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First Printing of Cook's First Voyage as Chart of Part of the Coast of New South Wales, from Cape Tribulation to Endeavour Straits
COOK, James.
Carte d’une Partie de la Côte de la Nle. Galles Meridle…from: Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa majesté britannique, et successivement exécutés par le Commodore Byron, le Capitaine Carteret, le Capitaine Wallis & le Capitaine Cook, dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, le Swallow & l’Endeavour.
Paris: 1774.
First French printing of this well-known first map of the east coast of Australia. The map measures 13.25 inches by 12 inches. Matted. The entire piece measures 29 inches by 18 inches. One of the first detailed maps of this part of Australia's east coast and The Great Barrier Reef.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120762
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First edition of Jules Michelet's The Insect; finely bound in full morocco with a double fore-edge painting
MICHELET, Jules. Illustrated by Giacomelli.
The Insect. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875.
First edition of this elaborately illustrated work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, with 140 illustrations by Giacomelli. Decorated with a hidden double fore-edge painting displaying landscapes of Boston and Philadelphia. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136458
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First edition of How It Is; signed by Samuel Beckett
BECKETT, Samuel.
How It Is.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1964.
First American edition of this existential novel by the author of Waiting for Godot. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page. Translated from the French by the author. From the library of translator and playwright John Franceschina. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Tape remnants to the front free endpaper and title page. Jacket design by Roy Kuhlman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 143924
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"I will come again and conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can": First Edition of High Adventure; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the frontispiece, "E.P. Hillary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145919
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First Edition of Graham Greene's Pleasure-Dome; Inscribed by Him to Close Friend and critic John Sutro
GREENE, Graham.
The Pleasure-Dome.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1972.
First edition of this film criticism by Graham Greene. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For John and Gillian with love from Graham Christmas 1972." The recipient, John Sutro was a British film producer and close friend of Greene's. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Smither.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137598
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“We never know what’s in us till we stand by ourselves": The Works of George Meredith; finely bound by Maclehose
MEREDITH, George.
The Works of George Meredith.
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1897.
Finely bound set of the works of George Meredith. Octavo, 18 volumes bound by Maclehose in three quarters crushed morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt topstain, engraved frontispiece to each volume. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124159
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' Classic Till We Have Faces
LEWIS, C.S.
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956.
First edition of Lewis' final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Biggs. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140483
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“I always wanted to write a book that ended with the word Mayonnaise": First Edition of Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Trout Fishing in America.
New York: A Delta Book/ Dell Publishing, 1967.
First edition of this work “that has very little to do with trout fishing and a lot to do with the lamenting of a passing pastoral America . . . an instant cult classic” (Financial Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Cover photograph by Erik Weber. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133793
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First Edition of Irvin D. Yalom's Inpatient Group Psychotherapy; Inscribed by Him
YALOM, Irvin D.
Inpatient Group Psychotherapy.
New York: Basic Books, 1983.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Pat Irvin D. Yalom." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 141494
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First Edition of John Gardner's Icebreaker; Signed by Him
GARDNER, John.
Icebreaker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
First edition of the third novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Gardner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 28009
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First Edition of The Changing World of the Executive; Inscribed by Peter F. Drucker
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Changing World of the Executive.
New York: Times Books, 1982.
First edition of this work by the legendary father of management. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Phil Johnston from Peter Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142026
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“Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours”: Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People; Signed by Him
CARNEGIE, Dale.
How to Win Friends and Influence People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937.
Early printing of one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dale Carnegie on the title page. In very good condition. Name to the front pastedown.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142439
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First Edition of George Kennan's American Diplomacy; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
KENNAN, George F.
American Diplomacy 1900-1950.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1951.
First British edition of Kennan's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144269
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First Edition of Will Durant's Caesar and Christ; Inscribed by Him
DURANT, Will.
Caesar and Christ.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1944.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on half-title page, "For Martha and Maurice Speiser with cordial regards from Will Durant 12.7.44." The recipient Maurice Speiser was Ernest Hemingway's lawyer and literary agent. He was also associated with William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, John Steinbeck, Ezra Pound, and others. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine. A nice association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 123718
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"I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something": Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of The Ginger Man
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
New York: McDowell, Obelensky, 1958.
Rare uncorrected proof of the first American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 120176
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“Without attention, the human sense of wonder and the holy will stir occasionally, but to become a steady flame it must be tended": First Edition of the Religions of Man; Inscribed by Huston Smith
SMITH, Huston.
The Religions of Man.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of the author's masterpiece and one of the most widely used college textbooks on comparative religion. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Huston Smith on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare and desirable signed by Huston Smith.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 55051