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"A brilliant record of hazardous adventure": C. Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence's The Wilderness of Zin
WOOLLEY, C. Leonard and T. E. Lawrence.
The Wilderness of Zin.
London: Stacey International, 2003.
Revised edition of the authors comprehensive account of their daring 1914 military mapping expedition in southern Palestine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Preface by Jonathan Tubb. Introduction by T. Sam N. Moorehead. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 124354
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La Bibliotheque de Pierre Berge, Quatrieme Vente 14 Decembre 2018
BERGE, Pierre.
La Bibliotheque de Pierre Berge, Quatrieme Vente14 Decembre 2018.
Sotheby's, 2018.
First edition of this landmark auction of Pierre Berge. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 128913
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First edition of Brian Moore's No Other Life; inscribed by him to famed photographer Sally Soames
MOORE, Brian.
No Other Life.
London: Bloomsbury, 1993.
First edition of the award-winning novelist's gripping drama. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally Soames L'Image B S Moore." 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: 126419
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"The first time I saw Felix, he had no trousers on": First edition of Hilary Ford's Felix Walking
FORD, Hilary.
Felix Walking.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958.
First edition of the first book published under Youd's pseudonym Hilary Ford. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 96197
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First Edition of New Worlds to Conquer; Signed by Richard Halliburton
HALLIBURTON, Richard.
New Worlds to Conquer.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929.
First edition of the third legendary travel-adventure book from this author. Medium octavo, original olive green cloth with gilt titles, beveled edges, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of the author at the summit of Popocatepetl, illustrated with photographs throughout. Boldly signed by Richard Halliburton on the front free endpaper. In very good condition, owner signature to the half-title page.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145248
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First edition of Gordon Grand's Old Man and other Colonel Weatherford Stories
GRAND, Gordon.
Old Man and Other Colonel Weatherford Stories.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934.
First edition of the third book in the great sporting writer's Colonel Weatherford series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with paintings by William J. Hays influding tissue-guarded frontispiece. One of 1450 copies printed for Eugene V. Connett at the Derrydale Press. Bookplate. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 116018
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Daniel Yergin's The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
YERGIN, Daniel.
The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Early printing of "the best history of oil ever written" (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jack- With gratitude for the opportunity to be part of the AMC '91 and appreciation for the gracious hospitality Best wishes, Daniel Yergin Jan 3, '99 Pittsburgh." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120452
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First Edition of Exit Ghost; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
Exit Ghost.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
First edition of the author's final novel in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1589
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"Art thou content with thy servant? He is very comfy with thee": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's His Apologies
KIPLING, Rudyard.
His Apologies.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932.
First edition of Kipling's classic poetic tribute to his beloved Scottie. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. With drawings by Cecil Alden. In very good condition. Ownership name.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 123048
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First edition of David Rieff's Going to Miami; inscribed by him and from the library of Peter Matthiessen
RIEFF, David. [Peter Matthiessen].
Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists, and Refugees in the New America.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987.
First edition of Rieff's classic work on the complex history of Miami, Florida. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "For Maria, with much love. David New York IX.9.87." The recipient, Maria Eckhart was the third wife of American writer Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. "No…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135144
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"To Jean with Love, Mother": First Edition of Nehru of India; Inscribed by the author to her daughter
SPENCER, Cornelia.
Nehru of India.
New York: The John Day Company, 1948.
First edition of this biography of Nehru. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her daughter on the front free endpaper, "To Jean with Love, Mother Cornelia Spencer June 1948." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 103269
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"in grateful appreciation of her friendship- with sincerest and affectionate regards": First Edition of Turner Catledge's My Life and The Times; Inscribed by Him
CATLEDGE, Turner.
My Life and The Times.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1971.
First edition of this autobiography by the New York Times journalist and editor. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Marian Heishell in grateful appreciation of her friendship- with sincerest and affectionate regards. Turner Catledge." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 109372
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"I had principles and sensibilities and an informed view of the world, and I had had that for a while. Learned it all in grammar school: Don Quixote, Ivanhoe, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, Tale of Two Cities": First Edition of Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture
DYLAN, Bob.
The Nobel Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster , 2017.
First edition of Dylan's Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original boards. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147052
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"a species that all got along perfectly with each other would never make it to the stars": Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes' Encounter with Tiber; Inscribed by Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, Buzz and John Barnes.
Encounter with Tiber.
New York: Aspect Warner Books, Inc, 1996.
First edition, early printing of this incredible science fiction saga made in collaboration with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and 'Mother of Storms' author John Barnes. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Andy Andres and John Solie. Presentation copy, inscribed by Aldrin on the title page, "To Ben Hacker Ad Astra Via Mars Buzz Aldrin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Jacket illustration by Bob Eggleton.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147214
