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SELECTED WORKS OF ANTHONY TROLLOPE; FINELY BOUND
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Selected Works of Anthony Trollope. [The Bertrams, The Macdermots of Ballycloran, Mary Gresley and An Editor’s Tales].
London: Chapman and Hall, 1872.
Finely bound collection of a selection of three of Trollope's best-known works. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110524
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First Edition of Ethel King's The Calendar In Rime; Signed by Her
KING, Ethel.
The Calendar In Rime.
Portland, Maine: Falmouth Publishing House, 1947.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With my compliments- Ethel King." Near fine in the rare original glassine.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114523
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"We must be careful not to discourage our twelve year olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations": First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from this work, "For John Rogers from Freeman Dyson We must be careful not to discourage our twelve year olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations see page 22." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow. A unique example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 111045
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First Edition of Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach; Signed by Richard Quandt
HENDERSON, James M. and Richard E. Quandt.
Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958.
First edition of this classic work in microeconomic theory. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Quandt on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 117652
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Signed limited edition of Glenway Wescott's The Babe's Bed
WESCOTT, Glenway.
The Babe’s Bed.
Harrison of Paris, 1930.
Signed limited edition of Glenway Wescott's short novel. Octavo, original cloth. One of 375 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 252. Near fine in the original slipcase.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 115108
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Signed Limited edition of Gordon Bottomley's Festival Preludes; one of 110 numbered copies signed by him
BOTTOMLEY, Gordon.
Festival Preludes.
London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1930.
Signed limited edition of this anthology of verse. Octavo, original half cloth over patterned boards. One of 110 copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 63. In near fine condition.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 115056
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Rare First Edition of Mrs. Jameson's Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad; volume III finely bound
JAMESON, Mrs. [Anna Brownell].
Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1834.
Rare first edition of Mrs. Jameson's Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Octavo, volume III only of four volumes bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, headpieces, and tailpieces, all edges red. In very good condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 114061
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Signed Limited Edition of Eudora Welty's Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews
WELTY, Eudora.
Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews.
New York: Random House, 1977.
Signed limited edition, one of 300 copies signed by Eudora Welty. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine slipcase.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 115699
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First Edition of Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security; Signed by Peter Diamond
DIAMOND, Peter.
Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003.
First edition of these lectures by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114099
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First Edition of Michael Rosen's Quick, Let's Get Out of Here; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Quick, Let’s Get Out Of Here.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1983.
First edition of Michael Rosen's children's classic. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Michael Rosen 12/10/85." In near fine condition, small name.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114024
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Rare first edition of Irvin S. Cobb's Incredible Truth; inscribed by him
COBB, Irvin S.
Incredible Truth.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931.
First edition of Cobb's absorbing collection of historical essays. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Yours Sincerely Irvine S. Cobb." Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115067
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First American edition of V. S. Pritchett's The Turn of the Years; one of 500 copies signed by him
PRITCHETT, V. S. Introduction by Paul Theroux.
The Turn of the Years: The Season’s Course Selected Engravings by Reynolds Stone As Old as the Century.
New York: Random House, 1980.
Signed limited edition of Pritchett's reflective essay written on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrated with engravings by Reynolds Stone. On of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the half-title page, this is number 105. Fine in the original slipcase.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 115061
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First Edition of The Poet In New York; Signed by Legendary Poet and Songwriter Leonard Cohen
LORCA, Federico Garcia [Leonard Cohen].
The Poet In New York and Other Poems.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1940.
First edition of Lorca’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by fellow poet Leonard Cohen on the front free endpaper. Cohen was deeply influenced by the work of Lorca for the duration of his poetic and musical career. "Now, you know of my deep association and confraternity with the poet Federico Garcia Lorca. I could say that when I was a young man, an adolescent, and I hungered for a voice, I studied the English poets and I knew their work well, and I copied their styles, but I could not find a voice. It was only when I read, even…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 110825
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“But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk": First Edition of Keri Hulme's The Bone People
HULME, Keri.
The Bone People.
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985.
First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 112339
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First Edition Of The Author’s Classic Novel The Golden Notebook; Signed By Doris Lessing
LESSING, Doris.
The Golden Notebook.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to the extremities. Jacket design by William Belcher.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110932
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": First Edition of BFG; Signed by Roald Dahl and Illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Nicola Love Roald Dahl." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator Quentin Blake opposite Dahl's inscription. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 109358