Markham, Robert. [Kingsley Amis]

Colonel Sun: A James Bond Adventure.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1968.

First edition of the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming’s 1964 death. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Adams.

Selected by Coetzee, J.M

African Road: New Writing from Southern Africa 2006.

Claremont, SA : Spearhead/ New Africa Books, 2006.

First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page, who selected these stories.

The Establishment in Palestine of the Jewish National Home: Memorandum on the Development of the Jewish National Home, 1924-1925 Submitted to by the Zionist Organisation to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations for the Information of the Permanent Mandates Commission, October 1925.

London and Tonbridge : The Whitefriars Press, Ltd, [1925].

Scarce printing of this memorandum with dual text in English and French. Thin super octavo, original wrappers. In good condition with rubbing and some losses to the extremities of the wrappers, number inscription and vertical crease to the front panel, stamp to the title page.

von Mises, Ludwig; Preface by Murray N. Rothbard

Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.

Auburn : The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1985.

First edition of the re-issue of this classic work, the first to feature a preface by Murray N. Rothbard. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.

Churchill, Winston S

The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.

First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan the Untamed.

Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co, 1920.

First edition of the seventh book in the ‘Tarzan’ series. Octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece and eight illustrations by J. Allen St. John. In very good condition.

Durand, Ralph. [Rudyard Kipling]

A Handbook of the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1914.

First edition of Durand’s definitive handbook to Kipling’s poetry. Royal octavo, original quarter buckram over paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. In very good condition.

Levy, Bill

The Derby.

Cleveland and New York : The World Publishing Company, 1967.

First edition of this entertaining inside look at the greatest horse race in America. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, top stain orange, illustrated profusely with black and white photographs by Mike Tonegawa. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Canfield and Shook.

Robinson, Marilynne

The Givenness of Things: Essays.

New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2015.

First edition of this collection of essays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Marilynne Robinson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Strick and Williams.

Various Authors. [Keynes, J.M.; David Lloyd George]

Britain’s Industrial Future. Being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry.

London : Ernest Benn Limited, 1928.

First edition, second impression of this collection of essays put forth by the Liberal Industrial Inquiry, members of which include David Lloyd George and John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, original wrappers In very good condition. Ownership inscription.

Nabokov, Vladimir et al

On Translation.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1959.

First edition of this extensive volume on translators, translating and works of translation. Octavo, original boards, near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Viorst, Judith

Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000.

First edition of this comical work by the author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Laurie Rosenwald. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Helene + Bill with affection + thanks for many years of wonderful break-fasts- Judy.” Fine inContinue reading "Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life."

Pinter, Harold

The Homecoming.

London : Methuen & Co, 1965.

First edition of the two-act play by the Nobel laureate Harold Pinter. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Lessing, Doris

Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949.

New York : Harper Collins, 1994.

First edition. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.

Waters, Alice with Bob Carrau; Illustrations by Ann Arnold

Fanny in France: Travel Adventures of a Chef’s Daughter, with Recipes.

New York : The Viking Press, 2016.

First edition of this work for anyone who loves France, food and adventure. Quarto, illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Alexis with love, Alice Waters.” Fine in a fine dust jacket, gift inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Ann Arnold.

Wilbur, Homer. [James Russell Lowell].

Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers.

Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1866.

Sixth edition of James Russell Lowell’s first book, a bitter criticism of the Mexican-American War and opposition to the expansion of slavery; named by the Grolier Club as the most influential book of 1848. Octavo, original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition.

Morris, William. Introduction by Joseph Jacobs

Old French Romances Done into English.

New York : Charles Scribners' Sons, 1896.

First American edition of Morris’s fine translation of the great French Romances. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

Gores, Joe

Hammett.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975.

First edition of this cult classic detective novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Joe Gores on the title page beneath his name. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

Hansen, Alvin H

Business Cycles and National Income.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1951.

First edition of this work by the “American Keynes.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Mayor, Archer

Borderlines.

New York : Putnam, 1990.

First edition of the author’s second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication, “To ______- Unofficial booster extraordinaire. May all your reading of my purple prose be white-knuckled affairs. All the best- Archer Mayor Dec. 1990.” FineContinue reading "Borderlines."

Benchley, Robert

Benchley-Or Else!

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1947.

First edition of Benchley’s collection of humorous essays. Octavo, original cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Library of Robert B. Gray.” Illustrated with unique drawings by Gluyas Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Ben Pinchot.

Wells, H.G

Marriage.

London : W. Collins Sons & Co. LTD., 1923.

Early edition of Wells’ twentieth novel. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth stamped in black. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006 Academy Award nominee film of the sameContinue reading "Marriage."

Vargas Llosa, Mario; Edited and translated by John King

Making Waves: Essays.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giraux, 1997.

First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page.

Santoli, Al

To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians.

New York : E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1985.

First edition of this oral history of the Vietnam War from the author of ‘Everything We Had.’ Medium octavo, original red half cloth, illustrated with black and white plates. Signed by Al Santoli on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge.