A CORNERSTONE OF THE WESTERN CANON

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. (SHELTON, Thomas, translator). History of Don-Quichote. London, 1620. Two volumes.

The very rare first appearance of both parts of Don Quixote in English, this being the earliest obtainable edition in English of the entire work: comprising the second edition in English of the First Part and the first edition in English of the Second Part. From the Regiate Priory, home of Lady Isabella Caroline, Lady Henry Somerset, notable 19th-century temperance advocate. A splendid copy of a cornerstone of the Western canon. $125,000.

“THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WORK OF MODERN TIMES”

JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Paris, 1922.

First edition of the novel that changed the path of modern literature, number 456 of only 750 numbered copies on handmade paper, in the now-iconic original paper wrappers. $52,000.

ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER OF ALL ENGLISH NOVELS

AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. London, 1813. Three volumes.

Second edition—published only months after the first—of Jane Austen's second and most popular novel, one of the most sought-after titles in English literature. $38,000.

"ALL MODERN LITERATURE COMES FROM ONE BOOK BY MARK TWAIN. IT'S THE BEST BOOK WE'VE HAD"

TWAIN, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, 1885.

First edition, first issue, of "the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction" (Legacies of Genius, 47), with 174 illustrations by Edward Kemble. A beautiful copy. $32,000.

"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"

ORWELL, George. Animal Farm. London, 1945.

First edition, first printing, of Orwell’s "savagely ironical allegory" (Clute & Grant) on the gap between radical ideals and reality, his most famous and widely read work, an exceptional copy in original dust jacket. $28,500.

BLOOD MERIDIAN, INSCRIBED BY CORMAC MCCARTHY

MCCARTHY, Cormac. Blood Meridian. New York, 1985.

First edition of McCarthy’s mythic vision of the American West, inscribed by him, "For Bonnie All the best from your friend Cormac." $28,000.

“A LEADING FIGURE IN THE CHICAGO LITERARY RENAISSANCE”

ANDERSON, Sherwood. Winesburg, Ohio. New York, 1919.

First edition, scarce first issue of "Anderson's first important work, and possibly his finest" (Sheehy & Lohf), "To Florence D. Briscoe, Sherwood Anderson." $17,500.

"MONEY CAN ONLY GIVE HAPPINESS WHERE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO GIVE IT"

AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. London, 1833.

Third edition, the first to identify Austen as the author and the first illustrated edition of Jane Austen's extraordinarily rare first novel, on "the twin themes of prudence and benevolence, reason and passion, head and heart, or sense and sensibility," with engraved frontispiece and vignette title page. $14,000.

"SO WE BEAT ON, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT, BORNE BACK CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST"

FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Great Gatsby. New York, 1925.

First edition of this landmark of 20th-century fiction. $11,500.

“WHAT IS PORNOGRAPHY TO ONE MAN IS THE LAUGHTER OF GENIUS TO ANOTHER”

LAWRENCE, D.H. Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence, 1928.

First edition of this controversial and oft-banned novel, number 45 of only 1000 copies signed by Lawrence. $8500.

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PRE-PUBLICATION COPY OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREE, INSCRIBED BY EDITH WARTON IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION TO HER CLOSE FRIEND AND FELLOW NOVELIST ROBERT GRANT

WHARTON, Edith. The Fruit of the Tree. New York, 1907.

Rare pre-publication copy of Wharton's classic novel about the tragic results of unregulated industry and the need for labor reform, inscribed to Wharton's close friend and fellow author in the year of publication: "Robert Grant from Edith Wharton. Oct. 1907." $8500.

“ITS SOCIAL IMPACT WAS GREATER THAN THAT OF ANY BOOK BEFORE OR SINCE”

STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. London, 1852. Thirteen parts.

Second English edition (published the same year as the Boston first edition) of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s galvanizing novel of slavery, the first to feature illustrations by celebrated artist George Cruikshank, in the very fragile original thirteen issues. $8100.

"BECAUSE THE ONLY PEOPLE FOR ME ARE THE MAD ONES"

KEROUAC, Jack. On the Road. New York, 1957.

First edition of Kerouac's second and most important novel, "a physical and metaphysical journey across America," in colorful original dust jacket. $7200.

ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATIONS OF PUSHKIN IN ENGLISH

PUSHKIN, Alexander. The Bakchesarian Fountain. Philadelphia, 1849. First edition in English of Pushkin's popular third book. $6200.

"SOMETHING OF ASTONISHING FORCE CAN BREAK LOOSE IN DOSTOEVSKY, AS IT SO FREQUENTLY DOES IN SHAKESPEARE"

(DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor) DOSTOIEFFSKY, Fedor. Friend of the Family; and The Gambler. London, 1887.

First editions in English of Dostoevsky's Friend of the Family and The Gambler, two of his finest and most influential early novellas, with The Friend begun while imprisoned in Siberia—featuring "the direct precursor of Prince Myshikin in The Idiot"—and The Gambler written against a desperate three-week deadline, an electrifying tale of obsession that "rings true in part because it was true." Together as issued in Volume XXII of Vizetelly's One-Volume Novels with the translation of Frederick Whishaw. $6200.

SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ABSALOM, ABSALOM!

FAULKNER, William. Absalom, Absalom! New York, 1936.

Signed limited first edition, number 172 of only 300 copies signed by Faulkner—“the greatest American novel since the turn of the century”—with folding map of Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County. $6000.

"ONE OF TROLLOPE’S BEST BUT LEAST-KNOWN NOVELS"

TROLLOPE, Anthony. He Knew He Was Right. London, 1869. Thirty-two parts.

First edition in the scarce 32 original parts in printed paper wrappers of Trollope's widely praised novel of obsession and madness, with 64 wood-engraved illustrations (32 full-page). A beautiful unrestored copy complete with all advertisements, handsomely boxed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. $6000.

“HUMAN LIFE TOUCHED BY MAJESTY AND PURPOSE”

DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London, 1846-48. Twenty parts in nineteen.

First edition, first issue in scarce original parts of Dickens' novel of "Pride," with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz"), including the famous first "dark plate." An excellent copy in the original parts, with all of the advertisements called for. $5500.

“ONE OF THE WORLD’S LITERARY MASTERPIECES”

CONRAD, Joseph. Lord Jim. Edinburgh and London, 1900.

First edition, first issue, of Conrad's brilliant exploration of morality and the torment of guilt, "second only to Heart of Darkness in renown," in the original cloth. $5500.

"THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORK OF FICTION ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF WRITING FICTION"

GISSING, George. New Grub Street. London, 1891. Three volumes.

First edition of the most famous and "best work" by Gissing, whose singular perspective on the work of writing and "the sterling originality of his art, have secured his place in the history of the English novel," in original cloth. $5200.

"THE FINEST PROSE TALENT OF OUR AGE" (WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS)

WEST, Nathanael. Cool Million. New York, 1934.

First edition of West's "brilliantly successful" satire, in rare variant green cloth, a handsome copy in the colorful original dust jacket. $5000.

"HER VERY OWN REAL AND TERRIBLE AND LONELY AND DARK MEMORY"

JONES, Gayl. Corregidora. New York, 1975.

First edition of this Black literary classic about oppression and abuse, "a short, baroque novel about love and history in Truman-era Kentucky" (New Yorker). $4800.

V., THOMAS PYNCHON’S FIRST NOVEL

PYNCHON, Thomas. V. Philadelphia, (1963).

First edition, advance review copy, of Pynchon’s first novel, with publisher's review slip laid in, in first-issue jacket. $4500.

INSCRIBED BY JOHN GARDNER

GARDNER, John. Grendel. New York, 1971.

First edition of Gardner's third novel, his "violent, inspiring, awesome, terrifying" reimagining of the legendary tale, inscribed on the title page by him, “To R—, Best wishes, John Gardner," a beautiful copy. $4500.

“MY DEAR, I DON’T GIVE A DAMN”

MITCHELL, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. New York, 1936.

First edition, first printing, of this American classic. $4500.

"THE PAST IS NOT A DIMINISHING ROAD BUT, INSTEAD, A HUGE MEADOW WHICH NO WINTER EVER QUITE TOUCHES…"

FAULKNER, William. These 13. New York, 1931.

First trade edition, first issue, of the first published collection of Faulkner's stories. $4200.

"A DIFFERENT STORY FROM THE ONE YOU LEARNED IN SCHOOL"

SHAARA, Michael. Killer Angels. New York, 1974.

First edition of Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, one of the most popular and acclaimed works of Civil War fiction. $4000.

"LISTEN: BILLY PILGRIM HAS COME UNSTUCK IN TIME": FIRST EDITION OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five. New York, 1969.

First edition of Vonnegut's masterpiece—his "most powerful novel"—a modern classic of time travel, metaphysics and the morality, or lack thereof, of war. $3800.

SIGNED BY JOHN FOWLES

FOWLES, John. The Magus. London, (1966).

First English edition of Fowles' second, highly acclaimed novel, signed by him on the title page. $3500.

"MCKAY'S FINEST NOVEL"

MCKAY, Claude. Banana Bottom. New York, 1933.

First edition of the final novel by Claude McKay—"one of the most prominent and militant voices for racial equality in the early years of the Harlem Renaissance"—a splendid copy in original cloth. $3400.

FIRST EDITION OF GADDIS’ FIRST BOOK, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM

GADDIS, William. The Recognitions. New York, 1955.

First edition of Gaddis' important first novel, inscribed and signed by Gaddis on the half title: "For Don Kaufmann (all problems understood), William Gaddis. Sarasota, June 1977." $3200.

“MOST REALLY PRETTY GIRLS HAVE PRETTY UGLY FEET”

WALLACE, David Foster. Broom of the System. New York, 1987.

First edition of Wallace’s acclaimed debut novel. $2800.

"THE OPENING OF A BRILLIANT LITERARY CAREER"

(DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor) DOSTOIEVSKY, Fedor. Poor Folk. London / Boston, 1894.

First edition in English, English issue preceding the American issue by one month, of Dostoevsky's critically acclaimed first novel, one of only 1100 copies, in original cloth pictorial binding with an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. $2800.

“ONE OF THE FIRST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL OF ENGLISH NOVELS”

FIELDING, Henry. History of Tom Jones. London, 1792. Three volumes.

Handsomely bound edition of Fielding's Tom Jones, "a milestone in the development of the English novel." $1750.

INSCRIBED BY MAYA ANGELOU

ANGELOU, Maya. Gather Together in My Name. New York, 1974.

First edition of the eloquent second book in Angelou's autobiographical series begun with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a lovely copy inscribed by her, "Joy! Maya Angelou 11/10/2000." $1600.