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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin; Signed by him
CHAPLIN, Charlie.
Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.
1914.
Rare original sepia-toned photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin, signed, "With Love Charles Aug 26th 14." Signed along the left edge in white, "Witzel L.A." for the photographer Albert Witzel. Framed. The entire piece measures 9.5 inches by 7 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 145797
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"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you... yours is the earth and everything that's in it, and - which is more - you'll be a man, my son!" First American edition of Rudyard Kipling's If
KIPLING, Rudyard.
If.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Page, 1910.
First American edition of Kipling's ever-relevant tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. Small octavo, original illustrated boards. In near fine condition, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper, some pages uncut. An exceptional example, rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145798
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"At night the moon became a woman's face. I met the Spirit of Music”: First Edition of The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison
MORRISON, Jim.
The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison: Wilderness. [with] The American Night: The Writings of Jim Morrison.
New York: Villard Books, 1988.
First edition volumes I and II of this remarkable written collection of writings from The Doors' sensational singer-songwriter. Octavo, two volumes, original half cloth, illustrated with facsimile pages from Morrison's diaries and never-before-seen photos of Jim. Near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Wendy Bass. Jacket photo by Frank Lisciandro.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145174
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RARE HANDWRITTEN ETHIOPIAN COPTIC GE’EZ BIBLE ILLUMINATED WITH TWO FULL-PAGE MINIATURE PAINTINGS
Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.
Ethiopia: C. 18th Century.
Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Octavo, bound in full leather with elaborate tooling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, parchment manuscript in black and red ink, with full-page vibrant hand-painted miniatures depicting Saint George slaying the dragon, the Madonna and child, Jesus with Mary, and the arrest of Jesus.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145321
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"THE ONLY WAY FOR A WOMAN, AS FOR A MAN, TO FIND HERSELF, TO KNOW HERSELF AS A PERSON, IS BY CREATIVE WORK OF HER OWN": THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE; SIGNED BY BETTY FRIEDAN
FRIEDAN, Betty.
The Feminine Mystique.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1963.
First edition, early printing of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Betty Friedan on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Anthony D'Esposito.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145702
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First Edition of Son; Signed by Lois Lowry
LOWRY, Lois.
Son.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
First edition of the thrilling conclusion to 'The Giver' quartet. Octavo, original half-cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "with best wishes Lois Lowry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Brock.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145163
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First Edition of Love, Roger; Signed by Charles Webb
WEBB, Charles.
Love, Roger.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969.
First edition of this brilliant absurdist comedy from the author of 'The Graduate.' Octavo, original blue cloth, orange top stain, frontispiece by Tomi Ungerer. Boldly signed by Charles Webb on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tomi Ungerer. Author photograph by Eve Webb.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145170
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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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“Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe”: First Edition of Sybil; Inscribed by Flora Rheta Schreiber
SCHREIBER, Flora Rheta.
Sybil.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1973.
First edition of the engrossing true story, basis for the classic film. Octavo, original textured imitation leather boards, illustrated with photographs of paintings and pencil drawings by Sybil and her personalities. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Aug 28, 1973 To Hal - whom I honor, respect and thank for my opportunity to do a rounded show - all best - Flora Rheta Schreiber." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Edmondson. Author photograph by Abner Symons. First edition examples of 'Sybil' signed by the author are scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145145
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Girl from Hollywood
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
The Girl from Hollywood.
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1923.
First edition of Burroughs' contemporary fiction novel. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece by P. J. Monahan. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145116
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"Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it": First Edition of Fear of Flying; Signed by Erica Jong
JONG, Erica.
Fear of Flying.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
First edition of this incredible novel. Octavo, original glittery sky blue cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Erica Jong 21 March 06." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Seifer. Author photograph by Peter Trump.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145167
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"How doth the little crocodile improve its shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale": First Edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Under Ground
CARROL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1886.
First edition being a facsimile of the original manuscript which was later expanded and published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Octavo, original scarlet cloth, elaborate gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt vignette to the rear panel, triple gilt ruled, all edges gilt, text printed in the author's handwriting including thirty-seven illustrations in facsimile, advertisements at rear. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 145905
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"as entertaining to the eye and the imagination as a Beatles album is to the ear": First Edition of Alan Aldridge's The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics
ALDRIDGE, Alan.
The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1990.
First edition of the only major published collection of illustrated Beatles lyrics. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with lavish, full-color illustrations by a host of internationally renowned artists with specially commissioned photographs featured on almost every page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145102
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First Edition of First Lady, Julia Dent Grant's Personal Memoirs
GRANT, Julia Dent; Ralph G. Newman; Bruce Catton.
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant [Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant] and The First Lady as an Author.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975.
First edition of First Lady Julia Dent Grant's collection of memoirs, published for the first time, posthumously, nearly seventy-three years after her death. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Very good in a very good dust jacket, ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs of the Grant family and others. Edited with notes and foreword by John Y. Simon with introduction by Bruce Catton.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 145105
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First on the Moon; Inscribed by Buzz Aldrin
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Michael Collins; Edwin [Buzz] E. Aldrin.
First On The Moon: A Voyage With Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
First edition, early printing of this work, which describes the events leading up to and during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned landing on the Moon. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page, "To Bob Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin." Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin. Epilogue by Arthur C. Clarke.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 144499
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“The four most common chemically active elements in the universe—hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen—are the four most common elements of life on Earth. We are not simply in the universe. The universe is in us": First Edition of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Chronicles
TYSON, Neil DeGrasse; edited by Avis Lang.
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2012.
First edition of the astrophysicist's humorously provocative scientific commentary. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai. Author photograph by Chris Cassidy.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145143
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Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Giant Horse of Oz
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly; Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum.
The Giant Horse of Oz.
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1928.
First edition, early printing of Thompson's eighth fantastical continuation of Frank Baum's Oz stories. Octavo, original blue cloth with color pictorial paper onlay, illustrations by John R. Neill. In very good condition. Ownership signature in to the front pastedown, front free endpaper, and ownership page.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145084
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"I am a Christian Because of Owen Meany": First Edition of A Prayer For Owen Meany; Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989.
First edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Merry Christmas John Irving." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145910
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“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread": First Edition of Native Son; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
WRIGHT, Richard .
Native Son.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
First edition, first issue with "A - P" on the copyright page. 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. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145947
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First Edition of What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr; Lengthily Inscribed by Lerone Bennett
KING, Martin Luther] Lerone Bennett.
What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc, 1964.
First edition of this early biography on Dr. King. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Congratulations on your leadership and success. King said, "A man who dies for something is not fit to live." For John Thanks! Lerone 12/8/15." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With an introduction by Benjamin E. Mays. Jacket design by Herbert Temple. Uncommon signed.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 144899