"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.

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.

BABE RUTH’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, SIGNED BY HIM

RUTH, Babe and CONSIDINE, Bob. Babe Ruth Story. New York, 1948.

First edition of Babe Ruth’s autobiography, signed by him on the half title, in the scarce original dust jacket. $22,000.

“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.

“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.

“A POWERFUL INFLUENCE ON ALL SUBSEQUENT THOUGHT ON MAN’S PLACE IN NATURE”

TYSON, Edward M.D. Orang-Outang: or the Anatomy of a Pygmie. London, 1699.

First edition of Tyson's "epoch-making" anatomical study that laid a foundation for the theory of evolution, "the first work to demonstrate scientifically the structural relationships between man and anthropoid ape" (Norman), heralded as a "forerunner of Blumenbach, Buffon, Huxley and Darwin" (PMM), with eight striking copper-engraved folding plates. A handsome wide-margined volume. $16,000.

“IT IS ALMOST INCREDIBLE FOR ANY BODY TO BELIEVE IN WHAT STATE AND POMP THESE PRINCES LIVE, AND WITH WHAT GOOD ORDERS THEIR PEOPLE ARE GOVERNED”

(CHINA) NIEUHOFF, John. An Embassy from the East-India Company… To the Emperor of China. London, 1673.

Second edition in English, splendidly illustrated with frontispiece portrait, engraved title page, double-page engraved map, 18 full-page folio copper-engraved plates (including one double-page plan) and 94 in-text copper engravings. $15,000.

"SECURES HIS PLACE AT THE VERY FRONT OF AMERICAN WRITERS OF FICTION"

FAULKNER, William. Light in August. New York, 1932.

First edition, first issue of one of Faulkner's most powerful and ambitious novels, a beautiful copy with the scarce glassine wrapper present. $14,000.

"HERE IS EDWARD BEAR, COMING DOWNSTAIRS NOW, BUMP, BUMP, BUMP…"

MILNE, A.A. Winnie-The-Pooh. London, 1926.

First edition of the beloved book of adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, with charming illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, in the original dust jacket. $9800.

SCARCE COMPLETE 12-VOLUME COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS OF CHURCHILL'S WWII AND POST-WAR SPEECHES, 1941-61

CHURCHILL, Winston S. War Speeches and Post-War Speeches. London, 1941-61. Together, 12 volumes.

First editions of Churchill's separately published World War II and post-war speeches, including his rare last book, handsomely bound. $9500.

"THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FANTASY NOVEL EVER WRITTEN"

TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings. London, 1966. Three volumes.

Second edition—with the author's new foreword and his revisions to the text throughout—of Tolkien's stirring tour de force, attractively bound. $8800.

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.

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.

"WE HAVE NOT HEARKENED TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD OUR GOD"

(ILLUMINATED LEAF). Illuminated Leaf from Medieval Bible. France, circa 1250.

Lovely illuminated leaf from a 13th-century French Bible, scribed in 40 lines of fine Gothic Latin in two columns, with thee large illuminated initials, one featuring an image of Baruch writing the work, with page-length extenders that feature three delightful grotesque. $5800.

"ONE OF THE WISEST AND MOST MOVING COMMENTARIES ON WAR"

FRANK, Anne. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. New York, 1952.

First edition in English, first issue, of "one of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war" (Eleanor Roosevelt), scarce in original dust jacket. $3500.

"LISTEN: BILLY PILGRIM HAS COME UNSTUCK IN TIME": FIRST EDITION OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five. New York, 1969.

First edition of Vonnegut's masterpiece—his "most powerful novel"—a modern classic of time travel, metaphysics and the morality, or lack thereof, of war. $3500.

"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. $3500.

INSCRIBED BY CORMAC MCCARTHY

MCCARTHY, Cormac. Cities of the Plain. New York, 1998.

First trade edition of the final novel in McCarthy’s acclaimed “Border Trilogy,” inscribed on the half title, "For Tom & Connie. Thanks for your stories of Mexico. All best, Cormac McCarthy." $3500.

"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.