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FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS OF EACH VOLUME IN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S ACCLAIMED GAME OF THRONES SERIES
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows; A Dance with Dragons.
London: Harper Collins, 1996-2011.
First English editions of each volume in George R.R. Martin's acclaimed Game of Thrones series. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket artwork by Jim Burns and Larry Rostant.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135214
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The Easton Press' Collector's Edition of Henry Kissinger's Years of Upheaval
KISSINGER, Henry.
Years of Upheaval.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996.
The Easton Press Collector's Edition of Kissinger’s candid account of the turbulent years of the second Administration of Richard Nixon, detailing the Watergate scandal and the 1973 October war in the Middle East. Octavo, original publisher's full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, watered-silk end leaves, all edges gilt, ribbon bound-in, illustrated with photographs. In fine condition, from the personal library of Ira A. Lipman by The Easton Press with the publisher's presentation bookplate to the half title page.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 145232
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First Edition of Bill and Moya Lear: An Unforgettable Flight; Inscribed to Bob and Dolores Hope
LEAR, Moya Olsen.
Bill and Moya Lear: An Unforgettable Flight.
Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 1996.
First edition of this autobiography of Bill and Moya Lear. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Bob and Deloros Hope on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Bob and Delores [sic] - You'' remember a lot of this! With an embrace for you both Moya Olsen Lear 6/96." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kim Bacon and Jim Richards.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117371
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First Edition Of John Updikes Collection of Golf Writings; With A Full Page Drawing by Illustrator Paul Szep
UPDIKE, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep.
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Paul Szep. Signed by the illustrator Paul Szep, who has drawn a full page sketch of John Updike. Also laid in is another illustration of Updike signed by Szep. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 7275
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First Edition Of John Updikes Collection of Golf Writings; Signed by Him
UPDIKE, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep .
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Paul Szep. Signed by John Updike on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141537
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First Edition of N.T. Wright's The Original Jesus; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, N.T. [Tom].
The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman's Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this work on Jesus by the renowned theologian. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by N.T. Wright on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 2366
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"The Truth Will Set You Free. But Not Until It Is Finished With You": First Edition Of The Authors Magnum Opus; Signed By David Foster Wallace in the year of publication
WALLACE, David Foster.
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication on the title page, "Hello! David Foster Wallace 2/96." Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 145601
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Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition Of The Authors Magnum Opus; Signed by David Foster Wallace
WALLACE, David Foster.
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138301
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Leonard Cohens First Novel; Signed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
The Favourite Game.
London: Black Spring Press, 1996.
Later printing of Cohen's classic novel . Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the half-title page with his "Order of the Unified Heart" stamp below. In fine condition. Illustration by David Wood.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144295
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First edition of Ken Follett's The Third Twin; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
The Third Twin: A Novel.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1996.
First edition of Follett's New York Times bestseller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To Erica and Ken with love - Ken Follett." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142322
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Noticia de un Secuestro; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to Close Friends
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Noticia de un Secuestro [News of a Kidnapping]
Mexico: Editorial Diana, 1996.
First edition of this work of nonfiction by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Para Juana y Sergio, en la linea contra la Helius - Burlon; y Le amistad de siempre, Gabo 96." The recipient, Sergio Muñoz Bata and his wife Juana, were close friends of Marquez. They met in 1964 in Mexico City in the home of author Carlos Fuentes, who often hosted a literary open house or "salon" on Sundays. At the time, Marquez was largely unknown to the literary world…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132317
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First Edition of A Life of Picasso Volume II; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully.
A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917: The Painter of Modern Life.
New York: Random House, 1996.
First edition of the second volume in Richardson's four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original publisher's white embossed cloth, frontispiece of a self-portrait photograph by Picasso 1912, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145269
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First Edition of The Essays on Game Theory; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist John F. Nash
NASH, John F.
Essays on Game Theory.
Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this important collection of essays. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Nash on the title page. In fine condition, issued without a dust jacket. Introduction by Ken Binmore. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 138906
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First Edition of Serge Klarsfeld's French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial; Inscribed by Him
KLARSFELD, Serge.
French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial.
New York: New York University Press, 1996.
First edition of this memorial to the French children of the Holocaust with over 2,500 photographic images of the children. Thick quarto, original illustrated boards. Warmly inscribed by Serge Klarsfeld. Edited by Susan Cohen, Howard M. Epstein and Serge Klarsfeld. Translated by Glorianne Depondt and Howard M. Epstein. In fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 732
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Inscribed by Tim Sample and Signed by Stephen King
SAMPLE, Tim; Introduction by Stephen King.
The New Saturday Night at Moody’s Diner.
Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 1996.
First printing of the second edition. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Inscribed by Tim Sample on the title page. Additionally signed by Stephen King, who wrote the introduction to this volume. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 19022
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"The Truth Will Set You Free. But Not Until It Is Finished With You": First Edition Of The Authors Magnum Opus Infinite Jest; With a Signed Promotional of this Novel
WALLACE, David Foster.
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed promotional of Infinite Jest laid in. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146279