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First Edition of Ronald Reagan's The March of Freedom
REAGAN, Ronald.
The March of Freedom: The Westminster Speech.
Washington, D.C: The Heritage Foundation, 1996.
First edition of this lecture by President Reagan. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition. Foreword by Edwin J. Fuelner, Jr. Although not marked, this if from the library of William Safire. 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 Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 141529
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142996
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“The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love": The Maugham Reader; Finely Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
MAUGHAM, W.Somerset.
A Maugham Reader.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1950.
First edition of this collection by the author of The Razor's Edge. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, frontispiece of Maugham, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt. With an introduction by Glenway Wescott. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 134702
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"I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life": Tenzing Norgay's Tiger of the Snow; Signed by Him
NORGAY, Tenzing with James Ramsey Ullman .
Tiger of the Snows: The Autobiography of Tenzing of Everest.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
First edition, early printing of Norgay's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographic frontispiece and 18 pages of photographs. Boldly signed by Tenzing Norgay on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Dwight Shepler. Written with James Ramsey Ullman. Books signed by Norgay are rare.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139449
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“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated”: First edition of Arnold Palmers Golf Book "Hit It Hard"; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
PALMER, Arnold.
Arnold Palmer’s Golf Book “Hit It Hard!”
New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1961.
First edition of Arnold Palmer’s first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 144210
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; with 12 remarkably intricate full color plates illustrated by Edmund Dulac
FITZGERALD, Edward. With illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1920.
Magnificent edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, title page on Japanese vellum, with 12 full color plates tipped with tissue guards. In fine condition. A nice presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 126161
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Charles McCays Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
MACKAY, Charles.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852.
Second edition of this important, entertaining and influential early study of crowd behavior, subsequently used to explore popular psychology and to chart the stock market, with numerous wood-engraved illustrations, in original cloth. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Illustrated with numerous engravings throughout. In near fine condition, names to the title page. Uncommon in the original cloth and in this condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 132543
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"You once said to me that I talk like a man in a book. I not only talk, but think and feel like one": Limited First Edition of Nathanael West's The Dream Life of Balso Snell
WEST, Nathanael.
The Dream Life of Balso Snell.
Paris and New York: Contact Editions, 1931.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, finely bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. One of only five hundred numbered copies, this is number 344. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146620
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First collected edition of Aldous Huxley's Grey Eminence; finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956.
First collected edition of Huxley's biography of French monk François Leclerc du Tremblay. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 130128
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Typed Letter Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as New York Governor
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.
Albany: State of New York Executive Chamber, 1930.
Rare 20th century typed letter signed by President Roosevelt as New York Governor. One page, typescript on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary, the letter is dated August 11, 1930 and reads, 'Mr. Edwin T. Thayer, Brook Bend Tavern, Monterey, Mass. Dear Mr. Thayer: Thanks much for your delightful letter of August seventh. I am glad to know that you are carrying on such a fine work for the boys. I deeply regret it will be impossible for me to visit the farm at Canaan after the exercises at New Lebanon as I have already made arrangements to go…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146749
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First Edition of D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love; One of only 1250 Examples
LAWRENCE, D.H.
Women in Love.
New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1920.
First edition of the author's classic work which many consider his masterpiece, one of only 1250 examples. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, name to the front pastedown. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139392
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First Edition of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
TOKLAS, Alice B.
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1954.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Sir Francis Rose. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chips and wear. This edition features surrealist artist Brion Gysin's infamous recipe for hashish fudge, which was expurgated from the first American edition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142064
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"... fortune holds some gifts in store for those who try": First Edition of Percy Fitzpatrick's Classic Work Jock of the Bushveld
FITZPATRICK, Percy.
Jock of the Bushveld.
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1907.
First edition, first issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt topstain, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 64984
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Signed Limited Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
Author's autograph edition of Lindbergh's autobiography, which provides the account of the life of one of the century's greatest adventurers, the first man to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight. One of 100 numbered copies, this is number 392, signed by both Charles Lindbergh and the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo, half bound salmon paper covered boards, frontispiece with tissue-guard, 51 black and white plates. In very good condition. Introduction by Myron T. Herrick.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140405
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First Edition of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl; Signed by Her and Ben Affleck
FLYNN, Gillian.
Gone Girl.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2012.
First edition of this "instant classic" (Vanity Fair), basis for the film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gillian Flynn and Academy Award-winning actor Ben Affleck. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 131752