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"Wine, women and dice kept him ever hungry, ill, and poor": Finely bound example of Richard Head's The English Rogue
HEAD, Richard and Francis Kirkman.
The English Rogue Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant: Being a Complete History of the Most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes.
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1928.
Finely bound example of Head's famous satirical autobiography. Quarto, bound in full tree calf with green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, illustrated with plates after the originals. In very good condition. Stamp to the half-title page.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 109026
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First edition of Peter Howitt's The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays
HOWITT, Peter [John Maynard Keynes].
The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1990.
First edition of Howitt's collected essays analyzing Keynesian and Walrasian economics. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "John with best wishes Peter Howitt." Laid in is an additional note inscribed by the author which reads, "12/9/14 John, With best wishes and many thanks for the kind words. Peter." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 110737
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"Through the naked words and mean, May ye see the truth between, As the singer knew and touched it in the ends of all the Earth!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Seven Seas
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Seven Seas.
London: Methuen and Co, 1896.
First British edition of Kipling's collection of songs and poems dedicated to voyages on the high seas which includes A Song of the English and Hymn Before Action. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and vignette to the front panel. In good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 121559
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First Edition of Shirley Eaton's Golden Touch: An Intimate Diary of Poems; Signed by Her
EATON, Shirley; Foreword by Roger Moore.
Shirley Eaton’s Golden Touch: An Intimate Diary of Poems.
Tennessee: Concept Productions, 2006.
First edition of this diary by the famed actress of James Bond's Goldfinger. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes Shirley Eaton Enjoy." In fine condition. Foreword by Roger Moore.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 123244
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First edition of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein's Allegro
RODGERS, Richard and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Allegro: A Musical Play.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
First edition of the book companion to Rodgers and Hammerstein's third collaboration for the stage. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Portrait of Hammerstein by Lupas.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 137245
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Rare first edition of Irvin S. Cobb's Incredible Truth; inscribed by him
COBB, Irvin S.
Incredible Truth.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931.
First edition of Cobb's absorbing collection of historical essays. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Yours Sincerely Irvine S. Cobb." Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115067
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First edition of Tad Shepperd's Pack & Paddock
SHEPPERD, Tad.
Pack & Paddock.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938.
First edition of this collection of poems of the hunt. Small octavo, original publishers three quarters morocco with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt with others uncut, illustrated by Paul Brown. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 551. In fine condition. Bookplate.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 116893
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First editions of Rudyard Kipling's Kipling Anthology: Prose and Verse
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kipling Anthology: Prose and Verse.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.
First editions of Kipling's collected prose and verse. 12mo, two volumes, original blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition. A charming set.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 122861
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Jacinto Benavente's Cartas de Mujeres
BENAVENTE, Jacinto.
Cartas de Mujeres.
Madrid: Librería Y Casa Editorial Hernando, 1932.
Finely bound example of this work from the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist. Duodecimo, bound in full marbled calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, patterned endpapers, engraved headpieces throughout. In very good condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145262
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First Edition of Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986; Signed by Cynthia Ozick, Robert Giroux, and Daniel Stern
MALAMUD, Bernard). Cynthia Ozick.
Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986.
New York: Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller, 1986.
First edition, one of 150 unnumbered copies. 16 mo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert Giroux, Daniel Stern, and Cynthia Ozick. In fine condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 47544
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First Edition of Giving Good Weight; Inscribed by John McPhee
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Len Byrd all best John." Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 2133
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"Nobody knows anything about what will work": William Goldman's Tinsel; Inscribed by Him
GOLDMAN, William.
Tinsel.
New York : Delacorte Press, 1979.
First edition, second printing of Goldman's novel regarding Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by William Goldman opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Huebner.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 81342
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First Edition of The Fiscal System of Venezuela; Inscribed by Carl Shoup
SHOUP, Carl S.
The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1959.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Carl Shoup on the front free endpaper, "To A.R. Ilersic with regards- C.S. Shoup." Also laid in a signed letter from Shoup to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Carl S. Shoup. Contributors include John F. Due, Lyle C. Fitch, Sir Donald McDougall, Oliver S. Oldman and Stanley S. Surrey.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 75023
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Ruth Plumly Thompson's Kabumpo in Oz
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly; Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum.
Kabumpo in Oz.
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1922.
First edition, early printing of Thompson's second fantastical continuation of Frank Baum’s 'Oz' stories. Octavo, original cloth with colored pictorial paper onlay, illustrated plates by John R. Neill. In very good condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145101
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First Edition of Giving Good Weight; Signed by John McPhee
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145881