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"ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST GRIPPING POLITICAL NOVELS OF OUR ERA": First Edition of Advise and Consent; Inscribed by Allen Drury to United States Senator Joseph S. Clark
DRURY, Allen.
Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Senator Clark with best regards Allen Drury." The recipient Joseph S. Clark, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1969. He previously served as the 116th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956. While in the Senate, Clark earned a reputation as a strong supporter of civil rights and congressional reform. He sponsored the Manpower Development and Training Act…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 29018
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Rare First Edition of Constitucion Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
Constitucion Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
Mexico: Ignacio Cumplido, 1857.
First edition of the Constitution of Mexico of 1857. Octavo, original printed wrappers as issued. In good condition, contemporary name and date to the front panel. Rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 65011
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First edition of Langston Hughes' The First Book of Africa; inscribed by him
HUGHES, Langston.
The First Book of Africa.
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1960.
First edition of Hughes' concise history of Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Richardsons ~ Sincerely ~ Langston New York, July 24, 1960." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 129607
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Rare silver gelatin print of the October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters; signed by Clement Atlee and Jawaharlal Nehru among many others
ATLEE, Clement; Jawaharlal Nehru; et al.
Clement Attlee and Jawaharlal Nehru Signed October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters Photograph.
1948.
Large black-and-white photograph of the October 1948 Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Minsters, signed by each sitter including British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. The large silver gelatin print is signed on the mount by UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the Republic of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of New Zealand Peter Fraser, Sir Godfrey Huggins (Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia), Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister of Pakistan), Hugh Dalton (British Chancellor of the Exchequer), Louis St. Laurent (Prime Minister of Canada), and many others. In near fine condition.…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 137509
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Rare Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Mezzotint Portrait of Izaak Walton
ARLENT-EDWARDS, Samuel .
Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Izaak Walton Mezzotint Portrait.
c. 1898.
Rare mezzotint print of Samuel Arlent-Edwards' portrait of Izaak Walton, inscribed by the artist. Folio, color mezzotint. Inscribed by Samuel Arlent-Edwards in the lower right corner, "Engraved and printed in color at one printing without retouching Samuel Arlent-Edwards." In very good condition. The print measures 14.75 inches by 12 inches. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 132607
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"But he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid": First Edition of the author's Pultizer Prize-Winning Classic The Death Of A Salesman; Signed by Arthur Miller
MILLER, Arthur.
Death Of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1949.
First edition of the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Tony Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original orange cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Arthur Miller in a contemporary hand on the second free endpaper. Name to the half-title page, near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Joseph Hirsch. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 101649
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"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it": Signed Limited Editions of the Works of Margaret Thatcher
THATCHER, Margaret.
The Downing Street Years, The Path to Power, The Collected Speeches and Statecraft, Strategies for a Changing World.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1993-97.
Signed limited editions of the works of Margaret Thatcher. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, illustrated. Each volume is signed by Margaret Thatcher. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 135731
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"I FIRST MET HIM IN PIRAEUS": FIRST EDITION OF KAZANTZAKIS’ ZORBA THE GREEK; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY; SIGNED BY TRANSLATOR PETER BIEN
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Zorba The Greek.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Kazantzakis' masterpiece, basis for the beloved Academy award-winning film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by the translator of the most recent translation with the added words, "I first met him in Pireaus. Peter Bien." Translated by Carl Wildman. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 143544
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"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know": Rare First Edition of James Salter's A Sport And A Pastime; Signed by Him
SALTER, James.
A Sport And A Pastime.
Garden City, NY: Paris Review Editions/ Doubleday, 1967.
First edition of this modern classic, hailed as a masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by James Salter on the title page. With a publisher's compliments of the author laid in, fine in a good dust jacket with a few chips. Jacket collage by Alex Gotfryd. First editions are exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146210
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P.G. Wodehouse's The Clicking of Cuthbert; Inscribed by Him, in the rare original dust jacket
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
The Clicking of Cuthbert.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1926.
Early printing of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To James Douglas With the author's compliments P.G. Wodehouse June 4 1926." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Jacket illustration by C. Morse. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 124787
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“The world is full of places to which I want to return”: First Edition of The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion
HUEFFER, (Ford) Ford Madox.
The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion.
London: John Lane Company, 1915.
First edition, first issue without the 16 pp. of advertisements.of this literary highspot, one of the great novels of the first half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 81026
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Rare Signed Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Hubert Humphrey.
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program.
January 20, 1965.
Original Inaugural Ceremonies Program from 1965 of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, boldly signed by both on the front panel. Octavo, original wrappers, presidential seal in gilt, ribbon bound in, eight pages. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133502
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Jules Verne Autographed Letter Signed
VERNE, Jules.
Jules Verne Autographed Letter Signed.
Rare autographed letter signed by the father of science fiction Jules Verne. autograph letter signed. Letter addressed to "mon cher Peragillo" and mentioning "Le Tour du Monde." Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 6.75 inches by 6.75 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 138073
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Rare First Edition of Von Mises' Grundprobleme der Nationalökonomie
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Grundprobleme der Nationalökonomie.
Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1933.
First edition of the early work by von Mises, later translated into English as Epistemological Problems of Economics. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 75018
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Rare forty-five star American Flag; commemorating the statehood of OKLAHOMA
Forty-Five Star American Flag.
[c. 1896].
Rare forty-five star American Flag. The forty-five star American Flag was in use between July 4, 1896 when the state of Utah was admitted into the Union and July 3, 1908 when Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state. In near fine condition. The flag measures 58 inches by 114 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133095
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Rare Signed Photograph of The Members of The World War Debt Commission and Belgian Commission; Including Herbert Hoover and Andrew Mellon
HERBERT HOOVER AND ANDREW MELLON,.
World War Foreign Debts Commission Act Signed Photograph.
Signed photograph of the members of The World War Foreign Debt Commission and the Belgian Commission. Signed below by each member, including Herbert Hoover (Secretary of Commerce and future President of the United States), Andrew W. Mellon (Secretary of the Treasury), Frank B. Kellogg (Secretary of State and 1929 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize), Reed Smoot (United States Senator and co-sponsor of the 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act), Theodore E. Burton (United States Senator from Ohio), Charles R. Crisp, Richard Olney, Edward N. Hurley, Garrard B. Winston, Arthur N. Young and F.G. Blair of the Debt Commission. Also signed by…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 21058