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First Edition of The Book of the Warsaw 1935 International Chess Team Tournament; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
REINFELD, Fred and Harold M. Phillips.
Book of the Warsaw 1935 International Chess Team Tournament.
New York: Black Night Press, 1936.
First edition of the fifth volume in the Modern Chess Library. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Scarce in the original dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 70019
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's Books Do Furnish a Room
POWELL, Anthony.
Books Do Furnish a Room.
London: Heinemann, 1971.
First edition of this classic work in the author's Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142098
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FIRST EDITION OF IRVING FISHER’S BOOMS AND DEPRESSIONS IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
FISHER, Irving.
Booms and Depressions: Some First Principles.
New York: Adelphi Publishers, 1932.
First edition of Fisher’s classic work connecting monetary fluctuations to extreme periods of the business cycle. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear to the spine and a few small tears.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3664
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"To Miss Rand. Her book inspired me": First Edition of Boot Straps; Inscribed by Tom Girdler to Ayn Rand
GIRDLER, Tom M..
Boot Straps.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943.
First edition of this autobiography of the CEO of one of the "Big Three" steel companies of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ayn Rand, "To Miss Rand. Her book inspired me. Tom M. Girdler." After launching the Republic Steel Company in 1930, Tom Girdler guided Republic Steel through the difficult years of the Depression to emerge as one of the “Big Three” in the steel industry, along with U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel. Girdler’s management of Republic Steel was recognized as a “one man show." Autobiography of…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 122678
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First Edition of Elizabeth B. Custer's Boots and Saddles
CUSTER, Elizabeth B.
Boots and Saddles, or Life in Dakota with General Custer.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885.
First edition of Elizabeth Custer's memoir. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial brown cloth decorated and stamped in black and gilt with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt embellishments of a rising sun and bugle to the front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of George Armstrong Custer, outline map of portions of Montana and Dakota. In near fine condition. A bright example.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145222
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"Always remember the #1 rule of tasting- Always smell it first": First Edition of Robert M. Parker's Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961; Warmly Inscribed by Him
PARKER, Robert M.; Drawings by Christopher Wormell.
Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
First edition of Robert M. Parker's first book and definitive classic in the field. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "11/26/85 To Mike Cullen, All the best in wine and life Robert M. Parker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel and Scher. Jacket illustrations by Christopher Wormell.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 118933
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"To a truly great connoisseur In vino veritas": First Edition of Robert M. Parker's Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961; Warmly Inscribed by Him
PARKER, Robert M.; Drawings by Christopher Wormell.
Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
First edition of Robert M. Parker's first book and definitive classic in the field. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Don To a truly great connoisseur In vino veritas Robert M. Parker." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel and Scher. Jacket illustrations by Christopher Wormell.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147055
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author's second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Archer Mayor on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 143897
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author’s second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication, "To ______- Unofficial booster extraordinaire. May all your reading of my purple prose be white-knuckled affairs. All the best- Archer Mayor Dec. 1990." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 117
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author's second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Archer Mayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 2747
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First Edition of Born on the Fourth of July; Warmly Inscribed by Ron Kovic in the year of Publication
KOVIC, Ron.
Born on the Fourth of July.
New York : McGraw-Hill, 1976.
First edition of this classic book, basis for the 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "11/26/76 Mary Thank you for being so nice to me and my family Love Ron and Peace." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Bob Adelman.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138131
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First Edition of Born on the Fourth of July; Warmly Inscribed by Ron Kovic and Academy Award-Winning Director Oliver Stone
KOVIC, Ron [Oliver Stone].
Born on the Fourth of July.
New York : McGraw-Hill, 1976.
First edition of this classic book, basis for the 1989 film directed by Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Elena, Love, Thanks Respect Ron." Additionally signed by the director of the film Oliver Stone on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Bob Adelman. Uncommon signed by both Kovic and Stone.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146813
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"We gotta get out while we're young `Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run": First edition of Autobiography Born to Run; Signed by Bruce Springsteen
SPRINGSTEEN, Bruce.
Born to Run.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016.
First edition of Springsteen's revelatory autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Bruce Springsteen. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Jacket photograph by Frank Stefano.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 146229
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"THE MOST CELEBRATED BIOGRAPHY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE": Boswell's Life of Johnson; decorated with a concealed split fore-edge painting
CROKER, John Wilson [James Boswell].
Boswell’s Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to The Hebrides.
London: John Murray, 1860.
Finely bound example of the most celebrated biography in the English language, decorated with a concealed split fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in full period morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed split fore-edge painting revealing two maritime landscapes, illustrated, ribbon bound in. In very good condition. Bookplate. A unique example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138277
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"I realized that most people actually encourage you to turn bad. They seem to think that if you don't, you'll never get anywhere in the world": First edition in English of Natsume Sōseki's Botchan
SōSEKI, Natsume .
Botchan (Master Darling).
Tokyo: Ogawa Seibundo, 1918.
First edition in English of one of the most popular novels in Japan. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Yasotaro Morri. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 123022
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First edition of George Alfred Henry's Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1899.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by Ralph Peacock. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122688