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"WHEN THE HAMMER IS STILL, EVERYONE IN GLASGOW NEED FEEL SOME APPREHENSION": Finely Bound first edition of History of the Hammermen of Glasgow; dedicated to edward, prince of wales
LUMSDEN, Harry and Rev. P. Henderson Aitken.
History of the Hammermen of Glasgow: A Study Typical of Scottish Craft Life and Organization.
London: Alexander Gardner, Paisley, 1912.
First edition with calligraphic dedication page to Edward, Prince of Wales bound in, "Presented by The Master Court of the Incorporation of the Hammermen of Glasgow To His Royal Highness Edward, Prince of Wales on the occasion of his admission as an Honorary Member of the Incorporation. 9th, March 1921." From the library of Edward, Duke of Windsor with Sotheby's sale label, "The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, September 11 - 19, 1997." Full red morocco by Maclehose of Glasgow with morocco turn-ins gilt. Gilt insignia to front panel, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 35018
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First edition of Mary E. Phillips' Reminiscences of William Wetmore Story
PHILLIPS, Mary E.
Reminiscences of William Wetmore Story: The American Sculptor and Author Being Incidents and Anecdotes Chronologically Arranged. Together with an Account of his Associations with Famous People and his Principal Works in Literature and Sculpture.
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1897.
First edition of Phillips' biography of William Wetmore Story. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Story. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed with cordial good will by Mary E. Phillips for a very gracious Lady to give as a Christmas present of 1905 to Dorothy Place." In very good condition. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 122407
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First Edition, First Issue of Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome; From the library of Michael Sadleir
WHARTON, Edith.
Ethan Frome.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt topstain. In near fine condition. From the library of Michael Sadleir with his bookplate to the pastedown. Sadleir was a British publisher, novelist, book collector, and bibliographer. Sadleir began to work…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 99339
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"When I first heard about Big Sur I didn't know that it was a member of the Confederate States of America": First Edition of A Confederate General from Big Sur; Signed by Richard Brautigan
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
A Confederate General from Big Sur.
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964.
First edition of Brautigan's first published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Larry Rivers. Jacket photograph by Erik Weber. A very nice example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 110462
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"A day without laughter is a day wasted": Charles Chaplin's Autobiography; Inscribed by Him
CHAPLIN, Charles.
My Autobiography.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964.
First edition, early printing of Charlie Chaplin's extraordinarily vivid autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. With a letter of provenance laid in to Bob Israel describing the legibility of Chaplin's inscription and gifting five color photographs depicting Chaplin with Oona O'Neil Chaplin and others. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145221
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Collection of Four Autograph Letters Signed By Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour
BALFOUR, Arthur James.
Arthur James Balfour Collection of Autograph Letters Signed.
1892-1911.
Rare collection of four letters signed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. The collection includes: Duodecimo, four pages, embossed with the House of Commons insignia and signed by Balfour to "Dear Duchess," which reads in part "I am very glad indeed to hear of yr. success in finding a suitable model . . . . I should love to see your work as soon as you think the profane crowd may be admitted to it! In the meanwhile I venture to send you a book on anatomy for artists [not present], what you probably…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146657
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First edition of Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903; inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to Calvert Bowyer Vaux
OLMSTED, Frederick Law. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Theodora Kimball.
Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903: Early Years and Experiences Together with Biographical Notes.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.
First edition of the first volume of the autobiography of one of the foremost figures in American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Olmsted. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Theodora Kimball. Association copy, inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted on the front free endpaper, “C. Bowyer Vaux from [printed calling card: Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted. Brookline, Mass.] Philadelphia. December 13th 1922.” The recipient, Calvert Bowyer Vaux was the son of English-American architect and landscape designer Calvert Vaux, who brought in the elder Olmsted (who had never before designed a landscape) to plan…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129553
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Rare Complete First edition set of William James' Naval History of Great Britain; with the quarto volume of tabular abstracts
JAMES, William.
The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793; to the Accession of George IV. In January 1820; With An Account of the Origin and Progressive Increase of The British Navy; Illustrated, From the Commencement of the Year 1793, by A Series of Tabular Abstracts, Contained in a Separate Quarto Volume.
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822.
First edition of James' naval history of Great Britain. Five octavo volumes and one quarto volume of tables bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, folding plate in volume I. Sabin 35720. In near fine condition. Uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130581
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First Edition of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward
BELLAMY, Edward.
Looking Backward 2000-1887.
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888.
First edition, first issue with "J. J. Arakelyan" imprint on verso of title leaf of this classic utopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140787
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First Edition of Ethel Boileau's Ballade in G Minor; Inscribed by her to Ayn Rand
BOILEAU, Ethel [Ayn Rand].
Ballade in G Minor.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1938.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Ayn Rand from Ethel Boileau A tribute to "We The Living" New York Feb.10th 1938." Lady Ethel Boileau was an English novelist, best known for Clansmen and Ballade in G Minor. Her correspondence with Ayn Rand began in 1936, when she wrote a glowing homage to We the Living after her American publisher had sent her a copy. After Rand read Clansmen in 1936, she wrote to Boileau that her “descriptions are so lovely…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136398
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First Edition of Linear Programming and Economic Analysis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Paul A. Samuelson and Robert M. Solow
SAMUELSON, Paul A.; Robert M. Solow; Robert Dorfman.
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., 1958.
First edition of this classic text. Octavo, original gray cloth. Signed by both Paul A. Samuelson and Robert M. Solow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4031
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Rare photograph of Ronald Reagan receiving a Life Member Awards from the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle; inscribed by him
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.
Rare official photograph of Ronald Reagan receiving a Life Member Award from the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle. Lengthily inscribed by him to John Heinz, Chairman of the Inner Circle, photographed here pinning Reagan with the award, "Dear John—Can I say that's a purple heart you are pinning on me? Well anyway. Thanks & all the best, Ron.” The recipient, John Heinz, was an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Heinz served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977, and in the United States Senate from 1977 until he was killed in a plane…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 123059
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems
OLIVER, Mary.
The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1972.
First edition of the author's second collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Forbes. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146637
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"E. Weber, under another name had a real place in my life, & an exquisitely wicked one": Collection of Rare Autograph Letters Signed by John LE CARRÉ to Writer and Reviewer Trevor Pateman
LE CARRÉ, John.
John le Carré Autograph Letters Signed.
Penzance and London: 2017.
An exceptional group of three letters and a card sent by John le Carré to writer and reviewer Trevor Pateman, discussing his character E. Weber's inspiration and Pateman's upcoming book. The first letter, two pages on le Carré’s personal stationary, 10 February 2017, written in London, reads: "Thank you so much for your letter, and the thoughtful & delightful piece that accompanied it. It's hard to believe now, but E. Weber, under another name had a real place in my life, & an exquisitely wicked one, but it was left to me to coin the phrase on her behalf. And…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146944
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The First Assault Upon the Sorbonne
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The First Assault Upon the Sorbonne (Le Premier Assault Contre la Sorbonne).
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.
Rare first American edition of Kipling's classic work on the Sorbonne. Octavo, original publisher's half vellum, text in French and English. One of fifty copies. In near fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 123604
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"One of the 100 best books of any kind of the 20th century": First Edition of Hannah Arendt's Masterpiece The Origins of Totalitarianism; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Origins of Totalitarianism.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951.
First edition of this masterpiece, by one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 147458