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"Murder begins before the actual deed": Rare First Edition of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Towards Zero.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1944.
First edition of this classic Agatha Christie title and one of her favorites. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 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. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144302
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FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOAN DIDION: FIRST EDITION OF KATIE ARNOLDI'S CHEMICAL PINK: A NOVEL OF OBSESSION; INSCRIBED BY HER TO JOAN DIDION
ARNOLD, Katie. [Joan Didion].
Chemical Pink: A Novel of Obsession.
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2001.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Joan - Thank you for being so generous & kind. Your support has made all the difference. Lots of love, Katie 2/19/01." The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneer of the New Journalism style of news writing. Her articles and political writing engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, California culture, and California history. She also gained recognition for her…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 141135
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Signed by Him
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Barrie Cooke. Author photograph by Caroline Forbes. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142391
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Scarce first English edition of Leo Tolstoy's Patriotism and Christianity
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Patriotism and Christianity.
London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.
First English edition of Tolstoy's important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. In very good condition with some toning to the spine. Scarce.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146054
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"We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them": First Edition of Trying To Save Piggy Sneed; Inscribed by John Irving to Peter Matthiessen
IRVING, John [Peter Matthiessen].
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to author and fellow National Book Award-winning novelist Peter Matthiessen and his wife, "For Peter & Maria- directing your attention to the 2nd piece of the collection first, the memoir called "The Imaginary Girlfriend," but also wishing you a Merry Christmas (1995)- with love John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeffrey Fisher. Author photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and Isolde Ohlbaum.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 4658
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“Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration": First Edition of Izaak Walton's The Complete Angler
WALTON, Izaak and Charles Cotton.
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing.
London: Printed only for Thomas Hope; sold by him and Sackville Parker, Richard Matthews, and Samuel Trimmer, 1760.
First Hawkins edition of Walton's classic work. Octavo, original full speckled tan calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, black morocco spine label, engraved frontispiece, illustrated with fourteen engraved plates, seventeen in-text engravings of fish, and several engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a brown cloth clamshell with "Brooke Dolan 1940" stamped in gilt on front panel.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146335
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First Edition of Robert Penn Warren's World Time and Enough; Inscribed by Him
WARREN, Robert Penn.
World Enough and Time.
New York: Random House, 1950.
First edition of this classic novel; one of the big sleepers in 20th century American fiction and the "richest of [Warren's] novels" (New York Herald Tribune). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Sutherland regards Robert Penn Warren." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jules Gottlieb. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142272
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“I did not want to voice a word that would lift the cover and reveal that hideous emotion I always felt for her, the underside of love": First Edition of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus
ROTH, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author's first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144482
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2000.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. 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 example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142139
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
GREENE, Graham.
The Heart of the Matter.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1948.
First edition of what many consider the author's masterpiece. Octavo, 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, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146011
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"Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still": First Edition of Brief Interviews With Hideous Men; Signed by David Foster Wallace
FOSTER WALLACE, David.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1999.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original black boards. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124969
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“A BLINDING, RAW FORCE OF PRIMITIVE BEAUTY”: First Edition of Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country
WHARTON, Edith.
The Custom of the Country.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913.
First edition of one of Wharton's finest novels, which tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 110264
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First Edition of William Faulkner's These Thirteen
FAULKNER, William.
These Thirteen (13).
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of Faulkner's first collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, blue topstain. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140381
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First Edition of Larry Niven's Ringworld; Inscribed by Him
NIVEN, Larry.
Ringworld.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970.
Paperback original first edition of this classic work, which went on to win the 1970 Nebula and 1971 Hugo award for best novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by Dean Ellis. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Tim Larry Niven." In very good condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140443
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First Edition of Elspeth Huxley's The Mottled Lizard; SIgned by Her
HUXLEY, Elspeth.
The Mottled Lizard.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1962.
First edition of this sequel to Huxley's The Flame Trees of Thika. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 46332
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First Edition of Schindler's Ark; Inscribed by Thomas Keneally
KENEALLY, Thomas .
Schindler’s Ark.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982.
True first edition of this Booker Prize-winning novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film Schindler's List. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Phil Shalom Peace Tom Keneally 2005 :)." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Steve and Julie Ridgeway. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer. A very sharp example, uncommon signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 147038
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Signed limited Edition of Paul Bowles' Collected Stories
BOWLES, Paul.
Collected Stories.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979.
Signed limited edition of this classic collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Paul Bowles. In fine condition. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142140
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“It's easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language": First Edition of Seabiscuit: An American Legend; Signed by Laura Hillenbrand and Actor Tobey Maguire
HILLENBRAND, Laura [Tobey Maguire].
Seabiscuit: An American Legend.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition of this best-selling work, basis for the unforgettable Academy Award-nominated film starring Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Laura Hillenbrand on the title page and additionally signed by actor Tobey Maguire on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144024
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"There is nothing like losing to know how not to trade, and by learning how not to trade, you learn how to trade" First Edition of Edwin Lefevre’s The Making of a Stockbroker; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
LEFEVRE, Edwin.
The Making of a Stockbroker.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925.
First edition of this classic Wall Street narrative. Octavo, 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 ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146015
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First Edition of Churchill's Ian Hamilton's March in the original cloth
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Ian Hamilton’s March.
London: Longman's, Green, and Co, 1900.
First edition of Churchill's fifth book, a continuation of his coverage of the Boer War which he began in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece portrait of Ian Hamilton, folding map in color and 4 pages of advertisements for Churchill's works at rear. In near fine condition. A sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 129329
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First Edition of William Boyd's A Good Man in Africa; Signed Twice by Him
BOYD, William.
A Good Man in Africa.
London : Hamish Hamilton, 1981.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Annette, with all good wishes from the author." Additionally signed in full by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michael MacManus.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124801
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Signed Limited Edition of The David Foster Wallace Reader
WALLACE, David Foster.
The David Foster Wallace Reader.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Deluxe signed limited edition of this compilation of Foster Wallace's work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by artist Karen Green, the widow of Foster Wallace. The limited edition contains one piece of the original painting, "signed on verso with the artist's fingerprint." Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138151
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First Edition of A Fairy Tale of New York; Inscribed by J.P. Donleavy to his Publisher Seymour Lawrence
DONLEAVY, J.P.
A Fairy Tale of New York.
New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1973.
First edition of this funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to his publisher Seymour Lawrence in the year of publication, "Century Club (where the action is) August 14, 1973 To Seymour Lawrence J.P. Donleavy." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. A nice association.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 3966
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First Edition of Ellen Glasgow's Virginia; From the Library of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
GLASGOW, Ellen [Charlotte Perkins Gilman].
Virginia.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913.
First edition of this socially groundbreaking novel; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of the titular character, Virginia. Signed by Gilman on the front flyleaf. Gilman was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate, and eugenicist who served as a role model for future generations of utopian feminists. Best known for her semi-autobiographical short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis, Gilman has written works on gender and male domination that continue to maintain their relevance in today's society. In good condition…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145595
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"Knock, and it shall be opened unto you": First Edition of Sean O'Casey's I Knock At The Door; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
O'CASEY, Sean.
I Knock At The Door: Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1939.
First edition of this autobiography by the famed Irish playwright. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To Joe Cummins, with deep affection, from Sean O'Casey remembering many delightful Dublin chats round his surgery firesides. Devon 1939. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 108016
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CAMPBELL, John Lord.
The Lives of the Lord Chancellors, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England
London: John Murray, 1845-69.
Finely bound set of Campbell's works. Octavo, 13 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 130459
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First Edition of Thomas E. Gaddis' Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud; Signed by Him
GADDIS, Thomas E.
Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.
New York : Random House, 1955.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden and Thelma Ritter. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, " Best- Thomas E. Gaddis August 7, 1958." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with the Ingo Perminger Agency stamp to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Harvey Gabor. First editions are uncommon signed, and with noted provenance.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138123
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“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship": First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Weight of Glory
LEWIS, C.S.
The Weight of Glory and other Addresses.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949.
First edition, first printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Jeanyee Wong. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145132
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First Edition of Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It
MACLEAN, Norman.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1976.
First edition of Maclean's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Joel Snyder.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 147114
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"Beauty will live though I must sleep, unknowing, beneath thy feet": The Constant Nymph; signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean
KENNEDY, Margaret and Basil Dean.
The Constant Nymph: From the Novel of Margaret Kennedy.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1926.
First edition, second impression of the classic stage adaptation of Kennedy's Bohemian novel of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean on the half-title page. In near fine condition. From the library of bibliophile Henry Stuart Maclean Jack with his bookplate to the pastedown. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124809
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"First with the head, then with the heart": First British Edition of The Power of One; Signed by Bryce Courtenay in the Year of Publication
COURTENAY, Bryce.
The Power of One.
London: William Heinemann, 1989.
First British edition of the Courtenay's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Bryce Courtenay 22/3/89." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 147199
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Inscribed by Don Delillo
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, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Joe Don DeLillo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138126
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First Edition of Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel; Warmly Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh in the Year of Publication
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1942.
First edition, one of only 500 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Carolyn with love from Evelyn Christmas 1942." In very good condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146276
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"one of the most significant works of religious English literature": John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which is to Come: Deliver’d under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discover’d The Manner of his Setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country.
London: William Pickering, 1849.
Rare large print Pickering edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed morocco by Tout Bindery with gilt titles and intricate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruled borders to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, original red silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of John Bunyan, illustrated with tissue-guarded engraved plates, headpiece and initial. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the extremities and a bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146466
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“I AM NOT GIVEN TO EXAGGERATION, AND WHEN I SAY A THING I MEAN IT”: FIRST EDITION OF MARK TWAIN'S ROUGHING IT; from the library of American journalist William Safire
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Roughing It.
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1872.
First edition, mixed state of Twain's first semi-autobiographical work of travel literature, essentially a prequel to The Innocents Abroad, lacking the word 'he' on page 242 but with the advert present on page 592 (BAL 3337). Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, fully illustrated by eminent artists with wood engravings throughout. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 127994
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Honore de Balzac's Eugenie Grandet; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED Green MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
BALZAC, Honore de.
Eugenie Grandet I.
Paris: Librarie Larousse, n.d.
Finely bound Classiques Larousse edition of Balzac's short novel, later revised to be included in his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine. Octavo, bound in full crushed green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 130184
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"One thing is certain, and the rest is lies; the flower that once has blown for ever dies": Willy Pogany's illustrated RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM; finely bound by Bayntun Riviere
TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD. ILLUSTRATED BY WILL POGANY,.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., n.d..
Elaborately bound example of Pogany's finely illustrated Rubaiyat. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Banytun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling, fleuron cornerpieces, and central gilt arabesque to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Willy Pogany. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. In very good condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 129800
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"I was born to a vocation to bear witness to the great mysteries": First edition of Ararat; inscribed by Louise Glück to fellow poet Stuart Dischell
GLUCK, Louise.
Ararat.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the poet opposite the half-title page, "For Stuart I look forward to your new work, I wish you all good fortune - Louise." The recipient, Stuart Dischell is a fellow poet and friend of Gluck. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Näher.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124951
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First edition of George Bernard Shaw's Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant; inscribed by him to Alfred J. Warne Browne
SHAW, George Bernard.
Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant.
London: Grant Richards, 1898.
First edition of the definitive text of Shaw’s volume of “unpleasant” plays: Widowers’ Houses, The Philanderer, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession Octavo, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and 8 pages of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of Vol. I, "From G.B.S., painter of humanity, to Warne Browne, painter of the next deepest subject - the sea! Cadgwith Sept. 1899." The recipient, Alfred J. Warne Browne, was an English seascape painter based in Cornwall.…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 137391
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"It all began with those mysterious, threatening letters...": First edition of Agatha Christie's The Moving Finger
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
The Moving Finger.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942.
First American edition of Christie's classic murder mystery, which preceded the first English edition by 11 months. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with professional restoration.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 143554