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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": Roald Dahl's BFG; Inscribed by Him and signed by Famed illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Love Doug Roald Dahl 1984." Additionally signed by Quentin Blake below. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 142114
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"Wishing you safe travels on your journey through the woods": First Edition of Into the Woods; Inscribed by Stephen Sondheim with a drawing of a musical notation
SONDHEIM, Stephen; James Lapine; Adapted and Illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Into The Woods.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1989.
First edition of this classic work, the basis for the Broadway musical and subsequent film. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page, "To Harold Merry, with best wishes from Stephen Sondheim 1/12/89." Sondheim has also added a drawing of a musical notation with the lyrics, "Mother cannot guide you..." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Hudson Talbott. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 124779
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Rare Signed Harriet Beecher Stowe Photograph
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Signed Photograph.
Photograph of Harriet Beecher Stowe, boldly signed by her. The photograph is a portrait by Hastings, showing her in profile. Signed on the mount below the image. The photograph measures 5.5 inches by 1.5 inches. Matted and framed.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 81117
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"And for all I know he is sitting there still, under his favorite cork tree, smelling the flowers just quietly": "the greatest juvenile classic since Winnie the Pooh"; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Munro Leaf
LEAF, Munro. Illustrated By Robert Lawson.
The Story of Ferdinand.
New York: The Viking Press, 1936.
First edition, early printing of Munro Leaf's beloved children's classic. 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 stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Munro Leaf Nov. 15, 1939." An exceptional presentation. One of the most sought after children's books of the twentieth century, uncommon signed.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 147120
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“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for”: The complete writings of George Washington; Finely Bound
WASHINGTON, George; Jared Sparks.
The Writings of George Washington Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848-52.
The complete writings of George Washington. Octavo, 12 volumes, uniformly bound in full three quarters calf, morocco spine labels, illustrated. Editor Jared Sparks was a noted early American historian and President of Harvard College. Sparks worked as editor of the North American Review and a Unitarian pastor in Baltimore. Sparks' most notable work was his Writings of George Washington. He was an important early American Antiquarian and influential in his historical scholarship on the new nation. In very good condition.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 141401
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"The Tin Drum Will Become One Of The Enduring Literary Works Of The Twentieth Century": Rare Proof Edition Of The Tin Drum; Signed by Gunter Grass
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1962.
The uncorrected proof of the first British edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition showing only light wear. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 560
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"With Much Love": First Edition of If Beale Street Could Talk; Warmly Inscribed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
If Beale Street Could Talk.
New York: The Dial Press, 1974.
First edition of Baldwin's fifth novel, a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ethan Reinhard, Thank you. James Baldwin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Braswell.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 124543
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"When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object": First Edition of The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Inscribed by Milan Kundera
KUNDERA, Milan.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of Kundera's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter Milan Kundera." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 119818
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"Virtue which is not supported with gravity gains no repute among men": Rare Early edition of The Morals of Confucius; A Cornerstone of Chinese Philosophy
CONFUCIUS,.
The Morals of Confucius, A Chinese Philosopher.
London: T. Horne, 1706.
Rare second edition in English of The Morals of Confucius. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary sheep contemporary sheep. In very good condition, toning to the extremities.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 107212
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"The greatest Lady of This Century in whom Africa has found a friend in deed": First Edition of Ojike's My Africa; Inscribed by Him to Eleanor Roosevelt
OJIKE, Mbonu [Eleanor Roosevelt].
My Africa.
New York: The John Day Company, 1946.
First edition of this work by the Nigerian novelist and nationalist, inscribed by him to Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Eleanor Roosevelt The greatest Lady of this Century in whom Africa has found a friend in deed. Mbonu Ojike." Bookplate of Eleanor Roosevelt, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Pearl S. Buck. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 102465
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Rare first edition of Victor Hugo's La Légende des Siècles: First Series; From the Library of H. Bradley Martin
HUGO, Victor.
La Légende des Siècles. [The Legend of the Ages: First Series].
Bruxelles: 1859, Edition Hetzel.
First Brussels edition and true first edition of the first series of Hugo's epic work. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Provenance: from the library of H. Bradley Martin (his sale, Sotheby's New York, October 16-17, 1989, lot no. 901; bookplate). "The H. Bradley Martin sale of 1989-1990 was a terribly significant sale of a stupendously varied and robust library that realized some major funds as well as publicity for Sotheby’s and for Martin’s executors. It also led H. Bradley Martin into the historic pantheon of legendary great bookmen. From it, we can surmise that book collecting on a massive scale and…
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 142580
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First edition of Albert Camus' Les Justes [The Just Assassins]; inscribed by him to Jean de Bosschère
CAMUS, Albert.
Les Justes: Piece en Cinq Actes. [The Just Assassins: A Play in Five Acts].
Paris: Gallimard, 1950.
First edition, early printing of Camus' classic examination of the moral issues associated with murder and terrorism. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Jean de Bosschère [crossing through "Les"] an nom des que vous no sommes sens tes cordialement Albert Camus." The recipient, Jean de Bosschère lived for most of the 20th century between London and France, and illustrated his own works as well as the works of Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, and the classical works of Aristophanes, Ovid, Strato and Apuleius. He published his own works of poetry, and in 1952…
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 137191
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Rare Original Painting of Rumpelstiltskin; Signed by John le CARRÉ
LE CARRÉ, John.
John Le Carré Original Painting of ‘Rumpelstiltskin.’
1952.
Rare original watercolor painting by British author John le Carré of a scene from the German fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin. Gouache and watercolor painting depicting Rumpelstiltskin incensed that the nearby queen had correctly guessed his name, titled in pencil at the bottom edge "Rumpelstiltskin," signed by le Carré in the lower right with his given name, "David, '52." Framed. Annotated on the rear in an unknown hand, "Painted by David Conwell (better known as John le Carré) given to Anne Simpson, 27th May 1952." In fine condition. The piece measures 15.5 inches by 13.25 inches.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 146524
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First Edition of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; Signed by Tom Wolfe and Larry McMurtry
WOLFE, Tom .
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960's. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe and Larry McMurtry on the title page. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 130974
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“Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it": First Edition of Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me
FLEMING, Ian.
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 131324
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Rare manuscript poem signed by "The Greatest" American Boxer Muhammad Ali
ALI, Muhammad.
“The President” Muhammad Ali Signed Manuscript Poem.
Manuscript poem signed by famed American boxer Muhammad Ali. One page, the poem is titled, "The President" and reads in part, "The face of the Pres is open, The eyes of the Pres are bright, The lips of the Pres are now closed, The head of the Pres is upright, The breast of the Pres slants forward, The gaze of the Pres is bright... The soul of the Pres is flaming, the heart of the Pres is warm... The image of this Pres is truth, Wisdom's message his rod. The home of the Pres is the white house and the president's…
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 143204