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"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not": Rare Nirvana Flyer signed by Kurt Cobain
COBAIN, Kurt.
Kurt Cobain Signed Nirvana Flyer.
Rare original Nirvana flyer signed by the lead signer and guitarist of one of the best-selling bands of all time, Nirvana. One page, printed. The flyer includes a detachable t-shirt order form returnable to Nirvana, 4739 University Way NE Suite 1606 Seattle WA 98105. Signed by Kurt Cobain. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14.5 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 126995
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First edition of John D. Billings' Hardtack and Coffee
BILLINGS, John D.
Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life.
Boston: George M. Smith & Co, 1887.
First edition of Billings' classic Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with six color plates and over two hundred sketches by Charles W. Reed. In very good condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132819
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Long Walk to Freedom; Warmly Inscribed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson .
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Austin Christmas Compliments and best wishes NMandela 10.6.95." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132402
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The Memorial edition of the Revised Version of the Holy Bible; in the publisher's deluxe full morocco
[BIBLE],.
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated Out of the Original Tongues: Being the Version Set Forth A.D. 1611 Compared with the Most Ancient Authorities and Revised.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1881-1885.
The Memorial edition of the Revised Version of the Holy Bible with a presentation slip signed by the President and Secretary of the American Committee of Revision. Royal octavo, three volumes, original publisher's deluxe full pebbled morocco, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 139542
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Original Hilary Knight Watercolor Illustrations for Neiman Marcus's Monthly Magazine The Book
KNIGHT, Hilary.
Original Hilary Knight Watercolor Signed.
Original ink and watercolor painting by American illustrator Hilary Knight. Titled, 'Silver Bangles Thick and Thin', the painting depicts 'N. Emily', a character Knight created to embody a typical Neiman Marcus customer for 24 double-page fashion spreads published in The Book, Neiman Marcus' monthly magazine for two years in the late 1990s. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 27.5 inches by 19 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95323
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Rare autograph letter signed by American architect Stanford White to artist Mary Fairchild MacMonnies
WHITE, Stanford.
Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of American architect Stanford White. Four pages, dated March 6th 1896 and addressed to Mrs. Frederick McMonnies, the letter reads, "The sketches duly arrived and as I write Mac I am simply overpowered. I really melted with pleasure and continue to do so every time I look at them and I know the pleasure I felt on receiving them will mean more to you than any thanks, so I will not even attempt to thank you in words but if you ever want a house built for love, why, you know…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95110
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First Edition of Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady; Inscribed by Cecil Beaton and with an autographed letter signed
BEATON, Cecil.
Cecil Beaton’s Fair Lady.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
First edition of Beaton's Fair Lady, a witty compilation of his personal diary entries recorded while managing the costume and set design of the 1957 Warner Brothers film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Elaine and Arthur Cohen my favorite publishers with thanks and admiration from Cecil." The recipients, Arthur and Elaine Lustig Cohen, were a publisher and graphic artist, respectively. With an autograph letter signed from Beaton to Arthur Cohen on New York’s St. Regis Hotel stationery laid in. Near fine in a near…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141409
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First Edition of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Nobel Lecture on Literature; Inscribed by Him
SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander [Solzhenitzn].
The Nobel Lecture on Literature.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972.
First edition of this powerful Nobel lecture by the author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Small octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed and dated by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the title page entirely in his hand. Translated by Thomas P. Whitney. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138171
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"Strangers who come to Florida and fail to see St. Augustine, are like those who go to Europe, and return without visiting Paris or London": First edition of John F. Whitney's St. Augustine, Florida: Its Advantages as a Winter Residence for Invalids and Northern Tourists
WHITNEY, John F.
St. Augustine, Florida. Its Advantages as a Winter Residence for Invalids and Northern Tourists. Cost of Living, and How to Get There.
St. Augustine, Florida: 1873.
First edition of this early travel guide to the city of St. Augustine, Florida by the Editor and Proprietor of The Florida Press. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with advertisements. In good condition. Small bookplate. Exceptionally rare with only one other copy traced at auction and one listed in academic holding.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138377
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An American Dilemma "the most penetrating and important book on contemporary American civilization"; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Gunnar Myrdal
MYRDAL, Gunnar.
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1944.
First edition, early printing in one volume of the economist's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original green cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Signed and dated by Gunnar Myrdal in 1965. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear and chips to the extremities.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 1406
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"Live all you can; it's a mistake not to": First American Edition of Henry James' The Ambassadors
JAMES, Henry.
The Ambassadors.
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1903.
First American edition of this dark comedy, which Henry James considered his finest work. Octavo, original cloth, gilt topstain. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 55023
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"I Was a Very Smart Child at the Age of Thirteen": First Edition of Mark Twain's Editorial Wild Oats; In the rare Original Dust jacket
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Editorial Wild Oats.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Rare in the original jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 68027
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“When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you": First Edition of The Power of Positive Thinking; Signed by Norman Vincent Peale
PEALE, Norman Vincent.
The Power of Positive Thinking.
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952.
First edition of Norman Vincent Peale's enduring classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Norma-Jean Roth with best wishes Norman Vincent Peale." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 140273
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First Edition of The Tin Drum; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Author Gunter Grass
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1962.
First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated in 1986 by Gunter Grass on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With a signed letter from Gunter Grass' secretary. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 25016
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Rare First Edition of A New Year's Gift to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow; 1st January, 1874: Being an essay shewing that the delusive practice of vaccination is ruinous to the national health
"ANTI-VACCINATOR",.
A New Year’s Gift to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow; 1st January, 1874: Being an Essay Shewing that the Delusive Practice of Vaccination is Ruinous to the National Health.
Glasgow: John Thomson, 1874.
First edition of this anti-vaccination work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt embossed to the front panel. Laid in is a 1901 circular, one sheet printed on both sides. In very good condition, bookplate from the Glasgow Corporation Public Health Department library, moderate marginalia and commentary to the text, from someone who disagreed with the sentiments of the author. OCLC locates only two copies.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 129341
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles and Screenwriter Harold Pinter
FOWLES, John [Harold Pinter].
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by both John Fowles and Harold Pinter on the title page. Pinter wrote the screenplay for the 1981 film bearing the same name. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. An excellent near fine example in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams. Rare and desirable signed by both Fowles and Pinter.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 91873
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"Every penny you think I'm pissing away comes back to you dressed up like a nickel": James Garner's Original Shooting Script for Barbarians At The Gate, for which he starred
BURROUGH, Bryan and Helyar.
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1992.
James Garner's original shooting script for the film in which he starred, Barbarians at the Gate. Quarto, bound in the original binder, with Garner's embossed name in gilt to the front panel. Barbarians at the Gate was directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart, based on the 1989 book of the same name by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The film stars James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, and Peter Riegert. It tells the true story of F. Ross Johnson, who was the president and CEO of RJR Nabisco. The film earned nine nominations at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. It also won Best Miniseries or…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 114514
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"The father of logic": Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's Prior Analytics
ARISTOTLE,.
Logica: Aristotelis Ex Tertia Recognitione. Libri Logicorumad Archetypos Recogniti.
Parisiis: Petri Vidouei, 1531.
Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle's third book of logic. Folio, bound in full vellum, elaborate woodcut vignette-border title-page, illustrated with numerous in-text woodcut diagrams, and woodcut initials. Ownership inscriptions, including that of American philosopher Allan Gotthelf. Gotthelf received many honors for his work on Aristotle, including in 2004 an international conference on "Aristotle on Being, Nature, and Life", held "in celebration of his contributions to the study of classical philosophy and science." In very good condition with some dampstaining and period marginalia throughout.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133411
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Rare original photograph of the swearing-in ceremony of President John F. Kennedy's cabinet on January 21st 1961; Signed by Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert S. McNamara, and Dean Rusk
KENNEDY, Jacqueline; Robert McNamara and Dean Rusk. [John F. Kennedy].
Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert McNamara and Dean Rusk Photograph Signed.
Rare original photograph of the swearing-in ceremony of President John F. Kennedy's cabinet on January 21st 1961. Signed by Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert S. McNamara, and Dean Rusk. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 94711