Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
Showing 1–60 of 444 results
-
Browse by Category
- Browse All
- Americana
- Art and Architecture
- Autograph Letters Signed
- Biography and Autobiography
- Children's Books
- Economics and Finance
- Featured Rare Books
- Fine Bindings and Sets
- First Edition
- First Edition>Signed
- Food and Wine
- Framed Autographs and Historical Documents
- Gifts
- Gifts - For Her
- Gifts - For Him
- Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
- Gifts - Holidays
- History, Law, and Politics
- Literature
- Music
- New Arrivals
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Poetry
- Presidents and World Leaders
- Religion
- Science and Natural History
- Science Fiction and Mystery
- Signed
- Signed & Autographed Books
- Sports and Leisure
- Travel and Exploration
- Uncategorized
-
From the Library of Stephen Hawking
GJERTSEN, Derek [Stephen Hawking].
The Newton Handbook.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul , 1986.
First edition of this work on Newton. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, like Newton, held the post as Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Both Newton and Hawking's scientific works focused on gravity, with Hawking's research mainly looking at gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 119543
-
"The 100 subjects I've chosen are fascinating, wacky, wild and often just weird - yet there are powerful and at times very funny": Kenneth Fisher's 100 Minds That Made The Market; Signed by Him
FISHER, Kenneth L.
100 Minds That Made The Market.
Woodside, California: Business Classics, 1993.
First edition, second printing of American investment analyst Kenneth L. Fisher's complete guide to the greatest minds in investment. Octavo, original cloth gilt. Boldly signed by Ken Fisher on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131728
-
First Edition of Gore Vidal's 1876: A Novel; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
1876: A Novel.
New York : Random House, 1976.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the "Valerie love Gore." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout the years. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 126331
-
First Edition of Gore Vidal's 1876: A Novel; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
1876: A Novel.
New York : Random House, 1976.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the "Kit love Gore." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A nice association.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131323
-
“I'M A VERY ORDINARY HUMAN BEING; I JUST HAPPEN TO LIKE READING BOOKS”: FIRST EDITION OF 1Q84; SIGNED BY THREE TIMES BY ILLUSTRATOR CHIP KIDD
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
1Q84.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed three times by illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front jacket panel, once on the title page and again on the rear jacket panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Chip Kidd.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122589
-
First Edition of A Book of Travellers' Tales; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Book of Travellers’ Tales.
New York: Viking Press, 1985.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5559
-
Finely bound example of Arnold J. Cooley's Dictionary of the English Language
COOLEY, Arnold J.
A Dictionary of the English Language Exhibiting the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words According to the Prevailing Usage of Correct Writers and Speakers.
London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1861.
First edition of Cooley's Dictionary of the English language. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, black spine label, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Author's preface. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 92803
-
“War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war": First Edition of William Faulkner's A Fable
FAULKNER, William.
A Fable.
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 70016
-
"Let me be the one To do what is done": A Further Range; Signed by Robert Frost
FROST, Robert.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.
Early printing of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Robert Frost 1939." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 110852
-
First Edition of A Further Range; Inscribed by Robert Frost to His Publisher
FROST, Robert.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.
First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his publisher, "To Herbert Bristol with an authors acknowledgement to his publisher Robert Frost 1936." Bristol was the president and publisher at the Henry Holt and Company. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 114778
-
"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge": A Game of Thrones, Twentieth Anniversary Edition; Signed by George R.R. Martin
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones. The Illustrated Edition: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire.
New York: Bantam Books, 2016.
First illustrated edition of the twentieth anniversary edition. Octavo, original boards, cartographic endpapers. Signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. Foreword by John Hodgman.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 59066
-
“She would've been a good woman," said The Misfit, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life": First Edition of Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To To Find
O'CONNOR, Flannery.
A Good Man Is Hard To To Find.
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955.
Review copy first edition, first state book with “tyring” on page 125; first-issue dust jacket with reviews for Wise Blood on rear panel of O'Connor's classic work. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with the review slip attached to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 99871
-
First Edition of Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust
WAUGH, Evelyn.
A Handful Of Dust.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1934.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 39786
-
First Edition of A Masque of Reason; Inscribed by Robert Frost
FROST, Robert.
A Masque of Reason.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Robert Frost to Samuel Plotkin." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 97478
-
Signed Limited First Edition of Robert Frost's A Masque of Reason
FROST, Robert.
A Masque of Reason.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Signed limited first edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. One of 800 copies, this is number 433 signed by Robert Frost. In fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 100442
-
"This is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Moveable Feast.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.
First English edition of this work Hemingway. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Hans Tisdall.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 117656
-
First Nonesuch Press edition of de Fontenelle's A Plurality of Worlds
DE FONTENELLE, Bernard.
A Plurality of Worlds.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929.
First Nonesuch press edition of de Fontenelle's A Plurality of Worlds. Octavo, bound in full contemporary vellum with gilt titles to the spine, hand-colored gilt headers to each chapter, top edge gilt, others uncut. Translated by John Glanvill. Prologue by David Garnett. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 101302
-
“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question": First Edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
New York: Huebsch, 1916.
First edition of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. In excellent condition without the usual fade to the spine with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 101988
-
“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question": First English Edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Inscribed by Him
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
London: The Egoist Ltd, 1916.
First English edition, one of approximately 750 copies of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Beatrice Randegger. James Joyce. 25 Novembre 1919. Trieste." The recipient was a private student's of Joyce in Italy. In excellent condition with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 109550
-
“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question": First Edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; In the rare original dust jacket
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
New York: Huebsch, 1916.
First edition of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel, in the exceptionally rare dust jacket. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare especially in this condition, without any of the usual restoration usually encountered.
Price: $72,000.00 Item Number: 129144
-
First Edition of the Author’s Comic Masterpiece; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958.
First American edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Although not marked this copy is from the library of travel collector, Mary Anna Marten, who was the daughter of the 3rd and last Lord Alington of Crichel and later trustee of The British Museum.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 3413
-
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
London: Picador, 1997.
First Picador edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Poulton. Foreword by Evelyn Waugh.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130563
-
"Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly": First Edition of A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again; Signed by David Foster Wallace
FOSTER WALLACE, David.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1997.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Susan W/Fond Hellos David Foster Wallace." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elizabeth Van Itallie.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 121367
-
First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
Toronto: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 230
-
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing": First Edition of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens] .
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Tom Sawyer’s Comrade].
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition of Twain's masterpiece, with the first state of the frontispiece portrait. Octavo, original publisher's decorated green cloth gilt to the spine and front panel. With frontispiece portrait of Twain inserted at front (with the imprint of the Heliotype Printing Co., but the cloth is not visible). This example exhibits the following issue points: title leaf is conjugate. Copyright notice dated 1884; the illustration captioned "Him and another Man" [p.13] listed as p.88 (first state); 11th line from bottom of p.57 reads "...with the was..." (first state); p. 283 is an integral leaf with the corrected engraving; the final…
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 85975
-
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing": First Edition of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Tom Sawyer’s Comrade].
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition of Twain's masterpiece, photogravure plate of a portrait bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt, title-leaf a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884; illustrated captioned "Him and another Man" listed on page 88 in contents; eleventh line from bottom of page 57 reads "with the was";"5" final five on page 155 is slightly larger; page 283/284 on a stub, without additional final blank leaf, In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Housed in custom chemise and full morocco clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 100058
-
First Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; With an E.W. Kemble Illustration laid in
TWAIN, Mark.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition of Mark Twain's masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher's decorated green cloth gilt to the spine and front panel, with 174 illustrations by Edward Kemble. A near fine example with just a touch of rubbing. Laid in is an original pen and ink drawing by Edward W. Kemble, titled in pencil in another hand, "The Pirate Chief carries off Sweet Marie," pin-holes, light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. With "88" on p 13 and "with the was" on p 57. As to issue points resulting from damaged plates (e.g. the dropped "5" on p 155, present…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 3147
-
Rare Salesman Dummy of Mark Twain's First Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
MARK TWAIN) CLEMENS, Samuel L.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition of Twain's masterpiece, Salesman's Dummy Issue. Octavo, original publisher's decorated green cloth gilt to the spine and front panel. With frontispiece portrait of Twain inserted at front (with the imprint of the Heliotype Printing Co., but the cloth is not visible). This book was specially printed to have a selection of text pages, so it is common for the recto of one page to have a certain page number, and the page number on the verso to jump by several pages. Because of this, this book only has some of the issue points that a copy of Huckleberry Finn would…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 62040
-
First Edition of Haruki Murakami's After Dark; Signed by Him and three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
After Dark.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this "hypnotically eerie, sometimes even funny, but most of all, it’s [a book] that keeps ratcheting up the suspense"(The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and stamped by Haruki Murakami and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, below Murakami's signature and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123497
-
Etching of Albert Einstein by Lionel S. Reiss; Signed by Both Reiss and Einstein
EINSTEIN, Albert; Lionel S. Reiss.
Albert Einstein Signed Etching.
1921.
Etched portrait of Albert Einstein by well-known Polish-American Jewish artist Lionel S. Reiss. Signed by both Einstein and Reiss. In fine condition. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 16.5 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 87430
-
Etching of Albert Einstein by Hermann Struck; Signed by Both Struck and Einstein
EINSTEIN, Albert; Hermann Struck.
Albert Einstein Signed Etching.
1923.
Etch bust of Albert Einstein done by well-known artist Hermann Struck. Signed by both Einstein and Struck, numbered 49/150. In fine condition. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 12.25 inches by 15 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 95890
-
Etching of Albert Einstein by Hermann Struck; Signed by Both Struck and Einstein
EINSTEIN, Albert; Hermann Struck.
Albert Einstein Signed Etching.
1923.
Lithograph portrait of "the father of modern physics", Albert Einstein by well-known artist Hermann Struck. Signed by Einstein, "Albert Einstein 1923" and Struck, "Herman Struck 138/150". In fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 19.75 inches by 15.5 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 127204
-
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF ALBERT EINSTEIN’S "ONE AND ONLY INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY": SIGNED AND DATED BY HIM in the rare original dust jacket
EINSTEIN, Albert.
Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.
Evanston: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949.
Signed limited first edition, number 711 of 760 copies signed and dated "Albert Einstein ‘49." Octavo, original brown cloth, top edge gilt. The book is in fine condition in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Frontispiece portrait of Einstein by Yousef Karsh. Rare and desirable in this condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 110472
-
First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
WILSON, William [Bill W.].
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism.
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, 1939.
First edition of Bill Wilson’s classic work, one of the best-selling books of all time, having sold 30 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. This volume is also accompanied by a typed note signed, stating: "This book was given to me by my father Henry G. Parkhurst, Jr. who told me that it was given to him by his father, Henry G. Parkhurst, Sr." Hank Parkhurst, a successful businessman in the early part of the 20th century, is regarded as the first alcoholic to recover through following Bill Wilson. Housed in a custom half…
Price: $60,000.00 Item Number: 133900
-
“The law is whatever is successfully argued and plausibly maintained": First Edition of Alexander Hamilton; Signed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, Ron.
Alexander Hamilton.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Ron Chernow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 120901
-
First Edition of Linda Greenlaw's All Fisherman Are Liars; Signed by Her
GREENLAW, Linda.
All Fisherman Are Liars: True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar.
New York: Hyperion Books , 2003.
First edition of the author's third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Linda Greenlaw on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Rose.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 116114
-
First Edition of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's All the Sad Young Men; In the Original Dust Jacket
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
All the Sad Young Men.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
First edition, first issue of Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the woman's lips unbattered (Bruccolo, A12).
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 96010
-
First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's All the Sad Young Men; In the Original Dust Jacket
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
All the Sad Young Men.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
First edition, first issue of Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the woman's lips unbattered (Bruccoli, A12). A nice example.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 123422
-
First Edition of Richard E. Byrd's Alone; Signed by Him; From the Library of Explorer and Adventurer Steve Fossett
BYRD, Richard E.
Alone.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1938.
First trade edition of Byrd’s account of his harrowing 1933 Antarctic expedition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by R.E. Byrd. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 112571
-
"If you will it, it is no tale": Rare Second Edition of Theodor Herzl's Altneuland
HERZL, Theodor.
Altneuland.
Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 1902.
Second edition of Herzl's Utopian novel in which he envisioned the social and cultural climate of a new Hebrew Nation. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 101406
-
"To the one who, in a sincere wish for American and world peace": Theodore Dreiser's America is Worth Saving; Inscribed by Him
DREISER, Theodore.
America is Worth Saving.
New York: Modern Age Books, 1941.
First edition, second printing of this work by the author of Carrie. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To the one who, in a sincere wish for American and world peace, buys this book. The compliments and best wishes of Theodore Dreiser Hollywood. April 1941." In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 91744
-
"Signed for whoever buys this book to aid the cause of peace": Theodore Dreiser's America is Worth Saving; Inscribed by Him
DREISER, Theodore.
America is Worth Saving.
New York: Modern Age Books, 1941.
First edition, second printing of this work by the author of Carrie. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Signed for whoever buys this book to aid the cause of peace by Theodore Dreiser Hollywood. April- 1941." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 112359
-
Rare American Embassy in London Guestbook signed by Winston S. Churchill, Elizabeth Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Dwight D. Eisenhower among many others
[CHURCHILL, Winston S.; Princess Margaret; Clementine Churchill; Anthony Eden; Dwight D. Eisenhower; et al].
American Embassy in London Winston S. Churchill, Clementine Churchill, Elizabeth Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Guestbook.
[London]: 1951-1952.
Rare 1951-1952 guestbook from the American Embassy in London signed by an impressive array of world leaders and diplomats including Winston S. Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Oblong octavo, bound in full leather with gilt stitching to the panels, watered silk endleaves. Signed by Elizabeth, Queen Mother ("Elizabeth R"), Princess Margaret ("Margaret"), Winston S. Churchill, Clementine Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Anthony Eden, Arthur Wellesley ("Wellington"), Margaret Truman, John Foster Dulles, Whitney Straight, Karl Taylor Compton, Gavin Simonds ("Simonds"), Harold Alexander ("Alexander"), William Ormsby-Gore ("Harlech"), Alan Lascelles, Hastings Ismay ("Ismay"), Lord Mayor of London Denys Lowson, John "Johnnie"…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 126088
-
First edition of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy; From the library of fellow novelist Wallace Stegner with his ownership inscription to each volume
DREISER, Theodore.
An American Tragedy.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.
First editions of both volumes of Dreiser's epic tragedy. From the library of American novelist Wallace Stegner, with his signature to the front free endpaper of both volumes. Often referred to as “The Dean of Western Writers”, Wallace Stegner taught at both Harvard and Stanford University where he founded the creative writing program; his students included Sandra Day O’Connor, Robert Stone, Ken Kesey, and Larry McMurtry. Stegner’s novel Angle of Repose won him the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and in 1977 he was awarded the National Book Award for The Spectator Bird. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 92486
-
“...the past was so painful at any point. It seared and burned": Signed Limited First edition of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy In the Rare Original Slipcase
DREISER, Theodore.
An American Tragedy.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.
Signed limited first editions of Dreiser's epic tragedy. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, original slipcase. In very good condition. Housed in the rare original slipcase.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117542
-
"To know Indians was to take a delight in people as people; every encounter was an adventure": First Editions of each volume in Naipaul's India Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India; India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964-1990.
First editions of each of the author's works in his acclaimed Indian Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 90453
-
First edition of George Cornewall Lewis' An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion; from the library of famed American journalist William Safire
LEWIS, George Cornewall.
An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion.
London: John W. Parker, 1849.
First edition of Cornewall Lewis' classic work of political philosophy. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of American journalist William Safire, although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 134128
-
"SURGICAL ANATOMY IS, TO THE STUDENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, THE MOST ESSENTIAL BRANCH OF ANATOMICAL SCIENCE": Gray's Anatomy
GRAY, Henry.
Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical [Gray’s Anatomy].
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1862.
Rare second edition of this influential work on Anatomy. Quarto, bound in full black morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with wood-engravings after the drawings by H. V. Carter. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 129536
-
"SURGICAL ANATOMY IS, TO THE STUDENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, THE MOST ESSENTIAL BRANCH OF ANATOMICAL SCIENCE": Rare First Edition of Gray's Anatomy
GRAY, Henry.
Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical [Gray’s Anatomy].
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1859.
First edition of this influential work on Anatomy. Quarto, bound in full calf, black morocco spine label, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 363 wood-engravings after the drawings by H. V. Carter. In near fine condition with light toning to the text, bookplate to the front pastedown. Rare and desirable in this condition.
Price: $8,600.00 Item Number: 134512
-
"Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget": First Edition In English Of Tolstoy’s Masterpiece Anna Karenina
TOLSTOY, Leo. [Count Lyof N Tolstoi]. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole.
Anna Karenina.
New York: Thomas J. Crowell & Co, 1886.
First edition in English of Tolstoy's masterpiece. Octavo, original brown cloth, with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers. Introduction by Nathan Haskell Dole. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110198
-
"As art it is perfection" (Dostoevsky); Rare First Russian Edition Of Tolstoy’s Masterpiece Anna Karenina
TOLSTOY, Leo. [Count Lyof N Tolstoi].
Anna Karenina.
Moscow: T. Ris, 1878.
First edition in Russian of Tolstoy's masterpiece. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles, raised bands. Housed in a custom box. In near fine condition. First editions in Russian are rare.
Price: $27,500.00 Item Number: 126365
-
“Ants are everywhere and deserve our attention": FIRST EDITION OF THE ANTS; SIGNED BY EDWARD O. WILSON WITH A DRAWING OF AN ANT
WILSON, Edward O. & Bert Holldobler.
Ants.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press/ Harvard University Press, 1990.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson who has added a drawing of an ant on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132446
-
"Maybe you could show me how to let go, Lower my guard, Learn to be free. Maybe if you whistle, Whistle for me": First Edition of Anyone Can Whistle; Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim
LAURENTS, Arthur & Stephen Sondheim.
Anyone Can Whistle: A Musical Fable.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine bright jacket without the fading usually encountered with the spine.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 762
-
Rare early 16th century Venetian printing of ARISTOTLE'S INFLUENTIAL WORK ON ZOOLOGY: THE HISTORY OF ANIMALS
ARISTOTLE,.
Aristoteles de Animalibus.
Venetiis: Octaviani Scoticiuis, 1525.
Rare early 16th century Venetian printing of Aristotle's pioneering work on zoology which had a powerful influence on zoology for over two thousand years. Folio, bound in full vellum, illustrated with woodcut initials. In very good condition. Deaccessioned from the Harvard College Library with their stamps and bookplate.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133419
-
“I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth": First Edition, First Issue of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
FAULKNER, William.
As I Lay Dying.
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1939.
First edition, first issue, one of 750 copies with dropped "I" on p. 11 and in the first state binding with lettering unbroken of this work, which consistently ranks as one of the greatest works of twentieth century literature. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 115342
-
"To Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Minkus- the royal family of the wonderful world of stamps- thanking you for the great pleasure you made it possible for me to find": Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; Lengthily Inscribed
RAND, Ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition, early printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Minkus- the royal family of the wonderful world of stamps- thanking you for the great pleasure you made it possible for me to find- Ayn Rand December 4, 1970." The recipient, Jacques Minkus established stamp counters for postage stamp collectors at numerous department stores in the United States. Minkus established his first stamp counter…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 127432
-
First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; Signed by Her
RAND, Ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 134686
-
First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
RAND, Ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by George Salter. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 134189
-
First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; Signed by Her
RAND, Ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Jacket design by George Salter. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 135477
-
Typed signed letter from Carl Haverlin to Igor Stravinsky, with Stravinsky's holograph notes and signature
STRAVINSKY, Igor.
Autographed Letter Signed From Carl Haverlin To Igor Stravinsky.
1962.
Single page typed signed letter with notes in Stravinsky's hand. Typed signed letter from 1962 to Igor Styravinsky from Carl Haverlin, pioneer in radio broadcasting, and longtime president of Broadcast Music Inc. The letter is on Broadcast Music Inc. stationary, and Haverlin writes to inquire about some illustrations which Dulac had made for Stravinsky's Firebird Ballet. He writes: "I...take the liberty of asking you if your memory will bring forth any background on the sketches." In the margin adjacent to this sentence, Stravinsky writes "Not at all!" in red pen. Haverlin closes the letter with: "Photostats of the sketchbook pages are…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 84762