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Second edition of Charles Gerard's L'Ancienne Alsace a Table
GERARD, Charles.
L’Ancienne Alsace a Table.
Paris: Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1877.
Scarce second edition of Charles Gerard's authoritative work on the culinary traditions of the former region of Alsace. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, advertisements to the rear panel. In very good condition. Housed in a custom velvet-lined half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 96166
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First Edition of Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Thomas Schelling
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's important compilation of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For John Rogers I hope he enjoys this book as much as I enjoyed writing it Thomas Schelling." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144352
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“LIGHTHEARTED AND FUNNY… ONE BECOMES WHAT ONE BEHOLDS”: FIRST EDITION OF ADULT COMEDY ACTION DRAMA, SIGNED BY RICHARD PRINCE
PRINCE, Richard.
Adult Comedy Action Drama.
New York-Berlin-Zurich: Scalo Verlag, 1995.
First edition with 235 vibrant color images of his whimsical “postmodern landscape” (Roth). Quarto, original blue cloth. Signed by Richard Prince on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 2290
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"Each generation in our history needs to be taught what the Constitution is, and what the framers of it understood it to be, at its formation": Rare first edition of George S. Williams' The Constitution of The United States For the Use of Schools and Academies
WILLIAMS, George S.
The Constitution of The United States. For the Use of Schools and Academies.
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1861.
First edition of Williams' Civil War era printing of the United States Constitution, intended for use in both public schools and private academies. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, gilt American flag and eagle vignette to the front panel. In near fine condition with rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Includes The Constitution of the United States, Washington's Farewell Address, The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 124073
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From the Library of John Steinbeck
[STEINBECK, John].
Two Russian Books From the Library of John Steinbeck.
Moscow: Various, c. 1960.
Two volumes in Russian from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck. Quarto, two volumes including a book of early Russian Orthodox paintings with many in color and a folio of loose plates featuring artwork from the Hermitage Museum. From the library of John Steinbeck. In very good condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 117588
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First Edition of Serge Klarsfeld's French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial; Inscribed by Him
KLARSFELD, Serge.
French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial.
New York: New York University Press, 1996.
First edition of this memorial to the French children of the Holocaust with over 2,500 photographic images of the children. Thick quarto, original illustrated boards. Warmly inscribed by Serge Klarsfeld. Edited by Susan Cohen, Howard M. Epstein and Serge Klarsfeld. Translated by Glorianne Depondt and Howard M. Epstein. In fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 732
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Rare First Edition of Douglas Jerrold's A Man Made of Money
JERROLD, Douglas.
A Man Made of Money.
London: Punch, 1848-49.
First edition of this work. Octavo, original, six volumes, illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates by John Leech. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Scarce in the original wrappers.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 121345
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, John.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 132106
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"Passions are likened best to pools and streams; the shallows murmur, but the deep are dumb": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's The Cascapedia Club; Inscribed by Him
GRISWOLD, Frank Gray.
The Cascapedia Club.
Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1920.
First edition of Griswold's guide to fishing the Great Cascapedia. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Percy R. Pyne 2nd from G. Gray Griswold 1921." In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 88022
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The Poetical works of Chaucer; finely bound by Bayntun Bindery
CHAUCER, Geoffrey.
Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1878.
Finely bound set of Chaucer's poetical works. Small octavos, four volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Chaucer to volume one. In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 90435
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Signed Limited First Edition of Bemelmans' Madeline and the Bad Hat
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline and the Bad Hat.
New York: The Viking Press, 1957.
Signed limited edition of the third book in Bemelmans' acclaimed Madeleine series. Quarto, original cloth. One of 985 copies signed by Ludwig Bemelmans. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 69041
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Signed limited edition of Roald Dahl's Two Fables; one of 300 copies signed by him
DAHL, Roald.
Two Fables.
Middlesex: Viking, 1986.
Signed limited edition of Dahl's short fable collection. Octavo, original half leather with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated by Graham Dean. One of a limited edition of 300 books signed by Dahl and published by Viking in honor of Dahl's seventieth birthday, this is number 267. In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 129318
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“Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything": Finely Bound Set of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
STERNE, Laurence.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.
London: T. Becket, 1777.
Finely bound set of Sterne's Tristram Shandy. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in contemporary full polished brown calf, black morocco spine labels, smooth spines with gilt rules and decorations, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece in volume one after Hogarth. In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 89417
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The July-December 1891 issue of The Review of Reviews
STEAD, William Thomas [Editor].
The Review of Reviews. Vol IV. July-December. 1891.
London: The "Review of Reviews", 1891.
The July-December 1891 issue of of Stead's The Review of Reviews. Octavo, original publisher's binding, illustrated, advertisements, index. In very good condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 135348
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First Edition of Volume I of Andre L. Simon's The History of the Wine Trade in England; Inscribed by Him
SIMON, Andre L.
The History of the Wine Trade in England.
London: Wyman & Sons, 1906-07.
First edition of Simon's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Volumes I. Presentation copy, inscribed by Andre L. Simon opposite the title page, "With the author's Compliments Andre L. Simon 15/9/07 to S.C. Coggin Sept." In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 112957
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"But no one was there to see it:" First Edition of The First Three Minutes;Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Steven Weinberg
WEINBERG, Steven.
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe.
New York: Basic Books, 1979.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Steven Weinberg on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 146045