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"I have the only key to your heart I can stop you falling apart": First Edition of Horses Neck; Inscribed by Pete Townshend
TOWNSHEND, Pete.
Horse’s Neck.
London: Faber & Faber, 1985.
First edition of Townshend's series of short fictions. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Joe Pete Townshend." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pentagram.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144404
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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
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"Life passes most people by while they're busy making grand plans for it": Bruce Porter's Blow; inscribed by him and the film's director Ted Demme
PORTER, Bruce. [Ted Demme].
Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost it All.
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1993.
First St. Martin's Griffin edition of Porter's thrilling retelling of the story of George Jung, adapted into the 2001 film of the same name directed by Ted Demme and starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Edgar Best wishes Bruce Porter 3/30/01" and the film's director Ted Demme, "best - Ted Demme 2001." In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 123485
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First Edition of My Life; Signed By Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON, Bill; Hillary Rodham Clinton.
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of President Clinton's autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Boldly signed in full on the title page by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138187
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First edition of Herbert Manchester's The Diamond Match Company: A Century of Service, of Progress, and of Growth 1835-1935
MANCHESTER, Herbert.
The Diamond Match Company: A Century of Service, of Progress, and of Growth 1835-1935.
New York: The Diamond Match Company, 1935.
First edition of Manchester's history of the Diamond Match Company. Octavo, original stiff paper wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138319
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First Edition of The Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt; Inscribed by Him
BABBITT, Milton; Edited by Stephen Peles.
The Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.
First edition of the compilation of the essays of the great composer Milton Babbitt. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the composer, "For ____ _____, With Warmest greetings, from Milton Babbitt 6/18/08." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 1280
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Screening History; Inscribed by Him to His Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
Screening History.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Gore Vidal For Kit, my only stepmother, all love." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lisa Clark. An exceptional association.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 126912
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Marcella's Italian Kitchen; Signed by Her
HAZAN, Marcella.
Marcella’s Italian Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes! Marcella Hazan." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Front-of-jacket photograph by David Massey. Jacket design by Karen Katz.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143529
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FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND VOLUME OF RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL'S OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: Young Statesman; complete with all three parts of its companion volume
CHURCHILL, Randolph S.
Winston S. Churchill. [The Official Biography]. Volume II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 [with] Volume II Companion Parts I, II, and III.
London: Heinemann, 1967-1969.
First edition of the second volume in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated, photographic frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill in 1904. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144722
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“Motion is tranquillity": First Edition of Stirling Moss' All But My Life; Signed by Him
MOSS, Stirling with Ken W. Purdy.
All But My Life: Face To Face With Ken W. Purdy.
London: William Kember , 1963.
First edition of the racing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 110929
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“I'M A VERY ORDINARY HUMAN BEING; I JUST HAPPEN TO LIKE READING BOOKS”: FIRST EDITION OF 1Q84; SIGNED BY THREE TIMES BY ILLUSTRATOR CHIP KIDD
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
1Q84.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front jacket panel, once on the title page and again on the rear jacket panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Chip Kidd.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122589
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James and the Giant Peach; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.
James and the Giant Peach.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.
Early printing of this Dahl classic. Octavo, original cloth, beautifully illustrated, many full-page and in color. Boldly signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144540