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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Dean's December; Inscribed by Him to his Canadian Publisher
BELLOW, Saul.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For David Kent Saul Bellow." The recipient David Kent was Saul Bellow's Canadian publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An excellent association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122663
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Limited large paper edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Five Nations; one of only 200 copies printed on handmade paper
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Five Nations.
London: Methuen and Co, 1903.
Large paper edition of Kipling's notable poetry collection. Large octavo, original quarter parchment over paper-covered boards. One of 200 copies on handmade paper. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 120150
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"Well until tomorrow then, my dearest, until tomorrow, goodbye": First Edition of Life in the Tomb; Lenthily Inscribed by Translator Peter Bien
MYRIVILIS, Stratis.
Life in the Tomb.
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1977.
First edition in English of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator on the half-title page, "To A. Roger Well until tomorrow then, my dearest, until tomorrow, goodbye. Peter Bien Riparius, NY Sept. 11, 2020." In very good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 124581
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Rudyard Kipling's The Day's Work
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Day’s Work.
Toronto: George N. Morang, 1898.
Rare unauthorized Canadian edition of this collection of 13 Kipling short stories mainly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Octavo, original wrappers. According to Stuart, this unauthorized Canadian edition was printed from the same plates as the American edition published by Grosset and Dunlap, and so this edition precedes both the first British and first Canadian trade edition (Stuart, 179). In very good condition. Housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119005
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"Behold me pitched neck-and-crop from twenty days of the high seas into the whirl of California, deprived of any guidance and left to draw my own conclusions": Rudyard Kipling's American Notes
KIPLING, Rudyard.
American Notes. With Introduction.
Boston: Brown and Company, 1899.
Rare unauthorized edition of this collection of 7 essays written after Kipling's first visit to America which first appeared in 1891. Octavo, original publisher's decorated blue cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Kipling. Introduction by G. P. T. In fine condition. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 120954
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"Nicholas Tarvin sat in the moonlight on the unrailed bridge that crossed the irrigating ditch above Topaz, dangling his feet over the stream": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Naulahka
KIPLING, Rudyard with Wolcott Balestier.
The Naulahka: A Story of West and East.
London: William Heinemann, 1892.
First British edition of Kipling's ambitious narrative. Octavo, original publisher's decorative cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 120549
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Rare First Neely's Booklet Library edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Drums of The Fore and Aft
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Drums of The Fore and Aft.
London : F. Tennyson Neely, 1899.
First Neely's Booklet Library edition of Kipling's classic military tale. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 120480
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's With Number Three, Surgical & Medical and New Poems
KIPLING, Rudyard.
With Number Three, Surgical & Medical and New Poems. Also Letters from Julian Ralph, Charles E. Hands and Douglas Story.
Santiago: Hume & Co, 1900.
First edition of this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems and two articles. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120640
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"First to follow truth and last to leave old truths behind, France beloved of every soul that loves its fellow-kind": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's France At War On The Frontier Of Civilization
KIPLING, Rudyard.
France At War. On The Frontier Of Civilization.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915.
First American edition of Kipling's second collection of military poems and short stories. Octavo, original boards with paper spine label and large paper label to the front panel decorated with the British Admiralty and French Flags. In fine condition. Small bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 120244
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"When the water's countenance blurs 'twixt glance and second glance... hear the Channel Fleet at sea, Libera nos domine!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Traffics and Discoveries
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Traffics and Discoveries.
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1904.
First American edition of this collection of twenty-four poems and short stories. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 120541
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First Edition of Veronica Mole and Dave Elliott's Enterprising Innovation: An Alternative Approach
MOLE, Veronica and Dave Elliott.
Enterprising Innovation: An Alternative Approach.
London: Frances Pinter, 1987.
First edition of the scholars' work on the implications of technological innovations. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 128263
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"The sole revenge that maturity can take upon youth for the sin of being young is to preach to it": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.
First English edition of Kipling's October 1923 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 123116
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"Hans Breitmann gife a barty; Dey had biano-blayin, Ifelled in lofe mit a Meixcan frau, Her name vas Maidilda Yane": Charles G. Leland's The Breitmann Ballads
LELAND, Charles G.
The Breitmann Ballads.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1902.
Early printing of Leland's classic collection of poems, including several of Rudyard Kipling's personal favorites. 12mo, original cloth, top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 123543
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Gift From the Sea; Signed By both Anne Morrow and Charles Lindbergh
LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow.
Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.
New York: Pantheon, 1955.
First edition, early printing of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Signed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the title page. Additionally inscribed by Charles Lindbergh on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. J.F.T. Crawford With appreciation and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrations by George W. Thompson. Rare and desirable signed by both.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 120706
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"I was shocked with the sudden certainty which could not be mistaken - his countenance in a few minutes became nearly black": Rare first edition, first issue of Lord Byron's Mazeppa
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
Mazeppa. A Poem.
London: John Murray, 1819.
First edition, first issue, of Byron's heroic poem with imprint on p. 70, leaf of advertisements and the 8 page catalogue dated July, 1819. Half title present. Octavo, original wrappers.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 120608
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"In gratitude for her care of Books!": Special Limited First Edition of the Author’s Classic Work; Warmly Inscribed By Anne Morrow Lindbergh
LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow.
Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.
New York: Pantheon, 1955.
Special limited first edition of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Betsy Wall, In gratitude for her care of Books! Anne Morrow Lindbergh April 17, 1989 Darien, Conn." Near fine in the original slipcase which is in very good condition. Illustrations by George W. Thompson. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 120902