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First Edition of The Restless Wave; Signed by Senator John McCain
MCCAIN, John and Mark Salter.
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.
First edition of this political memoir from Senator McCain, an American hero who reflects on his life and what matters most. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John McCain on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Rare and desirable signed as this memoir was published in May 2018 and Senator McCain passed away in August of the same year.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145522
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"Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball": Mickey Mantle's The Mick; signed by Him
MANTLE, Mickey.
The Mick.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1985.
First edition of the Yankee legend's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Mickey Mantle on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Herb Gluck.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145623
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"Mary avec l'aimite from John the XXII": First Edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV; Inscribed by John Steinbeck to his sister
STEINBECK, John.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.
New York: The Viking Press, 1957.
First edition of Steinbeck's only political satire. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the front free endpaper, "Mary avec l'aimite from John the XXII." The recipient, Mary Steinbeck Dekker was the eldest sister of John Steinbeck. The warmth of this inscription reflects their close and enduring relationship throughout his life. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Pene Du Bois. From the library of Mary Steinbeck Dekker. An exceptional association.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145514
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First Edition Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Signed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.
First edition, second issue with the five line colophon on the last page. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Love Roald Dahl," with the word Love within the letter R in his name. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. A sharp example, uncommon signed.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 145511
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First Edition of The Constant Gardener; Signed by John le Carré
LE CARRE, John.
The Constant Gardener.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001.
First edition of le Carré's spy thriller. Octavo, original navy blue boards, silk ribbon bound-in. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Christine Rodin. Author photograph by Simone Casetta.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145251
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"While we are here on this earth we should not only be nourished by our food, we should also enjoy the infinite pleasures of the table": First edition of In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs; Signed by Julia Child
CHILD, Julia with Nancy Verde Barr.
In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs.
New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1995.
First edition of the companion book to Child's Cooking With Master Chefs. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated with more than 100 color photographs by Micheal McLaughlin. Boldly signed by the Julia Child on the half-itle page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Jacket photographs by Micheal P. McLaughlin.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145488
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“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all": First Edition of Brideshead Revisited; Signed by Evelyn Waugh
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Brideshead Revisited.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1945.
First edition of Waugh's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Evelyn Waugh on the title page. Waugh issued a pre-publication edition of the novel in a run of 50 copies. These were printed and specially bound to distribute among friends for Christmas and to solicit any revisions. Several changes were made as a result of his friends' comments, including suggested alterations by Fr. Martin D'Arcy, Cyril Connolly, and Nancy Mitford. A letter from Graham Greene, Waugh's friend and recipient of one of the 50 copies had indicated that Waugh may have only inscribed 19 of the 50 copies (Jeffrey…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 145489
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“A picture means I know where I was every minute. That’s why I take pictures. It’s a visual diary": First Edition of Andy Warhol's Exposures; Signed Twice by Andy Warhol
WARHOL, Andy.
Andy Warhol’s Exposures.
New York: Andy Warhol Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1979.
First edition of Warhol’s candid and engaging photobook. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Andy Warhol on the half-title, who has added a drawing of a heart and his initials below, "To Alice Love Andy Warhol." Warhol has also signed the dust jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145874
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35th Anniversary Edition of To Kill A Mockingbird; Signed by Legendary Actor Gregory Peck
LEE, Harper [Gregory Peck].
To Kill A Mockingbird.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
First edition, early printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the classic film starring Gregory Peck. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Academy-Award winning actor Gregory Peck on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145873
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"I hate no man, envy no man, but love all mankind": First Edition of The Master Key to Riches; Signed by Napoleon Hill
HILL, Napoleon.
The Master-Key to Riches.
Los Angeles: The Willing Publishing Company, 1945.
First edition of Napoleon Hill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on a half-title page. Very good in a good dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145872
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“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on": First Edition of John F. Kennedy's Why England Slept
KENNEDY, John F.
Why England Slept.
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.
First edition of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a copy of Kennedy's Inaugural Address.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145871
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"Peggy Sweetheart, Cartes and Sudie want to go for a ride on this carriage but I think we'd better wait for Peggy and Mama. Here is a kiss X. Here is a crab kiss ↃC xxx Love, Daddy": First edition The Catcher in the Rye; with an autograph postcard signed by J.D. Salinger to his daughter Peggy
SALINGER, J.D.
The Catcher in the Rye.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
First edition of Salinger's debut novel, a cherished portrait of adolescence and one of the most widely banned books ever published. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the rear panel photograph of Salinger. Jacket design by Michael Mitchell. Author photograph by Lotte Jacob. With an autograph postcard signed by J.D. Salinger to his daughter Peggy laid in. The postcard bears a plastichrome image of horsedrawn carriages on 59th Street in New York City, inscribed by J.D. Salinger on the verso, "Peggy Sweetheart, Cartes and Sudie want to go…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 145286
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The Aldine Edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Poetical Works
CHAUCER, Geoffrey.
The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1886.
Finely bound Aldine edition of this collection of brilliant poetical works. Octavo, six volumes, bound in three quarter brown calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within five raised gilt bands, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, decorated with botanical headpieces, tailpieces, and initials throughout. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, light toning to the text blocks, and a bookplate to the front pastedown of Vol. VI. Edited by Richard Morris LLD with Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145246
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"one of the most significant works of religious English literature": Rare and unique sammelband collection of early printings of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which is to Come: Deliver’d under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discover’d The Manner of his Setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country.
London: Printed for A.W. for W. Johnston, at the Golden-Ball, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1752-1755.
Rare twenty-eighth edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature, bound with a twentieth edition of its second part, a sixteenth edition of its third part, and The Life and Death of Mr. John Bunyan. 12mo, bound in full calf with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, crimson morocco spine label lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece, illustrated with woodcuts. Bound with a twentieth edition of The Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That which is to Come: The Second Part. Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is set forth…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145684
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"LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY": LOVE STORY; SIGNED BY ERICH SEGAL, ALI MACGRAW AND RYAN O'NEAL
SEGAL, Erich.
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition, early printing of the author's best-selling novel, a "sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental" work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role. The film is considered one of the most romantic by the…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145831
