"NIELSEN'S MOST SPECTACULAR AND CELEBRATED BOOK"

NIELSEN, Kay. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. London, 1914.

Signed limited first edition of this classic collection of Norwegian folk tales, illustrated with 25 superb mounted color plates and decorative in-text line cuts by famed artist Kay Nielsen, number 68 of only 500 copies numbered and signed by him. A scarce and magnificent masterpiece in excellent condition, with original silk ties present. $29,000.

“THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PENTATEUCH IN AMERICA”

LEESER, Isaac. Law of God. Philadelphia, 1845. Five volumes.

First edition of the “first English translation of the Pentateuch in America,” the 1845 Hebrew-English Bible by one of the most prominent and influential figures in American Jewish history, in handsome full contemporary calf bindings. $22,000.

"NEVER IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAD A GROUP SEIZED THE STREETS, THE SQUARES, THE SACROSANCT BUSINESS THOROUGHFARES AND THE MARBLED HALL OF GOVERNMENT TO PROTEST AND PROCLAIM THE UNENDURABILITY OF THEIR OPPRESSION"

KING Jr., Martin Luther. Why We Can't Wait. New York, Evanston, and London, 1964.

First edition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s eloquent and impassioned defense of what he deemed “the Negro revolution," inscribed by him on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes, Martin Luther King." $21,000.

“THE HIGHEST POINT IN ENGLISH BIBLE PRINTING”

(BIBLE). The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Cambridge, 1763.

First Baskerville edition, one of only 1250 copies, an impressive folio production splendidly bound in early full morocco gilt. $18,000.

JOHN F. KENNEDY'S FIRST BOOK, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY HIM TO HIS GOOD FRIEND AND LONG-TERM NEIGHBOR

KENNEDY, John F. Why England Slept. New York, 1940.

First edition, sixth printing, of John F. Kennedy's first book, issued four months after the first printing, of JFK's striking analysis of Britain's lack of preparation for WWII, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper to his good friend and long-term neighbor Nancy Tenney Lloyd, "To Ten from Ken!" and further inscribed on the rear pastedown, "Ten: It's my hope that this book will interest you—as it is pregnant with significance as are you." $16,000.

RARE COMPLETE "SHOULDER STRAP" SET OF CIVIL WAR MEMOIRS, PUBLISHED BY MARK TWAIN

GRANT, Ulysses S. Shoulder Strap Set. New York, 1885-1892. Ten volumes altogether.

Complete Shoulder Strap set of seven Civil War histories printed by Twain's publishing house in its short-lived but impressive decade of operation, featuring Grant's Memoirs (1885-6), McClellan's Own Story (1887), Crawford's Genesis of the Civil War (1887), Custer's Tenting on the Plains (1889), Hancock's Reminiscences (1887), Sheridan's Personal Memoirs (1888) and Sherman's Memoirs (1890), each volume with the trademark gilt-decorated "shoulder strap" on the spine. $15,000.

“BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH”

SHAKESPEARE. The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. London, 1664.

The complete text of Shakespeare's great historical tragedy, Julius Caesar, from the rare and important Third Folio, on 11 original leaves (one leaf supplied from another copy of this edition). Splendidly bound in elaborately gilt-decorated period-style morocco. $14,500.

“A CENTRAL DOCUMENT OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE”

THOREAU, Henry David. Walden. Boston, 1854.

First edition of this important American classic, one of only 2000 copies published. $13,500.

"ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY LAND"

(HOLY LAND) FULLER, Thomas. Pisgah-Sight of Palestine. London, 1650.

First edition of this classic work, with engraved title page, engraved armorial plate, large detailed folding map of Palestine on two sheets, 20 double-page engraved maps—including one of Jerusalem—and seven double-page engraved plates. $12,500.

CHURCHILL’S IMPORTANT SECOND BOOK, THE RIVER WAR

CHURCHILL, Winston. The River War. London, 1899. Two volumes.

First edition, first printing, of Churchill's rare second book, one of only 2000 copies printed, in original cloth. $11,500.

WITH 24 SUPERB HAND-COLORED FOLIO ACKERMANN AQUATINTS OF SCENES ALONG THE RHINE, 1820

(ACKERMANN, Rudolph) GERNING, Baron Johann Isaac von. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine. London, 1820.

First edition, first issue, of one of Ackermann’s wonderful Picturesque Tours, beautifully illustrated with 24 hand-colored folio aquatints and large folding map. A lovely copy, beautifully bound to style. $11,000.

"BOTTLED VELVET," "ABSINTHE" AND "RUM FLIP"

THOMAS, Jerry. How to Mix Drinks. New York, 1862.

First edition, later state, of the first drink manual published in the United States, prepared by the bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel in New York, illustrated with numerous in-text wood-engravings, including a diagram of a still, in the original cloth. $9000.

“ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT [VOYAGES] EVER MADEIN THE INTERESTS OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE”

VANCOUVER, George. Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean. London, 1801. Six volumes. Second edition of this comprehensive survey of the North Pacific, illustrated with 17 plates and two folding maps. $8800.

“SETS THE STANDARD AND THE LIMITS OF LITERATURE”

SHAKESPEARE. Works. Cambridge and London, 1863-66. Nine volumes.

First edition set of the “Cambridge Shakespeare,” extra-illustrated with over 250 plates (many of which are hand-colored) of views and scenes and actors and actresses, very handsomely bound by Bayntun. $7800.

“THE FIRST AND GREATEST CLASSIC OF MODERN ECONOMIC THOUGHT”

SMITH, Adam. Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London, 1793. Three volumes. 1793 edition of Smith’s magnum opus, very scarce in contemporary calf. $6500.

BEN SHAHN’S SIGNED LIMITED FOLIO HAGGADAH, WITH ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPH ALSO SIGNED BY HIM

SHAHN, Ben. Haggadah for Passover. Paris, 1966.

Beautiful large limited folio Passover Haggadah, number 175 of only 228 copies (out of a total edition of 292) on Arches Vergé paper, illustrated by Ben Shahn with 21 color pictorial borders and line drawings and an additional beautiful double-page color lithograph also signed by him. $6500.

“THE RIVER IS A STRONG BROWN GOD—SULLEN, UNTAMED AND INTRACTABLE…”

ELIOT, T.S. Four Quartets. London, 1960.

Signed limited edition of this highspot of 20th-century poetry, number 102 of 290 copies signed by Eliot, beautifully printed at the Officina Bodoni in Verona. $6200.

THE CLARENDON AUSTEN, HANDSOMELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED

AUSTEN, Jane. Novels. Oxford, 1926. Five volumes.

Second edition of the Clarendon Austen, illustrated with over 40 plates from contemporary sources, and with reproduction title pages from the first editions, handsomely bound. $5500.

INSCRIBED BY LANGSTON HUGHES

HUGHES, Langston. The First Book of Rhythms. New York, 1954.

First edition, first printing of the pivotal second work in Hughes' influential series, showing "how all the world is connected by rhythm," an exceptional presentation copy boldly inscribed by him in the year of publication to his long-time friend Zell Ingram, "For Zell, sincerely, Lang, New York, May, 1954." Ingram (1910-71), active in the Harlem Artists Guild, was Hughes' traveling companion on a trip to Haiti and Cuba in 1930. $5500.

FINE VIEWS OF THE HOLY LAND AND EGYPT

(MIDDLE EAST) WILSON, Colonel Charles. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. New York, 1881-83. Two volumes.

First edition, American issue, of this handsome pictorial survey of the Holy Land and Egypt, with lovely additional engraved title pages, 39 fine full-page steel engravings and over 600 in-text wood-engravings, in original publisher's morocco-gilt. $5200.

SIGNED BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER

EISENHOWER, Dwight D. White House Years. Garden City, 1963-65. Together, two volumes.

Signed limited first editions of Eisenhower's presidential memoirs, each number 93 of 1500 copies signed by Eisenhower. $5000.

"WHO IS JOHN GALT?"

RAND, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged. New York, 1957.

First edition of one of the most popular and influential novels of the last 50 years, in original dust jacket. $4800.

MILTON FRIEDMAN’S ECONOMICS MASTERPIECE

FRIEDMAN, Milton. Theory of the Consumption Function. Princeton, 1957.

First edition of Friedman's groundbreaking econometrics work, believed by many to be his finest. $3800.

CHURCHILL’S BRILLIANT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

CHURCHILL, Winston. Second World War. London, 1948-54. Six volumes.

First English editions of Churchill's WWII masterpiece, part history and part memoir, written after he lost reelection as Prime Minister, handsomely bound. $3500.

FASHIONS OF THE AGES, SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED IN POCHOIR BY GEORGE BARBIER

BARBIER, George. Falbalas & Fanfreluches. Paris, 1924.

First edition of this lovely almanac, one of only 600 copies, with vignette title page and 12 plates brightly hand-colored in pochoir watercolor by Barbier, in original illustrated wrappers and glassine. $3500.

"THE TRUE BIRTH OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT"

(BLACK HISTORY). Photograph, Panoramic. Fort Bragg, North Carolina, circa 1943.

Exceptional panoramic photograph of WWII Black soldiers of the 318th Combat Engineers, who served in the segregated 93rd Infantry Division that fought in the Pacific, returning home as war's end to a surge in racist riots and lynchings. $3400.

"ONE OF THE FINE BOOKS IN THE GOLF LIBRARY"

DARWIN, Bernard. The Golf Courses of the British Isles. London, 1910.

First edition of this golf classic, with 64 fine plates (48 in color) after original watercolors by Harry Rountree depicting renowned Scottish, English and Irish courses. $3200.

"MONUMENTAL… OUGHT TO BE IN THE HANDS OF EVERYBODY CONNECTED WITH THE BREWING INDUSTRY"

ARNOLD, John P. Origin and History of Beer and Brewing. Chicago, 1911.

First edition of Arnold's widely praised and comprehensive history of beer, spanning the prehistoric era through the late 18th century, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "With compliments to the Misses ___, by the author John P. Arnold." With rare publisher's 16-page prospectus laid in. $3200.

DELUXE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF SPEAKING MY MIND, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN

REAGAN, Ronald. Speaking My Mind. New York, 1989.

Signed limited first edition of Reagan's selected speeches, number 1746 of 5000 copies signed by President Reagan, in publisher's deluxe morocco-gilt binding. $3200.

"A CLASSIC CIVIL WAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY"

GRANT, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York, 1885-86. Two volumes.

First edition of "one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history," illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps, a handsome copy in publisher's deluxe binding. $3000.

"I WOULD REMEMBER HIM FOREVER AS MY IMAGE OF A MAN"

FLEMING, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. London, 1962.

First edition of Fleming's tenth Bond thriller—the author's unusual examination of his super-spy "from the other end of the gun barrel." $3000.

INSCRIBED BY JOHN GLENN

CARPENTER, M. Scott, COOPER, L. Gordon, Jr., GLENN, John H., Jr., GRISSOM, Virgil I., SCHIRRA, Walter M., Jr., SHEPARD, Alan B., Jr., SLAYTON, Donald K. We Seven. New York, 1962.

First edition of this comprehensive and engaging first-hand account of the genesis of America's manned space program, inscribed "To J— John Glenn," richly illustrated with photographs, in original dust jacket. $2900.

"FATHER OF THE ATOMIC BOMB"

(OPPENHEIMER, J. Robert) . In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Washington, D.C. 1954. Two volumes.

First edition of the Atomic Energy Commission publication of the transcript of the Gray Board hearing on Oppenheimer's security clearing, along with the supporting "Texts and Principal Documents," containing select and still controversial 1954 documents and correspondence in the AEC decision to strip Oppenheimer’s security clearance—a "black mark" on America." $2800.

"TO BEGIN WITH HE WAS ASHAMED OF HIMSELF—A RARE STATE OF MIND"

FLEMING, Ian. Thunderball. London, 1961.

First edition of Fleming's ninth Bond novel, featuring the first appearance of the superspy's memorable nemesis, the villainous mastermind behind SPECTRE, Ernst Blofeld, who steals two nuclear warheads and threatens the world. $2800.

INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN KING

KING, Stephen. The Tommyknockers. New York, 1987.

First trade edition of the novel considered "King at his best," inscribed by him on the title page, "For Pat—With best wishes, Stephen King, 6/8/95." $2200.

FIRST EDITION IN PARTS OF CHURCHILL’S ILLUSTRATED THE GREAT WAR

CHURCHILL, Winston. Great War. London, [1933-34]. Twenty-six parts.

First illustrated edition of Churchill’s The World Crisis, in original parts. $2200.

KING Jr., Martin Luther. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? New York, Evanston, and London, 1967.

First edition of Dr. King's last book, published the year before he was assassinated. $1750.

"A NAKED ARM SMELLING OF CHANEL NO. 5 SNAKED ROUND HIS NECK…"

FLEMING, Ian. The Man With the Golden Gun. London, 1965.

First edition of Fleming's final Bond novel, published the year after the author's death, in which 007 travels to Fleming's beloved Jamaica to neutralize the assassin of the book's title. $1500.

SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

OBAMA, Barack. Promised Land. New York, 2020.

First edition, first printing of the much-anticipated first volume of Nobel laureate President Obama's memoir, signed by him on the publisher's tipped-in leaf—"the story will continue in the second volume, but Barack Obama has already illuminated a pivotal moment in American history"—with 32 pages of color and black-and-white illustrations, publisher's deluxe edition with photographic portrait affixed to front panel of original slipcase. $1400.

"IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BUTLER, YOU DON'T YET UNDERSTAND HOW RICH THE POSSIBILITIES OF SCIENCE FICTION CAN BE" (MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION)

BUTLER, Octavia. Blood Child. New York and London, 1995.

First edition of this collection of short stories, signed on the title page by Octavia Butler. $1400.

SIGNED BY JULIA AND PAUL CHILD

CHILD, Julia. From Julia Child's Kitchen. New York, 1975.

First trade edition of Child's fourth cookbook, signed by Julia Child and her husband Paul. $1300.

"NO VIN ORDINAIRE"

DALÍ, Salvador. Dali: Wines of Gala. New York, 1978.

First edition in English of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated book of wines and famous vineyards created by Dalí in honor of his wife Gala. $800.

"AND ALL THIS BECAUSE OF A MAN CALLED BOND…"

FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London, 1966.

First edition of the James Bond short stories "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights." $750.