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“There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people": Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Kidnapped: Being the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751.
London: Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press, 1930.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated edition. Quarto, original cloth, slipcase, illustrated by Rowland Hilder. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138086
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool": The esteemed large-type edition of Collier's Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE, William. Edited by John Payne Collier.
The Works of William Shakespeare. The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions: with the Various Readings, Notes, A Life of the Poet, and a History of the Early English Stage.
London: Whittaker & Co, 1842-1844.
The large-type edition of Collier's Shakespeare. Octavo, three of nine original volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare engraved from the Folio edition of 1623. Mixed editions. In good condition. Uncommon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138774
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First Edition of the Author’s Classic Work on Benjamin Franklin; Signed by Carl Van Doren
VAN DOREN, Carl.
Benjamin Franklin.
New York: The Viking Press, 1938.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Carl Van Doren on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate to the pastedown. An exceptional example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 117881
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"I don't think there is such a thing as a good war. There are sometimes necessary wars. And I think one might say, "just" wars. I never questioned the necessity of that war. And I still do not question it. It was something that had to be done": First edition of The War: Inscribed by Ken Burns
WARD, Geoffrey C. & Ken Burns.
The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this companion volume to the documentary by Ken Burns. Folio, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Ken Burns, "To Robert Sargent Fay with thanks and best wishes Ken Burns." The recipient was a consulting photographer for the PBS documentary of the life of Mark Twain, directed by Ken Burns. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144242
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Lincoln: The Literary Genius
BARZUN, Jacques.
Lincoln: The Literary Genius.
Evanston, IL: Evanston Publishing Company, 1960.
Signed limited edition, one of only 120 numbered copies. Octavo, original full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, frontispiece. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144299
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First Edition of Rod Laver: An Auobiography; Inscribed by Him
LAVER, Rod with Larry Writer.
Rod Laver: An Autobiography.
London: Allen & Unwin , 2013.
First edition of Laver's autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Roger Best wishes Rod Laver 62, 69." The dates 1962 and 1969 denote the two years Laver won all four grand slams. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mark Thacker.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144368
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"There is a gulf already opening between those who have joined and those who have not": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The New Army in Training
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The New Army in Training.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.
First collected edition, first issue of this anthology which first appeared in 6 separate pamphlets in America of which only a few of each were printed. 16mo, original wrappers. With The Service Kipling on the rear panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121084
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First edition of Richard Ford's A Piece of My Heart; signed by him
FORD, Richard.
A Piece of My Heart.
London: Collins Harvill, 1987.
First English edition of Ford's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Richard Ford July 2. 1987 London." From the collection of British photojournalist Sally Soames. 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 and personal journalist, performed extensive research…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 124920
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First edition of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
JEROME, Jerome K.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889.
First edition, second state of Jerome's humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by A. Frederics. Second state with '11 Quay Street' (first state is without the 11) to the title page. In good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138348
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First Edition of Toni Morrison's A Mercy; Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
A Mercy.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
First edition of "one of Morrison's most haunting works yet” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Toni Morrison on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. Jacket design by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142985
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First edition of Theodora Thompson's Underneath The Bough; finely bound by Riviere and Sons
THOMPSON, Theodora.
Underneath The Bough: A Posie of Other Men’s Flowers.
New York: John Lane, 1905.
First edition of Theodora Thompson's collection of inspirational verse. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum by Riviere & Sons with green morocco spine label lettered in gilt, botanical gilt tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, engraved frontispiece and decorated title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable. Ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 114286
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, John.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971.
Early printing of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144337
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First Edition of Alan Paton's Cry The Beloved Country
PATON, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.
First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145917
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First Edition of Mahatma Gandhi at Work
GANDHI, Mahatma; Edited by C. F. Andrews.
Mahatma Gandhi at Work: His Own Story Continued.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1931.
First English edition of the third volume in Andrews’ intimate biography of Mahatma Gandhi, as was related to him by Gandhi himself. Octavo, original blue cloth, frontispiece portrait of Gandhi, illustrated with photographs. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some loss, ownership signature to the front free endpaper.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145249
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"How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice?": First Edition of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World; Warmly Inscribed by John Carlos
CARLOS, John with Dave Zirin.
The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World.
Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2011.
First edition of the remarkable story of John Carlos, best known for raising his black-gloved fist as a salute to Black Power and human rights on the 1968 Olympic podium. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Lenz We live to make history! Much Love! John Carlos Dr. John Carlos 68+2012." Foreword by Dr. Cornel West. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146175
