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Signed Limited Edition of Robert James Waller's A Thousand Country Roads
WALLER, Robert James.
A Thousand Country Roads.
Alpine & Houston: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2002.
Signed limited edition of the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Robert James Waller. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136512
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Uncorrected Proof of The Cage Keeper and Other Stories; Signed by Andre Dubus III
DUBUS III, Andre.
The Cage Keeper and Other Stories.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's first book, a well-received collection of stories. Octavo, original orange wrappers. Signed by Andre Dubus III on the title page. Review slip laid in. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 447
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First Edition of The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast; finely bound in full polished calf
HALL, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast.
London: Arthur Hall, 1861.
First edition of Hall's description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138426
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First Edition of The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy; inscribed by Mario Cuomo to William Safire
CUOMO, Mario [William Safire].
The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1994.
First edition of the 52nd Governor of New York's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Bill Safire, One of our proud hoasts [sic] (but isn't there something wrong with that grammatically? Mario 1994." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 103423
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First Edition of Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress; Signed by Him
MOSLEY, Walter.
Devil In A Blue Dress.
First edition of this defining novel in Mosley’s bestselling Easy Rawlins mystery series, which was adapted into a film starring Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Walter Mosley on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hugh O'Neill. Jacket illustration by John Jinks. Author photograph by Joyce Ravid.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 141535
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"Robed with dark pines I saw beneath me spread Escorial's cloistered palace of the dead": First edition of John Addington Symonds' first published work The Escorial: A Prize Poem
SYMONDS, John Addington.
The Escorial. A Prize Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860.
Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860.
First edition of Symonds' first book, published when he was 20 years old. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 125596
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"A distinctive portfolio of distinctive wallpapers": Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. "Economy Group" wallpaper sample portfolio
Sears Roebuck and Co. “Economy Group” Standard Quality Wallpaper Catalog.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1940.
Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. wallpaper sample catalog; the "Economy Group", featuring standard quality papers printed with fadeproof colors in a variety of patterns. Octavo, includes 14 wallpaper samples. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 125883
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"There are always many people who say that golf cannot be learned from a book": First edition of P. A. Vaile's The New Golf
VAILE, P. A.
The New Golf.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916.
First edition of P. A. Vaile's authoritative manual of the game of golf. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece engraving of Jerome D. Travers with tissue guard, illustrated with forty engravings from photographs. In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 88077
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First edition of George Shearing's Lullaby of Birdland; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
SHEARING, George with Alyn Shipton [William Safire].
Lullaby of Birdland.
New York: Continuum, 2004.
First edition of British jazz pianist George Shearing's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Helene and Bill - Not it's my turn! Affectionately, George Shearing." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135249
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First edition of Jeffrey Sonnenfeld's The Hero's Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire; lengthily inscribed by him
SONNENFELD, Jeffrey.
The Hero’s Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1988.
First edition of Sonnenfeld's in-depth work on executive succession. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author in the year of publication, "To Yandy, Congratulations on your heroic contributions - especially in pulling this joint conference off. Best wishes, Jeff." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Complete Artworks, Ltd. Author photograph by Richard A. Chase.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121305
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First Edition of Louise Meriwether's Daddy Was A Number Runner
MERIWETHER, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin.
Daddy Was A Number Runner.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1970.
First edition of this modern classic “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem" (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by James Baldwin. Very good in a good dust jacket, name blacked out on the front pastedown and number to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Cuevas.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145875
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First Edition of Morley Cooper's Cruising to Florida Via the Intercoastal Waterway
COOPER, Morley.
Cruising to Florida Via the Intracoastal Waterway.
New York: Whittlesey House/ McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1946.
First edition of this early work on the intracoastal waterways. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 140263
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First Edition of Robert James Waller's A Thousand Country Roads; Signed by Him
WALLER, Robert James.
A Thousand Country Roads.
Alpine & Houston: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2002.
First edition of the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Robert James Waller on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leisha Israel. Author photograph by Linda Solomon.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 137799
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First edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Land of the Mist
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
The Land of the Mist.
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd, [1926].
First edition of the third novel in the author's Professor Challenger series. Octavo, original publishers cloth. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 140202
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Signed by Richard Goldstone
GOLDSTONE, Richard J.; Foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor.
For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator.
Johannesburg, South Africa: Witwaterstrand University Press, 2000.
First edition of Goldstone's autobiography. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Ken With admiration and in friendship Richard." In near fine condition. Foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 2568
