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Rare Swedish Guestbook; Signed by Queen Elizabeth II and King Gustaf VI Adolf Bernadotte during a 1956 state visit
ELIZABETH II, Queen and King Gustaf VI Adolf Bernadotte.
Queen Elizabeth II and King Gustaf VI Adolf Bernadotte Signed Swedish Guestbook from 1956 State Visit.
Stockholm: 1956.
Guestbook signed by Queen Elizabeth II on a state visit to Sweden in 1956. Royal octavo, bound in full leather decoratively rimmed with black leather ribbon, 28 pages of signatures, inscriptions, and even small sketches from past guests dating January 1945 to October 1999. Signed by Queen Elizabeth II and King Gustaf VI Adolf Bernadotte. Additionally stamped twice with Queen Elizabeth II's postage stamp and once with King Gustaf VI Adolf Bernadotte's postage stamp to the corners of the page. In very good condition with toning to the front and rear panel, rubbing to the crown and foot of the…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 145324
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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves": First Edition of Viktor Frankl's Classic Work Man's Search For Meaning
FRANKL, Viktor E.
From Death-Camp To Existentialism [Man’s Search For Meaning].
Boston: Beacon Press, 1959.
First edition in English of Frankl's classic work, which was later titled Man's Search For Meaning in 1962. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some tears and wear, small name to the front free endpaper. Translated by Ilse Lasch. Preface by Gordon Allport. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 146049
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"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs IN DELUXE PUBLISHER'S SHEEP
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
First edition of the memoirs of one of the most recognized figures in American military history, illustrated with tissue-guarded portrait frontispieces, numerous steel engravings, facsimiles and 43 maps, in deluxe publisher's full sheep. Octavo, 2 volumes, publisher's full tan sheep with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, red and navy morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers and edges, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. In very good condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 146691
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Rare photograph of Baseball Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams; Signed by both
DIMAGGIO, Joe and Ted Williams.
Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph of American baseball legends Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams in their respective New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox uniforms. Boldly signed in blue felt tip by both DiMaggio and Williams. In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 146707
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"It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you": First Edition of Sula; Inscribed by Toni Morrison
MORRISON, Toni.
Sula.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Dan Sieber Toni Morrison." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 138064
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"The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it": The Works of Daniel Webster; Signed by Him
WEBSTER, Daniel.
The Works of Daniel Webster.
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851.
The subscriber's edition of the works of Daniel Webster, signed by Webster in the first volume. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in original cloth, frontispiece, and one other plate. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 141456
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's The Assistant; Inscribed by him to his cousins once removed
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The 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 his cousin, Marshall Malament's sons, "To Joel and David with every good wish Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 112915
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First edition of Anna Katharine Green's The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story
GREEN, Anna Katharine.
The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer’s Story.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878.
First edition of the author's first book, considered one of the best American detective novels. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, rebacked. In very good condition. Small ownership name. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. Rare.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 139547
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Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2000; with the 1998 issue inscribed by Clinton to his director of the United States Information Agency Joseph Duffey
CLINTON, Bill. [William Jefferson].
Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2000.
Washington: The White House, 1993-2000.
Presentation edition of this selection of speeches delivered by President Bill Clinton. Quarto, 8 volumes, original publisher's half morocco over paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Each volume is one of a limited number of numbered copies. The December 1998 issue is a presentation copy, inscribed by Clinton on the title page, "To Joe Duffy with thanks Bill Clinton Christmas 1998." The recipient, Joseph Duffey was selected by Clinton to serve as the director of the United States Information Agency in 1993. In 1970, Duffey ran for the U.S. Senate in 1970 as a prominent anti-Vietnam War candidate;…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 142751
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"Kipling is priceless": First edition of Charles Carrington's Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work; with an autograph note signed by Lafcadio Hearn tipped in
CARRINGTON, Charles. [Rudyard Kipling; Lafcadio Hearn].
Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work.
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1955.
First edition of Carrington's famed biography of Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. With an autograph note signed by Lafcadio Hearn adhered to the front pastedown which reads, "Kipling is priceless - his single story of Purima Bayal is worth a Kingdom; I & his suggestive moral of human life is such a miracle! I can't tell you what pleasure it gave me. - Lafcadio Hearn." Japanese writer of Greek-Irish descent Lafcadio Hearn is best remembered for his books about Japanese culture which offered the Western world a glimpse into a largely unknown but fascinating culture at the time. In near fine condition.…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 123050
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“I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful": Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Voyage Out.
London: Duckworth, 1927.
Early printing of Woolf's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which has been restored. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 129080
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First Editions of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Beloved Trilogy; Each Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved Trilogy: Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First editions of the Nobel Prize-winning author's Beloved trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison in each volume. Each are fine in a fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 140955
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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin; Signed by him
CHAPLIN, Charlie.
Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin. Signed by Chaplin beneath his portrait, "Faithfully Chas Chaplin." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14.5 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 95208
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First Edition of Lawrence Durrell's Clea; Inscribed by Him
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Clea.
London: Faber & Faber , 1969.
First edition of the author's final novel in his classic Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Inscribed for Lewis Lawrence Durrell." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 124897
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Rare First Edition of Letters addressed to William Wilberforce
CROPPER, James.
Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register (January – May 1821) with Letters Addressed to William Wilberforce, M. P. Recommending the Encouragement of the Cultivation of Sugar in Our Dominions in the East Indies, as the Natural and Certain Means of Effecting the General and Total Abolition of the Slave-Trade.
Liverpool: James Smith, 1822.
First edition of this compilation of issues of Cobbett's Register collected in 1821 bound together with Cropper's letters to Wilberforce. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards. Bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to the front panel, with his signature to the title page and notes to the front free endpaper and verso. In very good condition. First editions are scarce, with the last copy appearing at auction was in 1948.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 75022
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First Edition of Henry Clews Recollections About Wall Street; Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street; Inscribed by Him
CLEWS, Henry.
Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.
New York: Irving Publishing Company, 1888.
First edition of Clews' classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "___ ______ with the compliments of Henry Clews N.Y. May 3rd, 95." In very good condition with some of the usual rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 46042