Literature

Mercury, Freddie. Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon

Queen. Jazz Signed Album.

1989.

Original record, boldly signed by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon on the front panel. In fine condition. Framed. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 18 inches. Rare and desirable signed by each member of Queen.

Frank, Pat

Mr. Adam.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1946.

First edition of the author’s classic first novel, which has went on to sell over two million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: “For Cynthia – With best regards, Pat Frank, Tarrytown, ’47”. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

Griffith, Philip Jones; Foreword by Noam Chomsky

Vietnam Inc.

New York : Phaidon Press, 2001.

First edition of the re-release of classic photojournalist work. Folio, original black boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Noam Chomsky on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Noam Chomsky.

Du Bois, W.E.B

The Black Flame Trilogy: The Ordeal of Mansart; Mansart Builds A School; Worlds of Color.

New York : Mainstream Publishers, 1957-61.

First editions of each of novel in the author’s acclaimed Black Flame trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to his close friends and neighbors Thomas and Patricia Bell in volume one. Each are near fine in a very good dust jackets. First editions are uncommon, especially signed.

Murakami, Haruki

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

First edition of Murakami’s heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Octavo, original boards. Signed three times by the jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; once on the front panel, on the half-title page and on theContinue reading "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle."

Andrews, Raymond

Appalachee Red. Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee. Baby Sweet’s [The Muskhogean Trilogy].

New York : The Dial Press, 1978, 1980, 1983.

First edition of each novel in Raymond Andrews’ famed yet elusive Muskhogean Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, original half cloth, illustrations by Benny Andrews. Association copies, inscribed by the author in both volumes one and two to fellow author Bill Starr. Appalachee Red inscribed as follows, “For BILL, A pleasure having met you, Ray Andrews 9-24-88.”Continue reading "Appalachee Red. Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee. Baby Sweet’s [The Muskhogean Trilogy]."

Benedictus, David

The Fourth of June.

London : Anthony Blond, 1962.

First edition of Benedictus’ first novel. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

Barrett, William E

The Lilies of the Field.

Garden City : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962.

First edition of the author’s classic retelling of the true story of the Sisters of Walburga, adapted into the Academy Award winning film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier, his performance which made him the first African-American actor to win a competitive Academy Award. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Burt Silverman.Continue reading "The Lilies of the Field."

Calligraphic Manuscript on Vellum with a Color Miniature of the Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci.

c.1900.

Rare illuminated manuscript regarding Da Vinci’s master drawing The Head of Christ (c. 1495), the basis for Da Vinci’s depiction of Jesus in The Last Supper. Da Vinci himself considered the drawing so important, he reworked it several times over the course of his life. The text is headed “Art” at the center in liquidContinue reading "Calligraphic Manuscript on Vellum with a Color Miniature of the Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci."

Kipling, Rudyard

The Maltese Cat: A Polo Game of the ‘Nineties.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936.

First edition of Kipling’s tale of a polo pony living among the British in India. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Lionel Edwards, frontispiece and plates in color. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.

Robert Frank

Lines of My Hands.

Tokyo : Yugensha, 1972.

Limited first edition of Frank’s memorable autobiography in photographs, one of 500 copies. Folio, original black cloth, slipcase with mounted cover photograph. Association copy, inscribed by the photographer on the title page, “To Yuichi, getting ready to travel East. Good Luck. Robert. NYC Dec. 5, 1996” with a line drawing of a fish below a surface line.Continue reading "Lines of My Hands."

MacMunn, Sir George. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman.

London : Robert Hale Limited, 1938.

New and revised edition of MacMunn’s biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In near fine condition.

Kitton, Frederic G. [Charles Dickens]

Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and A Supplement to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil.

London : Frank T. Sabin, 1890-1891.

First edition in book form of the most sumptuous presentation of Kitton’s collection of Dickens portraits and illustrations which first appeared in serialized parts between 1889-1890. Folio, two volumes bound in full buckram with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, containing 31 engraved portraits, 30 engraved remarque plates, 78 illustrations in the text and 67Continue reading "Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and A Supplement to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil."

Sologub, Fedor

The Kiss of the Unborn and Other Stories.

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 1977.

First edition of the author’s timeless short story collection. Octavo, original cloth. Translated and with an Introduction by Murl G. Barker. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Milton, John. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart

The Poetical Works of John Milton.

London : Printed For Thomas Tegg, 1842.

Finely bound example of Sir Egerton Brydges’ compilation of Milton’s poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of Milton. In very goodContinue reading "The Poetical Works of John Milton."

Moore, Brian

Cold Heaven.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1983.

First edition of Moore’s supernatural thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Hans Wendler. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.

Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling.

New York : Thames and Hudson, 1975.

First edition of Amis’ study of great English author, Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling, with 114 illustrations. In near fine condition. Cover illustration by Avril Broadley.

[Kipling, Rudyard; Winston S. Churchill; John Galsworthy; Sir Henry Haggard; Edith Wharton; et al]

King Albert’s Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World.

New York : Hearst's International Library Co, 1914.

First edition of King Albert’s Book, produced to profit the Belgian Fund. Quarto, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of King Albert, with numerous tipped-in color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, and Maxfield Parrish. Contains the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling’s The Outlaws. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which isContinue reading "King Albert’s Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World."

Murphy, Richard

The Last Galway Hooker.

[Dublin] : The Dolmen Press, 1961.

First and signed limited edition of the Irish poet’s classic poem. Octavo, original quarter parchment. One of 200 copies signed by the author. In near fine condition.

Kipling, Rudyard

Two Forewords.

Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1935.

First edition of this collection of two letters written by Kipling to Frank Nelson and Nelson Doubleday. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth over marbled boards. One of 950 copies. Fine in the original slipcase which is in near fine condition.

Kipling, Rudyard

The Light That Failed.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1891.

First edition of Kipling’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, publisher’s gilt emblem to the front panel. In very good condition.

Williamson, Henry

How Dear Is Life.

London : Macdonald & Co., 1954.

First edition of the fourth novel in the author’s semi-autobiographical Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom Lynne. Bookplate.

Cary, Joyce

A Fearful Joy.

London : Michael Joseph Limited, n.d..

Publisher’s advance proof and retained file copy of the author’s fine historical novel. Octavo, original wrappers. The publisher’s retained file copy with their stamp to the title page, “File Copy Michael Joseph Ltd.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Nichols.

Rand, Ayn

The Fountainhead.

Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943.

First edition, first issue with first edition stated on the copyright page of the author’s first major novel, as well as her first best-seller. Octavo, original red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Gertrude Lynneberg- – with my best wishes for long yearsContinue reading "The Fountainhead."