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Rare elaboratley bound Victorian Era Guest Book
19th Century Victorian Era Blank Guest Book.
Elaborately bound 19th century Victorian era guest book. Large folio, elaborately bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel reading "Liber Salutatorum [Book of Salutations] London 1848," elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition with every page left blank and with no inscriptions.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139520
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First Edition of Hide & Seek; Lengthily Inscribed by Ian Rankin
RANKIN, Ian.
Hide & Seek.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Signed by author who has added the last lines of this work as follows, "He brought out a metal detector bin from beneath the desk, dropped the photographs into it, and lit the match, holding it over the bin, as he had done so many times before. Ian Rankin" Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 997
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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others": First Edition of Prisoner In The Garden; Signed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Prisoner In The Garden.
New York: The Viking Press, 2006.
First edition of this work dedicated to Mandela's archive. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela on the title page in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 851
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“Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious": Signed Limited Edition of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman
LEE, Harper.
Go Set A Watchman.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.
Signed limited edition of the author's second novel. Octavo. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition with the original shipping carton.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 7352
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First Edition of William Klein's Rome: The City and Its People; signed by William Klein
KLEIN, William.
Rome: The City and Its People.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959.
First edition of the second volume in Klein's acclaimed series of "city" books. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the photographer on the half-title page, "Rome Great Rome William Klein." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 142864
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First Edition of The Dark Half; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen .
The Dark Half.
New York: The Viking Press, 1989.
First edition of this novel by the author of The Shining. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Front jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. Photograph of King by Tabitha King.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146044
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"Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt": Waiting For the Barbarians; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee in the year of publication
COETZEE, J.M.
Waiting for the Barbarians.
Johannesburg : Ravan Press, 1981.
First South African edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Charles Barry with very best wishes J.M. Coetzee 23/4/81." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine, bookplate of the recipient.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 116489
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock in the rare original cloth
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes, original blindstamped pictorial cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition with a few chips to the spines. An attractive example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 95854
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First Edition of Weegee's Naked City; Inscribed and Dated by Weegee
WEEGEE,.
Naked City.
New York: Essential Books, 1945.
First edition of this classic photography book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed and dated in 1946 by Weegee. An excellent tight example that shows some rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 5805
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First Modern Library Edition of Seven Gothic Tales; Signed by Isak Dinesen
DINESEN, Isak [Karen Blixen].
Seven Gothic Tales.
New York: The Modern Library , 1934.
First Modern Library edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Isak Dinesen 8.3.1959." From the library of Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies' Home Journal for almost 27 years, from 1935 through 1962, including the golden years of the magazine. Time magazine wrote upon their 1962 retirement, the Goulds took an undistinguished journal in a field that "took the patronizing view that a woman's interests were largely confined to the home" and led by "Beatrice's sure feeling for the emancipated…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145980
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr; Signed by Coretta Scott King and John Lewis
KING, Coretta Scott [John Lewis].
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1987.
First edition, early printing of this classic collection of the words of Dr. King. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Lewis and Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "For John Schreiber, Thank you very much. John Lewis" and signed below "With appreciation Coretta Scott King." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Selected by Coretta Scott King. Uncommon signed by both of these Civil Rights icons.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139362
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First Edition of Robert E. Lucas' Collected Papers on Monetary Theory; Inscribed by Him
LUCAS, Robert E.
Collected Papers on Monetary Theory.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 2013.
First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970″ (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Mark, with best wishes Robert E. Lucas Jr." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Jones. Edited by Max Gillman. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142698
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Manuscript copy of the 1841 Democratic Republican Convention Proceedings; signed by Colonial American Reformer Thomas Dorr
DORR, Thomas W.
Thomas Wilson Dorr Signed January 20th 1841 Democratic Republican Convention Proceedings Document.
January 20,1841.
Rare manuscript copy of the proceedings of the January 20th 1841 Democratic Republican Convention, signed by Chairman Thomas W. Dorr. Octavo, one page, the document reads, "Resolutions. Resolved, That the members of the Convention must cordially concur in the strong recommendations of William Ennis for the post of paymaster in the Army, or purser in the Navy which have been presented by many distinguished citizens of this and other states; and they assure the President, that this appointment is most earnestly desired by the Convention, would by very generally acceptable to our citizens, and particularly gratifying to the friends of…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142568
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First British edition of Churchill's only full-length work of fiction: Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania; bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900.
First British edition of Churchill's singular attempt at full-length fiction, one of only 1,500 copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles. In near fine condition, names. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144132
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Rare Autograph Note Handwritten by Zachary Taylor as President
TAYLOR, Zachary.
Zachary Taylor Autograph Note.
1850.
Rare autograph note handwritten by the 12th President of the United States. Duodecimo, one page on a folded sheet, blind stamped in the upper right corner. The note reads in full, "The President would be glad to see Mr. [Gales] this morning at 12 o'clock if in town, if not Mr. Seaton - Washington [?] May 12, 1850." In near fine condition with mail folds.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146904
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"Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well": Sixteen Volumes of the Works of John O’Hara; Bound in Leather
O'HARA, John.
The Works of John O’Hara.
New York: : Random House, .
First editions. Octavo, 16 volumes. Elegantly bound in three quarter red morocco. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. An attractive group.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 4370