Novels

Anthony Horowitz

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first editions</a> of<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Anthony%20Horowitz&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Anthony Horowitz</a>'s The Atticus Pund Novels.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3 volumes.</li><li>Anthony Horowitz (English).</li><li>The Atticus Pund Novels: Magpie, Moonflower, Marble Hall Murders.</li><li>London: Orion, Century, 2016-2025.</li><li>Each is signed on the title pages.</li><li>Volume one is inscribed to 'Laura.'</li><li>Each is in the original dust wrapper.</li></ul>

The Atticus Pund Novels | Signed First Editions

Roald Dahl

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of Matilda by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Roald%20Dahl&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roald Dahl</a>, accompanied by a jacketed uncorrected proof of the same.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2 volumes.</li><li>Roald Dahl (English).</li><li>London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.</li></ul> The red card covers state that the provisional United Kingdom publish date is April 21st, 1988, and the provisional price will be £8.50. This price corresponds to the that of the over-sized dust wrapper in which the book is now housed.

Matilda First Edition with Uncorrected Proof

Daphne Du Maurier

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First edition</a>, first printing of Rebecca by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Daphne%20Du%20Maurier&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daphne Du Maurier</a>.<ul><li>Daphne Du Maurier (English).</li><li>London: Gollancz, 1938.</li><li>In a later state dust wrapper which has been laminated and replicates exactly that of a first state wrapper with the exception of the slug to the front panel, ‘281,305 Copies Sold in England &amp; America’. </li></ul>

Rebecca First Edition

John Le Carré

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=John%20Le%20Carre&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Le Carre</a>'s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.<ul><li>John&nbsp;Le&nbsp;Carre (British).</li><li>United Kingdom: Gollancz, 1963.&nbsp;</li><li>In the original dust jacket.</li></ul> A&nbsp;Cold&nbsp;War espionage thriller that redefined&nbsp;the&nbsp;spy&nbsp;genre. It follows&nbsp;Alec&nbsp;Leamas,&nbsp;a&nbsp;weary British&nbsp;agent sent on&nbsp;a&nbsp;dangerous mission to East Germany to undermine Communist&nbsp;intelligence.&nbsp;As he becomes entangled&nbsp;in&nbsp;deception, betrayal,&nbsp;and moral&nbsp;ambiguity,&nbsp;Leamas questions&nbsp;the&nbsp;ethics of espionage. Unlike glamorous&nbsp;spy&nbsp;fiction,&nbsp;the&nbsp;novel presents&nbsp;a&nbsp;grim, realistic world of duplicity&nbsp;and sacrifice. Its shocking twists&nbsp;and cynical portrayal of&nbsp;intelligence&nbsp;agencies made it&nbsp;a&nbsp;classic, cementing&nbsp;le&nbsp;Carré’s reputation&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;master of&nbsp;the&nbsp;spy&nbsp;novel.&nbsp;

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold First Edition

Agatha Christie

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of Cards on the Table, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Agatha%20Christie&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agatha Christie</a>.<ul><li>Agatha Christie (English).</li><li>London: Collins, 1936.</li><li>Included is an original compliments page, signed (in Agatha Christie’s hand) ‘With Agatha Christie’s Compliments’ and dated March 6th 1937. </li><li>The page is headed ‘Green Lodge’, 58 Sheffield Terrace, W8 – this was the residence of Christie and Max Mallowen at the time the book was written.</li></ul> Cards&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;Table&nbsp;by&nbsp;Agatha&nbsp;Christie&nbsp;is a classic Hercule Poirot mystery, published in 1936.&nbsp;The&nbsp;novel revolves around a dinner party hosted by&nbsp;the&nbsp;enigmatic Mr. Shaitana, who boasts of collecting people who have “gotten away with murder.” During&nbsp;the&nbsp;evening, Shaitana is murdered while his guests—four suspected killers and four detectives, including Poirot—play bridge. With&nbsp;the&nbsp;suspects being&nbsp;the&nbsp;only&nbsp;ones present, Poirot must unravel&nbsp;the&nbsp;truth through psychology, meticulous observation, and&nbsp;the&nbsp;analysis of&nbsp;the&nbsp;bridge game.&nbsp;The&nbsp;novel is known for its ingenious plot, psychological depth, and unexpected twists.&nbsp;

Cards On The Table Signed First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of Jamaica Inn by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Daphne%20Du%20Maurier&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daphne Du Maurier</a>.<ul><li>Daphne&nbsp;Du&nbsp;Maurier (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Gollancz,&nbsp;1936.</li><li>In&nbsp;the scarce&nbsp;dust&nbsp;wrapper.</li></ul>&nbsp;A gothic novel set on the bleak Cornish moors. It follows Mary Yellan, a young woman who uncovers dark secrets about her aunt’s&nbsp;inn, which is a hub for smugglers and wreckers. The novel explores themes of isolation, moral ambiguity, and female resilience. Its suspenseful atmosphere and vivid setting made it a literary success and cemented&nbsp;du&nbsp;Maurier’s reputation. The book&nbsp;inspired multiple adaptations,&nbsp;including a film by Alfred Hitchcock.&nbsp;Jamaica&nbsp;Inn&nbsp;had a lasting impact on gothic fiction,&nbsp;influencing both popular and critical views of suspenseful, female-led narratives.&nbsp;

Jamaica Inn First Edition

Arthur Rackham | Oliver Goldsmith

First Rackham edition of Vicar of Wakefield by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Oliver%20Goldsmith&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oliver Goldsmith</a>, with a large half-page pen-and-ink drawing <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> and dated in the year of publication by Rackham, depicting two characters from the book.<ul><li>Oliver Goldsmith (Irish).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Harrap,&nbsp;(1929). </li><li>232 pages.</li><li>Illustrated by Rackham with 12 color plates and 22 black-and-white images. </li><li>Original drawing by Rackham inscribed and dated "17.11.29" on verso of half title.</li><li>Printed on laid paper with watermarks.</li><li>Original blue gilt-stamped cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, bottom edge uncut.</li></ul>

Vicar of Wakefield

Martha Finley

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of the first book in the Elsie Dinsmore series by <a href="Martha Finley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Martha Finley</a>, a major precursor to the Nancy Drew books.<ul><li>Martha Finley (American).</li><li>New York: M.W. Dodd, 1867.</li><li>288 pages.</li><li>Illustrated frontispiece with intact tissue guard.</li><li>Original embossed purple cloth boards with decorative gilt titling to spine, housed in custom purple leather and blue-grey clamshell box.</li></ul> Rare and beautiful copy of this early young adult novel, equal parts exciting melodrama and sentimental moral instruction with Presbyterian overtones. Elsie Dinsmore attained an extraordinary prominence in the canon of girls' series books, with her adventures running to 28 books; an institution to be rebelled against by all the less pious dreamers and intrepid detectives of 20th-century children's literature who followed in her footsteps, such as Nancy Drew.

Elsie Dinsmore

Walt Whitman

The <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Fine%2520bindings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound</a> National Edition of the writings of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Walt%20Whitman&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Walt Whitman</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 10 volumes.</li><li>Walt Whitman (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Henry W. Knight,&nbsp;1902.</li><li>Illustrated.</li><li>Limited to 500 copies, this being number 208.</li><li>Bound in three-quarters black morocco, linen boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, Illustrated.</li></ul>

The Complete Writings

Thomas Hardy

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Fine%2520bindings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound</a> Anniversary Edition of the works of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Thomas%20Hardy&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thomas Hardy</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 21 volumes.</li><li>Thomas Hardy (English).</li><li>The Writings. With Prefaces &amp; Notes.</li><li>New York and London:&nbsp;Harper &amp; Brothers,&nbsp;1920.</li><li>Bound in three-quarters wine morocco, linen boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.</li></ul>

Works of Thomas Hardy

Oscar Wilde

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Fine%2520bindings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound</a> Large Paper Edition of the writings of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Oscar%20Wilde&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oscar Wilde</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 12 volumes.</li><li>Oscar Wilde (Irish).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Gabriel Wells,&nbsp;1925.</li><li>Limited to 575 Copies, This is number 10.</li><li>Bound in full brown morocco by Stikeman, leather and silk doublers, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate floral gilt on covers and spines</li></ul>

The Writings

Ayn Rand

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of Atlas Shrugged by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Ayn%20Rand&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ayn Rand</a>.<ul><li>Ayn Rand (Russian-American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Random House,&nbsp;[1957].</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>1168 pages.</li><li>Publisher's green cloth with gilt, top edge stained navy.</li></ul>

Atlas Shrugged First Edition

Gertrude Stein

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, George Platt Lynes' copy of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Gertrude%20Stein&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gertrude Stein</a>.<ul><li>Gertrude Stein (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Harcourt, Brace and Company,&nbsp;1933.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Gray cloth, stamped in silver on cover and spine, in photographic dust jacket.</li></ul> Photographer George Platt Lynes' copy, in the original scarce dust jacket, with his personal embossed ownership stamp on the title page. The American fashion and commercial photographer George Platt Lynes (1907–1955) first met Gertrude Stein when his family sent him to Paris in 1925 to prepare for college, but after dropping out of Yale the following year, he returned to France in 1928, soon embarking on a photography career in which he not only shot cover images for Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, and Town &amp; Country, but also documented many of the most prominent gay writers and artists of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as George Balanchine's newly founded American Ballet company. Lynes became acquainted with Dr. Alfred Kinsey in the late 1940s, and donated many of his male homoerotic photographs — which he considered his greatest achievement as a photographer — to the Kinsey Institute just prior to his premature death from lung cancer in 1955. A wonderful association copy linking two important gay icons of the 1930s.

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas First Edition

Thomas Pynchon

Special issue, advanced state of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Vineland&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vineland</a>, one of eight copies reportedly produced.&nbsp;<ul><li>Thomas Pynchon (American).</li><li>Boston:&nbsp;Little Brown,&nbsp;[1990].</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>385 pages.</li><li>13 untrimmed and unsewn signatures. </li><li>Burgundy half morocco slipcase with chemise.</li></ul> Pynchon's highly anticipated first new book after Gravity's Rainbow, which was published 17 years prior. Pynchon and his editor Ray Roberts made corrections to the proof up until press day, and no advance reading copies or uncorrected proofs were issued for this book, but Little Brown's publicity department needed something, so they did spiral-bind five photocopies of an advanced state. Those five and these eight sets of the printed book are the only advanced copies recorded. One spiral bound galley appeared at auction in 1997; another copy of this set appeared in 2003.

Vineland

Ernest Hemingway

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The%20Old%20Man%20and%20the%20Sea&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Old Man and the Sea</a>, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Ernest%20Hemingway&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ernest Hemingway</a>.<ul><li>Ernest Hemingway (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Charles Scribner's Sons,&nbsp;1952.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>[ii], 140 pages.</li><li>First issue, with capital “A” and publisher's device to copyright page.</li><li>Sea blue full cloth boards, Hemingway's signature blind-stamped at front board, first issue jacket with text in brown and no mention of a Pulitzer.</li></ul> First edition of Hemingway's most popular novel, his last sustained work of fiction in his lifetime. On the bestseller list for half a year, the book no only silenced those who had lambasted Across the River and into the Trees, but earned its author the Pulitzer Price and the Nobel. Hemingway was sure that The Old Man and the Sea would "get rid of the school of criticism that I am through as a writer." John Dos Passos agreed later saying that the phenomenal success of The Old Man and the Sea "was like a magician's stunt."

The Old Man And The Sea

Anthony Powell 

A collection of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first editions</a> of <a href="Anthony Powell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Powell</a>’s classic novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 12 volumes.</li><li>Anthony Powell</li><li>London:&nbsp;Heinemann,&nbsp;[1951-1975].</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Red cloth, pictorial dust jackets.</li></ul> “I’m reading Anthony Powell’s A Dance to the Music of Time, an hilarious and very good work. The only book I know that takes Proust’s habitual narrative gestures, Anglicizes them, and succeeds in the effort. In fact, Powell is the best critical study of Proust.” — Guy Davenport. The author‘s stand-in, Nick Jenkins, moves at all levels of British society and his recurring encounters with schoolmates, rivals, opportunities, relics, and schemers offers Powell the greatest range for the tricky acrobatics of his prose. An attractive set of first editions of this landmark of twentieth-century British literature. Comprising: 1. A Question of Upbringing, 19512. A Buyer’s Market, 19523. The Acceptance World, 19554. At Lady Molly’s, 19575. Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant, 19606. The Kindly Ones, 19627. The Valley of Bones, 19648. The Soldier’s Art, 19669. The Military Philosophers, 196810. Books Do Furnish a Room, 197111. Temporary Kings, 1973

A Dance to the Music of Time First Edition Books

Gabriel García Márquez

An uncorrected proof of the <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first American edition</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=One%20Hundred%20Years%20of%20Solitude&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One Hundred Years of Solitude</a>.<ul><li>Gabriel García Márquez (Colombian).</li><li>Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Harper &amp; Row [i.e., Barnstable, Mass.: Crane’s Duplicating Service],&nbsp;1970.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>432 pages.</li><li>Upper cover states: To be published February 25, 1970.</li><li>The first three pages are the 1967 TLS review of the original Buenos Aires edition in Spanish.</li><li>Duplicated sheets, glue bound without spine, yellow wrappers (upper cover printed, lower cover blank with Crane’s stamp inside).</li></ul>

One Hundred Years of Solitude | Uncorrected Proof of the First American Edition

Hunter S. Thompson

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of Screwjack by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Hunter%20S.%20Thompson&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hunter S. Thompson</a>.<ul><li>Hunter S. Thompson (American).</li><li>Printed by Patrick Reagh. </li><li>Santa Barbara, California:&nbsp;Neville,&nbsp;1991.</li><li>38, [2, blank], [1, colophon] pages.</li><li>Copy H of 26 copies, signed by Hunter S. Thompson.&nbsp;</li><li>Title page printed in red and grey and black.</li><li>Brown rexine titled in gilt upper cover stamped in gilt.</li></ul>

Screwjack Signed First Edition

James A. Michener

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> edition of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Tales%20of%20the%20South%20Pacific&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tales of the South Pacific</a>, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=James%20A.%20Michener&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">James A. Michener</a>.<ul><li>James A. Michener (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Macmillan Company,&nbsp;1952.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Fourteenth printing, 1952.</li><li>Original tan cloth, original dust jacket with illustration by J. O. M. Cosgrave II. </li></ul> Signed by the author on the title page: “James A. Michener Glassboro 3 - 11 - 52.”

Tales of the South Pacific | Signed by the Author

Margaret Mitchell

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Gone%20with%20the%20Wind&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gone with the Wind</a> by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Margaret%20Mitchell&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Margaret Mitchell</a>.<ul><li>Margaret Mitchell (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Macmillan,&nbsp;1936.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>1037 pages.</li><li>With “Published May, 1936” on the copyright page.</li><li>Second issue jacket with Gone With The Wind on the top left.&nbsp;</li><li>Publisher's grey cloth with blue stamping.</li></ul> A choice copy of this epic historical novel of the South during the Civil War.

Gone with the Wind First Edition

Philip Roth

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of Goodbye Columbus, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Philip%20Roth&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philip Roth</a>.<ul><li>Philip Roth (American).</li><li>Boston:&nbsp;Houghton Mifflin Company,&nbsp;1959.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>298 pages.</li><li>Signed flat by Philip Roth on the second half-title page.&nbsp;</li><li>Tan grey spine with black lettering.</li></ul>

Goodbye, Columbus Signed First Edition

Toni Morrison

An <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">inscribed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Toni%20Morrison&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toni Morrison</a>'s Song of Solomon.<ul><li>Toni Morrison (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Alfred A. Knopf,&nbsp;1977.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>337 pages.</li><li>Inscribed by Toni Morrison on front free endpaper reading, "A delight meeting you Angie. Warm best wishes from Toni / 12.55.1977"</li><li>Spine yellow with red and black lettering.</li></ul>

Song Of Solomon Inscribed First Edition

James Salter

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of A Sport and a Pastime, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the author, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=James%20Salter&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">James Salter</a>.<ul><li>James Salter (American).</li><li>Garden City, New York:&nbsp;Doubleday &amp; Company,&nbsp;1967.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>191 pages.</li><li>Signed flat by James Salter on the title page.</li><li>Tan and blue spine with black and white lettering.</li></ul>

A Sport And A Pastime Signed First Edition Book

Cormac McCarthy

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Cormac%20McCarthy&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cormac McCarthy</a>'s <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Blood%20Meridian&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blood Meridian</a>, in the first issue dust jacket.<ul><li>Cormac McCarthy (American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Random House,&nbsp;1985.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>337 pages.</li><li>Burgundy spine with red and orange lettering.</li></ul>

Blood Meridian First Edition

Czeslaw Milosz

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first American edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Czes%C5%82aw%20Mi%C5%82osz&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Czesław Miłosz</a>'s novel, The Seizure Of Power.<ul><li>Czesław Miłosz (Polish-American).</li><li>Translated by Celine Wieniewska</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Criterion Books, Inc.,&nbsp;1955.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>245 pages.</li><li>Signed flat by Czesław Miłosz on the title page.&nbsp;</li><li>Black spine with red and white lettering.</li></ul>

The Seizure Of Power Signed First Edition

Vladimir Nabokov

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first limited edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=nabokov&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nabokov</a>'s The Real Life Of Sebastian Knight.<ul><li>Vladimir Nabokov (Russian).</li><li>Norfolk, Connecticut:&nbsp;New Directions,&nbsp;1941.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>205 pages.</li><li>Part of a limited edition of 1500.</li><li>Inscription on the front end-page reading "For [embossed name] Roger Dow with kindest regards From V. Nabokov", dated "1942". </li><li>Tan spine with black lettering.</li></ul>

The Real Life Of Sebastian Knight Signed First Limited Edition

Salman Rushdie

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first American edition</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Salman%20Rushdie&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Salman Rushdie</a>'s The Satanic Verses.<ul><li>Salman Rushdie (British-American).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Viking Press,&nbsp;1988.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>546 pages.</li><li>Signed flat by Salman Rushdie on the title page.&nbsp;</li><li>Red and gray spine with black and gold lettering.</li></ul>

The Satanic Verses Signed First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first UK edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Czes%C5%82aw%20Mi%C5%82osz&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Czesław Miłosz</a>' The Usurpers, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the author.<ul><li>Czesław Miłosz (Polish-American).</li><li>Translated by Celina Wieniewska.</li><li>London:&nbsp;Faber and Faber Limited,&nbsp;1954.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>222 pages.</li><li>Signed flat by Czesław Miłosz on the title page.&nbsp;</li><li>Aged tan spine with black lettering.</li></ul>

The Usurpers Signed First Edition

Irvine Welsh

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first American edition</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Trainspotting&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trainspotting</a> by Irvine Welsh.<ul><li>Irvine Welsh (Scottish).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;W.W. Norton,&nbsp;1996.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>343 pages.</li><li>Contains a photo of Irvine Welsh at a signing.&nbsp;</li><li>Signed flat by Irvine Welsh on title page.</li><li>Spine is black with scratched white and neon green lettering.</li></ul>

Trainspotting Signed First Edition

William Goldman

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The%20Princess%20Bride&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Princess Bride</a>.<ul><li>William Goldman (American).</li><li>London: Macmillan, 1975.</li><li>In an unclipped wrapper.</li></ul> The book itself stamped Harcourt Brace Jovanovich to the spine (the US publishers) with inserted Macmillan title page as called for, as well as the unclipped dust wrapper showing £3.95 (also as called for) and with ‘M’ [for Macmillan] to the spine. Unaccountably scarce and far more so than the US first edition. The book is presented as an abridged version of a fictional book by S. Morgenstern, and Goldman includes commentary throughout the story that tells the story of a young woman named Buttercup and her true love, Westley. Buttercup is engaged to the cruel Prince Humperdinck, but she is still in love with Westley, who disappeared years ago. When she is kidnapped by a group of criminals, including a vengeful Spaniard named Inigo Montoya and a giant named Fezzik, Westley comes to her rescue. The book is a mix of adventure, romance, and humour, with memorable characters and a clever narrative structure. It also explores themes of true love, revenge, and the power of storytelling. Overall, "The Princess Bride" is a timeless classic that has captivated readers of all ages, which has been adapted into a popular film, directed by Rob Reiner.

The Princess Bride

Rosemary Sutcliff

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Fine%2520Bindings%2520and%2520Sets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">set</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printings of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Fine%2520Bindings%2520and%2520Sets&amp;query=Rosemary%20Sutcliff&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rosemary Sutcliff</a>'s Roman Trilogy.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3 volumes..</li><li>Rosemary Sutcliff (English).</li><li>The Roman Britain Trilogy: The Eagle of the Ninth/The Lantern Bearers/The Silver Branch.</li><li>London: Oxford, 1954, 1957, 1959.</li><li>Each with its original dust jacket. </li></ul>

The Roman Britain Trilogy First Editions

Virginia Woolf

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Virginia%20Woolf&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Virginia Woolf</a>'s The Voyage Out.<ul><li>Virginia Woolf (English).</li><li>London: Duckworth, 1915.</li><li>One of 2000 copies.</li><li>Green cloth.</li></ul>

The Voyage Out First Edition

Dodie Smith

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The%20Hundred%20and%20One%20Dalmatians&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hundred and One Dalmatians</a> by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Dodie%20Smith&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dodie Smith</a>.<ul><li>Dodie Smith (English).</li><li>London: Heinemann, 1956.</li><li>Signed to an official bookplate by Smith to the half-title page.&nbsp;</li><li>In an unclipped wrapper, complete with the later wrap-around band noting ‘The Book of Walt Disney’s Film.’</li></ul> A classic children's novel by Dodie Smith, later adapted into a highly successful animated film by Disney. The story revolves around Pongo and Missis, two dalmatians who embark on a mission to rescue their puppies, stolen by the villainous Cruella de Vil, who plans to turn them into fur coats. With the help of numerous other animals, they must outsmart Cruella and her henchmen to save their beloved offspring. The novel, known for its delightful characters and adventurous plot, was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, and the Disney adaptation further solidified its status as a beloved classic.

The Hundred and One Dalmatians Signed First Edition

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First American edition</a> of Night and Day by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Virginia%20Woolf&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Virginia Woolf</a>, in the rare dust jacket.<ul><li>Virginia Woolf (English).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;George H. Doran Company,&nbsp;1920.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>508 pages.</li><li>Bound in green cloth, in a custom cloth clamshell box.</li></ul>

Night and Day First American Edition

John Kennedy Toole

An uncorrected proof copy of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=A%20Confederacy%20of%20Dunces&amp;tab=objects" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Confederacy of Dunces</a>, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by <a href="Walker Percy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Walker Percy</a>.<ul><li>John Kennedy Toole (American).</li><li>Foreword by Walker Percy.</li><li>Baton Rouge:&nbsp;Louisiana State University,&nbsp;1980.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>This copy is signed by Walker Percy on the titlepage.&nbsp;</li><li>Printed mustard-color wrappers.&nbsp;</li></ul> Posthumously published novel that was the first work of fiction published by LSU, and which had a very small first printing (reportedly 2500 copies). Initially the book was rejected by dozens of publishers and the author committed suicide in 1969. Years later the author's mother brought the manuscript to Walker Percy, insisting that he read it. Percy championed the book, arranged for its publication, and contributed an introduction. Excellent reviews and word of mouth led to its becoming a best-seller, and eventually it won the Pulitzer Prize. A rare form of this book, presumably not much more than a handful of copies would have been prepared.

A Confederacy of Dunces

Ian Fleming

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First edition</a>, first impression, first issue, and first state of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Ian%20Fleming&amp;tab=objects" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ian Fleming</a>'s <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/james-bond" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">James Bond</a> novel Live and Let Die.<ul><li>Ian Fleming (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Jonathan Cape,&nbsp;1954.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>240 pages.</li><li>Black cloth covered boards, in colorful dust jacket, housed in a custom half-morocco clamshell box.</li></ul> A very pretty copy of Fleming’s second novel, written in just two months at his Goldeneye estate, before the reviews of the first Bond novel, Casino Royale, landed.

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