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First Edition of Clint Rossiter's The American Presidency; Inscribed by Him to his Aunt in the year of publication
ROSSITER, Clinton.
The American Presidency.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Aunt Lille with much love Clint July 7, 1956." In near fine condition. Books signed and inscribed by Rossiter are rare as he passed away suddenly in 1970.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138089
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"To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard": First Edition of The Lyndon Johnson Story; inscribed by Lyndon Johnson to his vice president Hubert Humphrey
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson [Hubert Humphrey].
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., served as Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey took office on January 20, 1965, ending the 14-month vacancy of the Vice President of the United States, which had remained empty when then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the Presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 140814
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"People often do what they do for the reasons they think they do”: First Edition of The Organization Man; Inscribed by William Whyte
WHYTE, William H.
The Organization Man.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.
First edition of one of the most influential books on management ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best to Lydia Bronte about whom this book was not written! Holly Whyte 4/18/89." Additionally signed "William H. Whyte" on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips to the crown of the spine. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2141
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays; Signed by Him
VIDAL, Gore.
Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1956.
First edition of the author's play that was later made into the 1960 motion picture starring Jerry Lewis as Kreton. Octavo. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a ticket stub at a play that Vidal appeared at.
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 1264
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First Edition of Langston Hughes' I Wonder As I Wander; With a Full Page Inscription to Amy Spingarn
HUGHES, Langston.
I Wonder As I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey.
New York: Rinehart, 1956.
First edition of Hughes' classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author with a full page inscription on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed especially for Amy Spingarn, another "life" of mine, for a friend who has helped to make life of ever joyous and cultural interest. Most sincerely, Langston New York 1957." The recipient, Amy Einstein Spingarn was a philanthropist, poet, and artist known especially for her paintings of prominent African-American cultural figures. Upon the death of her husband, Joel Spingarn, in 1939, Amy Spingarn was elected to finish out his term on the NAACP Board…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 43089
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First edition, first printing of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage; inscribed by Bill Clinton and signed by Jimmy Carter
KENNEDY, John F. [Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter].
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work with the publisher's code M-E to the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant navy morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Clinton on the half-title page, "To Adrienne Rogers Best wishes Bill Clinton" and signed by Jimmy Carter, "J Carter." In fine condition. A unique association copy.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145067
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The last Battle
LEWIS, C.S.
The Last Battle.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956.
First edition of the last novel in Lewis' classic Narnia series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. A nice example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146232
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“Let us do something, while we have the chance!": First Edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot; Signed by Him
BECKETT, Samuel.
Waiting For Godot: A Tragicomedy In Two Acts.
London: Faber and Faber, 1956.
First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the extremities. Translated by Beckett from the original French. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 101780
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Rare First Edition of Leonard Cohen's First Book, One of 400 copies Let Us Compare Mythologies; Warmly Inscribed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
Let Us Compare Mythologies.
Montreal: McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.
First edition of Cohen's first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth. With five full-page line illustrations by Freda Guttman. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For my friend Jo, Leonard January 1957.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An excellent example of this rare first book, which reportedly, fewer than 400 copies of the first edition were printed (Nadel, 45).
Price: $30,000.00 Item Number: 107435
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"What do you intend to do with those diamonds": First Edition of Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever; Signed by Sean Connery
FLEMING, Ian [Sean Connery].
Diamonds Are Forever.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956.
First edition of the fourth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Sean Connery opposite the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by this iconic figure who first embodied James Bond in film.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 139463
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First Edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Signed by Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush
KENNEDY, John F. [George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush].
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Boldly signed by both Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on the front free endpaper. Upon the 50th Anniversary of the assassination, President George W. Bush commented, "Today we remember a dark episode in our Nation's history, and we remember the leader whose life was cut short 50 years ago. John F. Kennedy dedicated himself to public service, and his example moved Americans to do more for our country. He believed in the greatness of the United States and the righteousness…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 112452
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Ida Cook's Autobiography We Followed the Stars; signed by her with both her given and pen name
COOK, Ida. [Mary Burchell].
We Followed Our Stars.
London: Mills & Boon Limited, 1956.
First Mills & Boon edition of the author's autobiography, first published in Great Britain in 1950 by Hamish Hamilton. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with both her given and pen name, "Ida Cook (Mary Burchell)." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Slattery. Books signed by Burchell are rare.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 115069
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“I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy": Signed Limited First Edition of Simone de Beauvoir's The Mandarins
DE BEAUVOIR, Simone.
The Mandarins.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956.
Signed limited edition and first English edition of the novel for which de Beauvoir won the Prix Goncourt, awarded to the best and most imaginative prose work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Simone de Beauvoir. Fine in a near fine dust original glassine jacket in the original slipcase. Translated from the French by Leonard M. Friedman. Rare in this condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 137901
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's Seize the Day; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, Saul.
Seize The Day.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. 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 inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142270
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"It is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in": First Swiss Edition Set of Winston Churchills Classic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples; Signed by Him; From the library of His Agent and Close Friend Emery Reves
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Geschichte. [A History of the English-Speaking Peoples].
Bern, Switzerland: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1956-1958.
First Swiss editions of each of the four volumes of this set of Churchill’s classic history. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes, illustrated from maps and diagrams. Boldly signed in volume two by Winston Churchill on the the half -title page. From the library of Emery Reves. Reves contributed greatly to orienting the work toward a wider audience, and in whose home it was completed. Using his intimate knowledge of foreign markets, Reves was able to help adapt Churchill’s more anglophone conception for wider audiences. Churchill wrote of how, “[Reves] has had lengthy telephonings with French, German, Italian and Scandinavian publishers, showing…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 133321
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Signed by Both Francis Crick and James Watson
CRICK, Francis and Watson.
The Nature of Viruses: The Biophysics and Biochemistry of Viruses (CIBA Foundation Symposium).
London: J. & A. Churchill , 1957.
First edition of James Watson and Francis Crick’s Virus Structure. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both James Watson and Francis Crick. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 2040