Website Spotlight: Whitmore Rare Books

Whitmore Rare Books offers rare first editions that will make anyone swoon in delight to receive this season. Dan Whitmore, owner of Whitmore Rare Books in Pasadena has curated a thoughtful selection of Top 10 rare books to give (including first editions and unique titles) for the gift giving season.

Whitmore Rare Books has gifts for the avid and starter collector including unique finds from a rare Life Magazine issue featuring the first copy of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea and predating the book, a first edition (1958) of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's to a monogrammed edition of The Pooh Books and Austen's historically popular Sense & Sensibility with beautifully illustrated plates. Don't miss the chance to share the news of a unique gift idea such as a rare first edition, first issue book with original publisher's cloth and binding details. Many include personal annotations from the author or owner. All titles can be viewed and purchased directly in the Whitmore Rare Books Pasadena shop location at 121 E. Union St., Pasadena, Ca 91103, or through the Whitmore Rare Books website..

• Life Magazine The first publication of The Old Man and the Sea, predating the book

• The Great Gatsby - A 1925 first edition, first issue of Fitzgerald's iconic Roaring 20's novel

• Ian Fleming's work that inspired the first James Bond movie, The Man with the Golden Gun

• The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare in 9 Volumes

• Sense and Sensibility, The Novel that launched Jane Austen's Career

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese

• Charles Dickens Dombey and Son extra illustrated

• The Pooh Books monogram edition

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

• First Edition Presentation Copy of I, Robot by Isaac Asimov