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"Emotion is contagious": The Tipping Point; inscribed by Malcolm Gladwell
GLADWELL, Malcolm.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2000.
First edition, early printing of Gladwell's debut work which seeks to explain and describe the "mysterious" sociological changes that mark everyday life. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Susan, enjoy! Malcolm Gladwell." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137489
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“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings": Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' On Death and Dying; Signed by Her
KUBLER-ROSS, Elisabeth.
On Death and Dying.
New York: Collier Books, 1993.
First Collier Books edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page, "Love Elisabeth K. Ross." In fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131359
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First Edition of The Children; Warmly Inscribed by David Halberstam in the Year of Publication
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Children.
New York: Random House, 1998.
First edition of this "unforgettable drama...in Mr. Halberstam's hands, the early days of the civil-rights movement come to life as never before in print" (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For Sandy and Virginia with love David Halberstam March 12, 1998." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144107
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Rare unauthorized edition of Mark Twain's Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda.
Toronto: James Campbell & Son, [1871].
Rare unauthorized edition of Twain's witty collection of satirical sketches; this edition possibly containing the first appearance of My Late Senatorial Secretaryship. BAL 3334. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137267
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FARRINGTON, S. Kip.
Fishing the Atlantic: Offshore and On.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1949.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For Dr. Bledsoe, a great afternoon, ___ ___ and shot, who knows the game offshore and on. America's With best wishes, S. Kip Farrington Dec 8th 49 From Tony Holman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 123827
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"Less is a Bore""; Letter signed by Famed architect Robert Venturi with a drawing
VENTURI, Robert.
Robert Venturi Signed Sketch.
Philadelphia: The MIT Press, 2014.
Autograph signed letter by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi on his letterhead. The note reads, "Dear John Thanks for asking Bob 8-12-14 wishing you well (who has added a large drawing of Venturi's Mother's House)." In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 140002
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"It falls to the lot of even the most glorious flags to be thrown in the mud. Glory, what men call glory, is often thick with mud": First Edition of Curzio Malaparte's The Skin
MALAPARTE, Curzio.
The Skin.
London: Alvin Redman Limited, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian, La Pelle, by David Moore. Very good in the rare original dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 116391
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“War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war": First Edition of William Faulkner's A Fable
FAULKNER, William.
A Fable.
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 70016
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First Edition of Thomas Buergenthal's A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy; Inscribed by Him
BUERGENTHAL, Thomas.
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009.
First edition of this "incredible tale" (The Free Lance-Star). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marle Cohen appreciation and best regards Thomas Buergenthal." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keith Hayes. Foreword by Elie Wiesel.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142462
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"They went fast as the wind to the creek, and then went like wind back to the gate": First edition of Mary Johnston's Lewis Rand; Signed by her
JOHNSTON, Mary.
Lewis Rand.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908.
First edition of Mary Johnston's classic historical romance. Octavo, original cloth, full color frontispiece after a painting by F. L. Yohn. One of 500 copies. Signed by the author. Very good in the rare original dust jacket with some wear. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell and chemise case.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 88023
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Rare postcard signed by great spy novelist John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John. [David Cornwell].
John le Carre Signed Postcard.
Wien: Boomerang Cards, .
Austrian postcard signed by great spy novelist John le Carre. Featuring a black and white photograph of Le Carre, the postcard measures 5.75 by 4 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131490
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“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined": First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131475
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First edition of James K. Hosmer's The Color-Guard
HOSMER, James K.
The Color-Guard: Being A Corporal’s Notes of Military Service in the Nineteenth Army Corps.
Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1864.
First edition of James Kendall Hosmer's Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 132043
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First Edition of A Child's Calendar; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
UPDIKE, John.
A Child’s Calendar.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5035
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First Edition of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys; Signed by Actor Richard Benjamin
SIMON, Neil.
The Sunshine Boys.
New York: Random House, 1973.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by actor Richard Benjamin on the title page. Benjamin starred in the 1975 film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, with George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Cuevas. Jacket photograph by Martha Swope.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 141462
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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