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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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“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 Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal
BOURDAIN, Anthony.
A Cook’s Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal.
New York: Bloomsbury, 2001.
First edition of renowned chef Anthony Bourdain's autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Philippe Lajaunie.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 145117
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“I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals": First Edition of Jack Nicklaus's On & off the fairway: a pictorial autobiography
NICKLAUS, Jack.
On & Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
First edition of this work by the golfing legend. Quarto, original half-cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 147013
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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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"You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face": Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice
FLEMING, Ian .
You Only Live Twice.
London: The Book Club, 1964.
First book club edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming's lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 147129
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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
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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 Eric Ambler's The Care of Time; Warmly inscribed by Him
AMBLER, Eric.
The Care of Time.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981.
First edition of this novel by the author of The Mask of Dimitrios. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Anna Sklar, with best wishes from the conspirator, Eric Ambler." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Jacket photograph by Stephen Cornwell.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 106379
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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 John Knowles' The Private Life of Axie Reed; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
KNOWLES, John.
The Private Life of Axie Reed.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1986.
First edition of this work by the author of A Separate Peace. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Lee- With all best regards- John Knowles L.I March 31, 1986." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Gatti.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 121398
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"What is necessary is to speak about a man as though painting him": Limited First Edition of Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington's Picasso: Creator and Destroyer
HUFFINGTON, Arianna Stassinopoulos.
Picasso: Creator and Destroyer.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.
Signed limited first edition of this ingenious biography of the prolific Cubist painter and hallmark of Surrealism, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, decorated gilt panels with designs by Martha Phillips inspired by Picasso's hand-decorated books, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece painting 'The Old Man and Time' by Francoise Gilot, Picasso's companion and the mother of their children Claude and Paloma, illustrated…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146871
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First Edition of The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining; Inscribed by Sally Quinn
QUINN, Sally.
The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of this practical and witty guide to the party scene. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Susan Davis. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, "To Bill and Idelene, you don't need any guidance from me about being great hosts or great guests - you're the best! Much love Sally Q." Near fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Author photograph by Sigrid Estrada.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145210
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"Who hath desired the sea? Her excellent loneliness rather than forecourts of kings": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Five Nations
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Five Nations.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1903.
First American edition of Kipling’s notable poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 121348
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First edition of Aylmer Maude's Tolstoy on Art: and its Critics
MAUDE, Aylmer. [Leo Tolstoy].
Tolstoy on Art: and its Critics.
London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1925.
First edition of this collection of Maude's essays, including one of "one of the finest pieces of criticism of the nineteenth century", Tolstoy's What is Art? (The Empire Review). Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 128538