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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all": The Works of Oscar Wilde
WILDE, Oscar.
The Works of Oscar Wilde.
London and Paris: Methuen Charles Carrington, 1907-22.
The works of Oscar Wilde, bound in the original cloth, one of 1000 sets made on handmade paper. Octavo, 14 volumes, original cream cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. One of 1000 sets of this edition on handmade paper. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 111362
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First edition of the Holy Bible printed For The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge at the Clarendon Press
The Holy Bible, According to the Authorized Version; with Notes, Explanatory and Practical; Taken Principally From the Most Eminent Writers of the United Church of England and Ireland.
Oxford: Printed For The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge at the Clarendon Press by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood, Printers to The University, 1817.
First edition of the King James Bible printed For The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge at the Clarendon Press for the use of families. Quarto, 4 volumes (including a duplicate of vol. I) bound in full contemporary polished calf by W. Hayes of Oxford, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, illustrated with nine engraved maps (including two folding) and 55 plates. In very good condition. Family register to the front free endpaper of volume I. A very attractive presentation.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 140219
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First Edition of Partners: The United Nations and Youth; Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor & Helen Ferris.
Partners: The United Nations and Youth.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950.
First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and inscribed by Helen Ferris to famed photographer Fred Stein, "For Fred Stein with our appreciation and all our good wishes for the days ahead Helen Ferris June 1951." Stein was an early pioneer of the hand held camera and noted street photographer in New York and Paris. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios. We have never encountered another signed copy by both authors.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 4553
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First Editions of Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger and Stella Maris; signed by the author in each volume and seven times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
The Passenger and Stella Maris.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
First editions of McCarthy's two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. Octavo, 2 volumes, original boards, original slipcase. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page of each volume. Additionally signed three times in each volume by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel one month before publication, "11/22 Chip Kidd", on the half-title page and rear panel of the dust jacket. Additionally signed on the front of the slipcase…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 14165
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"I want to live my life, not record it": Jacqueline Kennedy Signed White House Print
KENNEDY, Jacqueline.
Jacqueline Kennedy Signed White House Print.
1961.
White House photographic print taken in 1961 by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton. Boldly signed by Jacqueline Kennedy at the lower left. Stoughton took multiple photos in front of the White House fountains on the South Lawn when developing the 1961 Christmas Print. The final Christmas print, which showed more ducks positioned closer to the photographer, is derived from a different photograph taken moments before or after this mock-up. Here, the ducks are positioned on the far side of the pool and the camera was positioned at a slightly different angle than that used for the final Christmas Print. Matted and…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 28045
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First Edition of Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers; Lengthily Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
MANN, Thomas.
Joseph and His Brothers.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
First American edition of Mann's first novel in his acclaimed tetralogy. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Lengthily inscribed in the year of publication by Thomas Mann. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and chipping to the extremities. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 83578
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"Waves can't be the god of the sport ... It has to be getting out in it that counts": First Edition of You Should Have Been Here An Hour Ago; Inscribed by Phil Edwards
EDWARDS, Phil with Bob Ottum.
You Should Have Been Here an Hour Ago: The Stoked Side of Surfing or How to Hang Ten Through Life and Stay Happy.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this classic profile of 'the surfer's surfer.' Octavo, original sky blue cloth, illustrated with full-page photographs. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the copyright page: "You should have been here .... Phil Edwards." Very good in a very good dust jacket, with dampstaining to the book. Jacket photograph by Lynn Pelham-Rapho-Guillumette. Photograph of Bob Ottum by Jerry Cooke.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145184
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"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know": Rare First Edition of James Salter's A Sport And A Pastime; Signed by Him
SALTER, James.
A Sport And A Pastime.
Garden City, NY: Paris Review Editions/ Doubleday, 1967.
First edition of this modern classic, hailed as a masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by James Salter on the title page. With a publisher's compliments of the author laid in, fine in a good dust jacket with a few chips. Jacket collage by Alex Gotfryd. First editions are exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146210
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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face": Rare Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Dollar Bill
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Dollar Bill.
1935.
Original series 1935 A one dollar silver certificate, boldly signed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12 inches. We have never seen another signed dollar bill by Roosevelt.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133851
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Rare silver gelatin print of the October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters; signed by Clement Atlee and Jawaharlal Nehru among many others
ATLEE, Clement; Jawaharlal Nehru; et al.
Clement Attlee and Jawaharlal Nehru Signed October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters Photograph.
1948.
Large black-and-white photograph of the October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters, signed by each sitter including British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. The large silver gelatin print is signed on the mount by UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the Republic of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of New Zealand Peter Fraser, Sir Godfrey Huggins (Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia), Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister of Pakistan), Hugh Dalton (British Chancellor of the Exchequer), Louis St. Laurent (Prime Minister of Canada), and many others. In near fine condition.…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 137509
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"I FIRST MET HIM IN PIRAEUS": FIRST EDITION OF KAZANTZAKIS’ ZORBA THE GREEK; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY; SIGNED BY TRANSLATOR PETER BIEN
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Zorba The Greek.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Kazantzakis' masterpiece, basis for the beloved Academy award-winning film. 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. Signed by the translator of the most recent translation with the added words, "I first met him in Pireaus. Peter Bien." Translated by Carl Wildman. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 143544
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“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby; Finely Bound
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Morrell, ornate inlay to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, illustrated with 40 plates. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 109263
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's Assistant; Inscribed to Close Friends
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Assistant.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
First edition of Malamud's second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Susie and Paul dear friends, greetings! Bern Corvallis, Oregon January, 1958." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 100045
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Scarce Limited First Edition of Gontran de Poncins' Kabloona; signed by him
DE PONCINS, Gontran. In collaboration with Lewis Galantiere. Illustrated by the author.
Kabloona.
New York: Reynal, Hitchcock, Inc, 1941.
First limited edition of French adventurer Gontran de Poncins' classic account of his solo unsupported journey in the Canadian Arctic. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. One on only 550 copies, this is number 81. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Before I disappear for good!...I remain your friend, 'Eskimo Miki', de Poncins." With the original Publisher's Note laid in which explains, "The Vicomte Gontran de Poncins, author of KABLOONA, called out of the Arctic to join the colors of his country, disappeared in the debacle of the…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 95094
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First Edition of Roald Dahl's The Gremlins; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket; Inscribed by Bill Justice With a Large Drawing
DAHL, Roald; Walt Disney [Bill Justice].
The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
New York: Random House, 1943.
First edition of Dahl’s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Disney animator Bill Justice on the half-title page with a large drawing of a Gremlin, "Sorry Ray That's a lousy Gremlin Bill Justice." Justice joined Walt Disney Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on such features as Fantasia, The Three Caballeros, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit Thumper from Bambi and chipmunks Chip 'n Dale. He was the director of The…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 111721
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First edition of The Wind and The Rain: An Easter Book For 1962; inscribed by Neville Braybrooke to J.D. Salinger
BRAYBROOKE, Neville. [J.D. Salinger].
The Wind and The Rain: An Easter Book For 1962.
London: Seeker & Warburg, 1962.
First edition of Braybrooke's "Easter book" of modern literature. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "To: J.D. Salinger, with best wishes, and with admiration, Neville Braybrooke." The recipient, J.D. Salinger remains best known for his classic novel The Catcher in the Rye and its memorable cynical adolescent protagonist Holden Caulfield. Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States yet in 1981, it was both the most censored book and the second most taught book in public schools…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 139746