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First Edition of James Weldon Johnson's Black Manhattan; Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, James Weldon.
Black Manhattan.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "To Laura H. Marks, with sincere regards, James Weldon Johnson." Very good in the rare original dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 124546
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Evelyn Waugh's Black Mischief; inscribed by him to close personal friend Patrick Balfour
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Black Mischief.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1962.
First revised edition of Waugh's third novel. Octavo, original cloth, with 9 line-drawings by the author. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Patrick with regards from Evelyn." The recipient, Scottish author-journalist Patrick Balfour, was a life-long friend of Waugh's. Balfour was serving as a correspondent for The Evening Standard and Daily Sketch in East Africa and became a close companion of Waugh's as he wrote the present volume. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,650.00 Item Number: 95269
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First Edition of George S. Schuyler's Black No More; Signed by Him in the year of publication
SCHUYLER, George S.
Black No More: Being An Account Of The Strange And Wonderful Workings Of Science In The Land Of The Free, A.D. 1933-1940.
New York: The Macauley Company, 1931.
First edition of this classic Harlem Renaissance novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author opposite the half-title page in the year of publication, "George S. Schuyler October 18, 1931." From the library of William Steen, one of the original editors of the Ethiopian Herald. In very good condition. Signed first editions are scarce.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 124547
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W.E.B. Du Bois Self-proclaimed magnum opus Black Reconstruction in America; signed by him
DU BOIS, W.E.B.
Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880.
New York: S.A. Russell Company, 1956.
First Harbor Scholars' Classics edition of Du Bois' self-proclaimed magnum opus which challenged the standard academic view and helped spark "the long attempt to rescue black history in America." Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 135136
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First Edition of Margaret Mead's Blackberry Winter; Signed by Her
MEAD, Margaret.
Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1972.
First edition of this work by the award winning anthropologist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated "Margaret Mead 1973" on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket cover photograph by Ken Heyman. Jacket design by Lucy Mahoney.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 29069
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First Edition of Stephen King's Blaze; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen [Pseudonym Richard Bachman].
Blaze.
New York: Scribners, 2007.
First edition of the last of the Richard Bachman novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Stephen King on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 81228
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“Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Bleak House
DICKENS, Charles.
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury Evans, 1853.
First edition of this Dickens' classic. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, marble endpapers. In near fine condition. Illustrated with engraved title page and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 136226
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“A word in earnest is as good as a speech": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Bleak House
DICKENS, Charles.
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury Evans, 1853.
First edition of this Dickens' classic. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with frontispiece, engraved title page, and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. With three key typographical errors called for in the first edition: "elgble" on page 19, line 6; "chair" instead of "hair" on page 209, line 23; and "counsinship" instead of cousinship on page 275, line 22. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities, spine, and boards, and light toning to…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145476
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“A word in earnest is as good as a speech": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Bleak House
DICKENS, Charles.
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury Evans, 1853.
First edition of this Dickens' classic. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engraved title page and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 141572
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First Edition of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; Signed by Haruki Murakami and three times by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2006.
First edition of this collection of twenty-four stories by Haruki Murakami. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the title page and additionally three times by illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the title page and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustrated by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122387
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“I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see": First Edition of Blindness; inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Blindness.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Saul Jose Saramago 29.10.2008." Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine Guerguerian. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146522
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Advanced Reading Copy of Blindness; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Blindness.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1997.
Advanced reading copy of the first edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Jose Saramago on the title page. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. In near fine condition. Front panel design by Claudine G. Mansour.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138043
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“The closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind": Blonde on Blonde; Signed by Bob Dylan
DYLAN, Bob.
Blonde on Blonde.
1966.
Original pressing of one of the greatest albums of all-time. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the front panel. The cover photograph of Blonde on Blonde shows a 12-by-12 inch close-up portrait of Dylan. The double album gatefold sleeve opens to form a 12-by-26 inch photo of the artist, at three quarter length. The artist's name and the album's title only appear on the spine. A sticker was applied to the shrink wrap to promote the release's two hit singles, "I Want You" and "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35". The cover shows Dylan in front of a brick building, wearing a suede jacket…
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 114175
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"Whatever In Creation Exists Without My Knowledge Exists Without My Consent": the 25th Anniversary of Blood Meridian; Inscribed by Cormac McCarthy
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.
New York: Modern Library/Random House, 2010.
First edition, early printing of the 25th anniversary edition of the author's classic novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145710