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George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue; from the library of American Actor Zachary Scott
SHAW, George Bernard [John Steinbeck].
Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936.
Early printing of one of Shaw's major works. Octavo, original cloth, with illustrations from the play as presented by Katharine Cornell courtesy of Vandamm Studio. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughout the 1940s and 50s including Hollywood Canteen, The Unfaithful, Shotgun, Man in the Shadow, and The Young One. In very good condition with Scott’s bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114807
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First Edition of Sam Shepard's Five Plays
SHEPARD, Sam.
Five Plays: Chicago; Icarus’s Mother; Red Cross; Fourteen Hundred Thousand. Melodrama Play. Shepard, Sam.
Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1967.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Patrick Sullivan from photographs by Hope Wurmfeld.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 141325
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"Being an astute businessman, Ryder took great interest in the integrity of the matches that would later bear his name": First Edition of The Ryder Cup Meets the Monster; Inscribed by Dow Finsterwald, Jr.
PERRY, Bryon. Foreward by Dow Finsterwald Jr.
The Ryder Cup Meets the Monster: A Collection of Words and Pictures Commemorating Golf’s Crown Jewel.
Bingham Farms, Michigan: Premiere Publishing LLC, 2004.
First edition of this work dedicated to 'golf's crown jewel': The Ryder Cup. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Dow Finsterwald on the title page, "To Robert: Hope you enjoy 'Golf's greatest event,' Best Wishes, Dow Finsterwald Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 89015
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First Edition of Felix Salten's Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family
SALTEN, Felix.
Bambi’s Children: The Story of a Forest Family.
Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939.
First edition of this classic work, the sequel to Bambi. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Erna Pinner. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Translated by Barthold Fles. Edited by R. Sugden Tilley.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133117
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Finely bound example of John Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies
RUSKIN, John.
Sesame and Lilies.
London: George Allen, 1893.
Finely bound example of Ruskin’s classic anthology including Of King’s Treasures, Of Queen’s Gardens, and The Mystery of Life and Its Arts. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels, gilt ruling and central gilt Aske's Hatcham Schools coat of arms, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others uncut. In good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114418
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First Edition of To Bear Any Burden; Signed by Al Santoli
SANTOLI, Al.
To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians.
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1985.
First edition of this oral history of the Vietnam War from the author of 'Everything We Had.' Medium octavo, original red half cloth, illustrated with black and white plates. Signed by Al Santoli on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146833
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First Edition of Roger D. Hunt and Jack R. Brown's Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue
HUNT, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown.
Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.
Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990.
First edition of Hunt and Brown's monumental compilation of biographical sketches of Union brevet brigadier generals in the Civil War. Quarto, original cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with portraits. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133074
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Col. I Winslow Ayer's The Great Treason Plot in the North During the War
AYER, I. Winslow.
The Great Treason Plot in the North During the War. Most Dangerous, Perfidious, Extensive and Startling Plot Ever Devised! Imminent Hidden Perils of the Republic. Astounding Developments Never Before Published.
Chicago: U.S. Publishing Co, n.d..
Early printing of Ayer's Civil War account. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132537
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First Edition of the Authors First Book; With a Autographed Signed Letter
SHARP, Thomas.
Town and Countryside.
London: Oxford University Press, 1932.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Laid in is an autograph letter signed by Thomas Sharp on his letterhead to Architect Arthur Holden dated September 25, 1951. Sharp mentions Frank Lloyd Wright and Wright’s interest in his book "The Anatomy of a Village." With the original envelope.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 3781
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First edition of Michael Palin's Sahara; inscribed by him
PALIN, Michael. Photographs by Basil Pao.
Sahara.
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.
First edition of Palin's incredible retelling of his journey across the Sahara Desert. Quarto, original boards, patterned endpapers, photographs by Basil Pao. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Glenn - Don't eat the camel! Michael Palin." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover design by Basil Pao.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119797
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First English Edition of Rudyard Kipling's From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel
KIPLING, Rudyard.
From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900.
First English edition of this collection of Kipling’s essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to England. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt elephant emblem to the front panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition with rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Ownership name.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122350
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author’s second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication, "To ______- Unofficial booster extraordinaire. May all your reading of my purple prose be white-knuckled affairs. All the best- Archer Mayor Dec. 1990." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 117
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First Edition of The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College
GRANT, Gerald; David Riesman.
The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978.
First edition of this work by famed sociologist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For the Institute of Advanced Study with appreciation David Riesman December, 1978." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 62018
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Black and white photograph of pioneering African-American comic and actor Godfrey Cambridge; inscribed by him
CAMBRIDGE, Godfrey.
Godfrey Cambridge Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of pioneering African-American comic and actor Godfrey Cambridge, signed by him, "Bless ya Godfrey Cambridge." In very good condition. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132940
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Business Cycles and National Income
HANSEN, Alvin H.
Business Cycles and National Income.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1951.
First edition of this work by the "American Keynes." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 4286
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First edition of The Guiding Book; containing short stories by Rudyard Kipling, Katharine Tyman, Bella Sindey Woolf and many others; with illustrations by Edmund Dulac and W. Heath Robinson
[KIPLING, Rudyard] Edited by Ann Kindersley.
The Guiding Book: Dedicated to the Girlhood of Many Countries and to All Those with a Heart Still Young.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd.
First edition of this book for Girl Guides containing stories by Rudyard Kipling, Katharine Tyman, Bella Sindey Woolf and many others. Quarto, original publishers cloth with colored pictorial onlay to the front panel. With seven illustrations in color by Edmund Dulac, Margaret Tarrant, Lawson Wood, Heath Robinson and others on mounted plates. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120349