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"The search of your life is the search for your life": First Edition of Erwin McManus' Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit; Inscribed by Him
MCMANUS, Erwin Raphael.
Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit.
Nashville : Nelson Books, 2008.
Early printing of this early work by McManus. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dan- Live your story Leave a mark! Erwin McManus." In very good condition with some highlighting. Cover design by Joby Harris.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 136213
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"I am the Wild West, no show about it. I was one of the people who kept it wild": First Edition of Buffalo Girls; Signed by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
MCMURTRY, Larry.
Buffalo Girls.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry on the title page and the dedicatee "Best wishes Diana Ossana" on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Wendell Minor. Uncommon signed by both McMurtry and Ossana.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146185
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"DRIVING BACKWARD DOWN THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE": CADILLAC JACK, SIGNED BY LARRY MCMURTRY
MCMURTRY, Larry.
Cadillac Jack.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1982.
First edition of "the best novel Larry McMurtry ever wrote." Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Corsillo. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147139
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First Edition of McMurtry and Ossana's Pretty Boy Floyd; Signed by McMurtry
MCMURTRY, Larry and Diana Ossana.
Pretty Boy Floyd.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
First edition of McMurtry and Ossana's first collaborative novel, a semi-fictional biography of American bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Larry McMurtry on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 95120
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First edition of Hokum: A Play in Three Acts; one of 73 copies hors-commerce
MCNEIL, Morris [Morris S. Musselman] and apparently Ernest Hemingway.
Hokum: A Play in Three Acts.
Wellesley Hills: The Sans Souci Press, 1978.
First edition, first printing of what is rumored to be Hemingway's first book, from the original typescript dated 1921 (which precedes the publication of Three Stories and Ten Poems in 1923) and published for the first time in 1978. Octavo, original off-white buckram, antique green endpapers, title page in green and black. One of 73 copies hors-commerce numbered 1-73, this is number 24. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in the original antique green slipcase which is in fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 120983
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First Edition of Giving Good Weight; Inscribed by John McPhee
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Len Byrd all best John." Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 2133
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First Edition of John McPhee's The Deltoid Seed; Inscribed by Him
MCPHEE, John.
The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author, "For Mike Hutcheson many thanks and all the best John McPhee Bradford 1/23/89." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 2544
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First Edition of John McPhee’s First Book A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton’s Bill Bradley; Warmly Inscribed by Him In the Year of Publication
MCPHEE, John.
A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton’s Bill Bradley.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "For Hazel and Louis Landa I can hear you saying to one another: "Has he some quelque chose of his own upon the anvil?" "I expect it from him since poor Bradley helped to make him rich." With much affection, John McPhee December 25, 1965." Louis Landa was a close colleague of McPhee’s at Princeton, where he taught English and was also an authority on Jonathan Swift. Some sunning to the spine cloth, near fine in a bright near fine…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 3974
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First Edition of John McPhee's Annals of the Former World
MCPHEE, John.
Annals of the Former World.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, Original black cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Maps by Allan Cartography. Endpapers designed by Tom Funk. Jacket art by John Clerk.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 145124
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First Edition of Giving Good Weight; Signed by John McPhee
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145881
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First Edition of Wimbledon: A Celebration; Signed by John McPhee, Rod Laver, Rafael Nadal, Stan Smith, John Newcombe, John Isner, Bud Collins and Lleyton Hewitt
MCPHEE, John; Photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Wimbledon: A Celebration.
New York: The Viking Press, 1972.
First edition of this work on Wimbledon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed on the title page by John McPhee and additionally by Rod Laver and Rafael Nadal. Signed on the front free endpaper by Stan Smith, John Newcombe, John Isner and inscribed by Bud Collins. Signed by Lleyton Hewitt on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 100052
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First Edition of James M. McPherson's Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction; Inscribed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
First edition of this classic work, now in its fourth edition. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 71 photographs and 37 maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "To Rebecca and Clarke Sherman Best wishes from James McPherson March 28, 1991." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by James M. Wall.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137392
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First Edition of James McPherson's The Negro's Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union; Inscribed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
The Negro’s Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1965.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author regarding the perspective of African Americans during The Civil War; how they felt, and how they played an important role, military and political, in helping the North win the war. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Wendell Morris Regards by James McPherson." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137542
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First Edition of James McPherson's The Struggle for Equality; Signed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James McPherson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137871
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"We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave, Shouting the battle cry of freedom!": James McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
First edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Phoebe Roberts Congratulations on your award, from a fellow lover of books James McPherson Princeton February 28, 1989." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136611
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First Edition of the Easton Press Edition of The Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era; Signed by James McPherson in Each Volume
MCPHERSON, James M.
The Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1988.
First Easton Press edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in to each volume. Boldly signed by James McPherson in each volume on the half-title page. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146592