![GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794). History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the First [-Sixth]. London: W. Straha](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/b1205d5e-747a-4e4c-b4e0-ae700136b0c3/468x382.jpg)
GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794). History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the First [-Sixth]. London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776-1788. 6 volumes, 4to (272 x 215 mm). Vol. I: Half-title; 3pp. contents, X4 and a4 are cancels, errata leaf; Vol. II: Half-title; engraved portrait frontispiece by Hall after Joshua Reynolds dated 18 February 1780 [usually bound in vol.I]; full-sheet folding map of the Eastern Roman Empire by Thomas Kitchin dated 1 January 1781 bound before p.1 (some minor offsetting), half-sheet map of Constantinople and environs by Thomas Kitchin dated 1 January 1781 bound before p.23, G1 and Ll1 are cancels, errata leaf; Vol. III: Half-title; full-sheet folding map of the Western Roman Empire by Thomas Kitchin dated 1 January 1781 before p.1, p.177 correctly numbered, p.179 line 18 reading "Honorious," errata leaf; Vol. IV: Half-title; H3 and L2 are cancels; Vol. V: Half-title; Vol. VI: Half-title; errata for volumes IV-VI on 4Uv. (A few leaves with light to moderate spotting, a few marginal tears.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt by Burnham of Northampton with their ticket (old rebacking preserving original spines and endleaves, a few neat repairs, light wear to a few spine ends, a few joints starting). FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST STATE of volume I with cancels x4 and a4 (so signed) and with the balance of the errata uncorrected. While the first volume was on the press, Strahan decided to increase the print run from 500 to 1000 copies; the second 500 or so copies, constituting the second state, have the errata corrected through p.183 (here uncorrected). The portrait frontispiece and 12pp. of contents, issued with volume II, are bound in to volume I. "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is the only historical narrative prior to Macauley which continues to be reprinted and actually read" (PMM). Grolier English 58; Norton 20, 23, 29; PMM 222.
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![GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997). Howl and Other Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, [1956].12mo. Original stapled](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/43e02b5a-b02a-4d4d-8e66-ae7001370086/468x382.jpg)
GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997). Howl and Other Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, [1956].12mo. Original stapled wrappers stamped in light blue, printed wraparound label. Second edition SIGNED BY GINSBERG on the title-page, and appearing as number four in the Pocket Poets Series. Copies of the scarce second edition of Ginsberg's revolutionary poem were seized by the U. S. Collector of Customs Chester MacPhee on its arrival in San Francisco, resulting in a 1967 trial in which California State Superior Court Judge Clayton Hall ruled in favor of the defendants, declaring that the poem was of "redeeming social importance."
![[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WRIGHT, Richard (1908-1960). Native Son. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 8vo. Ha](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/4136749f-72f3-4f9d-9c48-ae70013ab62c/468x382.jpg)
[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WRIGHT, Richard (1908-1960). Native Son. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 8vo. Half-title. Original dark blue cloth stamped in light blue and red; in unrestored and unclipped printed dust jacket (minor creasing at spine cap). FIRST EDITION, with "A-P" below the edition statement on the copyright page. IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, printed in green and yellow with the price "$2.50," and without single-spaced blurbs on spine and front panel. Wright's novel about Bigger Thomas, set on the South Side of Chicago, was an immediate best-seller, selling over 250,000 hardcover copies within three weeks of its release.
![GOLDMAN, Emma (1869-1940). My Disillusionment in Russia. London: The C. W. Daniel Company, [1925]. 8vo. Half-title. (So](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/b80b6efa-6dcb-4bc3-97c2-ae70013888a1/468x382.jpg)
GOLDMAN, Emma (1869-1940). My Disillusionment in Russia. London: The C. W. Daniel Company, [1925]. 8vo. Half-title. (Some light spotting to a few leaves.) Original red cloth, paper label on spine (some spotting, covers slightly bowed). Provenance: Presentation inscription to an unidentified recipient (see below). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GOLDMAN on the half-title, London, 1 December 1925. The inscription is obscured by an affixed label which reads: "This book is a part of the Institutional Library provided through the Cortland County Council of Churches...However, the library program does not necessarily endorse the content of these donated books" (with a portion of Goldman's inscription adhered to the verso of the label). Goldman left the Soviet Union in 1923, and soon after published My Disillusionment in Russia to share the experiences she had while living there. Goldman was initially supportive of the October Revolution which brought the Bolsheviks to power, but changed her opinion after the Kronstadt rebellion and denounced the Soviet Union for its violent repression of independent voices.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon. New York: Scribner's, 1932.8vo. Frontispiece by Juan Gris; numerous photographic plates. Original black cloth (spine and portion of lower board sunned); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (light chipping, overall browning and soiling, particularly to spine). Provenance: Wilson Ford Blayney (gift inscription on flyleaf).FIRST EDITION, published when Hemingway was in his early thirties and living in Key West. The book "represents the author at his best, first as a writer and second as someone who was never satisfied with knowing only a little about his subject but who always dug deeply until he had both the essence and the smallest details" (Charles M. Oliver, Ernest Hemingway A to Z. New York, 1999, p. 74). Hanneman A10a.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.8vo. Half-title. Original light blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket with "$3.00" price (a few tiny chips, some minor staining verso, otherwise bright). Provenance: Patsy English (publisher's compliments slip laid in signed by English).FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the "A" and Scribner's seal on copyright page. FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with the rear panel photo tinted blue. The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman, who struggles with a giant marlin off the coast of Cuba. Patsy English worked as Ansel Adams' darkroom assistant in the 1930s. During that time, she became the object of his affection, and Adams almost left his wife to pursue a relationship with English. A BRIGHT COPY. Hanneman A24a.
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.8vo. Half-title. Original light blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket with "$3.00" price (corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, a few tiny closed tears). INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY on title-page: "Ernest Hemingway Finca Vigia San Francisco de Paula Cuba 1958." FIRST EDITION, later issue without the "A" on the copyright page, but with the Scribner's seal. In a later issue dust jacket with the rear panel photo tinted olive. Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea in Cayo Blanco Cuba in 1951, and he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the work. Hanneman A24a.
IBSEN, Henrik (1828-1906). The Master Builder. London: William Heinemann, 1893. 8vo. Photographic frontispiece. (Some minor staining primarily to first few leaves.) Original dark green cloth-backed light green cloth (some staining and light wear). Provenance: Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991), British-born American stage actress (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, Eva Le Gallienne's copy. Gallienne earned success in 1928 for her work in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, and regularly starred in his plays. Gallienne's bookplate bears a quote from Ibsen from The Master Builder: "Solness: Homes for Human Beings. Hilda: But Homes with high towers and pinnacles upon them. Ibsen." A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.[With:] IBSEN. Nora. Copenhagen: Weber's Academy, 1880. 12mo. Original lavender wrappers. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by T. Weber to Dr. G Stephens.
JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. New York: Random House, 1934.8vo. Original red and black stamped cream cloth (some light spotting to spine and board edges); original red and black printed dust jacket (abrasion and closed tear to spine, a few short tears, some light soiling). FIRST AUTHORIZED AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with "Reichl" credit on front panel. Bennett Cerf, who co-founded Random House with Donald S. Klopfer, hired attorney Morris Ernst to argue the case against the ban on Ulysses in the United States. On 6 December 1933, Judge John M. Woolsey rendered his landmark decision to lift the ban, and Random House published the present edition about a month later. In the publication, Random House included a foreword by Morris Ernst, as well as the full text of Judge Woolsey's decision. The publisher also reprinted an April 1932 letter from Joyce to Bennett Cerf ("since you are determined to fight for its legalization in the United States and to publish what will be the only authentic edition there, I think it just as well to tell you the history of its publication in Europe and the complications which followed it in America"). Slocum and Calhoun A21.
LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Free Air. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in light blue; pictorial dust jacket (chipping and a few tears with occasional cello tape repairs verso, some minor soiling). FIRST EDITION. The novel follows Claire Boltwood as she drives from New York to the Pacific Northwest, where she falls in love. It was adapted into a silent film in 1922. Pastore 6. RARE IN THE DUST JACKET: We find only two copies sold at auction in the last 40 years.
LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Elmer Gantry. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1927.8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in orange (some light rubbing, spine slightly faded); dust jacket (losses to spine ends, a few chips including a 1/2-in. portion of the head of spine torn away but present, with some very slight soiling). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of the binding with the "G" resembling a "C." Lewis's satirical treatment of evangelism in America created public outcry when the book was published, prompting evangelist Billy Sunday to call Lewis "Satan's cohort." Pastore 13.
![[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. FROST, Robert (1874-1963). The Complete Poems of Robert Frost. New York: The Limited Editions Club,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/2e82e8e3-61d8-4eda-af6b-ae70017478ef/468x382.jpg)
[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. FROST, Robert (1874-1963). The Complete Poems of Robert Frost. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950.2 volumes, 8vo. Numerous wood-engravings by Thomas W. Nason. Original blue cloth, uncut and unopened (some light toning, a few minor stains); original marbled slipcase (worn). LIMITED EDITION, number 1109 of 1500 copies. SIGNED BY FROST, NASON, AND BRUCE ROGERS.
ANDERSON, Sherwood (1876-1941). Winesburg, Ohio. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919.8vo. Half-title. Original mustard cloth, printed label on spine, top edge stained yellow (some light soiling, spine slightly leaned); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Claude, Bridgewater, Connecticut (booklabel).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "lay" in line 5 on p.86, and broken type in line 3 on p.251. Anderson's short story cycle centers around the life of protagonist George Willard, and owing to its emphasis on the characters' psychological insights is considered one of the earliest works of Modernist literature. Sheehy & Lohf 9.
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). The Rosy Crucifixion Book One: Sexus. Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1949.2 volumes, 8vo. Original green cloth (a few pale stains, light spotting to edges). FIRST LIMITED EDITION, number 1,167 of 3,000 copies. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY MILLER in vol.I: "For John Rich Henry Miller." ADDITIONALLY SIGNED by Miller in vol.II.[With:] MILLER. The Rosy Crucifixion Book Two: Plexus. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1953. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original brown printed wrappers (some minor rubbing to extremities). FIRST LIMITED EDITION, number 666 of 2,000 copies. Two works in 4 volumes, comprising the first and second installments of the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy which draws its title from his own Tropic of Capricorn: "All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten."
MITCHELL, Margaret (1900-1949). Gone with the Wind. New York: Macmillan, 1936. 8vo. Original grey cloth; in unclipped dust jacket (a few light chips and tears, with a few old cello tape repairs to foot of spine and verso). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the May 1936 date. FIRST ISSUE of the dust jacket, with Gone with the Wind listed in the second column of Macmillan's publications. Mitchell's epic Civil War novel was a huge success; it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, has sold more than 8 million copies, and has been translated into at least 18 languages.
O'NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). The Hairy Ape. Anna Christie. The First Man. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922.8vo. Half-title. (Some light spotting primarily to fore-margin.) Original cloth-backed black-lettered boards (some rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Edward Auerbach (presentation inscription).FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY O'NEILL: "For Edward Auerbach with all good wishes Eugene O'Neill." Atkinson A20-I-1.
ORWELL, George (1903-1950). Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.8vo. Half-titles. (Minor even toning.) Original black cloth, spine gilt-lettered; in unrestored and unclipped dust jacket (minor soiling, very minor wear to extremities). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fenwick A.10d. [With:] The Road to Wigan Pier. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1937. 8vo. Photographic plates. Original limp orange cloth (some creasing, possible dampstaining, light scuffs to printed lettering). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE referred to as the "Left Book Club Edition" on the front board, issued 3 months before the first public edition. Fenwick A.5a. [Also with:] The English People. London: Collins, 1947. 4to. 8 color plates and 11 black and white illustrations. (Occasional spotting.) Illustrated green paper on boards (slight warping, a few brown spots); in unrestored and unclipped dust jacket (toned, occasional spotting, light wear at extremities). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Fenwick A.11a.
SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Ring of the Niblungs. London: Grant Richards, 1898. 8vo. Half-title; 2p. publisher's advertisements at end. (Some very slight soiling and spotting to a few leaves, a few tiny marginal pencil marks.) Original blue cloth-backed linen, gilt-lettered on spine (some light soiling and wear); cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, written by Shaw "for the assistance of those who wish to be introduced to the work on equal terms with that inner circle of adepts...The reason is that its dramatic moments lie quite outside the consciousness of people whose joys and sorrows are all domestic and personal, and whose religions and political ideas are purely conventional and superstitious" (Preface, p.[v]). Laurence A31. [Tipped in:] SHAW. Autograph note signed ("G. Bernard Shaw"), to an unnamed recipient, 1 June 1924. In full: "You seem to be possessed by the demon that formerly possessed Southey. Exorcism is the only remedy I can suggest."
SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). Oil! New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.8vo. (Some light spotting.) Original maroon cloth decorated in yellow (spine slightly leaned and faded, some light rubbing, otherwise bright). FIRST EDITION of Sinclair's work loosely based on the life of oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny, which was the basis for the 2007 film There Will be Blood.
SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006). I, the Jury. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1947. 8vo. Half-title. Original red-lettered black cloth (corner slightly bumped). In unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some light chipping, rubbing, and minor soiling). Provenance: Dollie Sullivan MacGregor (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, WITH SPILLANE'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. SPILLANE'S FIRST NOVEL, which includes the first appearance of private investigator Mike Hammer. By the time Spillane's novel was adapted to film in 1953, it had sold over 3.5 million copies.
STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cup of Gold. New York: McBride, 1929.8vo. Original yellow cloth lettered in black (lacking dust jacket, a few pale stains, slight rubbing to corners). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF STEINBECK'S FIRST BOOK, with the McBride imprint and "First Published, August 1929" on copyright page. Goldstone & Payne A1a.[With:] STEINBECK. Cup of Gold. New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (foot of lower joint bumped); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor toning, a few minor stains lower panel, some light rubbing to corners). Second edition, using the original sheets from the 1929 McBride edition. In first state dust jacket with no mention of Of Mice and Men, with the original Covici Friede title blacked out, and the $2.50 price intact on the front flap.
STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Long Valley. New York: The Viking Press, 1938. 8vo. Half-title and title printed in brown and black. Original linen-backed russet boards, spine lettered in brown; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some light wear to corners and edges, some staining lower panel); cloth folding case.FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY STEINBECK Las Gatos, 1938, on flyleaf. Steinbeck's collection of stories set in his hometown, Salinas, California, includes "St. Katy the Virgin" and "Red Pony." Goldstone & Payne A11a.
![[AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.)]. L'ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir (1616-1704). Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists. London: for](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/035648a1-a387-4390-a70c-ae7001623652/468x382.jpg)
[AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.)]. L'ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir (1616-1704). Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists. London: for R. Sare and others, 1704. Folio (316 x 198 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plate; title printed within double-rule border. (Some light spotting and soiling.) 20th-century calf-backed boards, spine gilt. Fourth edition, first published in 1692, corrected and amended, and including "The Life of Aesop" in addition to fables of Poggius, Anianus, Abstemius, and Barlandus. ESTC N8014.
THOMPSON, Hunter S. (1937-2005). Mistah Leary, He Dead. New Orleans & San Francisco: X-Ray Book Co., 1996. 16mo chapbook. 2 pages of letterpress text. Original hand-made and hand-sewn light blue-gray wrappers hand-printed in black and gold, front flap hand-printed "Woody Creek, Colorado June 9, 1996," and rear flap with blind embossed Gonzo emblem, inner front cover hand-printed "Timothy Leary 1920-1996," inner rear cover with hand-printed colophon, translucent rice paper endleaves.LIMITED EDITION, number 190 of 300 copies of a total edition of 326 of Thompson's obituary for LSD advocate and hippy guru, Timothy Leary. Tipped to the verso of the rear flap is a perforated simulated acid blotter sheet, with an overall repeating portrait of Timothy Leary, captioned at foot: "Caution: Do Not Drop." Printed at the New Orleans School of GlassWorks and Printmaking Studio.
THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). The Maine Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864.8vo. (Some light spotting.) Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some minor wear to spine ends and extremities, spine slightly browned). Provenance: Ellen Bry? (signature dated 1864, partially effaced).FIRST EDITION, one of 1,650 copies printed, with the list of Thoreau's books on p.[ii] priced. Thoreau's "excursion book" includes the essays "Ktaadn," "Chesuncook," and "The Allegash and East Branch." BAL 20113.
![VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Les singularites de la nature. Basel [but Geneva]: [Cramer], 1768.8vo. Half-t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/8e141080-509d-4e78-bc60-ae70015328a0/468x382.jpg)
VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Les singularites de la nature. Basel [but Geneva]: [Cramer], 1768.8vo. Half-title; woodcut vignette on title-page. Later cloth-backed boards (final text leaf used as rear paste-down, some rubbing and staining). FIRST EDITION, with the vignette on title-page, of Voltaire's defense of Newtonianism and his rebuttal of Cartesianism. Voltaire argued against the "new geology" and "new cosmology" of the day, basing his arguments on the work of Newton, his deism, and his advocacy of science as a common-sense approach. The 38 chapters touch upon mathematics, physics, and the philosophy of science including topics such as the nature of light and the formation of mountains. RARE.
![VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Oeuvres. [Kehl]: De l'imprimerie de la Societe litteraire-typographique, 1784](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/5cc5dfe7-bce2-48b7-bef5-ae7001534458/468x382.jpg)
VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Oeuvres. [Kehl]: De l'imprimerie de la Societe litteraire-typographique, 1784-1789. 70 volumes, 8vo (207 x 137 mm). Half-titles; engraved frontispiece in vol. I, engraved plates after Moreau. Contemporary French mottled calf, smooth spines gilt, tan and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (some rubbing or light wear, a few repairs to spine ends). THE BEST COLLECTED EDITION OF VOLTAIRE'S WORKS. Shortly after Voltaire's death, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais sought to publish Voltaire's complete works, many of which were banned. In February 1779, he acquired the rights to Voltaire's manuscripts from publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, and he set up a printing press in Germany to evade French censors. He acquired the type foundry of John Baskerville from Baskerville's widow. The venture was a commercial failure, but Beaumarchais is credited with preserving many of Voltaire's works.
WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). All The King's Men. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.8vo. Half-title. Original burgundy cloth (slight rubbing to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (1 3/4-in. closed tear to rear panel, some light creasing and rubbing). FIRST EDITION, WITH WARREN'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with the blurb from Sinclair Lewis on the rear panel. Warren received the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for the All the King's Men and was later awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 and 1979. He remains the only author to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry.
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Voyage Out. London: Duckworth & Co., 1915. 8vo. Half-title; 22pp. publisher's advertisements. (Tiny stains to upper margin of a few leaves.) Original green cloth, lettered in black on upper cover, spine gilt-lettered, publisher's blind device on lower cover (discreet repairs to joints and lower hinge, some light rubbing). FIRST EDITION OF WOOLF'S FIRST NOVEL, one of 2,000 copies printed. Woolf began writing The Voyage Out in 1910, and by 1912, had finished a draft of the manuscript. The 1920 New York Times review of Woolf's novel, published to coincide with the first American printing of the work, remarks that this first novel "by an English writer, gives promise in its opening chapters of much entertainment." Fitzpatrick A1a.
BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). Le Deuxieme Sexe. Paris: Gallimard, 1949.2 volumes, 8vo. Titles printed in red and black. Original black cloth decorated in blue and grey or brown and green, gilt (a few tiny stains to top sheet edges and vol.II pastedowns, tiny scuff to spine vol.II, very light wear to a few corners, otherwise bright).FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, numbers 1218 (vol.I) and 781 (vol.II) of 2,000 copies on alfuma of a total edition of 2,050. Complete in two parts: I. Les Faits et les mythes; II. L'Experience vecue. Beauvoir's best-known work, researched and written between 1946 and 1949, a major work in feminist theory which laid the groundwork for second-wave feminism. The first edition sold around 22,000 copies in a week, and has been translated into 40 languages.
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Orlando: A Biography. London: The Hogarth Press, 1928.8vo. Eight half-tone plates, including three of with Vita Sackville-West as subject. (Light scattered spotting on edges, preliminary leaves and index.) Original orange cloth gilt-lettered on spine (a few pale spots to fore-edge, a few minor bumps to edges); illustrated dust-jacket printed in black (some chipping with occasional repairs on verso, 1-in. tear to rear panel). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Woolf's fantastic historical biography, spanning the 400-year life span of the title character, which challenged conventions of time and gender. According to Cleveland B. Chase's 1928 review of Orlando for the New York Times: "Mrs. Woolf has broken with tradition and convention and has set out to explore still another fourth dimension of writing. Not that she has abandoned the 'stream of consciousness' method which she used with such conspicuous success in her previous novels, but with it she has combined what, for lack of a better term, we might describe as an application to writing of the Einstein theory of relativity. In this new work she is largely preoccupied with the 'time' element in character and human relationships, and with a statement of the exact complexion of that intangible moment, a combination of past and future, of objective reality and subjective consciousness, which we refer to as the present." Kirkpatrick A11b.
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). A Room of One's Own. London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929.8vo. Half-title. Original cinnamon cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some light spotting to sheet edges); unrestored pale pink dust jacket printed in navy blue, designed by Vanessa Bell (some toning to front and spine panels, some minor spotting, a few tears with occasional repairs on verso). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, one of 3040 copies published in October 1929. Originating in two lectures given by Woolf in October 1928 to students at the two women's colleges of Cambridge University, A Room of One's Own was first published as an essay entitled "Women and Fiction" in Forum (March, 1929). Kirkpatrick A12b.
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Beau Brummell. New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1930.4to. 2 plates printed in pink, brown and green by W. A. Dwiggins. Original cloth-backed boards, pictorial label to upper cover; publisher's slipcase with pictorial label (some light wear and soiling).LIMITED EDITION, number 250 of 500 copies SIGNED BY WOOLF. Beau Brummell was first published in the Nation & Athenaeum in September 1929. Kirkpatrick A15a.
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Between the Acts. London: Hogarth Press, 1941.8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some fading to spine ends, some light staining to endleaves, otherwise bright); unrestored dust jacket printed in black designed by Vanessa Bell (slight soiling, particularly to spine and rear panel, a few tiny chips or creases, some slight rubbing). FIRST EDITION of Woolf's last novel, published after her death. Set in June 1939 at Pointz Hall, home of the Olivers, and a neighboring village, Between the Acts focuses on the preparations for a community pageant. Woolf decided to publish the novel days before her death, but hadn't yet corrected the typescript; critics consider the work to be unfinished. Kirkpatrick A26a.
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Wendingen: The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Santpoort, Holland: C.A. Mees, 1925. Square 4to. Printed in black and red and illustrated throughout. (Some toning, a few leaves creased.) Original cloth, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (some staining and light wear). Provenance: Sold A. B. Gallion Books with their label. FIRST EDITION, the first major publication highlighting Wright's work since the 1910-1911 publication of Ausgefuhrte Bauten. Wendingen, a publication focused on architecture and construction, was published by the Amsterdam Society of Architects from 1918 to 1932, and employed revolutionary new typography. Sweeney 165.
CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898.8vo. Frontispiece and 6 maps, 2 folding. (Minor toning, occasional spotting.) Original apple green cloth gilt lettered (spine darkened, light soiling, spine slightly leaned). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Churchill's first book, an account of the uprising on the North-West Frontier of India (now western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan). With 32-page Classified Catalogue printed on thinner paper, separately numbered, and dated 12/97 on the last page. Frontispiece with tissue guard, others lacking. No errata slip. Woods A1(a).
CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). The River War. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. 2 volumes, 8vo. 7 photogravure plates, 20 folding maps, and numerous other maps and illustrations. Original illustrated dark blue cloth gilt (light wear, spines lightly leaned). Provenance: Annenberg Library, The Episcopal Academy; Mrs. Crawford C. Madeira (stamp, bookplate); J.G., London (pencil inscription, dated 1928). FIRST EDITION of Churchill's second book as a young war correspondent, covering the British involvement in Sudan and Upper Nile region. Woods A2(a).
CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900.8vo. 3 folding maps. Original illustrated tan cloth printed in black and red, spine lettered in red and gilt (scuffing, slightly leaned, light spotting to fore and top edge). FIRST EDITION of Churchill's personal memoirs of the first five months of the Second Boer War, including accounts of the Relief of Ladysmith and his own capture and dramatic escape from the Boers. Woods A4.
CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). Liberalism and the Social Problem. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909.8vo. (Pencil notations.) Original plum gilt-lettered buckram (very light wear to extremities). FIRST EDITION of Churchill's third book of speeches, collected during his time as a champion of progressive causes in the Liberal Party, after abandoning the Conservative Party in 1904 and before rejoining them in 1924. With a review clipped from the Daily Mail laid in. Woods A15.
CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). India. Speeches and an Introduction. London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1931.8vo. Original printed orange wrappers (spine slightly faded, a few short tears). FIRST EDITION in wrappers, issued simultaneously with the cloth-bound edition. Woods A38. [With:] India: A Summary of the Report of the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform. Westminster: The National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, November 1934. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, staple-bound (small chip, light creasing and soiling, tiny rust-stains from staples). FIRST EDITION.
CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). Great Contemporaries. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937.8vo. Photographic plates. Original blue gilt-lettered buckram, top edge stained blue (spine discolored, a few light stains); in unrestored unclipped orange dust jacket with "21s. net" price present (chipping, soiling, a few short tears). Provenance: Hugh Rees (small label). FIRST EDITION of Churchill's collected biographical essays on such figures as George Bernard Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia, King George V, and Adolf Hitler. Later editions saw inclusions, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, and removals, including Leon Trotsky. Woods A43(a).
CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). A group of 5 works and letter referencing Churchill during the Second Boer War, comprising:Savrola A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. Contemporary green morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Bayntun. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Churchill's only novel. Woods A3(b). -- Ian Hamilton's March. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. With frontispiece and folding map. FIRST EDITION. Woods A5. -- My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. 3 maps and 47 photographic plates including frontispiece. (Heavy vertical crease to front board, small stains, spine darkened). FIRST EDITION. Woods A12. -- Marlborough His Life and Times. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933-1938. 4 volumes. (Some discoloration to cloth). FIRST TRADE EDITION. Woods A40(a). -- EADE, Charles (1903-1964), compiler. Victory War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1946. In unrestored and unclipped dust jacket (fading as typical, light creasing). FIRST EDITION with page 177 misprinted as 77. Woods A112. -- Together, 5 works in 8 volumes, 8vo, all in publisher's bindings except where noted, all in very good to fine condition except where noted. [With:] EATON, William Arnold (1870-?). Autograph letter signed ("Eaton"). Durban, Natal, South Africa, 22 March 1900. 4 pages, 8vo, on Durban Club letterhead, light creasing. Captain Eaton served in South Africa 1900-1902, and in this letter to his mother, he mentions Churchill who had returned to South Africa in January to take Pretoria and relieve the Siege of Ladysmith: "Churchill has promised me in this case to get me some job with the troops at the front, he is joining to ask Lord Dundonald to take me temporary as his staff as an extra...galloper."[Also with:] The Sinews of Peace. N.p., 1995. Reprint of Churchill's speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 5 March 1946.
CUSTER, George Armstrong. (1839-1876). My Life on the Plains. Or, Personal Experiences with Indians. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1874. 8vo. Illustrated plates. Original cloth decorated in gilt and black (spine faded, some light rubbing). FIRST EDITION of Custer's "classic account of military operations against various tribes of Plains Indians in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas" (Encyclopedia of American War Literature, p.84). Graff 961; Howes C-981.
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (1890-1969). Report by The Supreme Commander of the combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force 1944 June 6 - 1945 May 8. Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, [1945].Folio (220 x 303 mm). Maps. (Occasional creasing.) One-half morocco with blue cloth, spine 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering in 2, others gilt decorated, original illustrated wrappers bound in (front board detached, light wear to extremities). Provenance: Arthur Leonard Ross (d. 1975, bookplate to inside front wrapper). FIRST EDITION. WITH DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S SIGNATURE on a bookplate laid in. Eisenhower's detailed report of D-Day illustrated with maps.
![[THE KENNEDYS]. A group of 7 works relating to the Kennedy family, including:KENNEDY, Joseph P. (1888-1969). I'm for Roosevel](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/0128c2ce-b61f-42e1-8185-ae700160ce87/468x382.jpg)
[THE KENNEDYS]. A group of 7 works relating to the Kennedy family, including:KENNEDY, Joseph P. (1888-1969). I'm for Roosevelt. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936. -- KENNEDY, John F. (1917-1964). As We Remember Joe. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1945. -- KENNEDY, Robert F. (1925-1968). The Enemy Within. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. -- KENNEDY, Robert F. Just Friends and Brave Enemies. New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1962. -- KENNEDY, Edward M. (1932-2009). Decisions for a Decade: Policies and Programs for the 1970s. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1968. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. -- And 2 others. Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, all FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. [With:] Kennedy Kards. N.p.: Humor House Inc., 1963. 57 x 88 mm printed playing cards. Original illustrated box (light discoloration). A deck of 54 cards with 1 joker and 1 informational card. Face cards feature Kennedys and allies.
![[LINCOLN, Abraham]. SANDBURG, Carl (1878-1967). Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/3c8a9db0-cbb1-438e-b020-ae700161004c/468x382.jpg)
[LINCOLN, Abraham]. SANDBURG, Carl (1878-1967). Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.4 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated. Original brown cloth gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (light scuffing to spine labels). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 183 of 500 copies SIGNED BY SANDBURG.
MacARTHUR, Douglas (1880-1964). Reminiscences. New York, Toronto, and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964.8vo. Illustrated. Original illustrated oatmeal cloth (minor spotting); board slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, numbered 83 of 1750 copies SIGNED BY DOUGLAS MacARTHUR. [With:] WHITNEY, Courtney (1897-1969). MacArthur: His Rendezvous with History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. 8vo. Maps. (Light toning.) Original brick orange cloth.
WEBSTER, Daniel (1782-1852). Autograph letter signed ("Daniel Webster") to Josiah Quincy, as President of Harvard. N.p., 23 April n.d. 1 page, 4to, addressed on back panel, old creases, light adhesive residue to interior corners. A letter of introduction to Josiah Quincy, president of Harvard from 1829-1845, on behalf of Joseph Caldwell of Wheeling, Virginia. Webster notes that "the young gentleman is highly spoken of, in letters from the most respectable persons." [With:] Clipped signature ("Daniel Webster"). N.p., 1842. 96 x 36 mm visible, framed with stipple engraving of Webster by James B. Longacre, spotting.
BELLOW, Saul (1915-2005). Dangling Man. New York: Vanguard, 1944.8vo. Original green-gray cloth; in unrestored dust jacket (price-clipped, some light rubbing to extremities, tiny hole to spine-panel touching one letter). FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. "Today, when the war serves as a common excuse for hasty writing, it is more than ever exciting to come across a new author who has preserved his integrity. For this reason the Vanguard Press is especially proud to publish the first novel of a writer who, we predict, will take his place among the most distinguished novelists of our time" (front flap). Bellow would ultimately win 3 National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
BLOCH, ROBERT (1917-1994) Psycho. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.8vo. (Some light overall browning as usual.) Original cloth-backed boards; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (minor toning, very slight rubbing to extremities). FIRST EDITION, WITH BLOCH'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, and with the iconic just jacket designed by Tony Palladino. Bloch's thriller was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960 into a feature film of the same name, written by Joseph Stefano and starring Anthony Perkins as Bates and Janet Leigh. Currey p.46.
![[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. BALDWIN (1924-1987). Notes of a Native Son. Boston: The Beacon Press, 1955.8vo. Original red cloth; pict](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/7c1a254c-0609-489b-8d5e-ae70016edffb/468x382.jpg)
CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). April Twilights. Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1903.8vo. Title printed in green and black. Original drab boards, printed paper labels on upper covers and spine (spine label chipping, some light wear). FIRST EDITION OF CATHER'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. Cather's only collection of verse, featuring poems written while she was working as an English teacher in a Pittsburgh high school, April Twilights was published again, with several of the original poems replaced, in a limited edition in 1923 by Knopf. Crane A1.a.
CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). Farewell my Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 8vo. Half-title. Original orange cloth stamped in blue, top edge stained blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few scuffs, some overall browning, spine darkened, light chipping). FIRST EDITION of Chandler's second novel. "Shocks and thrills aplenty lie ahead in this fast, close-knit, and utterly hard-boiled story of murder, extortion, and assorted rackets and depravities on the criminal fringes of Los Angeles. Readers of The Big Sleep know what to expect of Mr. Chandler; all others have a real experience in store" (dust jacket). Bruccoli A2.1.a
CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Lady in the Lake. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. 8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, stamped in green; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some light chipping and rubbing, overall browning.FIRST EDITION of Chandler's fourth Philip Marlowe mystery, the first of which to advertise "A Philip Marlowe Mystery" on the dust-jacket. Bruccoli A4.1.a [With:] CHANDLER. The Little Sister. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. 8vo. Original red cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a touch of wear). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the fifth Philip Marlowe mysteries. Bruccoli A8.2.a.
CUMMINGS, E.E. (1894-1962). The Enormous Room. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1922. 8vo. Half-title. Original light brown cloth lettered in black on cover and spine, uncut (spine slightly soiled, slight rubbing to extremities); original pictorial dust jacket (restored with small areas of retouching, closed tear to front panel, a few small chips, small portion of front panel torn away but present). Provenance: Barbieri & Price Ltd. and Books Old & New (booksellers' tickets to front and rear pastedowns); George Cosmatos (sold, his sale, Sotheby's, 2005, lot 163). FIRST EDITION OF CUMMINGS' FIRST WORK, with p.219 in the uncorrected state. E. E. Cummings' autobiographical first novel is based on his experiences as an enlistee with the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps in France, where he openly expressed anti-war views. He was arrested and held by the French military on suspicion of espionage for three and a half months. Of Cummings' first novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: "Of all the work by young men who have sprung up since 1920 one book survives €”The Enormous Room by e e cummings...Those few who cause books to live have not been able to endure the thought of its mortality." Firmage A1. THE COSMATOS COPY.
![[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). Not Without Laughter. New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.8vo. Orig](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/ecb3ef2c-4d9d-49da-a26d-ae7001732ef9/468x382.jpg)
[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). Not Without Laughter. New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.8vo. Original pink and white striped cloth stamped in aubergine and blue; in unclipped illustrated dust jacket (some fading and light scuffing, minor restoration on spine panel verso). FIRST EDITION of Hughes' first novel. IN THE RARE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. According to American Book Prices Current, only two copies with the dust jacket have sold at auction in the last 40 years.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray, 1872. 8vo. 7 heliotype plates with arabic numerals, 3 folding, numerous woodblocks in text; 2 advertisement leaves at end, dated November 1872. (Light soiling to a few leaves.) Original green cloth, covers with blind frame, spine gilt (some light rubbing and wear, hinges just starting, corners and top edge of boards bumped). FIRST EDITION, second issue, with "htat" reading on p.208, and the last signatures being 2B^1 and 2C^4. The work contains studies of facial and other types of expression in man and mammals, and their relationship to various emotions. "This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment" (Freeman). Freeman 1142.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. London: John Murray, 1876. 8vo. Errata slip; one diagram, numerous tables. (Spotting to title and a few other leaves.) Original green cloth, covers with blind frame, spine gilt (hinges starting, some light rubbing and wear).FIRST EDITION of this sequel to Darwin's Fertilisation of Orchids, based on painstaking experiments he had undertaken since 1866, making the work his most ambitious plant book to date. "It was too technical and too detailed to command a wide sale," although 1500 copies were sold before the end of 1876. Freeman 1249.
MANFRED KIELNHOFER (Haslach an der Mühl, Austria, 1967)."Guardians of time".Sculpture in 3D printing, copy 54/500.Signed and titled on the base.Enclosed certificate of the artist.Measurements: 18 x 19 x 18 cm.Manfred Kielnhofer was born in Haslach an der Mühl, Austria. He is self-taught and works with different media; including painting, film, photography, installation, performance and sculpture. His work often deals with the human figure and its different forms and movements, focusing mainly on the peculiarities of human nature. He uses the human form as a tool, whether on canvas or in sculpture. The staging of the figures at major events such as the Berlin Festival of Lights is just as important to the artist as the technical perfection of the individual figures."Guardians of Time" relates to the idea that since the beginning of time mankind has had protectors, both for historical and mystical reasons. It seems that only man himself is a potential source of danger to his own existence. In his works of art, Manfred Kielnhofer deals with the natural human desire for security. His work therefore reflects a genuine exploration, consideration and discussion of the current and historical moods and sensibilities of his social environment. His works of art captivate with elaborate combinations of light and different technique reflected in the folds of the garments.
PHILIPPE DUPIEREUX (Belgium, 1944)."Composition", 1992.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated on the back.Size: 140 x 110 cm.He was born in 1944 in Hastière, a small town in the Meuse valley, Belgium, and it is, approximately, from 1960 onwards that he produced his first works with a palette knife. In 1962 he finished his studies of Fine Arts in Namur.In 1966-67 he followed courses at the Famous Artist's School in Amsterdam. In 1970 he settled in Spain, where he still lives today, devoting himself exclusively to painting. Until 1978 he paints, always with a palette knife, landscapes, villages and their people which fascinate him so much.In 1971 he visited the region of Almeria for the first time; its landscapes and light were a revelation which he captured in many of his paintings.In 1978 he exchanged his palette knife for brushes and worked on small wooden boards on themes with a surrealist tendency. His work became "cleaner", without brushstrokes and with softer colours. After a year he left the wood to return to canvas, but this time a canvas he had specially prepared himself in order to achieve a smooth, larger canvas. During these years he travelled in search of new themes: North Africa, the USA and Nordic countries.Between 1984 and 1987 he devoted himself almost exclusively to watercolour, which he worked on and perfected during his travels and in his studio. In 1986, a trip to India proved to be a very enriching experience for his work, especially in terms of colouring.On a trip to China in 1987, his attraction to non-figurative painting began, influenced by the ideograms of Chinese writing, among other reasons. He made his last sketches and watercolours and, in 1998, he turned definitively to abstraction; his mixed techniques on paper or canvas appear, mixing collages and graphics.His work is a mixture of collages and painted materials enhanced by graphics.
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