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First Edition of Miracle Maker: Selected Poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi; Signed by Him
AL-AZZAWI, Fadhil.
Miracle Maker: Selected Poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi.
Rochester: Boa Editions, 2003.
First edition of this collection of poems by the award-winning author. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "with my Love Fadhil Al-Azzawi and again below in Arabic. In near fine condition. Translated and with an introduction by Khaled Mattawa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138262
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First Edition of the Playwright's Pulitzer-Prize winning work Three Tall Women; Signed by Edward Albee
ALBEE, Edward.
Three Tall Women.
New York: Dutton Book, 1995.
First edition of Albee's Three Tall Women, which won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, his third. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Edward Albee on the title page. With a program from the 1995 Celebrity Lecture Series at Michigan State University featuring Albee as a speaker laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Steve Ash.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 5722
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"DASHED HOPES AND GOOD INTENTIONS. GOOD, BETTER, BEST, BESTED": FIRST EDITION OF WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF; SIGNED BY EDWARD ALBEE
ALBEE, Edward.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
New York: Atheneum, 1962.
First edition of Albee's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Edward Albee 2010." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 126769
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First edition of Edward Albee's The Ballad of the Sad Café: Carson McCullers' Novella Adapted to the Stage; signed by Edward Albee
ALBEE, Edward; Carson McCullers.
The Play: The Ballad of the Sad Café. Carson McCullers’ Novella Adapted to the Stage by Edward Albee.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963.
First edition of Albee's quietly powerful adaptation of McCuller's novella. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Edward Albee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photograph of McCullers and Albee courtesy of Look.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 137248
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Albert Alberg's Gustavus Vasa and His Stirring Times; finely bound in full period calf
ALBERG, Albert.
Gustavus Vasa and His Stirring Times.
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co, c. 1885.
Finely bound example of Alberg's biography of Gustav I of Sweden. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Relfe Brothers of London with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139738
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“Calm Down what happens happens mostly without you": First Edition of Joseph Alber's Despite Straight Lines; Inscribed By Josef Albers to Henri Cartier-Bresson
ALBERS, Josef. [Henri Cartier-Bresson].
Despite Straight Lines.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961.
First edition of this work by the famed artist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Henri Cartier-Bresson, "For Henry Cartier-Bresson Josef Albers May 20, ‘68." Cartier-Bresson was working for Magnum Photographers when he photographed Josef Albers at his home in Connecticut in May of 1968. An outstanding association copy, linking Albers, one of the great abstract artists of the 20th century and Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the finest photographers. Also, laid in is a card signed by Albers.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 3783
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First edition of Marvin Albert's The Riviera Contract; inscribed by him
ALBERT, Marvin.
The Riviera Contract.
London: Macmillan, 1992.
First edition of the author's classic thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Regine & Nadim and their beautiful family, my friends & neighbors, with much affection from Marvin Albert 23 April 1993." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Neil Phillips.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 128164
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"Oh, my heart, what a muddle!": Autograph Manuscript Page From Louisa May Alcott
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Louisa May Alcott Manuscript Leaf.
Autograph manuscript page from Louisa May Alcott's Jack and Jill, Chapter VIII, page 129. One page. The manuscript page reads, “up no capers with that child! The idea of a hot bath in the middle of the day, and him full of dinner, and croupy into the bargain! Wet a corner of a towel at the kettle-spout and polish him off if you like, but you won’t risk his life in no bath-tubs this cold day.' Miss Bat’s word was law in some things, so Molly had to submit, and took Boo away, saying, loftily, as she left the room,…
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 65051
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"The house seemed swarming with boys, who were beguiling the rainy twilight with all sorts of amusements": First edition, first state of Louisa May Alcott's Little Men
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the second book it Alcott's Little Women trilogy. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. A desirable example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 111024
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Louisa May Alcott's Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890.
Later printing of this compilation of four sketches based on letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 132793
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“I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen": Rare FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH PARTS OF LITTLE WOMEN, IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Little Women and Little Women, Part the Second.
Boston: Robert Brothers, 1868-69.
First editions of both volumes of Alcott's most coveted work. Octavo, two volumes in the original green cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and front panel, each volume illustrated with four plates including frontispiece; those in the first part created by the author’s sister, May. Little Women is first issue with all points including Little Women priced at $1.25 in terminal advertisements. Little Women, Part Second is mixed state. Both volumes are in near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, contemporary inscription to volume one. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 147420
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Rare First Edition of H. Graham Aldous' The Beer Duty; Containing analyses and discussions on the taxation of beer
ALDOUS, H. Graham.
The Beer Duty.
London: Privately Printed, c. 1901.
First edition of this collection of discussions and charts analyzing the effects of taxation on the beer trade in early 20th century England, in the midst of the Temperance Movement. Octavo, original leatherette covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, all edges marbled, illustrated with charts, tables and graphs including a diagram showing the upward or downward movement of Trade, Drink and Crime. Appendix. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 100125
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"as entertaining to the eye and the imagination as a Beatles album is to the ear": First Edition of Alan Aldridge's The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics
ALDRIDGE, Alan.
The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1990.
First edition of the only major published collection of illustrated Beatles lyrics. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with lavish, full-color illustrations by a host of internationally renowned artists with specially commissioned photographs featured on almost every page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145102
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Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph
ALDRIN, Buzz.
Buzz Aldrin Photograph Signed.
1969.
Iconic photograph on canvas of Buzz Aldrin standing next to the United States flag planted atop the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission. Boldly signed "Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI." The entire piece measures 24 inches by 20 inches, stretched against a wood backing. In fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 130943
