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First edition of C. A. Bodelsen's Aspects of Kipling's Art
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Aspects of Kipling’s Art.
Manchester: University Press, 1964.
First edition of Bodelsen's homage to Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 135881
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Original Playbill of Fiddler on the Roof; Inscribed by Sheldon Harnick
STEIN, Joseph.
Fiddler on the Roof.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1964.
Original playbill of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the front panel, "For Peter: Sheldon Harnick 12/16/15." In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 112721
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of My 55 Ways to Lower Your Golf Score
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My 55 Ways To Lower Your Golf Score.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964.
First edition of the Golden Bear's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. With drawings by Francis Golden. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146713
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“You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of": First Edition, First Issue of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.
First edition, first issue with the six line colophon on the last page in the first-issue dust jacket, without the ISBN number on the rear panel. 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. Boldly signed and dated by the author on a page bound in, "Roald Dahl 1988." In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 147116
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"You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face": Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice
FLEMING, Ian .
You Only Live Twice.
London: The Book Club, 1964.
First book club edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming's lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 147129
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Rare original playbill from the September 25, 26 & 27 1964 performances of Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach's Orchestra at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco; signed by both Marlene Dietrich and Burt Bacharach
DIETRICH, Marlene and Burt Bacharach.
Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach’s Orchestra Featuring The Jacques Loussier Trio.
[San Francisco]: 1964.
Rare original playbill from the September 25, 26 & 27 1964 performances of Marlene Dietrich with Burt Bacharach's Orchestra at the Masonic Auditorium. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Marlene Deitrich and Burt Bacharach on the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140205
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First edition of Marshall Loeb and William Safire's Plunging into Politics; from the library of William Safire
LOEB, Marshall and William Safire.
Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate of the National, State, of Local Level.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1964.
First edition of Safire and Loeb's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt. Safire's copy with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128605
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's Seasons of Celebration: Meditations on the Cycle of Liturgical Feasts
MERTON, Thomas.
Seasons of Celebration: Meditations on the Cycle of Liturgical Feasts.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965.
First edition of this work by Merton. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 69959
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Rare First Edition of Over Sea, Under Stone; Signed by Susan Cooper
COOPER, Susan.
Over Sea, Under Stone.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Margery Gill. Boldly by Susan Cooper on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket, stamp to the copyright page. Jacket design by Margery Gill. First editions are rare, especially signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 145793
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“Across the yard, brilliant against the façade of pines beyond, a cardinal shot like a drop of blood": First Edition of Cormac McCarthy’s First Book The Orchard Keeper; Signed by the author
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
The Orchard Keeper.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of the author's rare first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear to the extremities, closed tear with archival tape repair. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 140633
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First Edition of John Milnor's From the Differentiable Viewpoint; Signed by Him
MILNOR, John W.
From the Differentiable Viewpoint.
Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1965.
First edition of this work by the famed mathematician. Octavo, original. Boldly signed by John Milnor on the title page. Based on notes by David W. Weaver. Fine in the original glassine jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 141351
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"The ship rushed on, nearer and nearer Earth": First Edition of Philip K. Dick's Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch; Signed by Him
DICK, Philip K.
Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1965.
First edition of Dick's classic novel, which was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip K. Dick. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Chibbaro. Exceptionally rare signed.
Price: $22,000.00 Item Number: 101458
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First British Edition of The Dog Years; Signed by Gunter Grass With a Large Drawing
GRASS, Gunter.
Dog Years.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965.
First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's third and final novel in his acclaimed Danzig Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by Gunter Grass with a large drawing of a chicken on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gunter Grass. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A unique signed example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145663
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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, Saul.
Herzog.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1965.
First British edition of the author's second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally S. from S. Bellow Best wishes Oct 10 '91 Chicago, Ill." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118261
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First Edition of A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House; Inscribed by Arthur Schlesinger
SCHLESINGER, Arthur M.
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy In the White House.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First edition of the historian's classic work on the Kennedy administration's first thousand days. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ben with regards Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144340
