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Dr. Seuss's Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose; lengthily inscribed by him with an original drawing
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose.
New York: Random House, 1948.
First edition, later printing of one of the more elusive Seuss titles. Quarto, original blue cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "[Extra Moose Moss for Helen] And some Extra Moose Moss for Blair... from Dr. Seuss WHAT..? No Moose Moss? Here's some more Dr. Seuss." Seuss has added an original drawing of moose moss. Very good in a very good price-clipped second state dust jacket. Loss to the dedication page and inscription. Rare signed and inscribed by Seuss.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 135709
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"Today is your birthday! You get what you wish!": First Edition of Dr. Seuss's Happy Birthday To You!
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
Happy Birthday To You!
New York: Random House, 1959.
First edition, later printing of Seuss's whimsical birthday book, with the printer's error on page 34 corrected. Quarto, original glossy pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Small ownership name to the front free pictorial endpaper.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144618
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First Edition of Dr. Seuss's The King's Stilts
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
The King’s Stilts.
New York: Random House, 1939.
First edition, later printing with red lettering on the front panel and $2.50 on the front dust jacket flap. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144611
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"the greatest egg hunt of all times!": First edition of Scrambled Eggs Super!; inscribed by Dr. Seuss to his neighbor Blair Sanchez With an original drawing
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
Scrambled Eggs Super!
New York: Random House, 1953.
First edition, first printing of the fifth post-war children’s book written and illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel, and ninth overall, published at the height of his fame. First issue with eight previous Dr. Seuss titles listed on the back panel with If I Ran The Zoo at the top, list ending with And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street. Quarto, original color pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author with a large original drawing opposite the title page, "For Blair Sanchez Best Wishes - Dr. Seuss." The recipient, Blair Sanchez was a neighbor…
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 147204
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"For Maurice with many thanks for the Future!": Exceptional association copy of Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins; inscribed by him to fellow children's book legend Maurice Sendak
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]; Maurice Sendak.
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1938.
First edition, early printing of Seuss's unique book of prose. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the pastedown, "For Maurice with many thanks for the Future! Dr. Seuss." The recipient, Maurice Sendak, is best known for his immensely popular illustrated children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1964 and gained him international fame. Sendak acquired the present volume, which had been previously signed by Seuss on the verso of the front free endpaper "For Alice, Best Wishes - Dr. Seuss", and brought it to the July 1, 1980 American Library Association Conference…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 135672
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First Edition of All About Golf: How to Improve Your Game
SEYMOUR, Bert.
All About Golf: How to Improve Your Game.
London: Ward, Lock & Company, 1924.
First edition. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, illustrated by 33 action photographs and many diagrams. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 87637
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First Edition of THIRD ARMY: A Brief History of Operations in Europe
SGT. C.H. MARTIN; CPL. W.W. WOODS ,.
Third Army: A Brief History of Operations in Europe.
3rd Army, G-3 Historical Sub-Section, 1945.
First edition of this pamphlet regarding the history of operations in Europe during the Second World War. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132303
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"The World Breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places": First edition of Michael Shaara's The Broken Place; inscribed by him
SHAARA, Michael.
The Broken Place.
New York: The New American Library, 1968.
First edition of the author's first novel, preceding his Pulitzer Prize-winning work The Killer Angels. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Judy + Bill - best wishes - Mike Shaara March 22, 1968." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138681
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“There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield": First Edition of Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels
SHAARA, Michael.
The Killer Angels.
New York: David Mckay, 1974.
First edition of Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, maps by Don Pitcher. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140272
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“There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield": First Edition of Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels
SHAARA, Michael.
The Killer Angels.
New York: David Mckay, 1974.
First edition of Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, maps by Don Pitcher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Rare and desirable in this condition.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 146142
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"IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF ACCLIMATISATION FOR FROST-BITE, HUNGER, WEARINESS AND OTHER DISCOMFORTS…": FIRST EDITION OF EDWARD SHACKLETON’S ARCTIC JOURNEYS
SHACKLETON, Edward.
Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
First edition of Shackleton's expedition, illustrated with 45 photographic prints, in-text illustrations, and five maps, including one folding map at rear. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket, which is in good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136763
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"IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF ACCLIMATISATION FOR FROST-BITE, HUNGER, WEARINESS AND OTHER DISCOMFORTS…": FIRST EDITION OF EDWARD SHACKLETON’S ARCTIC JOURNEYS; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
SHACKLETON, Edward.
Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
First edition of Shackleton's expedition, illustrated with 45 photographic prints, in-text illustrations, and five maps, including one folding map at rear. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140961
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First American Edition of Ernest Shackleton's South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition: 1914-1917
SHACKLETON, Ernest.
South. The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition: 1914-1917.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1920.
First American edition of Shackleton’s own account of his ill-fated expedition, with folding map at rear, in-text maps and illustrations, and 88 plates, most after photographs by Frank Hurley. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth, color frontispiece, numerous plates, large folding map, errata slip. In near fine condition, bookplate. A very sharp example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142888
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First Editions of Shackleton’s Classic Account The Heart of the Antarctic; Inscribed by Ernest H. Shackleton
SHACKLETON, Ernest H.
The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909.
London: William Heinemann, 1909.
First editions of Shackleton’s fascinating account of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909. Large octavos, 2 volumes, original blue cloth, photogravure frontispiece to each volume, 12 captioned tissue-guarded colored, and 255 black and white other plates in all, 3 maps, panorama in end-pocket of volume II, and numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ernest Shackleton on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. Trade editions signed by Shackleton are rare.
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 141414
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Rare Original 1910 Explorers Club Luncheon Menu; held in honor of and signed by Ernest H. Shackleton in addition to Explorers Club President Robert E. Peary
SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry and Robert E. Peary.
Ernest Henry Shackleton and Robert E. Peary Signed Explorers Club Luncheon Menu.
1910.
Rare original dinner menu from the historic luncheon tendered to Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton by The Explorers Club at the Hotel Astor, New York on Tuesday, March 29th 1910. Small octavo, original wrappers, one-page menu with a black and white portrait of Shackleton tipped in. Signed by Shackleton, "E.H. Shackleton" and American Admiral Robert E. Peary, "R.E. Peary" below the portrait. American Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is widely recognized as the first person to reach the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April…
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 100132
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"I would advise anyone who wants to get to the kernel of the life of a Polar explorer to read the book": Edition De Luxe of Antarctic Days; Signed by Shackleton, Murray and Marston
SHACKLETON, Ernest; James Murray and George Marston.
Antarctic Days. Sketches of the Homely Side of Polar Life by Two of Shackleton’s Men: Introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton.
London: Andrew Melrose, 1913.
Limited edition de luxe, numbered 85 of 280 copies signed on the recto of the limitation leaf by E.H. Shackleton, James Murray and George Marston. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel with a mounted color illustration, top edge gilt, 4 mounted color plates after watercolors by C. Day, 34 photo illustrations on 28 plates. In near fine condition with a light rubbing. A very nice example, as most copies have been rebound. Introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 103746