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First Edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page, "John le Carre with best wishes 16 ix 64." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 135319
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"I hope you will live to be a hundred, because guys like you come along so seldom": Autograph Letter Signed by Bobby Jones to fellow golf legend Walter Hagen
JONES, Robert Tyre [Bobby]. [Walter Hagen].
Bobby Jones Autograph Letter Signed to Walter Hagen.
1965.
Autograph letter signed by Bobby Jones to golfing rival and friend Walter Hagen. One page, typescript the letter is dated December 17, 1965 and reads, "Dear Walter: A little bird (not to be confused with birdie) whispered to me that on December 21st you are celebrating your seventy-third birthday. I very definitely want to be counted among those sending best regards and best wishes for many happy returns. I hope you will live to be a hundred, because guys like you come along so seldom. I sent a message to you not long ago by young Walter. I hope he…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 114012
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Official NASA Oversized Lithograph of the Apollo 11 Liftoff; Signed by Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph of the Apollo 11 Launch.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969.
Official NASA lithograph of the Apollo 11 liftoff. Oversized color lithograph of the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on July 16, 1969, signed in black felt tip by Neil Armstrong. Matted. In fine condition. The piece measures 14 inches by 16.5 inches. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services Experts.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 146525
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Rare First Edition of William Martin Leake's Travels in Northern Greece; In the Original Cloth
LEAKE, William Martin.
Travels in Northern Greece.
London: J.Rodwell, 1835.
First edition of Leakes work on Northern Greece. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, 10 engraved maps and plans, some folding, and 44 plates, wood-engraved illustrations in text. In near fine condition with some toning and light wear to the extremities. Armorial bookplates to each volume. First editions in the original cloth are rare.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 63015
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"THE FIRST CASUAL PORTRAIT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT": Rare casual color portrait of the 1977 Burger Court; signed by nine supreme court justices
BURGER, Warren; John Paul Stevens; Lewis F. Powell Jr.; Harry A. Blackmun; William H. Rehnquist; Thurgood Marshall; Warren E. Burger; Wm J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart; Byron R. White.
Warren E. Burger Supreme Court Signed Photograph.
c. 1977.
Large color photograph of the Burger Court, signed by nine justices and referred to as "first casual portrait of the US Supreme Court." The full color photo print of the famed photograph taken on January 10, 1977 of the 9 US Supreme Court justices casually sitting or leaning on a set of library tables is signed in the lower margin, "John Paul Stevens," "Lewis F. Powell, Jr.," "Harry A. Blackmun," "William H. Rehnquist," "Thurgood Marshall," "Warren E. Burger," Wm J. Brennan, Jr.," "Potter Stewart," and "Byron R. White." The image measures 17 inches by 11.25 inches. The entire piece measures 20…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145513
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Rare original photograph of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Party; signed by all twelve members of the expedition
FUCHS, Vivian; Ralph Lenton; Ken Blaiklock; George Lowe; Alan Rogers; Geoff Pratt; David Pratt; et al.
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Party Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition party signed by all twelve members of the team. One page, the photograph shows all twelve members of the team in front of a snowcat with the Union Flag. Signed on the lower margin, "V. Fuchs, Hal Lister, Ralph Lenton, Ken Blaiklock, George Lowe, Alan Rogers, Geoff Pratt, David Pratt, David Stratton, Jon Stephenson, Hannes la Grange and Roy Howard." In near fine condition with creasing to the lower left margin. The photograph measures 11.75 inches by 9.75 inches. Accompanied by an original appeal program for the expedition, a flyer…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 136055
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"Here's How": First Edition of The Savoy Cocktail Book; inscribed by Harry Craddock
CRADDOCK, Harry.
The Savoy Cocktail Book.
London: Constable & Company, 1930.
First edition of this iconic, definitive text on cocktails. Octavo, original half black cloth, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Gilbert Rumbold. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harry Craddock on the verso of the dedication page and first page of the Preface, "Here's How" Harry Craddock To my dear friend Myra October '30." Rare and desirable signed by Craddock.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 132103
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Rare Second English edition of Thomas Paine's Letter to George Washington
PAINE, Thomas.
Letter From Thomas Paine to George Washington, President of the United States of America.
London: Printed for H. D. Symonds, 1797.
Rare second English edition of Paine's bitter letter to Washington written during his imprisonment in Paris, issued the same year as the first English edition. Octavo. In near fine condition. Ownership initials to the front panel.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 134033
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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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Finely Bound Set by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of the Works of Kahlil Gibran
GIBRAN, Kahlil.
The Works of Kahlil Gibran, Including: The Prophet, The Madman, The Forerunner, Sand and Foam, Jesus the Son of Man, The Earth Gods, The Wanderer, The Garden of the Prophet, Prose Poems, Nymphs of the Valley, Spirits Rebellious, and A Tear and a Smile.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962-1965.
Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco, gilt titles to spines direct with two raised bands and gilt tooling, gilt-ruled board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated plates by Gibran. Complete with each of the text volumes of his works as published by Knopf (originally between 1918 and 1950). In fine condition. An attractively bound set of Kahlil Gibran.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 82975
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Signed Limited Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad; Finely Bound
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Works of Joseph Conrad: Signed Limited Edition [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the Narcissus; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes].
London: William Heinemann, 1921-1927.
Signed limited edition of the complete works of Joseph Conrad, signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation-page of Volume I. Octavo, 20 volumes, finely bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. One of 780 copies signed by Conrad. In near fine condition. A nice set.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 10004
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First edition of The Map of Love: Verse and Prose; inscribed by Dylan Thomas
THOMAS, Dylan.
The Map of Love: Verse and Prose.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1939.
First edition, first issue of Thomas's third book with “Dent” blind-stamped on spine. Octavo, original purple cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with the frontispiece portrait of Thomas after the painting by Augustus John. Presenation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Leo & John... From Dylan Thomas Oxford 1941." In very good condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 139597
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"At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned": First Edition of Cormac McCarthys Child of God; Signed by the author
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
Child of God.
New York: Random House, 1973.
First edition of the author's classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 141798
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First Editions of Joseph Campbell's Mythology Quartet; Warmly Inscribed by Him in each volume
CAMPBELL, Joseph.
Masks Of God Mythology Set: Primitive Mythology; Oriental Mythology; Occidental Mythology; Creative Mythology.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959-68.
First editions of each volume in the author's classic quartet which explores the roots of mythology. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copies, each volume is inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Elda and Irving with love and admiration Joseph Campbell." The recipients were close friends of Campbell's who made several documentaries in which Campbell was featured. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. The author's portrait has been clipped from the rear flaps of Masks Of God and Occidental Mythology. Jacket design by Frank Wilimczyk. A…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 136191
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Rare visitor's log from the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 signed by Winston S. and Clementine Churchill, David Lloyd George, Raymond and Violet Asquith among others
CHURCHILL, Winston S.; Clementine Churchill; David Lloyd George; Raymond Asquith.
Winston S. Churchill and David Lloyd George Signed Japan-British Exhibition Visitor’s Log.
1910.
Rare visitor's log from the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 signed by Winston S. and Clementine Churchill, David Lloyd George, Raymond and Violet Asquith among others. Oblong quarto, bound in full leather with gilt inner dentelles. Signed and dated on the first several pages of the logbook by David Lloyd George, Louis Brennan (the inventor of the gyro monorail which won the exhibition's Grand Prize), Raymond Asquith, Clementine S. Churchill, Violet Asquith, Winston S. Churchill, Brazilian President Hermes de Fonseca, and several others dated May 16, 1910 to February 18, 1911. Accompanied by a collection of original photographs from the exhibition…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 119055
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“I BELIEVE ALL YOUR LIES IMPLICITLY”: FIRST EDITION OF HENRY MILLER’S TROPIC OF CAPRICORN; INSCRIBED BY HIM
MILLER, Henry.
Tropic of Capricorn.
Paris: Obelisk Press, 1939.
First edition, one of only 1000 copies printed in Paris, to avoid obscenity laws in the United States. Octavo, original red and white wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Henry Church with best wishes, Henry Miller 5/5/39." Henry Church and his wife Barbara were patrons of the arts in 1930s-40s France, and were friends with many of the important writers of the era. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the fragile wrappers. With first issue price of 60 francs printed on the spine. With errata slip,…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 110655