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Rare Autograph Letter Signed by the Author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campell
CAMPELL, Joseph.
Joseph Campbell Autograph Letter Signed.
New York: N.p., December 26, 1977.
Rare autograph letter signed by American writer and author of 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces.' Octavo, two pages on 136 Waverly Place stationary, the letter reads in full, "Dec. 26, 1977 Dear Dr. Selby Thank you very much indeed for your kind and very interesting letter of a month ago. I am enclosing herewith the photo for which you asked [not present] -- a bit out of date, but since the date is of some of the books, the later volumes of 'The Masks of God,' it is not altogether inappropriate. Your suggestions for a book developing my 'Myth…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146688
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Screening History; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Screening History.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie, love, Gore Vidal." The recipient, Valerie Vidal was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lisa Clark. An exceptional association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126011
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter
GREENE, Graham.
The Heart of the Matter.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1948.
First edition of what many consider the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning to the spine.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146309
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"Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow": Rare first Bosschere edition of the poems of Oscar Wilde
WILDE, Oscar.
The Poems Oscar Wilde.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927.
First Bosschere edition of the poems of Oscar Wilde. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt with other untrimmed, illustrated with 8 color plates and 8 black and white plates. One of 2,000 numbered copies, this is number 1647. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with a large loss to the front panel.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 139758
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Treetops: A Family Memoir; inscribed by Susan Cheever to Erica Jong
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Treetops: A Family Memoir.
New York: Bantam Books, 1991.
First edition of the sequel to the author's prize-winning memoir, Home Before Dark. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Miami Fla. March 1991 For Erica and Ken with love Susan." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. 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…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142353
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"The two large fields lay on a hillside facing south. Being newly cleared of hay, they were golden green, and they shone almost blindingly in the sunlight": First edition of D.H. Lawrence's Love Among The Haystacks & Other Pieces
LAWRENCE, D.H. With a Reminiscence by David Garnett.
Love Among The Haystacks & Other Pieces.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930.
First edition of this collection of four of Lawrence's short stories, posthumously published by close friend David Garnett. Octavo, original publisher's half buckram over bright yellow boards. One of 1600 copies printed on hand-made paper at the Curwen Press, 550 of which were for sale in the United States by Random House, this is number 356. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 143228
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First edition of The Magic of Kindness; Or, The Wondrous Story of the Good Huan; finely bound
BROTHERS MAYHEW,.
The Magic of Kindness; Or, The Wondrous Story of the Good Huan.
London: Darton and Co, c. 1849.
First edition of this classic tale with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Kenny Meadows, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 115662
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Cited by The Nobel Committee as the "Crown" of Boll's work; Group Portrait with Lady; Warmly inscribed by Him
BOLL, Heinrich.
Group Portrait with Lady.
New York: Avon Books, 1974.
Early printing of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Dr. P. Murray regards Heinrich Boll with thanks for your kind letter." Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122169
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First Edition of Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza
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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138804
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"May you enjoy this book's manliness to the max, to the maximum": First Edition of Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to Maxim Founder Felix Dennis
WOLFE, Tom.
A Man In Full.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition, early printing of this "masterpiece" (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, including a large green exclamation mark hand drawn to Felix Dennis "To Felix Dennis, may you enjoy this book's manliness to the max, to the maximum - Tom Wolfe." The recipient, Felix Dennis was the owner of iconic men's magazine 'Maxim' which made him a media tycoon. He was also a distinguished poet philanthropist, book collector and lover of trees (the Forest of Dennis). Loosely inserted a short note from Maxim's editor, Clare McHugh.…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146476
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"WORLD REVOLUTION OR WORLD DESTRUCTION": H.G. Wells The Fate of Homo Sapiens in the rare original dust jacket
WELLS, H.G.
The Fate of Homo Sapiens.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1939.
Early printing of this work by the author of Invisible Man. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 118627
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Dean's December; Inscribed by Him to his Canadian Publisher
BELLOW, Saul.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For David Kent Saul Bellow." The recipient David Kent was Saul Bellow's Canadian publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An excellent association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122663
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Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down; Inscribed by him
BOWDEN, Mark.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
First edition, early printing of the award-winning journalist's account of the U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, adapted into the 2001 Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Grant, Best Wishes, Mark Bowden." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman. Author photograph by Peter Tobia.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146263
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First Edition of Orhan Pamuk's The Red-Haired Woman; Signed by Him and three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
PAMUK, Orhan.
The Red-Haired Woman.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, .
First edition of this "intriguing modern take on the Oedipus story" (The Herald, London). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Orhan Pamuk on the title page. Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, title page and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated by Ekin Oklap.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 123836
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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay; finely bound in full polished tree calf
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.
Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1878.
Finely bound new edition of the historical essays of Macaulay. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full polished tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, inner dentelles stamped in blind, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In very good condition. Bookplates.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138519
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First Edition of J.M.G. Le Clezio's The Flood; Signed by Him
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
The Flood.
New York: Atheneum, 1968.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140783
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"Pretend to be good always, and even God will be fooled": First Edition of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1965.
First edition of the author's fifth novel, a classic satire, which introduces the reader to Kilgore Trout. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Murray Tinkelman.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146221
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“Remember this, if you can--there is nothing, nothing more precious than time": Signed Limited First Edition of The Caine Mutiny
WOUK, Herman .
The Caine Mutiny.
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977.
Signed limited first edition of Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon bound in. Signed by Herman Wouk. Illustrated by George H. Jones. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146370
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First edition of On Directing Film; Warmly inscribed by David Mamet in the year of publication
MAMET, David.
On Directing Film.
New York: Viking, 1991.
First edition of Mamet's insightful guide to directing. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Glenn - Thank you for your support of my work. I appreciate it very much. David Mamet 27 F. 91 Book Soup." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design Neil Stuart. Back jacket photograph by Mike Hausman.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 119879
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Paule Marshall's Triangular Road; Signed by Her
MARSHALL, Paule.
Triangular Road: A Memoir.
New York: Basic Civitas Book, 2008.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the famed author's insightful memoir. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Paule Marshall on the the title page. In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 129301
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First edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Gerard
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
The Adventures of Gerard.
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1903.
First edition of the second book of Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard stories. Octavo, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by W. B. Wollen. In near fine condition. A very nice example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 137265
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First edition of Vladimir's Nabokov The Defence
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
The Defence [Defense].
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964.
First edition of this early Nabokov novel, which tells the tragic story of a man destroyed by his own genius and of the hopeless efforts of the wife who loves him to save him from himself. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by John Curtis. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140004
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's Him With His Foot In His Mouth; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
BELLOW, Saul.
Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 7344
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"Toledo lived in my mind just as El Greco had painted it in the storm": Rare First Greek Edition of Nikos Kazantzakis' Spain
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Spain [In Greek].
Athena: 1937.
Rare first Greek edition of this early travelogue by Kazantzakis. Octavo, bound in half morocco over cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 23009
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First Edition of Adonis' Selected Poems; Signed and dated by Him in the Year of Publication
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY KHALED MATTAWA,.
Selected Poems.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.
First edition of the first major career-spanning collection of the poems of Adonis, widely acknowledged as the most important poet working in Arabic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by Adonis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Khaled Mattawa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138251
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First Edition of John Gregory Dunne's The Studio; Signed by Him
DUNNE, John Gregory.
The Studio.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free endpaper, "John G. Dunne 1968." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Dunne. Uncommon signed.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 116567
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“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings": Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' On Death and Dying; Signed by Her
KUBLER-ROSS, Elisabeth.
On Death and Dying.
New York: Collier Books, 1993.
First Collier Books edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page, "Love Elisabeth K. Ross." In fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131359
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First Edition of The Life & Times of Michael K; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
Life & Times of Michael K.
South Africa: Ravan Press, 1983.
First edition of the author's first Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Some bleedthrough on the bottom pages, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Marcus Wilson- Smith. Photograph of the author by Geraldine Farley.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 100092
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Rare postcard signed by great spy novelist John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John. [David Cornwell].
John le Carre Signed Postcard.
Wien: Boomerang Cards, .
Austrian postcard signed by great spy novelist John le Carre. Featuring a black and white photograph of Le Carre, the postcard measures 5.75 by 4 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131490
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First Edition of Kuki Gallman's Africa Nights; Signed by Her
GALLMANN, Kuki.
African Nights.
London: Viking, 1994.
First edition of the sequel to the author's I Dreamed of Africa. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Kuki Gallmann 1994." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131841
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Rare unauthorized edition of Mark Twain's Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda.
Toronto: James Campbell & Son, [1871].
Rare unauthorized edition of Twain's witty collection of satirical sketches; this edition possibly containing the first appearance of My Late Senatorial Secretaryship. BAL 3334. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137267
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First edition of The Poetical Works of John Scott; finely bound in full mottled calf
SCOTT, John.
The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.
London: Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.
First edition of John Scott's collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very good condition. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137227
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"In its southern suburb, there stood two pleasant houses side by side, with their gardens sloping down to the Whit": First edition Rev. Charles Kingsley's Two Years Ago
KINGSLEY, Charles.
Two Years Ago.
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1857.
First edition of the author's classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 139736
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Antoine François Prévost's The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux; finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery
PRéVOST, Antoine François. [The Abbe Prévost D'Exiles].
The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1935.
First edition thus of Helen Wadell's translation of the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité which was adapted into the famous opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini. Quarto, bound in half morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Pierre Brissaud. Translated by Helen Waddell. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147343
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Bret Harte and Mark Twain's Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67; from the collection of American journalist William Safire
HARTE, Bret and Mark Twain. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1927.
Second edition of the compiled uncollected materials of Twain and Harte from The Californian. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise gilt bands, pictorial endpapers, gilt topstain, frontispiece of page one of the first number of The Californian, illustrated. 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 the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 127607
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Ida M. Tarbell's He Knew Lincoln; signed by her and in the rare original dust jacket
TARBELL, Ida M.
He Knew Lincoln.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.
First Doubleday printing of Tarbell's collected Billy Brown stories, first published by McClure in 1907. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 132584
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First Edition of Gypsy; In Exceptional Condition
LAURENTS, Arthur; Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Gypsy.
New York : Random House, 1960.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name. An exceptional example.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133724
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First edition of Len Deighton's Yesterday's Spy
DEIGHTON, Len.
Yesterday’s Spy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975.
First edition of Deighton's classic spy thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. Housed custom clamshell box. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137223
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First Edition of Athol Fugard's Tsotsi; Signed by Him
FUGARD, Athol.
Tsotsi.
Johannesburg: Donker, 1980.
First South African Edition and true first. Octavo, original cloth Signed and dated by Athol Fugard in 1983. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light rubbing and wear.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 506
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal; Inscribed by Him To His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal.
New York : Random House, 1992.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie love Gore." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 126598
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First Edition of Fudge-A-Mania; Inscribed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
Fudge-A-Mania.
New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1990.
First edition of this work in the author's classic Fudge series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Linda Love, Judy Blume Oct. 1993." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Sue Truesdell.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144223
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"It falls to the lot of even the most glorious flags to be thrown in the mud. Glory, what men call glory, is often thick with mud": First Edition of Curzio Malaparte's The Skin
MALAPARTE, Curzio.
The Skin.
London: Alvin Redman Limited, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian, La Pelle, by David Moore. Very good in the rare original dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 116391
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Finely bound example of Christopher Wordsworth's Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There
WORSDWORTH, Christopher.
Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There.
London: John Murray, 1837.
Finely bound edition of Wordsworth's work on Athens and Attica. Octavo, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Armorial bookplate and period gift inscription.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138672
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“There is one English Poem, the title whereof is Hudibras" (Voltaire) Samuel Butler's Hudibras; with 16 engraved plates by J. Mynde after William Hogarth
BUTLER, Samuel.
Hudibras, In Three Parts, Written in the Time of The Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, L.L.D. Adorn’d with a new Set of Cuts.
Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, Printer to the University, for W. Innys, A. Ward, Mess. J. and P. Knapton, D. Browne, S. Birt, et al, 1744.
18th century large annotated edition of Butler's acclaimed mock romance, the "best edition" according to Lowndes. Octavo, two volumes bound in full calf with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins illustrated with 16 engraved plates by J. Mynde after William Hogarth including frontispiece portrait of Butler to Vol. I., errata, index, and list of subscribers. In very good condition. Rebacked. Bookplates and ownership inscriptions. Exceptionally clean internally.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130125
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“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined": First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131475
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First Edition of Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent; Signed by Her
PERRY, Sarah.
The Essex Serpent.
London: Serpent's Tail, 2016.
First edition of this modern classic, basis for the miniseries starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Sarah Perry on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Peter Dyer.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142273
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First Edition of Peter M'Naughton's The Poems of Ossian: Literally Translated from the Gaelic in the Original Measure of Verse
M'NAUGHTON, Peter [Ossian].
The Poems of Ossian: Literally Translated from the Gaelic in the Original Measure of Verse.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1887.
First edition of Peter M'Naughton's translation of the poems of Ossian. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Uncommon.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 116541
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Kalki; Inscribed by Him to His Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
Kalki.
New York: Random House, 1978.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Gore Vidal For Kit, all love." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. The two remained close throughout their lives. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara Hall. An exceptional association.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 126149
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Elizabeth Cole; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan.
Elizabeth Cole.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989.
First edition of Cheever's savage portrait of the New York art world. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "New York City May 4, 1990 To Ken Whose friendship and council have been my mainstay for all these years Susan Cheever." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. 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…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142886
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"They went fast as the wind to the creek, and then went like wind back to the gate": First edition of Mary Johnston's Lewis Rand; Signed by her
JOHNSTON, Mary.
Lewis Rand.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908.
First edition of Mary Johnston's classic historical romance. Octavo, original cloth, full color frontispiece after a painting by F. L. Yohn. One of 500 copies. Signed by the author. Very good in the rare original dust jacket with some wear. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell and chemise case.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 88023
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"I am sure that when I wake tomorrow all this will seem to me but a dream": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Suspense
CONRAD, Joseph.
Suspense.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925.
First English edition of Conrad's final, unfinished novel. Octavo, original cloth. Introduction by Richard Curle. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine. Jacket art by Thomas Derrick. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130717
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"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey": The Poetical Works of Lord Byron; Finely Bound
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON],.
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, c. 1890.
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in half vellum over cloth, frontispiece, morocco spine label, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers top edge gilt. In near fine condition. An attractive set.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 111329
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"Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing": First edition of Robert Frost's A Way Out: A One Act Play
FROST, Robert.
A Way Out: A One Act Play.
New York: The Harbor Press, 1929.
Signed limited edition and first separate edition of this one act play by Frost. Octavo, original half cloth. One of four hundred and eighty-five numbered copies signed by Robert Frost at the conclusion of the preface. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137808
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First edition of C.R. Kenyon's The Argonauts on the Amazon
KENYON, C. R. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The Argonauts on the Amazon.
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1901.
First edition of the author's classic adventure tale, containing some of Arthur Rackham's earliest illustrations. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with 6 full-pages illustrations by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142584
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First Edition of Stephen Berrien Stanton's The Hidden Happiness; Gifted By the Author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
STANTON, Stephen Berrien [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Hidden Happiness.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.
First edition of this philosophical work; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original navy blue boards, "With the Compliments of the Author" note laid in. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership inscription, "P. T. Sherman Uncle Cump's first partner Sherman + Stanton." Friends and family of General William Tecumseh Sherman often referred to him by the nickname “Cump.” In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145985
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Indian Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Indian Tales.
New York : John W. Lovell Company, 1890.
First authorized edition of this classic collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by L.J. Bridgman. In near fine condition. Tanselle #99.17. A very sharp example.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 121653
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First edition of Lord Byron's Werner
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
Werner. A Tragedy.
London: John Murray, 1823.
First edition, first state of Byron's retelling of Kruitzner, or the German's Tale in Harriet Lee's Canterbury Tales without "the end" and the imprint on page 188. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with five raised gilt bands to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles. Lacking the publisher's advertisements. In very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130540
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First Edition of Gao Xingjian's Buying a Fishing Rod For My Grandfather; Inscribed by Him
XINGJIAN, Gao.
Buying a Fishing Rod For My Grandfather.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.
First American edition of the author's first collection of short stories published in English. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Pour ____ ____ Gao Xingjian Paris le 20 Octobre 2006." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138015
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“War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war": First Edition of William Faulkner's A Fable
FAULKNER, William.
A Fable.
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 70016