New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. This is a lovely, signed first edition of then-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s Christmas story for children. The author signed “Eleanor Roosevelt” in blue ink on the half-title page. Condition is fine in a near fine dust jacket. The illustrated binding is..... More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1974. First edition, first printing. Here is a jacketed first edition, first printing, of Michael Shaara's celebrated Civil War novel. Michael Shaara (1929-1988) began his career as a writer of short stories, primarily science fiction. As a prolific short story writer he enjoyed a...... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First edition. Hardcover. This inscribed and jacketed first edition of Bradbury’s first major work and enduring classic, The Martian Chronicles, is inked in blue in four lines on the title page: "BILL! | BEST FROM | RAY BRADBURY | OCT. 1966". First edition..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. John Lockwood Kipling. First edition. Hardcover. This is a compelling set of British first editions of perhaps Kipling’s most famous works – the first and second Jungle Books. These copies were previously owned by Churchill’s friends and publishers, Frank and Nelson Doubleday, and apparently used..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. A superior first edition with impeccable genre association. This is a Donald A. Wollheim’s publisher’s review copy, a collector-worthy example in dust jacket and an important association copy that belonged to “one of the most important editorial influences on sf”. Doubleday..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. This is the first edition of the author’s second novel, a superior copy approaching near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. The dark blue cloth binding, illustrated in light blue on the front cover and printed in light blue..... More
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. First edition. Full leather. This first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped is finely bound in full oxblood calf. The binding features raised spine bands, double gilt-rule framed and gilt-tooled compartments, twin black spine title and author labels, gilt rule-bordered covers, red and green..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. This is the first edition of the author’s early novel about an overpopulated future Earth where faster-than-light gates to other planets are allowing extra-solar colonization – and requiring a new breed of intrepid and resourceful pioneer. The first edition was bound..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1906. Harold R. Millar. First edition. Hardcover. This is a magnificent copy of the British first edition, second printing in the exceptionally scarce dust jacket. The second printing was issued the same month as the first printing and is nearly identical. The dust jacket differs..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1961. First English language edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed copy of the first English-language edition, both the jacket and volume in very good condition. The red and black cloth binding remains clean, bright, and tight, with sharp corners, vivid spine gilt, and..... More
New York: Tor, 1986. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 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: Gyldenal, 1922. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. This is an exceptional copy of the first English edition of Sigrid Undset's The Garland, the first volume in her Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, which was the basis for her being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. This copy is scarce..... More
Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2013. Full leather. This is a strikingly handsome limited edition of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, published by The Easton Press, 2013. Condition is unequivocally as new; this copy is still hermetically sealed in the publisher’s shrinkwrap and housed in the publisher’s shipping..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Vita Sackville-West's 1924 novel Seducers in Ecuador is seldom seen thus, in near fine condition and still bearing the original dust jacket. One of 1,500 copies, this copy features a beautifully bright, square, and tight binding, with sharp corners, paper spine label..... More
New York: United States Book Company, Successors to John W. Lovell Company, 1885. Hardcover. This is a lovely late 19th century American edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), published by the John W. Lovell Company, New York, circa 1885, with 42 illustrations..... More
London: John Murray, 1850. Full leather. This is a handsome, finely bound, school prize presentation copy of publisher John Murray’s 1850 edition of the Poetical Works of Byron. The binding, excellent edition, and contemporary school prize provenance render this a compelling example of poetical works of perhaps the best known..... More
Cape Colony, Eastern Province & Natal, South Africa: J.C.Juta & Co. Impey, Walton, & Co. P. Davis & Sons, 1892. Irving Montagu. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Irving Montagu, this volume is in near-fine condition. The publisher's original red cloth binding is clean, bright, and square with no fading, sharp..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. First English edition. Hardcover. This volume contains a series of short stories with original publication dates ranging from 1890 to early 1893. With this English first edition, “Macmillan became the sole English publisher of Kipling’s prose works for the rest of his life.” It was..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of Heinlein's novel about a rich and powerful man who has the power to purchase a new body, but is faced with moral and philosophical consequences beyond his expectations. Condition is..... More
Atlanta, Georgia: Filament Elven Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a presentation copy of the first edition of Elder Craft Legends from the Dragon Scribe, "written by The Dragon Scribe, translated by Andre duBignon Furin", with illustrations by Adele Newton Furin. This copy is signed and inscribed by both..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of a collection of Heinlein stories and commentaries, including "7 never-before-collected stories", "14 never-before-collected articles", and "previously unpublished commentaries on all of the above" billed as "The Wit and Wisdom of Robert..... More
75 Loveday Street, Johannesburg: A.P.B. Bookstore, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The Sea Hath Bounds is the first work of South African author Daphne Rooke (1914-2009). This copy is near fine in a very good minus dust jacket. The brown cloth binding is clean and tight with square corners. The contents..... More
Johannesburg: Cape to Cairo Publications, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is an anthology of short stories from South African writers with a Foreword by Lord de Villiers. Condition is very good in a very good dust jacket. The blue cloth binding is tight, clean, and square, retaining bright spine gilt..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. William Plomer (1903-1973) was born in South Africa to English parents. His first novel brought him notoriety when published in 1925, dealing as it did with inter-racial marriage. Both a novelist and a poet, Plomer was also known as one of Ian..... More
New York: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1890 (nd). Limited Edition. Hardcover. The Last Days of Pompeii is Lord Lytton's 1834 novel inspired by the namesake painting by Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Lytton had seen in Milan. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873), was an English..... More