Charles Agvent

ADDRESSES OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM JULY 19, 1940 TO JANUARY 20, 1941

ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano · 1941

$25,000.00 (€22,681.93 | £18,922.97 | ¥3,990,909)

[Washington]. The White House (Government Printing Office). First Edition. Small slim quarto (7" x 10") bound in parchment-backed marbled boards, printed paper title label to spine, top edge gilt; vignette on title partly printed in red and blue, initials printed in red; 24, [...

THE ORDEAL OF WOODROW WILSON

HOOVER, Herbert · 0

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

New York. McGraw-Hill Book Company. First Edition. Copy #264 of 500 of the special presentation edition SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. The only instance of a former U. S. President writing a book about another former President.. Fine in a close to Fine pictorial ...

OUR STREET

TITMARSH, M. A. [THACKERAY, William M] · 1848

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

London. Chapman and Hall. First Edition. Finely bound in full red levant morocco leather by Riviere with original covers mounted as front and rear pastedowns, triple gilt-ruled covers, gilt-lettered and decorated spine, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt (5-1/2 x 7-1/4"). Illustra...

THE BOOK OF JOB

BIBLE · 1946

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #1182 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, eac...

THE SUNDIAL

JACKSON, Shirley · 0

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

New York. Farrar, Straus and Cuddahy. First Edition. A novel about 12 people in a mansion awaiting the end of the world by the author of THE LOTTERY. This copy SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper and quite uncommon as such.. Some browning to pastedowns and endpapers, sl...

EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE. A Fifth-Dimension Guide to Life

DAWIDZIAK, Mark · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. First Edition. Second printing. Foreword by Rod Serling's daughter, Anne Serling. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both Dawidziak and Anne Serling on the front endpaper: "To Angela,/Submitted for you/(we hop...

HAROLD. The Boy Who Became Mark Twain

HOLBROOK, Hal · 0

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "Angela--/Love--/Hal Holbrook.". Near Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. My Year in a Woman's Prison

KERMAN, Piper · 0

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York. Spiegel & Grau Trade Paperbacks. Reprint. Pictorial wraps. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "For Angie,/This crazy cautionary/tale is for you./Enjoy!/Very best, Piper Kerman." Basis for the popular television series.. Near Fine

MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS

CHURCHILL, Winston · 0

$9,375.00 (€8,505.72 | £7,096.11 | ¥1,496,591)

London. Eyre and Spottiswoode. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page "Winston S. Churchill" and dated 1950. A compilation of Churchill's sayings and writings since his entry into public life. Fading to the top 1/4" of the spine with corresponding chip to d...

HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS. A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our Common Wild Flowers

DANA, Mrs. William Starr · 1900

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. Reprint. Full dark green morocco leather by Weitz with thick decorative gilt border, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xxxix, 346 pages.. Contemporary owner inscription on blank; cl...

THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON

WYSS, Johann David · 1963

$112.50 (€102.07 | £85.15 | ¥17,959)

Ipswich. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7-3/4" x 11") bound in orange imported handmade grasscloth prepared by the primitive natives of a Pacific isle from the inner bark of honeysuckle stems, with a buckram shelfback stamped in gold leaf. Designed by Will Carter and illustrat...

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE

WHITE, Gilbert · 1972

$168.80 (€153.15 | £127.77 | ¥26,947)

Ipswich. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in quarter gold-stamped calfskin and green boards decorated with a morning glory pattern repeated on the slipcase. Illustrated by John Nash with 16 full-page colored line drawings and 16 part-page drawings in blac...

THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS With Notes, Glossary, Index Of First Lines And Chronological List

BURNS, Robert · 0

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

London. Oxford University Press. Reprint. Bound in full polished calf leather (4-3/4" x 7-1/4") by Frost & Co. with double gilt-ruled borders, gilt decoration on the spine with a gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xx,...

GREAT ADVENTURES AND EXPLORATIONS. From the Earliest Times to the Present, as Told by the Explorers

STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (editor) · 1947

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. The Dial Press. First Edition. With the collaboration of Olive Rathbun Wilcox. Illustrated with maps designed by Richard Edes Harrison. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Stefansson on the half-title page on 27 January 1947 "For Dr. D C Coleman/from his admirer and/old friend."...

THE WALTZ INVENTION: A Play in Three Acts

NABOKOV, Vladimir · 1966

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

(New York). Phaedra Publishers. First Edition. The preferred variant A binding with green endpapers.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a slightly sunned spine

NABOKOVS QUARTET

NABOKOV, Vladimir · 1966

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

(New York). Phaedra Publishers. First Edition. The preferred variant A binding with green endpapers.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with slightly darkened spine and a small tear along the front spine edge

AFTERWORDS. NOVELISTS ON THEIR NOVELS

(CAPOTE, Truman; et. al.) McCORMACK, Thomas (Editor) · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Harper & Row. First Edition. Contributors include Truman Capote, Anthony Burgess, Norman Mailer, Reynolds Price, Mary Renault, Mark Harris, Louis Auchincloss, John Fowles, Robert Crichton, Vance Bourjaliy, George P. Elliott, William Gass, Ross Macdonald, and Wright M...

WILLIAM WILSON in THE GIFT: A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT FOR 1840

(POE, Edgar Allan) Miss LESLIE (editor) · 0

$562.50 (€510.34 | £425.77 | ¥89,795)

Philadelphia. Carey & Hart. First Edition. Original embossed black morocco with gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated title page and 7 (of 8) steel engravings with tissue guards by various artists. BAL 992 and 16130. The first appearance in print of this important story by ...

POEMS

HARTE, Bret · 1871

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Boston. Fields, Osgood, & Co.. First Edition. Original purple cloth with gilt lettering. BAL 7253: Printing 1.. Pencil ownership name dated 1871 on front blank. Mild sunning to the spine which has light wear at the head. Near Fine

OUTCROPPINGS: BEING SELECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA VERSE

HARTE, Bret (editor) · 1866

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

San Francisco/New York. A. Roman and Company/W. J. Widdleton. First Edition. Twentieth century 3/4 navy morocco binding signed by Blackwell. BAL 7238: Form A or B. Harte's first book, an anthology of poetry edited anonymously by him. Contributors include Ina Coolbrith and Char...