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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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"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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First edition of Len Deighton's Yesterday's Spy
DEIGHTON, Len.
Yesterday’s Spy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975.
First edition of Deighton's classic spy thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. Housed custom clamshell box. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137223
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"I like you and I know why... I like you because you and are good person to like": Sandol Stoddard Warburg's I Like You
WARBURG, Sandol Stoddard. Illustrated by Jacqueline Chwast.
I Like You.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First edition of Warburg's children's classic. 16mo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Jacqueline Chwast. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Ownership inscription.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 124540
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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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First edition of The Poetical Works of John Scott; finely bound in full mottled calf
SCOTT, John.
The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.
London: Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.
First edition of John Scott's collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very good condition. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137227
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First Edition of Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court; Inscribed by Edward Lazarus
LAZARUS, Edward.
Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court.
New York: Times Books, 1998.
First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Alan, With best wishes, Edward Lazarus." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Heidi North.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144222
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"There's not much opportunity for self-advancement in toilets": First edition of Raymond Briggs' Gentleman Jim; Signed and dated by him
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Gentleman Jim.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980.
First edition of Briggs' somber look into the daily struggles of the working class. Folio, original illustrated boards. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Raymond Briggs 21 April 1981." In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 92540
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"That those who live in California may Appreciate Their State More": First edition of California Addresses by President Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
California Addresses by President Roosevelt.
San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1903.
First edition of this collection of speeches delivered by President Theodore Roosevelt throughout California. Octavo, original half cloth with paper title label to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt. In excellent condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 104590
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First Edition of Athol Fugard's Tsotsi; Signed by Him
FUGARD, Athol.
Tsotsi.
Johannesburg: Donker, 1980.
First South African Edition and true first. Octavo, original cloth Signed and dated by Athol Fugard in 1983. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light rubbing and wear.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 506
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First Edition of The Master of Petersburg; Signed by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
The Master of Petersburg.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1994.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 2515
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The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions": First Edition of In Search of Memory; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Eric Kandel
KANDEL, Eric R.
In Search Of Memory.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist's autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mayshan with best wishes Eric Kandel." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 39334
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“Hit ‘em first, and hit ‘em hard": First Edition of Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake LA Motta; Inscribed by Him
LA MOTTA, Jake; Chris Anderson and Sharon McGehee.
Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake La Motta.
Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1986.
First edition of the sequel to Raging Bull. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Harvey Jake La Motta Raging Bull." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Gaydos.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 134250
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First Edition of Richard Price's The Color of Money; Sea of Love and Night and the City; Signed by Him
PRICE, Richard.
Three Screenplays: The Color of Money; Sea of Love and Night and the City.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this compilation of three classic screenplays. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Richard Price on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mark Caleb.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137983
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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
