New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. J. J. Lankes. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first trade edition, first printing of the book that won Robert Frost his first Pulitzer Prize. In addition to being notably clean, this copy has lovely provenance. The first edition is a.... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. This is a first edition, first printing, pre-publication publisher’s review copy of Joan Didion’s iconic essay collection, The White Album. This copy is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a card from Simon & Schuster. Typed..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First U.S. edition. This first American edition of Gertrude Bell’s Persian Pictures was bound from the sheets printed in England for the second British edition - the first published under the author’s name. In 1892 Gertrude Bell, a twenty-four-year old Oxford graduate, traveled to..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. This first American edition of Gertrude Bell’s Persian Pictures was bound from the sheets printed in England for the second British edition - the first published under the author’s name. In 1892 Gertrude Bell, a twenty-four-year old Oxford graduate, traveled..... More
New York: Del Rey, 2014. Pre-publication Advance Reader's Edition. Paperback. This is a pre-publication Advance Reader’s Edition of the author’s acclaimed debut novel. Condition is better than very good plus, the wraps binding square, clean, bright, and tight with only trivial wear to extremities and no spine creasing, the contents..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This first edition is rendered noteworthy by its history, having been originally owned, signed, and intriguingly annotated by Pulitzer Prize winner Odell Shepard. The volume is very good in a very good minus jacket. The unclipped jacket retains its... More
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is The Fleece Press’ handsome, limited edition of Clare Sydney Smith’s The Golden Reign: the story of my friendship with “Lawrence of Arabia”. This volume is in pristine, as-new condition. This is a fine example of the quality of The..... More
Toronto: William Briggs, 1909. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. Here is a rare prize. This first and only Canadian issue of My African Journey is among the scarcest English language first editions of Churchill's book-length works. We have seen only a precious few on the market over many years. My African... More
London & New York: Hodder and Stoughton; George H. Doran Company, 1908. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the U.S. first edition, more humble in appearance than its British counterpart, but also far more scarce. My African Journey is Churchill's travelogue on Britain's possessions in East Africa, written..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. First edition, fourth printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, fourth printing. Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. This fourth printing was... More
London: Brassey's, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. This book is an absolute must for Churchill collectors. Written by Churchill expert and International Churchill Society Founder Richard Langworth, it discusses in detail nearly all English language editions of Churchill's works. This is a beautifully fine, nearly as new jacketed copy of the... More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Few relationships between world leaders proved as important and world-defining as the relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. On 11 September 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had already been President of the United States for six and... More
New York: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1906. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first U.S. edition, only printing, of Winston Churchill’s 1906 biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. This U.S. edition is visually similar but aesthetically superior to its British counterpart, having gilt top page edges..... More
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1943. Hardcover. This is Churchill's extremely popular autobiography, covering the years from his birth in 1874 to his first few years in Parliament. First published in 1930, this is a 1943 wartime reprint (from first edition plates) by Macmillan, London. This copy is made more... More
London: Odhams Press Limited, Ernest Benn Limited, 1948. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of Painting as a Pastime, Churchill's essay about his famous hobby. It had been printed in The Strand Magazine as early as 1921, but it was not until 1948 -... More
Toronto: Swan Publishing Co., 1965. First edition. Magazine. This is a posthumous illustrated publication containing a compelling collection of photographs of Churchill. Bibliographer Curt Zoller notes that it is "The only publication containing all three Yousuf Karsh photos taken after Churchill's speech to the Canadian Parliament in 1941. Along with... More
New York: Tor, 1985. First edition, first printing. Paperback. This is an exceptional, double-signed first edition, first printing of the story that launched Orson Scott Card as a writer and the novel that won him both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Superlative condition, a full signature, and an additional inscription... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1974. First edition, first printing. This is a superlative first edition, first printing of Haldeman’s acclaimed novel, inscribed and dated by Haldeman at the ceremony where the book received the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The inscription, inked in blue in four lines on the..... More
New York: George H. Doran, 1927. Numbered and limited issue of the first edition. Hardcover. Revolt in the Desert was the first and only version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom published for general availability to the public in T.E. Lawrence’s lifetime. This is copy 101 of 250 of the publisher's... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First, Limited edition. Hardcover. This is the publisher's finely bound, hand-numbered limited issue of the U.S. first edition in the original dust jacket and slipcase. This U.S. limited issue is bound in quarter dark brown pigskin over maroon buckram boards with beveled..... More
New York: Tor, 1986. First edition, first printing. Paperback. This is a superlative, double signed first edition, first printing of the novel that won Orson Scott Card back-to-back Hugo and Nebula Awards – making him the only author to win both of science fiction’s top prizes in consecutive years. Speaker..... More
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1935. First edition, first printing. Leather bound. This is the first printing of the British first trade edition finely bound by the renowned Bayntun-Riviere bindery of Bath, England. The three-quarter beautifully figured tan morocco binding over tan cloth boards both evokes and improves upon the publisher’s..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1948. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a full, jacketed set of British first editions of The Second World War, Churchill's history of the epic 20th Century struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. This set features particularly clean volumes in quite... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1956. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a notably bright, British first edition, first printing set of Churchill's sweeping history and last great work. This first edition is regarded as one of the most beautiful productions of Churchill's works, with tall red volumes and... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1948. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a full, jacketed set of British first editions of The Second World War, Churchill's history of the epic 20th Century struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. This is a respectable set, very good in... More
