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First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Torrents of Spring; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Torrents of Spring.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926.
First edition of Hemingway's first novel, one of 1250 printed. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Hemingway to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 122368
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"So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness": First Edition of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's All the Sad Young Men; In the Original Dust Jacket
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
All the Sad Young Men.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
First edition, first issue of Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the woman's lips unbattered (Bruccolo, A12). Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 96010
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First edition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first book Whither Bound?; signed and inscribed by him to his son
ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano.
Whither Bound? A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.
First edition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first book, being the text of a lecture delivered by him at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation on May 18, 1926. Octavo, original cloth. One of one thousand copies printed. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page on the occasion of publication (and within a month of the delivery of the lecture) to his son, "For my son Elliott Roosevelt This copy of his Dad's first book Franklin D. Roosevelt June 1926." Additionally signed by Roosevelt on the title page, "Franklin Roosevelt." Elliott was the fourth of Roosevelt's…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 125163
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“I CAN'T STAND IT TO THINK MY LIFE IS GOING SO FAST AND I'M NOT REALLY LIVING IT”: Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Sun Also Rises.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
First edition, early printing of Hemingway's first major novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, Hemingway signature in gilt to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133895
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The National Edition of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Works of Theodore Roosevelt.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
The National edition of the works of Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, 20 volumes, original green cloth with printed paper spine labels, top edge gilt. The set includes, The Naval War of 1812 in two volumes, The Wilderness Hunter, American Ideals in 2 volumes , The Winning of the West in six volumes, Hunting the Grizzly, Hunting Trips on the Prairie and in the Mountains, and Hunting Trips of A Ranchman. Fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, rare in the original dust jackets and in this condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144229
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Rare First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Torrents of Spring
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Torrents of Spring.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926.
First edition of Hemingway's first novel, one of 1250 printed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the crown. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 112442
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First Edition of William Faukner's Soldiers' Pay; In the Original Dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Soldiers’ Pay.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.
First edition of Faulkner's first book in the rare first state dust jacket with An American Tragedy as the first of five titles listed on the rear jacket panel. Octavo, original cloth. Bookplate, near fine in an exceptional dust jacket with light toning and wear. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Scarce in this condition.
Price: $28,000.00 Item Number: 89328
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The Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln; Finely BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED LEVANT MOROCCO IN AN ELABORATE COSWAY-STYLE BINDING
STEPHENSON, Nathaniel Wright. [Abraham Lincoln].
An Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln: Consisting of his Letters Speeches and Conversations.
London: Andrew Melrose, 1926.
First edition of Stephenson's appreciation of the great American President. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco in an elaborate Cosway-style binding with a hand painted miniature ivorene portrait of Lincoln under glass to the front panel within an elaborate gilt vignette, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, watered silk endleaves, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 138601
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"Ingle-go-jang, my joy, my joy! Ingle-go-jang, my joy!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Debits and Credits
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Debits and Credits.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.
First American edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author's finest collections. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 122446
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Autographed Signed Letters From Mohandas Gandhi
GANDHI, Mohandas K. [Mahatma].
Mohandas K. Gandhi Autograph Note Collection.
1926.
Rare autograph note collection in the hand of the Father of the Nation of India, Mahatma Gandhi, written at the height of the struggle for Indian Independence. The collection includes two autograph notes, two autograph letters, and three autograph postcards with Gandhi's "Blessings" inscribed at the conclusion of each. The postcards are postmarked May 27, June 26, and July 25 1926. Gandhi took leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921 and led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty, expand women’s rights, and, above all, achieve Indian independence from British rule. In the wake of World War II, Gandhi opposed providing…
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 114068
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Rare First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Torrents of Spring
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Torrents of Spring.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926.
First edition of Hemingway's first novel, one of 1250 printed. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chipping to the spine extremities and front panel.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 119154
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"Some people care too much. I think it's called love": First Edition Set of A. A. Milne's Christopher Robin Songbooks
MILNE, A.A.; Music by H. Fraser-Simson.
Christopher Robin Songbooks: Teddy Bear & Other Songs From When We Were Very Young, Songs From Now We Are Six, More Very Young Songs.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926-1928.
First edition set of songbooks from Milne's Christopher Robin and Pooh series. Quarto, 3 volumes, original tan half cloth, illustrated with decorations by E. H. Shepard. In near fine condition with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper of each volume.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146005
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"Ingle-go-jang, my joy, my joy! Ingle-go-jang, my joy!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Debits and Credits
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Debits and Credits.
Toronto: S. B. Gundy, 1926.
First Canadian edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author's most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 194552
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First Frank C. Pape illustrated edition of Anatole France's Thais; finely bound
FRANCE, Anatole. Translated by Robert B. Douglas. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape.
Thais.
New York: John Lane, 1926.
First Frank C. Pape illustrated edition of Anatole France's novel based on the life of Saint Thais of Egypt. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings and decorations by Frank C. Cape. In very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 90458
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The Large Paper Edition of the novels of Tobias Smollett; Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press
SMOLLETT, Tobias.
The Novels of Tobias Smollett.
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1926.
The Large Paper edition of the novels of Tobias Smollett. Octavo, 8 volumes bound in three quarter morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, ribbons bound in, Illustrated with frontispieces and several inserted plates each with lettered tissue guard. In near fine condition. An attractive set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144984
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“He wanted to care, and he could not care. For he had gone away and he could never go back anymore": First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's All the Sad Young Men; In the Original Dust Jacket
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
All the Sad Young Men.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
First edition, first issue of Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the woman's lips unbattered (Bruccoli, A12). A nice example.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 123422