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“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
Mark Twain) Clemens, Samuel L.
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 5 in the numeration of page 155 is larger than the first and slightly below the others; leaf 23-8 is present as a blank; first state of the frontispiece portrait (imprint of Heliotype with tablecloth visible). In near fine condition with light toning to the extremities. A very bright example.
Price: $7,200.00
Color Photograph The Apollo 11 Crew; signed by each of member
Armstrong, Neil; Michael Collins; Buzz Aldrin.
Signed Photograph of Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.
1969.
NASA color photograph from the May 1969 press release printed on verso. Signed by each of the Apollo 11 crew. “To Steve Turner, Neil Armstrong.” Signed by Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin group portrait by NASA, showing them in space suits without helmet, the Moon in the background. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 14 inches.
Price: $6,800.00
First Edition of John Rawls' Political Liberalism; Signed by Him
Rawls, John.
Political Liberalism.
New York: Columbia University Press 1993.
First edition of this work which continues and revises the idea of justice as fairness as presented in A Theory of Justice. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Rawls on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg. From the library of Daniel Bell. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,800.00
"Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe Even you don't know by now And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It'll never do somehow": Original LP Signed by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger
Dylan, Bob and Pete Seeger.
Hootenanny Special: Featuring Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger.
1965.
Original stereo LP put out by Zenith featuring various folk singers, including Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger. Signed by both Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger in contemporary signatures on the front panel of the record sleeve. It features Dylan singing: Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right and House of the Rising Sun; Pete Seeger singing, John Henry and Follow the Drinkin’ Gourd; New Christy Minstrels Californi-o and Rovin’ Gambler; Brothers Four San Francisco Bay Blues and Michael; Village Stompers If I Had a Hammer and Reilly’s Daughter. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 25.5 inches. Contemporary signatures on an original record are rare.
Price: $6,800.00
“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
Mark Twain) Clemens, Samuel L.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company 1885.
First edition of Twain’s masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated green cloth gilt to the spine and front panel. With 174 illustrations by E.W. Kemble. In fine condition. Mixed state with the copyright notice dated 1883; “Him and Another Man” corrected to page 87; p. 57 “was” corrected to “saw”; with the signature mark lacking on p. 161; p. 155 with the final 5 broken. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Bookplate to the pastedown. A near perfect example.
Price: $6,500.00
First Edition of Maurice Allais' Magnum Opus Economie & Interet; Inscribed by Him; From the Library of Kenneth Arrow
Allais, Maurice (Kenneth J. Arrow).
Economie & Interet.
Paris: Imprimerie National 1947.
First edition of Allais’ groundbreaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Maurice Allais on the title page of volume one. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, with his name in each volume. In near fine condition with light shelfwear, minor mending to the first few pages of volume one. A nice association linking these two Nobel Prize winning-economists and giants of twentieth century economics.
Price: $6,500.00
“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
Mark Twain) Clemens, Samuel L.
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
Rare original carte-de-visite and signature of one of the most influential figures in human history" Charles Darwin
Darwin, Charles.
Charles Darwin Signature and Original Carte-de-Visite.
Rare Charles Darwin signature framed with an original carte-de-visite by Herbert Rose Barraud, London. Double matted and framed. The carte-de-visite measures 4 inches by 2.75 inches. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 23 inches. Taken by Barraud in 1881, the present carte-de-visite was likely the last photograph of Darwin, taken one year before his death in 1882. Rare and desirable. A handsome presentation.
Price: $6,500.00
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
Rare Michael Faraday Signed Letter with a Carte-de-visite
Faraday, Michael .
Michael Faraday Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed by Michael Faraday to William Coffin answering a question regarding the chlorate reaction with sulfuric acid, “or oil of vitriol,” in gunpowder. Addressed to William Coffin, it reads, “R[oyal] Institution, January 1, 1849, My dear Sir, I conclude you mean the acid which fires gunpowder – not directly but through the medium of the Chlorate mixture that and is as far as I know the strength liquid Sulfureum and or out of Vitriol. Ever Truly Yours, Michael Faraday.” Matted and framed opposite a carte-de-visite of Faraday by John Watkins. The entire piece measures 11.25 inches by 14.25 inches.
Price: $5,800.00
"IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT": FIRST EDITION THE CATCHER IN THE RYE IN A FINE FIRST-ISSUE DUST JACKET
Salinger, J.D.
The Catcher In The Rye.
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1951.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. The dust jacket is the correct first issue with the cropping of Salinger’s head on the rear panel. Jacket design by Michael Mitchell. Photograph of Salinger by Lotte Jacobi. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,500.00
"Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless": First Edition of Max Born's The Restless Universe; Signed by Him
Born, Max.
The Restless Universe.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 1936.
First edition of this classic introduction to physics. Quarto, original cloth. Signed by Max Born on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Translated by Winifred M. Deans. Illustrations by Dr. Otto Koenigsberger. This is the first signed example of a first printing we have seen.
Price: $5,500.00
“The rebirth of the soul is perpetual; only rebirth every hour could stay the hand of Satan": First Edition of Go Tell It On the Mountain; Signed by James Baldwin
Baldwin, James.
Go Tell It On The Mountain.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1953.
First edition of Baldwin’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the front free endpaper. Fine in the original dust jacket with some professional restoration. Jacket drawing by John O’Hara Cosgrave. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,500.00
Finely Bound Set of The Works of Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy, Leo.
The Works of Leo Tolstoy. Including: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection.
New York: Chrales Scribner's Sons 1903.
Limited edition of the works of Leo Tolstoy, one of one hundred and fifty copies printed on Ruisdael paper, this is number sixty-eight. Octavo, 25 volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, two frontispieces to each volume. In very good condition, with volume one bound upside down.
Price: $5,500.00
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive": First Edition of The Opening of the Western-Eye; Signed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatsho: The XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet.
The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye.
Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand 1968.
First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan “with prayers.” A near fine copy in a excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed.
Price: $5,000.00
Rare First Edition of Ellen Raskin's Newbery-Award Winning Novel The Westing Game; Lengthily Inscribed by Her to her Closest Friend
Raskin, Ellen.
The Westing Game.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc 1978.
First edition of Raskins’s Newbery Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page with a drawing of a self-caricature, “O, glory, glory, glory be, will wonders never case! For Sue Glazer – my best rooter and good, good friend. Thank you, thank you, love and kisses, Ellen Raskin.” Raskin has added a full-page caricature of herself donning a gown, tiara and “Miss Newbery” sash holding a large scepter with the gold Newbery seal as the globe. She has also added a footnote at the bottom of the page which reads, “Note: This book is one of the first off the press – the dedication may be belated, but it is a good one. E.R.” The recipient, Dr. Susan Mandel Glazer was the author’s closest friend and an internationally recognized literary advocate and taught at Rider University for an impressive 45 years. Scarcely seen inscribed, let alone with a self-caricature and such an intimate association.
Price: $5,000.00