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First Edition of the Journal of the Eighteen Annual Session of the National Encampment; From the Library of General William Tecumseh Sherman
Journal of the Eighteenth Annual Session, of the National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic.
Philadelphia: Town Book and Job Printing House, 1884.
First edition of this record of post-war social meetings by members of the army; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Royal octavo, original morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the front panel. General Sherman and his son’s bookplates to the front pastedown, calling card of 12th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, Robert Burns Beath laid in. In very good condition with rubbing to the extremities. General Sheman’s library was inherited by Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he died. Eleanor was the granddaughter of General Sherman…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145743
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
WILDE, Oscar.
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. A Study of Duty.
[London]: Privately Printed, 1904.
First separate edition of Wilde's classic collection of of mystery tales; a pirated edition produced by Leonard Smithers. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, original wrappers bound in. One of 300 numbered copies, this is number 125. In fine condition. A very rare Wilde title.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140581
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First Edition of A Primer of Population Biology; Signed by Edward O. Wilson with a drawing of an ant
WILSON, Edward O. and William H. Bossert.
A Primer of Population Biology.
Stamford, CT: Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, 1971.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page with a drawing of an ant. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140992
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“Freedom is often the first casualty of war": First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The General in His Labyrinth
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
The General in His Labyrinth.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Signed limited first edition of this "fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man” (Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review). Octavo, bound in full leather. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One of 350 copies, this is number 44. Fine in a fine slipcase. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 130969
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"All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they took photographs": First Edition of Pale Fire
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Pale Fire.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.
First edition of this “witty, ironic and complex tour de force” (Hart, 521). Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133621
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WE SEVEN, SIGNED BY John Glenn and Scott Carpenter
CARPENTER, M. Scott; Cooper.
We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.
First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mercury Seven Astronauts on the front free endpaper, "Bob Best wishes- Scott Carpenter and John Glenn. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144379
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First Edition of A Century of Arts and Letters; Signed by All Eleven Contributors
AUCHINCLOSS, Louis; Beeson.
A Century of Arts and Letters.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work celebrating the history of the American Academy of Arts & Letters on its centenary. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed on the the title page by all eleven contributors. Preface and edited by John Updike. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145842
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“Couldn't something temporary be done with a teapot?”: First Edition of Dickens Dombey And Son
DICKENS, Charles.
Dombey and Son.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
First edition in of Dickens’ novel of “Pride,” with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 40 engraved plates including frontispiece and engraved title by H. K. Browne. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136227
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Rare Civil War Era Account Book and Letter Archive
Civil War Era Account Book and Letter Archive.
Rare Civil War era bookkeeper's log and letter archive primarily documenting claims for Civil War risk premiums in the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco. Laid in are over two dozen letters of correspondence between the the office of Glidden and Williams postdated between 1854 and 1882 and insurance documents including several petitions filed with the Court of Alabama. In very good condition. With the stamp of Aaron R. Gay, Stationer of No. 130 State Street, Boston Massachusetts.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 116855
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First Edition of The Price of Prosperity; Inscribed by Peter Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Peter. L.
The Price of Prosperity.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of the Wall Street legend's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Paul- Best wishes for much prosperity- Peter Bernstein." Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 511
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"To a truly great connoisseur In vino veritas": First Edition of Robert M. Parker's Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961; Warmly Inscribed by Him
PARKER, Robert M.; Drawings by Christopher Wormell.
Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
First edition of Robert M. Parker's first book and definitive classic in the field. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Don To a truly great connoisseur In vino veritas Robert M. Parker." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel and Scher. Jacket illustrations by Christopher Wormell.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147055
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"But no one was there to see it:" First Edition of The First Three Minutes; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Steven Weinberg
WEINBERG, Steven.
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe.
New York: Basic Books, 1979.
First edition, early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Steven Weinberg Oct 2000." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128101
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FIRST EDITION OF LIFETIMES UNDER APARTHEID; SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID GOLDBLATT AND NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR NADINE GORDIMER
GOLDBLATT, David & Nadine Gordimer.
Lifetimes Under Apartheid.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of the photographer's second collaboration with novelist Nadine Gordimer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by both Nadine Gordimer and David Goldblatt on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 131749
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First Edition of The War of The End of The World; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The War of The End of The World.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984.
First edition of this classic work Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Greg, this Brazilian adventure and my best wishes Mario Vargas Llosa Nov. 85." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, review copy with slip. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132567
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"There's no greater pleasure than to talk over the big things with a believer": First Edition of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination; Signed by Him
WILDER, Thornton.
Heaven’s My Destination.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.
First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 43869
