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First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Memories and Mementos from Golf's Golden Bear
NICKLAUS, Jack with David Shedloski.
Jack Nicklaus: Memories and Mementos from Golf’s Golden Bear.
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2007.
First edition of the 'Golden Bear' of Golf's autobiographical collection of memoirs and facsimiles. Quarto, original golden boards, illustrated with collectible facsimiles selected by Jack Nicklaus himself as his favorite pieces of memorabilia, each housed in an unopened protective pocket. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Sticker to the front panel, 'Includes 10 rare removable collectibles from the Jack Nicklaus Museum.' Front jacket photo by Walter Iooss, Sports Illustrated. Rear jacket photo of the conclusion of Nicklaus's final round, in the 2005 British Open, at St. Andrews Scotland by AP, Wide World Images.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145103
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"I'm drawn to characters who see the future, or think they do": First Edition of Avenue of Mysteries; Signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
Avenue of Mysteries.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.
First edition of the award-winning author's fourteenth title. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Emily Pracher. Jacket photograph by Karina Juárez. Author photograph by Everett Irving.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145157
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“Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread”: Signed Limited First Edition of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities
WOLFE, Tom.
The Bonfire of the Vanities.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1987.
Signed limited first edition of the author's first novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by the author depicting a powerful scene from the book. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147056
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"You won't get me being...I won't be lost in it": First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Playright’s Classic Play The Homecoming
PINTER, Harold.
The Homecoming.
London: Methuen & Co, 1965.
First edition of the two-act play by the Nobel laureate Harold Pinter. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144687
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First edition of Michael Frayn's The Trick of It; inscribed by him to Sally Soames
FRAYN, Michael.
The Trick Of It.
London: Viking, 1989.
First edition of of Frayn's reverential novel. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally with best wishes from Michael Frayn 15 August 1989." 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 personal journalist, performed extensive research on her…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119338
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First Edition of Son; Signed by Lois Lowry
LOWRY, Lois.
Son.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
First edition of the thrilling conclusion to 'The Giver' quartet. Octavo, original half-cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "with best wishes Lois Lowry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Brock.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145163
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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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Finely bound example of Francis Charles Philips' My Little Husband and If Only; finely bound
PHILIPS, Francis Charles.
My Little Husband and If Only.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894-1904.
Finely bound example Philips' two collections short stories. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114507
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First Edition of James Baldwin's The Devil Finds Work
BALDWIN, James.
The Devil Finds Work.
New York: The Dial Press, 1976.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147104
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One Hundred & One Ballades; Inscribed by H.S. Mackintosh
MACKINTOSH, H.S.; Winifred Agar; Sidney Allnut; Maurice Baring; Hilaire Belloc; E.C. Bentley; Cecil Chesterton; Geoffrey Howard; Diggory King; Theodore Maynard; J.B. Morton; J.S. Phillimore; T. Michael Pope; C.K. Scott-Moncrieff; J.C. Squire; R. Weatherhead; Louis Wharton.
One Hundred & One Ballades.
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1931.
First edition, second printing of this collection of narrative poetry, some of which appear for the first time here. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with engravings by John Nash. Presentation copy, inscribed by H.S. Mackintosh, "To Miss S. Fraser-Luckis from H.S. Mackintosh. September 1937." In very good condition with some toning to the spine and light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147098
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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 in English of Ragnar Frisch's Theory of Production
FRISCH, Ragnar.
Theory of Production.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1965.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian economist's work on production theory. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 127011
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's The Descent of Man and Other Stories
WHARTON, Edith.
The Descent of Man and Other Stories.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.
First edition of this early collection of Wharton's short stories. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, woodcut border to the title page, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 110354
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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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First Corgi Yearling Edition of Spring-Heeled Jack; inscribed by Philip Pullman
PULLMAN, Philip. Illustrated by David Mostyn.
Spring-Heeled Jack: A Story of Bravery and Evil.
London: Corgi Yearling Books, 1998.
First Corgi Yearling edition of Pullman's fantastic adventure story. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes Eileen - Philip Pullman." In fine condition. Cover illustration by Peter Bailey. Inside Illustrations by David Mostyn.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 89122