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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Foreign Legion; Inscribed by him
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and “The Foreign Legion”.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1947.
First edition of the last Tarzan story published during Burroughs' lifetime. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 5 plates by John Coleman Burroughs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sheldon Neubauer, with best wishes Edgar Rice Burroughs." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 96784
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First Edition of Claude McKay's Banjo; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
MCKAY, Claude.
Banjo.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929.
First edition of this seminal work of the Harlem Renaissance that explores themes of Black identity, diaspora, and transnationalism. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities, name to the front pastedown. Jacket designed by Aaron Douglas. A very sharp example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 149907
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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 Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. Octavo, three 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…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 82278
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“YOU DRAW CLOSER TO TRUTH BY SHUTTING YOURSELF OFF FROM MANKIND”: FIRST EDITION OF AUTO-DA-FE; SIGNED BY ELIAS CANETTI
CANETTI, Elias.
Auto-Da-Fe.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1946.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author's most well-known work. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Elias Canetti on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light shelfwear. Translated by from the German by C. V. Wedgwood. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 48755
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First edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Nights with Uncle Remus; In exceptional condition
HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
First edition of the second book of Uncle Remus stories. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates by Frederick Church. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding chemise slipcase. A brilliant example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 133125
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First Edition of John Irving's Rare First Book Setting Free The Bears; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
IRVING, John.
Setting Free the Bears.
New York: Random House, 1968.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed [5 line inscription] by John Irving on the half- title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Weiss. Illustration by Robert Dale. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 1351
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First Editions of Ford Madox Ford's Classic Tetralogy Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up and Last Post
FORD, Ford Madox.
Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up and Last Post.
New York: 1924-1928.
First editions of each novel in the author's classic modernist series Parade's End. Octavo, four volumes. Each volume is in very good to near fine condition, with A Man Could Stand Up in the original dust jacket. Each volume is housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional presentation of this set.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 143044
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Signed Limited Edition of The Lanthorn Book; Signed by Stephen Crane
CRANE, Stephen. Irving Bacheller.
The Lanthorn Book: Being a Small Collection of Tales and Verses Read at The Sign o’ the Lanthorn.
New York: 126 William Street, 1898.
Signed limited edition, this is number 47. Quarter, original half cloth. Signed by Stephen Crane at the conclusion of his contribution, The Wise Men. Also signed by the other contributors. While it was the intention of the club to have each contributor sign his piece, Crane did not sign all 125 examples, as he died at age 28 in the year 1900. In near fine condition, rebacked, charming illustration to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 141808
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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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The Poetry Collection of Annie Dillard; over 35 volumes each signed or inscribed to her
[DILLIARD, Annie].
The Poetry Collection of Annie Dillard.
Various Publishers, .
Rare collection of dozens of volumes of poetry from the collection of American author Annie Dillard, each signed or inscribed to her and with her bookplate. Approximately 35 volumes, the collection includes inscribed first editions and early printings of Fred Chappell's Wild Mountain, Leo Connellan's First Selected Poems, Karen Connelly's The Border Surrounds Us, Paul Zimmer's Crossing to Sunlight, A. J. Hovde's Selected Poems, Tom Owen-Towle's Sauntering, Joe Rosenblatt's The Sleeping Lady, and Frank Polite's Letters of Transit. Each volume is in near fine to fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 128534
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Fine collection of several editions of Joyce's Ulysses and other works
JOYCE, James.
James Joyce Ulysses Collection.
London and New York: Various publishers, 1932-1998.
Collection of several editions of Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses. The collection is comprised of a first American edition of Ulysses [New York: Random House, 1934]; early printing of the Unlimited edition of Ulysses [London: The Bodley Head, 1949]; the Odyssey Press edition of Ulysses in two volumes [Hamburg: The Odyssey Press, 1932]; early printing of the New edition of Ulysses in a dust jacket [London: The Bodley Head, 1967]; facsimile edition of the first edition of Ulysses housed in a custom full buckram box [Shelton: The First Edition Library, n.d.]; facsimile edition of the second edition of Ulysses [London: The Folio…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 132480
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"for the memory of an unforgettable interview": First edition of Yukio Mishima's After the Banquet; warmly inscribed by him
MISHIMA, Yukio.
After The Banquet.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1963.
First British edition of "the biggest and most profound thing Mishima has done so far in an already distinguished career" (The New Yorker). Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Harder for the memory of an unforgettable interview in midnight 1965 March 22 Yukio Mishima." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Margaret Eastoe. Rare signed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 148136
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“Yes, this is the only good thing in life: love! To hold a woman you love in your arms! That is the ultimate in human happiness": The Flaubert edition of The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant
MAUPASSANT, Henri René Albert Guy de.
The Life Work of Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant. Embracing Romance. Travel. Comedy & Verse. For the first time Complete in English. With a Critical Preface by George Bourget of the French Academy and an Introduction by Robert Arnot M.A.
London and New York: M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1903.
The Flaubert edition of the complete works of Guy de Maupassant, including his well-known short stories and novels Boule de Suif, Une Vie, Bel-Ami, and Pierre et Jean. Octavo, 17 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with git titles and botanical tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, pictorial title page and lettered tissue-guarded frontispiece in color to each volume, illustrated from original drawings by eminent French and American artists. One of 500 numbered sets signed by Robert Arnot, this is number 77. With a critical…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 123801
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"Madeline, Madeline, where have you been? We've been to London to see the Queen": First Edition of Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline In London; Signed by Him
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline In London.
New York: The Viking Press, 1961.
First edition of the final book in the Madeline series published in Bemelmans lifetime. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and in this condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 136987
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First Edition of Stephen Sondheim's Collected Lyrics: Look I Made A hat; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Writer Annie Dillard
SONDHEIM, Stephen [Annie Dillard].
The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Look, I Made a Hat.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
First editions of the collected lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page to fellow writer Annie Dillard, "For Annie Best Wishes from Stephen Sondheim." Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of Annie Dillard.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 133175
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Rare First Editions of the Eight Issues of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact Magazine Containing the First Publication of Frank Herbert's Dune Novels
HERBERT, Frank; John W. Campbell [Editor].
Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of the Dune Novels].
New York: Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, 1963-1965.
First editions of eight issues of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact magazine containing the first appearance of Frank Herbert's Dune, later published as a novel and adapted into the two blockbuster films of the same name. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, with black and white illustrations. Includes December 1963, January and February 1964, which contain Dune World in three parts, and January through May 1965, which contain Prophet of Dune in five parts. The first six issues are in the bedsheet format with the final two issues in digest format. In near fine to good condition with wear to the extremities,…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 148315
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First Edition of the Author’s National Book Award Winning Novel Goodbye, Columbus; Signed by Philip Roth, Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw
ROTH, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1959.
First British edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth, actor Richard Benjamin and by actress Ali MacGraw on the title page, "Best wishes and peace Ali MacGraw." Benjamin and MacGraw starred in the novel's 1969 film adaptation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Adrian Bailey. Author photograph by Sanford Roth. A unique example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 124770
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“If I were fire, I would burn; if I were a woodcutter, I would strike. But I am a heart, and I love": Rare First Greek Edition of The Last Temptation of Christ; Lengthily Signed by Translator Peter Bien
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
The Last Temptation of Christ [First Edition in Greek].
Athena: Thiphros, 1955.
First edition in Greek, preceding the English translation of this historical novel, basis for the 1988 Academy Award nominated film. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed by the translator Peter Bien on the half-title page with the famous quote from the novel, "If I were fire, I would burn; if I were a woodcutter, I would strike. But I am a heart, and I love." Peter Bien." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 138555
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850.
First edition of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 38 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne. In very good condition, bookplate. Uncommon in the original cloth.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 139470
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“Sometimes the embers are better than the campfire": First Edition of King's The Green Mile; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
The Green Mile.
New York: A Plume Book, 1997.
First edition of this work, which tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued, original slipcase. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the title page in Manchester, Vermont. In fine condition. Cover illustration by John Ennis. Cover design by Richard Hasselberger.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 139312