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First edition of Charles Dalton's The Waterloo Roll Call; finely bound
DALTON, Charles.
The Waterloo Roll Call.
London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.
First edition of Dalton's account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon's last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Bookplate. Ownership name. Rare.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137101
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First Edition of Stanley Vestal's Kit Carson: The Happy Warrior of the Old West; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
VESTAL, Stanley.
Kit Carson: The Happy Warrior of the Old West.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.
First edition of this biography of a frontier legend; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original maroon cloth, cartographic endpapers, top stain brown, frontispiece portrait of Kit Carson. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front flyleaf beneath his ownership signature. In very good condition with light bumping to the crown and foot of the spine. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed the…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145968
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First edition, first printing of the Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis; Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Berkely: Published by the University of California Press, 1983.
First Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated by Barry Moser. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140106
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First edition of Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy; inscribed by Tim Weiner, David Johnston, and Neil A. Lewis to American journalist William Safire
WEINER, Tim; David Johnston and Neil A. Lewis.
Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy.
New York: Random House, 1995.
First edition of this remarkable biography of the last American spy of the Cold War. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by all three authors on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to American journalist William Safire. The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135981
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Signed Edition of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore; Signed three times by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Kafka on the Shore.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of Murakami's award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed three times by dust jacket illustrator, once on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear jacket flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 122969
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First Edition of Beyond the Melting Pot; Inscribed by Nathan Glazer
GLAZER, Nathan and Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press and Harvard University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, "perhaps the most perceptive inquiry into American minorities ever made” (Richard Rovere). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Inscribed and dated by Nathan Glazer on the title page. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some edge wear and chips.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 49014
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"MAY YOU LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE": The Works of Jonathan Swift; finely bound in full polished calf
SWIFT, Jonathan.
The Works of Jonathan Swift.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1864.
Finely bound example of the Swift's complete works, with a memoir of the author by Thomas Roscoe. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full polished calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the panels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Swift to volume one. In very good condition. Bookplates.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141076
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First Edition of The Coming of the Space Age; Signed by Arthur C. Clarke
CLARKE, Arthur C.
The Coming of the Space Age: Famous Accounts of Man’s Probing of the Universe.
New York: Meredith Press, 1967.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145398
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First Edition of Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope; Inscribed by Mark Kelly
GIFFORDS, Gabrielle and Kelly.
Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope.
New York : Scribner, 2011.
First edition of this unforgettable autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the co-author on the title page, "To Bob, With Best Wishes! Mark Kelly." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 146479
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First edition of James Dalton's The Gentleman in Black; illustrated by George Cruikshank
[DALTON, James]. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
The Gentleman in Black.
London: William Kidd, 1831.
First edition of Dalton's The Gentleman in Black. Octavo, bound in three quarter navy morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and four engraved plates by George Cruikshank. In near fine condition. A handsome example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133421
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"Theodore Roosevelt was intensely human. He was dynamic but not sacrosanct": First edition of J. Hampton Moore's Roosevelt and the Old Guard; in the rare original dust jacket
MOORE, J. Hampton.
Roosevelt and the Old Guard.
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company Publishers, 1925.
First edition of J. Hampton Moore's intimate biographical portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with engravings and line drawings by C.K. Berryman including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 103580
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First Edition of Operation Shylock; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
Operation Shylock: A Confession.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
First edition of Roth's 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paula Scher.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 158
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First edition of March: Book Two; inscribed by John Lewis and signed by Andrew Aydin
LEWIS, John; Andrew Aydin.
March: Book Two.
Marietta: Top Shelf Productions, 2015.
First edition of the second book in John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's March trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Lewis on the half-title page, "To Thom Thank you. John Lewis" and signed by Andrew Aydin. In fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 118963
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FIRST EDITION OF GRAHAM GREENE'S THE HEART OF THE MATTER
GREENE, Graham.
The Heart of the Matter.
New York: The Viking Press, 1948.
First American edition of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Edgard Cirlin.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 131747