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Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
RAND, Ayn.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943.
Early printing of Rand’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in near fine bright dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 124914
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“The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm is one of the most inveterate of human instincts”: First Edition of one of the classic works on Interior Design The Decoration of Houses
WHARTON, Edith & Ogden Codman Jr.
The Decoration of Houses.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
First edition of Edith Wharton's first published book. Quarto, original marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 56 plates. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124586
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“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it": First Edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat; Signed by Oliver Sacks
SACKS, Oliver.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales.
New York: Summit Books, 1985.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Roger, With kind regars Oliver Sacks 1/15." Fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130831
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First Edition of Black and Conservative: The Autobiography of George S. Schuyler; Inscribed by Him
SCHUYLER, George S.
Black and Conservative: The Autobiography of George S. Schuyler.
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1966.
First edition of this work by the Harlem renaissance writer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Richard Beam from George S. Schuyler 2/17/69." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 124598
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller's Ideas and Integrities, a Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure; Inscribed by Him to his Niece
FULLER, Buckminster.
Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.
First edition of this work by Fuller. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed "To Brooke, with great love, Bucky 3/30/80." The recipient, Brooke Maxwell, along with one of Fuller's other nieces Sarah Abbot, was one of Fuller's key assistants on his Synergetics Project. Edited by Robert W. Marks. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. A fine association.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124570
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First Edition of Don Winslow's acclaimed The Power of the Dog; Signed by Him
WINSLOW, Don.
The Power of the Dog.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 2005.
First edition of the first novel in Winslow's acclaimed The Power of the Dog trilogy. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Don Winslow in the year of publication on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124988
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FIRST EDITION OF MARK TWAIN'S ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel Clemens].
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition, first issue of Mark Twain’s masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated green cloth, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. With all of the agreed upon first issue points for the clothbound book: page 9 with “Decided” remaining uncorrected (to “Decides”); page 13, illustration captioned “Him and another Man” listed as on page 88; page 57, 11th line from bottom reads “with the was,” instead of “with the saw”. Other points of bibliographical interest included in this copy are the frontispiece portrait with the tablecloth under the bust, bearing the Heliotype Printing Co. imprint; copyright page dated 1884; page…
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 123228
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First Modern Library Edition of Lillian Hellman's Four Plays; Warmly Inscribed by Her
HELLMAN, Lillian.
Four Plays [Days to Come, The Children’s Hour, The Little Foxes, Watch on the Rhine].
New York: The Modern Library, 1942.
First Modern Library edition of Hellman's classic plays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Mr Tisdall with warmest regards Lillian Hellman Nov 1960." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 124599
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“All is vanity, nothing is fair": The Biographical Edition of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
THACKERAY, William.
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. [Including The History of Henry Esmond, Vanity Fair, Pendennis, The Newcomes, and The Virginians].
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1900-1902.
The Biographical edition of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Octavo, thirteen volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Maclehose with gilt titles and ruling to the spines in six compartments within raised gilt bands, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 126381
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Duluth; Inscribed by Him to his sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Duluth.
New York : Random House, 1983.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Kit - all love - Gore Vidal." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Jacket art by Carol Wald. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126272
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"So that, in learning the truth I drew from the gospel, I was not only no alone, but was with all the best men of the past and present": First American edition of Leo Tolstoy's The Christian Teaching
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Christian Teaching.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1898.
First American edition of Tolstoy's work the history and influence of Christianity, inspired by his own spiritual awakening. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt. Translated by Vladimir Tchertkoff. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124255
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Rare First Edition of Charlotte Perkins Stetson's masterpiece of feminist theory Women and Economics
STETSON, Charlotte Perkins [Charlotte Perkins Gilman].
Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with some rubbing to the front panel. First editions are scarce, especially in the original cloth.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 124359
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"one of the most important Scottish novels of the 20th century" The Quairs Trilogy; Each Inscribed by Him to George Malcolm Thomson
GIBBON, Lewis Grassic [James Leslie Mitchell].
A Scots Quair Trilogy. Including: Sunset Song, Cloud Howe, and Grey Granite.
London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1932-1934.
First editions of each volume of Gibbon's classic trilogy describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north-east of Scotland during the early 20th century, each volume inscribed by him to George Malcolm Thomson. Octavo, original cloth, 3 volumes. Sunset Song is inscribed on the title page, "For G. Malcolm Thomson, L. Grassic Gibbon." Cloud Howe is the dedication copy, inscribed on the title page, "For the 'dedicatee' with kind regards. L. Grassic Gibbon." Grey Granite is inscribed on the title page, "For George Malcolm Thomson with good wishes L. Grassic Gibbon." Each are in very good condition.…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 124744