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"The version that should've been made": Rare original Bill Phillips Screenplay of Firestarter; inscribed by him
PHILLIPS BILL; STEPHEN KING,.
Firestarter Screenplay.
Universal Studios, August 23, 1982.
Original bound screenplay written by Bill Phillips for the Universal Studios film production of Firestarter, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Quarto, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bill Phillips on the title page, "To Gary Word, with warm regards, Bill Phillips *the version that should've been made." Additionally laid in is a note on Phillips' letterhead which reads in full, "Gary, I'll be glad to sign the limited edition! Enclosed is my script of FIRESTARTER. I would've sent it sooner, but I lost your address! Best, Bill." During the filming of The Thing, Universal…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139549
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“THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING AND I MUST GO": JOHN MUIR'S THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA
MUIR, John.
The Mountains of California.
New York: The Century Co, 1922.
New and enlarged edition of Muir's first book. Octavo, original pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126367
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"The sky behind, higher up, bleeding the last of the sunset, is bright with disillusion": First edition of Gregory Maguire's Lost; inscribed by him
MAGUIRE, Gregory.
Lost.
New York: ReganBooks, 2001.
First edition of Maguire's haunting novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from the novel, "The sky behind, higher up, bleeding the last of the sunset, is bright with disillustion. Gregory Maguire 22 Sept 07." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustrations by Douglas Smith. Author photograph by Andy Newman.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126551
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"The dew of the morning sunk chill on my brow - it felt like the warning of what I feel now": First edition of Byron's poems
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON],.
Poems.
London: Printed for John Murray, 1816.
First edition of this collection of poems and verses. Octavo, bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89120
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First Edition of Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore's Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die; Signed by Roger Moore
MOORE, Roger.
Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore’s Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die.
London: Pan Books, 1973.
First British edition of Moore’s diary regarding the making of Live and Let Die. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Roger Moore on the title page. In near fine condition. Photographs by Luisa Moore.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133641
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Finely Bound Example of Hermann Oldenberg's Buddha
OLDENBERG, Hermann.
Buddha.
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904.
Finely bound example of the German scholar of Indiology's influential study on Buddhism based on the Pali texts. Octavo, bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco by the Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribners Sons with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, title page in red and black. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145240
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“But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk": First Edition of Keri Hulme's The Bone People
HULME, Keri.
The Bone People.
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985.
First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 112339
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Rare First Edition of Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story
MERIWETHER, Louise [Rosa Parks].
Don’t Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this children's book, which tells the The Rosa Parks story. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by David Scott Brown. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137547
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“I NOT ONLY HAVE MY SECRETS. I AM MY SECRETS. AND YOU ARE YOU’RE YOUR SECRETS”: FIRST EDITION OF FREDERICK BUECHNER’S TELLING SECRETS; SIGNED BY HIM
BUECHNER, Frederick.
Telling Secrets.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1991.
First edition of Buechner’s third autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Mabry. Photograph by Anne Merck.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135362
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First Edition of Joseph Heller's We Bombed In New Haven; Warmly inscribed by Him to His Fried Bob Thomas
HELLER, Joseph .
We Bombed In New Haven.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.
First edition of Heller's classic first play. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bob Thomas To help complete your collection of one of my favorite authors. Joe Heller 3/7/80 N.Y.C." The recipient, Bob Thomas was an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who worked for the Associated Press from 1944. As of 2014, he was twice listed in the Guinness World Records, for the longest career as a reporter, and for the most consecutive Academy Awards shows covered by an entertainment reporter. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115898
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First Edition of Will Durant's Transition: A Mental Autobiography; Signed by Him
DURANT, Will.
Transition: A Mental Autobiography.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Will Durant on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 125898
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"I WANT TO LIVE ON MAURICE FATIO'S PATIO…” FIRST EDITION OF MAURICE FATIO: ARCHITECT; Inscribed by Alexandra Fatio
FATIO, Alexandra.
Maurice Fatio: Architect.
Florida: Southeastern Printing, 1992.
First edition of this monograph regarding the work of Fatio. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Text by Alexandra Fatio. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Chip and Franc, with thanks for your interest in my father's work; Sincerely Alexandra Fatio." In fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126899
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First Edition of Harold Pinter's The Collection and the Lover
PINTER, Harold.
The Collection and the Lover.
London: Methuen and Co, 1963.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143521
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First editions of all three volumes in John William Draper's History of the American Civil War
DRAPER, John William.
History of the American Civil War.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1867-1870.
First edition of John William Draper's history of the American Civil War. Octavo, three volumes, original boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with maps. In very good condition. A rare complete set.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133061
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“Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe”: First Edition of Sybil; Inscribed by Flora Rheta Schreiber
SCHREIBER, Flora Rheta.
Sybil.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1973.
First edition of the engrossing true story, basis for the classic film. Octavo, original textured imitation leather boards, illustrated with photographs of paintings and pencil drawings by Sybil and her personalities. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Aug 28, 1973 To Hal - whom I honor, respect and thank for my opportunity to do a rounded show - all best - Flora Rheta Schreiber." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Edmondson. Author photograph by Abner Symons. First edition examples of 'Sybil' signed by the author are scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145145
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First Edition of W.T. Blanford's Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia
BLANFORD, W.T.
Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia: Made During the Progress of the British Expedition to That Country in 1867-68.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1870.
First edition of this work dedicated to the geology and zoology of Northern Abyssinia. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, illustrated with a folding color frontispiece of the view of Amba, or Hill-Fort of Duga and the neighboring mountains taken from the British camping-grounds as Belago, several illustrations and diagrams of the animals and landscapes of Abyssinia in black and white and in color by John Gerrard Keulmans and others, and a color lithographed folding map of the region with another folding map laid…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145447