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"the most finely printed of the early editions of don quixote and the first edition printed in northern europe": rare and significant first brussels edition of cervantes' masterpiece don quixote
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de.
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Brussels: Por Roger Velpius, 1607.
Rare first Brussels edition and seventh edition overall of the first part of Cervantes' unparalleled masterpiece, considered the most finely printed of the editions to date (from initial publication in Madrid in 1605 until this printing of 1607) and the edition that introduced the text to Northern Europe. Octavo, finely bound in full early mottled calf, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spin in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled red. Don Quixote won immediate fame when first printed in 1605 for its ‘variety, liveliness, and gibes at…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 149255
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Rare Remington Model 1871 Rolling Block Target Pistol; From the Collection of General William T. Sherman
[GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN],.
General Sherman’s Remington Model 1871 Rolling Block Target Pistol.
1871.
Rare Remington rolling block target pistol from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Remington altered model 1871 with a 10 inch round barrel, approximately 32 caliber, and buckhorn sight. The pistol possibly dates from Sherman's time in Egypt when he was commissioned by Khedive Isma'il Pasha to reorganize and modernize the Egyptian military. In very good condition. The piece measures 14.5 inches.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 147825
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“I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other": Rare First Edition of Jane Austen's Emma
AUSTEN, Jane.
Emma: A Novel. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”
London: Printed for John Murray, 1816.
First edition of the final novel published during Austen's lifetime, one of only 2000 copies printed. Small octavo, three volumes finely bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards by Birdsall & Son with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, front pastedowns stamp-signed by Birdsall & Son, Northampton. Without half-titles. In very good condition with toning throughout, armorial bookplate to each pastedown. An exceptional example of one of the most highly coveted titles in English literature.
Price: $42,000.00 Item Number: 149280
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"THE FINEST SCIENTIFIC TRAVEL BOOK EVER WRITTEN": Rare First Edition, First Issue of Alfred Russel Wallace's The Malay Archipelago, In Fine Condition
WALLACE, Alfred Russel.
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1869.
First edition, first issue of one of the greatest travel narratives of the nineteenth century and one of the most important early contributions to the theory of evolution. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth with gilt central vignette of an orangutan to each front panel, tissue-guarded wood-engraved frontispiece to each volume, pictorial vignette to each title page, illustrated with six engraved plates, two lithographed folding maps tracing Wallace's journey, and numerous in-text maps and illustrations. In near fine condition, bookplates to the pastedown of Vol. I. and verso of the frontispiece of Vol. II. First editions are rare,…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 149354
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The Statesman Edition of the Complete Works of Charles Sumner; with a three-page autograph letter signed by Sumner tipped into Vol. I
SUMNER, Charles. Introduction by Hon. George Frisbie Hoar.
The Complete Works of Charles Sumner.
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1900.
The Statesman edition of the complete works of Charles Sumner, with a three-page autograph letter signed by Sumner tipped into Vol. I. Octavo, twenty volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. One of one thousand numbered copies, this is number 391. With three-page autograph letter signed by Sumner to the Rev. R.C. Waterston tipped into Vol. I. which reads in full, "Yesterday I read the enclosed account, which will explain itself.…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 149581
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"one of the most significant works of religious English literature": John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That Which is to Come: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discovered The Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country.
London: Cresset Press, 1928.
The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Folio, printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper, bound in the original publisher's full black-stained vellum with gilt titles to the front panel and spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece, illustrated wood-engraved plates. One of 195 numbered copies, this is number 100. In near fine condition. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes. Bookplate to the front pastedown of James Harold Leighton. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional example. .
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 148452
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere": First edition of L.D. Reddick's Crusader Without Violence; signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.
REDDICK, L.D. [Martin Luther King.
Crusader Without Violence: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1959.
First edition of one the earliest biographies of "the American Gandhi." Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the pastedown. Jacket photograph by Dan Weiner. Rare and desirable, we have never seen another one signed.
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 149245
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First Editions of Robert A.M. Stern's Works of New York; with two volumes Signed by him
STERN, Robert A.M.; Thomas Mellins; David Fishman.
New York 1880, 1900, 1930, 1960, 2000.
New York: The Monacelli Press, 1983-2006.
First editions of each of the acclaimed volumes on the architectural history of New York. Thick quartos, five volumes, original cloth, with photographs and illustrations. New York 1880 is boldly signed by Robert A.M. Stern, David Fishman, and Thomas Mellins on the half-title page. New York 2000 is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Pam Schafler with best wishes Robert Stern 2007." Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Jacket designs by Abigail Sturges and Martin Moskof. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper of New York 1880.…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 148265
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"To President Ford - a great teacher and great friend": First Edition of Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation; Inscribed by Him to President Gerald R. Ford
BROKAW, Tom [Gerald R. Ford].
The Greatest Generation.
New York: Random House, 1998.
First edition of this instant classic and runaway bestseller that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To President Ford - a great teacher and great friend. Tom Brokaw." The recipient Gerald R. Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed office following the Watergate scandal and sought to restore public trust in government through a message of transparency and national healing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 148406
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"I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me": First Edition, first issue of Ernest Hemingway’s Classic Novel A Farewell To Arms; In the Original First State Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Farewell To Arms.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
First edition, first issue of this early Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt labels to the spine and front panel. First issue with Scribner's seal to title verso and without legal disclaimer. Near fine in a very good first state dust jacket. Jacket priced at $2.50 and with the misspelling "Katharine Barclay" in the blurb on the front flap. A very sharp and attractive example of this highspot of American literature, among the best fiction to come out of the First World War. A sharp example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 148052
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FIRST EDITION OF BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S; SIGNED BY TRUMAN CAPOTE
CAPOTE, Truman.
Breakfast At Tiffany’s. A Short Novel and Three Stories.
New York: Random House, 1958.
First edition of Capote’s seductive, wistful masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Truman Capote on the half-title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ismar David. Housed in a custom half morocco box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A sharp example.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145653
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First Edition of The Feast of the Goat; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Feast of the Goat.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Eric Fuentecilla. Translated by Edith Grossman.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 149667
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Rare First Edition of W. Laird Clowes' The Great Peril and How It Was Averted
CLOWES, W. Laird.
The Great Peril and How It Was Averted.
London: Offices of "Black and White", 1893.
First edition of this scarce science fiction novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with twelve black and white plates. In very good condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 148069
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First Edition of The Odessa File and The Biafra Story; both inscribed by Frederick Forsyth with signed letter collection
FORSYTH, Frederick.
The Odessa File. [with] The Biafra Story. [with] Frederick Forsyth Signed Letter Collection.
London: Hutchinson, 1972.
First British edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Professor and Mrs Cameron. With all my best wishes, from 'Deny' Freddie Forsyth." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, tape marks to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Michael Brett. Accompanied by a first British edition of The Biafra Story, about Biafra's unsuccessful attempt to secede from Nigeria. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. In very good condition with sunning to the spine, bumping and rubbing to…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 147828
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“The best way to appreciate the nature and objectives of an enemy is to observe him in action": J. Edgar Hoover's Masters of Deceit; signed by him
HOOVER, J. Edgar.
Masters of Deceit: The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight It.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1958.
First edition, early printing of the Director of the FBI's forceful work on Communism in 1950s America. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by J. Edgar Hoover on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder. Author photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 148460
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The Kelmscott Press limited edition of Sir Thomas More's Utopia; printed and designed by William Morris in an edition of only 300 copies
MORE, Sir Thomas. Translated by Ralph Robinson. Foreword by William Morris. Edited by F.S. Ellis.
Utopia.
Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1893.
The Kelmscott Press limited edition of Sir Thomas More's "quintessential humanist dialogue" (ODNB), first published in Louvain in 1516. Quarto, original publisher's limp vellum with gilt titles to the spine, original silk ties, text printed in red and black in Chaucer and Troy types, 2 full-page woodcut borders and initials designed by William Morris. One of 300 copies printed by William Morris and edited by Frederick S. Ellis. William Morris believed that Utopia belonged in every Socialist's library. 40 copies of this edition were "ordered in advance by an Eton master, with the intention of distributing them as prizes among…
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 149538
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Rare Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle Diagram; Signed by Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, Buzz.
Buzz Aldrin Signed Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle Diagram.
Rare Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle diagram. Oversized print diagram of the Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle, boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin in black felt tip toward the top, "Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI." Framed. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 16.75 inches by 42.5 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 148456
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"One of the most famous American illustrated books of the 20th century": First English trade edition of Rockwell Kent's Illustrated Moby Dick; finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere
MELVILLE, Herman [Rockwell Kent].
Moby Dick or The Whale.
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1930.
First English edition of Rockwell Kent's famed and masterfully illustrated landmark rendition of the great American novel, widely considered his masterpiece and "best-known contribution to popular American culture" (Wien, 134). Octavo, bound in full crushed levant navy morocco by Bayntun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by Bayntun [Riviere], marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, with 272 illustrations by Rockwell Kent. In fine condition. An exceptional example of this American classic.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 149584
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First Edition of Ronald Reagan's An American Hero; Signed by President Gerald R. Ford
REAGAN, Ronald; Nancy Reagan [Gerald R. Ford].
Ronald Reagan: An American Hero.
San Diego, CA: Tehabi Books, 2001.
First edition of this commemorative work of President Ronald Reagan. Square quarto, pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by President Gerald R. Ford on the epigraph page. Gerald R. Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed office following the Watergate scandal and sought to restore public trust in government through a message of transparency and national healing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Reflections by Nancy Reagan. Introduction by William F. Buckley, Jr. From the collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. An exceptional…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 148404
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"Two forces set me on the right path - the first was P.D. Ouspensky and his fourth-dimensional speculation. Then came Ransom and the eldila": First edition of Limbo Tower; inscribed by William Lindsay Gresham to C.S. Lewis
GRESHAM, William Lindsay. [C.S. Lewis].
Limbo Tower.
New York: Rhinehart & Company, Inc, 1949.
First edition of one of Gresham's most significant works. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For C.S. Lewis - This is a book of confusions but I think the general direction is right. Two forces set me on the right path - the first was P.D. Ouspensky and his fourth-dimensional speculation. Then came Ransom and the eldila. Gratefully, Bill Gresham July 7, 1949." The recipient, C.S. Lewis, remains best known for his timeless works of fiction, particularly The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as his influential Christian…
Price: $12,800.00 Item Number: 149537