…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 141364
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"Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget": First Edition In English Of Tolstoy’s Masterpiece Anna Karenina
TOLSTOY, Leo. [Count Lyof N Tolstoi]. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole.
Anna Karenina.
New York: Thomas J. Crowell & Co, 1886.
First edition in English of Tolstoy's masterpiece with all the points of first issue: sheets bulk to 35 mm, floral patterned endpapers, "13 Astor Place" on title page, no front adverts, and 5 pp. of rear adverts not listing Russian titles. Octavo, original cloth, with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers. Introduction and translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $5,200.00 Item Number: 147388
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“Experience teaches us in a millennium what passion teaches us in an hour": Rare First Edition of Olive Schreiner's The Story of an African Farm; From the library of Sir Lionel Phillips
SCHREINER, Olive [as Ralph Iron].
The Story of an African Farm: A Novel.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1883.
First edition of this highspot of African literature. Octavo, 2 volumes bound in three quarters contemporary morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Published under the pseudonym 'Ralph Iron', the entire printing of this first edition has been estimated to be about 300 copies and most were destined to libraries. From the library of British-born South African financier, mining magnate and politician Sir Lionel Phillips with his bookplates to the pastedowns. Lionel and Florence Phillips left South Africa a major legacy through their art collections.…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 118143
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First Edition of Jack Kerouac's On The Road
KEROUAC, Jack.
On The Road.
New York: The Viking Press, 1957.
First edition of Kerouac's classic novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Bill English. A sharp example.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 144208
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"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look ahead": First Edition of Graham Greene's Classic Work; The End of the Affair; Inscribed by Him
GREENE, Graham.
The End of the Affair.
London: William Heinemann, 1951.
First edition of the Graham Greene novel William Faulkner called, "one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language." Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Jerry Shestack from Graham Greene." The recipient Jerry Shestack was a distinguished American Jurist, President of the American Bar Association and United States ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Civil Rights. Light shelfwear, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 23054
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"MY ALLY & FRIEND, WITH THE PRAYER THAT WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING. SOONER OR LATER, WE'LL WIN": First Edition of Nobody Knows My Name; Signed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son.
New York : The Dial Press, 1961.
First edition of Baldwin’s second major book of essays, featuring his powerful analyses of the politics of race and his controversial three-part essay on Richard Wright. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "James Baldwin 9/15 - 74." Near fine in a good dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Robert Jonas. Jacket photograph by Roy Hyrkin. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145473
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A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights
BURTON, Richard F.
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night… [with] Supplemental Nights.
Benares: Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only, .
First Burton edition of The Arabian Nights. Octavo, 16 volumes, bound in three quarter red crushed morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spin, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 119367
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FIRST EDITION OF A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY; INSCRIBED BY JOHN IRVING TO FELLOW WRITERS MICHAEL ONDAATJE AND LINDA SPALDING
IRVING, John [Michael Ondaatje].
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
Toronto: Lestern & Orpen Dennys Publishers, 1989.
First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Michael & Linda with my affection - John Irving." The recipients novelist Michael Ondaatje, whose many works include the modern classic the English Patient, and his wife, Linda Spalding, herself a noted Canadian author, editor, and literary figure. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. From the library of Michael Ondaatje. An exceptional association, linking two of the finest novelists of the last quarter of the twentieth…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 132904
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“The stars, like dust, encircle me In living mists of light; And all of space I seem to see In one vast burst of sight”: First Edition of Isaac Asimov's The Stars Like Dust; Signed by Him
ASIMOV, Isaac.
The Stars Like Dust.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1951.
First edition of Asimov's second science fiction novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Light offsetting to the endpapers, near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine. Uncommon signed.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 39058
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The Sun-Dial edition of the works of Joseph Conrad; one of 735 numbered sets signed by Joseph Conrad in volume one
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Works of Joseph Conrad.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920-1928.
The Sun-Dial edition of the works of Joseph Conrad. Octavo, 24 volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Frost & Co., with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Conrad to vol. I. One of seven hundred and thirty-five numbered copies with the first volume signed by the author, this is number 478. In very good condition.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 144388
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"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more": THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN; Finely Bound
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Works of Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma].
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-12.
The Winchester edition of the works of Jane Austen containing each of her major novels. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt. Contains Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and The Watstons. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 142080
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"Belongs on the shelf with Ibsen and Hauptmann": First American edition of James Joyce's Exiles: A Play in Three Acts
JOYCE, James.
Exiles. A Play in Three Acts.
New York: B. W. Heubsch, 1918.
First American edition, first printing of Joyce's beguiling piece of drama, staged in English only once in Joyce's lifetime and rarely revived. Octavo, original half cloth over grey boards, title stamped in blind to upper board, lettered in gilt to spine. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A very nice copy of this scarce work in the original jacket.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 144590
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"Arguably the central text of the Harlem Renaissance... hailed as an important revision of the slave narrative and a forerunner of black protest fiction": First edition of James Weldon Johnson's An Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
JOHNSON, James Weldon.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man.
Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1912.
First edition of the work the central text of the Harlem Renaissance, hailed as the link between 19th and 20th African American narratives. Octavo, original cloth stamped in gilt. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 124993