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George H. Morris' Hunter Seat Equitation in the original dust jacket
MORRIS, George H.
Hunter Seat Equitation.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971.
First edition, early printing of the definitive work on the art of teaching and riding the hunter seat. Octavo, original cloth. Foreword A. Eugene Cunningham. Line Drawings by Jan Conant. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket typography by Gina Rosencrantz.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 142013
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First edition of Hokum: A Play in Three Acts; one of 73 copies hors-commerce
MCNEIL, Morris [Morris S. Musselman] and apparently Ernest Hemingway.
Hokum: A Play in Three Acts.
Wellesley Hills: The Sans Souci Press, 1978.
First edition, first printing of what is rumored to be Hemingway's first book, from the original typescript dated 1921 (which precedes the publication of Three Stories and Ten Poems in 1923) and published for the first time in 1978. Octavo, original off-white buckram, antique green endpapers, title page in green and black. One of 73 copies hors-commerce numbered 1-73, this is number 24. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in the original antique green slipcase which is in fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 120983
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First Edition of Harvard Sitkoff's King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop; Warmly Inscribed by the author
SITKOFF, Harvard [Martin Luther King.
King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop.
New York: Hill and Wang, 2008.
First edition of this stunning reappraisal of King and his increased relevance. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "November 1, 2008 For Bernie, college pal, army buddy, and more...all my best, Harvey." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charlotte Strick.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 143903
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"The facts are always less than what really happened": First Edition of July’s People; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
July’s People.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
First edition of one of the author's most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 543
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"The more I practice, the luckier I get": First Edition of To Be the Best: Reflections of a Champion; Inscribed by Golfing Legend Gary Player
PLAYER, Gary; Foreword by Arnold Palmer.
Gary Player: To Be the Best. Reflections of A Champion.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, 1991.
First British edition of this work by the golfing legend. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best regards to Raymond Metcalf, my Champions Golf Club friend Gary Player 1996." Fine in a fine jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5668
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“We should constantly be reminded of what we owe in return for what we have": No Ordinary Time; Warmly Inscribed by Doris Kearns Goodwin
KEARNS GOODWIN, Doris.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
First edition, early printing of the historian's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bonnie, With best my best wishes, Doris Kearns Goodwin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 143772
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First Edition of Nick's Trip: A Nick Stefanos Mystery; Signed by George Pelecanos
PELECANOS, George.
Nick’s Trip: A Nick Stefanos Mystery.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Pelecanos on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino. Jacket design by John Dawson. Review copy, with the publication from the publisher laid in.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 144169
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First separate edition of Charles Eliot Norton's Rudyard Kipling A Biographical Sketch; one of 100 numbered copies
NORTON, Charles Eliot. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling A Biographical Sketch.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899.
First separate edition of Charles Eliot Norton's concise sketch of Kipling's early life, written for the new popular edition of his writings and prepared with his approval. Octavo, original boards, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Kipling. One of one hundred numbered copies, this is number 52. In near fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 123761
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First Edition of Samuel L. Clemens' The Curious Republic of Gondour
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919.
First edition of Twain's classic collection of humorous sketches. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 137388
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First edition of Robert Stone's Outerbridge Reach
STONE, Robert.
Outerbridge Reach.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1992.
First edition of Stone's fifth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Sally recalling a lovely, morning in London - wishing all the best. Bob Stone London May 19, 1992." 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 Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 123971
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First Edition of THE GOD PARTICLE; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Leon Lederman
LEDERMAN, Leon with Dick Teresi.
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 144353
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First Edition of Nabokov's Notes on Prosody: from the commentary of his translation of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Notes on Prosody.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1964.
First edition of Nabokov's analysis of poetic prosody from the commentary of his translation of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 88174
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Rare First edition of Holcombe and Adams' An Account of the Battle of Wilson's Creek
HOLCOMBE, R.I. and Thomas W. Adams.
An Account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, or Oak Hills, Fought Between the Union Troops, Commanded by Gen. N. Lyon. and the Southern, or Confederate Troops, Under Command of Gens. McCulloch and Price, on Saturday, August 10, 1861, in Green County, Missouri.
Springfield, Missouri: Dow & Adams, Publishers, 1883.
First edition of Holcombe and Adams' account of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Octavo, original publisher's binding decorated in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 133053
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First Edition of Mathematical Methods in Investment and Finance; Signed by Karl Shell
SZEGO, George Philip and Shell.
Mathematical Methods in Investment and Finance.
New York : North-Holland Publishing Company, 1972.
First edition of this work edited by the award-winning economists. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Karl Shell on the front free endpaper, "Karl Shell March 14, 2014 Ithaca, NY." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Includes essays by Joseph Stiglitz, J.H. Dreze and N.A. Niarchos.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 114473
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First edition of Aldous Huxley's Little Mexican & Other Stories
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Little Mexican & Other Stories.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1924.
First edition of Huxley's third collection of short fiction. Octavo, original red cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 140252
