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First Edition of Serge Klarsfeld's French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial; Inscribed by Him
KLARSFELD, Serge.
French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial.
New York: New York University Press, 1996.
First edition of this memorial to the French children of the Holocaust with over 2,500 photographic images of the children. Thick quarto, original illustrated boards. Warmly inscribed by Serge Klarsfeld. Edited by Susan Cohen, Howard M. Epstein and Serge Klarsfeld. Translated by Glorianne Depondt and Howard M. Epstein. In fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 732
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with appreciation for his friendship and his years of service to the nation" Signed Limited Edition of Richard Nixon's Memoirs; Inscribed by Him to California Congressman Bob Badham
NIXON, Richard M.
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.
Signed limited edition of Richard Nixon's memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, illustrated, original slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "To Congressman Bob Badham with appreciation for his friendship and his years of service to the nation from Richard Nixon August 8, 1979." The recipient, Robert Edward Badham was a politician from California. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the Orange County-based 40th district from 1977 to 1989. In near fine condition in the original slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 133998
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Signed Limited First Edition of Bemelmans' Madeline and the Bad Hat
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline and the Bad Hat.
New York: The Viking Press, 1957.
Signed limited edition of the third book in Bemelmans' acclaimed Madeleine series. Quarto, original cloth. One of 985 copies signed by Ludwig Bemelmans. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 69041
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Thomas Dawson's translation of The Works of Flavius Josephus
JOSEPHUS, Flavius.
The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, The Jewish Historian, Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Written by Himself.
London: Published by John Pearmain, n.d.
Uncommon second edition of Thomas Dawson's translation of the works of the famed Jewish historian. Quarto, two volumes bound in full nineteenth century polished calf, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling and embossing to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and stamping to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, illustrated with numerous engravings. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 139427
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First edition, association copy of American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy; inscribed by George Plimpton to Senator Ted Kennedy
PLIMPTON, George. [Editor]. Interviews by Jean Stein [Edward M. Kennedy].
American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1970.
First edition of this remarkable biography of Robert F. Kennedy, based on interviews by Jean Stein and edited by George Plimpton. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by George Plimpton on the front free endpaper to Robert Kennedy's youngest brother, Ted Kennedy, "To Senator Kennedy with great admiration and best wishes, George." The recipient, Ted Kennedy served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent political Kennedy family, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died.…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 142518
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"Passions are likened best to pools and streams; the shallows murmur, but the deep are dumb": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's The Cascapedia Club; Inscribed by Him
GRISWOLD, Frank Gray.
The Cascapedia Club.
Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1920.
First edition of Griswold's guide to fishing the Great Cascapedia. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Percy R. Pyne 2nd from G. Gray Griswold 1921." In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 88022
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From the Library of John Steinbeck
[STEINBECK, John].
Two Russian Books From the Library of John Steinbeck.
Moscow: Various, c. 1960.
Two volumes in Russian from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck. Quarto, two volumes including a book of early Russian Orthodox paintings with many in color and a folio of loose plates featuring artwork from the Hermitage Museum. From the library of John Steinbeck. In very good condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 117588
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"God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by the sun, and you learn only geography. Watch darkness claim it, and for a moment you may grasp why God had to create Satan--or man to create both": First Edition of Colin Fletcher's Thousand Mile Summer; Signed by Him
FLETCHER, Colin.
The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.
First edition of Fletcher's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on half title page, "For J.P. Cohn From Colin Fletcher." Also laid in is an autographed note signed, "Dear J.P.-- Fatefully-- because it was your suggestion in the first place that I approach the Chronicle. Best, Colin." Also laid in are two folded color brochures: The Man Who Walked Through Time with the author's printed Berkeley address label affixed and a note from author on novelty stationery, "Dear J.P.-- Just occurred to me that you might be…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 132615
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First Edition of The Blood of Adonis; Inscribed by both Adonis and the Translator Samuel Hazo
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY SAMUEL HAZO,.
The Blood of Adonis.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.
First edition of the poet's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by both the poet Adonis and by the translator, Samuel Hazo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 1544
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“Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything": Finely Bound Set of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
STERNE, Laurence.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.
London: T. Becket, 1777.
Finely bound set of Sterne's Tristram Shandy. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in contemporary full polished brown calf, black morocco spine labels, smooth spines with gilt rules and decorations, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece in volume one after Hogarth. In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 89417
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, John.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 132106
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Rare First Edition of Douglas Jerrold's A Man Made of Money
JERROLD, Douglas.
A Man Made of Money.
London: Punch, 1848-49.
First edition of this work. Octavo, original, six volumes, illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates by John Leech. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Scarce in the original wrappers.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 121345
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Rare Antique Bronze Austrian Horsehead Bookends
BOOKENDS,.
Antique Austrian Bronze Horsehead Bookends.
Pair of cold-painted Austrian antique bronze horsehead bookends mounted on marble bases. The bookends measure 7 inches in height. In fine condition. A handsome example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 90467
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Review Copy of William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit
FAULKNER, William.
Knight’s Gambit.
New York: Random House, 1949.
First edition of this short story collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Review copy with the slip laid in, fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by E.McKnight Kauffer. A very nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 100822
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The July-December 1891 issue of The Review of Reviews
STEAD, William Thomas [Editor].
The Review of Reviews. Vol IV. July-December. 1891.
London: The "Review of Reviews", 1891.
The July-December 1891 issue of of Stead's The Review of Reviews. Octavo, original publisher's binding, illustrated, advertisements, index. In very good condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 135348