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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; bound by Riviere & Son and from the library of Peggy and Steve Fossett
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label, double gilt ruled, gilt turn ins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, three engraved frontispieces, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. From the library of legendary aviator Steve Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 96034
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"Friendless I can never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; Finely Bound by Bayntun-Riviere
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Large octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel, gilt signature on the back panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133871
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; with pages from the original serial tipped in to to each volume
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece in each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Tipped in to the front and rear of each volume is an extensive collection containing pages from a number of the original Master's Humphrey's Clock…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95116
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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 near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 99753
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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 Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; Three volumes bound into one
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label, engraved frontispieces, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 96777
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf by The Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 139172
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First edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock; finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132470
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition in book form of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound in three quarter morocco by W. Pratt with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with frontispieces and almost 200 in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). In very good condition. From the library of William Waldorf Astor with his bookplates.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 129551
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock. With Illustrations By George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41.
First edition. Octavo, three volumes, contemporary half morocco, gilt titles to the spine. Three frontispieces and numerous woodcut illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne and decorated initials in the text. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 27006
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Rare First Editions Of Mastering The Art Of French Cooking Volumes 1 & 2; Both volumes signed by Julia Child and volume one is signed by Simone Beck
CHILD, Julia; Beck.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volumes 1 & 2.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961-70.
First editions of both volumes of this classic cook book. Quarto, 2 volumes, original illustrated boards. Volume one is boldly signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the title page. Volume two is signed by Julia Child on the title page. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Drawings by Paul Child. Typography, binding and jacket design by Warren Chappell. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional set, rare signed in both volumes and in this condition.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 146310
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First Edition of Aline Bernstein's Masterpieces of Women's Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries; From the library of Vivien Leigh
BERNSTEIN, Aline.
Masterpieces of Women’s Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1959.
First edition of Aline Bernstein's great work on the history of costume design, published posthumously. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with 32 color plates and 51 correlated line drawings. In fine condition. From the library of actress Vivien Leigh.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 110285
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"We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is": First Edition of Masters 1985; Boldly signed by Champion Bernhard Langer
LANGER, Bernhard.
Masters 1985.
Augusta National Club, 1985.
First edition of the Augusta publication of the 1985 Masters. Quarto, original boards, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Bernhard Langer on the half-title page. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135231
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"You cannot eat a cluster of grapes at once, but it is very easy if you eat them one by one": First Edition of Roumain's Masters of the Dew: A Novel of Haiti; Inscribed by Langston Hughes
ROUMAIN, Jacques; Translated by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook.
Masters of the Dew: A Novel of Haiti.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947.
First edition of this outstanding Haitian novel which tells of Manuel's struggle to keep his little community from starvation during drought. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator Langston Hughes in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Michael Alexander- Sincerely, Langston Hughes New York, Sept. 12, 1947. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 130654
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First Edition of Eric Garcia's Matchstick Men; Signed by Eric Garcia and Actor Bruce Altman
GARCIA, Eric.
Matchstick Men: A Novel of Petty Crimes.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 2003 film directed by Ridley Scott starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman and Alison Lohman. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Eric Garcia and actor Bruce Altman on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Daniel Rembert.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140061
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First Edition of Mathematical Methods in Investment and Finance; Signed by Karl Shell
SZEGO, George Philip and Shell.
Mathematical Methods in Investment and Finance.
New York : North-Holland Publishing Company, 1972.
First edition of this work edited by the award-winning economists. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Karl Shell on the front free endpaper, "Karl Shell March 14, 2014 Ithaca, NY." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Includes essays by Joseph Stiglitz, J.H. Dreze and N.A. Niarchos.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 114473