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“Longing on a large scale makes history": First Edition of Underworld; Signed by Don DeLillo
DELILLO, Don.
Underworld.
New York: Scribner, 1997.
First edition of this work by DeLillo, which in a 2006 survey of eminent authors and critics conducted by The New York Times found it to be the runner-up for the best work of American fiction of the past 25 years. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Don DeLillo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Carson.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 111211
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Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth; Inscribed by Richard Rorty
RORTY, Richard.
Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Later printing of these papers by the famed philosopher. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Richard Rorty on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144896
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First Edition of Philip Roth's When She Was Good; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
When She Was Good.
New York: Random House, 1967.
First edition of Roth's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Christopher Lasch, with his name to the front free endpaper. Lasch was a historian, moralist, and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. Lasch sought to use history as a tool to awaken American society to the pervasiveness with which major institutions, public and private, were eroding the competence and independence of families and communities. He strove to create a historically informed social criticism that could teach Americans how to deal with rampant consumerism, proletarianization, and what he famously labeled the "culture…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 117571
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Limited Edition de Luxe of Frank Samuel Child's An Old New England Town; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
CHILD, Frank Samuel [William Tecumseh Sherman].
An Old New England Town: Sketches of Life, Scenery, Character.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.
Limited edition de Luxe of this sketch of Old New England towns; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling in six compartments within gilt raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Judge Roger M. Sherman, illustrated with tissue-guarded black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper. One of three hundred copies, this is number 146. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146273
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First Edition of The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940; Inscribed by William Manchester
MANCHESTER, William.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1988.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the dedication page, "For Pat- With warmest regards and all good wishes- Wm Manchester Washington D.C. November 88." Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146386
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First edition of the fourth volume in the official biography of Winston S. Churchill; complete with all 3 parts of its companion volume
GILBERT, Martin.
Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume IV: 1916-1922. [with] Volume IV Companion Parts I, II, and III.
London: Heinemann, 1975-1977.
First edition of the fourth volume in the official multi-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill; complete with all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated, photographic frontispiece portrait of Churchill at Lille, October 1918. Each volume is near fine in a fine dust jacket
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144335
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First Edition of Charles King's The True Ulysses S. Grant; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
KING, Charles [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The True Ulysses S. Grant.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914.
First edition of this biography of soldier, statesman, and president Ulysses S. Grant; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Grant as Major-General Commanding in the West, illustrated with twenty-eight black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. Accompanied by a Lexington Hand-Colored postcard, illustrated with a portrait of General Robert E. Lee. In very good condition with light rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance,…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145931
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First Edition of The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
CHOATE, Joseph Hodges [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate.
New York: Privately Printed, 1917.
First edition of this autobiographical recollection of a lawyer and American ambassador to the United Kingdom, privately printed by Caroline Sterling Choate; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original half cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Joseph Hodges Choate at the age of seventeen, illustrated throughout with several tissue-guarded photographs, "With the Compliments of Mrs. Joseph H. Choate" note laid in. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his inscription, "Uncle Cump studied Law in the office of Evert's Choate + Beaman 1889 E.S.F." Friends and family of General William Tecumseh Sherman often referred to him…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145989
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First edition of Georges de Scudéry's Curia Politiae: Or, The Apologies of Several Princes
SCUDéRY, Georges de.
Curia Politiae: Or, The Apologies of Several Princes: Justifying to the World Their most Eminent Actions, by the Strength of Reason, And the most Exact Rules of Policie.
London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1654.
First edition in English of Scudéry's great catalogue of eminent world leaders, published early in early in Cromwell’s Commonwealth. Small quarto, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt tooling to the spine, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece, with 11 engraved portraits including those of Emperor Charles the Fifth; Matthias Corvin, King of Hungary; Mahoment the Second, the Grand Seignior; James the First, King of England; and Henry the Eighth, King of England among others. With the final page issued by Thurloe appointing Moseley to print the work. In very good condition. Bookplates…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126839
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FIRST EDITION OF MY LIFE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
First edition of Coretta Scott King's autobiography, which recounts the history of the Civil Rights Movement and offers an inside look at Dr. King, his sermons and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "To Beatrice Thrope With best wished Coretta Scott King." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Reed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 90443
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First edition of The Campaign Text Book: Why The People Want A Change; from the library of American journalist William Safire
The Campaign Text Book. Why The People Want A Change. The Republican Party Reviewed: Its Sins of Commission and Omission.
New York: 1876.
First edition of this 19th century summary of the leading events in American history under Republican administration. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. From the library of William Safire although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136488
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First edition of Mark Twain's What Is Man?
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
What Is Man?
London: Watts & Co, 1910.
First trade edition of this uncommon Twain title. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of leading Twain authority and publisher John Gerber with his bookplate to the pastedown. Gerber served as head of the English Department at the University of Iowa for many years following the end of World War II when American literature was beginning to replace the role of English literature in American schools and colleges. Gerber was instrumental in the publication of a new uniform edition of Mark Twain's works, which was finally published as the Iowa-California edition of the Works of Mark Twain beginning in 1972,…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137544
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"Photographing a cake can be art": First Edition of Still Life; Signed by Irving Penn
PENN, Irving.
Still Life.
New York: Bullfinch Press, 2001.
First edition of this collection of photographs. Tall quarto, original beige cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Irving Penn on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 4324
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First Edition of When Bad Things Happen To Good People; Inscribed by Harold Kushner
KUSHNER, Harold S.
When Bad Things Happen To Good People.
New York: Schocken Books, 1981.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Judge Silber with my best wishes Rabbi Harold S. Kushner." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146450
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"So that, in learning the truth I drew from the gospel, I was not only no alone, but was with all the best men of the past and present": First American edition of Leo Tolstoy's The Christian Teaching
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Christian Teaching.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1898.
First American edition of Tolstoy's work the history and influence of Christianity, inspired by his own spiritual awakening. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt. Translated by Vladimir Tchertkoff. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124255