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"To Robertson Davies with warm regards from one of your devoted fans": Truman; Inscribed by David McCullough to fellow writer Robertson Davies
MCCULLOUGH, David.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Early printing of the historian's first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Robertson Davies, "To Robertson Davies with warm regards from one of your devoted fans David McCullough (by way of David Ken, who started me on the path with Fifth Business Martha's Vineyard 1993." Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 117749
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First edition of A Big Life in Advertising; inscribed by Mary Wells Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Mary Wells.
A Big Life in Advertising.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of the candid autobiography of one of the most influential figures in advertising history. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 36 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Paul - Thank you for you great and charming ... xxx Mary Wells Lawrence." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146772
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First Edition of Herbert Hoover's The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson; Inscribed by Him
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Hugh Kelly with the good wishes of Herbert Hoover." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by H. Lawrence Hoffman. First editions are uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138559
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First Edition of Diana Vreeland's Allure; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
VREELAND, Diana .
Allure.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980.
First edition of this classic work which features images such luminaries as Maria Callas, Gertrude Stein, and Marilyn Monroe shot by photographers such as Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, and Richard Avedon. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Lydia- I am so happy you like my book- So So much Love- Diana 1980." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Christopher Hemphill.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 139121
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"YES I LOVE YOU BUDDY": First Separate Edition OF ONE CHRISTMAS, SIGNED BY CAPOTE
CAPOTE, Truman.
One Christmas.
New York: Ladies' Home Journal, 1982.
First separate edition of this work by Capote, an offprint put out by the Ladies' Home Journal in advance of the story's appearance in the December 1982 issue. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Truman Capote on the front panel. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 109651
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“'You're the wrong person to be permitted to do it": Lederer and Burdick's The Ugly American; Lengthily Inscribed by both authors
LEDERER, William J. and Eugene Burdick.
The Ugly American.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1958.
First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed W.J. Lederer on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Alan Haemer.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 139901
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First Edition of Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay; Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom and Marc Norman.
Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay.
New York: Miramax, 1998.
First edition of the screenplay, which won Stoppard an Academy Award. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the half-title page. In fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140189
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First Edition of Frederick Buechner's The Book of Bebb; Signed by Him
BUECHNER, Frederick.
The Book of Bebb: Lion Country, Open Heart, Love Feast, Treasure Hunt.
New York: Atheneum, 1979.
First edition of the compilation of the four books that make up the Bebb Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Designed by Harry Ford.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133808
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Rare Signed Portrait of Canadian Golfer George Seymour Lyon; inscribed by him
LYON, George Seymour.
George Seymour Lyon Signed Portrait.
1931.
Rare half-tone portrait of Canadian golf legend George Lyon. Signed by Lyon, "Geo. S. Lyon." Period frame. The entire piece measures 8.25 inches by 5.75 inches. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 112303
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The Large Paper Edition of the novels of Tobias Smollett; Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press
SMOLLETT, Tobias.
The Novels of Tobias Smollett.
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1926.
The Large Paper edition of the novels of Tobias Smollett. Octavo, 8 volumes bound in three quarter morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, ribbons bound in, Illustrated with frontispieces and several inserted plates each with lettered tissue guard. In near fine condition. An attractive set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144984
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First Edition of Wole Soyinka's A Dance of the Forests; Signed by Him
SOYINKA, Wole.
A Dance of the Forests.
London: Oxford University Press, 1963.
First edition of Soyinka's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Wole Soyinka on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123932
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First Edition of Richard Posner's The Economics of Justice; Inscribed by Him
POSNER, Richard A.
The Economics of Justice.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981.
First edition of Posner's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Roger with all best wishes Dick Posner." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 85890
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First Edition of A Treasury of Great Recipes; Warmly Signed by Vincent Price
PRICE, Mary and Vincent.
A Treasury of Great Recipes.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965.
First edition of this classic cookbook, which gives a detailed portrait of world famous restaurants that includes menus, pictures and recipes. Folio, padded copper leatherette with gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial endpapers, silk bookmark. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the authors, "Bon Appetit Mary and Vincent Price." Edited by Darlene Geis. Recipes tested by Ann Seranne. Designed by Arthur Hawkins. Introduction by Cleveland Amory. In near fine condition, with the original acetate jacket. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140903
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"One of the best musicals of the century": Original tour program from the 1961 U.S. tour of My Fair Lady starring Ronald Drake and Caroline Dixon
LERNER, Alan Jay. Music by Frederick Loewe.
Original My Fair Lady Tour Program.
New York: Kal Efron, .
Original program from the 1961 U.S. tour of My Fair Lady starring Ronald Drake and Caroline Dixon. Quarto, illustrated with photographs. Signed and inscribed by Ronald Drake, Margaret Bannerman, Marie Paxton, Charles Vistory, Hugh Dempster, and Katharine Hynes. In very good condition. A unique example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 95285