Brown, Monty. Foreword by Vivian Fuchs

Where Giants Trod: The Saga of Kenya’s Desert Lake.

London : Quiller Press, 1989.

Special limited edition of Brown’s elaborately illustrated history of Kenya’s northern desert region and the 13 expeditions to Lake Rudolf. Quarto, original publisher’s three quarters pebbled morocco over leatherette boards, marbled endpapers, with 75 color and 50 black and white illustrations, folding map in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. One of 250 numbered copies signedContinue reading "Where Giants Trod: The Saga of Kenya’s Desert Lake."

Kipling, Rudyard

Life’s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1891.

First edition of Kipling’s collection of short stories on the British in India. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In good condition. Ownership inscription.

Burgess, Anthony [John Updike]

Little Wilson and Big God.

New York : Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. John Updike’s copy, with a signed letter from the editor to Updike laid in. In very good condition. From the library of John Upike.

Kipling, Rudyard; Sir Walter Besant; Max Pemberton; Morley Roberts; H.G. Wells; Percy White; et al

For Britain’s Soldiers: A Contribution to the Needs of our Fighting Men and Their Families.

London : Methuen & Co, 1900.

First edition of this anthology published and sold to benefit the officers and men of the British Army in South Africa during the Boer Wars. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth. In very good condition.

Gordimer, Nadine

Selected Stories.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1975.

First British edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Gordimer, Nadine

Burger’s Daughter.

New York : The Viking Press, 1979.

First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Blanche Noonoo.

Waugh, Evelyn

The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.

London : The Folio Society, 2001.

The Folio Society reissued edition of each volume in the Sword of Honour Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, pictorial boards, illustrated throughout. Each volume is in fine condition. Illustrations by John Lawrence.

Tolstoy, Leo. Translated by V. Tchertkoff and I. F. Mayo

A Great Iniquity.

London : The Free Age Press, n.d.

First English edition of Tolstoy’s work on peasant welfare in Russia. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

Fridson, Martin S

It Was a Very Good Year: Extraordinary Moments in Stock Market History.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

First edition of this “useful and extremely entertaining book” (Byron Wien). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Julie F____- It was great to meet you in Hilton Head! Wishing you many very good years in the stock market Marty Fridson.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.Continue reading "It Was a Very Good Year: Extraordinary Moments in Stock Market History."

Updike, John

Seek My Face.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

First edition of this “brief novel of deep feeling” (Time). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by ChipContinue reading "Seek My Face."

Wolfe, Tom

In Our Time.

New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1980.

First edition of this unique collection of collection Wolfe’s drawings from his two decades as a graphic artist; a visual commentary on the changing mores and social landscape of the 1980s. Quarto, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Al Rusch peerless tennis star Tom Wolfe.”Continue reading "In Our Time."

le CarrÉ, John

Our Game.

Franklin Center, PA : The Franklin Library, 1995.

The Franklin Library limited edition of this novel by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, privately printed exclusively for the members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and toolingContinue reading "Our Game."

Dahl, Roald

The Magic Finger.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1968.

First British edition of this classic children’s novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by William Pène du Bois. In near fine condition.

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

No One Writes to the Colonel.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1971.

First English edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Toni Evora. Translated by J.S. Bernstein.

Dos Passos, John

Adventures of a Young Man.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939.

First edition and advance review copy of the first book in Dos Passos’ District of Columbia Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher’s review copy stamp to the front free endpaper dated June 1st 1939. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Matthews, Brander [Zachary Scott]

The Chief European Dramatists: Twenty-One Plays From the Drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway From 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.

First edition of this compilation of the plays of the great dramatists. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs,Continue reading "The Chief European Dramatists: Twenty-One Plays From the Drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway From 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D."

Wolfe, Tom

A Man In Full.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.

First edition of this “masterpiece” (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe. Fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket art by Daniel Lee. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.

Shearing, George with Alyn Shipton [William Safire]

Lullaby of Birdland.

New York : Continuum, 2004.

First edition of British jazz pianist George Shearing’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Helene and Bill – Not it’s my turn! Affectionately, George Shearing.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960Continue reading "Lullaby of Birdland."

Stark, Freya

A Winter in Arabia.

London : John Murray, 1945.

Early printing of one of the most important pieces of literature on the region and a book that placed Freya Stark in the pantheon of great writers and explorers of the Arab World. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated, maps. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis. Uncommon in theContinue reading "A Winter in Arabia."

Meriwether, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin

Daddy Was A Number Runner.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1970.

First edition of this modern classic “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem” (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by James Baldwin. Very good in a good dust jacket, name blacked out on the front pastedown and number to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by BobContinue reading "Daddy Was A Number Runner."

Sears Roebuck and Co. “Economy Group” Standard Quality Wallpaper Catalog.

: Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1940.

Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. wallpaper sample catalog; the “Economy Group”, featuring standard quality papers printed with fadeproof colors in a variety of patterns. Octavo, includes 14 wallpaper samples. In near fine condition.

Tolstoy, Leo. Vladimir Tchertkoff

Christian Martyrdom in Russia: Persecution of the Spirit-Wrestlers (or Doukhobortsi) in the Caucus.

London : The Brotherhood Publishing Co, 1897.

First edition of Tchertkoff’s work on the persecution of the Doukhobors. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition.

Irving, John

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.

New York : Arcade Publishing, 1996.

First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeffrey Fisher. Author photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and Isolde Ohlbaum.

Lehane, Dennis

Mystic River.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 2001.

First edition of this novel, basis for the 2003 film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood, and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Dennis Lehane and three times by the dust jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel,Continue reading "Mystic River."