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VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, IN ORIGINAL PRINTED PAPER WRAPPERS
(FITZGERALD, Edward, translator). KHAYYAM, Omar. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London, 1859. First edition in English of one of the most famous poems of world literature, a masterpiece of English translation, one of only 250 copies printed. Very scarce, particularly in original wrappers. $39,000.
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ONE OF ONLY 22 SETS: SPLENDID SET OF THE MASTERPIECES OF GEORGE SAND, RICHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH EXTRA SUITES OF THE PLATES
SAND, George. Masterpieces of George Sand. Philadelphia, 1900-02. Twenty-two volumes. Limited edition 20-volume set of Sand’s most famous works, number 6 of only 22 sets of the “Edition du Rose Sanglante,” printed on Japan vellum, and profusely illustrated with 125 different photogravures, each illustration in three states. This deluxe set additionally includes two further suites of the plates: one suite printed on Whatman drawing paper, fully and vibrantly hand-colored, bound up in a quarto volume, and another suite printed on silk and matted, the prints collected in a portfolio of rose morocco uniform with the rest of the set. $19,500.
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“REALIZES CERVANTES’ MANNER MORE NEARLY THAN ANY SUCCESSOR”
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. History of The Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant. London, 1652. Second edition of Thomas Shelton’s complete English translation—the second edition in English overall—of the first modern novel, “one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times” (PMM 111), this scarce edition handsomely bound in one folio volume with the first edition of Edmund Gayton’s 1654 important early commentary on the Shelton translation of Cervantes’ masterpiece. $18,500.
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SPLENDIDLY BOUND SET OF CASANOVA’S MEMOIRS, WITH 12 FRONTISPIECES BY ROCKWELL KENT, TOGETHER WITH SCARCE PORTFOLIO OF SIGNED PRINTS
CASANOVA DE SEINGALT, Jacques. Memoirs of Jacques Casanova. (London), 1925. Twelve volumes; portfolio. Limited 12-volume private-press edition, an unnumbered copy of only 1026 sets, with 12 frontispiece line cuts of pen-and-ink drawings by Rockwell Kent, very handsomely bound. Accompanied by the scarce portfolio of Kent’s 12 prints (measuring 11 by 14 inches), all but one signed by him, one of only 26 sets. $15,500.
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LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF RILKE’S DIE SONETTE AN ORPHEUS, ONE OF ONLY 300 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY RILKE TO JEAN POZZI
RILKE, Rainer Maria. Die Sonette an Orpheus. Leipzig, 1923. Limited first edition of Rilke’s magnificent verses concerning the role of poetry and art in life, number 126 of only 300 copies, inscribed by the poet to the French diplomat and famed orientalist Jean Pozzi: “A Monsieur Jean Pozzi, heureux de l’affirmer dans la possession de ce livre (que je n’avais jamais vu si soigneusement habilé). R. M. Rilke.” $12,500.
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INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN
SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander. One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich. London, 1963. First English edition of Solzhenitsyn’s first published work, inscribed in English and signed in Cyrillic on the title page: “to —- March 2005 Alexander Solzhenitsyn.” $12,000.
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“REALIZES CERVANTES’ MANNER MORE NEARLY THAN ANY SUCCESSOR”
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote. The History of The Valorous and Witty Knight Errant, Don London, 1675. Scarce third edition of Thomas Shelton’s complete English translation of the first modern novel—“one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times” (PMM 111). $11,000.
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NERUDA’S NUEVAS ODAS ELEMENTALES, WITH TYPESCRIPT OF ONE ODE LAID IN, BOTH INSCRIBED BY NERUDA TO A FELLOW POET
NERUDA, Pablo. Nuevas Odas Elementales. Buenos Aires, 1955; i.e., 1956. First edition of Neruda’s second volume of “Elemental Odes,” inscribed to Argentine poet and historian León Benarós: “A Benarós, adelante! Pablo Neruda 1976.” With a four-page typescript of Neruda’s ode “Oda al Picaflor” laid in, inscribed in the year of the book’s publication: “León, gracias por el precioso libro, allí va esta oda recién hecha la sigo de confraternidad pajarera. Pablo Neruda, Set. 55. [León, thank you for the beautiful book, here comes a recently completed ode accompanied by birdly brotherhood. September 1955.]” $8200.
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SIGNED BY ROBERT DOISNEAU, JACQUES PRÉVERT AND ROBERT GIRAUD
(DOISNEAU, Robert). Bistrots. Souillac, 1960. Signed limited first edition of the landmark Volume 57 of the prestigious French journal Le Point, number 100 of only 200 copies printed on heavy Arches paper, signed by Robert Doisneau, Jacques Prévert and Robert Giraud, featuring 44 finely screened black-and-white heliogravures of photographs by Robert Doisneau, specially commissioned for this edition. $7500.
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“A VIVID IMAGINATION, FINE DRAWING AND WARM COLORING”
DETMOLD, Edward Julius. The Arabian Nights. London, 1924. Signed limited edition of this selection of tales from the “Thousand and One Nights,” number 41 of 100 copies signed by prominent Edwardian children’s book illustrator Edward Detmold, with 12 mounted color plates by him, lovely in publisher’s vellum-gilt. $7000.
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