"Last of the Mohicans" with Signed James Fenimore Cooper Signed Check, 1859

Presented is an 1859 “Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with Part of...

Presented is "Colton's New Map of the State of Texas Compiled from De Cordova's Large Map", published in Alivin J. Johnson’s “New Illustrated Family Atlas.” The map was published in ...

Forsyth, Frederick. The Day of the Jackal. New York: Viking Press, [1971]. First American edition. Signed and inscribed by Forsyth on the title page....

Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1925]. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne. Signed by actress Carla Laemmle. 8vo. Rebound in black 1/.4 leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase. Presented is a photoplay edition of Gaston Leroux’s best-known novel, The Phantom of the Opera. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1925, to accompany the 1925 Universal Pictures film adaptation starring Lon Channey. It is illustrated throughout with scenes from that production, as well as with illustrations by Andre Castaigne. Additionally, the book is signed on the full title page by actress and prima ballerina Carla Leammle. The book has been beautifully rebound in handsome ¼ black leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching black archival slipcase. Partly inspired by historical, nineteenth century events that took place at the famous Paris Opera, the novel chronicles the masked Phantom’s obsessive love for a young chorus girl named Christine. The Phantom of the Opera was first published as a serial in the French Magazine Le Gaulois from September 1909 to January 1910. It was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte & Cie. The first American edition was published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1911. Due to its popularity, The Phantom of the Opera became the source for numerous adaptations, including the 1925 Universal Pictures film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning 1986 musical. Alexander Grosset and George T. Dunlap first met while working for the American Publishers Corporation. In 1898, Grosset & Dunlap formed a new partnership with the goal to shift the focus of the publishing industry from expensive books for the few to inexpensive books for the masses. In order to avoid paying royalties and other publishing fees, Grosset & Dunlap started reprinting books that were already in print. With these profits, the partners purchased paperbound books in bulk to rebind them in cloth and resell. As the company grew, Grosset & Dunlap were able to purchase reprint rights from publishers before publication, including reprint rights from Edward Stratemeyer for the Hardy Boys...

Presented is a photograph of the Phoenix Lander on Mars, signed and inscribed by Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke. In the inscription, Duke shares his thoug...

Presented is an original Civil War-era side drum with a pair of wooden drumsticks. This is a rope tension drum with a wooden body, ropes, and leather tabs. An iron tack pattern surro...

Antique map titled 'The shores of The Baltic sea and of the Gulfs of Bothnia & Finland'. Original antique map of the Shores of the Baltic Sea. This map originates from ‘The Imperial ...

Antique map titled 'The Island of Borneo'. Original antique map of the Island of Borneo. This map originates from ‘The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published by W. G. Blackie...

Antique map titled 'The Austrian Empire'. Original antique map of the Austrian Empire with inset map of Montenegro. This map originates from ‘The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography’....

Antique map titled 'The Indian Archipelago'. Original antique map of the East Indies. This map originates from ‘The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published by W. G. Blackie, 1...

Antique map titled 'The Chinese Empire'. Original antique map of the Chinese Empire. This map originates from ‘The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published by W. G. Blackie, 1859.

Antique map titled 'The Indian Ocean'. Original antique map of the Indian Ocean. This map originates from ‘The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published by W. G. Blackie, 1859.