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Andy Warhol's Interview (Box/Suitcase)
WARHOL, Andy.
Andy Warhol’s Interview (Box/Suitcase).
Steidl Verlag, 2004.
Complete portfolio of magazines plus wooden suitcase in the original shipping box, one of only 2000 examples. Book 1: The Covers. A facsimile reproduction of every cover from Interview's first decade; metallic cloth hardcover / 160 pages / color printing. Book 2: The Pictures. A selection of Interview photo-shoots from the first decade; printed fabric hardcover / 192 pages / tritone and color printing. Book 3: The Interviews. A selection of Q&As from the first decade; plastic-bound hardcover / 400 pages / Audio CD. Book 4: The Andy Warhol Interviews. A selection of interviews conducted by Warhol, with an introduction…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144220
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First Edition of V.S. Naipaul's The Middle Passage: The Caribbean; Revisited; Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1962.
First edition of this travel work, “which belongs in the same category as Lawrence’s books on Italy, Greene’s on West Africa and Pritchett’s on Spain” (New Statesman). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Name on the front free endpaper and stamp on the half-title page, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Belcher.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 75489
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"Extremely secret forbidden tax and customs anti-spy...": Rare Japanese Spy Manual
Japanese Spy Manual.
Wuhan: c.1940s-1950s.
Rare Japanese spy manual. Octavo, original wrappers printed in black and red, illustrated with photos of spy gadgets and techniques to hide them on one's person or search for them on a suspected spy. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145396
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Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's influential work of zoology: The History of Animals
ARISTOTLE. TRANSLATED BY THEODORO GAZA,.
Aristotelis De Historia Animalium Libri. IX. [Bound with] De Partibus Animalium, & Earu Causis, Libri IIII; De Generatione Animalium Libri V; Hoc Volumine Continentur.
Parisiis: Ex officina Prigentii Caluarini ad Geminas Cyppas in Clauso Brunello, 1542.
Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. Octavo, bound in full polished calf, engraved title pages. Rebacked. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133014
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock in the rare original cloth
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes, original blindstamped pictorial cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 99753
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First Edition of Faulkner's Pylon; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Pylon.
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, 1935.
First edition of Faulkner's explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96589
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First Edition of The Prohibition Mania; Inscribed by Clarence Darrow
DARROW, Clarence and Victor S. Yarros.
The Prohibition Mania: A Reply to Professor Irving Fisher and Others
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
First edition of Darrow and Yarros' forceful answer to economist Irving Fisher's defense of Prohibition. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Inscribed to S.D. Green with the regards of Clarence Darrow Nov. 20th 1927." In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 100936
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Rare first edition, first issue of Lord Byron's The Giaour bound in contemporary calf with a rare first edition, first issue of The Corsair
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
The Giaour, A Fragment of a Turkish Tale; The Bride of Abydos; The Corsair.
London: John Murray, 1813.
First trade edition, first issue of Byron's The Giaour; bound with a second edition of The Bride of Abydos and a rare first edition, first issue of The Corsair. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable bound in contemporary calf and with two rare first issues.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120498
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First Edition of Edward Steichen's Family of Man; Inscribed by Him
STEICHEN, Edward.
The Family of Man.
New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1955.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Mrs. Sheppard with all good wishes Edward Steichen." In near fine condition. Prologue written by Steichen’s brother-in-law, Carl Sandburg. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 126767
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Rare first separate edition of Holbrook Working's New Concepts Concerning Futures Markets and Prices
WORKING, Holbrook.
New Concepts Concerning Futures Markets and Prices.
Stanford, California: Stanford University Food Research Institute Papers, June 1962.
Rare first separate edition of Working's notable treatise on futures markets. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 126437
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First Edition of Dee Brown's Bury My heart at Wounded Knee; Inscribed by Him
BROWN, Dee.
Bury My heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West.
New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 49 black and white reproductions of photographic portraits of Native Americans. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For R.B. Downs- my Super Chief for 23 pleasant years. And may our "book exchanges" continue for at least another 23! Sincerely, D.A. Brown." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Winston Potter. Signed first editions are decidedly scarce.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 127933
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Rare 18th century printing of the Roman Missal; elaborately bound in full gilt calf with two full page engravings of the Annunciation and Crucifixion and numerous pages of printed sheet music
Missale Romanum, ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum S.PIIV. Pontificis Maximi Jussu Editum: Clementis VII. Et Urbani PP. VII.
Augsburg: Philippi Jacobi Veith, 1739.
Rare 18th century printing of the Roman Missal. Folio, bound in full contemporary black morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in seven compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, brass edges and engraved clasps, gauffered edges, marbled pastedowns and green, blue, and purple silk ribbons laid in. Illustrated with numerous full page engravings including title page vignette, full page engravings of the Annunciation and Crucifixion, headpieces, tailpieces, woodcut initials, text in two columns in black and red ink, printed sheet music and lyrics, index. In very good condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 103526
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"God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better": First Edition of Just As I Am; Inscribed by Billy Graham to Bob and Delores Hope
GRAHAM, Billy.
Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1997.
First edition of Billy Graham's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to Bob Hope and his wife Dolores, "To my dear friends Bob and Dolores God bless you always Billy Graham." Though this copy is personally signed and inscribed by Graham, attached to the front end page is a tipped-in note with the author's apologies for being unable to personally sign books due to his Parkinson's Disease. Rare personally signed and a wonderful association copy. From the library of Bob and Dolores Hope. Accompanied by a signed letter from Linda…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 2998
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"Everything was such a damned nice idea when it was an idea": First Edition of Northern Lights; Signed by Tim OBrien
O'BRIEN, Tim.
Northern Lights.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1975.
First edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page as follows, "Peace Tim O’Brien "I guess we’re really brothers, aren’t we? Don’t know what that means, except it means that some of the same things we remember." Near fine a near fine dust jacket with a single small closed tear. Jacket design by Bob Antler.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 940
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"Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write": First Edition of What is considered Ruth Rendells Greatest Works A Judgement in Stone; Signed by her
RENDELL, Ruth.
A Judgement in Stone.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ruth Rendell on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 44083