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First edition of Switch Bitch; inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Switch Bitch.
London: Michael Joseph, 1974.
First British edition of this collection of Dahl's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Ann Love Roald Dahl." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Nickelaides.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129604
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First edition of Laurence Pomeroy's The Grand Prix Car 1906-1939
POMEROY, Laurence. Illustrated by L. C. Cresswell.
The Grand Prix Car: 1906-1939.
London: Motor Racing Publications Limited, 1949.
First edition of Pomeroy's classic Grand Prix racing reference book. Quarto, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated by L. C. Cresswell. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139223
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First Edition of Norman Mailer's Advertisements for Myself; Inscribed by Him
MAILER, Norman.
Advertisements for Myself.
New York: Putnam and Sons, 1959.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For David Cheers Norman Mailer Feb. '81." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Judy Scheftel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142397
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First Edition of Jules Feiffer's Little Murders; Inscribed by Academy Award-winning Actor Alan Arkin
FEIFFER, Jules [Alan Arkin].
Little Murders.
New York : Random House, 1968.
First edition of this work, basis for Alan Arkin's stunning 1971 feature directorial debut. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Arkin on the half-title page, "Best Wishes to Adrienne From Alan Arkin." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jules Feiffer.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 143189
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The Fairy Queen; Bound In Full Contemporary Calf
SPENSER, Edmund.
The Fairy Queen. With a Glossary, Explaining the Old and Obscure Words.
London: J. and R. Tonson, 1758.
Finely bound edition of this classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, with nine full page engraved plates by Louis du Geurnier. In very good condition, with the ownership signature on title page of a W. A. Watson and occasional marginalia, rebacked. A very sharp example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144293
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Rare finely bound 18th century Book of common prayer
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.
Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, 1771.
Rare 18th century Book of Common Prayer. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary calf tie gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruing and cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions. Desirable in a contemporary binding.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118145
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First edition of Eden Phillpotts' Children of the Mist; with an autograph letter signed by him and inscribed by English swindler Whitaker Wright
PHILLPOTTS, Eden [Whitaker Wright].
Children of the Mist: A Novel.
London: A. D. Innes & Company, 1898.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by famed English swindler Whitaker Wright on the front free endpaper, "Clara Hubbard from Mr. Whitaker Wright Lea park Mitford Surrey." Whitaker Wright was regarded as a financial wizard at the turn of the 20th century in London. He built the Park Lane house at the height of his power. Like his celebrated country home at Lea Park, where he had music and billiard rooms under an artificial lake, No. 18 Park Lane was a…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137170
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First Edition of Patrick White's The Twyborn Affair; Signed by Him
WHITE, Patrick.
The Twyborn Affair.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Patrick White on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Luciana Arrighi. Jacket design by Mon Mohan.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138290
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Albert Alberg's Gustavus Vasa and His Stirring Times; finely bound in full period calf
ALBERG, Albert.
Gustavus Vasa and His Stirring Times.
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co, c. 1885.
Finely bound example of Alberg's biography of Gustav I of Sweden. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Relfe Brothers of London with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139738
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"There's no greater pleasure than to talk over the big things with a believer": First Edition of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination; Signed by Him
WILDER, Thornton.
Heaven’s My Destination.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.
First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 43869
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": FIRST EDITION OF KEEPING FAITH; SIGNED BY JIMMY CARTER AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAROLD BROWN
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
First edition of the 39th President of the United States' memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jimmy Carter and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown on the title page. Brown was the U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force. In the last stages of the Cold War, as Secretary of Defense, he set the groundwork for the Camp David accords. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132220
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Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without a Country; lengthily inscribed by him
HALE, Edward Everett.
The Man Without a Country.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1898.
Early printing of Hale's classic short story. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, stamped bald eagle vignette to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "Charles Wolcott from Mrs. Hubbard with the best wishes of Edward E. Hale March 10, 1902." With a photograph of the author tipped in beneath the inscription. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 105108
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Israel M. Kirzner's Market Theory and the Price System; Signed by Him
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Market Theory and the Price System.
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2011.
First edition of the second volume of the collected works of Kirzner. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Peter J. Boettke and Frédéric Sautet.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 104622
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"The house seemed swarming with boys, who were beguiling the rainy twilight with all sorts of amusements": First edition, first state of Louisa May Alcott's Little Men
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the second book it Alcott's Little Women trilogy. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. A desirable example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 111024
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"You go your way I'll go your way too": Book of Longing; Signed by Leonard Cohen
COHEN, Leonard.
Book of Longing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006.
First Canadian edition and true first of Cohen's provocative book of poetry. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the title page who has added his stamp. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135256
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"What crimes? Were it not better to record facts, so that the contemplator might approve, or at least learn whence the crimes arose?" First edition of Lord Byron's Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy. In Five Acts. With Notes. The Prophecy of Dante, a Poem.
London: John Murray, 1821.
First edition, first issue of Byron's posthumously published tragedy with the Doge's speech on p. 151 that begins "What crimes ?" Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with a black morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine and panels, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120688