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First American edition of Leo Tolstoy's Sebastopol
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Sebastopol. [Sevastopol].
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887.
First American edition of Tolstoy's Sevastopol Sketches, which formed the basis of many of the episodes in his magnum opus, War and Peace. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Tolstoy. Translated from the French by Frank D. Millet. With an introduction by W. D. Howells. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 123564
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Wall Street; Signed by Oliver Stone
LIPPER, Kenneth. Based On The Original Screenplay by Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser.
Wall Street.
New York: Berkley Books, 1988.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone by on the title page. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, dampstaining.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147112
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First Edition of Leonard Bolles Ellis' History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892
ELLIS, Leonard Bolles.
History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892.
Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1892.
First edition of Ellis' profusely illustrated history of New Bedford. Large octavo, 2 volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with a profusion of fine tissue-guarded steel-engraved portraits. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131249
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First Edition of Steve Reich's Writings on Music, 1965-2000; Inscribed by Him
REICH, Steve; Edited by Paul Hillier.
Writings on Music, 1965-2000.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
First edition of Reich's collection of music from 1965-2000. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Peter Happy Birthday! Steve Reich." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Paul Hillier.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 2220
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First Edition of My Camera in the National Parks; Signed by Ansel Adams
ADAMS, Ansel.
My Camera in the National Parks.
Boston: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First edition of this breathtaking highly selective collection of Ansel Adams' National Park photographs. Folio, original wrappers and comb binding, illustrated with thirty of Adams' iconic black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Ansel Adams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in good wrappers. Rubbing, small losses, and closed tears to the extremities of the wrappers; front and rear panels, front flap of the wrappers detached.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146959
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First Edition of Joe Pistone and Charles Brandt's Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business; Inscribed by Joe Pistone
PISTONE, Joe and Charles Brandt.
Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business.
Philadelphia: Running Press, 2007.
First edition of this account of the FBI agent's undercover operation. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Joe Pistone (Donnie Brasco) on the half-title page, "Art Happy Birthday Best Joe P." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147108
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Rare First Edition of Kirk Porter's A History of Suffrage in the United States
PORTER, Kirk H.
A History of Suffrage in the United States.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1918.
First edition of this wonderful history of voting in America, focusing on the disenfranchisement of women and Black Americans. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. In near fine condition. Winifred J. Robinson's copy with her bookplate and signature on front endpaper. Robinson was dean of the Women's College at the University of Delaware for many years.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142058
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First Edition of Robert Lowell's History
LOWELL, Robert.
History.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Charles Skaggs. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143031
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First Edition of Agatha Christie's They Came to Baghdad
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
They Came to Baghdad.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1951.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front pastedown. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144217
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First Edition of J. Gordon Hayes' Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent
HAYES, J. Gordon.
Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent.
London: The Richards Press, 1928.
First edition of Hayes' seminal work on Antarctica. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with plates after photographs, charts and maps, many folding. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 111268
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Photograph of Stephen King; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Stephen King Signed Photograph.
November 12, 1989.
Photograph of Stephen King, the “king of horror”, boldly signed by him. Octavo, one page manufactured by Kodak, glossy color photograph of Stephen King, boldly signed and dated by him in black felt tip, "Stephen King 11/12/89." In near fine condition with a PSA authenticators sticker to the bottom corner. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authentication card from PSA authenticators, which verifies the authenticity of the signature with a certification serial number.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146563
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"Our system has at all times had to contend with internal encroachments upon liberty": First edition of Herbert Hoover's The Challenge to Liberty; Inscribed by Him
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Challenge to Liberty.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
First edition of Herbert Hoover's challenge to Roosevelt's New Deal arguing it abandoned "the heritage of liberty." Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend and consultant- from Herbert Hoover Samuel Blythe." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice association.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125711
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First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Vegetable
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
First edition of what Fitzgerald called, "undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written." Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125443
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"Mix it up, Jack honey, pace him, pace him out!": First edition of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope; inscribed by him
SACKLER, Howard. [Jack Johnson].
The Great White Hope: A Play.
New York: The Dial Press, Inc, 1968.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play based on the career of heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, basis for the 1970 film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Iris - with great affection & continual gratitude - Howard." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Hatfield. Author photograph by Michael Wallis. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140735
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Finely Bound example of The Poetical Works of John Milton
MILTON, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges.
The Poetical Works of John Milton.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1857.
Finely bound example of this compilation of Milton's poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, illustrated with engraved plates. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131221
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Original broadside by Edgar Guest of The Time I Played with Vardon
VARDON, Harry) Edgar Guest.
The Time I Played With Vardon.
Rare original broadside poem by Edgar Guest on golfer Harry Vardon. A photograph of Vardon with a putter and the poem by Edgar Albert Guest is below. Guest who was popular poet in the 20th century and became known as the "People's Poet". Matted and framed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 100920