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First edition, first printing of the Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis; Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Berkely: Published by the University of California Press, 1983.
First Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated by Barry Moser. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140106
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First Edition of Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig; boldly inscribed by him
KING-SMITH, Dick.
The Sheep-Pig.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983.
First edition, first issue of the basis for the Oscar-winning film 'Babe'. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Mary Rayner. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes - Dick King-Smith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary Rayner. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131618
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From the Library of Stephen Hawking
SCHMUTZER, E. [Stephen Hawking].
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation . . Jena, 14-19 July 1980.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
First edition of this work on relativity and gravitation. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 119378
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"Just follow along, okay?": First edition of Brian Moore's Cold Heaven
MOORE, Brian.
Cold Heaven.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
First edition of Moore's supernatural thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Hans Wendler. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 126409
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“A CONSENSUS MEANS THAT EVERYONE AGREES TO SAY COLLECTIVELY WHAT NO ONE BELIEVES INDIVIDUALLY”: First Edition of The New Diplomacy; Inscribed by Abba Eban to Alan Dershowitz
EBAN, Abba [Alan Dershowitz].
The New Diplomacy: International Affairs in The Modern Age.
New York: Random House, 1983.
First edition of this work by Eban, inscribed by him to famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Alan Dershowitz in friendship Abba Eban." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of Alan Dershowitz.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 53046
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“A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain”: First Edition of Chronicle of a Death Foretold; Signed by Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
First edition of this novella by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the translator Gregory Rabassa on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Alain Gauthier. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146862
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First Edition of Walker Percy's Lost in the the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book; Signed by Him
PERCY, Walker.
Lost in the the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.
First edition of this "original and imaginative work" (The Wall Stree Journal). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Walker Percy on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 95398
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Abner J. Mikva and Patti B. Saris' The American Congress: The First Branch; Inscribed by Mikva to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
MIKVA, Abner J; Patti B. Saris [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The American Congress: The First Branch.
New York: Franklin Watts, 1983.
First edition of this comprehensive view of the history and function of Congress. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by co-author Abner J. Mikva on the front free endpaper, "To Ruth and Mary, Friends, inspirations and nice people! Ab Mikva." His obituary in the New York Times remembers Mikva." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 146582
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First Edition of Raymond Hull's How to Write a Play; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
HULL, Raymond.
How to Write A Play.
Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 1983.
First edition of this work on how to write a play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Mary Greetings and best wishes for success with all your writing Raymond Hull Vancouver, B.C. October, 1983." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Strebel.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142459
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ROYAL CHRISTMAS CARD Signed by King Charles III and PRINCESS DIANA
DIANA, Princess of Wales; King Charles III.
Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card.
1983.
Royal 1983 Christmas card bearing two royal seals and an original color photograph of Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and the young Princes William. Signed by Prince Charles (King Charles III), "from Charles and" signed by Princess Diana, "Diana." In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145672
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First Edition of William Kennedy's Ironweed; Signed by Him
KENNEDY, William.
Ironweed.
New York: The Viking Press, 1983.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Signed by William Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a newspaper article on Kennedy winning the Pulitzer Prize. Some offsetting to the half and title pages, otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. A very nice example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 690
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"This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches": First Edition of The Witches; Signed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The Witches.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
First edition of Dahl’s Whitbread Award-winning children’s novel, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 144317
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“Do ordinary things with extraordinary love": First Edition of Mother Teresa's Life in the Spirit: Reflections, Meditations, Prayers; Signed by Her
TERESA, Mother.
Life in the Spirit: Reflections, Meditations, Prayers. Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of this work by powerful work by Mother Teresa. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "God bless you Mother Teresa MC." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Kathryn Spink. Rare and desirable signed, we have never encountered another one.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 133802