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Finely Bound example of Thomas B. Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada
MACAULAY, Thomas B.
Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1882.
Finely bound example of Macaulay's classic work. Octavo, bound in full polished calf for The Grammar Schools of Wallingford with a morocco spine label lettered in gilt, central gilt insignia to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges red, illustrated title page. In good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 139726
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"In its southern suburb, there stood two pleasant houses side by side, with their gardens sloping down to the Whit": First edition Rev. Charles Kingsley's Two Years Ago
KINGSLEY, Charles.
Two Years Ago.
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1857.
First edition of the author's classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 139736
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First Edition of Thomas C. Schelling's Strategies of Commitment; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas C. Schelling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 77549
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First Edition of Oswald Chambers' God's Workmanship; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
CHAMBERS, Oswald.
God’s Workmanship.
Wheaton, Ill: Van Kampen Press, 1953.
First edition of this collection of essays by the author of My Utmost For His Highest. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 75634
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First edition of Lord Byron's Werner
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
Werner. A Tragedy.
London: John Murray, 1823.
First edition, first state of Byron's retelling of Kruitzner, or the German's Tale in Harriet Lee's Canterbury Tales without "the end" and the imprint on page 188. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with five raised gilt bands to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles. Lacking the publisher's advertisements. In very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130540
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Elizabeth Cole; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan.
Elizabeth Cole.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989.
First edition of Cheever's savage portrait of the New York art world. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "New York City May 4, 1990 To Ken Whose friendship and council have been my mainstay for all these years Susan Cheever." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142886
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Antoine François Prévost's The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux; finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery
PRéVOST, Antoine François. [The Abbe Prévost D'Exiles].
The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1935.
First edition thus of Helen Wadell's translation of the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité which was adapted into the famous opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini. Quarto, bound in half morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated by Pierre Brissaud. Translated by Helen Waddell. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147343
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Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Peter Diamond
DIAMOND, Peter and James A. Mirrlees.
The American Economic Review.
American Economic Review, 1971.
Octavo, original wrappers. Contains the well-known paper by Nobel Prize-winning economists, Peter Diamond and James Mirrlees, Optimal Taxation and Public Production II. Boldly signed by Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5732
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First edition of The Poetical Works of John Scott; finely bound in full mottled calf
SCOTT, John.
The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.
London: Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.
First edition of John Scott's collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very good condition. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137227
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First Edition of Richard Price's The Color of Money; Sea of Love and Night and the City; Signed by Him
PRICE, Richard.
Three Screenplays: The Color of Money; Sea of Love and Night and the City.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this compilation of three classic screenplays. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Richard Price on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mark Caleb.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137983
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal; Inscribed by Him To His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal.
New York : Random House, 1992.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie love Gore." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 126598
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First Edition of Gypsy; In Exceptional Condition
LAURENTS, Arthur; Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Gypsy.
New York : Random House, 1960.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name. An exceptional example.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133724
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Rare First Edition of Kazantzakis's Tertsines; Signed by Helen Kazantzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Tertsines.
Athens: Konstantinidis and Michalas Press, 1960.
First Greek edition of this collection of poems by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Signed by Helen Kazantzakis.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 117523
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First Edition of A Child's Calendar; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
UPDIKE, John.
A Child’s Calendar.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5035
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Bret Harte and Mark Twain's Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67; from the collection of American journalist William Safire
HARTE, Bret and Mark Twain. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1927.
Second edition of the compiled uncollected materials of Twain and Harte from The Californian. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise gilt bands, pictorial endpapers, gilt topstain, frontispiece of page one of the first number of The Californian, illustrated. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 127607
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The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions": First Edition of In Search of Memory; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Eric Kandel
KANDEL, Eric R.
In Search Of Memory.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist's autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mayshan with best wishes Eric Kandel." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 39334