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"The foundation of modern Latin lexicography": Rare 1740 edition of Robert Estienne's Thesaurus linguae latinae
STEPHANI, Roberti. [Robert Estienne].
Lexicographorum Principis Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in IV. Tomos Divisus.
Basileae: Typis & Impensis E. & J.R. Thurnisiorum, 1740.
Rare 1740 edition of Robert Estienne's "greatest monument of Latin scholarship", his Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. Folio, four volumes bound in full vellum with spine labels decorated and titled in gilt, woodcut printer's device portrait of Estienne to each title page. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115020
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Toledo Israel Bond Committee Invitation; Signed by The First Lady of the Free World Eleanor Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Israel Bond Committee Invitation.
B'Nai Israel Social Hall (Kenwood Blvd.): The Toledo Israel Bond Committee, November 11, 1957.
Rare invitation from the Toledo Israel Bond Committee, addressed to "The Outstanding Woman of Our Time" First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. One page, invitation administered on behalf of State of Israel Development Bonds to attend a community meeting at B'Nai Israel Social Hall on November 11, 1957, illustrated with a portrait of Roosevelt on the front panel, boldly signed by her beneath the portrait of herself. In near fine condition with card folds. A rare and unique example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146600
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"An exciting, real book without a trace of unnecessary melodrama" (H.G.Wells): First Edition of Out of the Night; Inscribed by Jan Valtin to boxing Champion Gene Tunney
VALTIN, Jan [aka Richard Julius Herman Krebs] [Gene Tunney].
Out of the Night.
New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1941.
First edition of Valtin's bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the great boxing champion and his wife, "To Polly and Gene Tunney with admiration and cordial fond wishes from Jan Valtin June 1, 1941." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by George Salter.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 4644
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"She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies and all that's best of dark and bright meet her in aspect and her eyes": Lord Byron's Hebrew Melodies
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON] ,.
Hebrew Melodies.
London: John Murray, 1815.
First edition of Byron's book of poetry written at the request of the Hon. D. Kinnaird. Octavo, bound in half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 120805
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“faithful death that never forgets in the press of work the most insignificant of its children": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Tales of Unrest
CONRAD, Joseph.
Tales of Unrest.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898.
First edition of Conrad's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, pictorial bookplate, ownership signature to half-title page. Housed in a contemporary clamshell and chemise box. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139203
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"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird": First edition of To Kill A Mockingbird
LEE, Harper .
To Kill a Mockingbird.
London: Heinemann, 1960.
First British edition of Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Fratini.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144085
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"Dearest Robin Red-breast, sweet partner of my heart": First edition of The Tragi-Comic History of the Burial of Cock Robin
The Tragi-Comic History of the Burial of Cock Robin; with the Lamentation of Jenny Wren.
Philadelphia: Published by Benjamin Warner, 1821.
First edition under this title of the classic English nursery rhyme. 12mo, original stiff wrappers, illustrated with 8 full-page wood engravings. American Imprints 5013. Rosenbach 616. In very good condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and folding chemise case. A rare title in early American children's literature.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133026
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' Perelandra; in the rare original dust jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
Perelandra.
London: The Bodley Head, 1943.
First edition of the second novel in Lewis' classic trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a portion of restoration to foot of spine, portion of restoration to head, affecting title, two small central points of restoration to spine, corners neatly restored, corner clipped with the original price of 8s. 6d showing. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145807
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First Edition of The Language of Post-Modern Architecture; Signed by Charles Jencks
JENCKS, Charles.
The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.
New York: Rizzoli, 1977.
First edition of Jencks' classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 108009
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"Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own": Chuck Yeager Signed Glamorous Glennis III F-15 Aircraft Model
YEAGER, Chuck.
Chuck Yeager Signed Glamorous Glennis III F-15 Aircraft Model.
Model of the Glamorous Glennis III F-15 speed of sound aircraft, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 16 inches in length, 10 inches in height and 12 inches in width. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 106598
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"Together we can save their world. We must. And thank you for what you are doing to help": In the Shadow of Man; Lengthily Inscribed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane Van Lawick-.
In the Shadow of Man.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971.
First edition, early printing of this "absolutely fascinating to read as a story of discovery . . . The whole book is enthralling" (Boston Globe). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, lenghtily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ellen- Together we can save their world. We must. And thank you for what you are doing to help. Jane Goodall." Near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrations by Hugo Van Lawick.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146096
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“World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor—it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance": John F. Kennedy's The Strategy of Peace; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KENNEDY, John F.
The Strategy of Peace.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960.
First edition of the selected foreign policy speeches and statements on defense, peace, and national security delivered by Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Edited by Allan Nevins. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146187
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990; Signed by
MARKOWITZ, Harry and William F. Sharpe.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1981-1990. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Karl-Goran Maler.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146331
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Rare Ordinary People Original Script; Signed by Director Robert Redford
SARGENT, Alvin; [Robert Redford].
Ordinary People Original Script.
Burbank, CA: Wildwood Enterprises, Inc, 1979.
Rare original screenplay from the 1980 film 'Ordinary People,' produced by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, and Timothy Hutton. Quarto, original orange wrappers, bound with two brass tacks. Boldly signed on the front panel, "Best wishes Robert Redford." In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146472
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Rare 1976 Series Two Dollar Bill; signed by American Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the 200th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence
[ALDRIN, Buzz].
Buzz Aldrin Signed Two Dollar Bill.
Washington, D.C: United States Treasury, 1976.
Rare two dollar bill signed by American astronaut and the second man to land on the moon, Buzz Aldrin on the 200th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 10.5 inches by 5.75 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 117394