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"I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it": Rare First Edition of Through the Gates of Splendor; Signed by Elisabeth Elliot
ELLIOT, Elisabeth.
Through the Gates of Splendor.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Signed by Elisabeth Elliot on the title page. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Uncommon signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 466
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Signed boxed set of The 48 Laws of Power & Mastery; with The 48 Laws of Power signed by Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power & Mastery.
Signed boxed set of the author's popular #1 New York Times bestsellers, which have sold over 1.2 million copies. Octavo, original wrappers. The 48 Laws of Power is signed by Robert Greene on the front free endpaper. Fine in the original slipcase which is in near fine condition. Cover designs by Joost Elffers and Maggie Payette.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142614
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Finely bound example of Samuel Smiles' Self-Help; elaborately bound in full contemporary tree calf
SMILES, Samuel.
Self-Help. With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance.
London: John Murray, 1908.
Finely bound example of Smith's best-selling work on the self-improvement; an embodiment of the ideologies of mid-Victorian liberalism. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt central coat-of-arms to the front panel, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In fine condition. A fine example, desirable bound in full contemporary tree calf.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 122411
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' A Christian Behaviour: A Further Series of Broadcast Talks
LEWIS, C.S.
Christian Behaviour: A Further Series of Broadcast Talks.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1943.
First edition of the second book of Lewis’ BBC radio talks which would later appear in Mere Christianity. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146041
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“You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another": First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves
LEWIS, C.S.
The Four Loves.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960.
First edition of this "rare and memorable book" (Saturday Review). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Neat ownership name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146242
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Walter L. Fleming's General W. T. Sherman as College President; With Autograph Letter Signed by American author George Iles to Philemon T. Sherman
FLEMING, Walter L. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
General W.T. Sherman as College President.
Louisiana State University: University Bulletin, 1912.
March 1912 Louisiana State University Bulletin printing of this biographical essay about General William Tecumseh Sherman, who presided as president of the university from 1859 to 1861, reprinted from The South Atlantic Quarterly magazine; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original wrappers, wood engraved portraits of Abraham Lincoln laid in. In good condition with some loss and closed tears to the front and rear panels. Autograph letter signed by American author George Iles to Philemon T. Sherman laid in, one page, the letter reads: "Oct. 24 1908 P. Tecumseh Sherman Esq. Sir: In a few days you will…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145759
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Ann Peckham's The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife
PECKHAM, Ann.
The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife: Being a Collection of the Most General, Yet Least Expensive Receipts in Every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery.
Leeds: Printed for Thomas Wright, c. 1790.
Early edition of this 18th century collection of inexpensive and nourishing recipes for beginners. Duodecimo, original half cloth, illustrated with diagrams of table settings for different meals and times of year at the rear. In good condition with light toning to the front and rear free endpapers, rubbing to the front and rear panels. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell with red morocco spine and cover labels.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146430
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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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Rare original photograph of internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET; inscribed by him
KLEINROCK, Leonard.
Leonard Kleinrock Signed Photograph.
Large format color photograph of American computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET, the forerunner to the Internet. Inscribed by him, "To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock." In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117384
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Signed Limited Edition of Rackham's The King of the Golden River
RUSKIN, John. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The King of the Golden River.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1932.
Signed limited edition. Octavo, original limp vellum, gilt titles and decoration to front cover, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, color frontispiece and three plates, illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Signed by Arthur Rackham, one of 570 copies of which 550 were for sale, this is number 549. Near fine in the the rare original slipcase, bookplate.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117643
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First Edition of Bocuse's Regional French Cooking; Inscribed by Legendary Chef Paul Bocuse
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Dietmar Frege. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Tom avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse 12.02.2005." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142156
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First Edition of Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station; Inscribed by Him
LERNER, Ben.
Leaving the Atocha Station.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2011.
First edition of the Lerner's first novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Ben Lerner on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 62014
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"The swallow has set her six young on the rail, and looks sea-ward: The waters stripes like a snake, olive-pale to the leeward": First edition of Robert Browning's Dramatis Personae
BROWNING, Robert.
Dramatis Personae.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1864.
First edition of Browning's popular poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Small chip to the front free endpaper. With a note from H. Sotheran & Co. laid in.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 124109
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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