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“THE SOCIAL IMPACT ON THE UNITED STATES WAS GREATER THAN THAT OF ANY BOOK BEFORE OR SINCE”: FIRST ISSUE OF UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.
Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852.
First edition, first issue, with "spilt" (rather than "spiled") in Volume I, 42, line 1; "cathecism" (rather than "catechism") in volume II, 74, line 5; and all other first issue points of the author's classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in contemporary three quarters leather over cloth, gilt titles to the spine, volume with title vignettes and six wood-engravings. In very good condition with light wear and toning. A nice example, scarce and desirable in contemporary binding.
Price: $8,000.00 Item Number: 104745
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"the brave adventurer, the good companion, my love": First Edition of Nothing More To Declare; Inscribed by John Clellon Holmes to His Wife
HOLMES, John Clellon.
Nothing More To Declare.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1967.
First edition of this notable assessment of the literature of the Beats and their contemporaries, with essays on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gershon Legman and Jay Landesman. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife on the front free endpaper, "For Shirley- the brave adventurer, the good companion, my love- John Feb. 3, 1967." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Omin. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 103995
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"Knock, and it shall be opened unto you": First Edition of Sean O'Casey's I Knock At The Door; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
O'CASEY, Sean.
I Knock At The Door: Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1939.
First edition of this autobiography by the famed Irish playwright. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To Joe Cummins, with deep affection, from Sean O'Casey remembering many delightful Dublin chats round his surgery firesides. Devon 1939. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 108016
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First Edition of I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust; Inscribed by Livia Bitton-Jackson
BITTON-JACKSON, Livia.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997.
First edition of this powerful memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "April 1998 For with all good wishes, Livia Bitton-Jackson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Zakris.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 105841
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First edition of Hilton Brown's Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation
BROWN, Hilton. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation by Hilton Brown.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1945.
First edition of Brown's candid work on the genius of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 5 portriats. Foreword by Frank Swinnerton. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 123612