First Editions from Chase Rare Books

ZANUCK, Darryl Francis. Habit and other short stories. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1923 First edition. When this book was published in 1923, Darryl Zanuck (1902-1979) was still a struggling writer – his legendary career as a movie mogul and Head of 20th Century-Fox, was still ahead of him. Habit is a four-story collection, including 'The Forgotten City', which in 1924 Zanuck… Read more about this item

SMITH, Ali. The Seasonal Quartet: Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer [and] Companion Piece. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2016-2022. A complete set of Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet, plus the Companion Piece, the follow up to the Quartet. All signed first editions, first impressions, except Autumn (5th printing; not signed). 5 volumes. 260, 322, 336, 384, 226 pp.8vo, original cloth, minor bumping to bottom corners of… Read more about this item

BENJAMIN, Melanie. The Swans of Fifth Avenue. Delacorte Press, 2016 First edition, first printing. Signed. This is a novel about New York "swans" of the 1950s, and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley. HB (ISBN: 9780345528698). 341 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

SCOTT, Peter; The Wildfowl Trust. The Swans. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. First edition. Signed by Peter Scott. Swans are fascinating birds, and this book is certainly a must-have on the subject. Chapters include Classification, Distribution and Migration, Family Life, Art, Heraldry and Mythology, Conservation, and more. Sir Peter Scott (1909-1989) was an artist, writer, ornithologist, naturalist and conservationist. In 1946 he founded… Read more about this item

GREENBERG-JEPHCOTT, KELLEIGH. Swan Song. London, Hutchinson, 2018. Exclusive signed first edition, limited to 250 copies (this is copy #97/250). As new in strikingly stylish white swan dust jacket. Playlist loosely inserted. With original Marella Agnelli bookmark. Author's debut novel, an entertaining and spellbinding reimagining of one of the most fascinating literary scandals - the epic fall out between Truman Capote and… Read more about this item

AVEDON, Richard; CAPOTE, Truman. Observations. New York: Simon & Shuster, 1959. First edition. Photographs by Richard Avedon. Introductory essay 'On Richard Avedon', and text accompanying the photographs by Truman Capote. Book design by Alexey Brodovitch. The first collection of Avedon's photographs to appear in book form. Features some of the most fascinating figures of mid-twentieth century: Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Coco Chanel,… Read more about this item

RADZIWILL, Lee. Happy Times. New York: Assouline, 2000. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. Half notebook, half photo album, Happy Times, presents Lee Radziwill's reminiscences of the 1960s, a period of her life that was particularly rich and exciting. Rather than offering a chronological story, the book evokes people, places and moments, and takes us back to one of the… Read more about this item

GUEST, C.Z. First Garden. New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1976. With an Introduction by Truman Capote. Illustrations in the book and dust jacket by Cecil Beaton. Book design by Bea Feitler. First edition. This was Guest's first of several books on gardening. Warmly inscribed in Guest's typical green pen, "To John [Loring?], with great admiration, Happy gardening, C.Z. Guest, Jan '79." 4to, original… Read more about this item

DALTREY, Roger. Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story. London: Blink Publishing, 2018. First edition, first printing. Signed to title-page. The Who frontman Roger Daltrey's autobiography. This is the story of My Generation, Tommy and Quadrophenia, of smashed guitars, exploding drums, cars in swimming pools, fights, arrests, and redecorated hotel rooms. Arguably one of the greatest rock singers to emerge from… Read more about this item

MITFORD, Jessica. Hons and Rebels. London: Victor Gollancz, 1960. First edition, first printing.Jessica "Decca" Mitford's classic memoir,with the scarce dust jacket. An entrancing account of growing up in an eccentric aristocratic family in an isolated country home in the Cotswolds during the 1920s and 30s. Jessica's Hons and Rebels, and the novel by her elder sister Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of… Read more about this item

MASTEROFF, Joe; PRINCE, Harold (Director); KANDER, John (Music); EBB, Fred (Lyrics). Cabaret. New York: Random House, 1967. First edition of the book of the famous musical, which became a Broadway and Hollywood classic. Cabaret was first presented on November 20th, 1966 at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City. Directed by Harold Prince and choreographed by Ron Field, the cast featured… Read more about this item

STEIN, Jean; PLIMPTON, George (Editor). Edie: An American Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. FIRST EDITION. A fashion and cultural icon, Edie Sedgwick was Andy Warhol's muse and superstar. This book is an enthralling oral history of Edie told by her family and friends, including Truman Capote, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Mailer, Jasper Johns, Gore Vidal, Roy Lichtenstein, John… Read more about this item

WARHOL, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition, first printing. Signed by Warhol ('AW') to half-title. A loosely formed autobiography, told with Warhol's trademark blend of irony and detachment, this compelling and eccentric memoir riffs and reflects on all things Warhol: New York, America, and his… Read more about this item