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First Edition of M.F.K. Fisher's Here Let Us Feast; Warmly Inscribed by Her
FISHER, M.F.K.
Here Let Us Feast: A Book of Banquets.
New York: The Viking Press, 1946.
First edition of Fisher's classic fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marian Allen de Ford Shipley from M.F.K. Fisher (her affectionate for Mary Frances) 1969." The recipient, Marian Allen de Ford Shipley was a fellow writer and friend of the Fisher's. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140274
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Signed limited edition of Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946; one of 350 numbered copies signed by Pablo Picasso
JANIS, Harriet and Sidney. [Pablo Picasso].
Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946.
Signed limited edition of this compendium of over one hundred reproductions of Picasso's wartime paintings. Quarto, original publisher's half buckram, illustrated with 135 plates. One of three hundred and fifty numbered copies signed by Pablo Picasso on the limitation page, this is number 188. Near fine in the original glassine and rare original slipcase which is in very good condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 140734
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Signed Photograph of Presidents Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman
HOOVER, Herbert & Harry S. Truman.
Signed Photograph of Presidents Herbert Hoover & Harry S. Truman.
1946.
Photograph of Presidents Herbert Hoover & Harry S. Truman, signed by both Presidents. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 11.25 inches by 9.5 inches. Rare and desirable signed by both Hoover and Truman.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 102878
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Rare First Edition of Schumpeter's Rudimentary Mathematics for Economists and Statisticians
CRUM, W.L. and Joseph A. Schumpeter.
Rudimentary Mathematics for Economists and Statisticians.
1946: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1946.
First edition of this classic work by Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 130196
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Rare original playbill signed by Marlon Brando, Katharine Cornell, Cedric Hardwicke, Oliver Cliff, Wesley Addy, and Mildred Natwick
SHAW, George Bernard. (Marlon Brando.
Marlon Brando Signed Candida Playbill.
Playbill Incorporated, 1946.
Rare original playbill from the 1946 production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida starring Marlon Brando and Katharine Cornell. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed on the front panel by Marlon Brando, Katharine Cornell, Cedric Hardwicke, Oliver Cliff, Wesley Addy, and Mildred Natwick. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by the entire cast of this important production.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 96045
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"The greatest Lady of This Century in whom Africa has found a friend in deed": First Edition of Ojike's My Africa; Inscribed by Him to Eleanor Roosevelt
OJIKE, Mbonu [Eleanor Roosevelt].
My Africa.
New York: The John Day Company, 1946.
First edition of this work by the Nigerian novelist and nationalist, inscribed by him to Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Eleanor Roosevelt The greatest Lady of this Century in whom Africa has found a friend in deed. Mbonu Ojike." Bookplate of Eleanor Roosevelt, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Pearl S. Buck. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 102465
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"I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else": Rare First Edition In Greek of the Author’s Classic Work Zorba The Greek; Signed by Nikos Kazanzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Zorba The Greek.
Athens: Plateia Syntagmatos, 1946.
First Greek edition, preceding all other editions of the author's most popular novel and basis for the Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Quinn. Octavo, bound in contemporary cloth. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition. First editions of Zorba The Greek are of legendary scarcity.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 131303
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First Edition of Pat Frank's Classic Science Fiction Novel Mr. Adam; Inscribed by Him
FRANK, Pat.
Mr. Adam.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1946.
First edition of the author's classic first novel, which has went on to sell over two million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Cynthia - With best regards, Pat Frank, Tarrytown, '47". Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 122192
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"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer": First American Edition of Albert Camus’ Classic Novel The Stranger; Inscribed by Him to fellow novelist Vincent Sheean
CAMUS, Albert.
The Stranger.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First American edition of Camus' first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original beige cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Vincent Sheean pour le remercier de savoir si bien parler de Stendhal Sympathiquement Albert Camus." The recipient, Vincent Sheean was an American journalist and novelist. Sheean's most famous work was Personal History, which won one of the inaugural National Book Awards: the Most Distinguished Biography of 1935. Film producer Walter Wanger acquired the political memoir and made it the basis for his 1940 film production Foreign Correspondent, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Sheean wrote the narration for…
Price: $45,000.00 Item Number: 97850
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"The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose": John Hersey's Hiroshima; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Lengthily Inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
Hiroshima.
New York: Milestone Editions, 1946.
First Milestone edition of Hersey's classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 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. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter Rubenstein: 'The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose.' -p.122 John Hersey August, 1984." In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144305
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"Let Us Hope That The Best Important Achievement Of Atomic Energy Will Lie In Planetary Exploration, And Not In Human Destruction": First Edition of George Gamow's Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity; Inscribed by Him to Chester Nimitz
GAMOW, George [Chester Nimitz].
Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1946.
First edition of this work by the legendary physicist and cosmologist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To The Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Cordially From The Author G. Gamow." The recipient, Chester Nimitz was made Fleet Admiral in 1944 (a lifetime appointment) and was in charge of the United States Forces in the Pacific, and Commander of Operations including the first military use of atomic energy in warfare, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Near fine in very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 139841
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"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" GEORGE ORWELL’S MASTERPIECE ANIMAL FARM
ORWELL, George.
Animal Farm.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.
Early printing of Orwell’s timeless allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the extremities, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket art by Art Brenner.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146283
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"Belongs in Every Golfer’s Library" (Tom Watson): First Edition of Golfing Great Byron Nelson's Winning Golf; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron.
Byron Nelson’s Winning Golf.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1946.
First edition of Nelson's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Foreword by Grantland Rice. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To G.R. Tate Best Wishes Byron Nelson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A superior example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146822
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed": First Edition of A History of the 90th Division in World War II; Signed by General Dwight Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
A History of the 90th Division in World War II: 6 June 1944 to 9 May 1945.
Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Publishing Company , 1946.
First edition of this work on the 90th division in World II. Quarto, original leatherette boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by General Dwight Eisenhower on the title page, "To Skippe Sheppard Best wishes from Dwight D. Eisenhower." The recipient, Captain Harlo John Sheppard was in the 712th Tank Division, with his name and notes throughout. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed by Eisenhower, this is the first example we have seen.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 140008
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“They are the we of me": First Edition of Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding; Inscribed by Her
MCCULLERS, Carson.
The Member of the Wedding.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946.
First edition of McCullers' classic coming-of-age story like no other about a young girl's fascination with her brother's wedding, which has been compared to The Catcher in the Rye and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Harrell with love Carson.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, first editions are uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 134589
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"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer": First American Edition of Albert Camus’ Classic Novel The Stranger
CAMUS, Albert.
The Stranger.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First American edition of Camus' first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper, abrasion to the front panel. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 143774