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“IF YOU FOOLISHLY IGNORE BEAUTY, YOU WILL SOON FIND YOURSELF WITHOUT IT”: First Edition of Frank Lloyd Wright's An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy; Warmly Inscribed by Him
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd.
An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy.
London: Lund Humphries & Co, 1939.
First edition of this work by the legendary architect. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Alec 'with an apology' Frank." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 133219
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First Edition of Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul; Inscribed by N.T. Wright
WRIGHT, N.T.
Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013.
First edition of this important collection of Wright's most important and influential articles on Paul over the last 35 years. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Clayton Tom Wright." In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144174
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First Edition of N.T. Wright's The Original Jesus; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, N.T. [Tom].
The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman's Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this work on Jesus by the renowned theologian. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by N.T. Wright on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 2366
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First Edition of Richard Wright's Uncle Tom's Children; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, Richard.
Uncle Tom’s Children.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938.
First edition, first printing with B-N on the copyright page of the author's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "with good wishes Richard Wright 3/14/40." In good condition.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 2029
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First Edition of Richard Wright's Le Transfuge; Inscribed by Him
WRIGHT, Richard.
Le Transfuge.
Paris: Gallimard, 1955.
First edition of this work by the author of Native Son. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. With the rare wrap-around band laid in to the front free endpaper. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jack with all my best wishes Richard Wright Feb. 7, 1956 Paris." In near fine condition, with the recipient's name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 50003
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"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread": First Edition of Richard Wright's Native Son
WRIGHT, Richard .
Native Son.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
First edition, first issue binding with "A - P" on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 118656
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First Edition of Richard Wright's 12 Million Black Voices; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, Richard.
12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941.
First edition of this powerful work by the author of The Native Son, featuring photographs by Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed Richard Wright on the front free endpaper. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Photo-direction by Edwin Rosskam. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 119447
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“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread": First Edition of Native Son; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
WRIGHT, Richard .
Native Son.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
First edition, first issue with "A - P" on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145947
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"The best inside information is on the tape": Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years; Inscribed by Legendary Investor Richard Wyckoff
WYCKOFF, Richard D.
Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.
Second edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data).. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Misses Niell and Tyson with best regards Richard D. Wyckoff April 19/32." In very good condition. Books signed and inscribed by Wyckoff are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145810
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"The best inside information is on the tape": First Edition of Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years; Lengthily Inscribed by Legendary Investor Richard Wyckoff and in the Rare Dust Jacket
WYCKOFF, Richard D.
Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930.
First edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend and former associate on Wall Street, New York E. Kilburn Scott this volume is inscribed, with kindest personal regards Richard D. Wyckoff London June 24/31." Very good in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Housed in a custom house morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145604
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First Edition of Francis Wyndham's The Other Garden; Inscribed by Him
WYNDHAM, Francis.
The Other Garden.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First edition of Wyndham's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rolland Comstock with my very best wishes- Francis Wyndham." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 74064
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First Edition of Francis Wyndham's The Other Garden; Inscribed by Him to Rolland Comstock
WYNDHAM, Francis.
The Other Garden.
New York: Moyer Bell Limited, 1987.
First edition of Wyndham's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rolland from Francis." The recipient was the well-known bibliophile Rolland Comstock. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 107839
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“And we danced, on the brink of an unknown future, to an echo from a vanished past": First Edition of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids; Signed by Him
WYNDHAM, John.
The Day of the Triffids.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc , 1951.
First American edition, which preceded the British edition of Wyndham's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Wyndham on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Bender.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 82090
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X; Inscribed by Alex Haley
X, Malcolm with the assistance of Alex Haley.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
New York: Grove Press, 1968.
Paperback edition of one of Time's ten most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Mark, a pleasure to know you! Alex Haley." In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Introduction by M.S. Handler. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145830
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"This book is offered to those women on the fighting line who have had the courage to face ridicule, and the wit to turn the laugh upon their enemies by their indifference to derision": Rare first edition of Constance Smedley's Woman: A Few Shrieks!
X. [SMEDLEY, Constance]; Appendix by Mrs. Philip Snowden [Ethel Snowden].
Woman: A Few Shrieks!
Letchworth Herts: Garden City Press , [1907].
First edition of Constance Smedley's rare feminist tract, published under the pseudonym X and with an appendix by Ethel Snowden. Octavo, original cloth, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Appendix by Ethel Snowden. In good condition. Stamps throughout including to the front and rear panels and top edge. Bookplates to the pastedown.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134985