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First Edition of The Washington Senators; Inscribed by Shirley Povich and Additionally Signed by four members of the 1954 and 1955 Senators and two professional affiliates of the team
POVICH, Shirley [Eddie Yost.
The Washington Senators.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.
First edition of this informal history of one of the oldest baseball teams in the United States. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To John Howard Shirley Povich." Additionally signed by members of the 1954 and 1955 Senators Eddie Yost, Bob Porterfield, Jim Busby, and Chuck Stobbs on the front free endpaper above the signatures of Calvin Griffith (Hall of Fame 2010) and Bob Wolff. Signed a second time by Calvin Griffith beneath his photo between pages 86 and 87. Griffith, nephew of longtime Washington…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146647
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First Edition of John Irving's The Water-Method Man
IRVING, John.
The Water-Method Man.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition of Irving's second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Hal Seigal. An exceptional example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145987
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First edition of Charles Dalton's The Waterloo Roll Call; finely bound
DALTON, Charles.
The Waterloo Roll Call.
London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.
First edition of Dalton's account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon's last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Bookplate. Ownership name. Rare.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137101
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's The Waters of Siloe; signed by Thomas Merton
MERTON, Thomas.
The Waters of Siloe.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949.
First edition of Merton's companion volume to his famed The Seven Storey Mountain. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece. Signed by Thomas Merton on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 110762
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“There is no better antidote against entertaining too high an opinion of others than having an excellent one of ourselves at the very same time": Rare first edition collection of Sil Walter Scott's Waverly Novels
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
The Waverly Novels First Edition Collection.
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne; And Hurst, Robinson, and Co., London, 1816-1821.
First edition collection of Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, bound in full contemporary cloth with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, the set includes first editions of The Antiquary (1816, 3 volumes, half-titles present); Guy Mannering (1817); Rob Roy (1818, 3 volumes, half-titles); and The Abbot (1820, 3 volumes); Tales of My Landlord (second series: 1818, 4 volumes; third series: 1819, 4 volumes; fourth series: 1832, vol. 1-3); Ivanhoe (1820, 3 volumes); The Monastery (1820, 3 volumes); Kenilworth (1821, 3 volumes, half-titles); Peveril of the Peak (1822, 4 volumes); The Pirate (1822, 3 volumes); Fortunes of Nigel (1822, 3 volumes); Quentin Durward…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 124020
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“When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness—I am nothing": First Edition of Virginia Woolf's The Waves
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Waves.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931.
First edition of Woolf's most experimental novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vanessa Bell. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 139435
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First Edition of Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh
BUTLER, Samuel.
The Way of All Flesh.
London: Grant Richards, 1903.
First edition of Butler's classic semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 130529
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Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh; finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
BUTLER, Samuel.
The Way of All Flesh.
London: A.C. Fifield, 1919.
Finely bound example of Butler's semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 109527
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First Edition of Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh
BUTLER, Samuel.
The Way of All Flesh.
London: Grant Richards, 1903.
First edition of Butler's semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 110721
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First Edition of Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Dwight Williams' The Way of the Explorer; Inscribed by Edgar Mitchell
MITCHELL, Edgar with Dwight Williams.
The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical World.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.
First edition of this engrossing evaluation of the contributions of space exploration to the future by the sixth man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Dr. Edgar Mitchell on the title page, "To Bud Best wishes Edgar Mitchell." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom McKeveny.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147174
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First Edition of Frederic Remington's The Way of the Indian
REMINGTON, Frederic.
The Way of the Indian.
New York: Fox Duffield & Company, 1906.
First edition, first state with page 9 numbered of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143085
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First Edition of Greg Norman's The Way of the Shark: Lessons on Golf, Business, and Life; Warmly Inscribed by Him
NORMAN, Greg.
The Way of the Shark: Lessons on Golf, Business, and Life.
New York: Atria Books, 2006.
First edition of this work by the Golden Shark. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Col Steve Thanks for your Support...Look after your shoulder Greg Norman 2KG (drawing)." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Min Choi. Written with Donald T. Phillips.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 139297
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First Edition of David Fromkin's The Way of the World
FROMKIN, David.
The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the Twenty-first Century.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of the award-winning author's map of universal history. Octavo, original navy blue half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photograph by Alfred W. Cook. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145172
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Julia Child's The Way to Cook; Inscribed by Her
CHILD, Julia.
The Way To Cook.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Later printing of this classic cookbook by Julia Child. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs by Brian Leatart and Jim Scherer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Lois Johnson Julia Child." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146643
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“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon, or not at all": First Edition of The Way to Cook; Signed by Julia Child
CHILD, Julia.
The Way To Cook.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
First edition of this classic cookbook by Julia Child. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs by Brian Leatart and Jim Scherer. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Bon Appetit Julia Child." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145916
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“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship": First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Weight of Glory
LEWIS, C.S.
The Weight of Glory and other Addresses.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949.
First edition, first printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Jeanyee Wong. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145132