Charles Agvent

RED FLAG

RIDGE, Lola · 1927

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Orange and gold paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine with paper label. Includes poems saluting the Russian Revolution. Ridge was an Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet, and an influential editor of av...

SUN-UP and Other Poems

RIDGE, Lola · 1920

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

New York. B. W. Huebsch, Inc.. First Edition. Green boards with paper spine label. Ridge was an Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet, and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications. She was active in radical causes and was ...

KIMONO FABRIC DESIGN SAMPLE BOOK

0

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

First Edition. Folio (12" x 16") sheets string-tied with numerous actual fabric samples loosely laid in. From early in the Showa Era (1926-1989), this appears to be from the Hasegawa Kimono company, apparently still in business, and contains samples for everyday wear. There ar...

MAX WEBER

[WEBER, MAX] CAHILL, Holger · 1930

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

New York. Downtown Gallery. First Edition. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in brown cloth with silver lettering. Illustrated with numerous black and white plates. Of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies with an ORIGINAL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH by Weber, this is copy #132. Addi...

AUDACITY OF HOPE. THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM

OBAMA, Barack · 0

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

New York. Crown Publishers. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Don & Becky/All the best!" and SIGNED by the former President on the title page. SIGNED copies of this, the first printing, are much more difficult to locate than later printings.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

A YEAR OF CONSOLATION with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

BUTLER Mrs. [Fanny Kemble] · 1847

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

New York. Wiley & Putnam. First American Edition. Two volumes bound in one, publisher's black half morocco with matching corners. An account of the popular actress's year after leaving her husband, a wealthy Georgian plantation owner who ultimately divorced her. A 2-3/8" x 3-1...

CROSS CREEK

RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan · 1942

$1,562.50 (€1,417.62 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,432)

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. In the first issue dustwrapper. Illustrations by Edward Shenton. "Cross Creek is a bend in a country road, by land, and the flowing of Lochloosa Lake into Orange Lake, by water." INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Rawlings on the front bl...

FATHER TAYLOR

[HOWE, Julia Ward] COLLYER, Robert · 1907

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

Boston. American Unitarian Association. First Edition. Gilt-lettered and ruled black cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait. SIGNED by Julia Ward Howe in pencil on the front endpaper. Bookplate on front pastedown of Henry Goodson Ives, a Unitarian minister.. Near Fine...

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN with THE JAPANESE LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN

HEARN, Lafcadio [BISLAND, Elizabeth: editor] · 1906

$2,000.00 (€1,814.55 | £1,513.84 | ¥319,273)

Boston & New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. First Edition. Two volumes in original green cloth with paper spine labels and extra labels tipped in at the rear. One of 200 large-paper copies with an ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAGE of Hearn's, in this case an excerpt from THE ROMA...

HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET POLITIQUE DE LA PENSYLVANIE, ET DE L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DES QUAKERS DANS CETTE CONTRÉE

[ROUSSELOT de SURGY, Jacques Philibert] · 1768

$1,375.00 (€1,247.51 | £1,040.76 | ¥219,500)

Paris. Ganeau (de l'imprimerie d'Houry). First Edition. Duodecimo (3-3/4" x 6-1/2") bound in contemporary full calf with a gilt-decorated spine with raised bands and leather spine label, marbled endpapers and edges; xx, 372, [4], pages. Complete with half-title page and foldin...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

FORD, Gerald R · 251968

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

Washington. TYPED LETTER SIGNED "Jerry" on Office of the Minority Leader stationery to Paul Theis, Director of Public Relations for the Republican National Congressional Committee, expressing his appreciation for his work "in connection with our recent Congressional Leadership...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

FORD, Gerald R · 31967

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Washington. TYPED LETTER SIGNED "Jerry Ford" on Office of the Minority Leader stationery congratulating the recipients on their silver wedding anniversary.. Light creases from mailing. Fine

THE HOUSE SERVANT'S DIRECTORY, OR A MONITOR FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES: COMPRISING HINTS ON THE ARRANGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF SERVANTS' WORK, WITH GENERAL RULES FOR SETTING OUT TABLES AND SIDEBOARDS IN FIRST ORDER; THE ART OF WAITING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES; AND LIKEWISE HOW TO CONDUCT LARGE AND SMALL PARTIES WITH ORDER; WITH GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING ON TABLE ALL KINDS OF JOINTS, FISH, FOWL, &C. WITH FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLEANING PLATE, BRASS, STEEL, GLASS, MAHOGANY; AND LIKEWISE ALL KINDS OF PATENT AND COMMON LAMPS: OBSERVATIONS ON SERVANTS' BEHAVIOUR TO THEIR EMPLOYERS; AND UPWARDS OF 100 VARIOUS AND USEFUL RECEIPTS, CHIEFLY COMPILED FOR THE USE OF HOUSE SERVANTS; AND IDENTICALLY MADE TO SUIT THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH FRIENDLY ADVICE TO COOKS AND HEADS OF FAMILIES; AND COMPLETE DIRECTIONS HOW TO BURN LEHIGH COAL

ROBERTS, Robert · 1828

$43,750.00 (€39,693.38 | £33,115.19 | ¥6,984,091)

Boston & New York. Munroe and Francis; Charles S. Francis. Second Edition. Duodecimo (4-1/4" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf, recently and neatly rebacked; 180 pages. A rare example of the FIRST COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE UNITED STAT...

THE STONES OF VENICE

RUSKIN, John · 1874

$1,062.50 (€963.98 | £804.23 | ¥169,614)

London. Smith, Elder and Co.. New Edition. Three large octavo (7" x 10-1/4") volumes in the publisher's brown blindstamped and gilt-decorated cloth. One of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author at the end of the preface. Illustrated with 62 plates, many in color, and drawings in th...

INNOCENT ERENDIRA and Other Stories

GARCIA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel · 0

$2,187.50 (€1,984.67 | £1,655.76 | ¥349,205)

New York. Harper & Row. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page "Gabriel" and dated "92" with a small ORIGINAL DRAWING of a bird. An attractive and authentic example.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES (Number 21 of the YES! CAPRA CHAPBOOK SERIES)

CARVER, Raymond · 1974

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

Santa Barbara. Capra Press. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Illustrated with block prints by Marcia/Maris. A short story, Carver's third book, preceded by two collections of poems; hence, his first book of fiction. Of only 75 numbered and hardbound copies SIGNED by the author...

THE POEMS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo · 1945

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in full black sheepskin leather, grained and crushed, with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine; 256 pages. Selected and edited with a commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated with 22 lovely watercolor...

THE POEMS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

WHITTIER, John Greenleaf · 1945

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full green sheepskin leather and illustrated with pencil drawings by Raymond Holden. Edited with commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Most copies ...

THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE

LESAGE, Alain-Rene · 1937

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Oxford. Limited Editions Club. Two large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes bound in half gray linen, gold-stamped, and blue linen boards. Attractive edition of Smollett's translation. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolors by John Auste...

THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN

1945

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in half brown morocco and gold-stamped, wood-grain paper sides. Illustrated with color plates by Everett Gee Jackson. Retold by Louis Untermeyer and with a foreword by him. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on ...