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Fine collection of first editions by children's book author Philip Pullman
PULLMAN, Philip.
Philip Pullman Collection.
London: Various Publishers, 2000-2004.
Fine collection of first editions by children's book author Philip Pullman. Quarto, 3 volumes, original boards and wrappers, illustrated. The collection includes a two first edition of Puss in Boots (London: Doubleday: 2000), a first Picture Corgi edition of Puss in Boots (London: Picture Corgi Books, 2000), and a first edition of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp (London: Scholastic Children's Books, 2004). Each volume is in fine condition.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 117733
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"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul": Collins Collectors' Choice: Vladimir Nabokov: Five Novels
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Introduction by Peter Quennell.
Collins Collectors’ Choice: Vladimir Nabokov: Five Novels.
London: Williams Collins Sons and Co Ltd, 1979.
First printing of this edition of this collection of five of Nabokov's best known works including Lolita. Octavo, original leatherette gilt. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 89097
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Comedians
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of “Papa Doc” Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 123659
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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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Signed Limited edition of Gordon Bottomley's Festival Preludes; one of 110 numbered copies signed by him
BOTTOMLEY, Gordon.
Festival Preludes.
London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1930.
Signed limited edition of this anthology of verse. Octavo, original half cloth over patterned boards. One of 110 copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 63. In near fine condition.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 115056
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First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Bend Sinister
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Bend Sinister.
New York : McGraw-Hill Company , 1973.
First McGraw-Hill edition of Nabokov's first novel written in America. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stan Skardinski.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 73094
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First Edition of Last But Not Least; From the Library of Explorer and Adventurer Steve Fossett
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin.
Last But Not Least.
London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1978.
First edition of this wonderful story of the round the world race. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most…
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 112459
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First edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Six Comedies
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Six Comedies.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937.
First edition of this collection of Maugham's six most famous comedies. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 136581
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Limits and Renewals
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Limits and Renewals.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932.
First American edition of the Kipling's final collection of stories and poems. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 120680
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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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First Edition of Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales
ROHMER, Eric.
Six Moral Tales.
New York: A Seaver Book / The Viking Press, 1980.
First American edition of the basis for the masterful series of films, The Bakery Girl of Monceau, Suzanne's Career, La Collectionneuse, My Night at Maud's, Claire's Knee, and Love in the Afternoon; translated from the original French by Sabine d'Estrée. Octavo, original gilt half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roy Kuhlman.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 146842
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First edition, first issue of Muriel Spark's The Fanfarlo and Other Verse
SPARK, Muriel.
The Fanfarlo and Other Verse.
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952.
First edition, first issue of Spark's first book of verse, preceding her first novel by five years. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 127039
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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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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 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