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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala
DALI, Salvador.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife, Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 147232
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"At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned": First Edition of Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God; Signed by the author
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
Child of God.
New York: Random House, 1973.
First edition of the author's classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 141798
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's Temporary Kings
POWELL, Anthony.
Temporary Kings.
London: Heinemann, 1973.
First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142957
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“Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe”: First Edition of Sybil; Inscribed by Flora Rheta Schreiber
SCHREIBER, Flora Rheta.
Sybil.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1973.
First edition of the engrossing true story, basis for the classic film. Octavo, original textured imitation leather boards, illustrated with photographs of paintings and pencil drawings by Sybil and her personalities. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Aug 28, 1973 To Hal - whom I honor, respect and thank for my opportunity to do a rounded show - all best - Flora Rheta Schreiber." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Edmondson. Author photograph by Abner Symons. First edition examples of 'Sybil' signed by the author are scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145145
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“The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did": First edition of Erica Jong's Fear of Flying; inscribed by her
JONG, Erica.
Fear of Flying.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
First edition of the author's controversial, gound-breaking second-wave feminist classic which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Octavo, original cloth, red endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Katherine Kasten - from Erica Jong October 1973." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the rear panel. Jacket design by Judith Seifer. Author photograph by Peter Trump.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 141273
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“With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head": First Edition of Tim O'Brien's If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home; Signed by Him
O'BRIEN, Tim.
If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of O'Brien's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tim O'Brien on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142299
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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 The White House Gardens: A History and Pictorial Record; inscribed by Jacqueline Kennedy to her mother-in-law Rose Kennedy
NIXON, Patricia. [Preface]; [Jacqueline Kennedy; Rose Kennedy].
The White House Gardens: A History and Pictorial Record.
New York: Great American Editions, 1973.
First edition of the first book to trace the history of and fully illustrate the grounds of the White House gardens. Oblong quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with color plates by Harold Sterner. Association copy, inscribed by Jacqueline Kennedy on the half-title page, "For Grandma with love Jackie." The recipient, Rose Kennedy, was the matriarch of the Kennedy family: the wife of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., mother of John F. Kennedy and his eight siblings, mother-in-law of Jacqueline Kennedy, and grandmother of the children of John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy. She was a devout catholic and deeply embedded in…
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 142435
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First Edition of Breakfast of Champions; Boldly Signed by Kurt Vonnegut; In Exceptional Condition
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of Vonnegut's classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth, with drawings by the author. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Giusti. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147026
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The Heritage Press Limited Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Tales of East and West
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Tales of East and West.
Avon: The Heritage Press, 1973.
The Heritage Press Edition of this collection of classic Kipling tales, selected by Bernard Bergonzi. Quarto, original half cloth over marbled boards, green topstain. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Near fine in the original green marbled slipcase which is in near fine condition. With the Heritage Press issue of Sandglass present.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 121400
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First Edition of Amartya Sen's Classic Text On Economic Inequality; Signed by Him
SEN, Amartya.
On Economic Inequality.
London: Oxford University Press, 1973.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amartya Sen on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 13019
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"Oh I've finally decided, my future lies beyond the yellow brick road": Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; Inscribed By Elton John
JOHN, Elton.
Elton John Signed Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
London: Euro-Albums Holland B.V, 1973.
Elton John's classic seventh album, first released in 1973. Double-folding album with exterior designs by cover artist Ian Beck, interior designs by David Larkham, Michael Ross, and David Hentschel. Signed by Elton John in blue ballpoint on the front panel, "To [Joo] with love Elton John xxx." In near fine condition. Records not included.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146445
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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala
DALI, Salvador.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife, Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146757
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First Edition of Attention and Effort; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel.
Attention and Effort.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
First edition of the Nobel laureate's influential first book, which claimed that attention can be identified with effort, cemented the association as a research paradigm in the cognitive sciences. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For William D. Kahneman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 140270
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Facsimile Manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.
Washington, D.C: Microcard Editions Books, 1973.
The facsimile manuscript edition of Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Bruccoli.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140683
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First edition of To Rule the Night; inscribed by Jim Irwin
IRWIN, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr.
To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1973.
First edition of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To William Stanhope my very best wishes for your life in Him. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144838