• A Choice of Weapons. Inscription
    Gordon Parks
    A Choice of Weapons, 1986
    St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press
    Inscribed by Parks to the photographer Yousuf Karsh and his wife, Estrellita.
    $ 175.00
    Gordon Parks, A Choice of Weapons, 1986
    $ 175.00
  • Willa Cather; William Bailey (illus.), A Lost Lady, 1983
    Willa Cather; William Bailey (illus.)
    A Lost Lady, 1983
    NY: Limited Editions Club
    One of 1,500 copies. Signed by the illustrator.
    $ 30.00
    Willa Cather; William Bailey (illus.), A Lost Lady, 1983
    $ 30.00
  • Laurence Sterne; Valenti Angelo (illus.), A Sentimental Journey through France & Italy, 1929
    Laurence Sterne; Valenti Angelo (illus.)
    A Sentimental Journey through France & Italy, 1929
    NY: Dodd, Mead & Company
    With an original drawing by Angelo.
    $ 900.00
    Laurence Sterne; Valenti Angelo (illus.), A Sentimental Journey through France & Italy, 1929
    $ 900.00
  • Conrad Richter, A Simple Honorable Man, 1962
    Conrad Richter
    A Simple Honorable Man, 1962
    NY: Alfred Knopf
    First edition. Inscribed and with TLs to the physician Walter C. Alvarez.
    $ 150.00
    Conrad Richter, A Simple Honorable Man, 1962
    $ 150.00
  • Alexander Pushkin, Arion, 2002
    Alexander Pushkin
    Arion, 2002
    San Francisco: Arion Press
    One of 400 copies.
    $ 150.00
    Alexander Pushkin, Arion, 2002
    $ 150.00
  • Philip Levine, Ashes. Poems New & Old, 1979
    Philip Levine
    Ashes. Poems New & Old, 1979
    Port Townsend: Graywolf Press
    One of 220 copies. Signed by Levine at the colophon. Additionally inscribed by Levine to fellow poet Michael Harper.
    $ 375.00
    Philip Levine, Ashes. Poems New & Old, 1979
    $ 375.00
  • Biography of Professor John W. Webster. Wrapper
    Biography of Professor John W. Webster, 1850
    Boston: Hotchkiss & Co., Little & Co.
    $ 300.00
    Biography of Professor John W. Webster, 1850
    $ 300.00
  • Robert Capa & Cornell Capa, Capa & Capa: Brothers in Photography, 1990
    Robert Capa & Cornell Capa
    Capa & Capa: Brothers in Photography, 1990
    NY and Tokyo: International Center of Photography and Magnum Photos
    Inscribed by Cornell Capa to Estrellita Karsh, wife of the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 200.00
    Robert Capa & Cornell Capa, Capa & Capa: Brothers in Photography, 1990
    $ 200.00
  • John Loengard, Celebrating the Negative, 1994
    John Loengard
    Celebrating the Negative, 1994
    NY: Arcade Publishing
    First edition. Inscribed by Loengard to fellow photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 275.00
    John Loengard, Celebrating the Negative, 1994
    $ 275.00
  • Alfred Cortot, Cours d'Interprétation, 1934
    Alfred Cortot
    Cours d'Interprétation, 1934
    Paris: Librairie Musicale R. Legouix
    Together with: Les Grands Interprètes. Both volumes inscribed by Cortot.
    $ 375.00
    Alfred Cortot, Cours d'Interprétation, 1934
    $ 375.00
  • Buckminster Fuller and Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Critical Path, 1981
    Buckminster Fuller and Kiyoshi Kuromiya
    Critical Path, 1981
    NY: St. Martin's Press
    Signed and inscribed by Fuller
    $ 200.00
    Buckminster Fuller and Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Critical Path, 1981
    $ 200.00
  • Benazir Bhutto, Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography, 1989
    Benazir Bhutto
    Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography, 1989
    NY: Simon and Schuster
    Inscribed by Bhutto to the photographer Yousuf Karsh. With additional note, likewise inscribed to Karsh.
    $ 400.00
    Benazir Bhutto, Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography, 1989
    $ 400.00
  • Robert Doisneau, Épouvantables épouvantails: photographies, 1965
    Robert Doisneau
    Épouvantables épouvantails: photographies, 1965
    Paris: Editions Hors Mesure
    One of 750 copies. Inscribed by Doisneau to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 650.00
    Robert Doisneau, Épouvantables épouvantails: photographies, 1965
    $ 650.00
  • Langston Hughes, Freedom's Plow, 1943
    Langston Hughes
    Freedom's Plow, 1943
    NY: Musette Publishers
    First edition.
    $ 200.00
    Langston Hughes, Freedom's Plow, 1943
    $ 200.00
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friendship, 1939
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Friendship, 1939
    Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge
    One of 100 copies in the first-state binding.
    $ 800.00
    Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friendship, 1939
    $ 800.00
  • Naum Gabo, Gabo, 1957
    Naum Gabo
    Gabo, 1957
    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
    Inscribed by Gabo to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 2,500.00
    Naum Gabo, Gabo, 1957
    $ 2,500.00
  • James Hilton; H. M. Brock (illus.), Good-bye, Mr. Chips, 1935
    James Hilton; H. M. Brock (illus.)
    Good-bye, Mr. Chips, 1935
    NY: Little, Brown
    One of 600 copies, signed by Hilton and Brock. With an additional inscription from Hilton to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 1,000.00
    James Hilton; H. M. Brock (illus.), Good-bye, Mr. Chips, 1935
    $ 1,000.00
  • Half Past Autumn. A Retrospective. Front cover
    Gordon Parks
    Half Past Autumn. A Retrospective, 1998
    NY: Bullfinch Press
    Inscribed by Parks to fellow photographer Yousuf Karsh and his wife, Estrellita.
    $ 150.00
    Gordon Parks, Half Past Autumn. A Retrospective, 1998
    $ 150.00
  • Yasunari Kawabata, Japan, the Beautiful, and Myself, 1969
    Yasunari Kawabata
    Japan, the Beautiful, and Myself, 1969
    Stockholm: The Nobel Foundation
    Inscribed in English and Japanese to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 400.00
    Yasunari Kawabata, Japan, the Beautiful, and Myself, 1969
    $ 400.00
  • J. Tom Morgan, Jr., Kiss Impressions. My Love Affair with Lithography, 1983
    J. Tom Morgan, Jr.
    Kiss Impressions. My Love Affair with Lithography, 1983
    Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology
    First edition. Inscribed by Morgan to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 300.00
    J. Tom Morgan, Jr., Kiss Impressions. My Love Affair with Lithography, 1983
    $ 300.00
  • Largo Desolato. Inscription
    Vaclav Havel; Tom Stoppard (trans.)
    Largo Desolato, 1987
    NY: Grove Press
    First American edition. Inscribed by Havel to Robert Coover.
    $ 600.00
    Vaclav Havel; Tom Stoppard (trans.), Largo Desolato, 1987
    $ 600.00
  • Milongas. Title-page spread
    Jorge Luis Borges; Ana Maria Moncalvo (illus.)
    Milongas, 1983
    Buenos Aires: Ediciones Dos Amigos
    One of 100 copies.
    $ 2,000.00
    Jorge Luis Borges; Ana Maria Moncalvo (illus.), Milongas, 1983
    $ 2,000.00
  • Milton Glaser. Barcelona 1989, 1989
    Milton Glaser. Barcelona 1989, 1989
    Barcelona: Ajuntament/La Vanguardia/Fundacio Caixa de Catalunya
    Inscribed by Glaser to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 375.00
    Milton Glaser. Barcelona 1989, 1989
    $ 375.00
  • Mother Goose's Christmas Party. A Rhymed Drama. Front cover
    Abby Morton Diaz
    Mother Goose's Christmas Party. A Rhymed Drama, 1891
    Chicago: Searle & Gorton
    Inscribed by the author.
    $ 375.00
    Abby Morton Diaz, Mother Goose's Christmas Party. A Rhymed Drama, 1891
    $ 375.00
  • Louis Nizer, My Life in Court, 1961
    Louis Nizer
    My Life in Court, 1961
    Garden City: Doubleday
    Inscribed by Nizer to famed photographer Yousuf Karsh. whose portrait of the author is used here on the dust jacket.
    $ 275.00
    Louis Nizer, My Life in Court, 1961
    $ 275.00
  • Nānā I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source). Volume One. Binding
    Mary Kawena Pukui, E. W. Haertig, and Catherine A. Lee
    Nānā I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source). Volume One, 1972
    Honolulu: Hui Hānai
    Inscribed by community activists Rev. Kahu and Mary Lou Akaka to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 200.00
    Mary Kawena Pukui, E. W. Haertig, and Catherine A. Lee, Nānā I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source). Volume One, 1972
    $ 200.00
  • Ngoma. An Introduction to Music for Southern Africans. Front cover
    Hugh Tracey
    Ngoma. An Introduction to Music for Southern Africans, 1948
    London: Longmans, Green & Co.
    Inscribed by Tracey to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 175.00
    Hugh Tracey, Ngoma. An Introduction to Music for Southern Africans, 1948
    $ 175.00
  • Robert Frost, North of Boston, 2015
    Robert Frost
    North of Boston, 2015
    South Freeport, ME: Ascensius Press
    One of forty-one copies, this one of fifteen cloth-bound.
    $ 750.00
    Robert Frost, North of Boston, 2015
    $ 750.00
  • Cornell Capa, Photographs, 1991
    Cornell Capa
    Photographs, 1991
    Tokyo: JICC
    First Japanese edition. Inscribed by Capa to Estrellita Karsh, wife of the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 250.00
    Cornell Capa, Photographs, 1991
    $ 250.00
  • Cornell Capa, Photographs, 1991
    Cornell Capa
    Photographs, 1991
    NY: Bullfinch Press
    First edition. Inscribed by Capa to Estrellita Karsh, wife of the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 300.00
    Cornell Capa, Photographs, 1991
    $ 300.00
  • John Loengard, Pictures under Discussion, 1987
    John Loengard
    Pictures under Discussion, 1987
    NY: Amphoto
    First edition. Inscribed by Loengard to fellow photographer Yousuf Karsh and his wife, Estrellita.
    $ 175.00
    John Loengard, Pictures under Discussion, 1987
    $ 175.00
  • Publications of the Lick Observatory, Volume VIII. Photographs of the Nebulae and Clusters, Made with the Crossley Reflector. Illustration
    James Edward Keeler
    Publications of the Lick Observatory, Volume VIII. Photographs of the Nebulae and Clusters, Made with the Crossley Reflector, 1908
    Sacramento: W. W. Shannon
    Presentation copy to the contributing photogravure company, with TLs from the observatory director.
    $ 1,250.00
    James Edward Keeler, Publications of the Lick Observatory, Volume VIII. Photographs of the Nebulae and Clusters, Made with the Crossley Reflector, 1908
    $ 1,250.00
  • David Tatham, Robert Frost's White Mountains, 1974
    David Tatham
    Robert Frost's White Mountains, 1974
    Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge
    One of 500 copies. This signed by the publisher at the colophon.
    $ 125.00
    David Tatham, Robert Frost's White Mountains, 1974
    $ 125.00
  • John Reed, Sangar: The Mad Recreant Knight of the West, 1913
    John Reed
    Sangar: The Mad Recreant Knight of the West, 1913
    Riverside, CT: Hillacre
    First edition. One of 500 copies.
    $ 350.00
    John Reed, Sangar: The Mad Recreant Knight of the West, 1913
    $ 350.00
  • David Hume Kennerly, Shooter, 1979
    David Hume Kennerly
    Shooter, 1979
    NY: Newsweek Books
    First edition. Inscribed by Kennerly to fellow photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 250.00
    David Hume Kennerly, Shooter, 1979
    $ 250.00
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne, Short Stories. Tales of Fantasy and Imagination, 2011
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    Short Stories. Tales of Fantasy and Imagination, 2011
    Leipzig: Miniaturbuchverlag
    $ 30.00
    Nathaniel Hawthorne, Short Stories. Tales of Fantasy and Imagination, 2011
    $ 30.00
  • Mariano Brull, Temps en Peine. Tiempo en Pena, 1950
    Mariano Brull
    Temps en Peine. Tiempo en Pena, 1950
    Dilbeek-Bruxelles, Belgium: Maison du Poète
    One of 100 copies on Ingres paper. Inscribed by Brull to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 400.00
    Mariano Brull, Temps en Peine. Tiempo en Pena, 1950
    $ 400.00
  • The Enjoyment and Use of Color. Text spread with samples
    Walter Sargent
    The Enjoyment and Use of Color, 1923
    NY: Charles Scribner's Sons
    First edition. Inscribed by Sargent to yacht designer and Naval officer Frederic Abildgaard Fenger.
    $ 275.00
    Walter Sargent, The Enjoyment and Use of Color, 1923
    $ 275.00
  • The Existence and Discovery of Beauty. Inscription
    Yasunari Kawabata
    The Existence and Discovery of Beauty, 1969
    Tokyo: Mainichi Newspapers
    Inscribed in Japanese and English to the photographer Yousuf Karsh.
    $ 600.00
    Yasunari Kawabata, The Existence and Discovery of Beauty, 1969
    $ 600.00
  • E. B. White, The Geese, 1985
    E. B. White
    The Geese, 1985
    Newton, IA: Tamazunchale Press
    One of 250 copies. With Als from the publisher to collector Polly Eaton.
    $ 100.00
    E. B. White, The Geese, 1985
    $ 100.00
  • Eugene O'Neill; Leonard Baskin (illus.), The Iceman Cometh, 1982
    Eugene O'Neill; Leonard Baskin (illus.)
    The Iceman Cometh, 1982
    NY: Limited Editions Club
    One of 2,000 copies, signed by Baskin.
    $ 30.00
    Eugene O'Neill; Leonard Baskin (illus.), The Iceman Cometh, 1982
    $ 30.00
  • Robert Frost, The Inlander, vol. 5 number 11, 1926
    Robert Frost
    The Inlander, vol. 5 number 11, 1926
    Ann Arbor, MI: George Wahr, The Alumni Press, University of Michigan
    First appearance of Frost's "The Minor Bird."
    $ 175.00
    Robert Frost, The Inlander, vol. 5 number 11, 1926
    $ 175.00
  • Robert Frost; W. A. Dwiggins (illus.), The Lone Striker, 1933
    Robert Frost; W. A. Dwiggins (illus.)
    The Lone Striker, 1933
    NY: Knopf
    First edition.
    $ 75.00
    Robert Frost; W. A. Dwiggins (illus.), The Lone Striker, 1933
    $ 75.00
  • Homer, The Odyssey. Two translations, 1996, 1967
    Homer
    The Odyssey. Two translations, 1996, 1967
    NY: Viking; NY: Harper & Row
    First editions. Fagles translation inscribed by Fagles himself. Lattimore translation inscribed its publisher, Melvin Arnold.
    $ 400.00
    Homer, The Odyssey. Two translations, 1996, 1967
    $ 400.00
  • The Prince and the Pauper. Title-page spread
    Mark Twain; Clarke Hutton (illus.)
    The Prince and the Pauper, 1964
    NY: Limited Editions Club
    One of 1,500 copies. Signed by the illustrator.
    $ 30.00
    Mark Twain; Clarke Hutton (illus.), The Prince and the Pauper, 1964
    $ 30.00
  • Ray Bradbury, The Stars, 1993
    Ray Bradbury
    The Stars, 1993
    Santa Ana, CA: Gold Stein Press
    One of 95 copies. Signed by Bradbury and by the binder, Joseph D'Ambrosio.
    $ 850.00
    Ray Bradbury, The Stars, 1993
    $ 850.00
  • The World's Greatest Peace Play. A Souvenir of The Chicago Little Theatre Company's Tour of America in Gilbert Murray's Translation of The Trojan Women of Euripides. Front cover
    The World's Greatest Peace Play. A Souvenir of The Chicago Little Theatre Company's Tour of America in Gilbert Murray's Translation of The Trojan Women of Euripides, 1915
    Chicago: The Little Chicago Theatre
    $ 250.00
    The World's Greatest Peace Play. A Souvenir of The Chicago Little Theatre Company's Tour of America in Gilbert Murray's Translation of The Trojan Women of Euripides, 1915
    $ 250.00
  • They Feed They Lion. Inscription
    Philip Levine
    They Feed They Lion, 1972
    New York: Atheneum
    First edition. Signed by Levine on title page, and with a warm, lengthy inscription to fellow poet, Michael Harper, on the dedication page.
    $ 750.00
    Philip Levine, They Feed They Lion, 1972
    $ 750.00
  • This Is the American Earth. Front cover
    Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall
    This Is the American Earth, 1960
    San Francisco: Sierra Club
    First edition. Inscribed by Newhall to the photographer Yousuf Karsh and his first wife, Solange.
    $ 250.00
    Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall, This Is the American Earth, 1960
    $ 250.00
  • John Kenneth Galbraith, Triumph. A Novel of Modern Diplomacy, 1968
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    Triumph. A Novel of Modern Diplomacy, 1968
    Boston: Houghton Mifflin
    First edition. Inscribed by Galbraith.
    $ 375.00
    John Kenneth Galbraith, Triumph. A Novel of Modern Diplomacy, 1968
    $ 375.00
  • Robert Frost, Two Christmas booklets: A-Wishing Well and The Prophets Really Prophesy as Mystics, 1959, 1962
    Robert Frost
    Two Christmas booklets: A-Wishing Well and The Prophets Really Prophesy as Mystics, 1959, 1962
    NY: Spiral Press
    First editions. With ALs from the publisher, Joseph Blumenthal.
    $ 150.00
    Robert Frost, Two Christmas booklets: A-Wishing Well and The Prophets Really Prophesy as Mystics, 1959, 1962
    $ 150.00
  • With the Night Mail. Book and envelope
    Rudyard Kipling
    With the Night Mail, 1998
    San Francisco: Arion Press
    One of 250 copies signed by the illustrator.
    $ 250.00
    Rudyard Kipling, With the Night Mail, 1998
    $ 250.00
  • Susan Ertz, Woman Alive, 1936
    Susan Ertz
    Woman Alive, 1936
    NY: D. Appleton-Century Company
    First edition.
    $ 850.00
    Susan Ertz, Woman Alive, 1936
    $ 850.00
  • Cedric Wright, Words of the Earth, 1960
    Cedric Wright
    Words of the Earth, 1960
    San Francisco: Sierra Club
    Inscribed by the editor, Nancy Newhall, to the photographer Yousuf Karsh and his first wife, Solange.
    $ 100.00
    Cedric Wright, Words of the Earth, 1960
    $ 100.00