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First Edition of Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story; Signed by Him
REAGAN, Ronald; with Richard G. Hubler.
Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965.
First edition of Reagan's early autobiography. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good luck Ronald Reagan." Reagan has also corrected in his hand the word "Honey" opposite the title page to "Nancy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ned Glattauer.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 148337
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“You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions": First edition of Karen Blixen's Out of Africa
DINESEN, Isak. [Karen Blixen].
Out of Africa.
New York: Random House, 1938.
First edition of the author’s classic memoir, which recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya. Octavo, original pictorial half cloth, top stain green. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 148336
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Rare 50th Anniversary first day cover commemorating the dropping of the atomic bomb; signed by Enola Gay crew members Paul Tibbets and Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
TIBBETS, Paul; Theodore Van Kirk.
Paul Tibbets and Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk Signed 50th Anniversary First Day Cover.
1995.
Rare commemorative first day cover produced for the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb, postmarked from Alamogordo, New Mexico on August 6, 1995. Signed at the lower right, "Dutch Van Kirk Navigator Enola Gay" and "Paul Tibbets Pilot." In near fine condition. The piece measures 6.5 inches by 3.5 inches.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 147886
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“I did not want to voice a word that would lift the cover and reveal that hideous emotion I always felt for her, the underside of love": First Edition of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus
ROTH, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author's first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 148093
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First Edition of The War of The End of The World; signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The War of The End of The World.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A pamphlet from Gergetown University for a symposium featuring Llosa, the author Claudio Magris, and moderated by Charlie Rose on April 18, 2017 laid in. Translated by Helen R. Lane. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 148333
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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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"If you really want to hear about it...": Book Club edition of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye; with the rare critical prospectus by Clifton Fadiman laid in
SALINGER, J.D.
The Catcher In The Rye.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
Book club edition of Salinger's masterpiece, published the same year as the first. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Fine in the a very good dust jacket with the Lottle Jacoi portrait of Salinger to the rear panel. With the prospectus by Clifton Fadiman laid in.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 149154
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First Edition of Samuel Hopkins' The System of Doctrines, Contained in Divine Revelation
HOPKINS, Samuel.
The System of Doctrines, Contained in Divine Revelation.
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1793.
First edition of this comprehensive theological work. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spines. In very good condition with some rubbing, shelf and toning, bookplates to the front pastedowns.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147930
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"REDESIGNING THE SHAPE OF HISTORY AUGUSTINE WOULD DOMINATE WESTERN THOUGHT FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM": RARE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF AUGUSTINE’S CITIE OF GOD
SAINT AUGUSTINE,.
Of the Citie of God: With the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives. [The City of God].
London: George Eld, 1610.
Rare first edition in English of Augustine's monumental work. Translated by John Healey. Folio, bound in full contemporary brown calf, gilt titles to the spine, rebacked. Large woodcut printer's device on title (McKerrow 375). Decorative woodcut head-pieces and decorative and woodcut initials, including three twelve-line initials. In very good condition, ownership signature on title page dated 1790, stamp and bookplates on front endpapers, later endpapers. First editions are rare.
Price: $28,000.00 Item Number: 149448
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First Edition of Bloodchild; Signed by Octavia E. Butler
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Bloodchild: and Other Stories
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.
First edition of this collection of speculative fiction from the award-winning author. Octavo, original publisher's boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stark Design. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 148326
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“To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make": First Edition of Redemption; inscribed by Leon Uris
URIS, Leon.
Redemption.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995.
First edition of this sequel to Leon Uris' epic novel Trinity. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "For Phyllis and Lyonel / Leon Uris." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 148325
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"People who live on hills sleep so close to the stars they forget those of us who live too much on earth": First Edition of The House on Mango Street; Signed by Sandra Cisneros
CISNEROS, Sandra.
The House on Mango Street.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
First hardcover edition of this modern classic of Chicano literature. Duodecimo, original purple cloth, top edge blue. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, mark to the topstain. Jacket painting by Nivia Gonzalez, Author photograph by Rubén Guzmán.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 146874
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Charles Fillingham Coxwell's Krilòff's Fables
COXWELL, Charles Fillingham [Ivan Krylov].
Krilòff’s Fables.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., LTD, c. 1900.
Early edition of this collection of fables by Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov. Duodecimo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with four black and white plates. In near fine condition. Translated from the Russian into English in the original metres by Charles Fillingham Coxwell.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 148323
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Rare 17th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent of King Carlos II of Spain for Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas and His Sons Rodrigo, Francisco, and Luis Merino de Bargas
CARLOS II, King of Spain.
Carta Executoria of King Carlos II of Spain for Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas and His Sons Rodrigo, Francisco, and Luis Merino de Bargas.
Valladolid, Spain: 1685.
Rare 17th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent of King Carlos II of Spain for the late Diego Merino de Bargas of Tornavacas, represented by two procurators, and his sons Rodrigo, Francisco, and Luis Merino de Bargas, residents of Lugar de Cavecuela. Quarto, bound in early red velvet over pasteboards with red and yellow silk cord on the spine, the patent is comprised of 144 leaves numbered 1-145 in contemporary Arabic numerals, partially illegible ink stamps in bottom margins of each page, manuscript on vellum, written in italic Spanish script within a broad liquid gold border with decorated six-line cadel initials…
Price: $12,800.00 Item Number: 148310
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There is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce; Signed by Edgar Cayce
SUGRUE, Thomas [Edgar Cayce].
There is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce.
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1942.
Signed limited edition of this story on Edgar Cayce. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. This copy is number 252 of 300 books "specially printed, bound and autographed for the friends of Mr. Cayce" as stated on the dedicated signature page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare especially in this condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 149410
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"I might get five hundred dollars, and I might not": Rare First Edition, First State of Horatio Alger's The Five Hundred Dollar Check
ALGER, Horatio.
The Five Hundred Dollar Check. [$500].
New York : United States Book Company, 1890.
First edition, first state of this rare novel. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. This book was produced by "Porter and Coates" in 1890 but acquired and released by "The American Book Company," The first state copies were then distributed with the Porter and Coates name purposefully blacked out with dye on the bottom portion of the spine to obscure their name until such a time as the new publishers name could be added. At the time of Ralph Gardner's authoritative 1971 bibliography of Horatio Alger states, "I know of only one copy (my own) of the first state. The Library…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 149449