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“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
STEINBECK, John.
The Grapes of Wrath.
London: William Heinemann, 1939.
First English edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 143492
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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face": Rare Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Dollar Bill
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Dollar Bill.
1935.
Original series 1935 A one dollar silver certificate, boldly signed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12 inches. We have never seen another signed dollar bill by Roosevelt.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133851
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"I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true": Uncorrected Proofs of each volume in the authors Acclaimed Cairo Trilogy; Each signed by the Author
MAHFOUZ, Naguib.
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street.
New York: Doubleday, 1990-1992.
Uncorrected proofs of author's most well known work; a trilogy originally published in Egypt in the 1950's and which garnered him the Nobel Prize in literature decades later in 1988. Octavo, 3 volumes, original illustrated wrappers. Each volume is signed by Mahfouz and in near fine condition. Translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. Books signed by Mahfouz are rare as he left Egypt only twice during his life, each time only but for a short time.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 1754
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"But hes a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid": First Edition of Arthur Miller's Pultizer Prize-Winning Classic The Death Of A Salesman; Signed by Him
MILLER, Arthur.
Death Of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1949.
First edition of the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Tony Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original orange cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Arthur Miller in a contemporary hand on the second free endpaper. Name to the half-title page, near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Joseph Hirsch.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 101649
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Original Hilary Knight Chanel Watercolor Illustration
KNIGHT, Hilary. [Coco Chanel].
Hilary Knight Original Chanel Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Chanel. In an envelope affixed to the rear of the framed piece is the original tissue guard featuring an inscription in Knight's hand, "A Chanel School Girl stops for a spring sniff of the camelia trees outside of the Place Vendome Step" and "A construction worker takes a smoke break to admire the astonishing set piece in the newly refurbished Grand Palais." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 95329
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Rare Signed Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Hubert Humphrey.
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Signed Inaugural Ceremonies Program.
January 20, 1965.
Original Inaugural Ceremonies Program from 1965 of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, boldly signed by both on the front panel. Octavo, original wrappers, presidential seal in gilt, ribbon bound in, eight pages. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133502
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"Out of England's harbor, sailed a vessel proud on day, she was bound for New York City, so many miles away": Exceptionally Rare Collection of First Editions, Booklets, and Sheet Music dedicated to the ill-fated passengers of the RMS Titanic
PRATT, E. J..
Rare Titanic Collection.
Toronto: Various Publishers, 1912-1935.
Rare collection of first editions, pamphlets, and sheet music related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic, with a rare limited edition O.B.R. Kentucky Straight Bourbon 86-proof Whiskey 4/5 quart ceramic Titanic replica. The collections includes a first edition of E.J. Pratt's 'The Titanic' (Toronto: The Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1935) which is in near fine condition; a first edition of Mrs. Alma White's 'The Titanic Tragedy- God Speaking to the Nations' (New Jersey: The Pentecostal Union, 1913) which is in near fine condition; a later printing booklet of Caroline Bancroft's 'The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown' (Boulder: Johnson Publishing Co., 1963);…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 104582
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"Oh south winds have long memories": First edition of Howard Weeden's Bandanna Ballads; signed and inscribed three times by Joel Chandler Harris who contributed the introduction
WEEDEN, Howard. [Maria Howard Weeden; Joel Chandler Harris].
Bandanna Ballads.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1899.
First edition of Maria Howard Weeden's best-known collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by the author, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Introduction by Joel Chandler Harris. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harris on the flyleaf, "Faithfully yours: Joel Chandler Harris Atlanta Ga.: 6 September 1900." Additionally signed by him on the title page and at the conclusion of the introduction. In fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,850.00 Item Number: 133067
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First Edition of James Baldwin's Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone; Inscribed by Him
BALDWIN, James.
Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone.
New York: The Dial Press, 1968.
First edition of this major work by Baldwin. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Kathleen Peace- James Baldwin." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $2,850.00 Item Number: 106735
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"What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?I wish I knew... Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can": First Edition A Cat On A Hot Tin Roof; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Tennessee Williams
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
New York: New Directions, 1955.
First edition, first issue of one of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite. 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. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $2,850.00 Item Number: 143560
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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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"This work should be read by every student of the financial history": First Edition of Henry Clews' Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street; Inscribed by Him
CLEWS, Henry.
Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.
New York: Irving Publishing Co, 1888.
First edition of Clews' classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Herman Ury Esq. With the compliments of Henry Clews Nov. 12, 1896." In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 3398
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Scarce first edition in English of Tolstoy's controversial drama The Dominion of Darkness
TOLSTOY, Lyof N. [Leo Tolstoy].
The Dominion of Darkness: A Drama, in Five Acts.
London: Vizetelly & Co., 1888.
First edition in English of Tolstoy's five-act drama, the performance of which was forbidden in Russia until 1902. Octavo, original wrappers, publisher's advertisements. Translated from the original Russian. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 124038
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Rare autograph letter and original photograph signed by "the mother of social work" Jane Addams
ADDAMS, Jane.
Jane Addams Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter.
Chicago: Hull House, 1929.
Rare original letter signed and entirely in the hand of Jane Addams, presented with an original photograph also signed by her. On Hull House letterhead, the letter reads, "My dear Mr. Miller, I am very glad to send you one of my books... Faithfully yours Jane Addams May 2d 1929." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12.5 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110808
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"Maybe you could show me how to let go, Lower my guard, Learn to be free. Maybe if you whistle, Whistle for me": First Edition of Anyone Can Whistle; Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim
LAURENTS, Arthur & Stephen Sondheim.
Anyone Can Whistle: A Musical Fable.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine bright jacket without the fading usually encountered with the spine.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 762