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"People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power": Signed Limited Edition Of President Clintons Autobiography My Life; In the Original Shrink Wrap
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson Clinton].
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Signed limited edition of President William Jefferson Clinton's Autobiography. Thick octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, original slipcase, illustrated. Fine in a fine slipcase. Signed by Bill Clinton, one of 1500 numbered examples. In the original shrink wrap.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 133520
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First Edition of Waterfront; Inscribed by Budd Schulberg to fellow writer R.P. Dickey
SCHULBERG, Budd.
Waterfront.
New York: Random House, 1955.
First edition of Schulberg's novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer R.P. Dickey on the front free endpaper, "For R.P. Dickey, Here it is at last! With my thanks for your patience, and interest in my work. Sincerely Budd Schulberg Sept. 1, 1983." Fine in a near fine dust jacket without the usual fade to the spine panel. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 138005
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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 Jack Kerouac's First Book The Town and the City
KEROUAC, Jack.
The Town and the City.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of Kerouac's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Leo Manso.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 138596
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First Edition of Alice's Restaurant Cookbook; Signed by Alice May Brock and Arlo Guthrie
BROCK, Alice May and Arlo Guthrie.
Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this classic cookbook. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with numerous pages of photographs. Signed by both Arlo Guthrie and Alice Brock on the title page with numbers on the title page. In good condition. Introduction by Arlo Guthrie. Rare and desirable signed by both Guthrie and Brock.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140091
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Rare autograph poem sent by William Cullen Bryant to his publisher George R. Graham
BRYANT, William Cullen.
William Cullen Bryant Autograph “The Voice of Autumn” Poem Signed.
November 21, 1853: .
Rare autograph poem in the hand of William Cullen Bryant sent by him to magazine publisher George R. Graham for inclusion in his literary periodical Graham's Magazine with the accompanying transmittal letter from Bryant to Graham. Quarto, two pages. Addressed to George R. Graham, the letter reads in part, "New York Monday Nov. 21, 1853 My dear Sir, I send you on the other leaf a poem for Graham's Magazine. I hope it will reach you for your purpose. I am Sir very truly yours W. C. Bryant." The first stanzas of the poem read, "The Voice of Autumn by…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142753
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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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Photograph of President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan; Signed by Them
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.
1987.
Signed photograph of President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan seated outside on a garden bench. Color satin-finish photograph of the Reagans seated outside on a garden bench, inscribed in black felt tip on the border, "To Joe McManno, Best wishes, Nancy & Ronald Reagan." In near fine condition with a couple of light creases to the border. The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 145403
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First edition of Charles Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
DICKENS. CHARLES,.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf, morocco spine label, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens after the painting by David Maclise, illustrated with 39 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 120414
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"I dwell in a lonely house I know, that vanished many summer ago": Robert Frost's A Boy's Will; signed and dated by him
FROST, Robert.
A Boy’s Will.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1934.
Second American edition of Frost's first published work. Octavo, original beige linen cloth, engraved title page. Signed and dated by the poet on the title page, "Robert Frost February 25 1936." In very good condition. Small ownership name.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 130124
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"Enter the wild wood and view the haunts of nature": William Cullen Bryant's A Forest Hymn bound with In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting
BRYANT, William Cullen.
A Forest Hymn [Bound with] In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck. [Fore-edge Painting].
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1860-1862.
Finely bound collection of two classic American poems; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting. Quarto, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous engravings by John A. Nums and John A. Hows, all edges gilt with a concealed double fore-edge painting which reveals a hunting scene and a scene of figure skaters. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139346
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"AN EXTRAORDINARY WRITER—A TRUE AND ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL AMERICAN VOICE": PRESENTATION FIRST EDITIONS OF ALL THREE NOVELS IN RAYMOND ANDREWS' AWARD-WINNING MUSKHOGEAN TRILOGY; VOLUMES 1 and 2 INSCRIBED BY HIM TO FELLOW WRITER BILL STARR
ANDREWS, Raymond.
Appalachee Red. Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee. Baby Sweet’s [The Muskhogean Trilogy].
New York: The Dial Press, 1978, 1980, 1983.
First edition of each novel in Raymond Andrews' famed yet elusive Muskhogean Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, original half cloth, illustrations by Benny Andrews. Association copies, inscribed by the author in both volumes one and two to fellow author Bill Starr. Appalachee Red inscribed as follows, "For BILL, A pleasure having met you, Ray Andrews 9-24-88." Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee inscribed as follows, "BILL, Thanks very much for the great reviews, All the Best Always Ray Andrews 9-24-88." The recipient Bill Starr was an author and reviewer, who advanced Southern Literature, first as Book Review Editor for The State in Columbia, South…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 122389
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“To show his nervousness was not shameful; only to admit it": FIRST EDITION OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON; FINELY BOUND
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Death in the Afternoon.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
First edition of early work on bullfighting. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, blind ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Ernest Hemingway to the front panel, frontispiece by Juan Gris, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 122893
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First Edition of Malthus' The Principles of Political Economy
MALTHUS, Thomas Robert [T.R.].
Principles of Political Economy Considered with a View to Their Practical Application.
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821.
First American edition of this landmark work in political economy. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, black leather morocco spine label. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 23029
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Autograph military appointment signed by both former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy
MUSSOLINI, Benito .
Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III Autograph Document Signed.
1926.
Autograph military appointment signed by both former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy from 1926. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 131501