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First edition of T. Henry Cotton's Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People; Signed by him and in the rare original dust jacket
COTTON, T. Henry.
Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People Who Aspire to Proficiency in the Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd, 1931.
First edition of Cotton's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Cotton. Signed by the author in the year of publication beneath his frontispiece portrait, "Henry Cotton 1931." Very good in the rare original dust jacket with a chip to the spine. Ownership inscription. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 136110
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First Edition of Douglas Coupland's Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture; Signed by Him with a large drawing of his hand
COUPLAND, Douglas.
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.
First edition of the author's groundbreaking first novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the half-title page, who has added a large drawing of his hand. In near fine condition. Illustrations by Paul Rivoche. Design by Judith Stagnitto. First printings are uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 128422
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First Edition of Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer; Warmly Inscribed by Jacques Cousteau
COUSTEAU, Jacques.
Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer.
Monaco: Au Musee Oceanographique de Monaco, 1960.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Jacques Cousteau, "To Lob Taylor II en souvenir de la visite a Monaco- le 14/1/61 Tres cordialment, Jacques Cousteau." Illustrated by F.-Ch. Francois Roux. In very good condition. Introduction by Jacques Cousteau.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138002
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"Wishing him the best of clear waters": Jacques Cousteau's The Silent World; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
COUSTEAU, Jacques Yves with Frederic Dumas.
The Silent World.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1953.
First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, illustrated, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 143178
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First Edition of La Vie Et La Mort Des Coraux [The Life and Death of Corals]; Inscribed by Jacques Cousteau
COUSTEAU, Jacques-Yves and Philippe Diolé.
La Vie Et La Mort Des Coraux. [The Life and Death in a Coral Sea].
France: Flammarion, 1971.
First edition of this incredible record of oceanic research in the original French. Super octavo, original navy blue cloth, illustrated with multiple maps, color and black and white photographs, and diagrams. Association copy, inscribed by the Jacques-Yves Cousteau on the title page, "Pour Vasil Zlatarski ces histories des explorations de la 'Calypso' dans les dernièrs survi rents des recif de coraux, ces 'chefd 'oeme en péril' - Tui cordialement, J Y Cousteau." [For Vasil Zlatarski these stories of explorations of the 'Calypso' in the surviving coral reefs, these 'chiefs of the ocean in danger' - cordially yours, J Y Cousteau.]"…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145392
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“Start with the end in mind": First Edition of The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
COVEY, Stephen R.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
First edition of this best-selling work, which has went on to sell more than 25 million copies. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Barry Littmann.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133401
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"Let's Climb to the Summit": The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Warmly Inscribed by Stephen Covey
COVEY, Stephen R.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
Early printing of this best-selling work, which has went on to sell more than 25 million copies. Octavo, bound in full leather. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dec. 2002 For Lori Smith Let's Climb to the Summit! Love + Appreciation Stephen R. Covey. In fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133204
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"To-day belongs to me, To-morrow who can tell. Ah, cruel 'tis to love, And cruel not to love, But cruelest of all To love and love in vain": First Nonesuch Press Edition of the Anacreon
COWLEY, Abraham.
Anacreon, done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683.
Soho: Nonesuch Press, 1923.
First Nonesuch Press limited edition of the Odes of Anacreon. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum over gold paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with four full-page tissue-guarded copperplate engravings of Cupid, Bathyllus, Europa, & Venus, headpieces, and tailpieces by Stephen Gooden. One of only 725 copies produced, this is number 680. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 100305
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"Farmhouses curl like horns of plenty, hide lean paintless against the barn, or crouch empty in the shadow of a mountain": First edition of Malcolm Cowley's Blue Juniata: Poems
COWLEY, Malcolm.
Blue Juniata: Poems.
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1929.
First edition of this landmark in modern American poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 101445
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First Edition of Jacob D. Cox's Atlanta; General William Tecumseh Sherman's Copy, Inscribed by Him
COX, Jacob Donelson [William T. Sherman].
Atlanta.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882.
First edition of this account of General William Tecumseh Sherman's career-defining campaign; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles, illustrated with maps of battle operations. Inscribed by General Sherman on the front free endpaper, "General Sherman 1882, from the Author No. 75 West 71 St. New York." William Tecumseh Sherman and his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplates to the front pastedown. In very good condition with light rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels, a small loss to the bottom edge of the front free endpaper. This set was inherited by P.…
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 145734
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"There are nights that have the length of centuries and this has been one of them": First signed limited subscriber's edition of Kathleen Coyle's There is a Door
COYLE, Kathleen.
There is a Door.
Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1931.
First signed limited subscriber's edition of Coyle's short novella. Octavo, original boards. One of five hundred twenty-five numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 506. Very good in the scarce original glassine which shows chipping and wear.
Price: $80.00 Item Number: 96774
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First Edition of The Savoy Cocktail Book; Inscribed by Harry Craddock to the Headwaiter of Sovrani's Restaurant
CRADDOCK, Harry.
The Savoy Cocktail Book.
London: Constable, 1930.
First edition of this iconic, definitive text on cocktails. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Illustrations by Gilbert Rumbold. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Robert Best Wishes and luck with the shaking - Harry C. 1931." The recipient was a personal friend of Harry's and Headwaiter employed in the 1920s at Sovrani's Restaurant. Giovanni Sovrani was employed at The Savoy in London which he left in 1927 to open his own restaurant in Jermyn Street in 1927. Laid in is a note of provenance from the recipient's son explaining the casual nature of…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 96515
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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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First edition of Gustavas Dedman Crain's Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications; finely bound by asprey
CRAIN, Gustavas Dedman.
Crain’s Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications.
Chicago : G.D. Crain, Jr, 1921-22.
First edition of G.D. Crain's collection and analysis of market publications circa 1920. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by Asprey with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, raised bands, grey speckled endpapers, with original full color publication wrappers from various petroleum and dry good business throughout. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 95096
