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Reader's Union edition of Roger Fulford's Votes For Women: The Story of Struggle
FULFORD, Roger.
Votes For Women: The Story of Struggle.
London: Readers Union/Faber and Faber, 1958.
Reader's Union edition of Fulford's work on the UK women's suffrage movement. Octavo, original cloth. English journalist, historian, writer and politician Roger Fulford authored several important biographies and other works. Between 1964 and 1981 he edited five volumes of letters between Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal. He was President of the Liberal Party from 1964 to 1965. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 135490
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller's Ideas and Integrities, a Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure; Inscribed by Him to his Niece
FULLER, Buckminster.
Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.
First edition of this work by Fuller. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed "To Brooke, with great love, Bucky 3/30/80." The recipient, Brooke Maxwell, along with one of Fuller's other nieces Sarah Abbot, was one of Fuller's key assistants on his Synergetics Project. Edited by Robert W. Marks. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. A fine association.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124570
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario; Warmly inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
First edition of this autobiographical work. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Fuller on the front free endpaper, "To: Harriet Nichols In warmest friendship Bucky Buckminster Fuller." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kadi Tint. Documented and edited by Robert Snyder.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124719
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller's Ideas and Integrities, a Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure; Inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.
First edition of this work by Fuller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ed Westhoff in friendship Buckminster Fuller." Edited by Robert W. Marks. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125971
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First Edition of R. Buckminster Fuller's Nine Chains To The Moon; Signed by him
FULLER, R. Buckminster .
Nine Chains to the Moon.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Fuller's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Buckminster Fuller on the front pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 127867
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First Edition of R. Buckminster Fuller's Nine Chains To The Moon; Inscribed by him
FULLER, R. Buckminster .
Nine Chains to the Moon.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Fuller's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the front pastedown, "To Rog and K With dearest love Bucky." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 124952
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First edition of R. Buckminster Fuller's Synergetics 2: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking; lengthily inscribed by him
FULLER, R. Buckminster. In collaboration with E. J. Applewhite.
Synergetics 2: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1979.
First edition of the second volume in Fuller's landmark work, Synergetics. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with diagrams. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To: Jim Chaturckthy, On the occasion of our meeting at Oakland University which gave me the opportunity to make a drawing for your daughter Jennifer who is of the generation which he hope will make our planet Earth work for everyone. Buckminster Fuller Jan 31 1980." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rubin Pfeffer. Author photograph by Fred Blocher.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 124382
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Cosway Style Binding by Bayntun of John Fyvie's Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era
FYVIE, John [Cosway].
Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era. [Cosway].
London: Archibald Constable, 1916.
Octavo, bound in full dark blue morocco Cosway-style binding by Bayntun. Both the front and rear panels with a double gilt fillet border around an inner border incorporating ornamental cornerpieces, upper cover set with an oval portrait miniature of an actress under glass, within an ornamental gilt border, lower cover with panel border; raised bands, gilt lettered in two compartments, a repeated ornamental panel in the rest; board edges gilt dotted, turn-ins gilt, doublures and both endpapers of dark blue watered silk, all edges gilt. Extra-illustrated with 10 additional plates. In fine condition. Housed in a felt-lined modern cloth box.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 27030
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First Edition of Thomas E. Gaddis' Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud; Inscribed by Him
GADDIS, Thomas E.
Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.
New York : Random House, 1955.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden and Thelma Ritter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To an informed man Mr. Combs Thomas E. Gaddis August 7, 1956." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Harvey Gabor. First editions are uncommon signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 119233
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First Edition of Thomas E. Gaddis' Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud; Signed by Him
GADDIS, Thomas E.
Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.
New York : Random House, 1955.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden and Thelma Ritter. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, " Best- Thomas E. Gaddis August 7, 1958." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with the Ingo Perminger Agency stamp to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Harvey Gabor. First editions are uncommon signed, and with noted provenance.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138123
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“If it is not beautiful for someone, it does not exist": First Edition of The Recognitions; Signed by William Gaddis
GADDIS, William.
The Recognitions.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Thick octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Gaddis on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144184
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods; Signed by Him
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition, early printing of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 141802
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"Dream Dangerous": First Edition of American Gods; Inscribed by Neil Gaiman
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142201
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First Edition of Beowulf; Signed by Neil Gaiman
GAIMAN, Neil and Roger Avary.
Beowulf: The Script Book.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2007.
First edition of this illustrated work of Beowulf. Octavo, original wrappers. illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. In fine condition. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Colors by Jay Folos.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 116056
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First Edition of Ernest J. Gaines' Catherine Carmier; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
GAINES, Ernest J.
Catherine Carmier.
New York: Atheneum , 1964.
First edition of Gaines' first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page with the added words, "When Brother got out of the car, the two Cajuns sitting on the porch turned to look at him. Ernest J. Gaines." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A unique example.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 29006
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"Me and Robert looked at each other there a long time, they all went by him": First Edition of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; Lengthily Signed by Ernest J. Gaines
GAINES, Ernest J.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
New York: The Dial Press, 1971.
First edition of this classic novel, which depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. Octavo, original boards. Lengthily signed by the author with a powerful quote from this novel on the title page, "Me and Robert looked at each other there a long time, they all went by him Best always Ernest J. Gaines." Fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Mike McGiver. A unique example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146411