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First edition of Daphne du Maurier's The Scapegoat; finely bound
DU MAURIER, Daphne.
The Scapegoat.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1957.
First edition of du Maurier's classic work, adapted into the 1959 film of the same name starring Sir Alec Guinness. Octavo, bound in full morocco to mimic a gentleman’s coat with five buttons. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132445
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Rare original carte-de-visite of Harriet Beecher Stowe; with a notecard inscribed by her
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Carte-de-Visite and Signed Card.
New York: E & H.T. Anthony, .
Rare original carte-de-visite of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, accompanied by a small notecard inscribed by her, "Truly yours HB Stowe." In near fine condition. The carte-de-visite measures 4 inches by 2.5 inches. The note measures 3.25 inches by 1.75 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 131409
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Rare postcard signed by great spy novelist John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John. [David Cornwell].
John le Carre Signed Postcard.
Wien: Boomerang Cards, .
Austrian postcard signed by great spy novelist John le Carre. Featuring a black and white photograph of Le Carre, the postcard measures 5.75 by 4 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131490
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First Edition of A Song Flung Up to Heaven; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya.
A Song Flung Up To Heaven.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by Maya Angelou. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 3251
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First edition of Hamilton Basso's Sun in Capricorn; inscribed by him to fellow writer Norman Maclean
BASSO, Hamilton [Norman Maclean].
Sun in Capricorn.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942.
First edition of Basso's classic Southern novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Norman MaClean - Who can probably find in some of the details - with best wishes of Hamilton Basso Oct. 25, 1942." The recipient, fellow American author Norman Maclean is best known for his classic 1976 novel A River Runs Through It. In very good condition. Exceedingly rare; scarce signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 132988
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First edition of G. F. Monksood's Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work
MONKSHOOD, G. F. and George Gamble.
Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work. An Attempt at Appreciation.
London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1902.
Third and enlarged edition of Monkshood's homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 135217
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“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate": Rare First Edition of Forster's A Passage to India
FORSTER, E.M.
A Passage To India.
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1924.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by E.M. Forster on the title page. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed trade editions are exceptionally scarce.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 131879
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First edition of G. C. Beresford's Schooldays With Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Schooldays With Kipling.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936.
First edition of Beresford's homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $15.00 Item Number: 135197
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“All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings": First Edition of H.G. Wells The Invisible Man
WELLS, H.G.
The Invisible Man.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.
First edition, first issue, with the title page printed in orange and black and pages 247 and 248 being publisher's ads. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 131733
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Limits and Renewals; in the rare original dust jacket
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Limits and Renewals.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.
First edition of this fine collection of fourteen short stories. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with central gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 135404
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First edition of Sir George MacMunn's Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman
MACMUNN, George. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman.
London: Robert Hale & Company, 1937.
First edition of MacMunn's homage to Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 135157
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First edition of Louis L. Cornell's Kipling In India
CORNELL, Louis L. [Rudyard Kipling].
Kipling In India.
London: Macmillan, 1966.
First edition of Cornell's study of Kipling's apprenticeship in India. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 135841
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First edition of Nora Ephron's I Remember Nothing; inscribed by her
EPHRON, Nora.
I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
First edition of Ephron's edgy collection of short observational stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Bill Zwecks With best wishes and thanks Nora. Nora Ephron 9-16-11." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Abby Weintraub. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132355
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Rare Limited Édition Artistique Edition of the selected works of the great authors; one of only 75 sets produced
BOURGET, Paul; Gustave Flaubert; Theophile Gautier; Longus; Paul de Musset; William Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet; Anthony and Cleopatra; King Candaules; A Night of Cleopatra; Jean and Jeannette; Daphnis and Chloe; Heródias; A Simple Heart; Pastels; The Last Abbé.
Société des Beaux Arts: Paris, n.d .
The Édition Artistique of the selected works of Flaubert, Shakespeare, Gautier, Musset and Longus. Quarto, 10 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling embellished with botanical decorations with white, red and violet morocco onlays, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, full morocco doublures, silk-watered endleaves, top edge gilt others untrimmed, with illustrations by J. Wagrez, Louis Titz, Emile Adan, Georges Rochegrosse, Paul Avril and others. Prefaces by Anatole France and Leo Claretie. One of 75 numbered copies produced for England and America, this is number…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 132844
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Exceedingly rare first edition of American Suffragette Gertrude Baillie-Weaver's Daughter of Music
COLMORE, G. [Gertrude Baillie-Weaver].
A Daughter of Music.
London: William Heinemann, 1894.
First edition of the famed suffragette's sensational novel. Octavo, three volumes, original pictorial cloth, half-titles, vol. 1 with 20 pages of advertisements dated March 1894. In very good condition. Scarce, with no other copies traced in auction records.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 132981
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Signed Christmas Cards from Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela and F. W. De Klerk
MANDELA, Nelson and F.W. de Klerk.
Nelson Mandela and F. W. De Klerk Signed Christmas Cards.
Rare original Nelson Mandela and F. W. De Klerk Christmas cards, boldly signed by each. The signed card from Mandela showing children playing in the snow, signed inside in black ballpoint, "N. Mandela, 10.12.97", which measures 7.75 inches by 5.25 inches and a Christmas card of de Klerk and his wife Elita, signed, "F. W. de Klerk" and measures 6 inches by 6 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131394