Charles Agvent

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr · 251916

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.61 | ¥149,659)

Boston. A two-page letter on both sides of United States Supreme Court 6-3/8" x 7-1/4" stationery SIGNED by the Justice to lawyer Julian Mitchell. Holmes regretfully turns down an invitation to speak in Charleston, South Carolina: "I cannot spare from my Duties the energy nece...

THE STORY OF MONT BLANC

SMITH, Albert · 1853

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.61 | ¥149,659)

London. David Bogue. First Edition. Octavo (5" x 8") in original blindstamped orange cloth. Illustrated with a color lithograph frontispiece and numerous text engravings.. Text fresh and clean; 1853 owner name on front endpaper above a much later owner inscription; spine a lit...

OF TIME AND THE RIVER Inscribed to Jimmy Stewart's Sister

WOLFE, Thomas · 1935

$3,125.00 (€2,835.24 | £2,365.37 | ¥498,864)

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. Cloth, rebacked, in dustwrapper. Wolfe's second novel was well-received by the public, becoming his only American bestseller. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: “For/Virginia Stewart/Sincerely/Thomas Wolf...

THE PLEASURES OF LITERATURE

POWYS, J(ohn) C(owper) · 0

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

London. Cassel and Company Ltd.. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "'For my God-Daughter/Lucy Amelia Penny/from/her loving brother/J.C. Powys,/Nov. 22 1938." Lucy Amelia Powys (1890-1986) was the youngest of the eleven children of ...

THE WEB AND THE ROCK

WOLFE, Thomas · 1939

$625.00 (€567.05 | £473.07 | ¥99,773)

New York. Harper & Brothers. First Edition. One of a small number of 8-1/2" x 11" galleys privately printed for the trade prior to publication, consisting of 66 loose sheets printed on one side only including the copyright page, author's note, table of contents, and excerpts f...

UNREQUITED INFATUATIONS

VAN ZANDT, Stevie · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Hachette. First Edition. SIGNED on a page tipped in by the publisher, as issued. An epic tale of self-discovery by a Rock and Roll disciple and member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

CARTER, Jimmy · 1903

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

Early 8" x 10" black-and-white photograph of Jimmy Carter sitting at a desk by Fabian Bachrach with their name stamped at the bottom margin. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in the upper left corner "To my good friend,/Graham Jackson/Jimmy Carter." Graham Washington Jackson, Sr. (1903-198...

THE EDINBURGH SYREN; OR, MUSICAL BOUQUET; Being a New Selection of Modern Songs, Sung at the Various Places of Amusement in Great Britain and Ireland

1792

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Edinburgh. Thomas Brown. New Edition. Nineteenth Century 3/4 black morocco and cloth (3-1/2" x 5-3/8"); 216 pages with an engraved title page and frontispiece.. Front cover with some splitting at joint; covers tight and contents clean. Very Good

TURNING POINT. A CANDIDATE, A STATE, AND A NATION COME OF AGE

CARTER, Jimmy · 0

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

(New York). Times Books. First Edition. Carter's story of how he first sought office in 1962 and how he confronted segregation at that time. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED "Best Wishes" to ---- and SIGNED in full "Jimmy Carter" on the half-title page.. Fine in a Fine ...

ALWAYS A RECKONING AND OTHER POEMS

CARTER, Jimmy · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Norwalk, CT. Easton Press. New Edition. Bound in full gilt-decorated green leather. Illustrated by Sarah Elizabeth Chuldenko. A limited edition, this is copy #432 of 3000 SIGNED by the author as "J. Carter" on the limitation leaf. . Fine

DECISIONS FOR A DECADE. Policies and Programs for the 1970s

KENNEDY, (Ted) Edward · 0

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

New York. Simon & Schuster. First Edition. Preface by George F. Kennan. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page by the author "To Alfred P. Davis/all my best/Edward M. Kennedy.". Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE

CRANE, Stephen · 1944

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (6-7/8" x 10") bound in full chestnut leather, gold-stamped, with an illustration embossed on the front cover. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Illustrated with drawings by John Steuart Curry. Copy #323 of 1000 SIGNED by the artist, one o...

PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS

STEIN, Gertrude · 0

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.61 | ¥149,659)

New York. Random House. First Edition. Rough woven linen cloth spine with pictorial boards featuring a photographic portrait of Stein by Carl Van Vechten on the front cover. Wilson A-22: 1800 copies. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper and dated 1 December...

WILL YOU PLEASE BE QUIET, PLEASE? THE STORIES OF RAYMOND CARVER

CARVER, Raymond · 0

$812.50 (€737.16 | £615.00 | ¥129,705)

New York. McGraw-Hill Book Company. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Carver's first trade book, a collection of stories that heralded a new perspective on the role of Everyman in modern fiction. . Tiny bump to upper front corner. Fine in a Near Fine bright white dustwrapper...

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

BALDWIN, James · 1979

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. First Illustrated Edition. Bound in full brown decorated leather. The First SIGNED Limited edition of Baldwin's first book with a previously unpublished introduction by the author. Illustrated by Burt Silverman. With the Notes from the Ed...

THE NEW FREEDOM. A CALL FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF THE GENEROUS ENERGIES OF A PEOPLE

WILSON, Woodrow · 1913

$10,625.00 (€9,639.82 | £8,042.26 | ¥1,696,136)

New York & Garden City. Doubleday, Page & Company. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper 6 days after his inauguration as 28th President of the United States: "To Frank, with love from/Woodrow Wilson/Washington, 10 March, 1913." The recipient ...

STATECRAFT

THATCHER, Margaret · 2002

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

Norwalk, CT. Easton Press. First Edition. Bound in full gilt-decorated blue leather. One of a limited edition SIGNED by the former prime minister of England, as issued. Publisher's certificate laid in.. Fine

HAZARD'S UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL AND STATISTICAL REGISTER Containing Documents, Facts, and Other Useful Information, Illustrative of the History and Resources of the American Union, and of Each State...

[WEBSTER, Daniel] HAZARD, Samuel (editor) · 1840

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

Philadelphia. Wm. F. Geddes. First Edition. Contemporary polished calf-backed marbled boards. Five (of six) volumes, lacking volume 5 (July 1841-January 1842). "Containing documents, facts, and other useful information, illustrative of the history and resources of the American...

TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA DURING 1834, 1835, & 1836 Including A Summer Residence With the Pawnee Tribe of Indians ... and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands

[WEBSTER, Daniel] MURRAY, Charles Augustus · 1839

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

London. Richard Bentley. First Edition. Publisher's light brown cloth, rebacked with later cloth; illustrated with a lithographic frontispiece of Native American dances. Volume 1 (of 2) only. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "Daniel Webster Esq/with the best regard & esteem of...

AN INTRODUCTION OF THE NATURAL SYSTEM OF BOTANY

[WEBSTER, Daniel] LINDLEY, John · 1831

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.61 | ¥149,659)

New York. G. & C. & H. Carvill. First American Edition. Contemporary polished sheep; illustrated with a double-page engraving. Daniel Webster's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown.. Occasional light foxing. Near Fine