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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Company, 1948-54.
First editions of each volume in Churchill’s World War II masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, original black cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with in-line and folding maps and documents. Each are near fine in very good dust jackets.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146996
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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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"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves": First Edition of Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama
HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA,.
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1990.
First British edition of The Dalai Lama's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 147113
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Wall Street; Signed by Oliver Stone
LIPPER, Kenneth. Based On The Original Screenplay by Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser.
Wall Street.
New York: Berkley Books, 1988.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone by on the title page. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, dampstaining.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147112
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"Well," said Stuart, "a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone": First Edition of Stuart Little; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Signed by E.B. White
WHITE, E.B.; Illustrated by Garth Williams.
Stuart Little.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945.
First edition, first printing, with code "I-U" on copyright page of the author's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six 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. Boldly signed by E.B. White on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 147118
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Limited First Edition of A Turn in the South; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Author V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
A Turn in the South.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1989.
Signed limited first edition of captivating travelogue of the American South, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by Bart Forbes specially commissioned by The Franklin Press for this first edition. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the front flyleaf. In fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 147061
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Signed limited first edition of The Prince of Mist; one of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Prince of Mist.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010.
Signed limited first edition of the author's first young-adult novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the title page, this is number 7. In fine condition. Cover illustration by Neal Murren. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase which is in fine condition. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 145037
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Signed limited edition of The Prisoner of Heaven; one of 500 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Prisoner of Heaven.
Burton: Subterranean Press, 2014.
Signed limited edition of the third book in the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books' series. Octavo, original cloth. One of 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the limitation page, this is number 381. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket illustration and interior illustrations by Vincent Chong. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145036
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"For Erica Jong, one more trip to the intersection of id and superego": Limited First Edition of Rabbit at Rest; Signed by John Updike
UPDIKE, John.
Rabbit At Rest.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1990.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, double-page frontispiece by Cary Henrie specially commissioned by The Franklin Press for this first edition. Signed by John Updike on the front flyleaf. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147057
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“Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread”: Signed Limited First Edition of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities
WOLFE, Tom.
The Bonfire of the Vanities.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1987.
Signed limited first edition of the author's first novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by the author depicting a powerful scene from the book. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147056
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First Edition of Reflections and Observations: Inscribed by Denton 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, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "12-7-84 To Robert White with best wishes! Denton A. Cooley MD." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities and hinges of the dust jacket. Collected by Marianne Kneipp. Foreword by Arthur Hailey.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147027
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16th Century Edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Corbaccio [The Crow]
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
Il Corbaccio. [The Crow].
Paris: Federigo Morello, 1569.
Rare sixteenth century edition of this literary work in the original Italian. Duodecimo, original full vellum. In near fine condition with light splitting to the front interior hinge.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146435
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Rare printed broadside of the historic Atlantic Charter
[CHURCHILL, Winston S.; Franklin Delano Roosevelt].
The Atlantic Charter Broadside.
New York, N.Y: The British Library of Information, [1941].
Rare printed broadside of the historic Atlantic Charter. Folio, one page. In fine condition. A very nice example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 124268
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W. Birkbeck Wood and James E. Edmond's The Civil War in the United States; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
WOOD, W. Birkbeck and James E. Edmonds [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Civil War in the United States: With Special Reference to the Campaigns of 1864 and 1865.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1937.
Revised edition of this British account of the American Civil War; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated with in-text maps and maps at the rear. P.T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free paper beneath his ownership inscription dated July 1938, a few annotations by Sherman throughout the text. In near fine condition with slight bumping to the crown and foot of the spine, light rubbing to the extremities and rear panel. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P.T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145994
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First Edition of Beyond Borders; Inscribed by Film Producer Lloyd Phillips; Accompanied by approximately eighty original gelatin silver prints
PHILLIPS, Lloyd.
Beyond Borders. [WITH] A Collection of Eighty Lloyd Phillips Photographs.
Malibu: Scan Shop, 2002.
First edition of this collection of photographs taken during the filming of Martin Campbell's 'Beyond Borders,' starring Angelina Jolie. Oblong octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "Arthur 'J', Thanks for keeping me alive and being such a good friend. Lloyd '02." In very good condition. Accompanied by approximately eighty original gelatin silver prints. Many of these photographs are represented in the book, but there are many additional photographs not included in the book which appear here.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146969
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First edition of John Le Carre's The Naive and Sentimental Lover; signed by him
LE CARRE, John.
The Naïve and Sentimental Lover.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.
First edition of le Carré's classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Geddes. An exceptional example.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 146204