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Matt Groening's Cartoon Book Love Is Hell; Inscribed by The Author with a Drawing of Binky
GROENING, Matt.
Love is Hell.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama.' Oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the front pastedown, "Matt Groening, 11/21/88," below a full-length sketch of his character Binky holding a heart with two speech bubbles inscribed in red ink: "To Jodie!!! Love is Hell." In near fine condition. This early sketch of Binky was drawn about a year before 'The Simpsons' made their Fox network debut on December 17, 1989.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146908
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"IT's A Game. A game played on the streets of New York, for as long as anyone can remember": First Edition of Ringolevio; Signed by Emmett Grogan
GROGAN, Emmett.
Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972.
First edition of “the best and only authentic book written on the sixties underground" (Dennis Hopper). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by the author on the title page "Emmett Grogan N.Y.C. 6/73." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Dust jacket design by Larry Rivers. Books signed by Grogan are scarce.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 47007
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Signed Limited Edition of Winston Groom's Gump & Co.
GROOM, Winston.
Gump & Co.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1995.
Signed limited first edition. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Winston Groom. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 138538
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First Commemorative Edition of Winston Groom's Forrest Gump; Signed by Him; Eric Roth and Dick Cavett
GROOM, Winston.
Forrest Gump.
New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 2014.
First commemorative edition of this modern classic, basis for the 1994 film starring Tom Hanks, with the screenplay by Eric Roth. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Winston Groom on the title page and additionally signed by Dick Cavett (who appeared in the film) and screenwriter Eric Roth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Bill Creevy.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 143899
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First edition of Edward Augustus Gross and Homer Joseph Dodge's Manual For Women Voters; including The Constitution of the United States, The Declaration of Independence, The Monroe Doctrine, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
GROSS, Edward Augustus and Homer Joseph Dodge.
Manual For Women Voters.
New York: Federal Trade Information Service, 1922.
First edition of this introductory manual for newly enfranchised American women following the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135244
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First edition of Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman's Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy
GROSSMAN, Gene M. and Elhanan Helpman.
Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991.
First edition of the economists' groundbreaking work on trade theory. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Purnima Sahgal.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 128384
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Rare third edition in English of Hugo Grotius' Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace
GROTIUS, Hugo. Translated into English by William Evats.
The Most Excellent Hugo Grotius: His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace. In the First is Handled, Whether any War be Just. In the Second is Shewed, The Causes of War, both Just and Unjust. In the Third is declared, What in War is Lawful, that is, Unpunishable.
London: Printed by M.W. for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleetstreet, and Ralph Smith at the Bible under the Piazza of the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1682.
Third edition in English of Higo Grotius' foundational work on international law. Folio, bound in full contemporary paneled calf with a burgundy morooco spine label lettered in gilt, title page printed in red and black, added engraved title by T. Cross Senior bound opposite the printed title page. Translated into English by William Evats. In good condition. Armorial bookplate and period ownership signature.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 138282
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First Edition of Now it Can be Told The Story of the Manhattan Project; Signed by Leslie Groves and by Tom Ferebee, the bombardier of the Enola Gay
GROVES, Leslie R. [Tom Ferebee].
Now it Can be Told The Story of the Manhattan Project.
New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1962.
First edition of this work by the director of the Manhattan Project. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, Leslie Groves, the director of the Manhattan Project and by Tom Ferebee, the bombardier of the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146227
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First edition of Hélène Adeline Guerber's Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas
GUERBER, Hélène Adeline.
Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1909.
First edition of one of the author's most enduring works. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant emerald green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, frontispiece, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138991
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Rare First Edition of Guest and Boulton's Memorials of the Royal Yacht Squadron; Inscribed to Sir Ernest Shackleton
GUEST, Montague and William B. Boulton [Ernest Shackleton].
Memorials of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
London: John Murray, 1902.
First edition of the standard history of the Royal Yacht Squadron and Solent yachting in the 19th century, with a complete list of member and their yachts. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt, with 46 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Sir Ernest Shackleton from Philip Hunloke, 1921." Major Sir Philip Hunloke GCVO was a British sailor and courtier. He served as a Groom in Waiting to King George V from 1911 to 1936 and also served in the Boer War and First World War. 1921 was the year Shackleton was elected to the Royal Yacht Squadron and embarked on…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 136030
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Rare Stock Certificate from the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company; Signed by Meyer Guggenheim
GUGGENHEIM, Meyer.
Meyer Guggenheim Signed Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company Stock Certificate.
New York: American Bank Note Company, 1890.
Rare Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American industrialist and philanthropist Meyer Guggenheim. Oblong octavo, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certification is dated March 14, 1890 and grants Guggenheim 100 shares in the Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Company. Signed by him on the verso, "Meyer Guggenheim." Additionally signed by Thoms D. Messler as Vice President of the Company. In near fine condition. Matted and framed with a portrait of Guggenheim and an informational placard. The piece measures 18.5 inches by 27.25 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 146774
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First edition of Madame Guizot's History of France From The Earliest Times To The Year 1789; elaborately bound in crushed red morocco
GUIZOT, M.
L’Histoire De France Depuis Les Temps Les Recules Jusqu’en 1789 Racontee A Mes Petits-Enfants Par Ms. Guizot. [The History of France From The Earliest Times To The Year 1789. Related For The Rising Generation by M. Guizot].
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1872-1876.
First edition of Guizot's history of France, continued by Madame Guizot de Witt from her father's notes. Quarto, 5 volumes bound in three quarter crushed red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, illustrated. In very good condition. A very attractive binding.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137202
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First edition of Joseph Guns' The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews; elaborately bound
GUNS, Joseph. [Translator].
The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. [Hebrew Prayer Book].
Vienna: Published by Jos. Schlesinger, 1857.
First edition of Joseph Guns' translation of the primary prayers of the German and Polish Jews. 12 mo, original mounted bone onlays over celluloid boards, elaborately decorated front panel with decorated onlays, top edge gilt, brass clasp, patterned endpapers, text in Hebrew and English. In very good condition. Ownership annotations to the front and rear endpapers documenting family deaths.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 136085
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“Live while you live, then die and be done with": Death Be Not Proud; Inscribed by John Gunther to His Wife
GUNTHER, John.
Death Be Not Proud.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.
First edition, later printing of this deeply moving book, a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound by the author in full morocco by "Kingsport Press," marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, cloth slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife in the year of publication, "This book belongs to Jane Perry Gunther given her this day- John New York February 1949." An exceptional association copy.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130415