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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": First Edition of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
First British edition of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 141803
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
Early printing of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144125
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“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Signed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
London: Bloomsbury, 2005.
First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 139956
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“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Signed by J.K. Rowling, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and several other members of the 2009 film cast
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
London: Bloomsbury, 2005.
First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed and inscribed by several members of the primary cast of the 2009 film including: Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) on the front free endpaper, Warwick Davis (goblin Griphook) on the half-title page, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger ) opposite the title page, Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) on the copyright page, and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Jim Broadbent (Horace Slughorn) and Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) on the dedication page. Fine in a very good dust…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 142641
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First Edition Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Signed by J.K Rowling and several members of the 2007 film cast including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Tom Felton
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
London : Bloomsbury, 2003.
First edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed by several primary members of the 2007 film cast on the front free endpaper and pastedown, including: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore), Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley), and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom). Fine in a fine dust jacket with a "Signed by the Author at Waterstones" sticker to the front panel.…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 143822
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First American Edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books: An Imprint of Scholastic Press, 2003.
First American edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary GrandPre. Jacket design by Mary GrandPre and David Snyder. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145090
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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 Henderson the Rain King; Inscribed by Saul Bellow to Fellow Writer Christopher Hitchens
BELLOW, Saul.
Henderson the Rain King.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959.
First edition of Bellow's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Christopher Hitchens, "For Christopher with good wishes Saul Bellow." Hitchens wrote, "When I think of Bellow, I think not just of a man whose genius for the vernacular could seem to restate Athenian philosophy as if run through a Damon Runyon synthesizer, but of the author who came up with such graphic expressions for vulgarity and thuggery and stupidity—the debased currency of those too brutalized to have retained the capacity for wonder" (Christopher Hitchens). Hitchens signature on…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 39004
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Signed Photograph of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
THE DALAI LAMA,.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Signed Photograph.
Color photograph of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, boldly signed by him. The photograph measures 5 inches by 3.5 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140093
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“What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence”: Christopher Hitchens Memoir Hitch 22; Signed by Him
HITCHENS, Christopher.
Hitch 22: A Memoir.
New York: Twelve/ Hatchette Book Group, 2010.
First edition, second printing of Hitchens' memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Christopher Hitchens on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Eric Baker.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138391
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“A person's a person, no matter how small": Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears A Who!
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].
Horton Hears A Who!
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition, later printing of this popular Dr. Seuss work. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good third issue dust jacket with the 250/250 price and Horton's partial ear on the rear panel. Neat gift inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Meg Christmas 1960."
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144928
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“Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours”: Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People; Signed by Him
CARNEGIE, Dale.
How to Win Friends and Influence People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937.
Early printing of one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dale Carnegie on the title page. In very good condition. Name to the front pastedown.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142439
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"With Much Love": First Edition of James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BALDWIN, James.
If Beale Street Could Talk.
New York: The Dial Press, 1974.
First edition of Baldwin's fifth novel, a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ethan Reinhard, Thank you. James Baldwin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Braswell.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 124543
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's If You Ask Me; Warmly Inscribed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
If You Ask Me.
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1946.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Marie with love Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 35094
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“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light": First Edition of Dylan Thomas' In Country Sleep; Signed by Him
THOMAS, Dylan .
In Country Sleep.
New York: New Directions, 1952.
First edition of this collection of poems, including the first book appearance of "Do not go gentle into that good night." Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Dylan Thomas 1952." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed as Thomas passed away one year after the publication.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 106778
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“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light": Signed Limited First Edition of Dylan Thomas' In Country Sleep
THOMAS, Dylan .
In Country Sleep.
New York: New Directions, 1952.
Signed limited edition, one of 100 copies of this collection of poems, including the first book appearance of "Do not go gentle into that good night," published the year before his death, Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Dylan Thomas. Fine in a fine slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 109248
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First Edition of In Praise of Doubt; Inscribed by Peter Berger
BERGER, Peter and Anton Zijderveld.
In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic.
New York: Harper Collins, 2009.
First edition of this "book of great practical wisdom by authors who have profound insight into the intellectual dynamics governing contemporary life" (Dallas Willard). Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Berger on the front free endpaper, "For Christal, from Peter Berger." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 41764
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The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions": First Edition of In Search of Memory; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Eric Kandel
KANDEL, Eric R.
In Search Of Memory.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist's autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mayshan with best wishes Eric Kandel." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 39334
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"Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that you had early in life": First Edition of In Search of Memory; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Eric Kandel
KANDEL, Eric R.
In Search Of Memory.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist's autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For John Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that you had early in life. With warm regards Eric Kandel." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 110821
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelts India and the Awakening East; Signed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4356