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"The version that should've been made": Rare original Bill Phillips Screenplay of Firestarter; inscribed by him
PHILLIPS BILL; STEPHEN KING,.
Firestarter Screenplay.
Universal Studios, August 23, 1982.
Original bound screenplay written by Bill Phillips for the Universal Studios film production of Firestarter, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Quarto, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bill Phillips on the title page, "To Gary Word, with warm regards, Bill Phillips *the version that should've been made." Additionally laid in is a note on Phillips' letterhead which reads in full, "Gary, I'll be glad to sign the limited edition! Enclosed is my script of FIRESTARTER. I would've sent it sooner, but I lost your address! Best, Bill." During the filming of The Thing, Universal…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139549
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I Am Prepared to Die; Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
I Am Prepared to Die.
Kent: A.G. Bishop & Sons, Ltd, c. 1965.
Second edition of Mandela's Rivonia Speech. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated on the front panel, "NMandela 25.3.05." In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 125089
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"Men often do their best work blind, for someone else's sake": First edition of Kipling Calendar: A Quotation from Kipling's Writings for Every Day in the Year
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kipling Calendar.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. .
English printing of the Kipling Calendar, containing a Kipling verse for each day of the year. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126065
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Rare Reconstruction Era Carte-de-visite of Confederate Commander Robert E. Lee; Signed by Him
LEE, Robert E.
Robert E. Lee Signed Carte-de-Visite.
Lexington, Va: Boude & Miley, [1869].
Rare Reconstruction era carte-de-visite portrait of former Confederate commander General Robert E. Lee in civilian attire, boldly signed "RE Lee." The carte-de-visite measures 2.5 inches by 4 inches with Boude & Miley's imprint on the verso. This striking postwar portrait of Lee was captured by photographer Michael Miley of Lexington, Virginia in 1869, perhaps less than a year prior to Lee's death on October 12, 1870. Following the conclusion of the American Civil War in 1865, Lee became president of Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia; in that position, he supported reconciliation between North and South.The…
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 140513
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"There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open": First Edition of Jawaharlal Nehru's Inside America; Signed by Him
NEHRU, Jawaharlal.
Inside America: A Voyage of Discovery.
New Dehli: National Book Stall, n/d.
First printing of this edition of this collection of speeches by Nehru in America. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Jawaharlal Nehru Dec 1956." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed, with none appearing at auction in the last 65 years.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 142442
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Rare Limited Édition Artistique Edition of the selected works of the great authors; one of only 75 sets produced
BOURGET, Paul; Gustave Flaubert; Theophile Gautier; Longus; Paul de Musset; William Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet; Anthony and Cleopatra; King Candaules; A Night of Cleopatra; Jean and Jeannette; Daphnis and Chloe; Heródias; A Simple Heart; Pastels; The Last Abbé.
Société des Beaux Arts: Paris, n.d .
The Édition Artistique of the selected works of Flaubert, Shakespeare, Gautier, Musset and Longus. Quarto, 10 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling embellished with botanical decorations with white, red and violet morocco onlays, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, full morocco doublures, silk-watered endleaves, top edge gilt others untrimmed, with illustrations by J. Wagrez, Louis Titz, Emile Adan, Georges Rochegrosse, Paul Avril and others. Prefaces by Anatole France and Leo Claretie. One of 75 numbered copies produced for England and America, this is number…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 132844
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Rare 1963 Decca Records Publicity Card Signed by all five original members of The Rolling Stones
JAGGER, Mick; Keith Richards; Brian Jones; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts.
1963 Rolling Stones Signed Decca Records Publicity Card.
Decca Records, [1963].
Early Rolling Stones advertising card issued by Decca Records in promotion of the group's first two singles: "Come On" and "I Wanna Be Your Man." The front of the card features a photograph of all five original band members signed be each: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Billy Wyman. Additionally signed by Brian Jones' girlfriend at the time (and later, folk-rock star Donovan's wife), Linda Lawrence. The card measures 4 inches by 5 inches. Double matted and framed with both sides of the card visible. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16 inches. In near…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143818
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Finely Bound Set of the Novels of Victor Hugo
HUGO, Victor.
The Novels of Victor Hugo.
Boston : Dana Estes, n.d.
The Illustrated Cabinet edition of the novels of Victor Hugo. Octavo, 12 volumes. Bound in three quarters navy blue morocco over blue cloth, elaborate gilt decorated spines with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, with illustrated plates, frontispieces. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 105448
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First Edition of Edmund C. Bentley's Trent's Last Case
BENTLEY, Edmund C.
Trent’s Last Case.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. [c. 1913].
First edition of Bentley's groundbreaking detective novel, "one of the three best detective stories ever written" (Agatha Christie). Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece in color. In very good condition. Small bookplate and ownership inscription. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 137405
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, HERBERT HOOVER AND HARRY S. TRUMAN SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.; Harry S. Truman; Herbert Hoover.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph.
c. 1957.
Full-length group photograph of presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman standing together on June 17, 1947 during Princeton University's bicentennial anniversary celebration, shot by Alan Richards. Signed on the matte by each below the relevant portrait and additionally dated "3-6-57" by Harry S. Truman. In very good condition with toning to the edges. Double matted. The entire piece measures 16.25 inches by 14 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145280
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Rare unauthorized edition of Mark Twain's Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Autobiography (Burlesque) First Romance, and Memoranda.
Toronto: James Campbell & Son, [1871].
Rare unauthorized edition of Twain's witty collection of satirical sketches; this edition possibly containing the first appearance of My Late Senatorial Secretaryship. BAL 3334. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137267
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Rare example of Johnson's Civil War era Map of the state of Florida
JOHNSON, Alvin Jewett and Ross C. Browning.
Johnson’s Map of Florida.
New York: A.J. Johnson, c. 1861.
Rare 19th century example of Johnson's famed Civil War era map of the state of Florida. One page, the hand-colored lithographic map depicts the state in full with color coding according to county in the midst of the American Civil War with references to towns, railroads, villages, depots, swamps, the territories of Native American tribes, forts and battle sites related to the Seminole Wars, Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades, Indian Hunting Grounds between Fort Poinsett and Key Biscayne Bay, Tampa Bay and the Okefenokee Swamp. Additionally notes the course of a proposed canal route leading from Tampa to the Atlantic and…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138533
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Fine pair of rare early 19th century of Regency Twelve-Inch Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes
CARY, George; John and William Cary.
Pair of Regency Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes
London: George and John Cary and by John and William Cary, c. 1816 and 1821.
Fine pair of rare early 19th century celestial and terrestrial table globes the cartouche of the terrestrial globe reads Cary's New Terrestrial Globe Delineated From the best Authorities extant Exhibiting the late discoveries towards the North Pole and every improvement in Geography to the present Time London Made & Sold by G & J Cary, 86 S. James's St. March 15th 1821; the cartouche of the celestial globe reads Cary's New Celestial Globe on white are correctly laid down upwards of 3500 stars Selected from the most accurate observations and calculated for the year 1800. With the extent of each…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 141475
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Selection of Olympia Press Erotica from the Traveller's Companion series
VARIOUS AUTHORS,.
Olympia Press Collection.
Paris: Paris, Various Dates.
First editions of a selection of works from Olympia Press, which was based in Paris and specialized in English-language books which could not be published elsewhere without risking legal action. Octavo, 44 volumes, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 129671
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"One thing is certain, and the rest is lies; the flower that once has blown for ever dies": Willy Pogany's illustrated RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM; finely bound by Bayntun Riviere
TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD. ILLUSTRATED BY WILL POGANY,.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., n.d..
Elaborately bound example of Pogany's finely illustrated Rubaiyat. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Banytun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling, fleuron cornerpieces, and central gilt arabesque to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Willy Pogany. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. In very good condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 129800
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Rare first edition, first state of Jane and Ann Taylor's Little Ann; inscribed by Louisa May Alcott
TAYLOR, Jane and Ann. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. [Louisa May Alcott].
Little Ann and Other Poems.
London: George Routledge & Sons, [1882].
First edition, first state of this children's classic. First state with the half green cloth binding, all edges stained blue and bright yellow endpapers. Schuster & Engen 109a. Octavo, original half green cloth over pictorial boards, illustrated by Kate Greenaway, printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Association copy, inscribed by Louisa May Alcott on the front free endpaper, "Aubrey, from his friend L. M. Alcott Aug. 1884." Louisa May Alcott remains best known for her beloved children's classic, Little Women, published in 1868. One of the most popular juvenile books ever published, “Little Women is an outstanding achievement of 19th-century…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 142318