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“Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration": First Edition of Izaak Walton's The Complete Angler
WALTON, Izaak and Charles Cotton.
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing.
London: Printed only for Thomas Hope; sold by him and Sackville Parker, Richard Matthews, and Samuel Trimmer, 1760.
First Hawkins edition of Walton's classic work. Octavo, original full speckled tan calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, black morocco spine label, engraved frontispiece, illustrated with fourteen engraved plates, seventeen in-text engravings of fish, and several engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a brown cloth clamshell with "Brooke Dolan 1940" stamped in gilt on front panel.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146335
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First edition of C.S. Lewis' Beyond the Bright Blur
LEWIS, C.S.
Beyond the Bright Blur.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World Inc, 1963.
First edition of this selection from Letters to Malcolm. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in the original rice paper jacket, which is in good condition. Rare.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 137526
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Thomas Leland's Translation of The Orations of Demosthenes; bound in full early 19th century calf
DEMOSTHENES. TRANSLATED BY THOMAS LELAND,.
The Orations of Demosthenes: Pronounced to Excite Athenians Against Philip, King of Macedon. Translated by Thomas Leland, D. D.
London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1806.
Finely bound example of Leland's translation of the Orations of Demosthenes. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, 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 marbled. In fine condition. Rare and desirable bound in early 19th century calf.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 123088
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First Edition of Robert Penn Warren's World Time and Enough; Inscribed by Him
WARREN, Robert Penn.
World Enough and Time.
New York: Random House, 1950.
First edition of this classic novel; one of the big sleepers in 20th century American fiction and the "richest of [Warren's] novels" (New York Herald Tribune). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Sutherland regards Robert Penn Warren." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jules Gottlieb. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142272
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"Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still": First Edition of Brief Interviews With Hideous Men; Signed by David Foster Wallace
FOSTER WALLACE, David.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1999.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original black boards. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124969
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"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear": First Edition of Rosa Parks' Quiet Strength; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa with Gregory J. Reed.
Quiet Strength.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994.
First edition of this work by Rosa Parks. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Rosa Parks opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 136722
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"one of the most significant works of religious English literature": John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which is to Come: Deliver’d under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discover’d The Manner of his Setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country.
London: William Pickering, 1849.
Rare large print Pickering edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed morocco by Tout Bindery with gilt titles and intricate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruled borders to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, original red silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of John Bunyan, illustrated with tissue-guarded engraved plates, headpiece and initial. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the extremities and a bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146466
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's La Mala Hora
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel .
La Mala Hora.
Madrid: Propiedad Literaria Reservada, 1962.
First edition of this work written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In very good condition with some light rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 48742
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"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies": First Edition of The Rabin Memoirs; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication to Lord Peart
RABIN, Yitzhak.
The Rabin Memoirs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1979.
First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with sixteen pages of photographs and five maps. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title in the year of publication, "To Lord Peart with great respect Y. Rabin 7.12.79." The recipient Fred Peart was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party. In 1976, Peart was created a life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal at a time when the Labour faction in the…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 118518
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Rare Original S. L. Kaye Sketch Portrait of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion; Signed by Him
KAYE, S. L.; [David Ben-Gurion].
David Ben-Gurion Signed S.L. Kaye Sketch.
1960.
Framed rare graphite artist’s sketches of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion by artist S. L. Kaye. Signed and dated by Ben-Gurion below the portrait, "D. Ben-Gurion 9. 3. 60." Additionally signed by the artist at the corner of his sketch. In fine condition. The piece measures 20.9 inches by 16.9 inches. A fine example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145560
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Rare Photograph Signed by Charles, Prince of Wales is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history, as well as the longest-serving Prince of Wales, having held that title since 1958. Born in Buckingham Palace in 1948 as the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer on July 29th, 1981 at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London; the ceremony reached a global television audience of over 750 million viewers. The royal couple had two sons, princes Harry and William who became second and third in the line of succession to the British throne.
CHARLES, Prince.
Prince Charles Signed Photograph.
1994.
Rare photograph of Prince Charles and his staff taken during the 1994 Royal Tour. Signed and dated by Prince Charles, "Charles 1994." One of eleven original photographs presented by Prince Charles to his staff, this photograph was given to Sergeant Ron Lewis who is standing in the center of the back row of the photograph. In fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 95805
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First Edition of As Ding Saw Hoover; Inscribed by both the Author and President Hoover
DARLING, Jay N. [Herbert Hoover].
As Ding Saw Hoover.
Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State College Press, 1954.
First edition of "Ding" Darling's editorial cartoons regarding President Hoover. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hoover on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne the good wishes of Herbert Hoover." Additionally inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To the Ken Brownes With warm appreciation of friendship and kindred association over many years to you and all those who like Hoover hold high respect for the responsibilities of good citizenship in practice as well as idealism. Sincerely Jay N. Darling Ding." Edited by John M. Henry. Introduction by W.W. Waymack. In near fine…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 102472
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"HERE IS WHAT ELOISE DOES IN PARIS: EVERYTHING. THE EFFECT IS RAWTHER EXTRAORDINAIRE": First Edition of Eloise in Paris; Signed by Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise in Paris.
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc, 1957.
First edition of the second book in Kay Thompson's cherished Eloise series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout by Hilary Knight. Signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper, "Hilary Knight and ME! ELOISE." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140791
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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.
New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2000.
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: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142139
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The Political Economy of James Buchanan; Inscribed by Buchanan to his Assistant
REISMAN, David (James M. Buchanan).
The Demand and Supply of Public Goods.
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1968.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication (with a two page inscription) on the front free endpaper and onto the verso, "Betty, This will have to substitute for a more formal dedication to you, which, as I said, should have been included here. This is because this book, more than any other stuff of mine, reflects the outcome of the efforts of so many around the center and, all of whom are and remain in a real sense (over) thanks for all that you have done through those "good" years, which like all good things must pass along, hopefully, to…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 44012