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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up": Photograph of Thomas Edison in His Library; Signed by Him
EDISON, Thomas Alva.
Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.
Large signed photograph of Thomas Edison. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5. inches by 18.5 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 55002
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First Edition in English of Carl Menger's Principles of Economics; In the Rare Original dust jacket
MENGER, Carl.
Principles of Economics.
Glencoe, Ill: The Free Press, 1950.
First edition in English of Menger's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by James Dingwall and Bert F. Hoselitz. Introduction by Frank H. Knight. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. First editions are uncommon, especially in the original dust jacket.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 68001
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“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen”: FIRST EDITION OF WINNIE-THE-POOH; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
MILNE, A.A.; Decorations by Ernest H. Shephard.
Winnie-the-Pooh.
London: Methuen and Co, Ltd, 1926.
First edition of this children's classic. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, cartographic endpapers. illustrated with line drawings by Ernest H. Shepard. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 143577
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First edition of James Baldwin's Going to Meet the Man; inscribed by him
BALDWIN, James.
Going to Meet the Man.
New Yrok: The Dial Press, 1965.
First edition of Baldwin's singular collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the second free endpaper, "God bless, James Baldwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Martha Holmes. Rare signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 129388
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"The single most important poem of the past quarter century in American letters": First Signed Limited Edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl: For Carl Solomon; Signed and dated by him with a signed postcard laid in
GINSBERG, Allen.
Howl for Carl Solomon.
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1971.
First signed limited edition of Ginsberg's Howl with new additions and corrections. Quarto, original illustrated linen designed by Robert La Vigne. One of 275 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem on hand-made paper with edges untrimmed and signed and dated by Allen Ginsberg on the title page, "Allen Ginsberg August 30, 1971 San Francisco." Laid in are the original introductory announcements by Hoyem & Grabhorn and notes by Ginsberg. Also laid in is the original transmittal postcard signed by Ginsberg and entirely in his hand. Addressed to Glen Todd, the postcard reads, "Dec 31, 71 Dear Glen, Happy New…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 95298
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“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never...": First Editions of each volume of Winston Churchill's Collected War Speeches
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941-46.
First editions of each volume of Churchill's collected War Speeches, with Into Battle in the first state lacking page numbers on pp. 78 and 294. Octavo, 7 volumes,original cloth, illustrated with 50 half-tone photographic plates, including frontispieces. Woods A66(a), A89, A114. Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144322
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Rare original playbill signed by Marlon Brando, Katharine Cornell, Cedric Hardwicke, Oliver Cliff, Wesley Addy, and Mildred Natwick
SHAW, George Bernard. (Marlon Brando.
Marlon Brando Signed Candida Playbill.
Playbill Incorporated, 1946.
Rare original playbill from the 1946 production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida starring Marlon Brando and Katharine Cornell. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed on the front panel by Marlon Brando, Katharine Cornell, Cedric Hardwicke, Oliver Cliff, Wesley Addy, and Mildred Natwick. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by the entire cast of this important production.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 96045
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Rare New York Giants 1955 Team Signed Baseball; signed by Willie Mays and 24 other team members
MAYS, Willie; Monte Irvin; Hoyt Wilhelm; Al Dark; Sid Gordon; Al Corwin; et al.
New York Giants 1955 Team Signed Baseball.
Rare unbranded baseball signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot and side panels by 25 members of the 1955 New York Giants, including: Willie Mays, Monte Irvin, Hoyt Wilhelm, Al Dark, Sid Gordon, Al Corwin, Bill Taylor, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Bobby Hofman, Marv Grissom, Davey Williams, Whitey Lockman, Wes Westrum, Joey Amalfitano, Windy McCall, Ray Katt, Paul Giel, Don Liddle, Hank Thompson, Dusty Rhodes, Billy Gardner, Johnny Antonelli, Ruben Gomez, and Don Mueller. The ball also bears a stamped Leo Durocher signature on the sweet spot. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 145912
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"Whatever In Creation Exists Without My Knowledge Exists Without My Consent": First Modern Library Edition of Cormac McCarthy's Masterpiece Blood Meridian; Signed by the author
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.
New York: The Modern Library, 2001.
First Modern Library edition author's classic novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Marion Ettlinger. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Uncommon signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140497
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“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free": First Edition of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
ELLISON, Ralph.
Invisible Man.
New York: Random House, 1952.
First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. A nice example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140388
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First edition of The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon; elaborately bound
GIBBON, Edward.
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative by John Lord Sheffield.
London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796.
First edition of Gibbon’s memoirs, letters, and additional works, posthumously collected and published by his closest friend, John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, engraved frontispiece portrait of Gibbon. In near fine condition. A very attractive example of one of the first modern autobiographies published in the English language.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 135133
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First Edition of Albert Camus' L'État de Siège; warmly inscribed by him to Jean de Bosschère
CAMUS, Albert.
L’État de Siège. [The State of Siege].
Paris: Gallimard, 1948.
First edition, early printing of Camus' fourth play, a political allegory about resistance to the plague of authoritarian rule. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Jean de Bosschère assiege sure anso mars insoumais [L'Etat de Siege] are Esperes a plus cordials Albert Camus." The recipient, Jean de Bosschère lived for most of the 20th century between London and France, and illustrated his own works as well as the works of Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, and the classical works of Aristophanes, Ovid, Strato and Apuleius. He published his own works of poetry, and…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 137545
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Original NASA photograph of the Apollo 14 Mission launch; signed by viewers Spiro Agnew and Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil and Spiro Agnew.
Neil Armstrong and Spiro Agnew Apollo 14 Mission Launch Signed Photograph.
1971.
Official NASA photograph of the VIP grandstand at the Apollo 14 viewing site at Launch Complex 39 on January 31st 1971. Signed by both legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong and the 39th Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew. Both are shown seated in the grandstand with Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofia of Spain beneath the American and Spanish flags. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 15 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 100438
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"I know I cannot put it into words": First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Hungry Hearts; Lengthily inscribed by Her and with an Autographed Signed Letter
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Hungry Hearts.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
First edition of Anzia Yezierska's rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. and Mrs. Love appreciatively yours Anzia Yezierska." With an autographed letter signed from Yezierska tipped to the pastedown, dated February 25, 1921 on Metro-Goldwyn stationary, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Love at the Hayward Hotel in Los Angeles, thanking them profusely for their help, it reads, "I know I cannot put it into words, but I cannot help wanting to tell you how much both of you helped me yesterday. It would have taken a week…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 101233