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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Human Factor
GREENE, Graham.
The Human Factor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978.
First edition of this espionage novel, which was later adapted into the 1979 film, directed by Otto Preminger using a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 10098
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Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Bruce Catton's Twenty Days
KUNHARDT, Dorothy Meserve; Bruce Catton.
Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the Twenty Days and Nights that Followed – The Nation in Mourning, the Long Trip Home to Springfield.
Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1977.
Later edition of this incredibly detailed snapshot of American history based on eyewitness accounts. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout with over three hundred black and white drawings, paintings, and photographs from the photographic collection of Frederick Hill Meserve. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Brendan F. Mulvey.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146571
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"The curse of all art is that the devotee or disciple is always more certain than the priest": First edition of Charles Carrington's Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work
CARRINGTON, Charles. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work.
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1955.
First edition of Carrington's survey of Kipling's life and work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs and a map, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 121913
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First Edition of Helping Someone with Mental Illness; Signed by First Lady Rosalynn Carter
CARTER, Rosalynn with Susan K. Golant.
Helping Someone With Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers.
New York: Times Books, 1998.
First edition of this overwhelmingly supportive guide to understanding and treating mental illness. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with diagrams. Signed by Rosalynn Carter on a card adhered to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Light bumping to the crown and foot of the spine with a previous owner's date, "4/4/98," to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Laura Shaw. Jacket photograph by Rick Diamond.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 147234
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First edition of Elliot L. Gilbert's Kipling and the Critics
KIPLING, Rudyard. [Edited with an Introduction by Elliot L. Gilbert].
Kipling and the Critics.
London: Peter Owen, 1966.
First British Commonwealth edition, second impression of this compilation of the best pieces of Kipling criticism with contributions by Max Beerbohm, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, George Orwell, and Oscar Wilde. Octavo, original cloth. Edited and with an introduction by Elliot L. Gilbert. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 126772
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First Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo
O'NEILL, Eugene.
Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo: Two Plays by Eugene O’Neill.
London: Johnathan Cape, 1929.
First edition of this collection of two of the great playwright's works including the long theo-philosophical meditation, Lazarus Laughed, which called for more than one hundred actors making up a masked chorus. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 111219
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"But he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid": Arthur Miller's Pultizer Prize-Winning Classic The Death Of A Salesman
MILLER, Arthur.
Death Of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1981.
First edition of the special illustrated edition of the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Tony Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studio.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 146319
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"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish not to take delight in it while we have it": W. Somerset Maugham's Our Betters
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Our Betters.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1924.
Later printing of this incredible comedy in three acts. Octodecimo, original red cloth. In very good condition. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145200
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Rare original pamphlet featuring tennis pro vincent "vinnie" richards; published by dunlop tire and rubber company
RICHARDS, Vincent "Vinnie".
Stroking with “Vinnie” Richards.
New York: Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co, .
First edition pamphlet of tennis pro "Vinnie" Richards demonstrating his renowned tennis serve, drive, volley, slice, and racket grip. Stapled pamphlet opening vertically with sequential halftones and filmstrip border. Photo portrait of Vinnie Richards on the cover holding tennis rackets and trophy, published by Dunlop Tire & Rubber Company with advertisements for their tennis balls, rackets, hockey pucks and golf balls at rear. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 81264
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"The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason": T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral
ELIOT, T.S.
Murder in the Cathedral.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936.
First edition, early printing of Eliot's dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145271
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First Edition of Al Barkow's Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead
BARKOW, Al.
Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead.
Ann Arbor, MI: Sports Media Group, 2005.
First edition of this definitive biography of one of the greatest golfers of all time. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 146680
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First edition of Dennis Wheatley's The Rape of Venice
WHEATLEY, Dennis.
The Rape of Venice.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1959.
First edition of the sixth book in the best-selling author's Roger Brook espionage series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sax.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 128105
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First Edition of Philip Roth's Nemeses
ROTH, Philip.
Philip Roth Nemeses [Everyman; Indignation; The Humbling; Nemesis].
New York: Library of America, 2013.
First edition of the ninth Roth volume in the Library of America series. Octavo, original green cloth, patterned endpapers, original silk ribbon. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Very light bumping to the foot of the spine. Light bumping to the crown and foot of the spine, botom edge of the front and rear panels. Edited by Ross Miller.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145727
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First Edition of Tasha Tudor's Favorite Christmas Carols
TUDOR, Tasha and Linda Allen.
Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.
New York: David McCay Company, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 140687
