London: Ministry of Information, 1940. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This scarce wartime pamphlet is the first and only stand-alone publication of then-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill's speech in the House of Commons of 27 February 1940 . "I come before the house, on behalf of the Navy... More
London: Ministry of Information, 1940. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This scarce wartime pamphlet is the first and only stand-alone publication of then-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill's speech in the House of Commons of 27 February 1940 . "I come before the house, on behalf of the Navy... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1942. First English-language edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is a beautifully fine copy of the first English-language edition, only printing of Churchill's May 10, 1942 broadcast address, made on the second anniversary of his becoming wartime Prime Minister. Churchill spoke that night to... More
Florida: Levenger Press, Delray Beach, 2003. Limited Edition. Full leather. Author David Coombs originally published the standard catalogue of over five hundred Churchill paintings then known in 1967. In this large and striking full-leather limited edition of 2003, each painting is illustrated in color or black and white. Accompanying the... More
Florida: Levenger Press, Delray Beach, 2003. Limited Edition. Full leather. Author David Coombs originally published the standard catalogue of over five hundred Churchill paintings then known in 1967. In this large and striking full-leather limited edition of 2003, each painting is illustrated in color or black and white. Accompanying the... More
Sacramento, California: The Churchilliana Company, Sacramento, 1977. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. This is the collector’s binding of the U.S. first edition. Originally published in 1906, For Free Trade is the second scarcest of all Churchill's book-length works (second only to Mr. Brodrick's Army). The good news is that there is..... More
New York: Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1950. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the U.S. first edition, first printing of Painting as a Pastime, Churchill's essay about his famous hobby. Painting as a Pastime had been printed in The Strand Magazine as early as 1921, but it... More
Sacramento, California: The Churchilliana Company, Sacramento, 1977. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. This is the collector’s binding of the U.S. first edition. Originally published in 1906, For Free Trade is the second scarcest of all Churchill's book-length works (second only to Mr. Brodrick's Army). The good news is that there is..... More
Unknown: Unknown, Unknown. Leaflet. This leaflet, previously unknown to us, is an unsigned, undated poem titled “A Conservative Estimate” praising Churchill in his role as Prime Minister. Having done so much to win the war, Churchill faced frustration of his postwar plans when his wartime government fell to Labour in..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publications, 1953. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a magnificent first edition of Revolt in 2100, a collection of stories that are part of Heinlein’s “Future History” series, nominated for the 1966 Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series. This copy is noteworthy for condition alone. Rendering it..... More
Castle Hill Press, 2016. First edition. Full leather. This is the first and limited edition of the first version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom intended for general publication. It was prepared in autumn 1922 by T. E. Lawrence and his literary mentor and friend, Edward Garnett, abridged from the 1922... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing in the first issue dust jacket of Hemingway's second non-fiction book (after Death in the Afternoon), based on his 1933 safari in East Africa. Hemingway writes in his Foreword: “Unlike many novels... More
Fordingbridge, Hampshire: Castle Hill Press, 2014. First and Limited edition. Full leather. This is the publisher's full goatskin binding in slipcase, #24 of 45 bound thus, a strikingly beautiful book about one of the 20th century's most strikingly beautiful books. In 1932, T. E. Lawrence published a translation of Homer’s... More
Salisbury: Castle Hill Press, 2016. First and limited edition. Leather bound. This is the publisher’s full goatskin limited edition of T. E. Lawrence's Correspondence with the Edward and David Garnett, an important installment in the T. E. Lawrence Letters series published by Castle Hill Press. Founded by Lawrence’s official biographer..... More
New York: George H. Doran, 1927. U.S. first edition, first printing. Hardcover. Revolt in the Desert is the only version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom published for the general public in Lawrence’s lifetime. This is a magnificent copy of the first American edition, first printing – fine in a remarkably..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of the sequel to Dune. In this second novel in the original Dune trilogy, now-emperor Paul Maud’Dib Atreides struggles to control the jihad which made him emperor and to navigate the..... More
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of the third and final novel in the original Dune trilogy. Children of Dune concludes the story of Paul Maud’Dib Atreides and tortuously secures..... More
New York: Night Shade Books, 2009. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a pristine signed first printing of Paolo Bacigalupi’s multiple-award winning debut novel The Windup Girl. The author signed the title page in blue ink below his printed name. First printing is confirmed by “First Edition” so stated..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. First edition, fourth printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed first edition, fourth printing of one of the most beloved books of the 20th century, The Little Prince. The fourth printing volume is in very good condition in a good, first state dust jacket. The... More
New York: Bantam, 2006. First (U.S.) edition. Hardcover. This is a fine, compellingly inscribed first printing of the first book in Scott Lynch’s Gentleman Bastard sequence. The title page is signed with a lengthy inscription in the author’s hand. At the top of the title page in six lines Lynch..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. First edition, second state. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, second state of Frost’s third published book. Mountain Interval is Frost’s first book for which the U.S. edition takes precedence, both A Boy’s Will and North of Boston having been first..... More
New York: Viking Press, 2009. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a complete set of signed first printings of Lev Grossman’s Magicians trilogy. The Magicians is signed on the title page with the date, Grossman also having written “8/5/09” (the month of publication) at the upper right corner of..... More
London: Orbit, 2011. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Here is a signed and dated first edition, first printing of Blood Song, the first book in Anthony Ryan’s Raven’s Shadow series. Ryan signed the title page with an accompanying quote from the book “I will tolerate no obstacle – Princess Lyrna”..... More
New York: Hyperion, 2011. Troy Nixey. First edition. Hardcover. This first edition, first printing of Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is signed by del Toro and co-author Christopher Golden. This copy is as new in a near-fine dust jacket. Both signatures are inked..... More
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989. Mark Bilokur. First U.S. hardcover edition. Hardcover. This is a twice-inscribed first printing of the first US hardcover edition of Tim Powers’ classic novel The Anubis Gates. Powers signed the title page, upside down as per his custom, with an inscription reading, “Terry! Hoping..... More
