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First Edition of James Redpath's A Guide to Hayti; Inscribed by Him
REDPATH, James.
A Guide to Hayti [Haiti].
Boston: Haytian Bureau of Emigration, 1861.
First edition of this classic work on Haiti. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To William Monteith from his friend. James Redpath." In very good condition. We have never seen another signed and inscribed example.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 134221
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First Edition of A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont; Inscribed by Jill Kinmont
VALENS, E.G. [Jill Kinmont].
A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this powerful biography of Jill Kinmont. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs by Burk Uzzle and others. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kinmont on the front front free endpaper, "To Dr. Robinson, Thank you for your nice letter. Best Wishes- Jill Kinmont 2-27-67." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 124068
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First Edition of the Authors Comic Masterpiece; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958.
First American edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Although not marked this copy is from the library of travel collector, Mary Anna Marten, who was the daughter of the 3rd and last Lord Alington of Crichel and later trustee of The British Museum.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 3413
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A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
London: Picador, 1997.
First Picador edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Poulton. Foreword by Evelyn Waugh.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130563
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“the feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead in a prospect of inconjecturable magic": First Edition of Each Work in Patrick Leigh Fermor's Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick.
A Time of Gifts; Between the Woods and the Water; The Broken Road.
London: John Murray, 1977-2013.
First editions of each volume in Leigh Fermor's trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water are signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. The Broken Road, which was published posthumously is signed by editors Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper on the title page. Jacket artwork by John Craxton. Near fine in excellent dust jackets, name to the front free endpaper on the first volume. An exceptional set, uncommon signed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 137399
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"To Petros Stathatos, from his old guest and horse-borrower at Modi forty three years ago Paddy LF, with gratitude and every kind wish the adventures – travels – in this book are just a year earlier on the same journey": First Edition of Patrick Leigh Fermor's A Time of Gifts; Warmly inscribed by Him
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube.
London: John Murray, 1978.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece, which ranks among the greatest travel books of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, map. Association copy, inscribed by the author with a full page inscription on the front free endpaper with a drawing of clouds and birds, "To Petros Stathatos, from his old guest and horse-borrower at Modi forty three years ago Paddy LF, with gratitude and every kind wish * The adventures – travels – in this book are just a year earlier on the same journey." The recipient, Peter Stathatos was a close friend of Leigh Fermor with whom he…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 141429
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First Edition of A Time To Keep Silence; Warmly Inscribed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
A Time To Keep Silence.
London: John Murray, 1957.
First edition of the author's third book, regarding his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original blue cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mary Anna with love from Paddy 2.6.88." The recipient, Mary Anna Marten (with her bookplate to the inside gutter), was the daughter of the 3rd and last Lord Alington of Crichel and later trustee of The British Museum. Near fine in the original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Peter Todd Mitchell.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 2641
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First Edition of A Time To Keep Silence; Inscribed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
A Time To Keep Silence.
London: John Murray, 1957.
First edition of the author's third book, detailing his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original blue cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "From [My Mother] AE. Leigh Fermor Fudge with thanks for safe transportation to Regency Sq. Brighton MCMLXIX." Fermor has crossed out the 'To' in the printed 'To my Mother' dedication and inscribed the book as a thank you from his mother Aeileen Leigh Fermor. Known to her family as Fudge, Fermor's mother moved in old age to a rest home near Brighton, Sussex, in the late 1960's where Fermor…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 135041
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"Everything sounds big in the woods": First Edition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods; Signed by Him
BRYSON, Bill.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.
New York : Broadway Books, 1998.
First edition of this classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny hike of the Appalachian Trail” (The Washington Post). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Scott, very best wishes- Bill Bryson." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Art Wolfe/ Tony Stone. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125611
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First American Edition of V.S. Naipaul's A Way In The World; Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
A Way In The World.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
First American edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 2142
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First Edition of Freya Stark's A Winter in Arabia; Signed by Her
STARK, Freya.
A Winter in Arabia.
London: John Murray, 1940.
First edition of one of the most important pieces of literature on the region and a book that placed Freya Stark in the pantheon of great writers and explorers of the Arab World. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated, maps. Signed by Freya Stark on the half-title page. In very good condition. Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 118932
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First edition of Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924; inscribed by William K. Vanderbilt
VANDERBILT, William K.
Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924.
New York: Brentano's, Publishers, 1925.
First edition of Vanderbilt's account of his 1924 three-month summer cruise aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To C. M. ... from W. K. Vanderbilt June 26th 1925." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143551
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Signed Limited First Edition of Theodore Roosevelt's African Game Trails; In the Rare original dust jackets and Cardboard case
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
African Game Trails. An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
Signed limited first edition of Theodore Roosevelt's classic work. Large octavo, two volumes, original three-quarter tan pigskin. One of only 500 copies signed by Theodore Roosevelt, with fifty illustrations, including photographs, photogravures, drawings and a map. Fine in the rare original dust jackets and original card slipcase, rubbed and lacking the upper panel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, easily the nicest we have seen.
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 119125
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“To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live": First edition of Tenzing After Everest; signed by Tenzing Norgay and with a signed letter on his letterhead
NORGAY, Tenzing with Malcolm Barnes.
After Everest: An Autobiography by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.
New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1977.
First edition of Tenzing's second autobiography, the sequel to his best-selling Tiger of the Snows. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page beneath an inscription in a secretarial hand, "To William Levine," "Tenzing Norgay." With the original typed transmittal letter on Norgay's personal letterhead signed by him laid in which reads: Dear William Levine, I have just returned back home here in Darjeeling. It was a very wonderful time in China which I hope you will never forget. I am sending you my book, Tenzing After Everest, with my autograph. With kind regards a loves. Sincerely,…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 123218
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First Edition of Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer; Warmly Inscribed by Jacques Cousteau
COUSTEAU, Jacques.
Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer.
Monaco: Au Musee Oceanographique de Monaco, 1960.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Jacques Cousteau, "To Lob Taylor II en souvenir de la visite a Monaco- le 14/1/61 Tres cordialment, Jacques Cousteau." Illustrated by F.-Ch. Francois Roux. In very good condition. Introduction by Jacques Cousteau.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138002
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Autographed Check From Amelia Earhart to Her Husband
EARHART, Amelia.
Amelia Earhart Signed Check.
Signed personal check from Amelia Earhart dated December 20, 1932 payable to her husband George Palmer Putnam for $250, which measures 2.5 inches by 7.5 inches. Double-matted and framed with a sheet music cover honoring Earhart. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 18 inches, with a window in the backing for viewing Putnam's signature.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 39022
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Rare original program from the Christmas Party of the Oldsmobile Girls held on December 19th 1928; signed by legendary aviator Amelia Earhart
[EARHART, Amelia].
Amelia Earhart Signed Oldsmobile Girls Club Christmas Party Program.
[Lansing, Michigan]: [1928].
Rare original program from the holiday luncheon held for female employees of Olds Motor Works held on December 19th 1928, signed by legendary aviator Amelia Earhart. Octavo, bound in handmade tissue paper with a red ribbon, illustrated with a tipped in portrait of Amelia Earhart. Signed by Earhart in pencil beneath her portrait. In very good condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 142535
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First edition of Richard Owen Cambridge's An Account of the War in India, Between the English and French; from the private library of Benjamin Franklin
CAMBRIDGE, Richard Owen [Benjamin Franklin].
An Account of the War in India, Between the English and French, on the Coast of Coromandel, From the Year 1760. Together with A Relation of the late Remarkable Events on the Malabar Coast, and the Expeditions to Golconda and Surat; with the Operations of the Fleet. Illustrated with Maps, Plans &c. The Whole Compiled from Original Papers.
London: Printed for T. Jefferys, 1761.
Benjamin Franklin's first edition copy of Cambridge's account of the progression of the Seven Years' War in India, from Franklin's private library. Quarto, bound in full contemporary calf, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 12 engraved maps and plans and 6 plates, mostly folding. From the private library of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin's contributions to science and politics were immense and his passion for making books more available to a broader audience prompted him to establish North America's first subscription library. In 1731, Franklin convinced the members of his Junto (a mutual improvement club he founded) to pool their money to purchase books…
Price: $65,000.00 Item Number: 137375
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"To know Indians was to take a delight in people as people; every encounter was an adventure": First Editions of each volume in Naipaul's India Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India; India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964-1990.
First editions of each of the author's works in his acclaimed Indian Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 90453