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Appointment Authorization Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Document.
City of Washington: 1907.
Document signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President. One page, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, embossed with the gold Postal Service "Pony Express" seal, the document is dated March 29, 1907, and appoints William J. Lachner as Postmaster at Baker City, Oregon. Signed at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt, and countersigned by George B. Cortelyou as Postmaster General. Gold foil seal remains affixed. The printed document reads in full: To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the Intelligence, Diligence and Discretion of William J. Lachner, I have Nominated, and, by…
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 146791
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"Life is too much for me! I’ll be a weak fool looking with pity at the two sides of everything till the day I die!": First Edition of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
O'NEILL, Eugene.
The Iceman Cometh.
New York: Random House, 1946.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright's masterpiece. 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. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 143667
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“You could find beauty nearly anywhere if you stopped to look for it": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S CAREER OF EVIL; SIGNED BY J.K. ROWLING
GALBRAITH, Robert.
Career of Evil.
London: Sphere, 2015.
First edition of the third novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rowling on the title page “Robert Galbraith” and with Rowling’s hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nico Taylor.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 127383
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“But legends are part of great events, and if they help keep alive the memory of gallant self-sacrifice, they serve their purpose": Walter Lord's A Night To Remember; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
LORD, Walter.
A Night To Remember.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955.
First edition of this classic work, which mainly served as the basis for the 1997 film Titanic. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated, 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. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 143668
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Rare original photograph inscribed by both Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson
TRUMAN, Harry S. and Adlai Stevenson.
Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of American statesmen Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson. Inscribed by Harry Truman, "Kind regards to Ken Browne, Harry Truman" and by Stevenson, "For Ken Browne with best wishes Adlai S. Stevenson." Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 99835
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“IT IS THE CONSTANT AND UNDYING HOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT MAKES GOLF SO EXQUISITELYWORTH PLAYING”: First Edition of Bernard Darwin's Green Memories
DARWIN, Bernard.
Green Memories.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928.
First edition of the first volume of the author's autobiographical trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece portrait of the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of Albert W. Tillinghast, with his handwritten inventory card laid in. Murdoch 184; D&M 14090; D&J D5290.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 108739
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"the greatest musical figure who has lived in this century": Richard Strauss Signed Program
STRAUSS, Richard.
Richard Strauss Signed Program.
1925.
Richard Strauss signed program. The program was for a concert by the Dusseldorf City Orchestra and Richard Strauss, held April 30, 1925. The program measures 6.5 inches by 8.75 inches. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph of Strauss. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 65034
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock. With Illustrations By George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41.
First edition. Octavo, three volumes, contemporary half morocco, gilt titles to the spine. Three frontispieces and numerous woodcut illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne and decorated initials in the text. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 27006
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"This is one of those books which makes a permanent difference to ones view of the world": First Edition of Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
THESIGER, Wilfred.
Arabian Sands.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1959.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated, map in the inside pocket, 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 presentation.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 144385
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FIRST EDITIONS OF STIEG LARSSONS MILLENNIUM TRILOGY
LARSSON, Stieg; Translated by Reg Keeland.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played with Fire; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.
London: Maclehose Press, 2008-2009.
First editions in English of each volume of Stieg Larrson’s Millennium trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original boards. Each volume is fine in fine dust jackets.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 101928
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“One is always at home in one's past": Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Speak, Memory.
London: Victor Gollanz, 1951.
First edition of Nabokov's classic autobiography. 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: $1,400.00 Item Number: 142297
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"I was shocked with the sudden certainty which could not be mistaken - his countenance in a few minutes became nearly black": Rare first edition, first issue of Lord Byron's Mazeppa
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
Mazeppa. A Poem.
London: John Murray, 1819.
First edition, first issue, of Byron's heroic poem with imprint on p. 70, leaf of advertisements and the 8 page catalogue dated July, 1819. Half title present. Octavo, original wrappers.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 120608
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"Let us love without hate among those who hate"; First Edition of The Front Runner; Warmly Inscribed by Patricia Nell Warren
WARREN, Patricia Nell.
The Front Runner.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the first contemporary gay novel to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John- Let us love without hate among those who hate. Love Patricia Nell Warren." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Tinker.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 129832
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First Edition of Lynne Reid Banks' The Indian In The Cupboard; Signed by her and illustrator Brock Cole
BANKS, Lynne Reid; Illustrated by Brock Cole.
The Indian In The Cupboard.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1980.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Brock Cole. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Andrew - Best wishes, Lynne Reid Banks Dorset, UK Sept. 2008." Additionally signed by the illustrator Brock Cole on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Robert Sabin. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by both Banks and Cole.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 121662
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Eighteenth century example of Milton's masterpiece, Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books and Paradise Regain'd. To which is added Samson Agonistes: And Poems upon Several Occasions; Finely Bound
MILTON, John with Notes by Thomas Newton.
Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books and Paradise Regain’d. To which is added Samson Agonistes: And Poems upon Several Occasions.
London: Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington et al, 1790.
Eighteenth century example of Milton's masterpiece, Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books and Paradise Regain'd. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in full contemporary tree calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine red morocco spine labels, gilt ruled, marbled endpapers, ribbons bound in, all edges speckled brown, engraved frontispiece to two volumes. In near fine condition. A desirable example.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 95361