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An introduction
It is with great pleasure that I introduce this catalog of fine and rare books.
Ever since I was a child I have been interested in books - first reading them
and ultimately amassing a small collection of American Civil War titles. Books
are a guiding light and a lens into civilization. Collecting them and assembling
a library, no matter what your interests may be, can be one of the great pleasures and pursuits of life. Holbrook Jackson (who was a famous bibliophile)
once said, ‘Your library is your portrait.’ I like this quote because the books
one collects can tell others more about who you are than your physical appearance. The collection in
this catalogue represents a selection of our stock in various fields. I hope you enjoy perusing it and will
find a treasure to add to your own portrait.
Sincerely,
Matthew Raptis
A little library, growing larger every year, is an honourable part of a man’s history. It is a
man’s duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Table of Contents
Featured Items2-5
Modern Firsts6-39
Literature40-41
Children’s Books42-51
Nonfiction52
Economics and Finance
53-57
History and Politics58-62
Science and Natural History
63-67
Photography64-75
Travel and Exploration76-77
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FEATURED ITEMS
1. Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby.
New York: Charles Scribners. 1925.
First edition, first printing with “chatter” on p. 60, line 16, “northern” on p. 119, line 22, “it’s” on p. 165, line 16,
“away” on p. 165, line 29, “sick in tired” on p. 205, lines 9-10, and “Union Street station” on p. 211, lines 7-8.
Octavo, original dark green cloth.
In fine condition with the spine lettering very brightly gilted. in a very good
first issue dust jacket, with lowercase “j”
in “jay Gatsby” on the back panel, handcorrected in ink. The dust jacket has
had some restoration to the folds, tape
removed, and some tears repaired that
include expert recoloring to portions of
the upper and lower spine. A excellent
copy, extremely rare in jacket. The dust
jacket is not only one of the most recognizable and iconic book covers of the
twentieth century, but it is also one of
the most rare. The cover art was entitled
‘Celestial Eyes’ and was designed by artist
Francis Cugat, who was not well-known
at the time. Fitzgerald, however, fell in
love with the design and actually wrote a
number of things into the novel to relate
it to the proposed cover. Housed in a
quarter morocco custom clamshell case.
$165,000
“So we beat on, boats against
the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
- The Great Gatsby
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Featured items
2. Joyce, James.
Ulysses.
Paris: Shakespeare & Company, 1922.
First edition. One of 750 numbered copies on handmade paper from a total edition of 1000 copies. Thick quarto.
Original blue and white wrappers. Although the horizontal sewing bands across the spine show a bit of the
inevitable rubbing, as do the other spine extremities, and there is some narrow surface splitting along portions of
the outer wrapper fold along the lower joint, this is a near fine copy, internally fresh and largely unopened, with
the wrappers not significantly soiled or faded, and wholly unrestored. This is copy #992, and has laid in the front
panel of the original prospectus with the tipped-on reproduction of the 1918 photo of Joyce by C. Ruf. The front
panel of the prospectus has been amended, as often, to indicate the book “is now ready,” and the original buyer
must have jumped at the opportunity, as the order panel of the prospectus has been neatly cut away. Sisley
Huddleston’s 5 March 1922 review from The Observer is also laid in (though both items are in prophylactic
sleeves that have prevented any offsetting). Also laid into the slipcase is some correspondence relating to the sale
of this copy in 1972 by Duschnes in New York City.
One of the most important works of Modernist literature, it has been called “a demonstration and summation of
the entire movement”. (Beebe p. 176). Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very sharp copy.
$80,000
“A man of genius makes
no mistakes. His errors
are volitional and are the
portals of discovery.”
- Ulysses
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Featured Items
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify,
for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.
- J.M. Keynes
3. Keynes, John Maynard.
The General Theory of Employment.
London: Macmillan, 1936.
First edition of the economist’s magnum opus. This volume is generally regarded as the most influential social
science treatise of the twentieth century and is credited with creating the terminology and shape of modern
macroeconomics. Keynes sought to bring about a revolution in economic thinking, particularly in relation to the
established classical economic thought that a market economy tends to restore itself naturally to full employment
after temporary shocks. He proposed instead that increased government spending and tax cuts could pull industrialized economies out of the Depression.
Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, “For Walter Salant Affectionately J.M. Keynes”. Walter Salant was
a graduate of Harvard and an economist who helped bring the message of Keynes’s General Theory to the United
States, before its publication in 1936. Salant had spent two years at Cambridge studying with Keynes and later,
Salant communicated the Keynesian
analysis to a host of brilliant graduate students
in economics, including Paul A. Samuelson
and James Tobin, who were later awarded the
Nobel Prize in economic science.
Near fine in a very good dust jacket that shows
some minor wear to the crown of the spine.
Books signed by Keynes are exceptionally rare.
A wonderful association copy. Housed in a
custom morocco clamshell case.
$125,000
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Featured Items
‘The truth.’ Dumbledore sighed. ‘It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore
be treated with great caution.’
4. Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone.
London, Bloomsbury 1997.
First edition, first printing with all the prerequisite first issue points called for (including “wand”
listed twice on page 53). Octavo, original
illustrated boards, without a dust jacket as
issued. Light browning to the page edges, as
usual, else in fine condition. Signed by J.K.
Rowling. Only 500 copies of the first printing,
with most making their way to libraries. Housed
in a custom clamshell
case.
$45,000
5. Salinger, J.D.
The Catcher In The Rye.
Boston: Little Brown, 1951.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket
without any restoration. Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher In the
Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with “cynical adolescent.”
Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life,
just after he’s been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds
edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. It begins, “If
you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to
know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and
how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that
David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you
want to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the
second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I
told anything pretty personal about them.” A stunning copy.
$27,500
I don’t even know what I was running for - I guess I just felt like it.
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Modern Firsts
6. Achebe, Chinua.
Things Fall Apart.
London: Heinemann, 1959. First edition of the author’s first and most beloved novel. Octavo. Red cloth with
titles to spine in gilt. Fine in a excellent near fine jacket that shows very light wear.
Signed by the author.
$5,000
7. Adams, Douglas.
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To the
Galaxy. London: Arthur Baker, 1978.
First British edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of
wear.
$3,500
8. Albee, Edward.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
New York: Atheneum, 1962.
First edition. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the
front end page, “For _____, ______ & ______ _______ Edward Albee
Dec. 7. 1962 N.Y.C.” Octavo. Original boards. Fine in very good plus
jacket with the usual wear to the crown and foot of the black spine.
$2,000
9. Bellow, Saul.
Adventures of Augie March.
New York: Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of the author’s first National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo. Original
cloth. Fine with the salmon topstain nice and bright in an excellent first issue dust jacket
that shows some usual wear to the spine. Signed by the author. Augie comes on stage with
one of literature’s most famous opening lines. “I am an American, Chicago born, and go
at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way:
first to knock, first admitted.” One of the great novels of the second half of the twentieth
century.
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$1,850
Modern Firsts
10. Bellow, Saul.
Humboldt’s Gift.
New York: Viking, 1975.
First edition. Octavo. Original boards. Near
fine in a very good dust jacket with some
toning to the spine. Inscribed by the author:
“To Karyl, with love I could never have done it without your patient help Saul.” The
recipient, Karyl Kylie typed the manuscript of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
$3,750
11. Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author’s third and final National Book
Award-winning novel. Inscribed by the author to his editor,
Aaron Asher and his wife, preceding the publication, “To
Linda and Aaron X-mas greetings from Saul December 24,
1969”. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
$1,250
12. Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
First edition. Inscribed by the author to his editor, Aaron Asher, “For my old
friend (and my editor) Aaron Asher with special thanks and affection Saul April
24, 84”. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with two small closed tears.
$850
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that
make up most of what we call life. - Saul Bellow
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Modern Firsts
13. Berger, John.
G: A Novel.
New York: Viking, 1972.
First American edition of the author’s Booker Prize winning novel. Octavo,
original cloth. Fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows
light wear. Signed by the author on the title page.
$450
“Ecotopians are adept at turning practically any situation
toward pleasure, amusement and other intimacy”
14. Callenbach, Ernest.
Ecotopia.
Berkeley, CA: Banyan Tree Books, 1975.
First edition of the author’s Magnum opus. Octavo, original green boards. Signed
by the author, who has added a line from this work. Fine in a very good dust
jacket that has a large closed tear to the back panel. “The newest name after Wells
and Verne and Huxley and Orwell is Ernest Callenbach, creator of Ecotopia”
[Time Magazine]. First editions of this environmental classic are rare.
$1,500
15. Canetti, Elias.
Auto-Da-Fe.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1946.
First English edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s most well
known work. Octavo. Original black cloth. Near fine in a very good
dust jacket that shows some browning to the spine. Inscribed by
the author, “From Elias Canetti” on the front end page. Originally
published in German as “Die Blendung” in 1935 and later banned in
Nazi Germany, it did not become widely known until the
publication of Canetti’s “Crowds and Power” in 1960.
$2,750
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“Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.”
- Elias Canetti, Auto-da-Fé
Modern firsts
Capote, Truman.
Breakfast At Tiffany’s.
New York: Random House, 1958.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. An excellent
copy with some of the usual wear to the boards in a very good dust jacket.
Inscribed by the author, “For Martha Robertson with love Truman Capote”.
“Truman Capote is the most perfect writer of my generation. He writes the
best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm. If you want to capture
a period in New York, no other book has done it so well. He could capture
period and place like few others” (Norman Mailer).
$7,000
“The difference between fiction and reality?
Fiction has to make sense.”
— Tom Clancy
17. Clancy, Tom.
The Hunt For Red October.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984.
First edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine
in a fine dust jacket that shows just a touch of shelfwear. Signed by the
author, “First Edition Tom Clancy”. A very sharp copy.
$1,250
18. Clarke, Arthur C.
2001: A Space Odyssey.
New York: New American Library, 1968.
First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo.
Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows
just a touch of wear.
$3,250
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Modern Firsts
“He thought of himself not as something heavy that left tracks behind it, but if anything,
as a speck upon the surface of an earth too deeply asleep to notice the scratch of ant feet,
the rasp of butterfly teeth, the tumbling of dust”
-Life and Times of Michael K
19. Coetzee, J.M.
Life & Times of Michael K.
South Africa: Raven Press, 1983.
First edition of the author’s first Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo.
Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
$1,250
20. Cohen, Leonard.
Beautiful Losers.
New York: Viking, 1966.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. Inscribed by Cohen. Fine in
a near fine dust jacket with only the lightest of wear. A very sharp copy of this
highspot, uncommon signed.
$1,250
21. The Favourite Game.
“There is a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.”
-Leonard Cohen
London: Secker & Warburg, 1963.
First edition, preceding both the Canadian and American publication. Octavo,
original cloth. Warmly inscribed by Leonard Cohen. Fine in an excellent dust
jacket showing just light toning. The author’s first novel. “Is there any
Canadian novel as compelling and as good as at capturing youthful anxieties as
J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye? Absolutely. . . . Leonard Cohen’s first novel,
The Favorite Game.” [Globe & Mail].
$2,500
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Modern firsts
22. Collins, Billy.
Video Poems.
Long Beach, CA: Applezaba Press,1980.
First edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. A
near fine copy showing only light wear and a bookplate to the inside gutter. Signed
by the author. A very nice copy of this uncommon collection.
$1,500
23. Connell Jr., Evan S.
Mrs. Bridge.
New York: Viking Press, 1959.
First edition of the author’s first
novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed
by the author, who has added the last line of this work, “Hello? Hello out
there? But no one answered....” Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket that
shows just a touch of wear to the extremities. A very sharp copy.
$1,150
24. Crichton, Michael.
The Andromeda Strain.
New York: Knopf, 1969.
First edition of the author’s first novel published under his real
name. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by
Crichton. $750
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Modern firsts
25. Crowley, John.
Little, Big.
London: Gollancz, 1981.
First hardcover edition of the author’s most well
known work. Octavo. Original black cloth with
titles to the spine in gilt. Lengthily inscribed
by the author. Fine in a fine price clipped dust
jacket. A very sharp copy of this important book.
$1,250
“The things that make us happy make us wise” - John Crowley
26. Dillard, Annie.
The Writing Life.
New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth. The dedication copy, inscribed by the
author, “For Bob, as it says and/ really is- love, Annie”. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
$950
27. Donleavy, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955.
First edition of the author’s first book and chosen by Modern Library’s as one
of the 100 great novels of the 20th Century and one that has went on to sell 45
million copies worldwide. Near fine in wrappers with just a
touch of wear. Signed by the author. An exceptional copy of
this classic novel, rare signed.
$2,500
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Modern firsts
28. Dreiser, Theodore.
Sister Carrie.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900.
First edition of the author’s scarce first book. Octavo, original red cloth. In
very good condition. Doubleday’s records indicate, “the first edition consisted
of 1008 copies, of which 129 were sent out for review, 465 were sold, and the
balance, 423 copies, were turned over to J. F. Taylor & Company (a remainder
house)”.
$3,500
29. Durrell, Lawrence.
Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea. [The Alexandria
Quartet].
London: Faber, 1957-1960.
First editions of each of the novels comprising the author’s
acclaimed Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, 4 volumes. Original
cloth. Each in the set are near fine to fine in excellent dust
jackets that show moderate wear. Each is inscribed by the
author, “Inscribed for _______ Lawrence Durrell”. A very nice
set.
$8,500
30. Fleming, Ian.
The Man With the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a fine price-clipped
dust jacket.
$500
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Modern firsts
31. Fowles, John.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition of the author’s third novel. Octavo. Original brown cloth with titles
to the spine in gilt. Fine in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to the
back panel tips. Signed by the author. Basis for the movie directed by Karel Reisz
starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. A very sharp copy.
$950
32. Fowles, John.
The Magus.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.
First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo. Signed by the author
on the title page. Also laid in is a postcard of young Fowles, signed by him as
well. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with only the lightest of rubbing. Listed
on Modern Library’s 100 Greatest novels of the twentieth century. A very sharp
copy.
$2,000
33. Francis, Dick.
Dick Francis Complete Set. Dead Cert, Nerve, For
Kicks, Odds Against, Flying Finish, Blood Sport, Forfeit, Enquiry, Rat Race, Bonecrack, Smokescreen, SlayRide, Knock Down, High Stakes, In The Frame, Risk,
Trial Run, Whip Hand, Reflex, Twice Shy...
London: Michael Joseph, 1962-2006.
First editions of each of the first forty Dick Francis’ mystery
novels. Octavo, 40 Volumes. All forty volumes are signed by
Francis and the first three novels: “Dead Cert”, “Nerve”, and
“For Kicks” are signed with lines transcribed from them by
Francis. The Set Consists of: Dead Cert, Nerve, For Kicks,
Odds Against, Flying Finish, Blood Sport, Forfeit, Enquiry,
Rat Race, Bonecrack, Smokescreen, Slay-Ride, Knock Down,
High Stakes, In The Frame, Risk, Trial Run, Whip Hand,
Reflex, Twice Shy, Banker, The Danger, Proof, Break In, Bolt,
Hot Money, The Edge, Straight, Longshot, Comeback, Driving
Force, Decider, Wild Horses, Come To Grief, To The Hilt, 10-lb
Penalty, Field Of Thirteen, Second Wind Shattered and Under
Orders. An exceptional set.
$19,500
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Modern firsts
34. Frost, Robert; Woodcuts by J.J. Lankes.
New Hampshire.
New York: Henry Holt, 1923.
First edition of the author’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning
collection. Octavo. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows a
chip to the front panel. Inscribed by the author “But I have promises to keep Robert
Frost For Herbert Kenny Bread Loaf VT August 1956”. One of Frost’s most well-known
works, one that includes “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.”
$3,250
“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.”
- Robert Frost
35. Fugard, Athol.
Master Harold and the Boys.
New York: Knopf, 1982.
First edition of the playwright’s most well-known
work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust
jacket. Warmly inscribed by Fugard “With deep
gratitude for your love of my country. “Little man
you’ve had a busy day”.
$350
36. Gaddis, William.
The Recognitions.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1955.
First edition of the author’s first book. Thick Octavo. Original boards.
Signed by the author on the half- title page. Fine in a near fine dust
jacket. The novel was poorly received initially, but Gaddis’s reputation
grew, twenty years later, with the publication of his second novel JR
which went on to win the National Book Award. Gaddis’ work has
influenced a number of post-modern writers, including Thomas
Pynchon, Don DeLillo, and David Foster Wallace.
$2,250
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Modern firsts
37. Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.
Love in the Time of Cholera.
New York: Knopf, 1988.
First American edition of the author’s work that ranks as one of the
great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo.
Original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Garcia Marquez on the
dedication page, as per his usual custom. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Made into the 2007 film starring Javier Bardem, Benjamin Bratt and
Giovanna Mezzogiorno.
$2,500
38. Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
First American edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo. Original green cloth
with gilt lettering to the spine. Fine in a very near fine first issue dust jacket with
only light wear to the extremities. Inscribed and dated by Garcia Marquez on the
dedication page, as per his usual custom. An exceptional copy of this landmark
novel, seldom found inscribed.
$9,500
39. Gibson, William.
Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1984.
First editions of each of the novels that comprise
the Sprawl Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes. Each
are fine in fine dust jackets. Neuromancer is a
review copy with the slip laid in, has a five line
inscription by the author, “The sky above the
poart was the color of television, turned to a dead
channel”. Both Count Zero and Mona Lisa
Overdrive are signed by the author. A very sharp
group of books.
$4,000
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Modern firsts
40. Golding, William.
Lord of the Flies.
London: Faber and Faber, 1954.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed
by the author on the title page. Some foxing to the front endpaper in an
excellent dust jacket that has been lightly restored at the spine tips.
$9,500
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
41. Goldman, William.
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood
and Screenwriting.
New York: Warner, 1983.
First edition. Octavo. Original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by
the author on the title page. Books signed by Goldman are fairly
uncommon.
$350
42. Grass, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
London: Secker and Warburg.
First British edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo. Signed by the author.
Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a slightly faded spine. A sharp signed
copy of this highspot of post-World War II literature.
$1,250
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Modern firsts
43. Grisham, John.
A Time To Kill: Novel of Retribution.
New York: Wynwood Press, 1989.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo.
Original boards. Inscribed by John Grisham to the
husband of Marion Vance; the photographer who
took the photograph of the dust jacket portrait of
John Grisham for this book and subsequent others. Inscribed as follows, “For ____ ______- A new
friend. I hope you enjoy it. John Grisham 1-25-90”.
Light wear, else near fine in a very near fine jacket that has one minute closed tear.
Laid in is a letter from the photographer explaining details of her relationship with
the author. A very nice inscription with provenance.
$4,000
44. Heaney, Seamus.
Beowulf.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust
jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
$375
45. Death of a Naturalist.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.
First American edition of the author’s first major collection. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket
that shows some of the usual fading to the pink portion of the spine panel. Signed by the author on the title page.
Laid into this copy is a ticket to the reading at Harvard University where this copy was signed. A pleasing copy.
$1,650
46. Heller, Joseph.
Catch-22.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Very
good in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. Wildly original,
brilliantly comic, brutally gruesome, it is a dazzling performance that will
probably outrage nearly as many readers as it delights. In any case, it is one
of the most startling first novels of the year and it may make its author
famous.” [Orville Prescott, The New York Times]
$6,500
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Modern firsts
47. Hemingway, Ernest.
The Old Man and the Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner’s & Sons, 1952.
First edition of the author’s novel that cinched his award of the Nobel Prize.
Octavo, original light blue cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
$1,250
“But man is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be
destroyed but not defeated.”
- The Old Man and the Sea
48. Herbert, Frank.
Dune.
New York/ Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo. Original cloth.
Near fine in a very good plus to near fine dust jacket that shows
light overall wear. Signed by the author. Dune went on to win the
two most prestigious science fiction awards, the Nebula and the
Hugo Award. A very sharp copy of this classic work, uncommon
signed.
$12,500
49. Highsmith, Patricia.
Strangers on a Train.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo. Original cloth. Light
wear to the spine tips, else near fine in a very good dust jacket that
shows some of the endemic fading to the spine panel. Inscribed by the
author. For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings,
there’s no one like Patricia Highsmith. (Time) Basis for the 1951 film
directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Farley Granger and Ruth
Roman. Very rare signed and inscribed.
$9,500
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Modern firsts
50. Irving, John.
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
New York: Morrow, 1989.
First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider
his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Signed by the author who
has added the first line of this title, “I am a Christian because of Owen
Meany John Irving”. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear.
$1,150
51. The World According to Garp.
New York: Dutton, 1978.
First edition of the author’s breakthrough novel. Octavo. Near fine in a near
fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, “Merry Christmas John Irving”.
$975
52. Kadare, Ismail.
The General of the Dead Army.
London: W. H. Allen, 1971.
First edition of the author’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original
cloth. Warmly inscribed by Kadare. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Kadare was the first
recipient of the first Man Booker International Award; beating out several Nobel
Laureates.
$1,250
53. Kennedy, William.
Albany Cycle Consisting of: Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, Ironweed, Quinn’s Book, Very Old Bones, The
Flaming Corsage, Roscoe.
New York: Coward McCann, Viking.
First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Albany Cycle.
Octavo, 7 volumes. Original boards. Each are signed by William
Kennedy on the title page. Legs is fine in a very near fine dust
jacket with just a modicum of rubbing. Billy Phelan’s Greatest
Game is fine in a very near fine jacket with light wear. Ironweed is
fine in a fine jacket, as are all the rest of the volumes.
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$1,250
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54. Kertesz, Imre.
Kaddish For A Child Not Born.
Evanston: Hydra Books, 1997.
First edition. Octavo. Original boards. Signed by the Kertesz on the title page. Fine in
a fine dust jacket. Kertesz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002. The
Academy cited his works as “writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history.”
$850
55. Keyes, Daniel.
Flowers for Algernon.
New York: Harcourt, 1966.
First edition of the author’s most well known work, that since
publication has sold over five million copies and has become part
of the canon of modern literature reading lists. Octavo. Original
cloth. Inscribed by the author, “To _____ ______ a fine writing
student, for whom it is a pleasure to inscribe this- Best Wishes
Daniel Keyes Athens Ohio, February 3, 1967.” Fine in a very
good dust jacket.
$6,500
56. King, Stephen.
Carrie.
New York: Doubleday, 1974.
First edition of the author’s first book. First edition stated on copyright page and
“P6” in the gutter of page 199. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Fine in a near fine
dust jacket with only light wear to the crown of the spine.
$1,500
57. The Shining.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1977.
First edition of King’s third novel
and first hardcover best-seller. Octavo. Original half black cloth.
Inscribed by the author, “For ______- Best Wishes and shine on!
Stephen King 10/11/99”. Fine in a near fine price clipped dust
jacket with just a touch of wear. A very sharp copy of this King
highspot.
$3,000
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58. Knowles, John.
A Separate Peace.
New York: Macmillan, 1960.
First American edition of the author’s first and most well known
book. Octavo. Inscribed by the author, “To ____ With all best
regards - John Knowles”. Fine in a near fine price- clipped second
issue dust jacket. A sharp signed copy of this classic coming of age
novel.
$2,750
59. Le Carre, John.
Call For The Dead.
London: Gollancz, 1961.
First edition of the author’s first book, which introduced the
world to the recurring protagonist of George Smiley. Octavo.
An excellent copy in a near fine bright dust jacket. Signed by
the author on the title page.
$19,500
60. A Murder of Quality.
London: Gollancz, 1962.
First edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original red
boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that only shows slight
shelfwear. Signed by the author, “David J Cornwell aka John
Le Carre Cornwall June ‘03”. A very bright copy.
$16,500
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61. Le Carre, John.
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold.
London: Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of the author’s most well-known work, that went
on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original brown cloth
variant. The brown cloth in our experience is significantly scarcer
than its blue counterpart. An excellent copy in a fine dust jacket.
Signed by Le Carre on the title page.
$3,000
62. A Small Town In Germany.
London: Heinemann, 1968.
First edition of the author’s fifth novel. Octavo, original red
cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Le Carre on the title
page.
$650
“You should have died when I killed you.”
- John Le Carre
63. Le Clezio, J.M.G.
The Book of Flights.
New York: Atheneum, 1972.
First American edition. Octavo. Signed by the author on the title page. An
excellent copy in a fine dust jacket.
$350
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64. Lee, Harper.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1960.
First edition of the author’s only novel; one which garnered her the
Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original green cloth backed brown boards,
titles to spine in gilt. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust
jacket with the Jonathan Daniels blurb on the rear flap and the
photograph of the author taken by Truman Capote on the rear panel.
Signed by the author “with best wishes Harper Lee” on the front end
page. Also laid in is a publisher’s complimentary card. Housed in a custom clamshell case. The first edition had an estimated printing run of 5,000 copies.
$25,000
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man
with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin
anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
65. Le Guin, Ursula K. [LeGuin].
The Left Hand of Darkness.
New York: Walker & Company, 1969.
First edition, first printing of the author’s
Nebula and Hugo award winning novel.
Octavo, original gray cloth. Signed by the
author, who has added a line from this work as follows, “Facts are no more solid,
coherent, round and real than pearls are. But both are sensitive. Ursula K. Le
Guin”. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear to the spine.
$2,750
66. Lessing, Doris.
The Golden Notebook.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s magnum opus. Octavo. Original
boards. Signed by the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some
wear to the extremities.
$3,250
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67. Lopez, Barry Holstun. [Annie Dillard]
Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of the Raven.
Kansas City: Sheed Andrews McMeel,1976.
First edition, First Printing of the author’s first book. Octavo. Inscribed by the
author to fellow writer Annie Dillard, “ For Annie/ For all you do/ Barry”.
Annie Dillard’s bookplate beneath the inscription. Fine in a very good dust
jacket. An important association copy linking these two naturalist writers.
$1,850
68. Maguire, Gregory.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of
the West.
New York: Harper Collins, 1995.
First edition, first printing. Signed by the author, who has
added the last line of this novel as follows, “And there the
wicked old witch stayed for a good long time.” “And did
she ever come out?” “Not yet.” Gregory Maguire”. The
author has also added a drawing of the wicked witch. Near
fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light shelfwear. $650
“And there the wicked old witch stayed for a good long time.”
“And did she ever come out?” “Not yet.”
69. Mailer, Norman.
The Naked and the Dead.
New York: Rinehart, 1948.
First edition of the author’s first book, one of the great novels of
World War II, and one of the top hundred classics of the last
century. Thick octavo. Signed by Mailer on the title page. Some
rubbing to the boards as usual, else near fine in a fine first issue
dust jacket.
$6,200
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70. Malamud, Bernard.
The Fixer.
New York: FSG, 1966.
First edition of the author’s fourth novel that went on to win the National
Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine
price clipped dust jacket that shows light wear to the spine. Signed by the
author on the half title page.
$1,250
71. Malamud, Bernard.
The Natural.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1952.
First edition of the author’s first book, and one of the
greatest baseball novels of all time. Extremities slightly
faded, else near fine in the gray binding [one of three
red, blue and gray, with no priority established] in a
near fine dust jacket that shows just a touch of soiling.
Inscribed by the author: “For Brad Arnold with sincere good wishes Bern Malamud
Christmas, 1955 Corvallis, Oregon”. Housed in a custom half leather clamshell box.
“A brilliant and unusually fine novel.” [The New York Times]
$7,000
“We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that.
Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.”
- The Natural
72. Matheson, Richard.
I Am Legend.
New York: Walker, 1954.
First hardcover edition of the author’s third novel, preceded by the
paperback original. Octavo, original white boards. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows only light wear. Signed by the author on the
title page. Later adapted to film as The Last Man on Earth in 1964, as The
Omega Man in 1971, and as I Am Legend in 2007.
$950
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73. Miller Jr., Walter M.
A Canticle For Leibowitz.
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1959.
First edition of the author’s award-winning work. Octavo. Fine in a very
good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, “For Ben Best Regards Walter
Miller Jr. 5-28-60”. “An extraordinary novel ... Prodigiously imaginative,
richly comic, terrifyingly grim, profound both intellectually and
morally, and, above all ... simply such a memorable story as to stay with
the reader for years.” [Chicago Tribune]. Books inscribed by Walter
Miller Jr. are fairly uncommon, even more so in the year of
publication.
$8,000
“To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society
and Caesar. But then they became the only ends, somehow, and the only basis of law—a
perversion. Inevitably, then, in seeking only them, we found only their opposites:
maximum suffering and minimum security.”
- Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz
74. Malaparte, Curzio.
Kaputt.
New York: Dutton, 1946.
First edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice copy of this classic
Malaparte work.
$175
75. Matthiessen, Peter.
Shadow Country.
New York: Modern Library, 2008.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed
by the author on the title page.
$500
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76. McCarthy, Cormac.
Suttree.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of the author’s fourth novel and what
many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original half
cloth. Some light fading to the extremities, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket
that shows light wear to the extremities. Inscribed by the author, “For Phil Auerbach
with best wishes Cormac McCarthy”. A very sharp copy of this McCarthy highspot,
with many copies bearing the slug of the dreaded remainder mark, this copy is clean
as a whistle.
$12,500
“But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse”
- Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
77. McCullers, Carson.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940.
First edition with the date on the title page of the author’s
first novel and masterpiece. Octavo. Fine in a very good
dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper.
$9,000
“How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the
souls of those who are left behind?”
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
78. Merwin, W.S.; Foreword by W.H. Auden.
A Mask For Janus.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952.
First edition of the poet’s first book. Octavo. Light wear to the bottom boards,
else near fine in a very good dust jacket. Signed by the author.
$1,250
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79. Miller, Arthur.
A View from the Bridge.
New York: Viking Press, 1955.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Light wear, else fine in a very good
dust jacket that shows some light wear to the crown and foot of the spine.
Signed by the author on the title page.
$975
80. Morrison, Toni.
The Bluest Eye.
New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1970.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by
Morrison on the title page. Fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket that shows a
single tear.
$3,500
“It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes, those eyes that held
the pictures, and knew the sights—if those eyes of hers were different, that is to
say, beautiful, she herself would be different.” - The Bluest Eye
81. Murakami, Haruki.
Norwegian Wood.
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1989.
First editions in English of the author’s most well- known work. Both
volumes are fine in near fine jackets. Each volume is signed by Murakami
on the title page. The novel is a nostalgic story of loss and sexuality. The
story’s protagonist and narrator is Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his
days as a freshman university student living in Tokyo. Through Toru’s
reminiscences we see him develop relationships with two very different
women — the beautiful yet emotionally troubled Naoko, and the outgoing,
lively Midori. The novel is set in Tokyo during the late 1960s, a time when Japanese students, like those of many
other nations, were protesting against the established order. While it serves as the backdrop against which the
events of the novel unfold, Murakami (through the eyes of Toru and Midori) portrays the student movement as
largely weak-willed and hypocritical. Murakami adapted the first section of the novel from an earlier short story,
“Firefly.” The story was subsequently included in the collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.
$3,500
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82. Naipaul, V.S.
A Bend in the River.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1979.
First edition. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. Listed by
Modern Library as one of the 100 great novels of the twentieth century.
$1,250
“After all, we make ourselves according to the
ideas we have of our possibilities.”
- A Bend in the River
83. A House For Mr. Biswas.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus; listed on both Modern Library and
Time’s 100 great novels of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed
by the author. Fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some light wear to the
crown. This copy has the rare wrap around band that reads “V.S Naipaul Winner
of the Somerset Maugham Award”. We have never seen another copy with this
band.
$9,500
84. Paton, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo.
Original beige cloth with titles to the spine in brown.
Inscribed by the author, “Signed for ____ _____ Alan
Paton 11 Sept 1987”. Light wear, else fine in a near fine
dust jacket. A sharp copy of an important work, rarely encountered signed.
$3,500
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85. Rankin, Ian.
Knots & Crosses.
London: Bodley Head, 1987.
First edition of the author’s first Inspector Rebus mystery.
Octavo. Red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by
Rankin who has additionally added the words, “Rebus, unable to move, decided it was safe to go to sleep now.” Also
Rankin has added his knots & crosses motif.
$4,750
“Rebus, unable to move, decided it was
safe to go to sleep now.”
86. Robinson, Marilynne.
The Death of Adam.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
First edition. Octavo. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A
thought provoking collection from this Pulitzer Prize winning novelist
and one of our finest.
$400
87. Roth, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959.
First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book
Award. Signed by the author on the title page. Light wear, else near fine in
an excellent dust jacket that shows some of the usual toning to the spine.
Saul Bellow wrote upon review of Goodbye, Columbus, “Unlike those of us
who come howling into the world, blind and bare, Mr. Roth appears with
nails, hair, teeth, speaking coherently. He is skilled, witty, energetic and
performs like a virtuoso.” A great work by this prize winning author who
has won virtually all the major literary awards extant; excluding the One.
$3,250
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88. Rushdie, Salman.
Midnight’s Children.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
First British edition of the author’s Booker Prize- winning novel and breakthrough work. Near fine in a
near fine very lightly spine faded price clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author.
Listed on Modern Library’s 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. A very nice
copy of this so- called “Booker of Bookers”.
$3,250
89. Saramago, Jose.
Blindness.
Orlando: Harcourt, 1997.
First American edition of the author’s novel on the order
of Camus’ “The Plague”. Octavo. Original boards with
titles to the spine in silver. Signed and dated by
Saramago. Fine in a fine dust jacket. In awarding the
Nobel Prize to the author, the committee gave this citation, “who with parables
sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once
again to apprehend an elusory reality”. Certainly with this novel in mind. Made
into the film bearing the same name directed by Fernando Meirelles and starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo.
$975
90. Terra do Pecado.
Lisboa: Minerva Editorial, 1947.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo. Original illustrated wrappers as issued. In Good Condition.
Signed and dated and Saramago who has added
“Lanzarote”, the Spanish island where the author lived
the last couple of decades of his life. The author eventually was praised forty years later with the publication of
Baltasar and Blimunda, The Year and Death of Ricardo
Reis, among others. Very rare, especially signed.
$7,500
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91. Schulberg, Budd.
What Makes Sammy Run?
New York: Random House, 1941.
First edition. Octavo. Original cloth. Lengthily
inscribed and dated by the author who has added
the last lines of this classic novel as follows, “It
was a terrifying and wonderful document, the
record of where Sammy ran, and if you looked
behind the picture, and between the lines you
might even discover what made him run, Budd
Schulberg”. Fine in a very good dust jacket with
some professional restoration.
$5,500
“It was a terrifying and wonderful document, the record of where
Sammy ran, and if you looked behind the picture, and between the
lines you might even discover what made him run”
92. Simon, Claude.
La Route Des Flandres [The Flanders Road].
Paris: Les Editions De Minuit, 1960.
First edition, first printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s magnum
opus. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition showing only
light toning to the spine. Inscribed by the author, “Pour Mademaiselle
Allot hommage de l’auteur Claude Simon”.
$750
93. Smith, Betty.
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943
First edition f the author’s classic first novel. Octavo,
original green cloth. Fine in a very good first issue dust jacket that shows some
shows some wear and a chip to the front panel, but presents well overall. A
profoundly moving novel, and an honest and a true one. It cuts right to the heart of
life.” [Orville Prescott, New York Times] A pleasing copy of this book, rare signed
and inscribed.
$9,500
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94. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander.
The Gulag Archipelago.
New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
Uncorrected galley proof of the first edition of the Nobel Prizewinning author’s classic work. Inscribed and dated by Solzhenitsyn
in 1978. Original loose galley as issued. In very good condition
with some moisture damage to the title page.
$7,500
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and
destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human
being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
- The Gulag Archipelago
95. One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich.
London: Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo,
original red cloth. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket
that shows light shelfwear. Inscribed and dated by the
author in March 1978 in his entire hand. A very rare
signed copy of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s
classic work.
$9,500
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96. Steinbeck, John.
Travels with Charley.
New York: Viking Press, 1962.
First edition. Octavo. Fine in a fine price- clipped
dust jacket [not an issue point]. Inscribed by the
author on the half title page, “For/ Dorline/ with
welsh rats/ from/ John and Charley Steinbeck.”
Steinbeck used the term welsh rats in two of his
novels. In Winter of Our Discontent, Ethan Hawley’s
Great Aunt mispronounced the word weltschmerz as
“welsh rats.”
$5,500
97. Stoppard, Tom.
The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Salvage, Voyage.
New York: Grove Press, 2003.
First editions of each volume that comprise the author’s award- winning
play. Octavo, 3 volumes. Original cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Each
are in fine condition and each are signed by the author. With the slipcase,
which is fine as well.
$850
98. Tan, Amy.
The Joy Luck Club.
New York: Putnam’s Sons, 1989.
First edition of the author’s most well known work. Octavo,
original half cloth. Inscribed by the author, “To Bob, Only you
and I know what your true contribution to this book was....Amy
Tan”. An excellent copy in a near fine dust jacket that shows light
wear.
$475
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99. Thompson, Hunter S.
Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga.
New York: Random House, 1967.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black
cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear
to the extremities. Inscribed by Thompson, “To Warren stay
sober (unlike present company) H S Thompson Doc”. A very
sharp copy, rather uncommon inscribed. “Thompson has
presented us with a close view of a world most of us would never encounter. His language is
brilliant, his eye remarkable.” (The New York Times Book Review).
$8,500
100. Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72.
San Francisco: Arrow Books, 1973.
First edition of the author’s third book. Octavo, original black boards. Signed by
Hunter Thompson and the subject, George McGovern. Fine in a near fine first
issue dust jacket with the $6.95 price and the white boarder around the
photograph of Thompson and McGovern on the back panel.
$4,500
101. Tolkien, J.R.R.
The Hobbit or There and
Back Again.
Boston: Houghton
Mifflin,1938.
First American edition with all
first issue points present.
Elegantly rebound in full
morocco. In fine condition. Map
endpapers present.
$4,000
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102. Updike, John.
The Poorhouse Fair.
New York: Knopf, 1958.
First edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo. Fine in a
fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to journalist David
Hebworth.
$950
103. Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest.
New York: Knopf, 1960, 1971, 1981, 1990.
First editions of each of the four volumes that comprise the Rabbit quartet. Octavos,
4 volumes. Rabbit, Run is inscribed by the author; as is Rabbit Redux. Rabbit Is Rich
and Rabbit At Rest are signed by the author.
Also laid in is a note from the author that
reads, “For ____ ______ My own tiny
contribution to Semitic studies. With
admiration and affection, John”. Each are
very good to fine condition in the dust
jackets.
$2,750
So tall, he seems an unlikely Rabbit,
but the breadth of his white face, the
pallor of his blue irises, and a nervous flutter under his brief nose as
he stabs a cigarette into his mouth
partially explain the nickname,
which was given to him when he too
was a boy.
104. Vidal, Gore.
Williwaw.
New York: Dutton, 1946.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in
a near fine dust jacket that shows only light wear. Signed by the author on the
title page.
$1,250
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105. Vonnegut Jr., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth. Signed by the author with a
self-caricature. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
$975
106. Slaughterhouse-Five Or The Children’s Crusade.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed
by Vonnegut with a self-caricature. Fine in a fine dust jacket that does
not show the usual toning to the spine. “Kurt Vonnegut knows all the
tricks of the writing game. So he has not even tried to describe the
bombing. Instead he has written around it in a highly imaginative,
often funny, nearly psychedelic story. The story is sandwiched
between an autobiographical introduction and epilogue.” (The New
York Times)
$7,500
107. Wallace, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
New York: Viking Press, 1987.
First edition of the author’s first book, which had a first printing run of 1300
copies. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
“Daring, hilarious... a zany picaresque adventure of contemporary America run
amok.” [The New York Times].
$3,000
108. Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little Brown, 1996.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo. Signed by the author on
the title page. Fine in the fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on
the back panel.
$1,350
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109. Wiesel, Elie.
Night.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960.
First English edition of the author’s most well known work. Fine in fine dust
jacket with a fresh non-tanned spine. Signed by the author, “Shalom Elie Wiesel”.
$5,500
110. Yates, Richard.
Revolutionary Road.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1961.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo. Original half red
cloth. Inscribed and dated by Yates on the front end page. Fine in a
fine price-clipped dust jacket. “The Great Gatsby of my time. One of
the best books written by a member of my generation.” [Kurt
Vonnegut] “If more is needed to make a masterpiece in modern American fiction I don’t
know what it is.” [Tennessee Williams] Chosen by Time as one of the 100 best Englishlanguage novels from 1923 to the present.
$4,500
“It’s a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes
in anything except their own comfortable little God damn mediocrity.”
-Revolutionary Road
111. Eleven Kinds of Loneliness.
Boston: Little Brown, 1962.
First edition of the author’s second book, a collection of
short stories. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a
very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, “For Jim
Brady/ In mutual admiration for/ Andre Dubus./ Dick
Yates/ February 1, 1987”.
$1,250
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Literature
112. Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,
1879.
Octavo, 12 volumes. Complete set
of Hawthorne’s works. Three quarter
leather over marbled boards. In excellent
near fine condition.
$1,200
113. Kipling, Rudyard.
Captains Courageous.
London: Macmillan, 1897.
First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth elegantly stamped in gilt. In very good
condition. Without the rare dust jacket. Illustrations by I.W. Taber.
Contemporary book plate.
$650
114. MacDonald, George.
Works of Fancy and Imagination.
London: Strahan and Co., 1871.
10 volumes. Complete set of the First
Collected Edition of MacDonald’s
works. Original green cloth with gilt
titles and gilt tooling to spines; gilt
panelling to upper boards, all edges
gilt. In very good condition. Owner’s
inscription on the half title page of
volume one.
$1,500
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Literature
115. Rabelais, Francois.
Oeuvres De Maitre Francois Rabelais, suivies des Remarques publiees en
anglois par M. le Motteux, et traduites en francois par C. D. M. Nouvelle
edition ornee de 76 gravures.
Paris: Chez Ferdinand Bastien, 1798.
First edition illustrated. Octavo, three volumes. In
good condition, all edges gilt, tooling to the spine,
expertly rebacked. All plates present. An attractive set.
$1,150
116. Sterne, Laurence.
The Works of Laurence Sterne: The Life and
Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
London: W. Strahan, 1780.
Octavo, 10 volumes. In very good condition with gilt
tooling to the spines. Bookplate of Buchanan Washbourn of
each volume.
$1,250
117. Wharton, Edith.
The Valley of Decision, The Fruit of the Tree, The Custom of the Country, Summer, Mother’s Recompence, Twilight Sleep, The Children, Xingu, Here and Beyond.
First editions of Wharton’s The Valley of
Decision [2 volumes] The Fruit of the Tree,
The Custom of the Country, Summer, The
Marne, Mother’s Recompence, Twilight
Sleep, The Children, Xingu, Here and
Beyond, A Motor-Flight Through France.
Octavo, 10 volumes, rebound, gilt tooled,
topstain gilt.
$1,200
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Children’s books
118. Adams, Richard.
Watership Down.
London: Rex Collings, 1972.
First edition of the author’s first and most beloved book. Inscribed by the
author, “with the author’s best wishes, Richard Adams, and he has also added
a quote from the book, “Underground the story continued”. Octavo. Brown
cloth with gilt to spine. Light wear, else near fine in an excellent dust jacket.
$4,200
“Underground the story continued”
119. Baum, L. Frank; illustrated by John R. Neill.
Sky Island.
Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1912.
First edition, First issue with the ads on the verso of half title naming the 2-6th
Oz titles plus John Dough. In near fine condition with only light wear to the
extremities.
$750
120. Banks, Lynne Reid Banks.
The Indian In The Cupboard.
London: J.M. Dent, 1980.
First edition of the author’s most beloved title and one that has went on to
sell over 10 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Lynne Reid
Banks. Fine in a fine dust jacket with only light shelfwear to the dust jacket.
$1,500
42
Children’s books
121. Briggs, Raymond.
The Snowman.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978.
First edition. Folio, original illustrated boards. In very good
condition. Signed by the author on the title page.
$400
122. Cooper, Susan.
The Dark is Rising Series: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King;
Silver on the Tree.
London: Jonathan Cape 19651977.
First editions of each book in
the Dark is Rising Sequence
[not the more common
American firsts]. The series
is based on the Arthurian
myths and depicts the struggle
between the forces of good,
called The Light, and the
forces of evil, known as The
Dark. Each copy is signed or
inscribed by the author. Each
are in excellent condition in
dust jacket.
$8,500
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“So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you
can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.”
- Roald Dahl
123. Dahl, Roald.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
New York: Knopf, 1964.
First edition, first issue, with the six line colophon
on the last page. Signed by Dahl on the front free endpaper. Octavo,
original publishers red cloth with blind stamped title to the front board,
spine lettered in gilt. Fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some
light wear to the foot of the spine and to the extremities. One of the
most enduring post war children’s books and timeless classic.
$14,500
124. Falconer, Ian.
Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia and the Missing Toy, Olivia Forms a Band, Olivia Helps With
Christmas [Signed Set].
New York: Atheneum, 2000-2006.
First edition, first printings of each of the five Olivia books. The set comprises of Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus,
Olivia and the Missing Toy, Olivia Forms A Band, and Olivia Helps With Christmas. Each copy is signed by the
author, “From Olivia!
and Ian Falconer”.
Each copy is fine in
a fine jacket. A very
nice set with a nice
inscription.
$3,000
44
Children’s books
125. Hinton, S.E.
The Outsiders.
New York: Viking, 1967.
First edition of the author’s first book published when she was only
seventeen years of age. Octavo. Black cloth with title gilt spine. Fine
in near fine dust jacket that shows only light wear. Inscribed by the
author, “Stay Gold S.E. Hinton”. Basis for the acclaimed Francis Ford
Coppola film starring Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe and Diane Lane.
$3,250
126. Juster, Norton; Feiffer, Jules.
Phantom Tollbooth.
New York: Epstein & Carroll, 1961.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original blue cloth. Fine
in a very good first issue dust jacket that shows some chipping. Signed
by the author, “From the Lands Beyond Norton Juster”. Also signed
by Jules Feiffer, the illustrator.
$3,000
127. King-Smith, Dick.
Babe: The Gallant Pig.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1983.
First American edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Fine in a
fine dust jacket. Lengthily inscribed by Dick King-Smith (6 line
inscription). Basis for the 1995 motion picture bearing the same
name.
$750
45
Children’s books
128. L’Engle, Madeleine.
A Wrinkle In Time.
New York: Ariel Books, 1962.
First edition of the author’s Newbury award winning
novel. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Inscribed
by the author, “For Sam, Tesser Well Madeleine
L’Engle”. Light wear to the bottom boards, else near fine in a very near
fine dust jacket that shows some light wear and a closed tear to the
front panel. Without the Newbury Award winning seal to the front
panel.
$14,500
“But you see, Meg, just because we don’t understand doesn’t mean that the explanation
doesn’t exist.”
- A Wrinkle in Time
129. Leaf, Munro; Illustrated By Robert Lawson.
The Story of Ferdinand.
New York: Viking, 1936.
First edition of this classic work.
Warmly inscribed by Munro
Leaf. Near fine in a near fine price
clipped dust jacket that shows
some of the usual fading to the
spine and a small chip to the front
panel. One of the most sought
after children’s book of the
twentieth century, particularly scarce in this condition and
signed.
$9,500
46
Children’s books
130. Lewis, C. S.
The Chronicles of Narnia Set: The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage
of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last
Battle.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950 - 1956.
First editions of each of the Chronicles of Narnia. Octavo, 7 Volumes. The set comprises of The Lion the Witch
and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy,
The Magician’s Nephew, and The Last Battle. Each are in lovely condition with only light wear in their original
jackets, with only The Silver Chair being lightly restored. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is from the library
of Walter Hooper, the literary executor of C.S. Lewis, with his name on the front endpaper. The Silver Chair is
signed by the illustrator of this volume Pauline Baynes.
$42,000
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is
not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age
of fifty and beyond.”
- C.S. Lewis
47
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131. Sendak, Maurice.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
First edition. Oblong quarto. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper boards show very light rubbing to the extremities in a near fine dust jacket which has some very minor
restoration at extremities. This is the correct first state of
the jacket with no mention of the Caldecott award, and a
$3.50 price at top of front flap (lower corner of front flap
clipped as in all copies).
$13,500
“And now,” cried Max, “let the wild rumpus start!”
- Where the Wild Things Are
132. Happy Hanukah Everybody.
New York: United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, 1955.
First edition of this early Sendak title; finely illustrated on each page.
Folio. Signed by Maurice Sendak. In Very Good Condition, in illustrated boards [no dust jacket was issued].
$2,250
48
Children’s books
133. Snicket, Lemony (AKA Daniel Handler).
A Series of Unfortunate Events Set: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window,
The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile
Hospital,The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope, The End.
New York: Harper Trophy, 1999-2006.
First editions of each of
Lemony Snicket’s Series
of Unfortunate Events.
Each are signed, dated
and embossed by
Lemony Snicket. Each
of the thirteen volumes
are in fine condition.
$6,000
134. Thompson, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise At Christmastime, Eloise In Moscow.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955-1959.
First editions of each of the four Eloise titles. Quarto, 4 volumes. Each are signed by the illustrator, Hilary
Knight. Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
$4,000
49
Children’s books
135. Schulz, Charles M.
A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1968.
First edition of the author’s
beloved Christmas title and
later filmed for television,
which was later honored
with both an Emmy and Peabody Award. Near fine in a
very good dust jacket. Signed
“Best wishes Charles M.
Schulz”. Uncommon, signed.
$2,500
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind
don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”
- Dr. Seuss
136. Seuss, Dr.
The Cat in the Hat.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition, first issue, octavo, original
illustrated unlaminated boards. Inscribed
by the author, “For Sandra Robertson Best
Wishes to a fascinating girl who loves
cats from Dr. Seuss (and the cat)”. Boards
slightly rubbed as usual else near fine in
an excellent dust jacket that shows minor
wear to the extremities. All issue points
present: price of 200/200 on the dust jacket, no mention of the “Beginner Books”
series on the rear panel, and has four paragraphs of educator’s reviews on rear panel.
Book contains a single signature and 61
pages with a message on final page before
end paper contained in an outline of the
cat’s hat & head.
$15,000
50
Children’s Books
137. Tudor, Tasha.
The Christmas Cat.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1976.
First edition. Signed by Tasha Tudor. Fine in a fine dust
jacket.
$400
138. Corgiville Christmas.
Ashville, NC: Front Street Press, 2002.
First edition. Oblong. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Tasha Tudor on the front free endpaper. A wonderfully
illustrated work, featuring the imaginary Corgiville town.
$275
139. A is for Annabelle.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
First edition. Signed by Tasha Tudor on the front end page. Fine in a near
fine dust jacket with only the lightest of wear.
$750
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nonfiction
140. Bayle, Pierre.
A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical: in which a new and accurate translation of that of the
celebrated Mr Bayle is included . By the Reverend Mr. John Peter Bernard, the Reverend Mr Thomas
Birch, Mr John Lockman, and other hands.
London: James Bettenham, 1734.
Folio, 10 volumes. An excellent set in very good condition. Title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary
panelled calf, titles to the spine in gilt. Gilt tooling on both
front and back panels. An attractive set.
$3,000
141. Campbell, Joseph.
The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
New York: Pantheon, 1949.
First edition of the author’s seminal work. Octavo. Original boards. Light
wear, else near fine in a very good dust jacket. Signed by the author. Campbell explores the theory that important myths from around the world
which have survived for thousands of years all share a fundamental structure, which Campbell called the monomyth. Campbell’s theory has been
consciously applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists, among
them the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas.
$4,500
142. Erasmus, Desiderius (Erasme).
Opus de Conscribendis Epistolis.
Coloniae: Iohannem Gymnicum, 1529.
Rare edition, a sound, complete copy, lacking only the
final blank. Title within pictorial woodcut border. Octavo,
contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, dated 1534 in blind, brass clasps, minor stains and soiling and
some early penned marginalia. Also bound in are three
additional works, De Civilitate Morum Puerilium; Plutarch. De Liberis Educandis; and Horatius Flaccus.
$6,000
52
Economics and Finance
143. Arrow, Kenneth J.
Social Choice and Individual Values.
New York: Wiley, 1951.
First edition of the economist’s ground breaking work. Octavo. Blue cloth
with titles and frontispiece in gilt. Fine in a near fine price clipped dust
jacket. Inscribed by the author, “with best wishes”. Uncommon in this
condition as the dust jacket usually shows heavy wear.
$4,500
144. Bernstein, Peter.
Economist on Wall Street: Notes on the Sanctity of Gold, the Value of
Money, the Security of Investments, and Other Delusions.
New York: Macmillan, 1970.
First edition, First Printing. Octavo, original orange
cloth. Inscribed by the author, “For ____ in
sincerest friendship and respect. Peter”. Fine in a fine
dust jacket.
$100
145. Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street.
New York: Free Press, 1992.
First edition of the author’s most well known work. Octavo. Inscribed by the author, “For _______, May your
ideas be always productive Peter Bernstein”. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
$600
146. Carret, Philip L.
The Art of Speculation.
New York: Barron’s, 1927.
First edition of the Wall Street legend’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Inscribed by the author on the front end page. In very good
condition. Warren Buffett said of Carret that he had “the best long term investment
record of anyone I know”. Rare signed and inscribed.
$4,500
53
Economics and Finance
147. Ferguson, Niall.
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World.
New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
First edition. Octavo. Fine in a near fine jacket that shows light wear to the
crown and foot of the spine. Signed by the author on the title page.
$125
148. Fisher, Philip A.
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits.
New York: Harper & Row, 1958.
First edition of one of the most well-known investment books of all
time. Octavo. Original boards. Inscribed by Philip Fisher on the front
end page. Light wear to the boards, else fine in a near fine bright dust
jacket with trivial wear. We have never seen another signed copy. Most
desirable signed and inscribed of this investing cornerstone.
Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. He
was one of the intellectual fathers of Warren Buffet, who stated “I
sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits...A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by
using Phil’s techniques...enables one to make intelligent investment
commitments.”
$15,000
149. Friedman, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth.
Fine in a near fine rare dust jacket. Signed by both authors, Milton
Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
$5,500
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Economics and Finance
Governments never learn. Only people learn.
- Milton Friedman
150. Friedman, Milton.
Capitalism And Freedom.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.
First edition of the economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine
in a very good dust jacket. Selected by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the
“hundred most influential books since the war”
$2,500
151. Galbraith, John Kenneth.
A Life In Our Times.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original red boards. Inscribed by the
author in the year of publication, “For Avis with my great love
for all those kind words that I like so unnaturedly well.” John
Kenneth Galbraith”. The recipient was book editor Avis Devoto
and later confidant to Julia Child. A near fine copy in a very
good dust jacket.
$125
152. George, Henry
Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry Into the Causes of Industrial Depressions
and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth. The Remedy.
New York: D. Appleton, 1880.
First trade edition of this influential treatise. Octavo. Original cloth. In very good
plus condition that shows light wear to the extremities. A very sharp copy of an
important book.
$650
55
Economics and Finance
Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want
excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. - Paul Samuelson
153. Keynes, John Meynard.
A Treatise on Probability.
London: MacMillan, 1921.
First edition. Octavo. Original brown cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. In very
good condition with some general wear to the extremities and some underlining in
pencil.
$1,250
154. Leontief, Wassily
Input-Output Economics
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966
First edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo. Original Cloth.
Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows only light wear. Signed by the author.
Leontief was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his work on input-output
tables.
$2,250
155. Markowitz, Harry M.
Portfolio Selection.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1959.
First edition of the economist’s work which revolutionized modern investment
theory and practice. Original blue cloth. Inscribed by the author. Light wear,
else near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the spine.
Rare.
$6,500
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Economics and Finance
156. Samuelson, Paul A. [Edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz; Robert C. Merton; Hiroaki Nagatni; Kate Crowley
The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul A. Samuelson. Volumes I-V.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1966-1986.
First editions of each volume of the collected papers of Nobel Prizewinning economists papers. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth. Each
are near fine in very good dust jackets. Each volume is signed by Paul
A. Samuelson; volumes I & II are signed by fellow Nobel Prize-winning
economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, who served as editor of these volumes. “It
is a measure of Professor Samuelson’s preeminence that the sheer scale
of his work should be so much taken for granted,” observes a reviewer
in the “Economist” who goes on to note that “a cynic might add that
it would have been better for Professor Samuelson to write less merely
to give others a chance to write at all.”In fact, Samuelson’s output, his
“extraordinary mastery of methods, both mathematical and linguistic”
(review of Volume 4 of “The Collected Scientific Papers”), have not
diminished. Volumes 1 through 4 encompass more than 280 articles.
The first two contain virtually all of Samuelson’s contributions to economic theory through mid-1964; Volume 3 contains all the scientific papers written from
mid-1964 through 1970, and the last volume brings his work up to through 1976. A very
attractive set, scarce signed.
$6,500
157. Von Mises, Ludwig.
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.
London: William Hodge, 1949.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus and classic work. Octavo. Original
green cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that
shows very light wear. Signed and dated by Ludwig Von Mises. One of the
most important works of economic or social theory written in the twentieth
century and also serves as the most important defense of laissez faire
capitalism.
$12,500
158. Washburn, Watson; De Long, Edmund S.
High and Low Financiers: Some Notorious Swindlers and Their Abuses of Our
Modern Stock Selling System.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merril, 1932.
First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
$175
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History and Politics
159. Chomsky, Noam and Howard Zinn.
The Pentagon Papers. The Senator Gravel Edition, Volume 5:
Critical Essays: Edited By Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn .
Boston: Beacon Press, 1972.
First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth. Fine in an excellent dust
jacket that shows light wear to the spine extremities. Signed by both
Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn on the title page.
$750
160. Churchill, Winston S.
A History of the English Speaking Peoples: Volumes 1-4.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1956-1958.
First American editions, first printings of each of the four volumes
of this set. The American edition was published simultaneously with
the UK edition and is far less often seen than its English counterpart,
especially in such condition. Octavo. Original boards. All are fine in
very good to near fine dust jackets, with unclipped $6.00 prices. All
four volumes state “First Edition” on the copyright page, not to be
confused with the more common book club edition.
$250
161. Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Bill Clinton.
Living History.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003.
First edition. Octavo. Black boards with gilt titles to the spine. Fine
in a fine dust jacket. Signed by both Hillary Rodham Clinton and
former President Clinton on the title page.
$950
58
History and Politics
162. Coolidge, Calvin.
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929.
Fourth trade edition. Original green cloth. Inscribed by the
author, “Cordially Calvin Coolidge”. In very good condition.
$600
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no
development physically or intellectually without
effort, and effort means work.”
- Calvin Coolidge
163. Foote, Shelby.
The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville;
Fredericksburg to Meridian; Red River to Appomattox.
New York: Random House, 1958-1974.
First editions of the author’s
authoritative text on The Civil
War. Octavo, 3 volumes.
Inscribed in each of the volumes
to professor and friend of Foote,
Jim Meriwether. Each are near
fine to fine in near fine dust
jackets. “His mission was to tell
what he considered America’s
biggest story as a vast, finely
detailed, deeply human
narrative… A model of what
military history can be” (New
York Times). Complete sets of
the Civil War inscribed by Foote
are exceptionally scarce.
$17,500
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History and Politics
164. Friedan, Betty.
The Feminine Mystique.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1963.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original boards.
Lightest of wear to the extremities, else fine in a very good dust
jacket. Inscribed by the author.
$1,250
165. Halberstam, David.
The Best and the Brightest.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo. Signed by the author on the
title page. Fine in a very near fine jacket that shows only a touch of wear. “The
most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. . . It is
also The Iliad of the American empire and The Odyssey of this nation’s search
for its idealistic soul.” (The Boston Globe).
$650
166. Hayek, Friedrich A. [F.A.]
The Constitution of Liberty.
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1960.
First edition of the economist’s influential work. In it Hayek restates the ideals of freedom that he believes have guided, and must continue to guide, the
growth of Western civilization. Octavo. Original boards with gilt title to the
spine. An excellent copy in a fine dust jacket.
$750
60
History and Politics
167. Heilbroner, Robert L.
The Worldly Philosophers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.
First edition. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket with some very minor
creases to the spine. Inscribed by the author to John Kenneth Galbraith,
“For John, with many thanks Robert Heilbroner”. A wonderful association
between these two economists. A classic economic text that has sold more
than 4 million copies world wide.
$4,500
168. Mandela, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom.
London: Little Brown, 1994.
First English Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by Mandela to a
fellow South African politician, “To ______ __________,
Compliments and Best Wishes, Nelson Mandela”. Fine in a
fine dust jacket. Nelson Mandela has received more than 250
awards over four decades, including the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1993, the Order of Merit and Order of St. John by, Queen
Elizabeth II and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from
George W. Bush. “Mandela rightly occupies an untouched
place in the South African imagination. He is the national
liberator, the saviour, its Washington and Lincoln rolled into
one”. (Newsweek).
$7,500
169. Myrdal, Gunnar.
American Dilemma
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944.
First edition in one volume, preceded by the 2 volume set of the
author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo. Original green cloth with
titles to the spine in gilt. Very good in a good dust jacket. Signed
and dated by the author in 1965.
$1,250
61
History and Politics
170. Morris, Edmund.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Colonel
Roosevelt.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979, Random House,
2001, 2010.
First editions of each of the titles that comprise the author’s acclaimed “Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy”. Octavo, original boards.
Each are signed by the author. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt is
near fine in a very good dust jacket. Both Theodore Rex and Colonel Roosevelt are fine in fine dust jackets.
$850
171. Obama, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1995.
First edition. Octavo. Boldly signed by Barack Obama. Fine in a fine dust
jacket. A sharp signed copy of this title. The initial print run was 7,500
copies.
$9,000
172. Schlesinger, Arthur M.
A Thousand Days.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a very good
first state dust jacket priced at $9.00. Inscribed by the author. A
Thousand Days is “at once a masterly literary achievement and a
work of major historical significance” (New York Times). One of
the few now classic works regarding the Kennedy White House
years.
$750
62
Science and Natural history
173. Crick, Francis and Watson, James D.
The Nature of Viruses: The Biophysics and Biochemistry of Viruses
(CIBA Foundation Symposium).
Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1957.
First edition, signed by both Watson and
Crick on their seminal paper, ‘Virus
Structure: General Principles’. The paper
was presented at the 1956 Ciba Foundation symposium and the principles
of virus structure that they presented here have been amply confirmed and
universally accepted. Fine in a dust jacket that shows a chip to the crown of
the spine and some overall light wear. Scarce signed by both of these Nobel
laureates.
$6,500
174. Dawkins, Richard.
The Selfish Gene.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1976.
First British edition, first printing. Octavo, black cloth. Signed by Richard
Dawkins on the title page. Unmarked bookplate to the inside gutter partially
covered by the jacket flap, else fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows just a
touch of wear to the spine crown.
$1,500
175. Dillard, Annie.
Pilgrim At Tinker Creek.
New York: Harper’s Magazine Press, 1974.
First edition with all points present of the author’s Pulitzer Prize
winning work. Octavo, original brown cloth with gilt letters to
the spine. Signed by the author. Near fine in a near fine dust
jacket that shows just a touch of wear. Listed on Modern
Library’s 100 great nonfiction books of the twentieth century.
$475
63
Science and Natural history
176. Einstein, Albert.
Out Of My Later Years.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1950.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Light wear, else fine in a very good dust
jacket. Signed and dated “A. Einstein 1950”. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist’s
collection of articles and speeches from the previous fifteen years.
$3,750
177. Fourcroy, Antoine-Francois De.
Systeme des Connaissances Chimiques, et de leurs
applications aux phénomènes de la nature et de l’art..
Paris, An IX-X, 1800-01.
First ectavo edition, published simultaneously with an edition
in quarto format. Contemporary vellum, gilt lettered spine-labels, 10 volumes in 5. With the stamped signatures of Fourcroy
and the publisher on verso of titles for authentication purposes,
and the publisher’s voucher for the separately published index
tipped in Volume I. Institutional stamps on titles, generally very
clean. Fourcroy’s magnum opus.
$2,000
178. Gould, Stephen Jay.
The Mismeasure of Man.
New York: Norton, 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the
author on the title page. Named by Modern Library as on of the top 100 non-fiction
books of the twentieth century.
$450
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“We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more
extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the
denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.”
- The Mismeasure of Man
Science and Natural history
179. Hovey, Charles M.
The Fruits of America.
New York & Boston: 1852 & 1856.
First editions of the first major American work which utilized the process of
chromolithography. Octavo, 2 Volumes. With 96 full page plates. Contemporary
three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. This set was the
property of the renowned Bostonian merchant and patron, Gardner Brewer, and
contain both his bookplate and signature. A very good set. The most beautiful
American work on fruits produced in the 19th century, illustrated with ninetysix beautiful chromolithographed plates by the firm of William Sharp of Boston.
Hovey was a nurseryman of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a leading writer on
horticultural topics.
$8,500
180. Kornberg, Arthur.
The Golden Helix: Inside Biotech Ventures.
Dulles, Virginia: University Science Books, 1995.
First edition. Octavo. Fine in a fine jacket. Inscribed by the author. Kornberg,
along with Severo Ochoa, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959 with the
citation reading, ‘for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological
synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic’.
$275
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Science and Natural history
181. Mandelbrot, Benoit.
Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension.
San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1977.
First edition of the mathematician’s ground-breaking work. Quarto.
Light wear, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows a closed
tear to the crown of the spine. Inscribed by the author. Until Mandelbrot, most mathematicians believed the irregular shapes found in
nature were too fragmented or amorphous to be described mathematically. However in the 1960s and 1970s, Mandelbrot developed his
concept of fractal geometry,
which helped bring order
to complex problems in
physics, biology, and even
financial markets.
$2,250
182. Watson, James D.
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.
New York: Atheneum, 1968.
First edition of the author’s ground breaking work regarding the
discovery of DNA for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice
Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. Octavo,
original blue cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows only light
wear. Signed by James Watson on the title page.
$2,750
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Science and Natural History
“But nobody was there to see it!”
183. Weinberg, Steven.
The First Three Minutes.
New York: Basic Books, 1979.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist’s best known book. Octavo.
Black cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed
by the author with a nice inscription.
$475
184. The Quantum Theory Of Fields Volumes I,II,III.
Cambridge University Press, 1995-2000.
First editions of each the three volumes in the author’s work
in quantum field theory. Octavo, 3 Volumes. Blue boards with
titles in silver. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. Volume I,
is inscribed by Steven Weinberg, and Volumes II and III are
signed by him.
$1,250
“The effort to understand the universe is one of
the very few things that lifts human life a little
above the level of farce, and gives it some of the
grace of tragedy.”
- Steven Weinberg
185. Wilson, Edward O.
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975.
First edition. Some scattered foxing to the page edges, else near fine in a
near fine dust jacket that shows only light wear. Inscribed by the author,
who has added a drawing of an ant. It is impossible to leave Wilson’s book
without having one’s sense of life permanently and dramatically widened.
[The Atlantic].
$650
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Photography
186. Becher, Bernhard [Bernd] & Hilla.
Anonyme Skulpturen: A Typology of Technical Constructions.
Dusseldorf: Art Press, 1970.
First edition of the Becher’s first major photobook with 194 black-andwhite photogravure plates. Quarto, original blue cloth. Signed by both
Bernd and Hilla Becher. Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket that shows
only a hint of rubbing. Housed in a custom made box. Text in German,
English, and French. Roth 101, Parr & Badger I, Open Book.
$7,000
187. Burke, Bill.
I Want To Take Picture.
Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987.
First edition. Folio. Limited to 1,000 copies.
Signed by Bill Burke. In Fine Condition.
$1,450
188. Clark, Larry.
Tulsa.
New York: Printed Matter, Rapoport Printing, 1971.
First edition, limited edition, number 6 of 100. Folio,
black leather stamped in silver titles to the spine. In fine
condition.
$1,500
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Photography
189. Claxton, William and Berendt, Joachim E.
Jazzlife [Jazz Life]
Offenburg: Burda Druck und Verlag, 1961.
First edition. Quarto, original black cloth, pictorial front
endpapers. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white.
Inscribed on the half title page, “For _______, William
Claxton”. Near fine in a very good dust jacket which shows
some wear and tear.
$1,500
190. DeCarava, Roy and Langston Hughes.
The Sweet Flypaper of Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955.
First edition of the classic collaboration between DeCarava and Hughes.
Small octavo, original photographic wrappers. Signed by DeCarava. In
very good condition. Roth 101, Parr & Badger, The Photobook I, 242;
The Open Book, 160.
$1,250
191. Duncan, David Douglas.
This is War!.
New York: Bantam, 1967.
First edition of the paperback edition. Small octavo. Original photographic
wrappers. Inscribed and dated by David Douglas Duncan. In fine
condition.
$125
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Photography
192. Eggleston, William; Essay by John Szarkowski.
William Eggleston’s Guide.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976.
First edition of the photographer’s most well known photobook. Small quarto.
Original boards with mounted cover photographic print. In fine condition.
Signed by Eggleston. Roth 101; Parr & Badger: Photobook I.
$1,500
193. Frank, Robert.
Les Americains
Paris: Delpire,1958.
First edition of the photographer’s masterpiece with 83 black-andwhite full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto. Original boards
illustrated by Saul Steinberg. Signed by Robert Frank. In near fine
condition that shows light wear.
$12,000
194. The Americans.
New York: Grove Press,
1959.
First edition of the photographer’s masterpiece with 83 black-andwhite full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto. An excellent copy in
a very good dust jacket that shows wear and chipping. Inscribed by
Robert Frank.
$13,500
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Photography
195. Goldblatt, David.
In Boksburg.
Capetown: The Gallery Press, 1982.
Signed Limited edition of the
photographer’s third book. Oblong
quarto. Brown Leather with titles and
frontispiece in gilt. In Fine Condition.
One of 50 copies, this being number 45.
In Fine Condition.
$3,500
196. Some Afrikaners Photographed.
South Africa: Murray Crawford 1975.
First edition of the photographer’s second book. Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is number 437,
signed by the photographer. An excellent copy in a dust jacket that shows very light wear. A very sharp copy of
this rare book, the nicest we have seen.
$2,750
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Photography
197. Heath, Dave.
A Dialogue With Solitude.
New York: Community Press, 1965.
First edition of the photographer’s seminal work,
one of the great photobooks of the second half of the twentieth century. Tall
quarto. Original gray cloth. Signed by the photographer. Light wear, else fine
in a near fine dust jacket with very light wear.
$4,500
198. Klarsfeld, Serge.
French Children of the Holocaust: A
Memorial.
New York: New York University Press,
1996.
First edition. Thick quarto. Original illustrated boards. A memorial to the French
children of the Holocaust with over 2,500 photographic images of the children.
Warmly inscribed by Serge Klarsfeld. In Fine Condition. Uncommon signed
and inscribed. Photobook II, Parr & Badger.
$950
199. Klein, William
New York: Life is Good and Good For You in New York. Trance Witness Revels
Paris: Editions du Seuil 1956.
First edition. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in an
excellent dust jacket that shows very light wear. Signed
by the photographer “Happy New York, William Klein”
With the 16pp caption booklet laid in is also signed by the
photographer. New York is a quintessential monument to the
American cultural scene of the 1950’s in that, like the other
art forms of that era, it is supremely about process...New York
is the upside to Frank’s downside, much slicker, but none the
worse for that. Klein’s masterpiece reminds us that much great,
serious art is often about play, achieved simply by
experimenting with the possibilities of the material (Parr &
Badger, Photobook I, pp 243) Roth 101.
$8,500
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Photography
200. Levitt, Helen; Agee, James.
A Way of Seeing: Photographs of New York by Helen
Levitt with an essay by James Agee.
New York: Viking, 1965.
First edition. Oblong, quarto. Fine in a fine
dust jacket with one small closed tear. Signed by Helen Levitt
on the title page. Roth 101; Parr and Badger, Volume 1, 252;
Hasselblad, The Open Book, 214. If you are looking for a copy
of this book, this is it.
$5,000
201. Levitt, Helen; Essay by Robert Coles.
In the Street.
Duke University Press, 1987.
First edition of the photographer’s second major photobook. Large
quarto. Original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title
page. In fine condition. Helen Levitt and the author James Agee first
collaborated in 1945 on a documentary film set in Harlem, called “In
the Street”. Psychologist Robert Coles contributed the essays to this
volume.
$300
202. Mandel, Mike; Sultan, Larry.
Evidence.
Greenbrae, California: Clatworthy Colorvues, 1977.
First edition of this ground breaking work. Slim oblong quarto. Original blue cloth with titles to the spine
and frontispiece in gilt. In fine condition. Lengthily
inscribed by Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel. Roth 101,
Parr & Badger; Photobook.
$3,200
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Photography
203. Penn, Irving.
Moments Preserved.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960.
First edition. Large quarto, original beige
cloth, original pictorial slipcase. Inscribed,
“For Alexander Irving Penn”. Fine in a near
fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear. Slipcase is in near fine condition with just a touch
of wear. Roth 101, pp. 158-159; Hasselblad pp.
186-7.
$1,850
204. Ruscha, Ed [Edward].
Twentysix Gasoline Stations.
Hollywood: National Excelsior Publication, 1962.
First edition, one of 400 numbered copies; this copy is number 141. Original white wrappers, printed in red,
with the original parchment dust jacket. A fine copy. Signed twice by Ed Ruscha. Ruscha’s first book, a seminal
“bookwork”, one of the most influential conceptual art works, it served as a kind of tonic, liberating the artists’
book from many of its traditional emphases. “The first book came out of a play with words. The title came before
I even thought about the pictures. I like the word ‘gasoline’ and I like the specific quality of ‘twenty-six.’ If you
look at the book you will see how well the typography works - I worked on all that before I took the photographs.
Above all, the photographs I use are not ‘arty’ in any sense of the word. . . . One of the purposes of my book has
to do with making a mass-produced object. The final product has a very commercial, professional feel to it . . . . I
have eliminated all text from my books — I want absolutely neutral material. My pictures are not that
interesting, nor the subject matter . . . my book is more like a collection of ‘ready- 56 item 241 mades’. Edward
Ruscha, Artforum interview, 1965; Lippard, Six Years: The dematerialization of the art object from 1966 to 1972,
p.11. “The most renowned series of artist’s books in the history of the genre,” Parr & Badger, The Photobook: A
History, Vol. II; Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, p.167.
$27,500
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Photography
205. Salgado, Sebastiao; Preface by Jose Saramago.
Terra: Struggle of the Landless.
London: Phaidon Press, 1997.
First edition. Original gray cloth. Light wear to the bottom
boards, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by both
Sebastiao Salgado and Nobel Prize-winning author Jose
Saramago, who contributed the powerful preface to this
equally powerful book.
$1,250
206. Szarkowski, John.
The Photographer’s Eye.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
First edition. Square quarto. Original cloth. Inscribed by Szarkowski
to Robert Lewis; former head of the Yale School of Drama, author,
actor, and founder of the Actor’s Studio, “with warm good regards”.
Near fine in a very good plus price-clipped dust jacket. The black jacket
almost inevitably shows wear, this is a very nice example with only light
wear.
$975
207. Weegee.
Naked Hollywood.
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1953.
First edition of the photographer’s follow- up to Naked City.
Text by Mel Harris. Quarto. Original quarter yellow cloth. Light wear, else near fine
in a good dust jacket. Inscribed by Weegee.
$1,250
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Travel and exploration
208. Collins, Michael.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.
New York: FSG, 1974.
First edition. Octavo. Inscribed by Collins as follows, “For _______ _______ Enjoyed working with you at the Air and Space Museum- Michael Collins.” Fine in a
near fine dust jacket.
$1,500
209. Fermor, Patrick Leigh.
A Time of Gifts.
London: John Murray, 1977.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece that ranks among the greatest travel books
of the twentieth century. Octavo. Original blue boards. Near fine in an excellent
dust jacket that shows only light wear. Signed by the author on the title page. A
wonderfully told story of old Europe just before the joint cataclysms of war and
Communism swept them away for ever.
$2,000
210. A Time To Keep Silence.
London: John Murray, 1957.
First edition of the author’s third book regarding
his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo.
Original cloth. Signed by Leigh Fermor on the title
page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
$650
211. Hillary, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Houghton, 1955.
First English edition of the mountaineerer’s first book. Octavo. Original boards.
Signed by the author in his earlier hand, “E.P. Hillary”. An excellent copy in a very
good dust jacket.
$1,550
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Travel and exploration
212. Newby, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1958.
First edition of the author’s most well known book. Octavo. Original cloth
with titles to the spine in silver. Signed by the author. Fine in a very good
dust jacket. Rare signed.
$1,250
213. Peary, Robert E.
The North Pole.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1910
First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth. In near
fine condition. Inscribed by the author, “For Snowden A.
Fahnestock with best regards of R.E. Perry” There are 4
more words below in Peary’s hand which is
indecipherable.
$1,500
214. Thesiger, Wilfred.
Arabian Sands.
London: Longman’s, 1959.
First edition of this great work that ranks as one of the greatest travel books
of the 20th century. Octavo. Original cloth. Signed by Thesiger on the title
page. Fine in the dust jacket with the spine lettering unfaded, showing light
wear. Map unopened in the inside pocket of the rear pastedown.
$1,500
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