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"BON APPETIT!": FIRST EDITION OF FROM JULIA CHILD’S KITCHEN, SIGNED BY BOTH JULIA AND PAUL CHILD
CHILD, Julia.
From Julia Child’s Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
First edition of Child's fourth book. Octavo, original pictorial coated cloth boards. Boldly by the author on front free endpaper, "Bon Appetit to Carol & Jim Julia Child." Additionally signed by Paul Child on the front free endpaper. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Photographs and drawings by Paul Child.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 147065
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First Edition of Al Pacino: In Conversation with Lawrence Grobel; Signed by Academy Award-Winning Actor Al Pacino
PACINO, Al.
Al Pacino: In Conversation with Lawrence Grobel.
New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2006.
First edition of this collection of interviews on the Academy Award-winning actor. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Al Pacino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Nagin.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 147476
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J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish; Signed by Him
MACLEISH, Archibald .
J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.
First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Archibald MacLeish on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Title page by Ismar David.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 131799
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First Edition of Kenneth Roberts' Northwest Passage; Inscribed by him
ROBERTS, Kenneth.
Northwest Passage.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937.
First edition of Kenneth Roberts' historical novel which follows the exploits of Robert Rogers, the leader of a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page, "With all the good wishes of Kenneth Roberts." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration from a pastel by Winold Reiss, based on an original engraving of Major Rogers. Bookplate. Housed in the original slipcase which is in very good condition and a custom cloth clamshell box.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 95360
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"Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that you had early in life": First Edition of In Search of Memory; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Eric Kandel
KANDEL, Eric R.
In Search Of Memory.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist's autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For John Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that you had early in life. With warm regards Eric Kandel." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 110821
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's The Tenants; Warmly Inscribed by Him to his cousins
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Tenants.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.
First edition of Malamud's sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Minnie and Marshall With affection Bern." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Jacket photograph by Janna Malamud.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112806
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First Edition of William Kennedy's Ironweed; Signed by Him
KENNEDY, William.
Ironweed.
New York: The Viking Press, 1983.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Signed by William Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a newspaper article on Kennedy winning the Pulitzer Prize. Some offsetting to the half and title pages, otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. A very nice example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 690
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First Edition of Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley; signed by Denton A. Cooley
COOLEY, Denton A.
Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley.
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays which illuminates, with brilliant insight, our contemporary world of medicine. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Denton A. Cooley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Collected by Marianne Kneipp. Foreword by Arthur Hailey.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146290
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's The Tenants; Warmly Inscribed by Him to Close Friends Suzanne and Paul Shrag
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Tenants.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.
First edition of Malamud's sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul With affection for dear friends- Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 100067
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First Edition of Anthony Trollope's The Vicar of Bullhampton
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Vicar of Bullhampton.
London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co, 1870.
First edition in book form of Anthony Trollope's controversial novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over pebbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers, with thirty-five illustrations including tissue-guarded frontispiece by H. Woods (although 30 are stated). In very good condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112316
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First Edition of Ellen Raskin's Figgs and Phantoms; Warmly Inscribed by Her
RASKIN, Ellen.
Figgs and Phantoms.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the author’s Newbery Honor book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ethel & Paul many, many thanks for all your kind words Ellen Raskin." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 29005
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Richard Olney's The French Menu Cookbook; signed by him
OLNEY, Richard.
The French Menu Cookbook.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1985.
First edition of the revised edition of this landmark work. Quarto, original cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Olney on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by Judith Eldridge.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 72976
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First edition of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's Voces Populi and Voces Populi Second Series; finely bound in three quarters vellum by morrell
ANSTEY, F. [Thomas Anstey Guthrie].
Voces Populi.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890.
First edition of Guthrie's collection of short comedic plays which originally appeared in Punch magazine. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters vellum by Morrell with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with twenty illustrations to volume I and twenty-five to volume II by Partridge including frontispieces. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplates to the pastedowns.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112304
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First Edition of The City Observed: New York: A Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan; Warmly Inscribed by Paul Goldberger
GOLDBERGER, Paul.
The City Observed: New York: A Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of this classic work on New York. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Edith and Martin Segal, Such treasured parts of New York that they should really be a part of this book- but even more important, valued friends. With much fondness, Paul Goldberger 16 October 1979." The recipients, Martin E. Segal made his fortune through the Segal Company, an international consulting business, and was perhaps best known as the elder statesman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he served…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145643
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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala
DALI, Salvador.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife, Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 147232
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Marcella's Italian Kitchen; Signed by Her
HAZAN, Marcella.
Marcella’s Italian Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes! Marcella Hazan." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Front-of-jacket photograph by David Massey. Jacket design by Karen Katz.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143529