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“The public loves to create a hero....Sometimes I think they do it for the sheer joy of knocking him down from the highest peak": First Edition of Grace Metalious' Peyton Place; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
METALIOUS, Grace.
Peyton Place.
New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this landmark in twentieth-century American popular culture, which spawned a successful feature film and a long-running prime time television series soap opera. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author shortly after publication, “To Jay Dupuis with best wishes, Grace Metalious. Oct. 10, 1956.” The initial first edition was released on September 24, 1956 and the print run was minimal, as it was Metalius’ first book. It sold 60,000 copies within the first ten days of its release and remained on the New York Times best seller list for 59 weeks. The recipient was a relative of Metalious’ son-in-law Edward Dupuis. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Signed and inscribed first editions are rare.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 89943
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Rabinadranath Tagore's The King of The Dark Chamber; signed by him
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
The King of The Dark Chamber.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915.
First edition, early printing of this drama, translated into English by the author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the half-title page. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Rare and desirable; books signed by Tagore are uncommon.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 96033
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"If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky": First Edition Of The Outsiders; Inscribed By S.E. Hinton
HINTON, S.E.
The Outsiders.
New York: Viking Press, 1967.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, “I hope you enjoy my book! Best wishes, Susie Hinton.” Fine in near fine dust jacket with some light wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Richard M. Powers.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 5623
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Photograph of Big Ben; Signed by Five British prime ministers
EDWARD HEATH, Margaret Thatcher.
Big Ben Tower Signed Photograph of British Prime Ministers.
Color photograph of Big Ben Tower, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major and Tony Blair. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.25 inches by 16.25 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 73058
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“Shanghai - one of the wonder cities of the world: Rare First Edition of Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album
INTRODUCTION BY O. M. GREEN,.
Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of the Model Settlement.
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1927.
First edition of this scarce pictorial album of the views of Shanghai. Quarto, original cloth-backed flexible boards, with 38 tipped-in photographs, front stamped and lettered in red on a gilt background, mounted photo label. Introduction by Owen Mortimer Green. Later editions included 50 photographs. In very good condition with some small chips and gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 49089
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“It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end it itself": First American Edition of Love In The Time Of Cholera; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Chip Kidd
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Love in the Time of Cholera.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.
First American edition of the author’s work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson and Chip Kidd. Additionally signed by Chip Kidd on the rear dust jacket flap. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 116002
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"The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language": First Edition of Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of what many consider her magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. A superior example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 109739
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"Have gone to Patagonia": First Edition of the Author’s Masterpiece In Patagonia; Signed by Bruce Chatwin
CHATWIN, Bruce.
In Patagonia.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977.
First edition of author’s most well-known work and one of the great travel books of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece map and 4 black and white photographic plates. Signed by Bruce Chatwin on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. A very nice example, rare signed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 44025
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": First Edition of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
First British edition of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 112498
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"My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see": First Edition of Joseph Conrad’s Masterpiece Lord Jim
CONRAD, Joseph.
Lord Jim [Including Heart of Darkness].
London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1900.
First edition of one of Conrad’s finest novels. Octavo, original cloth. A near fine example with some wear to the extremities and the endpapers ever so slightly browned. First printing with the first issue points including the misprints “anyrate” p. 77, l. 5, “cure” (instead of “cured”) p. 226, 7 lines from the bottom, the omission of “keep” after “can” p. 226, 7 lines from the bottom, and “his” p. 319, last line, being printed below the line.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 45003
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"In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines...": First Edition of Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.
First edition with the 1939 date on the title page and with 12 girls instead of 11 in the “They went home and broke their bread” illustration. Thin folio, original illustrated boards, color illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. A superior example of a book that is prone to wear.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 87670
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FIRST EDITIONS OF STIEG LARSSON’S MILLENNIUM TRILOGY; EACH VOLUME UNIQUELY SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR
LARSSON, Stieg; Translated by Reg Keeland.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played with Fire; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.
London: Maclehose Press, 2008-2009.
First editions in English of each volume of Stieg Larrson’s Millennium trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original boards. Each volume is signed by the translator Reg Keeland, with a quotation added by the translator from each novel in each book. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo reads, “Everyone has secrets. It’s just a matter of finding out what they are. Reg Keeland.” The Girl Who Played With Fire reads, “There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility. Reg Keeland.” The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest reads, “But if you want to win, you’re going to have to fight. Reg Keeland.” Each volume is fine in near fine dust jackets. A unique and desirable set.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 82278
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“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault": First Edition of the author's Hugo Award-Winning Novel The Ender's Game; Signed by Orson Scott Card
CARD, Orson Scott.
Ender’s Game.
New York: Tor Books, 1985.
First edition of this Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Orson Scott Card on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Cover artist by John Harris. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 5318
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"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage": FIRST EDITION in book form OF DICKENS’ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; finely bound
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
First edition in book form of Dickens’ first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, with the first state Veller title page, with 43 engraved plates by Seymour and Browne and five Buss plates which Dickens requested to be removed in subsequent printings. In very good condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 99840
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"PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED THE COURSE OF HISTORY": Thomas Norton's English translation of one of the most influential works of Protestant theology: John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
NORTON, Thomas. [John Calvin].
The Institution Of Christian Religion, Written In Latin By M. John Calvine, Translated Into English According To The Authors Last Edition; With Sundry Tables To Finde The Principall Matters Intreated Of In This Booke.
London: John Norton, 1611.
1611 edition of Calvin’s seminal work on systematic theology, regarded as one of the most influential works of Protestant theology. Quarto, bound in full contemporary leather with six raised bands to the spine, elaborate architectural borders to the title page, woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. In very good condition with reinforcement to the hinges. Rare.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 105432
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"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: $3,250.00 Item Number: 106332
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"There can be peace in the world": First edition of Growing Toward Peace; Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor & Regina Tor.
Growing Toward Peace.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor opposite the title page. Light fading to the cloth, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Laid in is a publicity photograph of both authors. This is the first example we have seen signed by Eleanor Roosevelt.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 5476
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“Only God knows how much I love you”: First British Edition of the Love In The Time Of Cholera; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Love in the Time of Cholera.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of Garcia Marquez’s classic work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Andrew Kulman. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon signed.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 67079
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one of the most influential works of Protestant theology; John Calvin's Institutio Christianae Religionis; In Rare Contemporary Vellum
CALVIN, John.
Institutio Christianae Religionis, Johanne Calvino Authore [Institutes of the Christian Religion].
Geneva: Apud Iohannem le Preux, 1592.
Rare early printing of Calvin’s seminal work on systematic theology and one of the most influential works of Protestant theology. Folio, bound in full contemporary vellum with a burgundy spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate woodcut printer’s device to the title page, woodcut headpiece and initial to the first page of text. In near fine condition with ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 90388
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"About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends": First Editions of The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Each Inscribed by President Hoover
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941: Three Volume Complete Set.
New York: MacMillan, 1951-1952.
First editions of each volume in Hoover’s memoirs. Octavo, 3 volumes, illustrated. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Includes: Volume One: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941. Includes an original photograph of Hoover with his Belgian shepherd King Tut. An exceptional set, uncommon signed and in the first printing.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 94356