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First Edition of The Last Days of Pompeii; Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
The Last Days of Pompeii.
Athens: 1933.
First edition of this work translated by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 78932
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"Good questions outrank easy answers": Economics: An Introductory Analysis; Signed by Paul A. Samuelson
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
Economics: An Introductory Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1948.
First edition reprint of the original 1948 first edition of this influential text by the father of modern economics. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the title page, "Paul A. Samuelson MIT." Some light dampstaining to a few pages, very good in a fine dust jacket. With a new foreword by the author.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 86523
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“We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity": First edition of John Hersey's The Wall; Warmly inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
The Wall.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Harold Merry 'We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity.' p. 427 John Hersey." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. A unique example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140379
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First Edition of John Dos Passos' Nineteen-Nineteen
DOS PASSOS, John.
Nineteen-Nineteen [1919].
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.
First edition of the second novel in the author's U.S.A. trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy with the publisher's advance copy slip laid in dated March 10th 1932. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 90402
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“I always wanted to write a book that ended with the word Mayonnaise": First Edition of Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Trout Fishing in America.
New York: A Delta Book/ Dell Publishing, 1967.
First edition of this work “that has very little to do with trout fishing and a lot to do with the lamenting of a passing pastoral America . . . an instant cult classic” (Financial Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Cover photograph by Erik Weber. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133793
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First Edition of Andrew Tobias' The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need; Lengthily Signed by Him
TOBIAS, Andrew.
The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "The only ever! Best wishes 37 years (and six updated editions) later....Andrew 4/15." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 106588
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First Edition of James McPherson's The Struggle for Equality; Signed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James McPherson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137871
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Rare first edition of Lord Houghton's Opening Address before the Norwich congress; warmly inscribed by him
MILNES, Richard Monckton. [The Right Honorable Lord Houghton].
Opening Address by Lord Houghton, President of the Society.
c. 1873.
Rare first edition of Lord Houghton's Opening Address before the Norwich Congress of the Social Science Association. Octavo, bound in three quarters contemporary calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "with the best regards of Houghton." In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 112568
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“He’s part Old Yeller,” she said. “And he was the best one of the bunch": Old Yeller; Inscribed by Fred Gipson
GIPSON, Fred.
Old Yeller.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition, early printing of this timeless classic, one of the most beloved children’s books ever written. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Carl Burger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to Clay Michael Cooke- Fred Gipson." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145664
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"MEN IN PAJAMAS SITTING ABAFT THE FUNNEL AND SWAPPING LIES OF THE PURPLE SEAS": First authorized edition of Rudyard Kipling's Abaft the Funnel
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Abaft the Funnel.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.
First authorized edition of Kipling’s 1909 short story collection with the author's note noting Dodge's previously unauthorized edition "issued without my knowledge or sanction". Octavo, original publisher's decorated dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition with the scarce publisher's wrap around band present.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 121058
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Rare Black and White Photograph of To Kill a Mockingbird Author Harper Lee; Signed By Her
LEE, Harper.
Harper Lee Signed Photogaph.
Rare photograph of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author, Harper Lee. Octavo, black and white satin-finish photograph of Harper Lee, signed by her. In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146019
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"Cooking is Chemistry, really": First Edition of Joel Robuchon's Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon; inscribed by him
ROBUCHON, Joel with Catherine Michel.
Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1986.
First edition of Robuchon's classic cook book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with full-page color photographs by Corrinne Ryman and Pierre Cabannes. Presentation copy, inscribed by the chef/author on the half-title page, "A Jacques Cooper, avec ma sympathie gourmaude Le 13 Mars 1986 Robuchon." In very good condition with a small area of dampstaining to the first several pages. Cover design by George Lemoine. Books signed by Robuchon are rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138242
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First edition of Switch Bitch; inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Switch Bitch.
London: Michael Joseph, 1974.
First British edition of this collection of Dahl's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Ann Love Roald Dahl." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Nickelaides.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129604
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First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Freeman Dyson on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120637
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"The delivery of medical care is to do as much nothing as possible": First Edition of Samuel Shem's The House of God; Lengthily Signed by Him
SHEM, Samuel.
The House of God.
New York: Berkeley Books, 2010.
Early printing of this edition of one of the most important medical novels ever written. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by Samuel Shem on the title page. In near fine condition. Introduction by John Updike. Cover illustration by Colleen Reinhart.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120243
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First Edition of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Nadir Jose Saramago 10.28.2008." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140786