“ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACCOUNTS OF THE EXPLORATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NEW ZEALAND”

VANCOUVER, George. Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean. London, 1798. Three volumes, plus atlas. Four volumes in all.

First edition of this comprehensive survey of the North Pacific, illustrated with 17 plates and a chart. Complete with large folio atlas volume, with an additional ten large folding engraved charts (eight of the coast of Northwest America) and six engraved views, offering what are probably the first published views of California. “This work ranks with the voyages of Cook and La Pérouse among the most important of the 18th and 19th centuries” (Cox II, 30-31). $55,000.

"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.

"WHEREVER THEY'S A FIGHT SO HUNGRY PEOPLE CAN EAT, I'LL BE THERE"

STEINBECK, John. Grapes of Wrath. New York, 1939.

First edition, first issue, of Steinbeck's most important novel, his searing masterpiece of moral outrage and "intense humanity," winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize. $28,500.

"TRULY A LANDMARK IN AMERICAN CULTURE"

McKENNEY, Thomas and HALL, James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia, 1854. Three volumes.

Second octavo edition of one of the most recognized and desirable American color plate books produced in the 19th century, illustrated with 120 splendid fully hand-colored lithographic plates by J.T. Bowen after Charles Bird King's original oil paintings, "the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed" (Howes). Handsome in publisher's deluxe morocco. $25,000.

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 20TH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY

ULMANN, Doris and PETERKIN, Julia. Roll, Jordan, Roll. New York, 1933.

Signed limited first edition, number 115 only 350 copies (327 of which were offered for sale) signed by both photographer Doris Ulmann and writer of the text Julia Peterkin. With 90 superb tissue-guarded full-page copperplate hand-pulled photogravure plates—this copy with the scarce extra photogravure plate signed in pencil by Ulmann laid in. $25,000.

“AH! BOURRIENNE, YOU ALSO WILL BE IMMORTAL!”

(NAPOLEON) DE BOURRIENNE, Louis Antoine Fauvelet. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. London, 1836. Four volumes bound in eight.

Expanded edition of de Bourrienne’s classic biography of Napoleon, with 27 plates, a facsimile of Napoleon’s abdication, and a folding map depicting the Battle of the Nile, expanded to from four volumes to eight and abundantly extra-illustrated with about 300 engraved plates, including portraits, scenes, views and maps, with a document signed by Napoleon bound into the front of the first volume. Beautifully bound by Sangosrki & Sutcliffe in full morocco with Napoleonic emblems in gilt. $25,000.

“A POCKET VOLUME, TO BE CONSULTED ON ANY EMERGENCY”

STEVENSON, Roger. Military Instructions for Officers. Philadelphia, 1775.

First American edition of this important Revolutionary War-era military manual, illustrated with 12 engraved plates (seven folding) of diagrams and maneuvers. The first book dedicated to George Washington. From the family of Persifor Frazer, a colonel during the American Revolution and an associate of both Washington and "Mad Anthony" Wayne. $22,000.

"THERE AREN'T ANY OLD TIMES. WHEN TIMES ARE GONE THEY'RE NOT OLD, THEY'RE DEAD! THERE AREN'T ANY TIMES BUT NEW TIMES!"

TARKINGTON, Booth. Magnificent Ambersons. Garden City, New York, 1918.

First edition of Tarkington's best known novel, winner of the 1919 Pulitzer and the basis for Orson Welles' celebrated movie of the same title, in the very rare first-state dust jacket. $19,500.

"POSSIBLY THE MOST REMARKABLE OF THE ARAB TRAVELERS"

(LEE, Samuel, translator) IBN BATTUTA. The Travels of Ibn Batuta. London, 1829.

Very scarce first edition in English of a substantial portion of Ibn Battuta's remarkable Rihla, the chronicle of his prodigious 14th-century travels through much of the known world of the time, estimated to have covered 75,000 miles in 40 years—"an enlightening picture of the culture of a whole period." This copy printed for subscriber Francis Baring, Esq., with his decorative subscription leaf before the title page. $18,000.

“AN EXTRAORDINARY RICHNESS OF COLOR”

PYNE, William Henry. History of the Royal Residences. London, 1819. Three volumes.

First edition of this beautifully illustrated work on the design and history of eight royal residences, with 100 hand-colored aquatint plates after the works of Charles Wild, James Stephanoff and others—a lovely copy in full straight-grain morocco-gilt. $17,500.

SIGNED BY WALT WHITMAN

WHITMAN, Walt. Complete Poems and Prose. Camden, 1888.

First edition of the first collected edition of Whitman's works, one of only 600 copies signed by Whitman on the Leaves of Grass title page, in original cloth. With Horace Traubel's hand-written limitation notice (not present on all copies): "Edition: Six Hundred / Number Seventy-four" opposite the Leaves of Grass title page with Whitman's signature. This copy with a signed note entirely in Whitman's hand laid in quoting from Leaves of Grass: "Walt Whitman Oct: 27 '90. Camerado, this is no book, Who touches this touches a man. L of G. p. 382." $16,500.

"OUR CAUSE IS JUST: OUR UNION IS PERFECT… BEING WITH ONE MIND RESOLVED TO DIE FREEMEN, RATHER THAN TO LIVE SLAVES"

(JEFFERSON, Thomas and DICKINSON, John). Declaration… the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms. London, 1775. First London edition, early issue of one of the greatest state papers of the American Revolution and the most important forerunner to the Declaration of Independence: the July 6, 1775 Declaration… Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, written by Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson for the Second Continental Congress, this copy from the Americana collection of Gable's department store founder William F. Gable (1856-1921). $15,000.

“FOR 160 DAYS WE MARCHED THROUGH THE FOREST, BUSH AND JUNGLE”

STANLEY, Henry M. In Darkest Africa. New York, 1890. Two volumes.

Deluxe signed limited first edition, American issue, number 39 of only 250 copies signed by Stanley, of the classic 19th-century account of African exploration. Profusely illustrated with engraved frontispieces, 38 mounted plates on India paper, six additional full-page etchings (each signed by the artist), three color folding maps (two backed in cloth), a folding table of comparative vocabularies, and numerous mounted, in-text India-prints. $15,000.

PUFENDORF'S HISTORY OF SWEDEN'S KING CHARLES XI, 1696, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH ALMOST 130 ENGRAVINGS, ONE ALMOST FIFTEEN FEET LONG

PUFENDORF, Samuel. De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sveciae rege gestis commentariorum libri septem. Norimbergae, 1696.

First edition of this history of the reign of Sweden's King Charles XI, providing a detailed account of the Swedish wars with Poland and Denmark in the 17th century, lavishly illustrated with 12 engraved portraits and 115 large engraved maps and views, all at least double-page in size and including the exceptional panorama of Stockholm depicting the funeral procession of Charles X measuring almost 15 feet in length. In a striking binding with armorial devices in metal of Leopold 1st, Holy Roman Emperor, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria (1640 - 1705) on the front board and those of the Archduchy of Austria Above the Enns on the rear board. $15,000.

HISTORY OF THE WAR IN AMERICA, 1779-1785, COMPLETE WITH THE EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE THIRD VOLUME

[GORDON, Patrick]. History of the War in America. Dublin, 1779-1785.

First edition, including a folding map of North America, a folding table listing the British forces "killed and wounded" at the battles of Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill and the exceptionally rare third volume, which is often missing. $15,000.

"O LORD, OPEN THOU MY LIPS AND MAKE IT KNOWN"

(BOOK OF HOURS). Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours. Rouen, circa 1475.

Beautiful illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours, depicting Christ on the Cross with Mary and St. John on either side of him, with a turreted fortress in the background. $14,500.

"THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN INTERNATIONAL LAW" AND AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

GROTIUS, Hugo. Of the Law of Warre and Peace… London, 1654.

First edition in English of this cornerstone treatise on law and government, with engraved frontispiece portrait, in contemporary calf. $14,500.

BEAUTIFUL MINIATURE FROM A FRENCH BOOK OF HOURS, CIRCA 1475, DEPICTING THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE

(BOOK OF HOURS). Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours. Northern France, circa 1475.

Beautiful illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours depicting the Presentation in the Temple, the traditional scene associated with the hour of None (approximately 3 pm), set within an arched frame surrounded by a beautiful floriated border. $13,500.

TOLSTOY'S EPIC WAR AND PEACE, 1886 FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH

TOLSTOY, Leo. War and Peace. New York, 1886. Six volumes.

First complete edition in English of one of the most important novels in world literature, six volumes, in original cloth-gilt binding. $13,000.

"I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE, AND THERE IS NOT MUCH OF IT I WOULD CHANGE IF I COULD LIVE IT OVER AGAIN": ORIGINAL 1904 JOHN BURROUGHS MANUSCRIPT FOR HIS ESSAY "AN OUTLOOK UPON LIFE," TWICE SIGNED BY HIM

BURROUGHS, John. Original autograph manuscript, signed. No place, circa 1904.

Original John Burroughs 55-page manuscript in pencil and ink for his 1904 essay "An Outlook upon Life," later collected in his 1908 book Leaf and Tendril, signed by him in ink on the first page and again on the final page of what eventually became Part II of the three-part essay. $12,000.

"GIVE LIBERTY TO WHOM LIBERTY IS DUE, THAT IS, TO EVERY CHILD OF MAN": FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THOUGHTS UPON SLAVERY, 1774, BY THE FOUNDER OF METHODISM JOHN WESLEY

(BENEZET, Anthony) WESLEY, John. Thoughts upon Slavery. London, Printed: Re-Printed in Philadelphia, 1774.

First American edition, preceded only by the same year's much shorter English edition of Wesley's influential and controversial early attack on slavery and the slave trade, the first to contain abolitionist Anthony Benezet's expansive notes and afterword not in the English edition, bound with a separate title page with four other works in publisher Joseph Crukshank's A Collection of Religous Tracts. $12,000.

"THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL WRITING OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD"

(FRANKLIN, Benjamin) (DICKINSON, John). Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. London, 1768.

First English edition of the famed revolutionary work by John Dickinson, "Penman of the Revolution,” the work that helped spark repeal of the Stamp Act by calling it "pernicious to freedom," one of only 500 copies, featuring the first appearance in print of Franklin’s prefatory British Editor to the Reader, not in the same year’s first American edition or the 1774 second English edition, with Franklin calling for restraint, urging Britain to never be “so angry with her colonies as to strike them." $12,000.

WITH 72 SUPERB ELEPHANT FOLIO EGYPTIAN PLATES, MANY IN COLOR

BINION, Samuel Augustus. Ancient Egypt or Mizraim. New York, 1887. Two volumes.

Limited first edition, “Edition de Luxe,” number 196 of only 800 copies, splendidly illustrated with 72 spectacular large folio plates of pyramids, temples, views, the Sphinx, antiquities, mummies, papyri, among other Egyptian subjects, including 50 beautiful tinted and full-color lithographs. $12,000.

"THE STANDARD FOR FUTURE EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS"

SHAKESPEARE. Plays of William Shakespeare. London, 1785. Ten volumes.

Third edition of Johnson and Steevens' Shakespeare, "the standard for future editors and publishers," in handsome contemporary tree calf boards. $9800.

“THE GREATEST HISTORICAL WORK EVER WRITTEN”

GIBBON, Edward. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Philadelphia, 1804-05. Eight volumes.

First American edition set, of one of the greatest classics of Western thought, with three folding engraved maps, in a beautiful contemporary binding. $9800.

ENGAGING 1946 TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN, WARMLY THANKING HIS FRIEND, DR. ISADORE HELD, FOR BIRTHDAY WISHES AND FOR SENDING AN "ENLIGHTENING" BOOK

EINSTEIN, Albert. Typed letter signed. Princeton, April 3, 1946.

Original typed letter signed by Albert Einstein, thanking his friend, Dr. Isadore Held, for his birthday wishes as well as for sending a new book that Einstein found both "extraordinarily enlightening" and humorous. Text in German. $9500.

“PRODUCED A FERMENTATION OF ENGLISH THOUGHT UNSURPASSED UNTIL THE ADVENT OF DARWINISM” (PMM)

HOBBES, Thomas. Moral and Political Works. London, Printed in the Year 1750.

First collected edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes, "the most original political philosopher of his time" (PMM), featuring such seminal writings as Leviathan, De Corpore, Human Nature, Behemoth and others, with engraved frontispiece portrait and re-engraved Leviathan title page, in contemporary calf binding. $9200.

DELUXE EDITION OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE

PAINE, Thomas. Life and Writings of Thomas Paine. New York, (1908). Ten volumes.

Deluxe illustrated "Independence Edition" of the Centenary Issue of the writings of Thomas Paine, number 166 of only 500 numbered sets, signed on the limitation page by editor Daniel Edwin Wheeler. $8800.

TWO-VOLUME QUARTO CAMBRIDGE KING JAMES BIBLE, 1768, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND

(BIBLE). Holy Bible. Cambridge, 1768. Two volumes.

Richly bound Cambridge King James Bible, illustrated with copper-engraved frontispiece by Francis Hayman, “the most proficient English illustrator of his time” (Ray, 5). Beautifully bound in contemporary full red morocco gilt. $8800.

“THIS FINEST OF FINEST OF ARTISTS”

POE, Edgar Allan. Works. New York, 1884. Eight volumes.

The desirable "Amontillado" edition of Poe’s complete works in eight volumes, one of only 315 sets, with etched frontispiece and vignette title page in each volume, handsomely bound by Ringer for A.C. Armstrong & Son. $8800.

“THE RUINS OF PERSEPOLIS… THE MOST FAMOUS ANTIQUITY IN ALL THE EAST”

LE BRUYN, Cornelius. Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and Part of the East Indies. London, 1737. Two volumes.

First edition in English of this exceptional trans-Asia expedition, with engraved allegorical frontispiece by Picart, engraved portrait, three double-page engraved maps, 114 finely engraved plates—many double-page, including several large, folding panorama-style views, such as the celebrated large folding panoramas of Moscow and Ispahan—and 44 engraved in-text vignettes. Many plates contain multiple subjects, for a total of more than 300 images. $8500.

INSCRIBED BY HUEY P. NEWTON

NEWTON, Huey P. To Die for the People. New York, 1972.

First edition of this early collection of writings by Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, whose "flamboyance, vision and passion came to symbolize an entire era," boldly inscribed by him, "For R— my own voice and the voice of the People finding the clarity of our situation, From Huey," with 16 pages of illustrations, in original dust jacket. $8200.

SIGNED BY NELSON MANDELA

MANDELA, Nelson. Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom. Boston, 1996.

Limited edition, number 172 of 425 copies specially bound in South African Wassa goatskin, with publisher's tipped-in photographic portrait of Mandela by Benny Gool, signed and dated ("28.10.96") by Mandela. $8200.

[BENSON, Mildred Wirt]. KEENE, Carolyn. Clue in the Diary. New York, (1932).

First edition of the seventh Nancy Drew mystery, first issue, "scarce and… highly sought after by collectors" (Farah). $8000.

FIRST EDITION OF SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA, WITH 16 CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES AFTER DRAWINGS BY EDWARD L. MOSS

MOSS, Edward L. Shores of the Polar Sea. London, 1878.

First edition, with 16 handsome mounted chromo-lithographic plates and numerous engravings after illustrations made on the spot by Edward L. Moss, and a map of the expedition route, in beautiful publisher's cloth. $7800.

"ONE OF THE FEW BOOKS THAT HAVE PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED THE COURSE OF HISTORY"

CALVIN, John. Institution of Christian Religion. London, 1634.

1634 edition of Calvin's magnum opus—"a comprehensive theological system rivaling those of the Middle Ages, particularly Thomas Aquinas"—of paramount importance in ultimately supporting a global "movement for liberty and independence" (PMM). $7500.

“ESTABLISHED HIS FAME AT HOME AND ABROAD”

(VEDDER, Elihu, illustrator) (FITZGERALD, Edward, translator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Boston, 1884.

First trade edition of Vedder’s wonderfully illustrated edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, with lithographic frontispiece, title page, colophon, dedication leaf, half title and 51 mounted plates, beautifully bound at the Harcourt Bindery. $7000.

ACKERMANN, Rudolph. History of the University of Oxford. London, 1814. Two volumes.

First edition of this illustrated history of Oxford University, with 82 superb hand-colored aquatint plates, in a handsome and distinctive Edwards of Halifax binding. $7000.

"YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WE'RE ONLY MADE OUT OF DUST"

DICK, Philip K. Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. New York, 1965.

First edition of Dick's Nebula Award-winning science fiction novel. $6500.

AUSTEN'S THIRD NOVEL

AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield Park. London, 1833.

Third edition of Austen's beloved third novel—the first one-volume edition, and the first illustrated edition, with engraved frontispiece illustration and engraved vignette title page, handsomely bound. $6500.

"MAN IS NOT MADE FOR DEFEAT"

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Old Man and the Sea. New York, 1952.

First edition of Hemingway's classic story of Santiago and his epic battle with the marlin and the sharks, winning him the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and contributing to his award of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. $6000.

"ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS 20TH-CENTURY BOOKS OF ALL… A MUST"

ELIOT, T.S. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. London, 1939.

First edition of one of T.S. Eliot's most popular books, one of only 3005 copies printed, in the original dust jacket designed and drawn by Eliot. $6000.

"IS MY VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT HOGWARTS THIS YEAR"

ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London, 2000.

First edition of the fourth book in the extraordinarily popular award-winning Harry Potter series, inscribed by Rowling on the dedication page, "Best wishes on your birthday Daniele. J.K. Rowling." $5800.

"THE GREATEST VISUAL EXPRESSION OF THE SOCIAL CLASS STRUGGLE EVER PUBLISHED"

(LONDON) DORÉ, Gustave and JERROLD, Blanchard. London: A Pilgrimage. London, 1872.

First edition of Doré and Jerrold's London, "superb, and noble in sentiment" (van Gogh), with 54 striking full-page wood-engravings and 126 in-text vignettes of "all segments of London society" by Doré. Handsomely bound. $5800.

"IT'S A PERFECTLY SANITARY WAR"

JONES, David. In Parenthesis. London, 1937.

First edition, first printing, of this epic poem about the First World War, lauded by Yeats, Eliot, and Auden in its time, and increasingly recognized as one of the great works of modernism, with two illustrations and a map by the author. One of 1500 copies printed. $5800.

"THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST": 1866 FIRST EDITION OF ARMSMEAR, A TRIBUTE TO SAMUEL COLT,INSCRIBED BY COLT'S WIFE

(COLT, Samuel) BARNARD, Henry, editor. Armsmear: The Home, the Arm, New York, 1866.

First edition of this handsome volume on the influence and inventive brilliance of Samuel Colt, whose Colt .45—the "Peacemaker"—is known as the gun that tamed the West, profusely illustrated with steel-engraved frontispiece portrait and over 80 steel-engraved maps and illustrations, presentation copy inscribed by Mrs. Samuel Colt—the dedicatee—on the front flyleaf: "Rv. J. F. Young DD. with the sincere regard of Mrs. Samuel Colt / Armsmear–Jan. 10th 1867." $5800.

FIRST EDITION OF SNOW CRASH

STEPHENSON, Neal. Snow Crash. New York, 1992.

First edition of Stephenson's high-concept, high-energy novel of the Metaverse—"a permanent virtual reality… that has taken on a life (and death) of its own" (New York Times). $5500.

CAMBRIDGE KING JAMES BIBLE, 1765, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND

(BIBLE). Holy Bible. Cambridge, 1765.

1765 "Standard Edition" of the King James Bible, distinctively bound in contemporary onlaid and elaborately gilt-tooled morocco, with intriguing provenance detailed in six manuscript pages of family history. $5500.

"HOW IS THIS MODE MORE TOLERABLE THAN THE STAMP ACT?"

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (QUARTERING ACT). Quartering Act. London, 1774.

Uncommon first printing of the 1774 Quartering Act, expanding on the 1765 Quartering Act, one of the most important catalysts of the American Revolution, "the quartering of large bodies of armed troops among us" being specifically cited as a grievance in the Declaration of Independence. $5000.

SIGNED BY KURT VONNEGUT WITH A SELF PORTRAIT

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Happy Birthday, Wanda June. New York, 1971.

First edition of this play about a big game hunter who returns home after eight years of being presumed dead, boldly signed on the half title by Kurt Vonnegut with a large self-portrait by him. $4800.

"THUS WAS A DANGEROUS INTERNAL WAR FINALLY SUPPRESSED, BY THE SPIRITED USE OF CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS, WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD BY THE HAND OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE"

MINOT, George Richards. History of the Insurrections. Worcester, MA, 1788.

Uncommon first edition of the earliest account of Shays' Rebellion of 1786-1787, a turning point in the development and ratification of the U.S. Constitution, elegantly bound. $4500.

"EVIDENCE OF THE POTENTIAL STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE NORTHWEST REGION OF NORTH AMERICA"

KOTZEBUE, Otto von. A New Voyage Round the World. London, 1830. Two volumes.

First edition in English of the chronicle of Kotzebue's second voyage to the Pacific, providing detailed information on the northwest coast of North America, with engraved frontispiece in each volume and three maps (two folding). A handsome copy of this scarce narrative in contemporary morocco and marbled boards. $4500.

THE SUNDIAL, INSCRIBED BY SHIRLEY JACKSON

JACKSON, Shirley. Sundial. New York, 1958.

First edition of Jackson’s bleakly satirical novel, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Eleanor and Franklin, affectionately, Shirley." $4200.

CREASY’S CLASSIC FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES, FIRST EDITION

CREASY, Edward S. Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. London, 1851. Two volumes.

First edition of Creasy’s influential military history, including the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Joan of Arc’s victory at Orleans, and America’s victory over the British at Saratoga during the American Revolution, handsomely bound in full red morocco by Bayntun. $4000.

SIGNED BY BEN-GURION IN HEBREW

BEN-GURION, David. Israel: Years of Challenge. Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem, 1963.

First edition of this history of modern Israel, signed on the half title in Hebrew by David Ben-Gurion. $3500.

SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING

KING, Stephen. Desperation. Hampton Falls, NH, 1996.

Signed limited first edition of King's terrifying epic of good and evil, number 1630 of 2050 copies signed by King and by Hugo Award-winning illustrator Don Maitz on the limitation page, with three full-page and two double-page color illustrations by Maitz. $2500.

DAWN, SIGNED BY OCTAVIA BUTLER

BUTLER, Octavia. Dawn. New York, 1987.

First edition of the visionary first novel in the innovative Xenogenesis trilogy, boldly signed on the title page by Butler—"the first Black woman to win Hugo and Nebula awards"—a beautiful copy in the original dust jacket. $2000.