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“MOTHER OF GOD,” HE SAID, “IS THIS THE END OF RICO”: FIRST EDITION OF W.R. BURNETT'S LITTLE CAESAR; SIGNED BY HIM
BURNETT, W.R.
Little Caesar.
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929.
First edition of Burnett's classic novel, which has inspired generations of gangster films. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by W.R. Burnett on the half-title page. Very good in the rare original dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 102243
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Rare Reconstruction Era Carte-de-visite of Confederate Commander Robert E. Lee; Signed by Him
LEE, Robert E.
Robert E. Lee Signed Carte-de-Visite.
Lexington, Va: Boude & Miley, [1869].
Rare Reconstruction era carte-de-visite portrait of former Confederate commander General Robert E. Lee in civilian attire, boldly signed "RE Lee." The carte-de-visite measures 2.5 inches by 4 inches with Boude & Miley's imprint on the verso. This striking postwar portrait of Lee was captured by photographer Michael Miley of Lexington, Virginia in 1869, perhaps less than a year prior to Lee's death on October 12, 1870. Following the conclusion of the American Civil War in 1865, Lee became president of Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia; in that position, he supported reconciliation between North and South.The…
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 140513
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“YOU ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK UPON THE GREAT CRUSADE, TOWARD WHICH WE HAVE STRIVEN THESE MANY MONTHS”: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF CRUSADE IN EUROPE
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Crusade in Europe.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1948.
Signed limited first edition of General Eisenhower's wartime memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, top edge gilt, original acetate. One of 1426 numbered copies signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, this is number 1392. Fine in the original acetate jacket and in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133539
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Rare Sigmund Freud Offprint Die medizin der gegenwart in selbstdarstellungen; Inscribed by Him to His Niece
FREUD, Sigmund.
Die Medizin der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen.
Leipzig: Felix Meiner, 1925.
First offprint edition of this work by Freud. Octavo, original wrappers, frontispiece of Freud. Association copy, inscribed by Freud to his niece Lucy Wiener on the front panel, "onkel Sigm." In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 102984
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“He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny": Human Action: A Treatise On Economics; Signed by Ludwig Von Mises
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.
Chicago: Contemporary Books Inc, 1963.
First printing of the third edition of the economist's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ludwig Mises on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 140799
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First Edition of Warren Buffett: The Good Guy of Wall Street; Signed by Warren Buffett and Andrew Fitzpatrick
KILPATRICK, Andrew; Warren E. Buffett.
Warren Buffett: The Good Guy of Wall Street.
New York: Donald I. Fine , 1992.
First edition of this early biography on investing legend Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Warren Buffett on the front free endpaper, "To Mike- With best wishes Warren E. Buffett 4-9-93." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Author photograph by E. Kent Oztekin.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 107255
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"Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down this Wall": First Edition of Ronald Reagan: The Wisdom and Humor of the Great Communicator; Inscribed by Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
REAGAN, Ronald; Edited by Frederick J. Ryan.
Ronald Reagan: The Wisdom and Humor of the Great Communicator.
San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1995.
First edition of this compilation of speeches from the 40th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Reagan on the half-title page, "To Jeannie Happy Birthday and Best Wishes Always Ronald Reagan." Additionally signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. Rare and desirable signed by these two heads of states.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 103645
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First Edition of White Writing; Inscribed by J.M. Coetzee to his Wife
COETZEE, J.M.
White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988.
First edition of the Nobel Prize winning-author's first book of criticism. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his first wife, "Philippe- Love from John." Philippa Jubber and John Maxwell Coetzee were married in 1963. They had two children, Nicolas (1966–1989) and Gisela (b. 1968). In 1965 Coetzee entered the graduate school of the University of Texas at Austin, and in 1968 graduated with a PhD in English, linguistics, and Germanic languages. His doctoral dissertation was on the early fiction of Samuel Beckett. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 108011