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First Edition of The Course of My Life; Signed by Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edward Heath
HEATH, Edward.
The Course of My Life: My Autobiography.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998.
First edition of this historical snapshot and autobiography. Octavo, original navy boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Edward Heath on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146787
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First Edition of Tremor; Signed by Award-winning poet Adam Zagajewski
ZAGAJEWSKI, Adam.
Tremor: Selected Poems.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985.
First edition of the poet's first book to be published in English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Adrienne- with best wishes, Adam Zagajewski Houseton, May 2004." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cathy Saksa. Laid in is a black and white photograph of the author.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147466
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"The flowers knew it, the tender-leaved trees overhead were aware, the shining sky had word": First edition of Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier's The Naulahka
KIPLING, Rudyard with Wolcott Balestier.
The Naulahka: A Story of West and East.
New York: Macmillan and Co, 1892.
First American edition of Kipling and Balestier's ambitious narrative. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 194285
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First edition of Brian Moore's No Other Life; inscribed by him to famed photographer Sally Soames
MOORE, Brian.
No Other Life.
London: Bloomsbury, 1993.
First edition of the award-winning novelist's gripping drama. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally Soames L'Image B S Moore." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research on her…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 126419
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First Edition of Felix Salten's Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family
SALTEN, Felix.
Bambi’s Children: The Story of a Forest Family.
Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939.
First edition of this classic work, the sequel to Bambi. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Erna Pinner. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Translated by Barthold Fles. Edited by R. Sugden Tilley.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133117
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"The first time I saw Felix, he had no trousers on": First edition of Hilary Ford's Felix Walking
FORD, Hilary.
Felix Walking.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958.
First edition of the first book published under Youd's pseudonym Hilary Ford. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 96197
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Daniel Yergin's The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
YERGIN, Daniel.
The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Early printing of "the best history of oil ever written" (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jack- With gratitude for the opportunity to be part of the AMC '91 and appreciation for the gracious hospitality Best wishes, Daniel Yergin Jan 3, '99 Pittsburgh." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120452
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First edition of richard ford's the sportswriter; inscribed by him
FORD, Richard.
The Sportswriter.
New York : Vintage Books, 1986.
First edition of this paperback original as issued. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Elias Kanner with the very warmest wishes. Richard Ford January 8, 1990 NYC." In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120536
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First edition of George Alfred Henry's Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1899.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by Ralph Peacock. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122688
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author’s second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication, "To ______- Unofficial booster extraordinaire. May all your reading of my purple prose be white-knuckled affairs. All the best- Archer Mayor Dec. 1990." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 117
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"Art thou content with thy servant? He is very comfy with thee": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's His Apologies
KIPLING, Rudyard.
His Apologies.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932.
First edition of Kipling's classic poetic tribute to his beloved Scottie. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. With drawings by Cecil Alden. In very good condition. Ownership name.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 123048
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"To Jean with Love, Mother": First Edition of Nehru of India; Inscribed by the author to her daughter
SPENCER, Cornelia.
Nehru of India.
New York: The John Day Company, 1948.
First edition of this biography of Nehru. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her daughter on the front free endpaper, "To Jean with Love, Mother Cornelia Spencer June 1948." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 103269
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"in grateful appreciation of her friendship- with sincerest and affectionate regards": First Edition of Turner Catledge's My Life and The Times; Inscribed by Him
CATLEDGE, Turner.
My Life and The Times.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1971.
First edition of this autobiography by the New York Times journalist and editor. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Marian Heishell in grateful appreciation of her friendship- with sincerest and affectionate regards. Turner Catledge." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 109372
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First Edition of To Bear Any Burden; Signed by Al Santoli
SANTOLI, Al.
To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians.
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1985.
First edition of this oral history of the Vietnam War from the author of 'Everything We Had.' Medium octavo, original red half cloth, illustrated with black and white plates. Signed by Al Santoli on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146833
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"One of the most famous in all the small gallery of true heroes of the war": T. E. LAWRENCE'S REVOLT IN THE DESERT
LAWRENCE, T. E.
Revolt in the Desert.
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1927.
Early American printing of Lawrence’s own abridgment of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which achieved immediate popular success. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Lawrence. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 123444
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First Edition of About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution; Signed by Paul Davies
DAVIES, Paul.
About Time: Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
First edition of this work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Paul Davies on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cheung Tai.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133205