“LET US GO THEN, YOU AND I…”

ELIOT, T.S. Prufrock and Other Observations. London, 1917.

Rare first edition of T.S. Eliot’s first book, one of only 500 copies printed, in the original fragile paper wrappers, inscribed by Eliot on the title page less than one year before his death to literary scholar William Shelton Gray, Jr., “Inscribed for William S. Gray by T.S. Eliot 19.v.64.” $125,000.

ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL INDIA COLOR-PLATE BOOKS: FIRST EDITION OF SALT’S MAGNIFICENT HAND-COLORED ELEPHANT FOLIO VIEWS IN INDIA

SALT, Henry. Twenty-Four Views Taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India. London, 1809. First edition of this extraordinary work of 24 elephant folio hand-colored aquatints of views in India, as well as Egypt, Ceylon, Abyssinia, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, with a pictorial aquatint title page. Plates untrimmed and in fine condition with superb color. One of the most sought after of all India view books, even more rare in this condition. $88,000.

“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.

“LOVE, ALL ALIKE, NO SEASON KNOWS, NOR CLYME”

DONNE, John. Poems. WITH: Juvenilia. London, 1633.

First edition of the collected poems of the greatest of the metaphysical poets, with the first edition of his “perfectly impudent” Juvenilia, bound together in contemporary calf boards. From the famed Beeleigh Abbey library of W.A. Foyle, with his bookplate. $52,000.

"THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT AMERICA"

TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Democracy in America. London, 1835, 1840. Four volumes.

First editions in English of both parts of Tocqueville's important and influential analysis of American democracy, one of the most outstanding intellectual achievements of the 19th century—"one of the most important texts in political literature" (PMM)—with very scarce folding map colored in outline, with all four volumes uniformly bound in contemporary marbled boards. $52,000.

ONE OF THE FINEST PRODUCTIONS OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB

LAWRENCE, Jacob. Eight Passages. New York, 1990.

A magnificent production, number 2 of only 22 exhibition copies with eight superb original multi-colored silkscreen prints by Lawrence depicting a preacher and his congregation, each print signed and numbered by Lawrence. $45,000.

“THE BIBLE OF CHRISTMAS”

DICKENS, Charles. Christmas Books. London, 1843-48. Together, five volumes.

First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books—chief among them a first issue of his immortal Christmas Carol, the veritable "Bible of Christmas"—illustrated with 63 engravings, four in color, by Leech, Maclise, Stanfield, Doyle and Landseer, all books in the original gilt-decorated cloth. $45,000.

TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN WITH IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC CONTENT, MAKING HISTORIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN KEPLER'S WORK AND HIS OWN

EINSTEIN, Albert. Typed letter signed. Princeton, November 3, 1942.

An exceptional typed letter signed by Einstein on precursors like Johannes Kepler's work to his Special and General Theories of Relativity, beautifully framed. $38,000.

“ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE WORKS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE”

TWAIN, Mark. Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, 1876. Rare first American edition, first printing, first state, of one of the universally recognized masterpieces of American literature, Twain's irrepressible and unforgettable "true boy's book." $35,000.

"ONCE THERE WAS A LITTLE BUNNY WHO WANTED TO RUN AWAY"

BROWN, Margaret Wise; HURD, Clement, illustrator. Runaway Bunny. New York and London, 1942.

First edition of Brown and Hurd's perennial favorite about a little bunny who wanted to run away, a lovely copy in the scarce original dust jacket. $32,000.

"THE MOST AMAZING, ENDURING AND ENDEARING ONE-MAN FEAT"

JOHNSON, Samuel. Dictionary of the English Language. London, 1755. Two volumes.

First edition of the first great dictionary of the English language, Johnson's "audacious attempt to tame his unruly native tongue… combining huge erudition with a steely wit and remarkable clarity of thought" (Hitchings, 3)—"Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics," beautifully bound in period-style morocco. $30,000.

SPLENDID 40-VOLUME ILLUSTRATED LIMITED EDITION SET OF DICKENS' WORKS

DICKENS, Charles. Works. New York and London, 1881-85. Sixty volumes.

An extra-illustrated copy of the Chapman and Hall Large Paper Edition of Dicken's Works, with over 800 additional illustrations (hundreds of which are hand colored), including scores of original signed watercolors by illustrators such as Kyd and H.C. Green, sumptuously bound in full morocco-gilt with leather onlays and full leather doublures. $30,000.

"FOUR EDITIONS OF THE ORIGIN HAVE APPEARED… I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT"

DARWIN, Charles. Autograph letter signed. Down, Beckenham, Kent, Dec 17, [1866].

Fine unpublished 1866 autograph letter written by Charles Darwin, answering the questions of an anonymous correspondent concerning editions of his landmark work, On the Origin of Species, boldly signed by him with his full name "Charles Darwin" (he often used "C." or "Ch." instead of his full given name). Beautifully framed with an early photographic card. $29,500.

"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.

SIGNED BY RICHARD FEYNMAN

FEYNMAN, Richard P. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! New York, 1985.

First edition of Feynman’s anecdotal autobiography, author's advance proof copy, signed by the celebrated physicist on the half title. $27,500.

BEAUTIFULLY BOUND SET OF STEVENSON’S WORKS

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Works. Edinburgh, 1894-98. Thirty-four volumes.

Limited “Edinburgh” edition, number 133 of 1035 copies, of this comprehensive set of Stevenson’s writings, together with his letters and a biography of Stevenson, in a beautiful and elaborate morocco-gilt binding with leather onlays and morocco doublures. $25,000.

“ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL AND INFLUENTIAL THINKERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY”

ARENDT, Hannah. Human Condition. Chicago, 1958.

First edition of Hannah Arendt’s landmark second book, marking her “emergence as political thinker of truly staggering range and depth," inscribed by her, Für E—- an Tübingen im July 1958. Hannah Arendt." $24,000.

FIRST EDITION OF THE DOUBLE HELIX, SIGNED BY FRANCIS CRICK AND JAMES WATSON

(CRICK, Francis) WATSON, James D. Double Helix. New York, 1968.

First edition, advanced review copy of Watson's controversial personal account of the DNA discovery, signed on the title page by Francis Crick and James D. Watson. $22,500.

“ALL MODERN LITERATURE COMES FROM ONE BOOK BY MARK TWAIN. IT’S THE BEST BOOK WE’VE HAD”

TWAIN, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, 1885.

First edition, first issue, of "the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction" (Legacies of Genius, 47), with 174 illustrations by Edward Kemble. $22,000.

“THE WORKS OF PLATO MAY BE PROPERLY CONSIDERED THE SCRIPTURES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

PLATO. Works. London, 1804. Five volumes.

First edition of the first complete English translation of Plato’s works, prepared by the leading Platonist of his day, still considered unequaled. Five quarto volumes, in original drab paper boards. $22,000.

1785 BIBLE BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY EDWARDS OF HALIFAX IN THEIR SIGNATURE ETRUSCAN STYLE, FROM THE DOHENY COLLECTION

(BIBLE). Holy Bible. Bath, 1785. Three volumes.

Beautifully bound three-volume 1785 Bible in an "Etruscan" style binding by Edwards of Halifax, from the esteemed collection of Estelle Doheny. $18,500.

"LIBERTY AND THE LAWS DEPEND ENTIRELY ON A SEPARATION OF [POWERS]"

ADAMS, John. Defence of the Constitutions of Government. London, 1787.

First edition of Adams' important work on a constitutional separation of powers, his reasoned yet impassioned "rendition of the case for checks and balances in government" (McCullough). $18,500.

SIGNED BY JAMES WATSON AND FRANCIS CRICK

CRICK, F[rancis] H. C. and WATSON, J[ames] D. Virus Structure. London, 1957.

First edition of Watson and Crick’s Virus Structure, signed by both Watson and Crick on the first page of their article. Presented as the first paper at the prestigious 1956 Ciba Foundation symposium in London and the first paper in this collection, this seminal work—their “last direct collaboration” (Ridley)—revealed Watson and Crick’s theory of virus structure that ultimately “proved correct, crucial productive for virologists: its great success reinforced… the comparison of virus with microsome structure” (Judson, 316). $18,000.

TYPED LETTER SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL,TO HIS PUBLISHERS REGARDING HIS WORK, HANDSOMELY FRAMED WITH PORTRAIT

CHURCHILL, Winston. Typed letter signed. Kent, January 25, 1933. Signed and inscribed typed letter from Churchill to his publisher regarding his book Thoughts and Adventures. $18,000.

FIRST EDITION OF HARRIS’ 1705 FOLIO COLLECTION OF VOYAGES: WITH NUMEROUS LARGE MOLL MAPS AND ENGRAVED PLATES

HARRIS, John. Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. London, 1705. Two volumes.

First edition of this early collection of voyages, two tall folio volumes with two engraved frontispieces (each with four portraits), nine large folding or double-page maps by Herman Moll and T. Lamb, and 21 splendid engraved plates, some folding. Includes descriptions of America, the South Seas, the West Indies, the North Pole, Russia, China, Africa, India, etc. $17,500.

“HUMPTYDUMP DUBLIN SQUEAKS THROUGH HIS NORSE HUMPTYDUMP DUBLIN HATH A HORRIBLE VORSE AND WITH ALL HIS KINKS ENGLISH PLUS HIS IRISMANX BROGUES HUMPTYDUMP DUBLIN’S GRANDADA OF ALL ROGUES”

JOYCE, James. Haveth Childers Everywhere. Paris and New York, 1930.

First edition, number 50 of only 100 signed copies on “Imperial Hand-Made Iridescent Japan” paper, out of a total edition of 685 copies. A stunning copy. $17,500.

SPLENDID BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED 20-VOLUME SET OF THE AUTHORS DIGEST: ONE OF ONLY 32 SETS, SIGNED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE

JOHNSON, Rossiter. Authors Digest. No place, 1908. Twenty volumes.

Autograph edition, number 2 of only 32 numbered copies, this set prepared for Hannah M. Standish and containing an article written and signed by Andrew Carnegie. A splendid production, with hand-colored initials and headpieces in the beginning of Volume I, numerous full-page illustrations, many hand-colored, and original ink illustrations on the first pages of dozens of articles, many hand-colored. $16,500.

FIRST EDITION OF MARSHALL’S LIFE OF WASHINGTON WITH SCARCE ATLAS VOLUME OF THE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS

(WASHINGTON, George) MARSHALL, John. Life of George Washington. Philadelphia, 1804-07. Five large octavo text volumes and quarto atlas volume.

First edition of Marshall's monumental life of Washington, with the companion atlas volume of ten strategic maps (eight double-page) depicting Washington's major Revolutionary campaigns and frontispiece portrait of Washington in Volume I. $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.

"BEHOLD, THE LORD RULER IS COME"

(ILLUMINATED LEAF). Large illuminated initial (Adoration of the Magi). Naples, circa 1480.

Striking, very large illuminated initial, with the Adoration of the Magi shown within a large letter "E" from a Neapolitan Antiphonal, rendered in vivid colors and set within a frame of gold. $14,500.

VERY SCARCE PRESENTATION COPY OF CYRANO DE BERGERAC

ROSTAND, Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. Paris, 1898.

First edition of Rostand’s romantic masterpiece, a scarce presentation copy to French historian Emmanuel Rodocanachi, inscribed, "a Monsieur Emmanuel P. Rodocanachi Souvenir particulièrement cordial Edmund Rostrand." $14,000.

“FEW MEN HAVE HAD A MORE MARKED INFLUENCE UPON THE RISING INTELLECT OF THE TIME”

MILL, John Stuart. System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive. London, 1843. Two volumes.

First edition of a classic text on logic by John Stuart Mill—"Britain's most important philosopher in the 19th century"—one of only 750 copies printed, in the publisher's original cloth and paper boards. $13,500.

THE MOST FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF MUHAMMAD ALI, SIGNED BY BOTH ALI AND PHOTOGRAPHER NEIL LEIFER

(ALI, Muhammad) LEIFER, Neil. Photograph signed (vs. Sonny Liston). No place, November 8, 1993.

Extraordinary large color photograph of Muhammad Ali towering over a knocked-out Sonny Liston during their May 25, 1965, championship match—generally considered one of the greatest sports photographs of all time—number 63 of only 350 copies signed by photographer Neil Leifer, additionally signed by Muhammad Ali. $13,500.

HONIG'S THE WORLD SERIES, WITH 186 SIGNATURES FROM 109 PLAYERS, INCLUDING 49 HALL-OF-FAMERS

(BASEBALL) HONIG, Donald. World Series. New York, 1986.

First edition of this abundantly illustrated history of the World Series, with an account of every game between 1903 and 1985, with 186 autographs from 109 players, 49 of them Hall-of-Famers, including Micky Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, Hank Aaron, Stan Musial, Yogi Berra and Billy Martin. $13,500.

“IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES”

DICKENS, Charles. Tale of Two Cities. London, 1859.

First edition, first issue, bound from parts, of Dickens' second historical novel, one of his most enduring works—a powerful tale of self-sacrifice and rebirth amid the turmoil of the French Revolution—in nicely restored contemporary full morocco-gilt. $13,500.

"MONEY CAN ONLY GIVE HAPPINESS WHERE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO GIVE IT"

AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. London, 1833.

First illustrated and first single-volume edition, the first to identify Austen as the author, third overall edition of Jane Austen's extraordinarily rare first novel, on "the twin themes of prudence and benevolence, reason and passion, head and heart, or sense and sensibility," with engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, handsomely bound. $13,500.

"ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL TEXTS OF 20TH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY"

WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. London, 1922.

First edition in English of the only major philosophical text published in Wittgenstein's lifetime, immediately recognized as "a major contribution to philosophy," with parallel German-English text and an introduction by Bertrand Russell. $13,000.

1663 KING JAMES BIBLE, IN STUNNING CONTEMPORARY CLASPED BINDING

(BIBLE). Holy Bible. London, 1663.

Finely printed 17th-century edition of the King James Bible, in a stunning contemporary morocco-gilt binding with elaborate morocco onlays and gilt designs to boards and spine, with a lovely fore-edge painting and silver clasps, bound by "Owen," whose work is known in only one other example in the collection of the British Museum. $12,500.

PATTON'S SIGNED COPY

(PATTON, George S.) BOUTELL, Charles. Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. London, 1902.

General George S. Patton's signed, annotated copy of this authoritative work on weaponry from ancient times up to modern artillery and small arms, signed by Patton in ink three times: once on the front free endpaper and twice on the binding, with Patton's autograph annotations. $12,500.

NEUROMANCER, INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM GIBSON

GIBSON, William. Neuromancer. London, 1984.

First English and first hardcover edition of William Gibson's landmark first novel, the most influential exemplar of cyberpunk fiction, inscribed on the title page by him: "Wm. Gibson to Robert Ashworth, London/L.A. '88." $12,000.

"A WORK THAT LAID THE BASIS OF MODERN HYDRODYNAMICS"

BERNOULLI, Daniel. Hydrodynamica. Strasbourg, 1738.

First edition of Bernoulli's most important work, the source of Bernoulli's principle, a fundamental concept in fluid dynamics, with engraved title vignette and 12 engraved folding plates. $11,000.

"THE FOUNDATION FOR LATER ARTISTIC GREATNESS"

STEINBECK, John. To a God Unknown. New York, 1935.

First edition, exceptionally rare first issue of Steinbeck's first California novel, one of only 598 first issue copies bound and sold, his third published novel—"Steinbeck invested his essential self in it"—a handsome copy in the rarely found original dust jacket. $10,500.

"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.

WITH 105 SIGNATURES OF YANKEES PLAYERS, INCLUDING MICKEY MANTLE, WHITEY FORD, YOGI BERRA, JOE DIMAGGIO, PHIL RIZZUTO, LOU PINIELLA, CATFISH HUNTER, REGGIE JACKSON, DON LARSEN, BILLY MARTIN, KEN GRIFFEY, RICKEY HENDERSON, DAVE WINFIELD, DON BAYLOR, RON GUIDRY, GOOSE GOSSAGE, AND TOMMY JOHN, MANY SIGNING MULTIPLE TIMES

(BERRA, Yogi, RIZZUTO, Phil et al.) HONIG, Donald. New York Yankees. New York, 1987.

First revised edition of Honig’s profusely illustrated history of the New York Yankees, with 105 signatures of Yankees players—many signing multiple times—including numerous Hall of Famers. Noatable names include Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Lou Piniella, Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Don Larsen, Billy Martin, Ken Griffey, Rickey Henderson, Tommy John, Dave Winfield, Don Baylor, Ron Guidry, Goose Gossage, and Tommy John. $9500.

“GRUMBLING HOMER’S GREEK UNDER HIS BREATH”

MORRIS, William. Odyssey. London, 1887. Two volumes.

First edition of Morris’ esteemed translation, in a stunning binding with front board portrait onlays by Bayntun-Riviere. $9500.

"THE PROPHET OF EXISTENTIALISM"

KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Enten-Eller. Kjobenjavn [Copenhagen], 1843. Two volumes.

First edition of Kierkegaard's first significant work, one of only 525 copies printed and published by the philosopher under the pseudonym "Victor Eremita." $9500.

DICKENS’ BLEAK HOUSE, IN ORIGINAL PARTS AND SCARCE ORIGINAL BLUE WRAPPERS

DICKENS, Charles. Bleak House. London, 1852-53. Twenty parts in 19, as issued.

Scarce first edition in original parts and wrappers of Dickens' ambitious, bracing masterpiece, with 40 engraved illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), including frontispiece and nine other dramatic "dark plates," as well as vignette title page. An excellent copy in original blue paper wrappers, with all but one advertisement present. $9500.

“I LOCK'D HER IN MY FOND EMBRACE; HER HEART WAS BEATING RARELY: MY BLESSINGS ON THAT HAPPY PLACE, AMONG THE RIGS O' BARLEY!"

BURNS, Robert. Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh, 1787.

1787 first Edinburgh edition, rare first issue, of the work which established Burns as the national poet of Scotland, preceded only by the extremely scarce Kilmarnock 1786 first edition of only 612 copies, of which only about a dozen are thought to be in private collections. $9000.

SIGNED BY MATISSE

(MATISSE, Henri, illustrator) JOYCE, James. Ulysses. New York, 1935.

First illustrated edition of Joyce’s landmark Ulysses, number 330 of only 1500 copies printed, signed by Matisse at the colophon. One of the 20th-century’s most desirable illustrated books, combining the work of two great modern artists. $8500.

CAMBRIDGE “PREACHING BIBLE,” 1666, IN A BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY BINDING

(BIBLE) (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER). Holy Bible. Cambridge, 1666-68.

1666 Cambridge “Preaching Bible,” with engraved general title page, beautifully bound in contemporary morocco-gilt. $8500.

“THE MOST IMPORTANT BIOLOGICAL DISCOVERY OF THE 20TH CENTURY”

WATSON, James and CRICK, Francis. Nature. London, 1953.

Volume 171 of Nature, including the first appearances of the articles announcing the most important biological discovery of the 20th century, including the first illustration of the double-helix structure of DNA. $8500.

FIRST EDITION OF SILENT SPRING, INSCRIBED BY RACHEL CARSON

CARSON, Rachel. Silent Spring. Boston, 1962.

First edition of the pioneering work by Rachel Carson—"one of the greatest nature writers in American letters," inscribed on the half title, "Inscribed for D— T— With my best wishes Rachel Carson." $8500.

“THAT DIALOGUE OF MIND, HEART AND VOICE”

BOSWELL, James. Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London, 1791. Two volumes. First edition of "the most famous biography in any language, one of Western literature's most germinal achievements," handsomely bound. $8500.

“AFTER SHAKESPEARE AND CHAUCER, JOHN MILTON IS THE MOST EMINENT POET IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE”

MILTON, John. Poems, &c. Upon Several Occasions. London, 1673.

First expanded edition of Milton's Poems, initially printed in 1645, this second edition published only one year before his death and "doubtless authorized by Milton" (Pforzheimer), with over 40 poems "printed here for the first time," including the first printing of Sonnet XVI, the first sonnet to refer to Milton's blindness, especially memorable for its oft-quoted final line—"They also serve who only stand and waite"; the Chevalier copy, handsomely bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons. $8500.

“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. $8500.

"IN POLITICAL ECONOMY I THINK SMITH'S WEALTH OF NATIONS THE BEST BOOK EXTANT" (THOMAS JEFFERSON)

SMITH, Adam. Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London, 1791. Three volumes.

Sixth edition of Smith's landmark work, the first published after his death—"the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM 221), in contemporary calf boards beautifully respined. $8500.

“THAT MUSICAL CRYSTAL-CLEAR STYLE, BLOWN LIKE GLASS FROM THE WHITE-HEAT OF VIOLENCE”

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Farewell to Arms. New York, 1929.

First trade edition, first issue, of the novel that "placed Hemingway, early, among the American masters," in scarce unrestored first-issue dust jacket. $8500.

"THE WORLD IS A FINE PLACE AND WORTH THE FIGHTING FOR"

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York, 1940.

First edition of this classic Hemingway novel, in first-issue dust jacket. $8000.

“ANYONE WHO STUDIED PRESENT AND ANCIENT AFFAIRS WILL EASILY SEE HOW IN ALL CITIES AND ALL PEOPLES THERE STILL EXIST, AND HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED, THE SAME DESIRES AND PASSIONS”

MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo. Discourses upon the first Decade of T. Livius. London, 1636.

First edition in English of Machiavelli’s commentaries on the work of the Roman historian Livy, a founding document of modern republicanism, quoted by John Adams in his great work, The Defence of the Constitutions, in contemporary calf boards. $8000.

"THE HOPES AND PRAYERS OF LIBERTY-LOVING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE MARCH WITH YOU"

EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Crusade in Europe. Garden City, 1948.

Signed limited first edition, number 738 of 1426 copies signed by Eisenhower at the bottom of a facsimile of his D-Day message to Allied troops. $8000.

MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING VOLUMES ONE AND TWO, SIGNED BY JULIA CHILD

CHILD, Julia, BECK, Simone, and BERTHOLLE, Louisette. Mastering the Art of French Cooking. New York, 1961, 1970. Two volumes.

First editions of both volumes of Julia Child's indispensable cookbook, volume two boldly inscribed by the legendary chef on the half title with her signature phrase: "Bon Appétit! / Julia Child." $7800.

"A GREAT SLOB OF A MAN IN VIOLENT REVOLT AGAINST THE ENTIRE 20TH CENTURY"

TOOLE, John Kennedy. Confederacy of Dunces. Baton Rouge and London, 1980.

First edition of Toole's posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical novel—"nothing less than a grand comic fugue"—one of only 2500 copies printed. $7200.

“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.

“HOW’S YOUR COEFFICIENT OF TOUGHNESS, JAMES?”

FLEMING, Ian. For Your Eyes Only. London, 1960.

First edition of Fleming's eighth Bond title, the only collection of Bond short stories published in the author's lifetime, including the title story, "From a View to a Kill," and "Quantum of Solace." $7000.

“NO LOVER OF POE… WILL ACCOUNT THE ARNHEIM EDITION SUPERFLUOUS”

POE, Edgar Allan. Complete Works. New York, (1902). Ten volumes.

Limited "Collector's Arnheim" edition of Poe's stories, poems and essays, number 112 of 300 sets, with 100 beautiful illustrations on Japan vellum paper—including 73 after paintings by Frederick Simpson Coburn—and lovely woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. $6800.

SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING

KING, Stephen. Doctor Sleep. Baltimore, 2013.

Signed limited first edition, issued the same year as the Scribner's trade edition, of King's terrifying sequel to The Shining, number 112 of 750 copies signed by King, dust jacket designer Vincent Chong, and illustrator Erin Wells on the limitation page, one of 100 copies with an additional remarque signed by Chong and also with a signed remarque print by artist Glenn Chadbourne. This deluxe illustrated edition includes features six full-page color illustrations (two folding), 19 full-page and several in-text black-and-white illustrations by Wells. $6800.

THE WORLD CRISIS, FULL FIRST EDITION SET

CHURCHILL, Winston. World Crisis. London, 1923-31. Six volumes.

First English editions of Churchill’s important history of World War I, "not only the best account of the most tremendous convulsion the world has ever seen, but one of the most brilliant treatises on war that has ever been written" (Spectator), attractively bound by Bayntun. $6500.

AUSTEN'S THIRD NOVEL

AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield Park. London, 1833.

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

"AN ESPECIALLY ILLUMINATING LOOK INTO THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HER LIFE AND ART"

HURSTON, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road. Philadelphia London New York, 1942.

First edition of Hurston's fascinating memoir, at once elusive and honest in chronicling her unique "growth and development as a writer." $6500.

"IF IT ISN’T ENJOYABLE—WHY DO IT?"

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. To Have and Have Not. New York, 1937.

First edition, first issue of Hemingway's first novel since A Farewell to Arms, basis for the Howard Hawks film co-scripted by Faulkner and featuring Bogart and Bacall together for the first time. $6500.

ONE OF RACKHAM’S MOST SOUGHT-AFTER TITLES, SIGNED BY HIM

RACKHAM, Arthur. Mother Goose. London, 1913.

Signed limited edition, number 772 of 1130 copies signed by Rackham, with 13 splendid color plates mounted on brown stock and 85 in-text line cuts. $6200.

FIRST EDITION OF THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER

MILNE, A.A. House at Pooh Corner. London, 1928.

First edition of Milne's final Winnie-the-Pooh book, delightfully illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. $6000.

“PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT LANDMARK IN DORÉ’S CAREER”

(DORÉ, Gustave). Holy Bible. London, Paris, and New York, circa 1884. Two volumes.

Later edition of Gustave Doré’s great illustrated Bible, splendidly illustrated by him with 220 full-page wood-engravings and beautifully bound in contemporary, elaborate morocco-gilt. A lovely copy. $6000.

"LET US MARCH ON 'TILL VICTORY IS WON"

HUGHES, Langston. Laughing to Keep from Crying. New York, 1952.

First edition of Hughes' major second collection of short fiction, boldly inscribed in the year of publication by both civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson and Langston Hughes to local New York politician Ruth Brown Price: "To Ruth Brown Price, Over the years—'Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on 'till victory is won' James Weldon Johnson from Lift Every Voice and Sing. Grace Nail Johnson. Mar. 30—'52" and "For Ruth Brown Price—with the sincere regard of—Langston Hughes. New York, March 30, 1952." $6000.

"WE ARE APT TO BE VERY PERT CENSURING OTHERS, WHERE WE WILL NOT ENDURE ADVICE OUR SELVES"

PENN, William. Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections & Maxims. London, 1693.

Second edition, published the same year as the first, of one of Penn's best-known works, in striking paper-mache binding. $5800.

"BETTER THAN GRANITE, SPOON RIVER, IS THE MEMORY-PICTURE YOU KEEP OF ME"

MASTERS, Edgar Lee. Spoon River Anthology. New York, 1915.

First edition, first issue of Masters’ celebrated poetic examination of virtue and vice in the American heartland, signed by him. $5500.

1934 FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHER'S REVIEW COPY

CROCKETT, Albert Stevens. Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book. New York, 1934.

First edition of Crockett's post-Prohibition drink manual, review copy with a paper Dodd, Mead & Company "press copy" label dated April 5, 1934 on the back cover and a sample of the silver dust jacket mounted on the front pastedown. $5500.

AUGUSTUS, INSCRIBED BY JOHN WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, John. Augustus. New York, 1972.

First edition of Williams' "spectacular historical saga," his last book published in his lifetime, a handsome presentation copy inscribed on the half title by the author: "For Raisie Rifkin, with the best wishes of John Williams." $5500.

“A MONUMENTAL POLITICAL SAGA"

(JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines) CARO, Robert A. Years of Lyndon Johnson. New York, 1982-2012. Four volumes.

First editions of all four volumes of Caro's critically praised, Pulitzer Prize-winning, multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, signed by Caro in each volume. $5500.

"THE POWER THAT GOLD ALONE GIVES"

FLEMING, Ian. Goldfinger. London, 1959.

First edition of the seventh James Bond thriller, in which Fleming's superspy thwarts Auric Goldfinger's plot to plunder Fort Knox. $5200.

"C.S. LEWIS HAD NO PEER"

LEWIS, C.S. Mere Christianity. London, 1952.

First edition of C.S. Lewis' revised and expanded WWII BBC radio talks together in one volume—Broadcast Talks, Christian Behaviour and Beyond Personality—handsomely bound in navy morocco gilt. $5000.

INSCRIBED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA

OBAMA, Barack. Audacity of Hope. New York, 2006.

First edition, first printing, inscribed on the title page, "To John & Rosemary—All the best! Barack Obama." $4500.

INSCRIBED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN

REAGAN, Ronald. American Life. New York, 1990.

First edition of the 40th President's autobiography, inscribed on the title page, "To K— S— With Very Best Wishes, Ronald Reagan." $4500.

"THERE IS AN OLD LONDON STORY THAT HAS NEVER LOST ITS LOVELINESS FOR ME"

(COBURN, Alvin Langdon) CHESTERTON, G.K. London. London, 1914.

First edition of this collaboration between two masters of their crafts, privately printed by the Chiswick Press, featuring 10 of Coburn's photogravures in conversation with Chesterton's London-themed essay, inscribed in the year of publication "To Gertrud Capen Whitney with best wishes from Edith W. Coburn and Alvin Langdon Coburn. Christmas 1914." $4500.

"THOSE ARE GIANTS; AND IF THOU ART AFRAID, AWAY WITH THEE… WHILE I ENGAGE THEM IN FIERCE AND UNEQUAL COMBAT"

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. Don Quixote. New York, 1901. Four volumes bound in eight.

Limited edition, number 80 of only 100 sets, of this translation by John Ormsby of Cervantes' masterpiece, finely printed and bound, illustrated with frontispiece portrait and 51 plates after drawings by Cruikshank and Lalauze. $4500.

V., THOMAS PYNCHON’S FIRST NOVEL

PYNCHON, Thomas. V. Philadelphia, (1963).

First edition of Pynchon's first novel, a beautiful copy in the elusive first-issue dust jacket. $4200.

“IN ALL TIMES AND UNDER EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, THE MYTHS OF MAN HAVE FLOURISHED…”

CAMPBELL, Joseph. Hero with a Thousand Faces. New York, 1949.

First edition of Campbell’s first, influential study of world mythology and religion—his penetrating analysis of “the monomyth,” the “basic, magic ring of myth” from which countless human stories, arts and endeavors spring—illustrated with 12 black-and-white plates, in scarce original dust jacket. $4200.

"PEOPLING THE UNIVERSE WITH ELVES AND LEPRECHAUNS"

RACKHAM, Arthur. Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. London, 1933.

Signed limited first edition, number 55 of only 460 copies signed by Rackham, with eight full-page color illustration and 60 in-text line cuts and silhouettes, a handsome uncut copy. $4000.

"GREAT SPENSER’S NOBLE RHYME HAVE I ESSAYED TO PICTURE"

(CRANE, Walter, illustrator) SPENSER, Edmund. Faerie Queene. London, 1897. Six volumes.

Limited first book-form edition of Walter Crane's "most ambitious project of book illustration" (Lacy, 103), one of 1000 large-paper copies, with 88 splendid full-page pen-and-ink line-cuts (two double-page), 135 illustrative head- and tailpieces by Crane, and six facsimile title pages from earlier editions. $4000.

“ONE OF THE BEST I EVER WROTE” (GRAHAM GREENE)

GREENE, Graham. Brighton Rock. New York, 1938.

First edition of Greene’s electrifying noir novel—“his first enquiry into the ways of man and God”— this American edition preceding the English edition by one month, in scarce unrestored dust jacket. $4000.

“HE NEVER RODE OFF ANY FIELD EXCEPT AS A VICTOR”

CHURCHILL, Winston. Marlborough: His Life and Times. London, 1933-38. Four volumes.

First English trade editions, with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates, and document facsimiles, handsomely bound by Bayntun. $4000.

MARY SHELLEY’S 1839 EDITION OF SHELLEY’S POETICAL WORKS

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Poetical Works. London, 1839. Four volumes.

First edition of Mary Shelley’s important edition of her husband’s poetical works, with engraved frontispiece portrait of the poet by Finden, finely bound.. $4000.

INSCRIBED BY SENDAK WITH AN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION OF MAX

SENDAK, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York, circa 1986.

Later edition of Sendak’s cherished classic, inscribed by him on the half title: "For Matt, Maurice Sendak, June 86," with an original drawing of Max saying "Greetings!" $3800.

"I AM YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN"

KING, Stephen. Misery. New York, 1987.

First edition of King's psychological thriller, with an apropros inscription by the author in blue ink on the title page: "For Michael—Best wishes from your #1 fan! Stephen King 3/22/88." $3500.

“CHURCHILL’S LAST GREAT WORK”

CHURCHILL, Winston. History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London, 1956-58. Four volumes.

First English editions of Churchill’s classic history, illustrated with maps and genealogical tables, very handsomely bound by Bayntun. $3500.

FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION OF A SCIENCE-FICTION LANDMARK

LEM, Stanislaw. Solaris. New York, 1970.

First English-language and first U.S. edition of a philosophical classic of science fiction from "one of the most significant sf writers of our century." $3500.

"THE MOST HIGHLY ESTEEMED AMERICAN POET OF THE 20TH CENTURY"

FROST, Robert. Complete Poems. New York, 1950. Two volumes.

Signed limited edition, number 1180 of 1500 copies signed by Frost, praised by T.S. Eliot as "perhaps the most eminent, the most distinguished Anglo-American poet now living," additionally signed by famed typographer Bruce Rogers and New England illustrator Thomas W. Nason. $3400.

CUJO, ONE OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING

KING, Stephen. Cujo. New York, 1981.

Signed limited first edition of "perhaps the cruelest [and] most disturbing" Stephen King novel, number 54 of 750 copies signed by King on the limitation leaf at rear. $3000.

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

FLEMING, Ian. 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.

"HOW DO I LOVE THEE? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS"

BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Poetical Works. London, 1890. Six volumes.

Handsomely bound, illustrated six-volume set of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poems, including her Sonnets from the Portuguese. $2800.

“HERE I SIT IN ORDER TO WRITE, AT THE AGE OF 67, SOMETHING LIKE MY OWN OBITUARY”

(EINSTEIN, Albert). Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. Evanston, 1949.

First trade edition of this collection, including the only autobiography written by Einstein, "the greatest physicist of the 20th century" (PMM). $2600.

"THIS IS NOT HISTORY: THIS IS MY CASE"

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, in the original dust jackets. $1700.

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

FLEMING, Ian. 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. $1600.

“CAN'T YOU LET YOURSELF BELIEVE IN PEOPLE LIKE KRIS—IN FUN AND JOY AND LOVE AND ALL THE OTHER INTANGIBLES?"

DAVIES, Valentine. Miracle on 34th Street. New York, 1947.

First edition of this modern Christmas classic, published to coincide with the release of the famous movie. $1500.

"ALL THE CHRISTMASES ROLL DOWN TOWARD THE TWO-TONGUED SEA…"

THOMAS, Dylan. Child's Christmas in Wales. Norfolk, Connecticut, 1955.

First separate edition of Thomas's beloved Christmas story. $750.

"I FIND THAT THIS SMALL BOX PLEASES ME MOST"

TAZEWELL, Charles. Littlest Angel. Chicago, 1946.

First edition of this beloved Christmas classic, illustrated by Katherine Evans. $350.