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Review Copy of J.F. Powers' Morte D'Urban; Signed by Him
POWERS, J.F.
Morte D’Urban.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962.
Review copy of the first edition of the author's masterpiece, winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by J.F. Powers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Slip laid in from the publisher. Jacket design by Joseph O'Connell. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137471
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First Edition of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; Signed by Haruki Murakami and three times by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2006.
First edition of this collection of twenty-four stories by Haruki Murakami. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the title page and additionally three times by illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the title page and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustrated by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122387
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First Edition of the Roots of Heaven; Signed by patrick Leigh Fermor
GARY, Romain (Patrick Leigh Fermor).
The Roots of Heaven.
London: Michael Joseph, 1958.
First edition in English of this novel, which was awarded France's Prix Goncourt in 1956. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the front free endpaper. Leigh Fermor co-wrote the screenplay for the 1958 film. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 47063
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Edition of The Creators; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin in the year of publication
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Creators.
New York: Random House, 1992.
First edition of this "grand and exhilirating voyage, a bold attempt to circumnavigate the intellectual globe" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Thick octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free end paper, "For Dona [sic] Munker from Daniel J. Boorstin Oct. 21, 1992." The recipient, Donna Munker is a writer and biographer and author of Daughter of Persia. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128201
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First Edition of Linear Programming and Economic Analysis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Paul A. Samuelson
SAMUELSON, Paul A.; Robert M. Solow; Robert Dorfman.
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc, 1958.
First edition of this classic text. Octavo, original gray cloth. Boldly signed, "Paul Samuelson MIT" on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 38744
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"Who came along at the tail end of this long saga- and can look forward to decades of constructive contribution to the public": First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Lengthily Inscribed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books, 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a full page inscription, "3/16/93 To Neal Loss, Who came along at the tail end of this long saga- and can look forward to decades of constructive contribution to the public! With warmest but wider appreciation for years of help. Paul." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 108116
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The Author's copy of the First British Edition of Death Be Not Proud
GUNTHER, John.
Death Be Not Proud.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949.
First British edition of this deeply moving book, a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy, bound for the author. Octavo, bound by the author in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In very good condition. A unique piece.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137985
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Washington Irving's Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography; decorated with a double fore-edge painting
IRVING, Washington.
Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1861.
Finely bound example of Goldsmith's biography of the famed novelist. 16 mo, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, decorated with a double fore-edge painting revealing two cityscapes. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138922
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"I Am An American, Chicago Born Chicago, That Somber City And Go At Things As I Have Taught Myself, Free-Style, And Will Make The Record In My Own Way" First Edition Of The 50th Anniversary of The Adventures of Augie March; Signed By Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: Viking, 2003.
First edition of the release of the 50th Anniversary of Bellow's third and breakthrough book resulting in his first of three unprecedented National Book Awards. Inscribed by Bellow "For ________ with good wishes, Saul Bellow." Rather uncommon signed as Bellow was advanced in years at the publication of this anniversary edition and did not engage in book signings. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 188
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“My war is not as simple as yours was, Father": First Edition of James Webb's Fields of Fire; Warmly Inscribed by Him
WEBB, James.
Fields of Fire: A Novel.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1978.
First edition of "the finest of the Vietnam novels" (Tom Wolfe). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Captain Roger C. Patton- with thanks for your own Marine Corps service. Semper F- Jim Webb January 1979." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Hal Siegel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118899
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"one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years": First Edition of Knut Hamsun's Vagabonds; In the Rare Original dust jacket
HAMSUN, Knut.
Vagabonds.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1930.
First edition in English of the first novel in the Nobel Prize-winning author's "August" trilogy—Hamsun's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122177
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's The Judgment of Paris; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
The Judgment of Paris.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1952.
First edition of this classic coming of age story. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Valerie, from Gore Vidal, June 1954." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author's sister. Vidal's father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Near fine in the original dust jacket, which has been laminated by Vidal. Jacket design by George Salter. An exceptional association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124488
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First edition of Daphne du Maurier's Frenchman's Creek; bound in a unique full blue morocco decorative binding
DU MAURIER, Daphne.
Frenchman’s Creek.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1941.
First edition of du Maurier's third novel. Octavo, bound in full blue morocco to mimic a gentleman's coat with four titanium skull-shaped buttons. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129408
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Thomas A Kempis' The Imitation of Christ; from the library of legendary aviator Steve Fossett
A KEMPIS, Thomas. Translated by John Payne.
The Imitation of Christ; In Three Books.
Glasgow: Printed for Chalmers and Collins, 1823.
Rare early 19th century example of a Kempis’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full polished calf five raised bands to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. From the library of Peggy and Steve Fossett with their bookplate to the pastedown. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours,…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 130441
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First Edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Return of Sherlock Holmes
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes Ltd., 1905.
Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Root & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece, illustrated by Sidney Paget. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 90409