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“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901.
First edition with the chapter-heading rhymes for only chapters VII and VIII as called of what many consider Kipling's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, embossed black and gilt to the front panel, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. An exceptional example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122738
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First Edition of Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Tommie.
Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007.
First edition of this powerful autobiography by the Olympic gold medalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Michelle- Enjoy Life, it's divine Tommie Smith 1968 Olympics." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kate Nichols. Written with David Steele.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 117701
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“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..": Finely Bound example of The Poetical Works of John Milton
MILTON, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges.
The Poetical Works of John Milton.
London: Printed For Thomas Tegg, 1842.
Finely bound example of Sir Egerton Brydges' compilation of Milton's poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of Milton. In very good condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122634
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"Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation": W. Edwards Deming's Out of the Crisis; Inscribed by Him
DEMING, W. Edwards.
Out of the Crisis.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Greetings to Mr. Carl Wouden W. Edwards Deming 7 February 1992." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122253
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"Investment strategy is the first issue that investors should consider": First Edition of John C. Bogle's Common Sense on Mutual Funds; Inscribed by Him
BOGLE, John C.
Common Sense on Mutual Funds.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
First edition of the best book on index investing ever published. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Amy Later, With best wishes John C. Bogle." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Welsh. Foreword by Peter L. Bernstein.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112469
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's The Glimpses of the Moon; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
WHARTON, Edith.
The Glimpses of the Moon.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1922.
First edition of Wharton's sweeping epic. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in a near dust jacket with light wear and closed tears to the extremities.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 115679
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First Edition of Detective Story; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Imre Kertesz
KERTESZ, Imre.
Detective Story.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
First edition of this riveting novel about a torturer for the secret police of a Latin American regime who tells the haunting story of the father and son he ensnared and destroyed. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Gall.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 699
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Authors Second Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket that shows light rubbing to the spine crown.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 1573
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First Edition of Willie Morris' My Dog Skip; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
MORRIS, Willie.
My Dog Skip.
New York: Random House, 1995.
First edition of "this classic story of a boy, a dog, and small-town America... a rich experience all around" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To John, Warm wishes to a fellow dog-lover in Michigan 6/17/95." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket illustration by Alan Phillips.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 141499
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"Love is a good thing, you admit that don't you?": First Edition of J.D. Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour
SALINGER, J.D.
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.
First edition of this collection of two novellas by the author of The Catcher in the Rye. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example with noted provenance.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112321
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Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen
BUSH, George H. W.
George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen.
Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen bearing Bush's signature in facsimile. Housed in the original pen box bearing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. In fine condition requiring the nib insert.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114942
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Eleanor Roosevelt's A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty; In the rare original dust jacket
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor [Mrs. Franklin D.
A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1935.
Rare second large printing of this early work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 142053
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First edition of Vivian Fuchs' Antarctic Adventure; signed by Edmund Hillary
FUCHS, Sir Vivian. [Edmund Hillary].
Antarctic Adventure: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58.
London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1959.
First edition of Sir Vivian Fuchs' classic account of The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with maps, plans, and illustrations by Stuart Tresilian. Association copy, signed by legendary mountaineer Edmund Hillary who led the New Zealand Ross Sea Support team of the expedition on the title page. The New Zealand party included scientists participating in International Geophysical Year research while the British team led by Fuchs, were separately based at Halley Bay. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137050
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First Edition of Anthony Trollope's The Vicar of Bullhampton
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Vicar of Bullhampton.
London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co, 1870.
First edition in book form of Anthony Trollope's controversial novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over pebbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers, with thirty-five illustrations including tissue-guarded frontispiece by H. Woods (although 30 are stated). In very good condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112316
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First Edition of Woody Allens Third Collection of Stories, Signed by Him
ALLEN, Woody.
Side Effects.
New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Woody Allen on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 3515