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“The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux": First Edition of Autobiography of A Yogi; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
YOGANANDA, Paramhansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946.
First edition of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Preface by Walter Evans-Wentz. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 130643
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First Edition of Virginia Lee Burton's Classic Maybelle: The Cable Car; Signed by Her
BURTON, Virginia Lee.
Maybelle: The Cable Car.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Virginia Lee Burton on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132568
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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 Gertrude Stein's Bee Time Vine; inscribed by her life partner Alice B. Toklas to long-standing nemesis Elizabeth Sprigge
STEIN, Gertrude. [Alice B. Toklas] Introduction by Virgil Thomson.
Bee Time Vine and other Pieces [1913-1927].
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953.
First edition of volume three of the Yale edition of Stein's unpublished writings, collected under the general editorship of Carl Van Vechten. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stein's partner Alice B. Toklas on the front free endpaper, "A peace offering to dear Elizabeth with love from Alice Paris 4 - VI - 54." The recipient, Elizabeth Miriam Squire Sprigge was an English biographer and longtime nemesis of both Stein and Toklas and one of Stein's harshest critics. In several letters to close personal friends following Stein's death, Toklas expressed her disdain towards Sprigge, on one occasion in particular…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135240
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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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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 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 Editions of the author's Classic The House of Spirits Trilogy; Each Signed by Isabel Allende
ALLENDE, Isabel.
The House of Spirits Trilogy: House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, and Portrait in Sepia.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First edition of each work in the author's classic House of Spirits trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To ____ ____ 'You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found.' Isabel Allende." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michel Guire Vaka. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman. Translated from the Spanish by Magda Bogin. Daughter of Fortune is signed by Isabel Allende on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Portrait of Sepia…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147493
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First edition of A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands; finely bound in full calf
GOLDSMITH, Oliver; Edmund Burke; Sir H. Walpole; et al.
A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands.
Dublin: Printed for the Editor by M. Graisberry, 1789.
First edition of this rare collection of early English literature. Octavo, bound in full calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, illustrated with engraved vignettes, lists of subscribers. In near fine condition. An attractive binding.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 137226
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“That is all you can think of: what people will say! One goes from one end of the world to the other to hear the same story. Does it matter what people say?”: First Edition of Nectar In a Sieve; Inscribed by Kamala Markandaya
MARKANDAYA, Kamala.
Nectar In a Sieve.
London: Putnam, 1954.
First Edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes and love, Kamala Markandaya January 1955." Some tape removal to the front endpaper, else near fine in a very good dust jacket with some of the usual wear and tear. Overall a nice copy of this classic; this is the first example of this title we have seen signed or inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 855
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"People will forget what you said, People will forget what you did, But people will never forget how you made them feel": First Edition of Italo Calvino's Difficult Loves; Signed by Him
CALVINO, Italo.
Difficult Loves.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories by Calvino. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Italo Calvino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver, Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 22051
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Signed Original Drawing By Playwright Tom Stoppard of his Play The Real Thing
STOPPARD, Tom.
Tom Stoppard Original Signed Drawing.
Original drawing by playwright Tom Stoppard. "I can't draw. Really. Look: My Hous, My Dogg (crossed out and replaced with 'Hors') Love, Tom." The drawing corresponds to one of Stoppard's later plays, The Real Thing, first performed in 1982. Known for his use of playful language in addressing philosophical concepts, Stoppard's later works sought greater emotional and interpersonal depths, as is also apparent in this lighthearted and intentionally naive portrayal of a scene typical of children's art. Rare and desirable with an original drawing. The drawing measures 8.5 inches by 8 inches. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 79905
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Rare autograph note inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Autograph Note Signed.
Rare autograph note inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. The note reads, in part: "but it is a chapter about...theatrical. They are always great fun. Very sincerely yours Rudyard Kipling." Double matted and framed with an engraving of Kipling. The entire piece measures 14.75 inches by 10.25 inches. A handsome example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95201
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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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First edition of Nora Ephron's I Remember Nothing; inscribed by her
EPHRON, Nora.
I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
First edition of Ephron's edgy collection of short observational stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Bill Zwecks With best wishes and thanks Nora. Nora Ephron 9-16-11." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Abby Weintraub. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132355
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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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"The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself": First Edition of The Magus
FOWLES, John.
The Magus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First American edition, preceding the British edition by one year of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate of famed collector Rolland Comstock. Jacket painting by Tom Adams. Housed in a custom half morocco case.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142119
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“Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept": First Edition of Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel Angle of Repose; Inscribed by Him
STEGNER, Wallace.
Angle of Repose.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John with best wishes Wallace Stegner November 9, 1972." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by E.D.N. Designs. Photograph of the author by Alex Gotfryd. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 118652
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“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without": First Edition of The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille; With signed letters from Him
DEMILLE, Cecil B.
The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1959.
First edition of the autobiography of the legendary director. Octavo, original cloth. Note written on stationary from Hotel Pierre, New York, from Cecil B. De Mille to Barrett Kiesling, MGM Publicity Directory, dated June 21, 1931, laid-in, includes De Mille's signature. Two notes to Kiesling from Cecilia De Mille Harper (daughter of the famous director and an actress) also laid in, with her signature. Typed letter on Paramount Pictures Corporation letterhead from Cecil B. DeMille to Barrett C. Kiesling, with signature, affixed to the back pastedown (letter mentions Kiesling's help in writing the autobiography), dated May 14, 1958. Minor underlining…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 130481