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Ferrari, Enzo; Stirling Moss.

The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963.

First edition in English of Enzo Ferrari’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red, illustrated. Boldly signed by Enzo Ferrari on the dedication page. Foreword by Stirling Moss. Edited by Richard Hough. Translated by Ivan Scott. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Accompanied by a letter of provenance dated 30th July 1981 from Ferrari’sContinue reading "The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs."

Gruelle, Johnny.

Raggedy Ann’s Magical Wishes.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1928.

Early printing of the eighth book in Johnny Gruelle’s beloved Raggedy Ann series. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, illustrated by the author in color. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, “With a wish that all your wishes may be ‘Magical Wishes’ Johnny Gruelle, March 1937.” In very goodContinue reading "Raggedy Ann’s Magical Wishes."

Maugham, W. Somerset.

The Explorer: A Melodrama in Four Acts.

London: William Heinemann, 1912.

First edition of Maugham’s four-act melodrama that follows Lucy Allerton, a woman whose family is disgraced by her father’s financial fraud. Duodecimo, original red cloth lettered in black. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “An unsuccessful play by W. Somerset Maugham Roy Carruthers Esq.” First produced at the Lyric Theatre,Continue reading "The Explorer: A Melodrama in Four Acts."

Clarke, Gerald [Charles Strouse].

Capote: A Biography.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

First edition of Gerald Clarke’s definitive biography of the writer Truman Capote. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife, choreographer Barbara Siman, with Strouse’s ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Over his 50-year career, Charles Strouse wrote the music for such iconicContinue reading "Capote: A Biography."

Ryan, Cornelius.[Michael Caine].

A Bridge Too Far.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974.

First edition of Ryan’s classic account of Operation Market Garden, basis for the film directed by Richard Attenborough, starring an ensemble cast Michael Caine, Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Sean Connery, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O’Neal and Robert Redford. Octavo, original cloth, original cartographic endpapers within marbled endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signedContinue reading "A Bridge Too Far."

Gruelle, Johnny.

Marcella Stories.

New York: P.F. Volland Company, 1929.

First edition of this beloved installment in the author’s Raggedy Ann series. Quarto, publisher’s original pictorial paper-covered boards, illustrated in color throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed and twice signed by Gruelle on the half-title page, “With love and the best of happiness wishes to little Sally Ann, Johnny Gruelle. And dear little Sally Ann, ‘UncleContinue reading "Marcella Stories."

Gruelle, Johnny.

Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees.

New York: P.F. Volland Company, 1924.

Later printing of this beloved Raggedy Ann tale. Octavo, publisher’s original pictorial paper-covered boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated in color throughout. Contemporary gift inscription to the half-title page. In good condition.

Bush, George. [James A. Baker III and Lech Walesa].

All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings.

New York: Scribner, 1999.

First edition of George H.W. Bush’s selection from a lifetime of letters and personal writings, an exceptional copy signed by the President together with two central figures of the end of the Cold War. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Bush on the title page, additionally signed on the title page by hisContinue reading "All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings."

Pirsig, Robert M.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974.

First edition of one of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Pirsig on the front free endpaper, “For Tom, Robert Pirsig.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptionalContinue reading "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values."

Turrou, Leon G.

Nazi Spies in America.

New York: Random House, 1939.

First edition of this classic firsthand account of the FBI special agent who helped break up the German espionage ring operating in the United States in 1938. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With best wishes sincerely Leon G. Turrou.” In very good condition. A desirable example,Continue reading "Nazi Spies in America."

Kerouac, Jack.

Big Sur.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962.

First edition of Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur, his searing autobiographical novel of breakdown and recovery, signed by close friend of Kerouac’s poet Gary Snyder. Octavo, original cloth-backed boards. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page and dated 15 October 2019. Gary Snyder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and a central figure of the Beat movementContinue reading "Big Sur."

Maugham, W. Somerset.

The Explorer: A Melodrama in Four Acts.

London: William Heinemann, 1912.

First edition of Maugham’s four-act melodrama that follows Lucy Allerton, a woman whose family is disgraced by her father’s financial fraud. Duodecimo, original printed wrappers. In very good condition.

Stephen, Ian; Alec Finlay [Editor].

A Semblance of Steerage.

Edinburgh: Morning Star Publications, 1994.

First edition of A Semblance of Steerage, a poem by the Hebridean poet and sailor Ian Stephen, the first issue of the Under the Moon Series of poet-and-artist collaborations. Octavo, original printed wrappers in the concertina-folded format of the series, illustrated with a drawing by Will Maclean. One of 300 copies, published by Morning StarContinue reading "A Semblance of Steerage."

Malkiel, Burton G.

The Quarterly Journal of Economics: Expectations, Bond Prices, and the Term Structure of Interest Rates.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1962.

Rare offprint of the May 1962 issue of The Quarterly Journal of Economics, containing Burton Malkiel’s article “Expectations, Bond Prices, and the Term Structure of Interest Rates.” Octavo, original wrappers, volume 76. Boldly signed by Burton Malkiel on the front wrapper. Burton Gordon Malkiel (born 1932) is one of the most consequential financial economists ofContinue reading "The Quarterly Journal of Economics: Expectations, Bond Prices, and the Term Structure of Interest Rates."

Maugham, W. Somerset.

Lady Frederick: A Comedy in Three Acts.

London: William Heinemann, 1912.

First edition of the comedy that launched W. Somerset Maugham’s career as a dramatist, its 1907 London premiere running for an extraordinary 422 performances. Duodecimo, original red cloth lettered in black on the upper cover and spine, with the Heinemann windmill device to the front board. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the frontContinue reading "Lady Frederick: A Comedy in Three Acts."

Schirra, Walter.

Wally Schirra Signed Photograph.

Photograph of a reentry capsule, signed by Wally Schirra. Glossy photograph of a reentry capsule in the ocean, with a NASA identification number to the upper left edge. Boldly signed by NASA astronaut Wally Schirra to the right of the capsule in black felt tip. In near fine condition. The piece measure 8 inches byContinue reading "Wally Schirra Signed Photograph."

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus.

Mitchell’s New Traveller’s Guide Through the United States.

Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850.

Rare 1850 guide of one of the most popular American pocket travel guides of its day, charting the railroad, stage, steamboat, and canal routes of the antebellum United States. Tricesimo-secondo, bound in the original gilt-pictorial cloth, the covers stamped in gilt with vignettes of a steamboat and a railroad train within a blind-tooled border. WithoutContinue reading "Mitchell’s New Traveller’s Guide Through the United States."

Hugo, Victor.

The Novels of Victor Hugo.

London: H.S. Nichols, 1895.

The complete and unabridged limited edition of the novels of Victor Hugo, one of only 100 sets printed on Imperial Japan Paper, including his two best-loved masterpieces, Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Octavo, twenty-eight volumes bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartmentsContinue reading "The Novels of Victor Hugo."

Isaacson, Walter. [Henry A. Kissinger].

Kissinger: A Biography.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

First edition of Isaacson’s authoritative biography of Henry Kissinger. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Henry Kissinger on the front free endpaper. Isaacson conducted extensive personal interviews with Kissinger alongside 150 other sources, and was granted access to Kissinger’s private papers, personal letters, recorded telephone conversations, desk diaries, memos of classified meetings, andContinue reading "Kissinger: A Biography."

Dylan, Bob & John Elderfield.

Bob Dylan: Face Value.

London: National Portrait Gallery, 2014.

Signed limited edition of this fine art monograph of twelve previously unseen pastel portraits created by Bob Dylan specifically for the National Portrait Gallery. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. One of 21 numbered copies, this is number 19. Signed and numbered by Bob Dylan in pencil on the title page. In fine condition.

Watson, Thomas J. and Peter Petre.

Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond.

New York: Bantam Books, 1990.

First edition of the autobiography of “the greatest capitalist in history” (Fortune Magazine). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Boldly signed by Thomas Watson Jr. on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Desirable signed.

Rosenberg, Deena [Charles Strouse].

Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin.

New York: Dutton, 1991.

First edition of this landmark study of the creative partnership between George and Ira Gershwin. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with musical examples and black-and-white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Dear Charles, to a lifetime of great theatre song! Warmly, Deena. Ltd. Ed. MTI New Year’s 1992.” TheContinue reading "Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin."

Vonnegut, Kurt.

Hocus Pocus.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990.

First edition, advance review copy with the slip laid in of Kurt Vonnegut’s penultimate novel. Octavo, original half cloth, yellow endpapers. Advance review copy, with the publisher’s printed review slip laid in, noting a publication date of September 5, 1990. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dustContinue reading "Hocus Pocus."

Waber, Bernard.

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.

Later printing of this classic work. Quarto, original pictorial cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a drawing of a crocodile on the title page, “Ed All great wishes Bernard Waber 2000.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.