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First Edition of Karinthy Frigyes' Minden Másképpen Van [Everything is Different]
FRIGYES, Karinthy.
Minden Másképpen Van (Ötvenkét Vasárnap). [Everything is Different (Fifty-Two Sundays)].
Budapest: Athenaeum, 1929.
Rare first edition of this collection of stories in the original Hungarian which introduced the sociological phenomena of "six degrees of separation." Octavo, original wrappers with titles in red and black. In very good condition. Exceptionally rare in the original wrappers.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146211
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First Illustrated Edition of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony
STEINBECK, John.
The Red Pony.
New York: The Viking Press, 1945.
First illustrated edition of Steinbeck's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the spine and slight bumping to the crown and foot of the spine.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146183
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“AMONG THE BEST EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”: First Editions, First States of A.A. MILNE’S FOUR POOH BOOKS, each volume in the rare ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
MILNE, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1924-1928.
First editions, first issues of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet, with only When We Were Very Young being a first issue. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher's gilt-decorated pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. When We Were Very Young is a first issue with page ix unnumbered, jacket with light toning to spine and a few losses to the extremities. Winnie-The-Pooh, cartographic endpapers, all edges gilt sunning to the spine, ownership ticket to the half-title page, jacket evenly toned with chipping to extremities with a closed tear to the rear hinge. Now…
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 146840
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First Edition of Fred Schwed's Classic Where Are the Customers' Yachts; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
SCHWED, Fred; Illustrated by Peter Arno.
Where Are the Customers’ Yachts: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.
First edition of "one of the funniest books ever written about Wall Street" (The Washington Post). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Peter Arno. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chips and wear.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147035
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First Edition of My Camera in Yosemite Valley; Inscribed by Ansel Adams
ADAMS, Ansel.
My Camera in Yosemite Valley.
Boston: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949.
First edition of this beautiful collection of visual and textual scenes. Folio, original pictorial wrappers and comb binding, illustrated with twenty-four of Adams' distinctive black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Myrtle Jean Williamson Ansel Adams Yosemite Nov. 1956." In near fine condition with some rubbing to the extremities and rear panel, slight cracking to the comb binding, and slight separation to the front panel.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146960
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First Edition of My Camera in the National Parks; Signed by Ansel Adams
ADAMS, Ansel.
My Camera in the National Parks.
Boston: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First edition of this breathtaking highly selective collection of Ansel Adams' National Park photographs. Folio, original wrappers and comb binding, illustrated with thirty of Adams' iconic black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Ansel Adams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in good wrappers. Rubbing, small losses, and closed tears to the extremities of the wrappers; front and rear panels, front flap of the wrappers detached.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146959
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The Print: Contact Printing and Enlarging; Signed by Ansel Adams
ADAMS, Ansel.
The Print: Contact Printing and Enlarging.
New York: Morgan and Lester, 1955.
Later printing of the third book in Ansel Adams' 'Basic Photo Series.' Octavo, original decorated boards, frontispiece of The Grand Teton, Snake River, illustrated with fifty black and white photographs and diagrams, including informative tables, formulas and testing instructions. Signed by Ansel Adams on the front free endpaper. Hear fine in a very good dust jacket. .
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146951
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“Don't let the muggles get you down": First Edition of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
ROWLING, J. K..
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999.
First American edition of the third novel in Rowling’s acclaimed Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Mary GrandPré and David Saylor.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 146947
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Byron Nelson's How I Played the Game; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron; Arnold Palmer.
How I Played the Game.
Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993.
First edition, second printing of Nelson's autobiography. Octavo, original forest green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Will Best wishes Byron Nelson 7-16-93." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Arnold Palmer.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146679
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"Pretend to be good always, and even God will be fooled": First Edition of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1965.
First edition of the author's fifth novel, a classic satire, which introduces the reader to Kilgore Trout. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with writing to the front flap. Jacket design by Murray Tinkelman.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146493
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“A BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED ADVENTURE INTO ANOTHER TIME”: First Edition of Umberto Eco's First Novel; inscribed by Him to Kenneth and Dee Gros Louis
ECO, Umberto.
The Name of the Rose.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1980.
First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "to Ken & Dee Gros Louis, friendly, by Umberto Ecco Bloomington June 10, '83." The recipients, Kenneth and Dee Gros Louis, were people of scholarly proclivities like Eco: Kenneth was a university official and English professor at Indiana University Bloomington, later Vice President of the Bloomington campus from 1980 to 1988 and Vice President of Indiana University and Chancellor of the Bloomington…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146943
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First Edition of WASPs: Women Airforce Pilots of World War II; Signed by Ten Air Force Pilots, Including "Tex" Hill and "Boots" Blesse
WILLIAMS, Vera S.
WASPs: Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II.
Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International Publishers & Wholesalers, 1994.
First edition of this tribute to the "fly girls" of the forties. Square quarto, original cloth, frontispiece of the WASP's mascot, Walt Disney's Fifinella, illustrated with more than 150 photographs throughout. Signed on the opposite of the front free endpaper by "Kathleen McNally A. H. F. H. A." and nine other Air Force pilots on the frontispiece page: "Ethel Meyer Finley WASP 43-5," "Shutsey Reynolds 44-5," "Scotty Bradley Gough 44-7," "Elaine Danforth Harman 44-9," "Bernice 'Bee' Falk Haydu 44-7," "Bob Layher Pilot - 2nd Sqd A.V.G.," "'Tex' Hill Sqd. Ldr. 2nd Sqd. A. V. G.," "Boots Blesse 10 Victories, Korea,"…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146940
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First Edition of Check Six: A Fighter Pilot Looks Back; Signed by Frederick "Boots" Blesse and Four Other Air Force Pilots
BLESSE, Frederick C. "Boots".
Check Six: A Fighter Pilot Looks Back.
Mesa, AZ: Champlin Fighter Museum Press, 1987.
First edition of this detailed reflection of life as an Air Force officer. Octavo, original full publisher's leatherette, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Boots Blesse." Additionally signed on the front free endpaper by "Walker M. Mahurin," "Johnnie Johnson," "Don Lopez," and "Gabby Gabreski." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jack Fellows.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 146939
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First Edition of Carroll V. Glines' The Doolittle Raid; Signed by Him and Six World War II Raiders
GLINES, Carroll V.
The Doolittle Raid: America’s Daring First Strike Against Japan.
New York: Orion Books, 1988.
First edition of this complete account of one of the most morale-boosting gambles of the Second World War. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. Additionally signed on the front free endpaper by six World War II raiders with their titles in another hand: "Bill Bowey" 'Pilot #12;' "Davey Jones" 'Pilot;' "R.E. Cole" 'Co-Pilot for Doolittle;' "Tom Griffin" 'Naiigator [sic];' "Chase J. Nielsen" 'Navigator;' and "Tung-Sheng Liu" 'Chintnese [sic] Interpreter for Travis Hoovers Crew.' Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter A. Davis. Accompanied…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146938
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First Edition of The Course of My Life; Signed by Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edward Heath
HEATH, Edward.
The Course of My Life: My Autobiography.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998.
First edition of this historical snapshot and autobiography. Octavo, original navy boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by Edward Heath on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146787
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"People are what make a place": First edition of Shirley Johnston's Great Villas of the Riviera
JOHNSTON, Shirley. Photographs by Roberto Schezen.
Great Villas of the Riviera.
New York: Rizzoli, 1998.
First edition of Johnston and Schezen's sumptuous volume on the great villas of the French Riviera. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Joseph Guglietti.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146949
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"In this world, no one is all knowing, and therefore, all of us need both love and charity": First Edition of If You Ask Me; Warmly Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt with a Lock of Her Hair
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
If You Ask Me. [AND] Eleanor Roosevelt Lock of Hair.
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1946.
First edition of this discussion of socio-political questions. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Olga with good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by a group of ephemera which includes: an autograph note signed by the recipient, the note reads in full, "I took care of her hairstyle for this picture! Olga Meyer;" a newspaper clipping featuring a photograph of Mrs. Roosevelt talking with Professor Harold J. Laski, chairman of the British Labor Party, at an atom bomb forum; and an autograph envelope which reads,…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146912
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Rare Typed Letter Signed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.
Hyde Park Gat, London: 1949.
Rare typed letter signed by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill to a Lady Aberconway, likely Christobel Aberconway. Octavo, one page on Western letterhead, the letter reads in full, '28, Hyde Park Gate, London, S. W. 7. "3" March, 1949. "Madam Lady Aberconway," Thank you for your letter of February 28. Alas I have never made a painting or drawing of a cat, although I am very fond of them. So sorry I cannot help you as you suggest. I am much interested to read about your forthcoming 'Dictionary of Cat Lovers'. I am sure it will be a success.' Boldly…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146911
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First edition of John Steinbeck's Classic Work East of Eden; From the library of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
STEINBECK, John [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].
East of Eden.
New York: The Viking Press, 1952.
First edition, first issue of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with the bookplate from the Sotheby’s 23 – 26 April 1996 sale of the estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to the verso of the front wrapper. When John F. Kennedy was sworn in as president on January 20, 1961, 31-year-old Jacqueline Kennedy became the third youngest First Lady in American history. As a presidential couple, the Kennedys differed from the Eisenhowers by their relative youth and their relationship with the media. Historian Gil Troy has…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 147079
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Rare Original September 20, 1982 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin
BEGIN, Menachem.
Menachem Begin Signed Time Magazine Cover.
N.p., 1982.
Rare Time Magazine cover from the September 20, 1982 issue. Quarto, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Prime Minister Menachem Begin painted by Daniel Bennett Schwartz. Signed by Begin at the middle left on his portrait, "M. Begin." In near fine condition. Accompanied by a typed slip which states, "With the Compliments of the Prime Minister's Bureau."
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146658