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“Only the magic and the dream are true — all the rest's a lie": First Edition of Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea; Signed by Her
RHYS, Jean.
Wide Sargasso Sea.
London: Andre Deutsch , 1966.
First edition of this “tour de force” (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jean Rhys. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Introduction by Francis Wyndham. Jacket design by Eric Thomas. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 45075
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“There is peace in despair in exactly the same way as there is despair in peace": First edition of Jean Rhys's Tigers Are Better-Looking with a selection from The Left Bank
RHYS, Jean.
Tigers Are Better-Looking with a Selection from The Left Bank.
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1968.
First edition of this collection incorporating the author's earliest and most mature short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Barbara Brown.
Price: $45.00 Item Number: 145495
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FIRST EDITION OF RICARDO’S FUNDAMENTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCIENCE OF ECONOMICS: ON THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND TAXATION
RICARDO, David.
On The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation.
London: John Murray, 1817.
First edition of David Ricardo’s most important work, a cornerstone of economic theory— one of only 750 copies printed. Octavo, bound in contemporary half calf. Calf lightly rubbed, a near fine example. Rare in contemporary calf. Bookplate of John Hales Calcraft, member of Parliament in the late 18th century.
Price: $60,000.00 Item Number: 4046
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"Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits": EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST EDITION OF RICARDO’S On The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
RICARDO, David.
On The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation.
London: John Murray, 1817.
First edition of David Ricardo’s most important work, a cornerstone of economic theory— one of only 750 copies printed. Octavo, bound in three quarter leather over contemporary marbled boards, morocco spine labels. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $55,000.00 Item Number: 108367
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"The Greatest Representative Of Classical Political Thought": Rare First Edition Of The Works Of David Ricardo In The Original Cloth
RICARDO, David [Edited by McCulloch.
The Works of David Ricardo, Esq., MP. with A Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author.
London: John Murray, 1846.
First edition of the works of Ricardo. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition with light rubbing to the cloth. Uncommon, especially in the original cloth. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 3508
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First Editions Of The Works of Famed Economist David Ricardo; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
RICARDO, David; Edited by Piero Sraffa & M.H. Dobb.
The Works And Correspondence Of David Ricardo.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951-55.
First editions of the works of economist David Ricardo. Octavo, original cloth, 10 volumes. Each are near fine to fine in excellent dust jackets. An very nice set, uncommon in such exceptional condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 4284
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First Edition of Trials of a Public Benefactor, as Illustrated in the Discovery of Etherization; Inscribed by William Thomas Green Morton
RICE, Nathan P. [William Thomas Green Morton].
Trials of a Public Benefactor, as Illustrated in the Discovery of Etherization.
New York: Pudney & Russell, 1859.
First edition of this work on anesthesia, inscribed by the first physician to use it. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with some of Morton administering ether on a sponge. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “Dr. Sabine with respects of Wm. T. G. Morton.” In very good condition, rebacked. Rare and desirable signed, this is the first example we have seen.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 133508
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"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet": First Edition of Keith Richards' Life
RICHARDS, Keith.
Life: Keith Richards.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
First edition of Richards' autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Front jacket photograph by David LaChapelle. Rear jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 145154
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"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet": First Edition of Life; Signed by Keith Richards in the year of publication
RICHARDS, Keith.
Life: Keith Richards.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
First edition of Richards' autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed and dated by the author om the year of publication on the front free-endpaper, "Keith Richards '10." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Front jacket photograph by David LaChapelle. Rear jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145196
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Rare original pamphlet featuring tennis pro vincent "vinnie" richards; published by dunlop tire and rubber company
RICHARDS, Vincent "Vinnie".
Stroking with “Vinnie” Richards.
New York: Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co, .
First edition pamphlet of tennis pro "Vinnie" Richards demonstrating his renowned tennis serve, drive, volley, slice, and racket grip. Stapled pamphlet opening vertically with sequential halftones and filmstrip border. Photo portrait of Vinnie Richards on the cover holding tennis rackets and trophy, published by Dunlop Tire & Rubber Company with advertisements for their tennis balls, rackets, hockey pucks and golf balls at rear. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 81264
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First Edition of A Life of Picasso Volume II; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully.
A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917: The Painter of Modern Life.
New York: Random House, 1996.
First edition of the second volume in Richardson's four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original publisher's white embossed cloth, frontispiece of a self-portrait photograph by Picasso 1912, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145269
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First edition of A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully [Pablo Picasso].
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007.
First edition of the third volume in Richardson's four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original black boards, frontispiece portrait of Picasso in Saint-Raphael 1919, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and a several color images of Picasso's paintings. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Valentine Hugo.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 145267
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First Edition of A Life of Picasso: Volume I 1881-1906; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully [Pablo Picasso].
A Life of Picasso: Volume I 1881-1906.
New York: Random House, 1991.
First edition of the first volume in Richardson’s four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original cream pictorial cloth, frontispiece portrait of Picasso in charcoal, illustrated with about 900 black and white drawings and paintings throughout. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rochelle Udell and Wynn Dan. Author photograph by David Bailey. Rare signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146213
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First Edition of Burton Richter's Beyond Smoke and Mirrors; Inscribed by Him
RICHTER, Burton.
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
First edition of this insightful overview of climate change science by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Burton Richter. Octavo, original glossy boards. Inscribed by Burton Richter on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition, without the dust jacket as issued.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 34014
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“I BELIEVE THAT ART HAS A KIND OF RIGHTNESS, AS IN MUSIC, WHEN WE HEAR WHETHER OR NOT A NOTE IS FALSE”: FIRST EDITION OF GERHARD RICHTER'S ATLAS; SIGNED BY HIM
RICHTER, Gerhard.
Atlas.
Munich: Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989.
Munich: Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989. First edition of one of the most revealing collections of the photographic work of Gerhard Richter. Folio, original cloth. Signed and dated in the year of publication on the half-title page, “Gerhard Richter 14.10.89.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 1000
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First Edition of Eddie Rickenbacker's Fighting the Circus; Signed by Him
RICKENBACKER, Capt. Edward V. [Eddie].
Fighting the Flying Circus.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publisher, 1919.
First edition of this work by the famed fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient, who with 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed by the author on the verso of the half-title page, "In appreciation of your confidence Capt. E.V. Rickenbacker." Foreword by Laurence La Tourette Driggs. In very good condition, bookplate to the front free endpaper.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143022