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“If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Islands In The Stream.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970.
First edition of Hemingway's autobiographical novel in three parts, published posthumously. 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, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140288
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William M. Thackeray Autograph Letter Signed to Lady John Russell
THACKERAY, William M.
William M. Thackeray Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed by William M. Thackeray to Lady John Russell, wife of the Prime Minister. One page, the letter reads, "I have an engagement contracted 3 weeks ago unfortunately, or I should have had the greatest pleasure in coming to Richmond on Friday." Matted and framed with two engravings, one of Thackeray and the other of Colonel Newcome (a character from Thackeray's 'The Newcomers'). In very good condition with toning to the letter and very light folds. The entire piece measures 17.5 inches by 10.25 inches. A charming presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145284
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“It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded": Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist; finely bound in full crushed levant morocco
DICKENS, Charles.
Oliver Twist.
London: Richard Bentley, 1839.
Early edition of Dickens' classic “novel of crime and terror” (Baugh et al). Octavo, three volumes bound in full red crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 24 plates by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. An attractive binding.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139872
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First Edition of "This Masterwork of Photojournalism" Vietnam Inc.; Signed by Noam Chomsky
GRIFFITHS, Philip Jones [Noam Chomsky].
Vietnam, Inc.
New York: Collier Books, 1971.
First edition of Philip Jones Griffith's first book. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by Noam Chomsky, who in a later edition contributed an introduction to this volume. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146352
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“YOU TRIP OVER A WORD WHILE CARRYING A TRAY OF VOCABULARY OUT TO THE POOL ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT BROKEN GLASS IS A GOOD TOPIC”: First Edition of Billy Collins' The Apple That Astonished Paris; Inscribed by Him
COLLINS, Billy.
The Apple That Astonished Paris.
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1988.
First edition of this early collection of poems by award-winning poet. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Billy Collins on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 12017
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“For the scene of suffering is a scene of joy when the suffering is past; and the silent reminiscence of hardships departed is sweeter than the presence of delight": Herman Melville's Redburn
MELVILLE, Herman.
Redburn.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849.
First edition, second printing of this classic work with the extended publisher’s advertisements at end. Octavo, original plum cloth stamped in blind, spine gilt, yellow endpapers. In very good condition, bookplate.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144187
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The Louis XIV national deluxe illustrated edition of the works of Albert Camus; with over 90 original lithographs in color by Carzou
CAMUS, Albert.
Oeuvres Completes de Albert Camus.
Paris: Imprimierie Nationale, 1965.
The Louis XIV national deluxe illustrated edition of the works of Albert Camus with over 90 original lithographs in color by Carzou. Quartos, 7 volumes, pages loosely bound within black vellum backed wrappers housed in glassine, elaborately illustrated throughout with additional suites of lithographs to the rear of each volume. In near fine condition. Each volume housed in the original custom slipcase. Exquisitely illustrated.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 94697
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First Edition of Robert Byron's The Road to Oxiana; From the library of Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd
BYRON, Robert.
The Road to Oxiana.
London: Macmillan & Company, 1937.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 15 plates and a map. From the library of Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd. Medd, who was an architect and best-known for his collaboration with fellow architects, Edwin Luytens and Herbert Baker, in designing New Delhi. He remained in India and in 1939-47 held the role of Chief Architect to the Indian Government. Medd's ownership inscription is on the front free endpaper, there is also the bookplate of Gavin Stamp on the front pastedown, who notes that it was a gift from Medd. Stamp reviewed the Picador edition of this work…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 111765
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"We ain't giving up" I said "We done gone this far": First Edition of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; Inscribed by Ernest J. Gaines
GAINES, Ernest J.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
New York: The Dial Press, 1971.
First edition of this classic novel, which depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Dear Dale and Diane: I heard about you from my sister, Lois. Best to you always and I hope you like 'Miss Jane' Ernie. Gaines May 11, 1971 San Francisco." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike McGiver.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147102
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“LOVE IS OR IT AIN'T. THIN LOVE AIN'T LOVE AT ALL”: FIRST EDITION OF THE JOURNEY TO BELOVED; SIGNED BY OPRAH WINFREY, DANNY GLOVER, AND SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE 1998 FILM CAST
WINFREY, Oprah; Danny Glover; Thandiwe Newton; Kimberly Elise. [Toni Morrison].
Journey to Beloved.
New York: Hyperion, 1998.
First edition of Oprah Winfrey’s emotional account of playing the part of Sethe, the former slave who must come to terms with a haunting past in Jonathan Demme’s film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Quarto, original illustrated boards, photographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Ken Regan. Presentation copy, inscribed on the second free endpaper by Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandiwe Newton, Kimberly Elise, and Lisa Gay Hamilton to Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker,…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135044
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First Edition of Edwin Lefevre's Simonetta; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
LEFEVRE, Edwin.
Simonetta.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919.
First edition of this work by the author of Reminisces of a Stock Operator. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chipping to the spine. We have never seen another example in the dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140668
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“In the course of time, Michael Strogoff reached a high station in the Empire. But it is not the history of his success, but the history of his trials, which deserves to be related": First Edition of Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar
VERNE, Jules.
Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1877.
First American edition of this historical tale of adventure taking place during a Siberian revolt by the Tartars and what many consider one of Verne's finest novels. Octavo, original cloth, with Ninety Full-Page Illustrations. Translated by W. H. G. Kingston. Revised by Julius Chambers. In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 89346
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First Edition of Band of Angels; Signed by Robert Penn Warren
WARREN, Robert Penn.
Band of Angels.
New York: Random House, 1955.
First edition of this classic work one of the most searing and vivid fictional accounts of the Civil War era ever written, basis for the 1957 film directed by Raoul Walsh starring Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo and Sidney Poitier. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Penn Warren. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ska. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147022
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First Edition of Dorothy Hartley's Food In England; in the uncommon dust jacket
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. Bookplate, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95798
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Warmly Inscribed by Don Delillo in the year of publication
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Scioscia Best ever Don DeLillo Feb 1985." Fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133723
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First Edition of Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Quarto, 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 onlay to the front panel, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146014
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First Edition of The Bread of Life; Inscribed by the Illustrator to Julie Andrews and signed by Halldor Laxness
LAXNESS, Halldor.
The Bread of Life.
Reykjavik: Vaka-Helgafell, 1987.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator to actress Julie Andrews on the front free endpaper, "August 1988 To Julie Andrews with thanks and appreciations Snorri Sveinn Fridriksson." Additionally signed by Halldor Laxness on the half-title page. Illustrated by Snorri Sveinn Fridriksson." Translated by Magnus Magnusson. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. From the library of Julie Andrews.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 116748
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Saul Bellow. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117859
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Ellen Raskin's Newbery-Award Winning Novel The Westing Game; Inscribed by Her
RASKIN, Ellen.
The Westing Game.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1978.
First edition, second printing of Raskins's Newbery Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Barbara Nelson Boom! Ellen Raskin 6.25.79." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Scarcely seen signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146586
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“Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.": James Legge's classic Chinese-English translation of the four major texts of Confucian philosophy
LEGGE, James. [Confucius].
Interpretation of the Correction of the Four Books of Huaying. [The Four Books: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, and The Works of Mencius].
China: Kanshou, 1918.
James Legge's classic Chinese-English translation of the four major texts of Confucian philosophy. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions and bookplates in both Chinese and English.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 127035
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Rare original carte-de-visite of Harriet Beecher Stowe; with a notecard inscribed by her
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Carte-de-Visite and Signed Card.
New York: E & H.T. Anthony, .
Rare original carte-de-visite of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, accompanied by a small notecard inscribed by her, "Truly yours HB Stowe." In near fine condition. The carte-de-visite measures 4 inches by 2.5 inches. The note measures 3.25 inches by 1.75 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 131409
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First American edition of Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin; inscribed by her to Erica Jong
ATWOOD, Margaret.
The Blind Assassin.
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2000.
First American edition of Atwood's Booker and Hammett Prize-winning work, named by Time Magazine as the best novel of 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Erica with all best wishes - Peggy A. 2000." The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142419
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“There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart": First edition of Charles Dickens' Hard Times
DICKENS, Charles.
Hard Times. For These Times.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.
First edition in book form of Dickens' attack on the living conditions of England's mid-19th century industrial cities. Octavo, original green cloth blindstamped with gilt titles to the spine including the "Price 5/-" in gilt at the base of the spine and p.244 misnumbered as 44. In near fine condition with the half-title present, which is often lacking. Housed in a custom three quarter morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 121032
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“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning": First Edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WILDER, Thornton.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.
First edition of the author's masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 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 presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142902
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; with pages from the original serial tipped in to to each volume
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece in each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Tipped in to the front and rear of each volume is an extensive collection containing pages from a number of the original Master's Humphrey's Clock…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95116
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First edition of The Dracula Book; inscribed by Christopher Lee and signed by William Marshall on a bookplate
GLUT, Donald F. With Introductions by Christopher Lee and William Marshall.
The Dracula Book.
Metuchen, N.J: The Scarecrow Press, 1975.
First edition of Glut's authoritative history of the literary and cinematic presentations of Count Dracula, including Bram Stoker's classic novel. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Christopher Lee on the dedication page, "Art - All good wishes Christopher Lee" and additionally signed by William Marshall on a bookplate affixed to the dedication page. In fine condition. Cover illustration by Larry Byrd.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145253
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"LANGUAGE IS COURAGE: THE ABILITY TO CONCEIVE A THOUGHT, TO SPEAK IT, AND BY DOING SO TO MAKE IT TRUE": The Satanic Verses; Inscribed by Salman Rushdie to the Metropolitan Police Special Branch Detective who protected him while in hiding
RUSHDIE, Salman.
The Satanic Verses.
London: Viking Press, 1988.
First British edition, early printing of Rushdie's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author "to Simon and Sheila, best wishes, Salman Rushdie 22nd Nov '89." A fascinating Rushdie association item. After the Fatwah against Rushdie for the publication of The Satanic Verses was issued, the writer was forced into hiding in 1990. Within two weeks Rushdie was forced into hiding with the London Metropolitan Police Special Branch protection for a decade. In the first few months of the Protection Detail, due to the high grade and imminent nature of the Intelligence threats received against him, it had been required to…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146220
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First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
RAND, Ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition, first printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146542
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"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread": First Edition of Richard Wright's Native Son
WRIGHT, Richard .
Native Son.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
First edition, first issue binding with "A - P" on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 118656
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"All in the same web": First Edition of Gary Snyder's Turtle Island; Warmly inscribed by Him
SNYDER, Gary.
Turtle Island.
New York: New Directions, 1974.
First edition of the legendary poet's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Fred and Edie- All in the same web- Gary." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket woodcut by Michael Corr; design by Gertrude Huston.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135234
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"Here is Dorothy herself in the person of Judy Garland, with Toto as Himself!": First Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Technicolor edition of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz; in the rare original dust jacket
BAUM, L. Frank.
The Wizard of Oz.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1939.
First Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Technicolor edition of Baum's most famous Oz book, the basis for one of the greatest films in cinema history. First printing with the gilt titles to the spine and printer's imprint to the copyright page (Bienvenue & Schmidt, pg 13). Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and black labels to the spine, pictorial endpapers featuring photographs from the film. Illustrated with 8 tipped in color plates and numerous doutone plates and in-text illustrations by W. W. Denslow. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 105288
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Signed Limited Edition of Curzio Malaparte's Kaputt
MALAPARTE, Curzio.
Kaputt.
Roma: Aria D'Italia, 1948.
Signed limited edition of Malaparte's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Curzio Malaparte copyright page, this is number 12. In good condition. Books signed by Malaparte are rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 118008
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"Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day": First Edition of Bellow's Seize the Day; Inscribed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Seize the Day.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Gabels with best wishes from an old exile to Evanston Saul Bellow." The recipients were close friends of Bellow's while he was a student at Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors and earned bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and sociology. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Jacket design by Bill English. Association copies of Seize the Day are uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 84225
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Rare original Maurice Sendak "So Sue Me" Costume Design; Signed by him
SENDAK, Maurice .
Maurice Sendak “So Sue Me” Signed Original Costume Design.
1993.
Rare original Maurice Sendak watercolor costume design for Arthur Yorinks' 1993 play "So Sue Me". One page, watercolor and ink on cardstock, Sendak has signed and annotated the design, "So, Sue me. Costume design M. Sendak Feb. 93." In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117308
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First Edition of Alfred Tennyson's The Lover's Tale; Finely Bound with an Erotic Fore-Edge Painting
TENNYSON, Alfred.
The Lover’s Tale. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1879.
First authorized edition of this classic poem, following the small "pirated" edition of 1870. Octodecimo, bound in red morocco by Sotheran & Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, decorated with an erotic concealed fore-edge painting depicting a woman posing suggestively for four admiring gentlemen. The term 'fore-edge painting' can refer to any painted decoration on the fore-edges of the leaves of a book which is concealed when the book is closed…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146761
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"one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians": Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; elaborately bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. With Prefatory Memoir by George Saintsbury.
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886.
Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front an rear panels, central morocco onlay to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated with one hundred and fourteen colored illustrations. With a prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury. From the library of Eugene Field with his bookplate to the pastedown. Often referred to as "the…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139375
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First Spanish Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's El Otono del Patriarca; Signed by Him and Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].
Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1975.
First Spanish edition of this "majestic, superb...a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant" (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the translator Gregory Rabassa on the front free endpaper. Rabassa translated this novel into English. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 46985
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First Edition of Vanquish The Angel; Signed by Diana And Meir Gillon to Sir Winston Churchill
GILLON, Diana And Meir. [Winston Churchill].
Vanquish The Angel.
London: Constable , 1955.
First edition of this novel, inscribed by both authors to Winston Churchill. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the authors in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to Winston Churchill, "As a humble gift to a giant of our age, Diana Gillon, Meir Gillon, March 12th 1955." Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the library of Sir Winston Churchill.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145911
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Evita; Boldly signed by Legendary Director and Screenwriter Oliver Stone
STONE, Oliver [Screenwriter]; Alan Parker [Director]; Tim Rice.
Evita.
New York: Warner Brothers, 1996.
First edition of the draft script for the 1996 film, boldly signed by Oliver Stone, based on the 1978 musical stage production by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was in turn based on Rice and Webber's 1976 concept album, following the brief life of Argentinean first lady Eva Peron from her impoverished illegitimate beginnings to her later idolatry. The film went through many iterations of production, passing between studios and directors, with Parker returning to direct in 1994 after having initially rejected the opportunity in 1979.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133217
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First Edition of Man in White; Inscribed by Johnny Cash
CASH, Johnny.
Man In White.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986.
First edition of the only novel by the legendary singer. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jud, Love Johnny Cash." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Marty. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 137539