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First Edition of Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary; Signed by Him
YORK, Alvin C.
Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1928.
First edition of this classic work by one of the most decorated soldiers, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alvin York on the front free endpaper. Edited by Tom Skeyhill. Near fine in the rare original price-clipped dust jacket which is in very good condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145607
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FERRARI ANNUAL 1962; SIGNED BY ENZO FERRARI
FERRARI, Enzo.
Ferrari Annual 1962.
Modena: 1962.
Rare original 1962 Ferrari Annual, boldly signed "Grazie Ferrari." Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. In very good condition. From the library of Peter Stubberfield. Stubberfield was a Bugatti racing driver, BRDC committee member and head of the Ferrari Owners Club.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 145699
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"THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SOCIAL SCIENCE TREATISE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY": First edition of John Maynard Keynes' The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.].
The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1936.
First edition of the economist’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 145812
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"To a dear colleague and esteemed scholar": FIRST EDITION OF ALBERT EINSTEINS "ONE AND ONLY INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY"; inscribed by Paul Schilpp
EINSTEIN, Albert. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp.
Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.
Evanston: The Library of Living Philosophers, Inc., 1949.
First edition of Einstein's singular autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein by Yousuf Karsh. Presentation copy, inscribed by editor Paul Arthur Schilpp on the front free endpaper, "To a dear colleague and esteemed scholar with the best wishes of Paul A. Schilpp." Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed and in this condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145894
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"This is Oliva. she is good at a lot of things": Ian Falconer's Olivia; Warmly Inscribed by Ian Falconer and With a Large Drawing
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia.
New York: Atheneum Books, 2000.
First edition, later printing of the author's first book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Olivia opposite the title page, "For ROSALIE! Love OLIVIA and Ian Falconer." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144355
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"The bravest man I ever knew was my father": First edition of The Quality of Courage; Warmly Inscribed by Mickey Mantle
MANTLE, Mickey.
The Quality of Courage.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of this early work by baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Murph and Joyce My Best Wishes Your Old Friend Mickey Mantle." Near fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket photograph by Fred Kaplan. Jacket design by Stoney Butchkes. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 145896
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"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives": John Adams; Warmly Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "This first edition is for Adrienne and John- David McCullough." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144341
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First Edition of A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House; Inscribed by Arthur Schlesinger
SCHLESINGER, Arthur M.
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy In the White House.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First edition of the historian's classic work on the Kennedy administration's first thousand days. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ben with regards Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144340
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First Edition of Berenice Abbott's Changing New York; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
ABBOTT, Berenice.
Changing New York.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939.
First edition stated on copyright page; first issue with blue topstain of Abbott's landmark work on New York. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with 97 halftone plates that display "the historical importance of the documentary mode… its power as a medium of personal expression" (Parr & Badger). Text by Elizabeth McCausland. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Susan Sherman With most cordial regards Berenice Abbott April 4, 1939." Some rubbing to the corners of the cloth, an excellent example in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Scarce and desirable,…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 57048
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Inaugural Edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage; Inscribed by David Powers
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1961.
Inaugural edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, bound in full flexible blue leather boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, Presidential seal stamped in gilt to the bottom corner of the front panel, beveled edges, gilt stamped turn-ins, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound-in, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Special Assistant and Assistant Appointments Secretary David Powers to the front free endpaper, "To: Bob + Winnie My very best wishes always. Dave Powers [followed by] Bob, it was a great pleasure to work with you in the promotion of 'Johnny, We…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145263
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Signed limited edition of Edmund Dulac's beautifully illustrated rendition of The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe; one of 750 numbered copies signed by Edmund Dulac
POE, Edgar Allan. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912].
Signed limited edition of Edmund Dulac's beautifully illustrated rendition of this selection of Poe's poems, including The Raven and Annabel Lee. Quarto, original publisher's full pictorial vellum elaborately stamped in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated with 28 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac with captioned tissue-guards and additional vignette illustrations. One of seven hundred and fifty numbered copies signed by Edmund Dulac, this is number 672. In near fine condition. A beautiful example.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 149513
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"They were heroic women who came from every corner of the nation...": First Edition of On Silver Wings; signed by Marianne Verges and 19 members of the WASPS
VERGES, Marianne. Foreword by Senator Barry Goldwater.
On Silver Wings 1942-1944: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1991.
First edition of Marianne Verges' romantic retelling of the history of the WWII WASP corps. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page and additionally signed and inscribed by 14 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) on the front free endpaper including Scotty Bradley Gough, Lorraine Rodgers, Elaine Harmon, Ethel M. Finley, Dawn Y. Seymour, Ann Carl, Beth Black, and Gayle Ben's Reed. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James R. Harris. Jacket photograph: Pilot Libby Gardner. Rare and desirable.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145137
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"The modern age has carried with it a theoretical glorification of labor and has resulted in a factual transformation of the whole of society into a laboring society": First edition of The Human Condition; signed by Hannah Arendt
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Human Condition.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958.
First edition of Arendt's penetrating examination of the human condition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Hannah Arendt April 1965." Very good in a good dust jacket with toning to the spine and chipping to the front panel and spine extremities. Books signed by Arendt are rare.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145631
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Finely Bound Set of Lewis and Clarke's History of The Expedition uniformly bound with four similar works of Americana including The Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin
LEWIS, Meriwether; William Clarke; Prepared for the press by Paul Allen; Revised and abridged by Archibald M'Vickar.
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1858.
Revised and abridged edition of “the definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent” (Wagner-Camp), a cornerstone in Americana. Octodecimo, two volumes uniformly bound with four similar works of Americana each in two volumes for a total of ten volumes, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, folding map of Lewis and Clark's track across the Western portion of North America to Vol. I. Uniformly bound with Indian Traits Being Sketches…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145258
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"With gratitude and appreciation for your prayers, your confidence and your support at those times when they were needed most": First Edition of A Time To Heal; Lengthily Inscribed by President Ford
FORD, Gerald R.
A Time To Heal.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979.
First edition of the 38th president of the United States' autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Marshall Hobbs, with gratitude and appreciation for your prayers, your confidence and your support at those times when they were needed most Warmest regards, Gerald R. Ford." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Desirable signed by Ford and Stevens.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145505
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First Edition of Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays; Signed by Her
DIDION, Joan.
Play It As It Lays.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.
First edition of Didion's third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the second endpaper. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Photograph of the author by Julian Wasser. Designed by Guy Fleming. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 145501