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First edition of Anthony Powell's The Valley of Bones
POWELL, Anthony.
The Valley of Bones.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1964.
First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 144231
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Soixante-Dix_Sept Bibliophiles Signed Limited Edition of Machiavelli's La Mangragore (The Mandrake); One of 77 copies signed by artist Claude Durrens
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo. Illustrated by Claude Durrens.
La Mandragore: Comedie en Cinq Actes de Machiavel Gentilhomme Florentin. (The Mandrake).
Soixante-Dix_Sept Bibliophiles, .
Soixante-Dix-Sept signed limited edition of Machiavelli's classic comedy, The Mandrake. Folio, loose leaves as issued, illustrated with 12 original lithographs by Claude Durrens, additional suite of lithographs in rear. One of only 77 copies signed by the artist on the colophon. In very good condition. housed in the original one quarter morocco and chemise slip case.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 101228
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“Irrational exuberance is the psychological basis of a speculative bubble": Irrational Exuberance; Signed by Robert J. Shiller
SHILLER, Robert J.
Irrational Exuberance.
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2000.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Robert J. Shiller Oct 8, 2015." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 144343
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“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.": First English Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970.
First English edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Toni Evora.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137048
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"I WANT TO LIVE ON MAURICE FATIO'S PATIO…” FIRST EDITION OF MAURICE FATIO: ARCHITECT; Inscribed by Alexandra Fatio
FATIO, Alexandra.
Maurice Fatio: Architect.
Florida: Southeastern Printing, 1992.
First edition of this monograph regarding the work of Fatio. Quarto, original wrappers, illustrated throughout. Text by Alexandra Fatio. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "with thanks for your interest in my father's work; Sincerely Alexandra Fatio." In fine condition. Housed in the original slipcase. Uncommon signed.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138393
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First Edition of Daniel Keyes' The Minds of Billy Milligan; Signed by Him
KEYES, Daniel.
The Minds of Billy Milligan.
New York: Random House, 1981.
First edition of "this fascinating work" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel Keyes on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. Jacket painting and interior painting by Billy Milligan. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Uncommon signed.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140602
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First Edition of Mr. Sammlers Planet; Inscribed by Saul Bellow in the year of publication
BELLOW, Saul.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Elizabeth best wishes Saul Bellow Feb 25, '70." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 131478
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First edition of Gustavas Dedman Crain's Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications; finely bound by asprey
CRAIN, Gustavas Dedman.
Crain’s Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications.
Chicago : G.D. Crain, Jr, 1921-22.
First edition of G.D. Crain's collection and analysis of market publications circa 1920. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by Asprey with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, raised bands, grey speckled endpapers, with original full color publication wrappers from various petroleum and dry good business throughout. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 95096
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's The Soldier's Art
POWELL, Anthony.
The Soldier’s Art.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1966.
First edition of the eighth novel in the 'A Dance to the Music of Time' series and second volume in the 'War' trilogy. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities of the cloth and jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morroco and folding chemise slipcase.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 145148
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First Edition of the 50th Anniversary Edition of Basic Christianity; Inscribed by John Stott
STOTT, John R.W.
Basic Christianity.
Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2008.
First edition of the 50th Anniversary edition of Stott's classic work, originally published in 1958. Octavo, original black boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For ____ with best wishes from John Stott." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2246
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"I feel that my whole life is a contribution"; FIRST EDITION OF THE INCOMPLEAT SINGER; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY FOLKSINGER PETE SEEGER
SEEGER, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz.
The Incompleat Folksinger.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.
First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Robert! Pete Seeger." Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2166
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First edition of Rufus Wilmot Griswold's The Republican Court of American Society in the Days of Washington; with twenty-one portraits of distinguished women
GRISWOLD, Rufus Wilmot.
The Republican Court of American Society in the Days of Washington.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854.
First edition of Griswold's account of the American Republican Court during the presidency of George Washington. Quarto, original publisher's full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, elaborate stamping to the spine and panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with twenty-one portraits of distinguished women including Mrs. George Washington and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton engraved from original pictures by Woolaston, Copley, Trumbull, et al. In very good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138600
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First edition of R. Buckminster Fuller's Synergetics 2: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking; lengthily inscribed by him
FULLER, R. Buckminster. In collaboration with E. J. Applewhite.
Synergetics 2: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1979.
First edition of the second volume in Fuller's landmark work, Synergetics. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with diagrams. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To: Jim Chaturckthy, On the occasion of our meeting at Oakland University which gave me the opportunity to make a drawing for your daughter Jennifer who is of the generation which he hope will make our planet Earth work for everyone. Buckminster Fuller Jan 31 1980." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rubin Pfeffer. Author photograph by Fred Blocher.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 124382
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First edition of George Francis Dow and John Henry Edmonds' The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730
DOW, George Francis and John Henry Edmonds. Introduction by Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost.
The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730.
Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1923.
First edition of the second book published by the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts. Large octavo, bound in three quarter morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 130594
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First Edition of the 50th Anniversary Edition of Basic Christianity; Inscribed by John Stott
STOTT, John R.W.
Basic Christianity.
Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2008.
First edition of the 50th Anniversary edition of Stott's classic work, originally published in 1958. Octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Tom with best wishes from John Stott." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 146110
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Historia delle guerre civili di Francia; Bound in the Original Vellum
DAVILA, Enrico Caterino.
Historia delle guerre civili di Francia.
Venice: Paolo Baglioni, 1642.
Thick octavo, bound in contemporary vellum, 1056 pages. Woodcut title vignette. In excellent condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 1833