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“There is nothing healthier for a man than to walk on his own two legs": First Edition of Baltasar and Blimunda; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Baltasar and Blimunda.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1987.
First American edition of Saramago's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, "To Harold Jose Saramago 29.10.2008." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket art by Giotto. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 100019
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“A man must earn his daily bread by some means some-where, and if his bread fails to nourish his soul, at least his body will be nourished while his soul suffers": First American Edition of Baltasar and Blimunda; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Baltasar and Blimunda.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1987.
First American edition of Saramago's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, "Para Gus cordialmente Jose Saramago 13.5.2005." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Giotto. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 133494
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Rare Advanced Reading Copy of the First edition of Baltasar and Blimunda; signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Baltasar and Blimunda.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1987.
Advanced reading copy of the first American edition of Saramago's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Jose Saramago 1.2006." In near fine condition. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 133612
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"The red sun seemed to tip one end of a pair of scales below the horizon, and simultaneously to lift an orange moon at the other": First Edition of Between the Woods and the Water; Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
Between the Woods and the Water.
London: John Murray, 1986.
First British edition of the author's second book in the author's trilogy that began with A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by John Craxton. A very sharp example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 40026
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1966 Georgetown University Yearbook containing a photograph of Bill Clinton as a college sophomore
[CLINTON, Bill].
Bill Clinton 1966 Georgetown University Yearbook.
Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University, 1966.
1966 Georgetown University Yearbook containing a photograph of Bill Clinton as a college sophomore. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Clinton's photograph is on page 278. In near fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 139242
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First Edition of Edward L. Bernays' Biography of An Idea
BERNAYS, Edward L.
Biography of an Idea: Memoirs of Public Relations Counsel Edward L. Bernays.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965.
First edition of the father of public relations' biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Although not marked this is from the library of William Safire. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 127872
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“GREAT LEADERS ALMOST ALWAYS EXUDE SELF-CONFIDENCE. THEY ARE NEVER PETTY. THEY ARE NEVER BUCK-PASSERS. THEY PICK THEMSELVES UP AFTER DEFEAT…”: First Edition of Blood, Brains & Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy; Signed by David Ogilvy
OGILVY, David.
Blood, Brains & Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy.
New York: Atheneum, 1978.
First edition of Ogilvy's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by David Ogilvy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear and closed tears.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 21071
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"You go your way I'll go your way too": Book of Longing; Inscribed by Leonard Cohen to fellow novelist Robert Stone and his Wife
COHEN, Leonard [Robert Stone].
Book of Longing.
New York: HarperCollins, 2006.
Early printing of Cohen's provocative book of poetry. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Leonard Cohen on the title page, "For Janice and Bob, suffering together, Leonard Washington 2006." The recipient, American novelist Robert Stone's first two novels, A Hall of Mirrors(1967) and Dog Soldiers(1974) were published in the same era as Cohen's only published novels The Favorite Game (1963) and Beautiful Losers (1966). Both author's works have come to be seen as great reflections of the zeitgeist, and darker side, of the 1960s. Cohen inscribed the present volume to Stone at BookExpo America 2006, held in…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 96167
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"You go your way I'll go your way too": Book of Longing; Signed by Leonard Cohen
COHEN, Leonard.
Book of Longing.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006.
First Canadian edition and true first of Cohen's provocative book of poetry. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the title page who has added his stamp. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135256
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"You go your way I'll go your way too": Book of Longing; Signed by Leonard Cohen
COHEN, Leonard.
Book of Longing.
New York: Ecco Press, 2006.
First edition of Cohen's provocative book of poetry. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the title page who has added his stamp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. With the original slip laid in from the publisher.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139432
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“There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead": First Edition of Breakfast of Champions; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of Vonnegut's classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth, with drawings by the author. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the half-title page, "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Giusti. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 130518
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"I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking": First Edition of Breakfast of Champions; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of Vonnegut's classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth, with drawings by the author. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Giusti.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 134681
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First Edition of Bureaucracy; Signed by Ludwig von Mises and In the Rare Dust Jacket
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Bureaucracy.
London: William Hodge & Company, 1945.
First edition of this early work by von Mises. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ludwig von Mises on the title page. Near fine in a original price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. A very sharp example, uncommon in the dust jacket.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 145921
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First edition of Business @ The Speed of Thought; inscribed by Bill Gates to Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci
GATES, Bill with Collins Hemingway.
Business @ The Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System.
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Gates' work on best practices for utilizing information systems in the business world. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Gates on the half-title page, "Governor Cellucci, Thanks for your support. Best wishes, Bill Gates." American politician and diplomat Argeo Paul Cellucci served as the 69th governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001, and as the United States Ambassador to Canada from 2001 to 2005. His major accomplishments included his efforts to reform the state's education system, his focus on fiscal responsibility, and his initiatives to promote economic development in Massachusetts. Near fine in a…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145138
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“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results": Anniversary Edition of Milton Friedman's Classic Treatise Capitalism and Freedom; Signed by Him
FRIEDMAN, Milton with the Assistance of Rose D. Friedman.
Capitalism and Freedom.
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Special anniversary edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk bookmark bound in. Signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 87985
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"Every one wanted to say so much that no one said anything in particular": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan, 1897.
First edition of Kipling’s richly detailed tale of American deep-sea fishing, with frontispiece and 21 illustrations by I.W. Taber. Octavo, original blue cloth elegantly stamped in gilt. In near fine condition with light shelfwear. Pictorial bookplate of L.A. Shilcof to the pastedown. A sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144073
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First edition of James Jackson's Cases of Cholera Collected at Paris; in the original publisher's boards
JACKSON, James.
Cases of Cholera Collected at Paris, in the Month of April, 1832, in the Wards of MM. Andral and Louis at the Hospital La Pitie.
Boston: Carter, Hendee, and Co, 1832.
First edition of Jackson's work detailing six cases of Cholera collected at the Hospital de la Pitie at Paris. Octavo, original publisher's boards and paper spine label. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137121
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Inscribed by Chess Grandmaster Larry Evans to United States Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson
EVANS, Larry & Tom Wiswell.
Championship Chess and Checkers for All.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1953.
First edition of this work by the chess grandmaster. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Larry Evans on the front free endpaper, "To Ambassador Thompson Best wishes Larry Evans March, 1956." The recipient Llewellyn Thompson was a United States diplomat. He served in Sri Lanka, Austria, and, for a lengthy period, in the Soviet Union where his tenure saw some of the most significant events of the Cold War. He was a key advisor to President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A 2019 assessment described him as " arguably the most influential figure who ever advised U.S. presidents about policy toward the Soviet Union…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3981
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"Wandering between two worlds, one lost, the other powerless to be born": First Edition of Changing Places; Signed by David Lodge
LODGE, David.
Changing Places.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by David Lodge on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning to the spine.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 4019
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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin; Signed by him
CHAPLIN, Charlie.
Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin. Signed by Chaplin beneath his portrait, "Faithfully Chas Chaplin." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14.5 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 95208
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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin; Signed by him
CHAPLIN, Charlie.
Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.
1914.
Rare original sepia-toned photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin, signed, "With Love Charles Aug 26th 14." Signed along the left edge in white, "Witzel L.A." for the photographer Albert Witzel. Framed. The entire piece measures 9.5 inches by 7 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 145797
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"I'm proud to be an American, I'll tell you! What a program and what a place and what an experience!": Rare large format glossy color photograph of Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke walking on the lunar surface; inscribed by him
DUKE, Charlie.
Charlie Duke Signed “10th Man to Walk on the Moon” Photograph.
Rare large format glossy color photograph of Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke; the 10th man to walk on the lunar surface. Signed by Duke in gold ink, "'I'm proud to be an American, I'll tell you! What a program and what a place and what an experience!' Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP, 10th Man to Walk on the Moon, April 21, 1972." In fine condition. The photograph measures 16 inches by 20 inches.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 142784
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“They were so close to each other that they preferred death to separation”: Rare First Edition in Spanish of the Authors Masterpiece Cien Anos de Soledad; Inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.
First edition of the author's masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the dedication page, "Para Leonard, con todo el afecto, Gabo." In near fine condition with light rubbing. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $38,000.00 Item Number: 114832
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“Because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth”: Rare First Edition in Spanish of the Authors Masterpiece Cien Anos de Soledad; Inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.
First edition of the author's masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the dedication page, "Para Pablo, conversando en el parque Gabriel Garcia Marquez '95." In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing small name on the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box mimicking the front panel of the book. An exceptional example.
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 115638
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"With all my heart, the flower beyond": Rare First Edition of the Authors Masterpiece Cien Anos de Soledad; Inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to close friend Juana Munoz
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.
First edition of the author's masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the dedication page with a large drawing of a flower, "Para Juana, con todo el corazon, la flor mas alla, Gabo." [For Juana, with all my heart, the flower beyond]. The recipient, Juana Munoz, was a close friend of Marquez and wife of Sergio Munoz. They met in 1964 in Mexico City in the home of author Carlos Fuentes, who often hosted a literary open house…
Price: $30,000.00 Item Number: 132338
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Rare First Edition in Spanish of the Authors Masterpiece Cien Anos de Soledad; Inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the Year of Publication
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.
First edition of the author's masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Para Susi, con la amistad de Gabo 1967." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable in this condition and signed in the year of publication.
Price: $42,000.00 Item Number: 137469
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FIRST EDITIONS OF JOHN R. HICKS' COLLECTED ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC THEORY
HICKS, John R.
Collected Essays on Economic Theory. Wealth and Welfare. With: Money, Interest and Wages. With: Classics and Moderns.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981-83.
First edition of John Hicks' three-volume series which comprise his most important theoretical papers. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 7347
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Israel M. Kirzner's Competition and Entrepreneurship; Signed by Him
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Competition and Entrepreneurship.
Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2013.
First edition of the Liberty Fund edition of Kirzner's classic Austrian School text. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Peter J. Boettke and Frederic Sautet.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 86784
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"I do hope you realise how much your services are appreciated everywhere in this building and not least by me": COMPLETE SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF IAN FLEMING'S JAMES BOND NOVELS; FINELY BOUND WITH AN ORIGINAL TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY IAN FLEMING LAID IN
FLEMING, Ian.
Complete Set of 14 First Edition James Bond Novels: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only [Short Stories including A View to a Kill and Quantum of Solace], Thunderball, The Spy Who loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953-66.
First editions of each volume in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Octavo, 14 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to spines, raise bands, original cloth covers and spine preserved at rear of each novel. In fine condition. Accompanied by an original typed letter signed by Ian Fleming on Kemsley House letterhead and addressed to Antony Terry, M.C. of Kemsley Newspapers which reads, "21st July 1955 'My dear Terry,' I must thank you for the staunch way in which you are feeding me with Atticus paragraphs, which are all either on the nail or very close to it. They…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 103644
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"The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again": First Edition of Cry The Beloved Country; Inscribed by Alan Paton
PATON, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.
First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Alan Paton November 2, 1948." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear. Laid into this copy is an original bookmark for the screening of the film, held in Pretoria, South Africa. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example of an important work, rarely encountered signed.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 44024
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First Edition of Alan Paton's Cry The Beloved Country
PATON, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.
First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145917
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Rare first Edition of Gandhi's Delhi Diary
GANDHI, M.K. [Mahatma or Mohandas].
Delhi Diary (Prayer Speeches from 10-9-47 to 30-1-48).
Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1948.
First edition of this collection of speeches by Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Gandhi. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Rajendra Prasad. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134602
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"Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return": FIrst British Edition of J.M.G. Le Clezio's Desert; Signed by Him
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
Desert.
London: Atlantic Books, 2009.
First British edition of what many consider the author's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the wrap around band. Jacket design by Ghost.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 774
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"Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return": First French Edition of J.M.G. Le Clezio's Desert; Signed by Him
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
Desert.
Paris: Gallimard, 1980.
First French edition of what many consider the author's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. In very good condition with some shelf wear and toning to the extremities.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5402
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“And what is death, if not a face at peace - its artistic perfection": First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Despair
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Despair.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
First American edition of this inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime--his own murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. A very sharp example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 140005
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Musical Quotation Signed by Russian Composer and Pianist Dmitri Shostakovich
SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri.
Dmitri Shostakovich Autograph Musical Quotation Signed.
1947.
Handwritten musical quotation inscribed by Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich in Russian above the opening three bars of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor (Op. 47) on a two-stave system with holograph tempo directive and title, "To Lionel Okvin from Dmitri Shostakovich 17th February 1947." Double matted and framed with a photograph of Shostakovich. The entire piece measures 14.75 inches by 15.75 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 82418
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First Edition of DNA: The Secret of Life; Signed by James Watson
WATSON, James D. & Andrew Berry.
DNA: The Secret of Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of this work by the Nobel laureate. Octavo, original cloth. Signed James Watson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 3685
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First Edition in English of Boris Pasternak's Masterpiece Doctor Zhivago; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
PASTERNAK, Boris.
Doctor Zhivago.
London: Collins & Harvill, 1958.
First edition in English of the work which garnered Pasternak the Nobel Prize in literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 144782
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“My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe": Dreams From My Father; INSCRIBED BY BARACK OBAMA
OBAMA, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2004.
First paperback edition of the future President's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bob - All the best! Barack" In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133108
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First Edition of Dreams and Sky; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Dreams of Earth and Sky.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2015.
First edition of this sequel to Dyson's 2006 The Scientist as Rebel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Freeman Dyson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 12084
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"We gain knowledge of our place in the universe not only from science but also from history, art and literature": First Edition of Dreams and Sky; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Dreams of Earth and Sky.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2015.
First edition of this sequel to Dyson's 2006 The Scientist as Rebel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the half-title page with the following line from this work, "We gain knowledge of our place in the universe not only from science but also from history, art and literature. Freeman Dyson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Johnston. A unique example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 110448
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Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell
Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell.
c. 1920.
Early 20th Century French Empire Doré bronze inkwell featuring prominently a large bronze eagle flanked by two bronze inkwells on clawed feet. Sited on a green marble base atop two bronze winged lions and two rear feet. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches long, 7.25 inches deep, and 8.5 inches tall. In fine condition. A handsome library decoration.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 90475
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"Good questions outrank easy answers": Economics: An Introductory Analysis; Signed by Paul A. Samuelson
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
Economics: An Introductory Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1948.
First edition reprint of the original 1948 first edition of this influential text by the father of modern economics. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the title page, "Paul A. Samuelson MIT." Some light dampstaining to a few pages, very good in a fine dust jacket. With a new foreword by the author.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 86523
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First Edition of Maurice Allais' Magnum Opus Economie & Interet; Inscribed by Him; From the Library of Kenneth Arrow
ALLAIS, Maurice (Kenneth J. Arrow).
Economie & Interet.
Paris: Imprimerie National, 1947.
First edition of Allais' groundbreaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Maurice Allais on the title page of volume one. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, with his name in each volume. In near fine condition with light shelfwear, minor mending to the first few pages of volume one. A nice association linking these two Nobel Prize winning-economists and giants of twentieth century economics.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 16078
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First Edition of Jon Krakauer's Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
KRAKAUER, Jon.
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains.
New York: Lyons & Burford Publishers, 1990.
First edition of Krakauer's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For Deborah- Stay loose, Climb hard! Congratulations on climbing Denali. You did better than I. Jon Krakauer October 1990. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Shaw. Jacket cover photograph by Jon Krakauer. Jacket back cover by Marc Twight.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 84655
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Rare First Edition of Samuel Beckett's En Attendant Godot
BECKETT, Samuel.
En Attendant Godot. Pièce en Deux Actes.
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1952.
First edition, one of 2500 copies printed of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers printed in blue and black. In excellent condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 109378
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"A scientist shouldn't be asked to judge the economic and moral value of his work. All we should ask the scientist to do is find the truth-and then not keep it from anyone"; First Edition of Enzymatic Structures of DNA; Inscribed by Arthur Kornberg
KORNBERG, Arthur.
Enzymatic Synthesis of DNA.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1962.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Arthur Kornberg on the front free endpaper. Small stamp of Biologist L.S. Baron on the front endpage. Fine in a dust jacket that shows just a touch of wear.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 747
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"I own one copy of Three Stories and Ten Poems and would be very happy if it became valuable": Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Excerpt
HEMINGWAY, Ernest .
Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Excerpt Signed.
Chicago: The Walden Book Shop, 1930.
Rare letter excerpt boldly signed by Ernest Hemingway. Published by the Walden Book Shop in 1930, the introduction begins "The following notes are excerpts from a Hemingway letter in answer to questions concerning editions and numbers of copies." It goes on to provide a long italicized quote from the letter in which Hemingway describes the printings of his early books from Three Stories and Ten Poems through the forthcoming Men Without Women (1927). The quote reads, in part: "...The books have been Three Stories and Ten Poems, Contact Press, 1953-350 copies out of print, In Our Times, Three Mountains Press,…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 95977
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First Edition of This collection of Nadine Gordimers Writings; Signed by the Nobel Laureate
GORDIMER, Nadine; Edited by Stephen Clingman.
Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of this collection of writing by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited and introduced by Stephen Clingman.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 546
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First edition of Hilary Putnam's Ethics Without Ontology; Inscribed by Him
PUTNAM, Hilary.
Ethics Without Ontology.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
First edition of this work on ontology by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For John Hilary Putnam April 4, '15." Name to the front free endpaper, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Nefsky Frankfeldt.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 68341
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"Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God": Mark Twain's Europe and Elsewhere; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Europe and Elsewhere.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1923.
Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. With an appreciation by Brander Matthews and an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 74026