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Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2006.
First edition of The New York Times Review of Books edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. In fine condition. Introduction by Patricia Storace.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 54
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First edition of Kipling on the Japanese: An Unpublished Letter Written at the Time of the Russo-Japanese War to William Joshua Harding
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kipling on the Japanese: An Unpublished Letter Written at the Time of the Russo-Japanese War to William Joshua Harding R. N. 2 September 1903.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Library, 1943.
First edition in book form of this previously unpublished letter, written by Kipling to William Joshua Harding seeking an army commission for his son, John. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. One of only seventy-five numbered copies, this is number 32. In fine condition. Rare.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 122437
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"And while no nation has ever faced such a challenge, no nation has ever been so ready to seize the burden and the glory of freedom": First Edition of John F. Kennedy's The Burden and the Glory
KENNEDY, John F.
The Burden and the Glory: The Hopes and Purposes of President Kennedy’s Second and Third Years in Office as Revealed in His Public Statements and Addresses.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.
First edition of this collection of speeches of President Kennedy. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by Allan Nevins. With a special foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 43097
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Michael Rosen's Lovely Old Roly; signed and dated by him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Priscilla Lamont.
Lovely Old Roly.
London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2002.
Early printing of Rosen's story about a beloved family cat, old Roly. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Priscilla Lamont. Signed and dated by the author opposite the title page, "Michael Rosen August 15 2006." In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 114406
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First edition of Arthur Rackham's The Land of Enchantment
RACKHAM, Arthur.
The Land of Enchantment.
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1905.
First edition of Rackham's beautifully illustrated work. Quarto, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, rebacked, illustrated with 36 full-page and vignette line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Neat ownership name. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142761
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Puzzles of the Black Widowers
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Puzzles of the Black Widowers: 12 More of the Master’s Best-Loved Mysteries.
New York: Doubleday, 1990.
First edition of the fifth book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Steinberg.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142339
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First Edition of The Ink Truck; Signed by Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author William Kennedy
KENNEDY, William.
The Ink Truck.
New York: The Dial Press, 1969.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by William Kennedy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 2622
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"It always happens when I get cross, when I see red": First Edition of Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger
DAHL, Roald.
The Magic Finger.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1968.
First British edition of this classic children's novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by William Pène du Bois. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147109
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FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S CAREER OF EVIL
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
Career of Evil.
London: Sphere, 2015.
First edition of the third novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nico Taylor.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136054
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"We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them": First Edition of Trying To Save Piggy Sneed; Signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeffrey Fisher. Author photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and Isolde Ohlbaum.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138144
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First edition of Alison Lurie's The Truth About Lorin Jones; inscribed by her to photographer Sally Soames
LURIE, Alison.
The Truth About Lorin Jones.
London: Michael Joseph, 1988.
First edition of the author's artistic detective story. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to photographer Sally Soames, "For Sally Soames Alison Lurie 21 June '88." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119500
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Milton Friedman's A Program for Monetary Stability
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
A Program for Monetary Stability.
New York: Fordham University Press, 1961.
First edition, second printing of the author's Moorhouse I. X. Miller Lectures given at Fordham University in October 1959. Octavo, original gray cloth with green titles. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146654
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First Edition of George P. Shultz's Ideas & Action: Featuring the 10 Commandments of Negotiation; Signed by Him
SHULTZ, George P.
Ideas & Action: George P. Shultz, Featuring the 10 Commandments of Negotiation.
Erie, PA: Free To Choose Press, 2010.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by George P. Shultz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Forewords by Henry A. Kissinger, Diane Feinstein and William J. Perry.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 139641
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"The facts are always less than what really happened": First Edition of July’s People; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
July’s People.
New York: The Viking Press, 1981.
First American edition of one of the author's most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studios.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 110161
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Alan and Lotte with best wishes Colin Carmel Valley, California 4/30/97." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 54787
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First Edition of Francis Wyndham's The Other Garden; Inscribed by Him to Rolland Comstock
WYNDHAM, Francis.
The Other Garden.
New York: Moyer Bell Limited, 1987.
First edition of Wyndham's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rolland from Francis." The recipient was the well-known bibliophile Rolland Comstock. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 107839