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First edition of Beryl Bainbridge's Watson's Apology
BAINBRIDGE, Beryl.
Watson’s Apology.
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1984.
First edition of the award-winning author's investigation of the Stockwell Murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126810
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Two volumes from the Library of Ulysses S. Grant
SCOTT, Walter [Ulysses S. Grant].
Waverley Novels. Woodstock.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
Two volumes from the library of Ulysses S. Grant, published the same year The Civil War was raging. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. From the library of Ulysses S. Grant with a presentation bookplate to the pastedown of both volumes which reads, "Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, from the Citizens of Boston, January 1, 1866." In very good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 119455
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The Centenary edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
Waverly Novels. [Waverley: or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since, Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, The Pirate, The Fortunes of Nigel, Peveril of the Peak, Quentin Durward, St. Ronan’s Well, Redgauntlet, The Betrothed, Talisman, Woodstock, or, the Cavalier, Chronicles of the Canongate, The Fair Maid Of Perth, Anne of Geierstein.
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1883.
The Centenary Edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Robertson with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated title page and tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, in-text illustrations. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 126344
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First Edition of We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends; Inscribed by David Herbert Donald
DONALD, David Herbert.
We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Shane Bartleson, with warm regards, David Herbert Donald." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kai Chu.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146498
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Signed Limited Edition of Pablo Neruda's We Are Many
NERUDA, Pablo.
We Are Many.
Cape Coliard Press, 1967.
Signed limited edition, one of only 100 examples, this is number 65. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with a cut-out by Jim Dine. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda and the translator Alistair Reid. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Alistair Reid. Photographs by Hans Ehrmann.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 133314
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First Edition of Helen Keller's We Bereaved; Warmly Inscribed by Her
KELLER, Helen.
We Bereaved.
New York: Leslie Fulenwider, Inc, 1929.
First edition of this small book of wisdom by Helen Keller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs Warren Monk, whose sweet faith is a bond between us. Affectionately, Helen Keller, July 24th, 1940." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138074
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First Edition of Joseph Heller's We Bombed In New Haven; Warmly inscribed by Him to His Fried Bob Thomas
HELLER, Joseph .
We Bombed In New Haven.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.
First edition of Heller's classic first play. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bob Thomas To help complete your collection of one of my favorite authors. Joe Heller 3/7/80 N.Y.C." The recipient, Bob Thomas was an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who worked for the Associated Press from 1944. As of 2014, he was twice listed in the Guinness World Records, for the longest career as a reporter, and for the most consecutive Academy Awards shows covered by an entertainment reporter. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115898
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Ida Cook's Autobiography We Followed the Stars; signed by her with both her given and pen name
COOK, Ida. [Mary Burchell].
We Followed Our Stars.
London: Mills & Boon Limited, 1956.
First Mills & Boon edition of the author's autobiography, first published in Great Britain in 1950 by Hamish Hamilton. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with both her given and pen name, "Ida Cook (Mary Burchell)." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Slattery. Books signed by Burchell are rare.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 115069
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Thomas Stafford's We Have Capture; Signed by Him
STAFFORD, Thomas P with Michael Cassutt.
We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.
First edition, early printing of this exhilarating memoir of an Apollo space flight commander. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Tom Stafford." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 147063
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FIRST EDITION OF WE SEVEN, SIGNED BY John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Bill Dana aka Jose Jimenez
CARPENTER, M. Scott; Gordon L. Cooper; John H. Glenn; Virgil I. Grissom; Walter M. Schirra; Alan Shepard; Donald K. Slayton .
We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.
First edition of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the half-title page by John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and comedian Bill Dana aka Jose Jimenez. Jiménez was a fictional character created and performed by comedian Bill Dana on The Steve Allen Show in 1959 and who became increasingly popular during the 1960s, and is cited in this volume on several occasions. This character introduced himself with the catch phrase: "My name... José Jiménez". The character of José Jiménez caught on with the seven real…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 102763
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WE SEVEN, SIGNED BY John Glenn and Scott Carpenter
CARPENTER, M. Scott; Cooper.
We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.
First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mercury Seven Astronauts on the front free endpaper, "Bob Best wishes- Scott Carpenter and John Glenn. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144379
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“If you write a line of zeroes, it´s still nothing": Rare First Edition of Ayn Rand's We the Living; in the rare original dust jacket
RAND, Ayn.
We the Living.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1936.
First edition of Rand's debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 125765
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First Edition of Kofi Annan's We The Peoples: A UN for the 21st Century; Inscribed by Him to John Whitehead
ANNAN, Kofi.
We The Peoples: A UN for the 21st Century.
Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2014.
First edition of this work, in which Annan writes about the lessons of history he learned during his service as Secretary-General. Octavo, original boards. Edited by Edward Mortimer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to John Whitehead and his wife, "To John and Cynthia With friendship and much affection Kofi Annan 27-10-14." John Whitehead was a banker and civil servant, and a board member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and, until his resignation in May 2006, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In April 1985, Whitehead was asked to become Deputy Secretary of State,…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 59016
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First edition of Jim Peck's We Who Would Not Kill; Signed by Him
PECK, Jim.
We Who Would Not Kill.
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1958.
First edition of the civil rights hero's story of a group of conscientious objectors who were imprisoned for their beliefs during World War II. Octavo, original half cloth, top edge red. Signed by Jim Peck on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 119230