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Rare 1963 Decca Records Publicity Card Signed by all five original members of The Rolling Stones
JAGGER, Mick; Keith Richards; Brian Jones; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts.
1963 Rolling Stones Signed Decca Records Publicity Card.
Decca Records, [1963].
Early Rolling Stones advertising card issued by Decca Records in promotion of the group's first two singles: "Come On" and "I Wanna Be Your Man." The front of the card features a photograph of all five original band members signed be each: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Billy Wyman. Additionally signed by Brian Jones' girlfriend at the time (and later, folk-rock star Donovan's wife), Linda Lawrence. The card measures 4 inches by 5 inches. Double matted and framed with both sides of the card visible. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16 inches. In near…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143818
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First Editions of Rudyard Kipling's The First and Second Jungle Books
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan, 1894-95.
First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. One of Kipling's most desirable works, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135901
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“THOSE WHO HAVE EYES ON OUR MODERN WORLD WILL TAKE THIS AS A THRILLING INTRODUCTION TO THE MEN WHO SHAPE IT FOR US”: FIRST EDITION OF LEWIS W. HINE’S ICONIC BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY MEN AT WORK
HINE, Lewis W.
Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Men and Machines.
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1932.
First edition of Hine’s only book published in his lifetime, a landmark photobook in its celebration of “the dignity of labour and… the American skyscraper” (Parr & Badger). Small quarto, original green cloth, illustrated with 51 black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frederick A Blossom with many memories Feb. 21, 1933 Lewis W. Hine." The recipient, Frederick Blossom worked in the Patterson, New Jersey silk mills and was the union secretary. In very good condition with some toning and wear to the extremities.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96378
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First Edition of The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by Pearl Buck
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, 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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "To Kermit and Helen Fischer with deep appreciation, Pearl S. Buck Christmas 1958." In fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143999
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Rare Partially Printed Document Signed by Andrew Jackson as President and Martin Van Buren and Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State
JACKSON, Andrew; Martin Van Buren.
Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Signed Document.
January 19, 1830.
Rare military document signed by Andrew Jackson as President and Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State. One page, partially printed on vellum, the document measures 10.5 inches by 5 inches. Countersigned by David Henshaw as Collector for the District of Boston and Charleston. In very good condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116914
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“What is most personal is most universal": First Edition of Carl Rogers' On Becoming a Person; Signed by Him
ROGERS, Carl R.
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic work by the most influential psychotherapist in history. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Carl Rogers 7/31/68." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 118203
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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "hello! Michael Rosen." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. With the original ticket of the appearance of Rosen laid in. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142057
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First Edition of Len Deighton's The Ipcress File; Inscribed by Him
DEIGHTON, Len.
The Ipcress File.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963.
First American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Harry Tomb Len Deighton." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. Housed in an elaborate half morocco clamshell box mimicking the front panel of the dust jacket. From the library of bibliophile Donald Drapkin with his bookplate. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96914
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First Edition of The End of Ideology; Inscribed by Daniel Bell to Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb
BELL, Daniel [Irving Kristol].
The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas In the Fifties.
Glencoe, Ill: The Free Press, 1960.
First edition of this landmark in American social thought. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Irving and Bea- Butforis - prim, prima with affection Dan - 2/12/60." The recipients were Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Bell's. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism." Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. Bell and Kristol were close friends, who jointly…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117637
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“Live while you live, then die and be done with": Death Be Not Proud; Inscribed by John Gunther to His Wife
GUNTHER, John.
Death Be Not Proud.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.
First edition, later printing of this deeply moving book, a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound by the author in full morocco by "Kingsport Press," marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, cloth slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife in the year of publication, "This book belongs to Jane Perry Gunther given her this day- John New York February 1949." An exceptional association copy.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130415
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The Works and Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson; finely bound by Sotheran
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. [with] The Letters of Robert Stevenson. [Including Treasure Island,
London: Various Publishers, 1902.
Uniformly bound collection of the works and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, 36 volumes bound in three quarter morocco by H. Sotheran and Co.with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142853
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First edition of Mind of My Mind; inscribed by Octavia E. Butler
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Mind of My Mind.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977.
First edition of Butler's second book; the chilling "pre-sequel" to Patternmaster. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ron Keep Reading Octavia E. Butler." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Jan Esteves.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 134199
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"Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep": Finely Bound Set of The Works of Walter Scott
SCOTT, Walter.
The Works of Sir Walter Scott, Including The Waverley Novels and The Poems.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912.
Finely bound complete set of the Works of Sir Walter Scott. Octavo, 50 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 56742
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"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage": FIRST Curtis Guild extra illustrated edition of DICKENS’ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Curtis Guild, 1882.
First Curtis Guild extra-illustrated edition of one of Dickens' greatest works. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full morocco by F.P. Hathaway with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, silk endpapers. With 53 illustrations by Seymour and Phiz extended by insertion of the Seymour, Buss, Onwyhn and Croquil plates and illustrations including 24 etchings by Pailthorpe , 4 steel engravings by Darley, the Buss plates, and many other illustrations some in color. In near fine condition. From the library of American…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 99841
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"I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too": First Edition of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden; Lengthily Signed by the Author
GREEN, Hannah [Joanne Greenberg].
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
First edition of the author's semi-autobiographical modern classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author as Joanne Greenberg and her pseudonym "Hannah Green", as follows, "I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too." "Hannah Green" Joanne Greenberg." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 106831
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Where the Sidewalk Ends, Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145319
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“Some men seem to know exactly where their opportunities lie; they break prisons and cross whole Siberias to pursue them. One room holds me": First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Matthew and Adrienne greetings and blessings (on your wedding) Saul Bellow." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 18037
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First Edition in English of Thomas Mann's Death In Venice; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
MANN, Thomas.
Death in Venice.
London: Martin Secker , 1928.
First British edition of Mann's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some light shelfwear and small repairs to the verso. First editions are rare, especially in the original dust jacket and in this condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142045
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"'Where is God?' Said the black girl to the missionary who had converted her?": First edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God; Inscribed by him and wife Charlotte to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his wife Eleanor
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God.
Constable & Company Limited: London, 1932.
First edition of George Bernard Shaw's short story collection, including the satirical allegorical title story: The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search For God. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, designed and illustrated with engravings by John Farleigh. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Eleanor and Theodore Roosevelt this Visiting Card after a memorable day at Government House, Manila from Charlotte F. Shaw and G. Bernard Shaw 9th February 1933." Mr. and Mrs. George Bernard Shaw stopped at Manila on a round-the-world cruise where they were invited to lunch with Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96134
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“THE INEQUALITY OF RIGHTS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN HAS NO OTHER SOURCE THAN THE LAW OF THE STRONGEST”: FIRST EDITION, Publisher's Presentation copy OF John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women
MILL, John Stuart.
The Subjection of Women.
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869.
First edition of Mill's classic work defending the rights of women, publisher's presentation copy, with a blind stamp to title, "Presented by the Publishers." Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, names to the half-title page. Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144100