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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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"It is a law of nature that everybody plays a hole badly when playing through": FIRST EDITION OF BERNARD DARWIN'S THE GOLFER'S MANUAL: 1857
DARWIN, Bernard.
The Golfer’s Manual. Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland by ‘A Keen Hand’ and originally Published in 1857 and now Reprinted with an Introduction by Bernard Darwin.
London: The Dropmore Press, 1947.
First edition. Limited to 750 numbered copies, this is number 324. Small octavo, original cloth. Text printed on hand made paper with wood engraved frontispiece. Bookplate, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 86781
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"Here we see the men who shaped the American experience and were shaped by it": First edition of Daniel J. Boorstin's The Americans: The National Experience; lengthily inscribed by him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Americans: The National Experience.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of Boorstin's Francis Parkman Prize-winning book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Dr. Frank Rufords with the admiration and warm regards of Daniel J. Boorstin April 9, 1966." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Karl.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 95372
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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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First edition and signed limited edition of Alexander Blok's The Twelve; one of 650 copies signed by illustrator George Biddle
BLOK, Alexander. [Aleksandr]. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Lithographs by George Biddle.
The Twelve.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1931.
First edition and signed limited edition of Blok's controversial long poem. Quarto, original quarter morocco with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with lithographs by George Biddle. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. One of 650 copies printed, 100 of which are numbered and have as illustrations the original lithographs by George Biddle, this is number 77. In very good condition with the rare original dust jacket laid in which is lacking the spine.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 134252
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First Edition of Stirling Moss' In the Track of Speed; Signed by Him
MOSS, Stirling.
In the Track of Speed.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957.
First edition of this early work by the legendary driver. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 110914
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First edition of Kirk Douglas' Autobiography The Ragman's Son; inscribed by him to photographer Sally Soames
DOUGLAS, Kirk.
The Ragman’s Son: An Autobiography.
London: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
First edition of Kirk Douglas' insightful autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by him in the year of publication on the title page "To Sally - who never gets enough! - I hope I gave you what you want - affectionately, Kirk Douglas - 1988." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 123711
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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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"A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it": First Edition of Phil Mickelson's One Magical Sunday; Signed by Him
MICKELSON, Phil.
One Magical Sunday: (But Winning Isn’t Everything).
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of this work by the great Masters champion. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Phil Mickelson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag. Written with Donald T. Phillips.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 136983
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First edition of Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years; signed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane. Edited by Dale Peterson.
Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001.
First edition of the second volume of Goodall's personal and professional correspondence; a welcome sequel to her critically acclaimed Africa in My Blood. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For the Rhoads Family- Together we can make a difference Jane Goodall." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martha Kennedy.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 142049
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"How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard": First Edition of The Professor of Desire; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
The Professor of Desire.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.
First edition of this "thoughtful and elegant novel" (The New York Times Book Review) . Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. A very sharp example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 159
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First Edition in English of Le Clezio's The Giants; Signed by Him
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
The Giants.
New York: Atheneum, 1975.
First American edition of the author's sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear. Jacket design by Diane Simmard. Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 775
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First Edition of Christ in Concrete; With a full page inscription by Pietro Di Donato
DI DONATO, Pietro.
Christ in Concrete.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939.
First edition of this classic portrait of Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 1871
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First edition of the first volume of Randolph S. Churchill's official biography of Winston S. Churchill: Youth: 1874-1900; complete with the Companion Volume in two parts
CHURCHILL, Randolph S.
Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume I: Youth: 1874-1900 [with] Volume I Companion: Part 1 1874-1896 [and] Volume I Companion: Part 2 1896-1900.
London: Heinemann, 1966-1967.
First edition of the first installment in Randolph S. Churchill's official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of both parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 3 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated with photographs, frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill as second lieutenant, 4th Hussars, 1895. Each volume is near fine in a fine dust jacket. Tape remnants to the front and rear endpapers. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144945
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First Edition of Julian Barnes's Metroland; Signed by Him
BARNES, Julian.
Metroland.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.
First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127617