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FIRST EDITIONS OF THE FOUR FINAL NOVELLAS IN CHARLES DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS BOOK SERIES; ATTRACTIVELY BOUND
DICKENS, Charles.
The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1845-1848.
First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The set is comprised of a first edition of The Chimes [London: Chapman & Hall, 1845 (1844)] Half-title and 13 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield. Second state of the vignette title; First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth [London:…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 132035
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"The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again": First Edition of Cry The Beloved Country; Signed by Alan Paton in the Year of Publication
PATON, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.
First American edition of Paton's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Alan Paton Johannesburg May 27, 1948." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare and desirable signed in the year of publication.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 43091
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Signed Limited First Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra
O'NEILL, Eugene.
Mourning Becomes Electra.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1931.
Signed limited edition of O'Neill's classic play. Quarto, original full Japan vellum gilt, black morocco spine label, signed by Eugene O'Neill, one of 550 copies this is number 363. Near fine in a very good slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142951
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Scarce first edition of George Eliot's Daniel Deronda; Finely Bound by Proudfoot
ELIOT, George.
Daniel Deronda.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876.
First edition of Eliot’s final and most controversial work, which essentially predicts the foundation of Israel. Octavo, four volumes bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards by Proudfoot Binder with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, stamp signed by Proudfoot on the verso of the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $1,950.00 Item Number: 147409
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“The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy": First Edition of the classic modernist novel Nightwood; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
BARNES, Djuna.
Nightwood.
London: Faber and Faber, 1935.
First edition of this masterpiece―one of the greatest novels of the Modernist era. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with a few small chips and notes notes to the flaps. The British edition precedes the American edition by one year.
Price: $1,950.00 Item Number: 117378
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"The Things that make us happy make us wise": Rare First Hardcover Edition of Little, Big; Signed by John Crowley
CROWLEY, John.
Little, Big.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.
First hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John- The things that make us happy make us wise John Crowley." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Pat Doyle. Photograph of the author by Richard Sutor. A very sharp example of this work.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 1471
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First Edition of A Pictorial History of the Negro in America; Signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer
HUGHES, Langston and Milton Meltzer.
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 140222
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“But what was more admirable in Babylon, and eclipsed every thing else, was the only daughter of the king, named Formosanta": First Edition of Voltaire's The Princess of Babylon
VOLTAIRE (AROUET, François-Marie).
Voyages et Aventures d’une Princesse Babylonienne [The Princess of Babylon].
Geneve: 1768.
First edition of one of Voltaire's best-known works of prose. Octavo, original full period calf, gilt titles to the spine, red morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 82403
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“Life's single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane": First Edition of Thomas Pynchon's First Book V.; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
PYNCHON, Thomas.
V.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1963.
First edition of Pynchon's first book. 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: $1,850.00 Item Number: 144384
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First Edition of The Dark Half; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen .
The Dark Half.
New York: The Viking Press, 1989.
First edition of this novel by the author of The Shining. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Front jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. Photograph of King by Tabitha King.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146044
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One of 50 Copies of Evelyn Waugh's The Holy Places; Signed by Him and illustrator Reynolds Stone
WAUGH, Evelyn; Illustrated by Reynolds Stone.
The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone.
New York and London: The Queen Anne Press; The British Book Centre, 1953.
Signed limited issue, number 23 of 50 specially bound copies, signed by both the author and illustrator Reynolds Stone, from a total edition of 1,000 copies. Quarto, original red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gray endpapers, top edge gilt. Frontispiece woodcut and title page printed in brown, 3 further woodcuts in text printed in black. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 71894
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"LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY": LOVE STORY; SIGNED BY ERICH SEGAL, ALI MACGRAW AND RYAN O'NEAL
SEGAL, Erich.
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition, early printing of the author's best-selling novel, a "sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental" work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role. The film is considered one of the most romantic by the…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145831
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"In gratitude for her care of Books!": Special Limited First Edition of the Author’s Classic Work; Warmly Inscribed By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow.
Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.
New York: Pantheon, 1955.
Special limited first edition of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Betsy Wall, In gratitude for her care of Books! Anne Morrow Lindbergh April 17, 1989 Darien, Conn." Near fine in the original slipcase which is in very good condition. Illustrations by George W. Thompson. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 120902
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author at his home on the half-title page, "Ayot St Lawrence 5th Oct. 1934 Dear Dr. Shaw This afternoon is impossible: as you see, I am out of reach. I shall be in London tomorrow. If you ring up Whitehall 3160 my secretary may be able to fix up a meeting for us. faithfully G. Bernard Shaw.' Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 131696
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr; Signed by Coretta Scott King and John Lewis
KING, Coretta Scott [John Lewis].
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1987.
First edition, early printing of this classic collection of the words of Dr. King. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Lewis and Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "For John Schreiber, Thank you very much. John Lewis" and signed below "With appreciation Coretta Scott King." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Selected by Coretta Scott King. Uncommon signed by both of these Civil Rights icons.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139362
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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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 60040
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Signed Limited Edition of Pablo Neruda's We Are Many
NERUDA, Pablo.
We Are Many.
Cape Coliard Press, 1967.
Signed limited edition, one of only 100 examples, this is number 65. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with a cut-out by Jim Dine. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda and the translator Alistair Reid. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Alistair Reid. Photographs by Hans Ehrmann.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 133314
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Rare Original Shooting script of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana; Actress Sylvia Miles' copy with her annotations
WILLIAMS, Tennesse. [Sylvia Miles].
The Night of the Iguana Original Shooting Script.
New York: Studio Duplicating Service, Inc, .
Rare original shooting script of Tennessee Williams' great stage play. Quarto, original blue Studio duplicating service leatherette wrappers bound and bradded. Advertisements laid in. Sylvia Miles' copy with her annotations throughout. Miles played Maxine Faulk in the play's 1976 Broadway revival at the Circle in the Square Theatre. In very good condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 110701
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"A lake is a pond is a river": First Edition of Luke Rhinehart's The Dice Man; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
RHINEHART, Luke [George Cockcroft].
The Dice Man.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Andy 'A lake is a pond is a river.' Luke Rhinehart." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 143807
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“Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious": Signed Limited Edition of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman
LEE, Harper.
Go Set A Watchman.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.
Signed limited edition of the author's second novel. Octavo. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition with the original shipping carton.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 7352
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"Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!": First Edition of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewhit; with the signature of the dedicatee, famed English philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts laid in
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of the last of Dickens' picaresque novels. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with by "Phiz" with 40 plates. With a clipped signature of the dedicatee, Angela Burdett-Coutts laid in. The dedicatee, Angela Burdett-Coutts became one of the wealthiest women in England in 1837 when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans.…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139459
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"One of the most important crime novels of the 20th century": First Edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CAIN, James M.
The Postman Always Rings Twice.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. 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: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146083
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First Edition of A Pictorial History of the Negro in America; Lengthily Inscribed by Langston Hughes
HUGHES, Langston and Milton Meltzer.
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Especially for Laura and Louise Fields, as a gift at Christmas from Mabel Smythe- Sincerely, Langston Hughes New York 1957." In near fine condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 135491
