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Rare colored engraving of the New Houses of Parliament; signed by 8 British Prime Ministers including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair
THATCHER, Margaret; Tony Blair; Gordon Brown; James Callaghan; David Cameron; Edward Heath; John Major; Theresa May.
British Prime Ministers Signed New Houses of Parliament Engraving.
Rare colored engraving signed by 8 former British Prime Ministers including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. One page, a fine colored engraving of the New Houses of Parliament signed on the mount by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, James Callaghan, David Cameron, Edward Heath, John Major, Theresa May, and Margaret Thatcher. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12.25 inches.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 123644
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Rare First Edition of British Sports and Sportsmen: Yachting and Rowing; From the Library of Steve Fossett
British Sports and Sportsmen: Yachting and Rowing.
London: British Sports and Sportsmen, 1916.
First edition, limited to 1,000 examples. Folio, bound in original full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, raised bands, numerous photogravure portraits. This lavishly-produced survey of large and small boat racing, cruising, and rowing, includes biographies of prominent yachtsmen, and includes descriptions of the America's Cup and single-handed cruising. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 111672
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"The dawn of air combat": Scarce first edition of the August 1916 publication of British, French, and German Aircraft; printed for the use of British military staff in combat in WWI
ADMIRALTY WAR STAFF, Intelligence Division.
British, French, and German Aircraft. [For Official Use Only].
British Admiralty, 1916.
Scarce first edition of this official British Admiralty Intelligence Division publication produced for the use of military staff in the identification of British, French, and German aircraft in the first World War. Oblong octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with numerous photographs of British, French, Belgian, and German aircraft entered in alphabetical order and a chart in color of the distinctive lower wing markings of each, index. Among the photographs of British, French, and German aircraft, aeroplanes, seaplanes, and airships are, notably, the British B.E.2, British De Havilland Fighter, British and French Breguet de Chasse, French Spad, German Ago and Albatross, British…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137319
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First Edition of Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay; Signed by Larry McMurtry, Annie Proulx and Diana Ossana
PROULX, Annie; Larry McMurtry; Diana Ossana.
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay.
New York: Scribner, 2005.
First Scribner trade edition of this collection of essays on the process of adapting the critically acclaimed story for film, signed by all three contributors. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Larry McMurtry, Annie Proulx, and warmly inscribed by Diana Ossana. Story by Annie Proulx. Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. Uncommon signed by all three contributors.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139493
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First Edition of Broken Trail; Signed by Alan Geoffrion, Robert Duvall, Scott Cooper and Olivia Cheng
GEOFFRION, Alan [Robert Duvall.
Broken Trail.
Golden, Colorodo: Fulcrum, .
First edition of the paperback original. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Geoffrion on the title page, additionally signed by Scott Cooper and Olivia Cheng above and Robert Duvall opposite the title page. Duvall, Cooper, and Cheng acted in the 2006 miniseries adaptation, directed by Walter Hill and went on to win four Emmy awards, including outstanding miniseries and outstanding lead actor for Duvall. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 117349
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First Edition of Paule Marshall's Brown Girl, Brownstones; Inscribed by Her in the year of publication
MARSHALL, Paule.
Brown Girl, Brownstones.
New York: Random House, 1959.
First edition of Marshall's classic coming-of-age tale and a vivid portrait of one family's struggle to achieve the American Dream. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To Norma McEwen from Paule Marshall 1959." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John O'Hara Cosgrove II.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 128761
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Finely bound list of subscribers; bound by Truscott and Son with the cipher of King Edward VII to the front panel
Buckingham Palace Bound List of Subscribers.
1927.
Finely bound list of subscribers to Mr. J. Parr's farewell gift, presented on his retirement , 31 March 1927. Octavo, bound by Truscott & Son in full crushed scarlet morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, cipher of King Edward VII to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 125737
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario; Warmly inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
First edition of this autobiographical work. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Fuller on the front free endpaper, "To: Harriet Nichols In warmest friendship Bucky Buckminster Fuller." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kadi Tint. Documented and edited by Robert Snyder.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124719
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Finely Bound Example of Hermann Oldenberg's Buddha
OLDENBERG, Hermann.
Buddha.
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904.
Finely bound example of the German scholar of Indiology's influential study on Buddhism based on the Pali texts. Octavo, bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco by the Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribners Sons with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, title page in red and black. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145240
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"I am the Wild West, no show about it. I was one of the people who kept it wild": First Edition of Buffalo Girls; Signed by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
MCMURTRY, Larry.
Buffalo Girls.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry on the title page and the dedicatee "Best wishes Diana Ossana" on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Wendell Minor. Uncommon signed by both McMurtry and Ossana.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146185
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First Edition of Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist; Signed by Warren Buffett and Roger Lowenstein
LOWENSTEIN, Roger (Warren E. Buffett).
Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist.
New York : Random House, 1995.
First edition of this landmark work on Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Warren Buffett on the half-title page. Also, inscribed by Roger Lowenstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 143134
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Collection of Rare Bugatti Ephemera and Bugantics
BUGATTI,.
Bugantics and Bugatti Ephemera.
Various, .
Bugantics: The Bugatti Owners Club Magazine London. Buggatti Owners Club. 1951-1955 20 Issues in 10 Volumes. Profusely illustrated with photographs, tables, advertising, drawings. Octavo, bound in publisher's original pictorial gilt titled and decorated binding notebooks. Run extends: Volume 1 No.2 (September 1931) - Volume 18 No. 4 (December 1955). Also, an extremely rare copy of the original Parts Catalogue for the renowned Bugatti Type 57. Twenty detailed schematic plates in a spread pin folder from 1935. Also, the original sales brochure for the Bugatti Type 57 8 cylinder 3.3 litre 4 seater Saloon model.1935. Three original sales brochures for the…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 22091
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Rare Early Twenty-four Year Run of Bugantics: Bugatti Owner's Club Manuals
BUGATTI,.
Bugantics: Bugatti Owner’s Club.
London: Bugatti Owner's Club, 1931-1955.
One Hundred Issues of Bugantics. Octavo, 9 Volumes, bound in the original publisher's cloth, gilt titles and decorated tooling. Profusely illustrated with photographs, tables, brilliant period advertising and drawings. These bound volumes, prepared by the Bugatti Owner's Club by special subscription, were compiled without covers, the design of which has remained the same since its inception. The run extends: Volume 1 No.2 (September 1931); Volume 18 No. 4 (December 1955). The last pre-war issue was Volume 8 No. 6 (November 1939). Publication was then halted due to the Second World War and resumed publication with Volume 9 No. 1 in…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 22082
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First Edition of Building Construction Illustrated; Inscribed by Francis D.K. Ching
CHING, Francis D.K.
Building Construction Illustrated.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John R. 9/7/2015 Francis D.K. Ching." In very good condition, owner name to the front free endpaper and pastedown.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 114591
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First Edition of Building Construction Illustrated; Inscribed by Francis D.K. Ching
CHING, Francis D.K.
Building Construction Illustrated.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers 3/2015 Francis D.K. Ching." In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 127010
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First edition of building the getty; Signed by Architect Richard Meier
MEIER, Richard.
Building the Getty.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "with best wishes Richard Meier." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 1911