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First edition in English of Jean Paul Sartre's Sketch For A Theory of The Emotions
SARTRE, Jean-Paul. Translated by Philip Mairet.
Sketch For A Theory of The Emotions. [Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions].
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1962.
First edition in English of Sartre's work on the nature of psychoanalysis and phenomenology. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Philip Mairet and with a preface by Mary Warnock. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 137129
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First edition of George Edgar Turner's Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War
TURNER, George Edgar.
Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1953.
First edition of Turner's work on the role of the American railroad system in the military campaigns of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs and maps by George Richard Turner. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership inscription.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 133073
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"ENOUGH FOR ME IN DREAMS TO SEE AND TOUCH THY GARMENTS' HEM- THY FEET HAVE TROD SO NEAR TO GOD, I MAY NOT FOLLOW THEM": FIRST EDITION OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S MANY INVENTIONS
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Many Inventions.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893.
First English edition of this collection of Kipling's poems and tales. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 123061
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First edition of J. E. Meade's A Neo-Classical Theory of Economic Growth; in the rare original dust jacket
MEADE, James E.
A Neo-Classical Theory of Economic Growth.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1961.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's early work on economic growth models. Octavo, original cloth, top edge blue. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 115377
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"Men in pajamas sitting abaft the funnel and swapping lies of the purple seas": First unauthorized edition of Rudyard Kipling's Abaft the Funnel
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Abaft the Funnel.
New York: B. W. Dodge and Company, 1909.
First unauthorized edition, second issue of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with red lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with the titles stamped in red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 120904
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“IS THIS REALITY, THE FINAL REALITY, OR JUST A NEW DECEPTIVE DREAM?”: FIRST EDITION OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV'S KING, QUEEN, KNAVE
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
King, Queen, Knave.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.
First British edition of this early Nabokov novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Mayhew. Photograph of Nabokov on the rear panel by Philippe Halsman. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. A nice example.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 89070
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First Edition of The Excellent Becomes The Permanent
ADDAMS, Jane.
The Excellent Becomes The Permanent.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 144207
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“It's best to be ruthless with the past": First Edition of Stephen King's Rose Madder
KING, Stephen.
Rose Madder.
New York: The Viking Press, 1995.
First edition of this King thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Author photograph by Tabitha King.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 116997
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Toomai of the Elephants; with illustrations from the 1937 film Elephant Boy
KIPILNG, Rudyard.
Toomai of the Elephants.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1937.
First separate edition Kipling's story of Toomai, a young elephant-handler, the basis for the 1937 film "Elephant Boy" starring Sabu Dastagir, India's first child actor. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs from the film by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 121393
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First edition of Alan Dean Foster's Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOSTER, Alan Dean.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
London: Century, 2016.
First edition of the New York Times bestselling author's novelization of the seventh installment in the Star Wars film franchise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with an 8-page color photo insert of images from the film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 145010
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; 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. Boldly signed by Archer Mayor on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 143897
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First Edition of Shades of Difference; Padraig O’Malley
MAHARAJ, Mac] O'Malley.
Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle For South Africa.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of this work on apartheid activist Mac Maharaj. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Padraig O’Malley. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 3557
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First edition of Cyril Falls' Rudyard Kipling: A Critical Study
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling: A Critical Study.
London: Martin Secker, 1915.
First edition of Falls' tribute to Kipling. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Kipling from the portrait by William Nicholson. In good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 125404
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"This is Robert Francis Weatherbee who was just like you and me when he was little, only his ears were bigger": Munro Leaf's Robert Francis Weatherbee
LEAF, Monro.
Robert Francis Weatherbee.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935.
First edition of Munro Leaf's early children's tale. Octavo, original boards, illustrated by the author. In good condition with some preliminary leaves removed, ownership signature and bookseller's stickers to the front free endpaper and pastedown, rebacked.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 104087
