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First Edition of Jefferson The Virginian; Inscribed Twice by Dumas Malone
MALONE, Dumas.
Jefferson the Virginian.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948.
First edition of the first volume in Malone's landmark work on Jefferson, from the library of Archibald Bolling Shepperson. Octavo, original navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine and Thomas Jefferson's seal in gilt to the front panel, frontispiece of The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and portraits. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Philippa and Shep, gratefully and affectionately, Dumas April 13, 1948," and again on the flyleaf after the title page, "For Philippa and Shep, gratefully and affectionately, Dumas Malone." The recipient, Archibald Bolling Shepperson was…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145266
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First Edition of Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary; Signed by Him
YORK, Alvin C.
Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1928.
First edition of this classic work by one of the most decorated soldiers, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alvin York on the front free endpaper. Edited by Tom Skeyhill. Near fine in the rare original price-clipped dust jacket which is in very good condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145607
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FERRARI ANNUAL 1962; SIGNED BY ENZO FERRARI
FERRARI, Enzo.
Ferrari Annual 1962.
Modena: 1962.
Rare original 1962 Ferrari Annual, boldly signed "Grazie Ferrari." Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. In very good condition. From the library of Peter Stubberfield. Stubberfield was a Bugatti racing driver, BRDC committee member and head of the Ferrari Owners Club.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 145699
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First Edition of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Fahrenheit 451; Signed by Ray Bradbury
BRADBURY, Ray.
Fahrenheit 451.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
First edition of the fortieth anniversary of one of the seminal works in the field of science fiction. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Bev! Ray Bradbury 9/18/93." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Julie Metz.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145509
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X; Inscribed by Alex Haley
X, Malcolm with the assistance of Alex Haley.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
New York: Grove Press, 1968.
Paperback edition of one of Time's ten most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Mark, a pleasure to know you! Alex Haley." In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Introduction by M.S. Handler. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145830
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"Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life": First Edition of The Phantom Tollbooth; Signed by Norton Juster
JUSTER, Norton; Feiffer.
Phantom Tollbooth.
New York: Epstein & Carroll, 1961.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original blue cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable in this condition and signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145819
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"To a dear colleague and esteemed scholar": FIRST EDITION OF ALBERT EINSTEINS "ONE AND ONLY INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY"; inscribed by Paul Schilpp
EINSTEIN, Albert. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp.
Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.
Evanston: The Library of Living Philosophers, Inc., 1949.
First edition of Einstein's singular autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein by Yousuf Karsh. Presentation copy, inscribed by editor Paul Arthur Schilpp on the front free endpaper, "To a dear colleague and esteemed scholar with the best wishes of Paul A. Schilpp." Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed and in this condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145894
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"This is Oliva. she is good at a lot of things": Ian Falconer's Olivia; Warmly Inscribed by Ian Falconer and With a Large Drawing
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia.
New York: Atheneum Books, 2000.
First edition, later printing of the author's first book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Olivia opposite the title page, "For ROSALIE! Love OLIVIA and Ian Falconer." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144355
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"The bravest man I ever knew was my father": First edition of The Quality of Courage; Warmly Inscribed by Mickey Mantle
MANTLE, Mickey.
The Quality of Courage.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of this early work by baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Murph and Joyce My Best Wishes Your Old Friend Mickey Mantle." Near fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket photograph by Fred Kaplan. Jacket design by Stoney Butchkes. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 145896
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"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives": John Adams; Warmly Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "This first edition is for Adrienne and John- David McCullough." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144341
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First Edition of A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House; Inscribed by Arthur Schlesinger
SCHLESINGER, Arthur M.
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy In the White House.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First edition of the historian's classic work on the Kennedy administration's first thousand days. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ben with regards Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144340
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“THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE FIGURE IN JEWISH LIFE”: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF CHAIM WEIZMANN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY TRIAL AND ERROR
WEIZMANN, Chaim.
Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 500 copies signed by Chaim Weizmann, this is number 255. Octavo, 2 volumes, frontispiece of Weizmann in volume one. Fine in good dust jackets. With the original sales slip from 1949 laid in. Uncommon in the original dust jackets.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 134759
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First Edition of Berenice Abbott's Changing New York; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
ABBOTT, Berenice.
Changing New York.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939.
First edition stated on copyright page; first issue with blue topstain of Abbott's landmark work on New York. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with 97 halftone plates that display "the historical importance of the documentary mode… its power as a medium of personal expression" (Parr & Badger). Text by Elizabeth McCausland. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Susan Sherman With most cordial regards Berenice Abbott April 4, 1939." Some rubbing to the corners of the cloth, an excellent example in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Scarce and desirable,…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 57048
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First Edition of The Merry Men From the Library of Herbert John Gladstone; Signed by Robert Louis Stevenson
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, decoratively stamped with florals and stars in black and silver to the front panel and spine, floral endpapers, thirty-two pages of publisher's advertisements dated September 1886. Signed by Robert Louis Stevenson on the title page. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities and a few closed tears to the top edge of the text block. Bookseller relief to the front free endpaper, ownership initial to the half title page, and bookplate to the front pastedown from the library of Herbert…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 145264
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Inaugural Edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage; Inscribed by David Powers
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1961.
Inaugural edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, bound in full flexible blue leather boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, Presidential seal stamped in gilt to the bottom corner of the front panel, beveled edges, gilt stamped turn-ins, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound-in, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Special Assistant and Assistant Appointments Secretary David Powers to the front free endpaper, "To: Bob + Winnie My very best wishes always. Dave Powers [followed by] Bob, it was a great pleasure to work with you in the promotion of 'Johnny, We…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145263
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Signed limited edition of Edmund Dulac's beautifully illustrated rendition of The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe; one of 750 numbered copies signed by Edmund Dulac
POE, Edgar Allan. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912].
Signed limited edition of Edmund Dulac's beautifully illustrated rendition of this selection of Poe's poems, including The Raven and Annabel Lee. Quarto, original publisher's full pictorial vellum elaborately stamped in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated with 28 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac with captioned tissue-guards and additional vignette illustrations. One of seven hundred and fifty numbered copies signed by Edmund Dulac, this is number 672. In near fine condition. A beautiful example.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 149513
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"They were heroic women who came from every corner of the nation...": First Edition of On Silver Wings; signed by Marianne Verges and 19 members of the WASPS
VERGES, Marianne. Foreword by Senator Barry Goldwater.
On Silver Wings 1942-1944: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1991.
First edition of Marianne Verges' romantic retelling of the history of the WWII WASP corps. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page and additionally signed and inscribed by 14 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) on the front free endpaper including Scotty Bradley Gough, Lorraine Rodgers, Elaine Harmon, Ethel M. Finley, Dawn Y. Seymour, Ann Carl, Beth Black, and Gayle Ben's Reed. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James R. Harris. Jacket photograph: Pilot Libby Gardner. Rare and desirable.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145137
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"The modern age has carried with it a theoretical glorification of labor and has resulted in a factual transformation of the whole of society into a laboring society": First edition of The Human Condition; signed by Hannah Arendt
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Human Condition.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958.
First edition of Arendt's penetrating examination of the human condition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Hannah Arendt April 1965." Very good in a good dust jacket with toning to the spine and chipping to the front panel and spine extremities. Books signed by Arendt are rare.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 145631
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"With gratitude and appreciation for your prayers, your confidence and your support at those times when they were needed most": First Edition of A Time To Heal; Lengthily Inscribed by President Ford
FORD, Gerald R.
A Time To Heal.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979.
First edition of the 38th president of the United States' autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Marshall Hobbs, with gratitude and appreciation for your prayers, your confidence and your support at those times when they were needed most Warmest regards, Gerald R. Ford." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Desirable signed by Ford and Stevens.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145505
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First Edition of Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays; Signed by Her
DIDION, Joan.
Play It As It Lays.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.
First edition of Didion's third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the second endpaper. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Photograph of the author by Julian Wasser. Designed by Guy Fleming. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 145501