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First Edition of William Faulkner's Intruder In The Dust; Inscribed by Him to his Cousin
FAULKNER, William.
Intruder In The Dust.
New York: Random House, 1948.
First edition of this classic Faulkner novel, which explores the lives of a family of characters in the South. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Sally Burns William Faulkner 16 April." The recipient Sallie Faulkner Burns was William Faulkner‘s first cousin and was a great friend to Maud, William‘s mother. This was given to her by Faulkner and has remained in the family until now. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 114816
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“Ceasing to be 'in love' need not mean ceasing to love": First Edition of Mere Christianity; in the rare original dust jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
Mere Christianity.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952.
First edition of this classic C.S. Lewis work, which was adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1942 and 1944. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example, easily one of the nicest extant.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 139195
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FIRST EDITION OF JESSE LIVERMORE’S HOW TO TRADE IN STOCKS IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
LIVERMORE, Jesse.
How to Trade in Stocks: The Livermore Formula for Combining Time Element and Price.
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940.
First edition of the only book by Jesse Livermore, one of Wall Street’s most well-known traders. Octavo, original blue cloth, contains 16 full color charts. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and tears. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 29055
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Rare First Edition of Works of Alexander Hamilton; Including an early edition of The Federalist
HAMILTON, Alexander.
The Works of Alexander Hamilton; Comprising His Most Important Official Reports; An Improved Edition of The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788; and Pacificus.
New York : Williams and Whiting, 1810.
The first collected edition of the works of Alexander Hamilton, with an early printing of The Federalist. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf, three engraved portraits of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. The first volume contains five of Hamilton's reports as Secretary of the Treasury, volumes II and III are devoted primarily to the Federalist Papers, and include significant additions, incorporating changes based on Hamilton's own notes. Edited by John Wells. In very good condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 129659
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"Go win another one for the Gipper" Signed Print of President Reagan; From the library of Nancy Reagan's Brother
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Portrait.
1988.
Signed print of Ronald Reagan of him in one of his most famous roles George Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American, signed on the matte below in Reagan's hand, "Go win another one for the Gipper Ronald Reagan." Reagan's character was based on the true life of a college football player who died at the tender age of 25 from a streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia just two weeks after being elected Notre Dame's first All-American by Walter Camp. In the movie, the legendary coach Knute Rockne tells his team, "The last thing George said to me, 'Rock,'…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 132431
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“Tell me. Tell me with your eyes": First Edition of Exiles: A Play in Three Acts; Signed by James Joyce
JOYCE, James.
Exiles: A Play in Three Acts.
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918.
First American edition of the author's only play, published simultaneously with the British edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "James Joyce 2 June 1923 Paris." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 144094
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First Edition of Theodore Roosevelt's Fear God and Take Your Own Part; Inscribed by Him to his Sister
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Fear God and Take Your Own Part.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1916.
First edition of this collection of essays by the twenty-sixth President of the United States. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his younger sister on the half-title page, "Darling Corinne, read the first chapter and the conclusion, T.R. To Mrs. Douglas Robinson 9 E 63rd St New York." In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 132337
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“You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God": First Edition of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock; Inscribed by Him
GREENE, Graham.
Brighton Rock.
New York: The Viking Press, 1938.
First American edition, preceding the British edition by one month of Greene's chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Clive affectionately, Graham." The recipient Clive Francis is a British actor, known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, Inspector Clouseau and The Crown and was a friend of Greene's. An excellent example in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear. Jacket design by George Salter. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 106788
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"Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable...": First Edition Of Roald Dahls Beloved Book Matilda; Signed by Him and Legendary Artist Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of Dahl’s popular story of a young girl, her genius, and her indifferent parents. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Rare and desirable signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 138289
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“Let's go." "We can't." "Why not?" "We're waiting for Godot": First Edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot; Inscribed by Him
BECKETT, Samuel.
Waiting For Godot: A Tragicomedy In Two Acts.
London: Faber and Faber, 1956.
First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dr. Murray with all good wishes Samuel Beckett Paris July 1981." From the library of Irish book collector Dr. Philip Murray, author of The Adventures of a Book Collector. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light rubbing to the spine. Translated by Beckett from the original French. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Beckett.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 21046
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Yousuf Karsh Photograph of the First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru; Signed by Both Nehru and Karsh
NEHRU, Jawaharlal; Yousuf Karsh.
Jawaharlal Nehru and Yousuf Karsh Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. Signed Jawaharlal Nehru March 1951 and also signed by the photographer Yousuf Karsh. Karsh was one of the most notable photographers of the 20th century. His work included portraits of celebrities, military and political figures, such as Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Martin Luther King. Jr., Audrey Hepburn, and many others. The photograph measures 10 inches by 12.75 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 19.5 inches. Rare and desirable signed by both Nehru and Karsh.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 67092
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Rare First Illustrated Edition in English of Cervantes Masterpiece Don Quixote
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de.
The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha, Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates.
London: Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, 1687.
First edition of the first illustrated edition in English of Don Quixote. Folio, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. With copper-engraved frontispiece and eight copper-engraved plates, each bearing two images. Translated by John Phillips. In very good condition with all plates present, signature trimmed. A very sharp example.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 133909
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“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Signed by J.K. Rowling, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and several other members of the 2009 film cast
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
London: Bloomsbury, 2005.
First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed and inscribed by several members of the primary cast of the 2009 film including: Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) on the front free endpaper, Warwick Davis (goblin Griphook) on the half-title page, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger ) opposite the title page, Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) on the copyright page, and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Jim Broadbent (Horace Slughorn) and Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) on the dedication page. Fine in a very good dust…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 142641
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“We're forever teetering on the brink of the unknowable, and trying to understand what can't be understood": First Edition of Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel; Signed by Him
ASIMOV, Isaac.
The Caves of Steel.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954.
First edition of the first work in Asimov's acclaimed Robot series. Octavo, original blue boards, red topstain. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Light wear to the cloth, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Dust jacket design by Ruth Ray. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 39015
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The Connoisseur's Federal Edition of The Complete Works of Alexander Hamilton; Finely Bound
HAMILTON, Alexander.
The Works of Alexander Hamilton.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904.
The Connoisseur's Federal edition of the works of Alexander Hamilton, one of only 100 sets. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three quarters leather over silk cloth, morocco spine labels, frontispieces and additional engraved title-pages on japon vellum. Edited by Henry Cabot Lodge. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 125895
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First Edition of Karl Popper's The Logic of Scientific Discovery; Signed by Him
POPPER, Karl R.
The Logic of Scientific Discovery.
London: Hutchinson, 1959.
First edition of "one of the most important documents of the twentieth century" (Peter Medawar, New Scientist). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Karl Popper on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 132736