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First Edition of Fred Gipson's Hound-dog Man
GIPSON, Gred.
Hound-dog Man.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
First edition of this work, basis for the 1959 film directed by Don Siegel, starring Fabian, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142079
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John Hilton's Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Warmly inscribed by him
HILTON, James. Illustrations by H.M. Brock.
Good-bye, Mr. Chips.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940.
Early printing of Hilton's novella about a beloved schoolteacher. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to tooling to the spine, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ernest Lintschish, with warmest regards and admiration from James Hilton Christmas 1944." In near fine condition. A sharp example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 95886
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Early 20th century printing of Matthew Gregory Lewis's The Monk
LEWIS, Matthew Gregory.
The Monk: A Romance.
London: Gibbings & Company, 1906.
Early 20th century printing of the author's classic gothic novel. Octavo, three volumes in the original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with etchings by R.C. Armour, engraved frontispiece to each volume. In near fine condition. A very attractive example of one of the most important Gothic novels of its time.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145001
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First Edition of David Lloyd George's Where Are We Going?, in the scarce original dust jacket
GEORGE, David Lloyd.
Where Are We Going?
Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton , 1923.
First edition of this work by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131326
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“He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees": Robert Frost's North of Boston; in the original dust jacket
FROST, Robert.
North of Boston.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1926.
Early printing of Frost's second published book. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Aroldo Du Chene's plaster bust of Frost. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with chipping to the extremities. Bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 115403
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Diary of A Bad Year; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Diary of a Bad Year.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2007.
First Australian edition of this groundbreaking novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Chong.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131086
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First edition of To Rule the Night; inscribed by Jim Irwin
IRWIN, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr.
To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1973.
First edition of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To William Stanhope my very best wishes for your life in Him. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144838
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First Edition of John Kotter's Power in Management: How to Understand, Acquire, and Use It; Signed by Him
KOTTER, John P.
Power in Management: How to Understand, Acquire, and Use It.
New York: Amacom, 1979.
First edition of this early work by Kotter. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 106742
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First Edition of Conrad Aiken's Selected Poems; In the Rare Original dust jacket
AIKEN, Conrad.
Selected Poems.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry and verse. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With a partial rare original wrap around band.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 112323
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DR. SEUSS'S THIDWICK THE BIG-HEARTED MOOSE
DR. SEUSS. [THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL],.
Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose.
New York: Random House, 1948.
First edition, early printing of one of the more elusive Seuss titles. Quarto, original blue cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by the author. Very good in a good second state price-clipped just jacket with tape repairs to the front panel.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 135088
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN UPDIKE'S FIRST NOVEL THE POORHOUSE FAIR
UPDIKE, John.
The Poorhouse Fair.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.
First edition of Updike’s first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear Jacket design by Harry Ford.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 114676
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First edition of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
JEROME, Jerome K.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889.
First edition, second state of Jerome's humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by A. Frederics. Second state with '11 Quay Street' (first state is without the 11) to the title page. In good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138348
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First edition of Patrick White's The Eye of the Storm
WHITE, Patrick.
The Eye of the Storm.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's ninth published novel. Ocatvo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Desmond Digby.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 119085
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"There is a gulf already opening between those who have joined and those who have not": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The New Army in Training
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The New Army in Training.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.
First collected edition, first issue of this anthology which first appeared in 6 separate pamphlets in America of which only a few of each were printed. 16mo, original wrappers. With The Service Kipling on the rear panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121084
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Finely Bound second edition of Anthony Trollope's The Small House at Allington
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Small House at Allington.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1864.
Finely bound edition the fifth novel in Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt topstain, with eighteen illustrations by J.E. Millais including tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to volume one. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions to the front free endpapers and small stamps to the title pages.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 112301