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First Edition of Jose Saramago's Manual De Pintura E Caligraphia; Inscribed by Him
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Manual De Pintura E Caligraphia.
Lisboa: Moraes Editores, 1976.
First Portuguese edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed and dated Jose Saramago. In good condition with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 2630
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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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"ENOUGH FOR ME IN DREAMS TO SEE AND TOUCH THY GARMENTS' HEM- THY FEET HAVE TROD SO NEAR TO GOD, I MAY NOT FOLLOW THEM": FIRST EDITION OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S MANY INVENTIONS; inscribed by him to his second cousin
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Many Inventions.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893.
First English edition of this collection of Kipling's poems and tales. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt. Association copy, inscribed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page in the year of publication to his second cousin by marriage, "Eliot [sic] Balestier from Rudyard Kipling Xmas. 93." The recipient, Elliot Francis Balestier was the second cousin of Kipling's wife, Caroline Balestier and her brother, Wolcott, with whom Kipling collaborated with for the novel The Naulahka: A Story Of East And West, which he would later name his historic shingle style house in Dummerston Vermont after. In very good condition. A fine…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 123441
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"ENOUGH FOR ME IN DREAMS TO SEE AND TOUCH THY GARMENTS' HEM- THY FEET HAVE TROD SO NEAR TO GOD, I MAY NOT FOLLOW THEM": FIRST EDITION OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S MANY INVENTIONS
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Many Inventions.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893.
First English edition of this collection of Kipling's poems and tales. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 123061
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First Complete edition of QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO; released prior to the first edition in the red vinyl
MAO ZEDONG,.
Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu [Quotations from Chairman Mao].
Beijing: Central Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1965.
First complete edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao. Duodecimo, original wrappers as issued, frontispiece portrait of Chairman Mao. Lin Biao’s calligraphic endorsement leaf intact after the frontispiece with the corrected superfluous brush stroke in the second line. In 1972, an edict was issued that Lin’s name was to be obliterated from history, following disclosures that he had plotted a coup and planned to assassinate Mao; consequently, “many surviving copies in the Chinese language have that page legitimately torn away, mutilated or censored” (Schiller, p. 36). In very good condition with pilgrimage stamps to the rear panel and a small name…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 95368
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“Politics is war without blood, while war is politics with blood": First Edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao
MAO ZEDONG (MAO TSE-TUNG OR ZEDUNG),.
Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu. [Quotations from Chairman Mao].
Beijing: Central Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1964.
First edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao. Duodecimo, in the original iconic red vinyl, title to front cover in blind, frontispiece portrait of Chairman Mao. With the textual error on pp. 82/83 corrected and Lin Biao's calligraphic endorsement leaf after the frontispiece tipped in from a later printing. In 1972, an edict was issued that Lin's name was to be obliterated from history, following disclosures that he had plotted a coup and planned to assassinate Mao; consequently, "many surviving copies in the Chinese language have that page legitimately torn away, mutilated or censored" (Schiller, p. 36). In near fine condition.…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 100159
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Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts from original surveys by J.C. Sidney
SIDNEY, J.C.
Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston: J.B. Shields, 1852.
A stunning and uncommon large map of Boston with a fine depiction of the harbor. Two small vignettes in the upper border provide views of the State House and Faneuil Hall. Lithographed map with hand-color on two large sheets joined. The map is in very good condition with areas of dampstaining. Framed. The entire piece measures 41 inches by 41 inches. Rare as we can trace no copies at auction. Phillips America, p. 157.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 133907
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one of the few commercial maps of New England issued immediately following the American Revolutionary War: fine Hand-colored engraved map of New England by renowned 18th century English cartographer John Russell
RUSSELL, John.
Map of the Northern, or, New England States of America. Comprehending Vermont, New Hampshire, District of Main, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
London: H.D. Symonds, Feb. 7, 1795.
Hand-colored engraved map of New England by renowned 18th century English cartographer John Russell, one of the few commercial maps of New England issued immediately following the American Revolutionary War which appeared in Russell's 1795 American Atlas. One page, the folding map covers the northeastern part of the United States including part of New York and the entirety of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 23 inches by 19 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146812
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First Edition of Marc Chagall: Die großen graphischen Zyklen; Signed by Marc Chagall
SCHMIED, Wieland; [Marc Chagall].
Marc Chagall.
Salzburg: Galerie Welz, 1976.
First edition of this collection of work by a major artist of early modernism, with introduction by Weiland Schmied. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, frontispiece self-portrait of Marc Chagall, illustrated with penciled and painted drawings. Boldly signed by Marc Chagall on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146245
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Large Photograph of Marcel Breuer; Signed by Him
BREUER, Marcel.
Marcel Breuer Signed Photograph.
Black and White photograph taken by Pach Brothers of architect Marcel Breuer. Boldly signed by Breuer on the lower left. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.8 inches by 21 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 67091
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First Edition of Marcella Cucina; Inscribed by Marcella Hazan
HAZAN, Marcella.
Marcella Cucina.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997.
First edition of this collection of recipes by Hazan. Quarto, original glossy boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Alison Harris. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Doris best wishes! Marcella Hazan." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Joel Avirom.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143511
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Marcella's Italian Kitchen; Signed by Her
HAZAN, Marcella.
Marcella’s Italian Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes! Marcella Hazan." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Front-of-jacket photograph by David Massey. Jacket design by Karen Katz.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143529
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First edition of March: Book Two; inscribed by John Lewis and signed by Andrew Aydin
LEWIS, John; Andrew Aydin.
March: Book Two.
Marietta: Top Shelf Productions, 2015.
First edition of the second book in John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's March trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Lewis on the half-title page, "To Thom Thank you. John Lewis" and signed by Andrew Aydin. In fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 118963
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Henry Clay Work's Marching Through Georgia
WORK, Henry C. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Marching Through Georgia: Written in Honor of Sherman’s Famous March From “Atlanta to the Sea”.
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1889.
First Ticknor and Co. edition of Henry Clay Work's greatest hit, "Marching Through Georgia", inspired by Sherman's march to the sea at the end of 1864. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 132439
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Two Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters
MITCHELL, Margaret.
Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters.
1941-42.
Two letters signed in full by Margaret Mitchell, author on the classic Gone With the Wind. Both letters addressed to Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart and his wife, one dated December 26, 1941, the other December 19, 1942, each with their original envelopes; both letters refer to the commissioning of the U.S.S. Atlanta.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 21082