Within the United States, we can ship online orders in time for Christmas if you order by 1 p.m. EST on Friday, December 20, or call one of our galleries directly by 1 p.m. EST on Monday, December 23.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Inscribed by Dr. Seuss
First edition of Seuss' heartwarming celebration of true holiday spirit, inscribed to Seuss' longtime friends: "Merry Christmas to the Kays from that Old Grinch, Dr. Seuss." $12,000. | More...
Yertle the Turtle
and Other Stories
Dr. Seuss
First collected edition of three of Seuss' most memorable moral fables, inscribed to a childhood friend with his characteristic squiggle: "for my old playmate Judy with Best Wishes—Dr. Seuss." $1250. | More...
The Book of Common Prayer
London, 1707
1707 edition of the beloved Book of Common Prayer, extra-illustrated with an engraved extra title page and 53 engraved plates by John Sturt from 1717, handsomely bound in contemporary blind-tooled morocco with silver fittings. $3800. | More...
Quickness Reaction
Practice Planning
Bobby Knight
First edition of Bobby Knight's primer on increasing speed and reaction time in basketball, in original pictorial wrappers. $1350. | More...
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell
First edition, first printing, of Mitchell's "sweeping rendition of a South torn apart," one of the twentieth century's most phenomenally popular novels, in original dust jacket. $8600. | More...
Everything and More
Signed by David Foster Wallace
First edition of Wallace's bold "free fall into the mathematical and metaphysical abyss that is infinity," signed on the title page by him with his characteristic line drawn through his printed name. $950. | More...
Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
Ludwig Wittgenstein
First edition of Wittgenstein's philosophical exploration of mathematics, with parallel German and English text. $1500. | More...
Sketch of the Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Inscribed by Felix Frankfurter
First offprint edition, presentation copy, of Felix Frankfurter's biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., originally published in the Dictionary of American Biography, inscribed on the front wrapper: "For my friend ——————— with the esteem of Felix Frankfurter," with laid-in typed presentation slip reading "Compliments of Mr. Justice Frankfurter." $3500. | More...
Civil War archive related to Major General James Ricketts
and his experiences in Libby Prison
Fascinating archive pertaining to Major General (then Captain) James Ricketts' experiences as a Union POW in Libby Prison, including a lengthy manuscript written by his wife, Fanny Ricketts, who accompanied him there as a nurse; a signed autograph letter by Fanny Ricketts to the sister of a slain soldier recounting the circumstances of his death; three autograph letters written and signed by James Ricketts; a telegram form filled out and signed by Ricketts; a signed cabinet card photograph of Ricketts; a framed and captioned fragment of the last United States flag to fly over Richmond until the end of the Civil War; and assorted ephemera including a letter to Fanny Ricketts from Rear Admiral John Almy. $15,000. | More...
Life of Abraham Lincoln
Joseph H. Barrett
First complete edition of this contemporary biography, illustrated with numerous plates, including engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln, handsomely bound. $1100. | More...
Souvenir typescript from To Kill a Mockingbird
Signed by Harper Lee
Souvenir typescript featuring the first three paragraphs of To Kill a Mockingbird, signed by Harper Lee. $1800. | More...
Hope for Animals
and Their World
Inscribed by Jane Goodall
First edition of Goodall's "intensely moving" work, inscribed on the title page by her, "For L— Thank you for helping. Jane Goddall," featuring many full-page and in-text illustrations, including 32 pages in full color. $400. | More...
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Illustrated by Gustave Doré
Early American edition of Doré’s Coleridge, a handsome folio volume with 39 striking full-page folio wood-engravings, title page and two large engraved vignettes by Doré, in original cloth. $3600. | More...
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
First edition of the adventures of free-spirited Holly Golightly, an exceptionally beautiful copy in original dust jacket. $5700. | More...
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