Sold2017Simple Speaks His Mind, Langston Hughes, 1950This is the Simon and Schuster 1950 publication of a collection of stories Hughes first wrote for "The Chicago Defender", gathered in this hardcover edition as "Simple Speaks His Mind" (231 pages). ThSee Sold Price
SoldHUGHES, Ted. Wodwo. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HUGHES.HUGHES, Ted (1930-1998). Wodwo. London: Faber & Faber, 1967. 8vo. Original cloth (light toning); publisher’s dust jacket (rubbing). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HUGHESSee Sold Price
Sold2021Hughes (Langston) One-Way Ticket, first edition, signedHughes (Langston) One-Way Ticket, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated Dec. 14 1949 to title, light marginal toning, original cloth-backed boards, light fading to spineSee Sold Price
Sold2016Langston Hughes First Edition [One Way Ticket]Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1949, original half blue cloth and dust jacket, first edition of Hughes' twelfth book of poetry inscribed by him in the month following publication to "George Hughes, SincerSee Sold Price
Sold2024Simple Stakes A Claim, Langston Hughes (signed)A copy of Simple Stakes A Claim by Langston Hughes (Rinehart & Company, New York and Toronto, 1957). Inscribed and signed by Hughes on the FFEP. In a custom clamshell case, though "Claim" is misspelleSee Sold Price
Sold2018Stephen King Dolan's Cadillac Lord John Press EditionSpecial limited edition Presentation copy of Stephen King Dolan's Cadillac from Lord John Press. Marbled book boards, leather spine. Signed by Stephen King. First Edition, printed on Caress Eggshell TSee Sold Price
Sold2022A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS 1ST EDITION SIGNEDLennon, John. A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS (London: Jonathan Cape, 1965). First edition. Presentation copy inscribed byLennon to Noel Coward, celebrated English playwright: "For Noel Coward / John Lennon".See Sold Price
Sold2018Life & Work of Frank Lloyd Wright Signed First EditionThe Life and Work of Frank Lloyd Wright Santpoort: C.A., 1925 First Edition/Presentation Copy Inscirbed INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT above his portrait on verso of the title to his longtime friend Fowler McCorSee Sold Price
Sold2022ELIOT (T.S.) Triumphal March, No. 35 of the Ariel Poems, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION C...ELIOT (T.S.) Triumphal March, No. 35 of the Ariel Poems, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'for Ramon Fernandez from his friend T.S. Eliot' on last page, colour lithograph by E. McSee Sold Price
Sold2022HUGO (VICTOR) Actes et paroles. 1870-1871-1872, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Paris...HUGO (VICTOR) Actes et paroles. 1870-1871-1872, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on half-title 'A Mademoiselle Céline Duboucher', untrimmed in publisher's printed wrappers, cSee Sold Price
Sold2017Memoirs by D. Rockefeller Inscribed to A. SchlesingerDavid Rockefeller: Memoirs. New York: Random House, [2002]. First trade edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rockefeller to Kennedy and Stevenson speech writer, Arthur Schlesinger. Fine. ChemisedSee Sold Price
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Sold2017Burroughs, William S. QueerBurroughs, William S. Queer Hardcover. New York: The Viking Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Fine / Dust Jacket Included. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by Burroughs to Steven LoSee Sold Price
Sold2022Turkey.- Mackenzie (Georgina Mary Muir) & A. P. Irby. Travels in the Slavonic Provinces ofTurkey.- Mackenzie (Georgina Mary Muir) & A. P. Irby. Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, first edition, presentation copy from author inscribed "From Miss Mackenzie" on front freeSee Sold Price
Sold2024Cormac McCarthy, Signed 1st Editions, The Passenger plus Stella Maris1st Item: THE PASSENGER, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2022, 8 vo., First Edition stated with no additional printings. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed on the ffep (front free end paper) to McCarthy'sSee Sold Price
Sold2022TIGHE (MARY) Psyche, or The Legend of Love, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO THE PAI...TIGHE (MARY) Psyche, or The Legend of Love, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO THE PAINTER JAMES BARRY, inscribed on title-page 'To James Barry Esq., from M Tighe 1805', wide margins, titleSee Sold Price
Sold2022ELIOT (T.S.) Collected Poems 1909-1935, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO GEOFFREY A...ELIOT (T.S.) Collected Poems 1909-1935, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO GEOFFREY AND 'POLLY' TANDY, inscribed on front free endpaper 'to G. & Polly Tandy/ Compts. of Possum 31.iii.36', sSee Sold Price
Sold2022LINDBERGH (CHARLES) The Spirit of St Louis, FIRST EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY TO ...LINDBERGH (CHARLES) The Spirit of St Louis, FIRST EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY TO HENRY FORD II, inscribed on title-page 'To Henry Ford II/ With best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh/ ASee Sold Price
Sold2019The World′s Greatest Magic.Clark, Hyla and Paul Levin (photographer). The World′s Greatest Magic. New York: Crown, 1976. First edition, maroon vinyl hardcovers, color dust-jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed by David CopSee Sold Price
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Sold2022ELIOT (T.S.) For Lancelot Andrewes. Essay on Style and Order, first American edition, AUTHOR'S ...ELIOT (T.S.) For Lancelot Andrewes. Essay on Style and Order, first American edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS COUSIN ELEANOR HINKLEY, inscribed on front free endpaper 'Eleanor Hinkley fromSee Sold Price
Sold2023Rare Spalding Signed "America's National Game" BookVery Rare Albert G. Spalding Signed "America's National Game" Book. Inscribed "With my compliments". First edition, presentation copy, of this essential history of baseball. Spalding transformed basebSee Sold Price
Sold2022Endocrinology.- Cooper (Sir Astley) The Anatomy of the Thymus Gland, first edition, presentationEndocrinology.- Cooper (Sir Astley) The Anatomy of the Thymus Gland, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Professor Clarke M.D. inscribed at head of title and with extensive annotationsSee Sold Price
Sold2016Bertram, Charles. Isn't it Wonderful? London: Swann andBertram, Charles. Isn't it Wonderful? London: Swann and Sonnenschein, 1896. Presentation Copy of the First Edition. Inscribed and signed by Bertram on the title page: “To Dr. Sinclair, with the AuthSee Sold Price
Swann Auction GalleriesHUGHES, LANGSTON. Simple Speaks His Mind, Signed and Inscribed, on the front free endpaper: "InscribUS$325
Swann Auction GalleriesHUGHES, LANGSTON. First Book of Negroes. Signed and Inscribed, on front free endpaper:US$325(1 bid)
Jun 25BonhamsCHARCOT, JEAN-BAPTISTE. 1867-1936. Contribution a l'étude de l'atrophie musculaire progress...US$400
BonhamsTOLKIEN (J.R.R.) Smith of Wootton Major, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, George Allen...£2,200(4 bids)
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BonhamsSMITH (DODIE) The Hundred and One Dalmations, PRESENTATION COPY, Heinemann, 1956£1,100(2 bids)
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Jun 25BonhamsPAVLOV, IVAN. 1849-1936. Naturwissenschaft und gehirn. Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, 1910.US$500
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Jun 25BonhamsGUTHRIE, GEORGE JAMES. 1785-1856. On Injuries of the Head Affecting the Brain. London: John Chur...US$500
Jun 27Forum AuctionsFreedman (Barnett) Set of proofs of the lithographs for 'Jane Eyre', inscribed by Freedman, [New£300