Christopher Weeks Collectibles and Curiosities

In the flesh. Just months before her death, Marilyn Monroe gave a young photographer his big break, and this is his story. “You’re already famous, now you’re going to make me f...

Presenting a gloriously rare book …. The Return of Tarzan First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition. Very good +, squa...

Roosevelt, Eleanor. Christmas: A Story. New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1940. First Edition. Signed by Roosevelt. Twelvemo, in its colorful original dust jacket. Presented with a custom archival clamshell. This is a beautiful first edition printing of Christmas: A Story by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt...

Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Written By Himself. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First edition. In two volumes. Rebound in quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers. New custom archival cloth slipcase with Sherman portrait inlay. Presented is a first edition printing of The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman. This two volume book set was published by D. Appleton and Company, in New York, in 1875. It is presented here, rebound in striking quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers, and a custom archival cloth slipcase to fit both books. Ten years after the end of the Civil War, Sherman became the first General to publish his memoirs of that period. He began writing his account in 1872 and the two volumes were published by D. Appleton and Company in the spring of 1875. According to the publisher’s prospectus, the two volume set was originally offered in four different bindings, including fine blue cloth, green cloth, full sheepskin, and half blue moroccan leath. Sherman explains his motivations for writing in the preface of Volume I: “Nearly ten years have passed since the close of the civil war in America, and yet no satisfactory history thereof is accessible to the public;…. What is now offered is not designed as a history of the war, or even as a complete account of all the incidents in which the writer bore a part, but merely his recollection of events, corrected by a reference to his own memoranda, which may assist the future historian when he comes to describe the whole, and account for the motives and reasons which influenced some of the actors in the grand drama of war.” His two volume account touches briefly on his early life, including his time at West Point, his life in and out of the army in Florida, California, New York, Kansas, and Louisiana. Yet the bulk of the writing is focused on the Civil War. “Written with the propulsive energy and intelligence that marked his campaigns” his memoir provides firsthand accounts of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the infamous Atlanta campaign, and his march to the sea through Georgia and the Carolinas. The memoir describes striking incidents and anecdotes and collects dozens of his incisive and often outspoken wartime orders and reports. Throughout it all, Sherman is quite frank in describing the rights and wrongs of the campaigns he saw, writing without much concern for the feelings or experiences of others. This complex self-portrait of an innovative and relentless American general provides for a vivid read and an exceptional Civil War account. CONDITION: Good condition. First edition. In two volumes. Beautifully restored and rebound. Quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers. Paper is okay to good, with toning as to be expected. Scattered spots and smudges. Inscribed twice by previous owner, inscription on the top of the Note page of Vol I and on the full title page of Vol II. Large "Military Map...

Presenting a gloriously rare book …. The Return of Tarzan First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition. First edition. Il...

Albright, Madeleine. Madam Secretary. New York: Miramax Books, 2003. First Edition. Signed. Octavo. Publisher’s original black cloth spine over gray boards and original pictorial dust jacket. New archival cloth slipcase. Presented is a signed, first edition printing of Madeleine Albright’s Madam Secretary. The book was published by Miramax Books, in New York, in 2003. The book is signed by Albright on the half title page, in blue ink. It is presented here in its original publisher’s black cloth spine over gray boards, with silver titles to the spine, and original pictorial dust jacket. Protecting the book is a new archival cloth slipcase, featuring Albright’s portrait inlaid on the front. During President Clinton...

Presenting a gloriously rare book …. Jungle Tales of Tarzan First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition. Good +, square ...

AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard. TITLE: Many Inventions. PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1893. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., signed by Kipling on the title-page under h...

Gore Vidal, WILLIWAW New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1946. First edition, first printing Measures: 8vo, 8 x 5 1/2 in. (223 x142 mm); pp. 222 . Original black cloth, titles on spine...

William Brice, Notations 1982, printed and bound in Japan for Twelvetrees Press, First Edition. Hardcover with book box. During 1982 William Brice completed a series of brilliantly ...

AUTHOR: BLAIR, Robert (William Blake). TITLE: The Grave, A Poem. PUBLISHER: London, T. Bensley, 1808. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 13-7/8" x 11-3/8", Frontispiece po...

Signed First Edition, published by Bullfinch Press, Boston, 1994. Inscribed at Title Page, 'For Eileen & Jerry, Albert Watson, New York City '97'. A collection of powerful, seductive and highly dramatic photographs, showcasing 25 years of exploration in the field of photography undertaken by Albert Watson. Having collaborated with a prestigious lists of names over the years, including fashion houses such as Dior and Chanel, as well as artists including Jeff Koons, who contributes a visual essay to the book, and Alfred Hitchcock, of whom Watson created...