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“Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!”: Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are; inscribed by him
SENDAK, Maurice.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
Early printing of one of the most desirable books in modern children’s literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Nicholas Roberston Maurice Sendak Dec. 85." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140678
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Where the Wild Things Are; Signed by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, Maurice.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
Early edition of one of the most desirable books in modern children’s literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 139431
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“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”: 25th Anniversary Edition of Where the Wild Things Are; Signed by Maurice Sendak with a Large Original Drawing
SENDAK, Maurice.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
Signed limited edition of the 25th anniversary of this classic work, one of 220 examples specially bound and signed by Maurice Sendak with an original Wild Thing drawing by Sendak. Very good in a very good slipcase. Uncommon.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 142070
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First Edition of Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story; Signed by Him
REAGAN, Ronald.
Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965.
First edition of Reagan's early autobiography. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes Ronald Reagan." Reagan has also corrected in his hand the word "Honey" opposite the title page to "Nancy." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design Ned Glattauer. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 147028
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First Edition of Which Lie Did I Tell You?; Inscribed by William Goldman
GOLDMAN, William.
Which Lie Did I Tell You? More Adventures in the Screen Trade.
New York: Pantheon Books, 2000.
First edition of the sequel to Adventures in the Screen Trade. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Goldman on the half-title page to George Christy, former reviewer and society columnist for the Hollywood Reporter. Review material laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 15073
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First Edition of Bernhard Langer's Autobiography While the Iron is Hot; Signed by Him
LANGER, Bernhard.
While the Iron is Hot: An Autobiography.
London: Stanley Paul, 1988.
First edition of the autobiography of the two-time Master's champion. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Bernhard Langer on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Bill Elliot.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 134621
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First Edition of Javier Marias' While The Women Are Sleeping; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
While the Women Are Sleeping.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2010.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Harold Billings, who shall find an old friend in one of these old stories, with thanks for his middle years and best wishes, Javier Marias December 2010." The recipient is a well-known editor, author and librarian, known for his work on M.P. Shiel. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 12061
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Rare First Edition of Herman Melville's White Jacket; or the World in a Man-Of-War
MELVILLE, Herman.
White Jacket; or the World in a Man-Of-War.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1850.
First edition, first printing with 6pp. of publisher’s advertisements, brown cloth with Harper and Brothers New York stamped at center. In very good condition, previous ownership inscription, bookplates.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 144154
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Inscribed by Don Delillo
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Joe Don DeLillo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138126
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Warmly Inscribed by Don Delillo in the year of publication
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Scioscia Best ever Don DeLillo Feb 1985." Fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133723
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First Edition of White Noise; Inscribed by Don Delillo to Graham Greene
DELILLO, Don [Graham Greene].
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Graham Greene, "For Graham Best Ever Don DeLillo." With Graham Greene's bookplate. DeLillo and Greene both received the Jerusalem Prize. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association linking these two great writers.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 143056
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Warmly Inscribed by Don Delillo to Friend Craig Anderson
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Craig Anderson Best ever Don DeLillo." The recipient was a friend of the author as well as the director of the Rare Book Room at the Strand Bookstore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117829
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"And now I have finished my walk. And I am just standing, quietly, in the darkness, under the tree": First Edition of Mary Oliver's White Pine; Signed by Her
OLIVER, Mary.
White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Steven Cooley.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 103332
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"The Sun's not eternal, That's why there's the blues": Allen Ginsberg's White Shroud 1980-1985; Inscribed by Him with a large drawing
GINSBERG, Allen.
White Shroud Poems 1980-1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
First Perennial Library edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original publisher's wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his cousin Gene Levy and his wife on title-page, "for Lorraine & Gene Levy from cousin (first) Allen Ginsberg February 4, 1989 Pittsburgh." Additionally inscribed on the opposite with a large hand-drawn illustration of a Bhudda-like figure surrounded by stars, a sun with initials "AH" at the center, and a skull holding a flower at the bottom. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146471
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“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories”: First Edition of White Teeth; Signed by Zadie Smith
SMITH, Zadie.
White Teeth.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition of "Zadie Smith's fizzing first novel" (Salman Rushdie). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Zadie Smith on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 3347
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First edition of Jim Brandenburg's White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend; inscribed by him to Peter Matthiessen
BRANDENBURG, Jim. [Peter Matthiessen].
White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend.
Minocqua: Northwood Press, Inc., 1988.
First edition of Brandenburg's landmark work in nature publishing. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Peter In admiration of your work & Looking forward to working with you. Jim Brandenburg." The recipient, American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140120