"TO LILLIAN, WITH LOVE AND GREAT AND SPECIAL PLEASURE"

SALINGER, J.D. Franny and Zooey. Boston, 1961.

First edition of Salinger's third book, presentation/association copy, inscribed by him to his close friend Lillian Ross, staff writer at the New Yorker, "To Lillian, with love and great and special pleasure. Jerry Cornish, N.H. 7/29/61." Inscribed copies of Salinger's books are notoriously rare, and the close association this copy has with Salinger makes it particularly desirable. $150,000.

"BRAVO! MY GOOD BOY": AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN ON THE EVE OF THE 1864 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph note signed. Washington, Nov. 2, 1864.

Extraordinary autograph note written and signed "A. Lincoln" by President Lincoln less than a week before winning the Presidential election of 1864, referring to himself humorously as "Mr. L." and expressing doubts about whether he would be reelected, while remaining firm about the "cause of the country," victory in the on-going Civil War. Exceptional and revealing, especially given its brevity, this is one of the most intriguing Lincoln items we have come across. $98,000.

“THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WORK OF MODERN TIMES”

JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Paris, 1922.

First edition of the novel that changed the path of modern literature, number 456 of only 750 numbered copies on handmade paper, in the now-iconic original paper wrappers. $52,000.

AN EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION COPY:INSCRIBED BY GERSHWIN TO HIS LOVER AND COLLABORATORIN THIS PIECE, KAY SWIFT, IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION PORGY AND BESS, SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION,ALSO SIGNED BY GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN AND DUBOSE HEYWARD

GERSHWIN, George. Porgy and Bess. New York, 1935.

Deluxe limited edition of the piano-vocal score of Porgy and Bess, number 103 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and director Rouben Mamoulian, additionally inscribed by Gershwin to his lover Kay Swift, who was intimately involved in the composition of the piece: “For Kay —/ Best —/ George / Nov. 1 1935.” According to Ohl, “best,” their code word for “love,” allowed them to be discreet. $48,500.

"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.

"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.

"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"

ORWELL, George. Animal Farm. London, 1945.

First edition, first printing, of Orwell’s "savagely ironical allegory" (Clute & Grant) on the gap between radical ideals and reality, his most famous and widely read work, an exceptional copy in original dust jacket. $28,500.

“CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER!”

CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. WITH: Through the Looking-Glass. WITH: Hunting of the Snark. London, 1866, 1872, 1876. Three volumes.

First editions of "the greatest of all English stories for children" (Muir, 139), together with Carroll's delightful "Odyssey of the Nonsensical," handsomely bound in matching full calf by Zaehnsdorf. With the original cloth for Looking-Glass and Snark bound in. $26,000.

1609-10 FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ROMAN CATHOLIC OLD TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH

BIBLE. Holie Bible. Douai, 1609-10. Two volumes.

Scarce first edition of the first Roman Catholic translation of the Old Testament into English, from the Latin Vulgate. $25,000.

"THE MOST LITERARY HUNTING TRIP ON RECORD"

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. New York, 1935.

First edition of Hemingway's gripping account of big game hunting, inscribed to the president of the American Museum of Natural History, "For F. Trubee Davison / hoping (I won't bore him too much and) it will remind him a little of Africa / Ernest Hemingway." $25,000.

SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT

LINCOLN, Abraham. Document signed. Washington, March 7, 1865.

Splendid Lincoln Civil War document appointing George A. Bachelder as "Additional Paymaster of Volunteers," countersigned by Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, with fragile paper seal present, beautifully framed. $25,000.

“THERE’S A FAMILY OF DUCKS WALKIN’ DOWN THE STREET!”

MCCLOSKEY, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings. New York, 1941.

First edition of McCloskey’s Caldecott-winning book, beautifully written and illustrated with sepia drawings by him. With the rare original dust jacket. $19,500.

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIC TREATISE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FIRST EDITION IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET

KEYNES, John Maynard. General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London, 1936.

First edition of Keynes' last major work, considered the most influential economic treatise of the 20th century, rarely found in the original dust jacket. $18,500.

1792 TREASURY DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR SIGNED BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON

HAMILTON, Alexander. Document signed. No place, February 21, 1792.

Original 1792 Treasury Department circular concerning the transmission of payments from Custom-Houses, signed by the United States Treasurer, Alexander Hamilton. $17,500.

"THE WAR AND PEACE OF ENGLISH POETRY"

BYRON. Don Juan. London, 1819-21; 1823-24. Six volumes bound in three.

Scarce first editions of Byron's great work—Cantos I-XVI complete in six volumes, with Volume I the scarce first issue, in quarto format—very handsomely bound. $17,000.

WARMLY INSCRIBED WITH WITH ELEVEN LINES OF HUMOROUS VERSE BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN

SILVERSTEIN, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends. New York, 1974.

Rare first edition, presentation copy, of Silverstein’s first collection of witty and whimsical poetry, warmly inscribed by him on the front free endpapers with eleven lines of humorous verse "Nothing Rhymes," signed by him with, with a drawing of a hand holding a pen finishing the signature. $16,500.

“THE MOST WIDELY REPRINTED OF FRANKLIN’S WRITINGS”:EXCEEDINGLY RARE 1758 EDITION OF FRANKLIN’S POOR RICHARD’S ALMANACK, THE LAST ONE PRINTED BY HIMAND THE FIRST TO INCLUDE THE “WAY TO WEALTH” PREFACE—ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED AND WIDELY READWORKS OF COLONIAL AMERICA

FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris. Philadelphia: 1757. Rare first edition of Franklin’s famous almanac for the year 1758, the last in the Poor Richard series to be printed by him, and the first to incorporate the famous aphorisms of prior issues into a preface entitled “The Way to Wealth”—“the most widely reprinted of Franklin’s writings.” Illustrated with a woodcut showing the anatomy of a man’s body surrounded by symbols of the Zodiac, along with 14 other woodcuts. $16,000.

"IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT A SINGLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF A GOOD FORTUNE, MUST BE IN WANT OF A WIFE"

AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. London, 1833.

Fourth edition of Austen's most popular novel and the author's favorite of all her works, the first to list Austen as the author by name and the first illustrated edition, with engraved frontispiece illustration and engraved vignette title page. $15,000.

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, presentation copy from Whitman's literary executor inscribed on the front free endpaper six months after Whitman's death, "To G. Garson Freund, Philada. Oct. 11, 1892. through Horace Traubel." $14,500.

“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.

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

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

Third edition, the first to identify Austen as the author and the first illustrated 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. $14,000.

“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.

“IT IS ONLY WITH THE HEART THAT ONE CAN SEE RIGHTLY; WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS INVISIBLE TO THE EYE”

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de. Petit Prince. New York, 1943.

First edition in French of Saint-Exupery’s masterpiece, published the same year as the first in English. $12,500.

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.

"A MODERN CLASSIC OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE"

BALDWIN, James. Go Tell It on the Mountain. New York, 1953.

First edition of James Baldwin's influential, semi-autobiographical first novel—"a beautiful, furious novel"—especially scarce in the original dust jacket. $9800.

“THE FIRST AND GREATEST CLASSIC OF MODERN ECONOMIC THOUGHT”

SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London, 1786. Three volumes.

1786 edition (fourth edition overall) of Smith's landmark work on the individual's right to the free exercise of economic activity—"the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM)—this edition published only ten years after the very rare first edition, handsomely bound. $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.

“AS I WAS, OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN”

THOMAS, Dylan. Map of Love. London, 1939. First edition in book form, twice inscribed by Thomas, once beneath the frontispiece portrait by Augustus John: “As I was, or might have been, to Norman Unger from [line pointing at name beneath portrait],” and a second time on the front free endpaper: “ Norman Unger. Dylan Thomas 1950.” $8800.

SIGNED BY SYLVIA BEACH

BEACH, Sylvia. Shakespeare and Company. New York, 1959.

First edition of Sylvia Beach's memoir, "particularly valuable for the many insights into Joyce's work and the authentic personal views it provides of the man himself" (New York Times), signed on the half title by Sylvia Beach, in original dust jacket. $8000.

"A MAJOR EVENT IN THEATRE"

ELIOT, T.S. Cocktail Party. London, 1950.

First edition, uncommon first state, signed by Eliot and with an additional text correction bearing his initials. $6000.

"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. $5500.

"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. Handsomely bound by J. Adams of Manchester. $5200.

“DESTINED TO REVOLUTIONIZE ARCHITECTURAL THOUGHT”

WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. Buildings, Plans, and Designs. New York, 1963.

First edition in English of Frank Lloyd Wright's first major publication, number 33 of 2600 copies—a grand portfolio of one hundred large folio plates of Wright's earliest designs, including the Frederick C. Robie house (1909), "the finest of the Prairie houses." $4500.

“A TAUT, REAL, STRENUOUS BOOK”

WOOLF, Virginia. Years. London, 1937. First edition of the most ambitious and successful of Woolf's later novels. $4200.

INSCRIBED BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

WALLACE, David Foster. Infinite Jest. Boston, 1996.

First edition of Wallace's epic postmodern satire—"jubilantly anecdotal, winkingly sardonic" (New York Times)—inscribed on the title page by him with his printed name crossed over: "For ASA w/ BEST WISHES David Foster Wallace," with an original sketch of a smiling face, in scarce first-issue dust jacket. $4000.

“IN OUR FAMILY, THERE WAS NO CLEAR LINE BETWEEN RELIGION AND FLY FISHING”

MACLEAN, Norman. River Runs Through It. Chicago and London, (1976).

First edition of Maclean's first book, one of only 1577 copies printed. $3600.

"A SCREAMING COMES ACROSS THE SKY"

PYNCHON, Thomas. Gravity's Rainbow. New York, 1973.

First edition of Pynchon's National Book Award-winning third novel. $3500.

“THE BEST WE HAVE”

FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. New York, 1942.

First trade edition, first issue, of Faulkner's masterpiece of interrelated short stories, with the first book appearance of "The Bear." $2500.