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Signed Limited Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Emperor Jones; Signed By Him
O'NEILL, Eugene.
The Emperor Jones.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author, this is number 274. Quarto, original boards. Signed by Eugene O'Neill. Illustrated by Alexander King. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 117631
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Advanced reader's edition of the first edition of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore; Signed twice by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Kafka on the Shore.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Advanced reader's edition of the first edition of Murakami's award-winning novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed twice by dust jacket illustrator, once on the front panel and on the title page and on the rear jacket flap. Cover design by Chip Kidd. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 125773
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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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First Edition of Evolution: The First Four Billion Years; Signed by Edward O. Wilson
RUSE, Michael and Joseph Travis.
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
First edition of this work on evolutionary thought. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 14051
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Signed Limited Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Emperor Jones; Signed By Him
O'NEILL, Eugene.
The Emperor Jones.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928.
Signed limited first edition, one of 750 examples, this is number 472. Signed by Eugene O'Neill. Illustrated by Alexander King. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 43896
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First Edition of A Life of Magic Chemistry; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist George Olah
OLAH, George A.
Life of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of A Nobel Prize Winner.
New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2001.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning chemist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For James with best regards George Olah." In fine condition, without a dust jacket as issued.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 127679
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First Edition of The Journey Back; Inscribed by Johanna Reiss
REISS, Johanna.
The Journey Back.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To ___ _____ Love and peace Johanna Reiss October '76 Nice to see you again." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5522
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First Edition of A Book of Travellers' Tales; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Book of Travellers’ Tales.
New York: Viking Press, 1985.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5559
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization; Signed by Peter Senge
SENGE, Peter M.
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization.
New York: Doubleday, 1990.
Early printing of Senge's bestselling classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Senge on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 58934
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First Edition of Walker Percy's Lost in the the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book; Signed by Him
PERCY, Walker.
Lost in the the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.
First edition of this "original and imaginative work" (The Wall Stree Journal). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Walker Percy on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 95398
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First Edition of Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations from Modern Physics; Signed by Frank Wilczek
WILCZEK, Frank and Betsy Devine.
Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations from Modern Physics.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1988.
First edition of this "uncommon and uncommonly good exposition of contemporary quantum physics" (Kirkus Reviews). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Frank Wilczek on the title page with a small drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Karl Steinbrenner.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 62094
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First American Edition of Life & Times of Michael K; Signed by J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
Life & Times of Michael K.
New York: The Viking Press, 1984.
First American edition of the author's first Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bascove.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 74675
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Jimmie Stanley, Colin Fletcher 6/8/97." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100432
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First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary signature on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Book design by Victoria Wong.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133537
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“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Pearl
STEINBECK, John.
The Pearl.
New York: The Viking Press, 1947.
First edition of this classic story of simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good variant dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to the right. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131797
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating; Signed by Her
GOODALL, Jane with Gary McAvoy and Gail Hudson.
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating.
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of "one of those rare, truly great books that can change the world" (John Robbins). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117849
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First Edition of The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader; Signed by Him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.
New York: The Modern Library, 1995.
First edition of this compilation of the works of Daniel Boorstin. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Bernstein on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Roderick MacLeish.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 68963