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First edition of Sir Douglas Mawson's The Home of the Blizzard; inscribed by him to the Premier of New South Wales, William Arthur Holman in each volume
MAWSON, Douglas. [William Arthur Holman].
The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914.
London: William Heinemann, 1915.
First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration, an exceptional association copy inscribed by the author in both volumes in the year of publication to a fellow Australian, the Premier of New South Wales. Quarto, two volumes, original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt vignette to the front panels, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of black-and-white plates, numerous in-text illustrations and three color folding maps. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper of each volume in the year of publication to the Premier of New South Wales, William Arthur…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 123065
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“In no department can a leader spend time more profitably than in the selection of the men who are to accomplish the work”: First Editions of Sir Douglas Mawson's The Home Of The Blizzard in the Rare Original Dust Jackets
MAWSON, Sir Douglas.
The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914.
London: William Heinemann, 1915.
First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration. Thick octavo, 2 volumes, original dark blue cloth, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of black-and-white plates, numerous in-text illustrations and three color folding maps in rear pocket of Volume II. Near fine in the in the rare original dust jackets with some chipping and wear. Rare and desirable in the original dust jackets.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 31001
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“In no department can a leader spend time more profitably than in the selection of the men who are to accomplish the work”: First Editions of Sir Douglas Mawson's The Home Of The Blizzard; From the Library of Adventurer and Explorer Steve Fossett
MAWSON, Sir Douglas.
The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914.
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott and William Heinemann, 1915.
First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration. Thick octavo, 2 volumes, original dark blue cloth, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of black-and-white plates, numerous in-text illustrations and three color folding maps in rear pocket of Volume II. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111828
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"You won't get me being...I won't be lost in it": First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Playright’s Classic Play The Homecoming
PINTER, Harold.
The Homecoming.
London: Methuen & Co, 1965.
First edition of the two-act play by the Nobel laureate Harold Pinter. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144687
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The Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy of Profiles in Courage; signed by John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
The Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy of Profiles in Courage.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1957.
Cardinal edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work; the Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy; signed by John F. Kennedy. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by John F. Kennedy on the verso of the front panel. Accompanied by a photograph album of various locations within the yacht. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example with provenance.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 134268
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"Doctor Eduardo Plarr stood in the small port on the Parana, among the rails of yellow cranes": Rare first edition of Graham Greene's classic British thriller novel The Honorary Consul; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
GREENE, Graham.
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1973.
First edition of one of Greene's own favorite works. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 146489
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"Doctor Eduardo Plarr stood in the small port on the Parana, among the rails of yellow cranes": Rare first edition of Graham Greene's classic British thriller novel The Honorary Consul; Warmly Inscribed by Him
GREENE, Graham.
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1973.
First edition of one of Greene's own favorite works. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Philip with love, from Graham." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137548
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First Edition of William Starr Myers and Walter H. Newton's The Hoover Administration: A Documented Narrative; Inscribed by Former President of the United States Herbert Hoover
MYERS, William Starr; Walter H. Newton [Herbert Hoover].
The Hoover Administration: A Documented Narrative.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.
First edition of this complete, fully documented, and authoritative story of Herbert Hoover's four years as President. Octavo, original navy cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Hoover from the drawing by Clarence R. Mattei. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Hoover on the front free endpaper, "Dear Mrs. Bent, This is not my authorship but I am for it and I am glad you have it. Sincerely Herbert Hoover." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Rare with such a lengthy inscription.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146699
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Rare collection of the Hornblower novels of C.S. Forester
FORESTER, C.S.
The Hornblower Novels.
London : Various publishers, 1937-67.
Rare collection of 12 first editions and early printings of the Hornblower novels of C.S. Forester with only Hornblower and the Atropos a second printing. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In fine condition.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 142021
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FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOAN DIDION and John Gregory Dunne: FIRST EDITION OF The Hornes: An American Family; inscribed by Gail Lumet Buckley to Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
BUCKLEY, Gail Lumet.
The Hornes: An American Family.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of this history of the Horne dynasty, spanning eight generations. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joan + John - With best wishes - Gail June, 1986." The recipients, American journalists Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne met in the late 1950s when Didion was working for Vogue. They were soon married and both picked up writing work from book publishers and magazines, traveled together on journalism assignments, and established a working pattern that served for the next 40 years. They had a constant advising, consulting, and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 141137
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First edition of H. Alan Day's The Horse Lover; inscribed by him and signed by his sister Sandra Day O'Connor who contributed the introduction
DAY, H. Allan. With Lynn Wiese Sneyd. Foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor.
The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs.
Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
First edition of Day's personal history of Mustang Meadows Ranch. Inscribed by H. Alan Day on the title page, "To Jane Best Wishes Alan Day" and signed by his sister Sandra Day O'Connor who contributed the introduction and with whom he previously coauthored Lazy B.: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Joel Sartore. Rare signed by Sandra Day O'Connor.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121061
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"The place for the Arabian horse is again at hand": First edition of William Robinson Brown's The Horse of the Desert
BROWN, William Robinson. Introduction by Major General G. Harbord and Henry Fairfield Osborn.
The Horse of the Desert.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929.
First edition of William Robinson Brown's authoritative work on the Arabian horse. Quarto, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers, tissue-guarded full color frontispiece from a painting by Harrington Bird, illustrated throughout. One of 750 copies. In fine condition. A beautiful example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138919
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First edition of Joseph Kessel's The Horsemen
KESSEL, Joseph. Translated by Patrick O'Brian.
The Horsemen.
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1968.
First edition in English of the basis for the 1971 American adventure film starring Omar Sharif and directed by John Frankenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Graham Percy. Translated by Patrick O'Brian
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135224
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Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of The Hotel New Hampshire
IRVING, John.
The Hotel New Hampshire.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1981.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's fifth novel. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition with the review information laid in.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 144884
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First Edition of The Hotel New Hampshire; Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
The Hotel New Hampshire.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981.
Review copy of the first edition with the review information of the author's fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Roger with my appreciation John Irving." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Terry Fehr.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144216
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“There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words": First Edition, First Issue of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles
CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1902.
First edition, first issue of the third Sherlock Holmes novel, and widely considered as the best of the series. Octavo, original black and gilt stamped pictorial red cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143782