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"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread": First Edition of Richard Wright's Native Son
WRIGHT, Richard .
Native Son.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
First edition, first issue binding with "A - P" on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 118656
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SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE CLIVE GRANGER
GRANGER, Clive W.J.; In Association With M. Hatanaka.
Spectral Analysis of Economic Time Series.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Signed by Clive Granger on the title page. Books signed by the Nobel Prize-winning economist are uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 3709
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"What is worth doing at all is worth doing well": Rare first edition of Frederic Kitton's Illustrations to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and
KITTON, Frederic G. [Charles Dickens].
Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and A Supplement to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil.
London: Frank T. Sabin, 1890-1891.
First edition in book form of the most sumptuous presentation of Kitton's collection of Dickens portraits and illustrations which first appeared in serialized parts between 1889-1890. Folio, two volumes bound in full buckram with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, containing 31 engraved portraits, 30 engraved remarque plates, 78 illustrations in the text and 67 'Additional Illustrations'. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 122094
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How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad; Inscribed by Legendary Investor William J. O'Neil
O'NEIL, William J.
How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988.
First edition, early printing of this investment classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Matthew Keep up the good work William O'Neil." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Eileen Kramer. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144893
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Finely bound list of subscribers; bound by Truscott and Son with the cipher of King Edward VII to the front panel
Buckingham Palace Bound List of Subscribers.
1927.
Finely bound list of subscribers to Mr. J. Parr's farewell gift, presented on his retirement , 31 March 1927. Octavo, bound by Truscott & Son in full crushed scarlet morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, cipher of King Edward VII to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 125737
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"Kabul towns by Kabul river, blow the bugle, draw the sword!": Rare sheet music printing of Rudyard Kipling's Ford O'Kabul River
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Ford O’Kabul River. No 2. Of the Second Series of Barrack-Room Ballads. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Music by Gerard F. Cobb.
London: Cas. Sheard & Co, 1895.
Rare sheet music printing of Rudyard Kipling's Ford O'Kabul River, a song from Barrack-Room Ballads. Folio, bound in one quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In good condition. Bound with several other pieces including Ciro Pinsuti's Bedouin Love Song.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 126930
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Certificate of Merit & Royal Scroll Honoring Squadron Leader John C. Foster of the Royal Air Force; Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Certificate of Merit & Royal Scroll Honoring Squadron Leader John C. Foster.
Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, .
Certificate of Merit and Royal Commendation and Certificate of Merit recognizing and commemorating the life of Squadron Leader John C. Foster of the Royal Air Force, who "gave his life to save mankind from tyranny." Two pages with lettering in red and black, illustrated with color images of the US Army Europe Regulation Military patch and the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom, respectively. Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower below the citation on the Certificate of Merit which states, 'Squadron Leader Foster displayed exceptional resourcefulness and ingenuity in his work while in charge of the Display Section Information Unit…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145301
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"Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do": First Edition of Walter Bagehot’s Classic work Lombard Street
BAGEHOT, Walter.
Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1873.
First edition of this "undying classic" (J.M. Keynes). Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are scarce, especially in this condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133178
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Scarce Printing of The Political History of Palestine Under British Administration
The Political History of Palestine Under British Administration.
Jerusalem: [Memorandum by His Britannic Majesty's Government Presented in July 1947, to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine], 1947.
Scarce printing of this political history. Thin octavo, original publisher's wrappers. In good condition with toning throughout, rubbing to the extremities, institutional stamps to the first leaf, rear free endpaper, and rear flyleaf, publisher's wrappers laid down on card.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146808
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"To one of the most gallant of his officers On the happiest and most important event in his life": Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Silverplate Presentation Tray
ROOSEVELT, Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Silverplate Presentation Tray.
1924.
Rare engraved silverplate presentation tray. Oval silverplate tray with wire loop sides interrupted on each long side with a vacant panel, raised on flattened bun feet. Engraved in the center, "With best wishes from his old C.G. To one of the most gallant of his officers on the happiest and most important event in his life Theodore Roosevelt December 5th 1924." In near fine condition. The piece measures 3.5 inches by 19.25 inches by 11.75 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147200
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First Edition of Octavia Butler's Imago; Inscribed by Her
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Imago.
New York: Warner Books, 1989.
First edition of the gripping climax to Butler's acclaimed Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bill Best Wishes, Octavia E. Butler." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustration by Wayne Barlowe.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 137805
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First Edition of Shirley Ann Grau's Masterwork The Keepers of the House; Signed by Her
GRAU, Shirley An.
The Keepers of the House.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Shirley Ann Grau on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 116739
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First Edition of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row
STEINBECK, John.
Cannery Row.
London: William Heinemann, 1945.
First English edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 143494
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First Edition of Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Quarto, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt onlay to the front panel, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146014
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"Sinatra's First Western": Rare "Johnny Concho" Poster; signed by Frank Sinatra
SINATRA, Frank.
Frank Sinatra Signed “Johnny Concho” Poster.
Rare magazine poster featuring a full-length portrait of Frank Sinatra as Johnny Concho, inscribed by him, "For Bonnie - Affectionately Frank." In very good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132490