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First Edition of Eric Carle's The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse; Signed by Him
CARLE, Eric.
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse.
New York: Philomel Books, 2011.
First edition of this "masterpiece from a master artist" (School Library Journal). Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126724
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First edition of Robert Parker's Burgundy: A Comprehensive Guide to the Producers Appellations and Wines; Signed by Him in the year of publication
PARKER, Robert M.
Burgundy: A Comprehensive Guide to the Producers, Appellations, and Wines.
New York: Simon and Shuster, 1990.
First edition of Parker's most ambitious and comprehensive work on Burgundy. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps by Jeanyee Wong and drawings by Christopher Wormell. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "10/4/90 To Tom Lovejoy- All the very best in wine and life Robert Parker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel & Scher.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 143776
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"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives": John Adams; Warmly Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "This first edition is for Adrienne and John- David McCullough." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144341
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First Edition of I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust; Inscribed by Livia Bitton-Jackson
BITTON-JACKSON, Livia.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997.
First edition of this powerful memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "April 1998 For with all good wishes, Livia Bitton-Jackson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Zakris.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 105841
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"And live men are just names! said M. Beaucaire": First Edition of Booth Tarkington's Monsieur Beaucaire; warmly Inscribed by Him
TARKINGTON, Booth.
Monsieur Beaucaire.
New York: McClure, Philips, 1900.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second novel, basis for the classic 1946 film starring Bob Hope. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "And live men are just names! said M. Beaucaire." Booth Tarkington. For Miss Carmel Myers." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137803
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First Edition of When Bad Things Happen To Good People; Inscribed by Harold Kushner
KUSHNER, Harold S.
When Bad Things Happen To Good People.
New York: Schocken Books, 1981.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Judge Silber with my best wishes Rabbi Harold S. Kushner." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146450
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First Edition of We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends; Inscribed by David Herbert Donald
DONALD, David Herbert.
We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Shane Bartleson, with warm regards, David Herbert Donald." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kai Chu.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146498
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FIRST EDITION OF THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY: Screenplay; Inscribed by Anthony Minghella
HIGHSMITH, Patricia.
The Talented Mr. Ripley.
New York: Hyperion Books , 1999.
First edition of the screenplay of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John, with best wishes, Anthony Minghella." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121468
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"So that, in learning the truth I drew from the gospel, I was not only no alone, but was with all the best men of the past and present": First edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's The Christian Teaching
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Christian Teaching.
London: Horace Marshall & Son, 1898.
First edition in English of Tolstoy's work the history and influence of Christianity, inspired by his own spiritual awakening. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Translated by Vladimir Tchertkoff. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124036
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First Edition of Rachel Carson's Under the Sea-Wind
CARSON, Rachel L.
Under the Sea-Wind.
London: Staples Press Limited, 1952.
First British edition of Carson's first book and her personal favorite. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Rare.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125649
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First Edition of Frederick Buechner's Now & Then; Signed by Him
BUECHNER, Frederick.
Now & Then.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of the author's second memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Catherine Flanders.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 58012
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“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe": First edition of Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch; warmly inscribed by her
TARTT, Donna.
The Goldfinch.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
First edition of the bestselling author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "especially for John - on Halloween - Donna Tartt." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keith Hayes. Jacket painting: The Goldfinch (1654) by Carel Fabritius. Author photograph by Beowulf Sheehan.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 141045
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First Edition of Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains; Lengthily Inscribed by Jon Krakauer in the year of publication
KRAKAUER, Jon.
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains.
New York: Lyons & Burford Publishers, 1990.
First edition of Krakauer's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Deborah- Stay loose, Climb hard! Congratulations on climbing Denali. You did better than I. Jon Krakauer October 1990." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Shaw. Jacket cover photograph by Jon Krakauer. Jacket back cover by Marc Twight.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 84655
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First Edition of Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Kenneth Arrow
ARROW, Kenneth J; Amartya K. Sen; Kotaro Suzumura.
Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare.
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2008.
First edition of this edition of these collected papers on social choice. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Kenneth J. Arrow on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 46522
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"We may all have stopped smoking but we continue to burn": First Edition of Luc Sante's No Smoking; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
SANTE, Luc.
No Smoking.
New York: Assouline Publishing, 2004.
First edition of this comical book regarding smoking. Octavo, original illustrated cardstock, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John We may all have stopped smoking but we continue to burn. Luc Sante." Fine in a fine slipcase, with the plastic packaging still present on the lower half of the box.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 38221
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First Edition of Karel Polacek's Povidky Pana Kockodana
POLACEK, Karel.
Povidky Pana Kockodana.
Nakladatelstvi Polygrafie V Brne, 1922.
First edition of this work by the famed Czech writer, humorist and journalist. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133507