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First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers; Inscribed by Her
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Bread Givers: A Novel.
Doubleday, Page & Company: Garden City, NY, 1925.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Marjorie Kellbery from an enthusiast of your splendid work. Anzia Yezierska." Very good in the rare original dust jacket with rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 88943
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"I know I cannot put it into words": First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Hungry Hearts; Lengthily inscribed by Her and with an Autographed Signed Letter
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Hungry Hearts.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
First edition of Anzia Yezierska's rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. and Mrs. Love appreciatively yours Anzia Yezierska." With an autographed letter signed from Yezierska tipped to the pastedown, dated February 25, 1921 on Metro-Goldwyn stationary, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Love at the Hayward Hotel in Los Angeles, thanking them profusely for their help, it reads, "I know I cannot put it into words, but I cannot help wanting to tell you how much both of you helped me yesterday. It would have taken a week…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 101233
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Signed Limited First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Bread Givers: A Novel.
Doubleday, Page & Company: Garden City, NY, 1925.
Signed limited first edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. One of 500 examples signed by Anzia Yezierska. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 125779
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“The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux": First Edition of Autobiography of A Yogi; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
YOGANANDA, Paramhansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946.
First edition of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Preface by Walter Evans-Wentz. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 130643
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“The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux": Autobiography of A Yogi
YOGANANDA, Paramhansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 2005.
Reprint of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135452
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“The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux": First Edition of Autobiography of A Yogi; Inscribed by Yogananda Paramhansa
YOGANANDA, Paramhansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi.
New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946.
First edition of one of the most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "With blessings Paramhansa Yogananda Dec 10, 46. LA." Preface by Walter Evans-Wentz. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Exceptionally rare signed and in the original dust jacket.
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 144018
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FIRST EDITION OF SERGEANT YORK: HIS OWN LIFE STORY AND WAR DIARY; Alvin C. York's Personal Copy With His Corrections
YORK, Alvin C.
Sergeant York: The Story of His Life.
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928.
Alvin C. York's first edition copy of his autobiography, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original yellow cloth, frontispiece of a portrait of Alvin C. York, illustrated with eleven plates of black and white photographs. York's personal corrections penciled in throughout, including several notations on the front free endpaper asking the publisher to correct a list of pages, a canceled page affixed to p. 247, and several pages torn out. In very good condition, paperclip rusting to the front panel, stamp to the front free endpaper, "Please Return This Book Promptly to the…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145328
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First Edition of Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
YORK, Alvin C.
Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1928.
First edition of this classic work by one of the most decorated soldiers, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by Tom Skeyhill. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Name and inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146815
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Rare First Edition of The Guide to the Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (1931); Kumamoto-ken
YOSHIDA, Hatsusaburo.
Guide to the Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (1931); Kumamoto-ken.
Kumamoto: O Aso Kokuritsu Koen Kyokai, 1931.
First edition of this photobook of the Kumamoto Prefecture. Quarto, original velvet bound, copiously illustrated with gravure photo pages with captions and text, occasional mounted gravure photos, all of the Kumamoto Prefecture in the southern-most Japanese island of Kyushu, including its manufacturing, spas, rivers, volcanic Mt. Aso, temples, village life and agriculture. Including panoramic folding plate with two views, and a slightly smaller panoramic foldout. In near fine condition. Rare, with OCLC locating one example at Columbia University.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 86877
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Rare Signed Brigham Young Document
YOUNG, Brigham.
Brigham Young Signed Document.
Salt Lake City: 1872.
Brigham Young signed document as President of the Utah Central Railroad Company, ordering the treasurer of the UCRC to pay $13 to C.W. Penrose, with Penrose's signature on verso. The entire piece measures 8 inches by 3.8 inches.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 123738
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First edition of Jesse Bowman Young's What A Boy Saw in the Army
YOUNG, Jesse Bowman.
What A Boy Saw in the Army: A Story of Sight-Seeing and Adventure in the War for the Union.
New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1894.
First edition of Young's account of his experiences as a soldier boy in the armies of the Union. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132397
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"The world is big … May it please the One who perchance is to expand the human heart to life’s full measure": Rare First English edition of Marguerite Yourcenar's The Abyss
YOURCENAR, Marguerite.
The Abyss.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976.
First English edition of the author's evocative Prix Femina award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the French by Grace Frick in collaboration with the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the crown of the spine. Jacket design by James Campus. Jacket illustration by Eric Fraser. Small name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 126394
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Finely Bound First Editions of Henry Yule's The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East
YULE, Colonel Henry.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition of Yule's important work which correlated Polo's travels with their present-day locations. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling featuring naval vignettes and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with maps and engraved illustrations many folding and in color. In near fine condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 90447
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First Editions of Henry Yule's The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East; finely bound in full morocco by sangorski and sutcliffe
YULE, Colonel Henry.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition of Yule's important work which correlated Polo's travels with their present-day locations. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling and vignettes to the front panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with maps and engraved illustrations many folding and in color. From the Adventure and Exploration collection of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 111068
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Signed limited edition of The Prisoner of Heaven; one of 500 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Prisoner of Heaven.
Burton: Subterranean Press, 2014.
Signed limited edition of the third book in the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books' series. Octavo, original cloth. One of 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the limitation page, this is number 381. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket illustration and interior illustrations by Vincent Chong. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145036
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Signed limited first edition of The Prince of Mist; one of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Prince of Mist.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010.
Signed limited first edition of the author's first young-adult novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the title page, this is number 7. In fine condition. Cover illustration by Neal Murren. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase which is in fine condition. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 145037