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“I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck": Annie Dillard's Pilgrim At Tinker Creek; Signed by Her
DILLARD, Annie.
Pilgrim At Tinker Creek.
New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Annie Dillard on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Sheila Berger. Line drawing by Annie Dillard.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 134771
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“Any earner who earns more than he can spend is automatically an investor”: G.M. Loeb's the battle for investment survival; In the rare original dust jacket
LOEB, Gerald M.
The Battle For Investment Survival.
Boston: Barron's Publishing Company, Inc, 1952.
First printing of the second edition of Loeb's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine and rear panel. Rare and desirable in the original dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 108223
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"my friend, whose support and enthusiasm have been a great kick in the ass": First Edition of On Golden Pond; Warmly inscribed by Ernest Thompson to George Schaefer
THOMPSON, Ernest.
On Golden Pond.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication to director George Schaefer, "September 79 For George, my friend, whose support and enthusiasm have been a great kick in the ass. Love Ernest." The recipient, George Schaefer was an director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s. He was a close friend of the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Gaydos, based on a concept by Paul Tankersley.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 119372
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First Edition of The Music of Life; Inscribed by Denis Noble; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
NOBLE, Denis.
The Music of Life.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
First edition of this work by the award-winning physiologist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Hall with the compliments of the author, and in celebration of OE friendship June 2006 Denis Noble." Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brill. Jacket illustration by Hideharu Naito.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142042
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Apollo 14 Landing Site Oversized Photograph; Signed by Edgar Mitchell
MITCHELL, Edgar.
Edgar Mitchell Signed Apollo 14 Landing Site Oversized Photograph.
February 1971.
Poster-sized photograph of Edgar Mitchell standing on the lunar surface of the Fra Mauro formation, the future landing site of the Apollo 14 mission. Color photograph of Edgar Mitchell standing at the Apollo 14 landing site. Boldly signed in blue felt tip by Edgar Mitchell, "Edgar Mitchell Apollo 14 LPM Fra Mauro Base Feb 1971." In near fine condition. The piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145298
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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am": First Edition of Sylvia Plath's Classic The Bell Jar
PLATH, Sylvia.
The Bell Jar.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.
First edition of Sylvia Plath's only novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pen-and-ink drawings by Plath. Biographical note by Lois Ames. Near in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Amy Isbey Duevell.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145466
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Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Edward C. Prescott
STOKEY, Nancy L.; Robert E. Lucas with Edward C. Prescott.
Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Edward Prescott on the front free endpaper, "Yurjec and Huixin Economics is fun learning the language of economic theory is hard Best wishes, Edward C. Prescott 8 April 2010." In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132389
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First Printing of Cook's First Voyage as Chart of Part of the Coast of New South Wales, from Cape Tribulation to Endeavour Straits
COOK, James.
Carte d’une Partie de la Côte de la Nle. Galles Meridle…from: Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa majesté britannique, et successivement exécutés par le Commodore Byron, le Capitaine Carteret, le Capitaine Wallis & le Capitaine Cook, dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, le Swallow & l’Endeavour.
Paris: 1774.
First French printing of this well-known first map of the east coast of Australia. The map measures 13.25 inches by 12 inches. Matted. The entire piece measures 29 inches by 18 inches. One of the first detailed maps of this part of Australia's east coast and The Great Barrier Reef.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120762
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“We never know what’s in us till we stand by ourselves": The Works of George Meredith; finely bound by Maclehose
MEREDITH, George.
The Works of George Meredith.
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1897.
Finely bound set of the works of George Meredith. Octavo, 18 volumes bound by Maclehose in three quarters crushed morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt topstain, engraved frontispiece to each volume. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124159
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Rare Rudyard Kipling First Appearance Collection; including first appearances of The Burning of the Sarah Sands, An English School, and My Personal Experience With a Lion
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling First Appearance Collection: The Burning of the Sarah Sands, An English School, and My Personal Experience With a Lion.
Boston: The Youth's Companion, 1898.
Rare collection of Kipling first appearances including the first appearance of The Burning of the Sarah Sands, An English School, and My Personal Experience With a Lion. Quarto. Housed in a custom folder. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 123595
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First edition of Arnold Palmers Golf Book "Hit It Hard"; Signed by Him
PALMER, Arnold.
Arnold Palmer’s Golf Book “Hit It Hard!”
New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1961.
First edition of Arnold Palmer’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Arnold Palmer on the front free endpaper. Review copy with the slip to the front pastedown, near fine in the rare original dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 141521
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Rare finely bound 18th century Book of common prayer
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.
Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, 1771.
Rare 18th century Book of Common Prayer. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary calf tie gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruing and cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions. Desirable in a contemporary binding.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118145
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"The Only Lies For Which We Are Truly Punished Are Those We Tell Ourselves": First Edition Of In a Free State; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
In A Free State.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1971.
First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear. Jacket design by Sam Houston.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3701
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Signed Limited First Edition of William Styron's Classic The Confessions of Nat Turner
STYRON, William.
The Confessions of Nat Turner.
New York: Random House, 1967.
Signed limited first edition of Styron’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, one of only 500 signed examples. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142690
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First Edition of Amartya Sen's Classic Text On Economic Inequality; Signed by Him
SEN, Amartya.
On Economic Inequality.
London: Oxford University Press, 1973.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amartya Sen on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 13019