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"Love is a good thing, you admit that don't you?": First Edition of J.D. Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour
SALINGER, J.D.
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.
First edition of this collection of two novellas by the author of The Catcher in the Rye. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example with noted provenance.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112321
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First Edition of Chris Bonington's The Next Horizon; Signed by Him; From the Library of Fellow Adventurer Steve Fossett
BONINGTON, Chris.
The Next Horizon.
London: Victor Gallancz, 1973.
First edition of the second volume in Bonington's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Chris Bonington on the title page. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 111571
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Finely Bound example of Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution
BAGEHOT, Walter.
The English Constitution.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1882.
Early printing of Bagehot's analysis of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, armorial gilt devices to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111258
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"Northern must wage unending war with the powers of nature, battling against snow and ice and ocean tempests, as ceaselessly as Thor banged away at the giants with his hammer": First Edition of Lars Christensen's Such Is The Antarctic; From the library of Explorer Steve Fossett
CHRISTENSEN, Lars.
Such Is The Antarctic.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935.
First edition of Norwegian Antarctic explorer Lars Christensen's account of his Antarctic voyages between 1930 and 1934. Quarto, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated with 44 plates and one folding map. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 111526
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First Edition of J. Gordon Hayes' Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent
HAYES, J. Gordon.
Antarctica: A Treatise on the Southern Continent.
London: The Richards Press, 1928.
First edition of Hayes' seminal work on Antarctica. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with plates after photographs, charts and maps, many folding. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 111268
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"An important contribution to the record of world exploration": First Edition of John Grierson's Sir Hubert Wilkins: Enigma of Exploration
GRIERSON, John.
Sir Hubert Wilkins: Enigma of Exploration.
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1960.
First edition of John Grierson's biography of fellow Arctic pioneer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "to my distinguished Namesake from John Grierson 5.10.60." From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 111212
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Rare signed limited edition of Frederick A. Cook's Through the First Antarctic Night
COOK, Frederick A.
Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899: Narrative of the Voyage of the “Belgica” Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1900.
Signed limited edition of American arctic explorer Frederick Cook's narrative of the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region, in which he saved numerous lives as the ship's surgeon. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece in color, illustrated. One of one thousand numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page opposite a tissue-guarded engraved portrait, this is number 92. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 111201
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First Editions of Henry Yule's The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East; finely bound in full morocco by sangorski and sutcliffe
YULE, Colonel Henry.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition of Yule's important work which correlated Polo's travels with their present-day locations. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling and vignettes to the front panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with maps and engraved illustrations many folding and in color. From the Adventure and Exploration collection of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 111068
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Rare first edition of James Bolton's magnificently illustrated Harmonia Ruralis; containing eighty copper-plates of life-size male and female songbirds drawn, engraved, and coloured by the author
BOLTON, James.
Harmonia Ruralis; or, An Essay Towards A Natural History of British Songbirds.
London: Printed For and Sold By the Author, 1794.
Rare first edition of Bolton's magnificently illustrated work on British songbirds. First issue with the original plates 7 and 13 which differ in later issues. Quarto, two volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with eighty copper-plates of life-size male and female songbirds drawn, engraved and colored by the author, index. In near fine condition. First editions are rare, with only a handful appearing at auction in the last 100 years.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 111071
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First Edition of Henrik Johan Bull's The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions; From the Library of Adventurer and Explorer Steve Fossett
BULL, Henrik Johan.
The Cruise of the ‘Antarctic’ to the South Polar Regions.
London: Edward Arnold, 1896.
First edition of Antarctic pioneer Henrik Johan Bull's account of his voyage aboard the steamship 'Antarctic' in search of the elusive Right whale which, arguably, put the first men on the continent. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt vignette of the 'Antarctic' to the front panel, frontispiece by W.L. Wyllie and illustrations by W.G. Burn Murdoch. From the library of of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 111093
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First edition of Edward Allcard's Temptress Returns; from the library of adventurer and explorer Steve Fossett
ALLCARD, Edward C.
Temptress Returns.
London: Putnam & Co., Ltd, 1952.
First edition of English yachtsman Edward C. Allcard’s detailed account of his second solo trip across the Atlantic aboard the yawl Temptress. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 115755
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"People will forget what you said, People will forget what you did, But people will never forget how you made them feel": First Edition of Italo Calvino's Difficult Loves; Inscribed by Him to His Editor
CALVINO, Italo.
Difficult Loves.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories by Calvino. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to editor Irene Skolnick in the year of publication, "For Irene Italo Calvino N.Y., Nov. 14. 1984." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver, Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 111048
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Rare first edition of Forty-One Years in India; Bound in Full Vellum
ROBERTS, Lord Frederick Sleigh.
Forty-One Years in India: From Subaltern to Commander in Chief.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1898.
First edition of Commander-in-Chief of the British Army Lord Robert's memoirs. Octavo, 2 volumes bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt and gilt tooling to the spines, double gilt ruling and gilt coats of arms to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges red, illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings and maps. In fine condition. Bookplate. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 111058
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Rare first edition of A Dictionary of the Bible Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History; finely bound in full vellum
EDITED BY WILLIAM SMITH,.
A Dictionary of the Bible Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History.
London: John Murray, 1863.
First edition of Smith's Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full vellum with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges red, illustrations with three maps and illustrations throughout text. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplates.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111032
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"The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty": First American Edition of the most influential social science treatise of the twentieth century: John Maynard Keynes' The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money; signed by Paul Samuelson, Kenneth Arrow, Edmund Phelps, Robert J. Shiller, John Nash, and Robert C. Merton
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.].
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1936.
First American edition of the most influential social science treatise of the twentieth century, signed by six Nobel Prize-winning economists. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Paul A. Samuelson, Kenneth J. Arrow, Edmund Phelps, Robert J. Shiller, John Nash, and Robert C. Merton. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to the extremities. An exceptional example of the utmost scarcity signed by this extraordinarily influential group of Nobel laureates, who were deeply influenced by the work of the economist J.M. Keynes.
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 111012
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First edition of Evolving Concepts of Prudence: The Changing Responsibilities of the Investment Fiduciary in the Age of ERISA
BLIXT, Robert E.; William J. Chadwick; Richard A. Posner; Robert D. Milne; Seymour Smidt et al.
Evolving Concepts of Prudence: The Changing Responsibilities of the Investment Fiduciary in the Age of ERISA.
Charlottesville: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.
First edition of this volume on the evolving concepts of prudence in investment strategy. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 117638