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Morrison's Strangers Guide and Etiquette For Washington City and Its Vicinity
Morrison’s Strangers Guide and Etiquette, For Washington City and Its Vicinity.
Washington: W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1862.
Fifth edition of Morrison's classic American etiquette guide. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the front panel. Illustrated with wood and steel engravings, entirely re-written and brought down to the present time. In near fine condition. Ownership inscriptions.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127990
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First Edition of Mortal Engines; Signed by Philip Reeve
REEVE, Philip.
Mortal Engines.
London: Scholastic Press, 2001.
First edition of the award-winning author's debut novel. Octavo, original red boards. Signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Frankland.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145188
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Review Copy of J.F. Powers' Morte D'Urban; Signed by Him
POWERS, J.F.
Morte D’Urban.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962.
Review copy of the first edition of the author's masterpiece, winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by J.F. Powers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Slip laid in from the publisher. Jacket design by Joseph O'Connell. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137471
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's Mosby's Memoirs and other Stories; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Mosby’s Memoirs and other Stories.
New York: Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of the author's first collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine jacket that shows very light rubbing to the black dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 180
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First Edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's Moscou; Inscribed by Him
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
Moscou [Moscow].
Paris: Collection Neuf/ Robert Editeur, 1955.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "a Monsieur et Madame Henri Dumur avec mon souvenir le meilleur Henri Cartier-Bresson." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 138199
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Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia
SELLER, John.
Moscovia and Russia. [17th Century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia].
London: c. 1685.
Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia, from Daniel Fenning's A New System of Geography. One page, with intricate topographical details and hand-colored borders. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123641
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"what first attracts our interest in the person of Moses is his name": First Edition of Freud's Moses And Monotheism; Inscribed by Him To His Niece
FREUD, Sigmund.
Moses And Monotheism.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939.
First American edition of last book written and published in Sigmund Freud's lifetime. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To dear Poppy from Uncle Sigm. London 1939." The eldest daughter of Freud's elder brother, Philipp, Pauline "Poppy" Freud was born in 1873 when Sigmund was seventeen years old. Freud visited Pauline and her parents in Manchester, England periodically throughout her childhood and maintained correspondence with Pauline well into her adulthood, visiting her and her husband, Frederick Oswald Hartwig, in London in 1939. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Housed in a…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 67018
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“Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun”: First Edition of Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man on the Mountain; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Moses, Man on the Mountain.
New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939.
First edition of this classic retelling of Moses' exodus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 141712
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Exceptionally Rare 200-page autograph manuscript entirely in the hand of Israeli military commander Moshe Dayan documenting his years as a journalist in Vietnam
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan ‘Vietnam Diary’ Original Autograph Manuscript.
1966.
Rare autograph manuscript consisting of roughly 200 pages entirely in the hand of Israeli military commander Moshe Dayan, published one year later as part of Dayan's "Yoman Vietnam" or "Vietnam Diary." Folio, approximately 200 pages handwritten by Dayan on a variety of paper mounts with numerous edits, margin notes, and cross-outs which suggest an intensely involved and meticulous writing process, an original map showing military movements on page 220, and a drawing or other schematic on page 367. With English language terms throughout which provide especially revealing snapshots of what Dayan was observing during his Vietnam War experience including: "Lt.…
Price: $125,000.00 Item Number: 134059
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June 1967 Time Magazine Cover Signed by Israeli military commander Moshe Dayan
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Chicago: Time Magazine, June 16. 1967.
Original cover from the June 16, 1967 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Moshe Dayan, signed by him, "M. Dayan." In near fine condition. Accompanied by a letter signed by Dayan's secretary on his Officer of the Minister of Defence letterheard dated August 14, 1967 returning the signed cover to collector Karl Peterson. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138437
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"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Autobiography; Signed by Him
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life.
Jerusalem: Steimatzky's Agency LTD, 1976.
First edition of the legendary military leader and politician's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bethram Kapadia.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 134303
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"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Autobiography; Signed by Him and Inscribed by "Israel's James Bond" Mordechai Ben-Porat
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life.
Jerusalem: Steimatzky's Agency LTD, 1976.
First edition of the legendary military leader and politician's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Mordechai Ben-Porat in Hebrew, "To Mr. Arthur Hertzberg with great respect. Ben-Porat co-chairman-WOJAC 20.10.1977." Ben-Porat has been called Israel's James Bond for his role in the rescue of the Jews of Iraq, for which he was awarded the Israel Prize, and was a colleague in the Knesset with Dayan during which time he served as Minister without Portfolio. The recipient, Arthur Hertzberg was a noted rabbi, civil rights activist and author who served…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133514
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"She gazed downward upon the dark, ceaseless water. It was never still, never the same, and on it moonlight was broken into little fleeting silver wings": First edition of William Faulkner's Mosquitoes
FAULKNER, William.
Mosquitoes.
New York: Boni & Liveright, Inc, 1927.
First edition of Faulkner's second novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the front flap. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. A very nice example of this early Faulkner work.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 91795
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Signed Limited First Edition of John Dos Passos' Most Likely to Succeed; Additionally Inscribed by Him to William Safire
DOS PASSOS, John.
Most Likely to Succeed.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.
Signed limited first edition of the author's semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. This special presentation edition limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 138. Association copy, additionally inscribed by the author, "For Bill." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 127665
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FIRST EDITION OF NELL DORR'S MOTHER AND CHILD; INSCRIBED BY HER TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY
DORR, Nell. [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].
Mother and Child.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954.
First edition of Nell Dorr’s personal and moving photobook. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Jacqueline Kennedy who speaks to the world in the common language of Mother and child. Mine is just one of the grateful hearts. Nell Dorr. March second 1961." When John F. Kennedy was sworn in as president on January 20, 1961, 31-year-old Jacqueline Kennedy became the third youngest First Lady in American history. As a presidential couple, the Kennedys differed from the Eisenhowers by their relative youth and their relationship…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 139615
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First edition of Arthur Rackham's Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes; bound in full polished calf by Zaehnsdorf
RACKHAM, Arthur.
Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes.
London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1913].
First edition of Arthur Rackham’s illustrated rendition of the classic nursery rhyme collection. Octavo, bound in full polished calf Zaehnsdorf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt vignette to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 13 full-page color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous in-text illustrations. Original cloth and pictorial endpapers bound in at rear. In very good condition.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 135055