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FIRST EDITIONS OF STIEG LARSSON’S MILLENNIUM TRILOGY; EACH VOLUME UNIQUELY SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR
LARSSON, Stieg; Translated by Reg Keeland.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played with Fire; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.
London: Maclehose Press, 2008-2009.
First editions in English of each volume of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, original boards. Each volume is signed by the translator Reg Keeland, with a quotation added by the translator from each novel in each book. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo reads, "Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are. Reg Keeland." The Girl Who Played With Fire reads, "There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility. Reg Keeland." The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest reads, "But if you want to win, you're going to have to…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 82278
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"The establishment of peace on earth is a fundamental belief of universal Judaism with its principles of one universal God and one humanity": Rare type-written manuscript signed and hand-corrected by Palestine's first attorney general Norman Bentwich
BENTWICH, Norman.
The Jews and International Relations: The Pursuit of Peace.
c. 1950.
Rare manuscript written by Mandatory Palestine's first attorney general, British Zionist Norman Bentwich. 21 pages, type-written with copious corrections and revisions in Bentwich's hand throughout, signed by Bentwich at the conclusion of the last page. Developed during his term as Chairman of the United Restitution Organization, the manuscript contains content and notes which would later be published as Bentwich's 1959 book: The Religious Foundations of Internationalism; A Study in International Relations Through the Ages. Also included at the conclusion of the text is a list of suggested reading. In very good condition. A rare and desirable signed manuscript.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 81253
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"I like complexity and contradiction in architecture": First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Warmly Inscribed by Robert Venturi
VENTURI, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Al, Friendship and respect Bob Venturi." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 81249
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Elaborately illustrated First pine edition of the complete works of Horace; Alexis de Tocqueville's copy, lengthily inscribed to him by his Father
HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus (Alexis de Tocqueville).
Horatii Opera (The Complete Works of Horace).
John Pine: London, 1733-37.
First Pine edition of the collected works of ancient Roman poet and political figure Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace), "the most elegant of English eighteenth-century books in which text and illustrations alike are entirely engraved" (Ray). French statesman Alexis de Tocqueville's copy, inscribed to him by his father in Volume I, "Donné à mon fils Alexis le 5 septembre 1822, jour où il a obtenu le prix d'honneur en Rhétorique, le premier prix en version Latine, le second prix en discours Francais, et gratia accessis. Metz, le 5 septembre 1822 le C[om]te de Tocqueville." Alexis de Tocqueville received the gift as…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 81146
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First Edition of Patrick Leigh Fermor's The Traveller's Tree; Signed by Him
LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick.
The Traveller’s Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands.
London: John Murray, 1950.
First edition of Leigh Fermor's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrations by A. Costa.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 81193
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“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human": Exceptionally Rare First Edition in English of Aristotle's A Treatise on Government
ARISTOTLE; TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM ELLIS,.
A Treatise on Government. Translated From The Greek of Aristotle.
London: T. Payne, 1776.
First edition in English of this important work on government by Aristotle. Quarto, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. In very good condition with light toning to the text and wear. Bookseller plate of George Gregory, Bath, Sept. 22, 1936 on the front pastedown. Translated by William Ellis.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 81182
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"The contemplation of a magnificent structure and of an extensive work are objects exceedingly pleasing to the imagination": John Campbell's A Political Survey of Britain
CAMPBELL, John.
A Political Survey of Britain: Being a Series of Reflections on the Situation, Lands, Inhabitants, Revenues, Colonies, and Commerce of This Island.
Dublin: T. Ewing and C. Jenkin, 1775.
Rare second edition of John Campbell's classic survey of late sixteenth century Britain. Octavo, four volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, raised bands, red and green morocco spine labels, gilt titles. In good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 81166
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Finely bound example of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade
VOLTAIRE,.
La Henriade avec des Variantes et des Notes. Et l’Effai sur le Poëme Epique.
London : Jacob Tonsen, 1734.
Finely bound example of Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade. Small octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Text in French.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 81165
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Betty: A Glad Awakening; Signed by Betty Ford
FORD, Betty.
Betty: A Glad Awakening.
New York : Doubleday, 1987.
First edition of the first lady's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Betty Ford on a page bound in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 76338
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First Edition of William Lloyd Garrison on Non-Resistance; Inscribed by the Co-Founder of the NAACP Fanny Garrison Villard
VILLARD, Fanny Garrison .
William Lloyd Garrison on Non-Resistance. Together with a Personal Sketch By His Daughter Fanny Garrison Villard and a Tribute by Leo Tolstoi.
The Nations Press Printing Co, 1924.
First edition of this tribute to the prominent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Mildred L. Wood May 30, 1925 From Mrs. Villard." Fanny Garrison Villard was a co-founder (with her son) of the NAACP and active in women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the daughter of prominent publisher and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and the wife of railroad tycoon Henry Villard. In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 81133
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Nineteenth Century Portrait of George Washington
STUART, Gilbert. (George Washington).
George Washington Portrait.
Portrait of George Washington after Gilbert Stuart, American School, late 19th century oil on canvas portrait of President George Washington, after the Athaneum portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Housed in a Victorian giltwood frame with floral carved corner ornaments and oval opening. The entire piece measures 35 inches by 40 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 78002
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"Fight has never been and is not now a fight for conquest of land, for accumulation of wealth or domination of peoples, but for the recognition and preservation of the rights of man and the establishment of a truly free world for a free people": Exceedingly Scarce Signed Photograph of Albert Luthuli
LUTULI, Albert.
Albert Lutuli Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of Albert Lutuli, the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Signed twice by him and dated by him 2/11/1961. The portrait shows Luthuli holding the telegram which announced his award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1960. The reverse of the photograph is rubber stamped "Copyright Photograph supplied by The Natal Mercury, Devonshire Place, Durban". In near fine condition.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 81123
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The Writings of Thomas Paine; Bound in full Contemporary Calf
PAINE, Thomas.
Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Congress of the United States of America, in the Late War.
Albany, New York: Charles R. & George Webster, 1792.
Nine of Paine's writings gathered, each pagination with a separate title page. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf. One of at least four issues with variant title pages for this work, this apparently the first, without the addition of "Rights of Man, Part the Second. In very good condition with some light foxing. Rare and desirable.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 81112
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"I have led too serious a life; but that, perhaps, after all, preserves one's youth": First Harper's Half Hour Series edition of Henry James' The Diary of a Man of Fifty and A Bundle of Letters
JAMES, Henry.
The Diary of a Man of Fifty and A Bundle of Letters.
New York: Harpers & Brothers, Publishers, 1880.
First Harper's Half-Hour Series edition of this duo of James novellas. 12mo, original wrappers as issued. In good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 81095
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"Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless": First Edition of Max Born's The Restless Universe; Signed by Him
BORN, Max.
The Restless Universe.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1936.
First edition of this classic introduction to physics. Quarto, original cloth. Signed by Max Born on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Translated by Winifred M. Deans. Illustrations by Dr. Otto Koenigsberger. This is the first signed example of a first printing we have seen.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 81190
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Photograph of President Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson; Signed by Both
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird.
Signed Family Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Large photograph of President Lyndon and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and additionally inscribed by Lady Bird, as follows, "To Mary Lasker from her friends Lady Bird Johnson Christmas 1966. The recipient Mary Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation. She helped convince Eleanor Roosevelt to endorse Lyndon Johnson's efforts to become the 1960 Democratic nominee, and Lady Bird glowingly mentions Lasker in her book A White House Diary. Lasker was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 81062