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"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge": First Editions of Each Volume in the Author’s Acclaimed Game of Thrones Series
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows; A Dance with Dragons.
New York: Bantam Books, 1996-2011.
First editions of each of the five volumes in the author’s classic Game of Thrones series. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Each volume is fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. A very sharp set.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 148293
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First Edition of Baseball for Everyone; inscribed by baseball hall of famer Joe DiMaggio
DI MAGGIO, Joe [DiMaggio].
Baseball for Everyone: A Treasury of Baseball Lore and Instruction for Fans and Players.
New York: Whittlesey House, 1948.
Rare first edition of this instructive and entertaining inside story of baseball. Octavo, original cloth, with black and white illustrations and photographs. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Joe DiMaggio on the half-title page, "To Jeremy Taylor With Best Wishes Joe Di Maggio." Written with an advisory board of baseball experts including Frankie Frisch, Bill Dickey, Carl Hubbell, and Art Fletcher. Includes a special chapter "How To Score" by Red Barber. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chipping to the spine. Illustrations by Lenny Hollreiser. First editions are rare, especially signed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 148384
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rare Caricature Portrait of John Maynard Keynes; signed by the Father of Macroeconomics
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.}.
Caricature Portrait of John Maynard Keynes.
London: The New Statesman and Nation, October 28,1933.
Rare caricature portrait of the "father of macroeconomics." Pencil portrait print of John Maynard Keynes sitting in a chair next to a stool stacked with books and papers. Boldly signed by Keynes next to his facsimile signature on the lower margin. Portrait by Low for The New Statesman and Nation magazine dated October 28, 1933. Triple matted and framed. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 20.25 inches. An exceptional piece, rare and desirable signed by Keynes.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 148438
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First Edition of The Traitor; Lengthily signed by Harry K. Thaw
THAW, Harry K.
The Traitor: Being the Untampered with, Unrevised Account of the Trial and All That Led to It.
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1926.
First edition of this memoir of one of the most sensational scandals of twentieth century America. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Fortunately you are here after we learnt somewhat, is that enough of sort? H. K. Thaw, Nov. 12, 1940." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied with two vintage postcards from the turn of the 20th century of Evelyn Nesbit laid in titled, "Beauty and the Beast, posed by Evelyn Nesbit" and "The Tiger Head, posed by Evelyn Nesbit" with a…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 148434
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“The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm is one of the most inveterate of human instincts”: First Edition of one of the classic works on Interior Design The Decoration of Houses
WHARTON, Edith & Ogden Codman Jr.
The Decoration of Houses.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
First edition of Edith Wharton's first published book. Quarto, original marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 56 plates. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 149521
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“The tasks were too many, the seas too vast, the sails too few”: First Edition of The British Are Coming; signed by Rick Atkinson
ATKINSON, Rick.
The British Are Coming: The War For America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
First edition of the first volume in the historian's classic The Revolution Trilogy. Octavo, original publisher's boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Rick Atkinson on the second free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light bumping. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 148429
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it'": First Editions of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War; Bound in Full Morocco
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 148663
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Rare original July 25, 1969 Time Magazine; Signed by Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Time Magazine “Man on the Moon”.
New York: Time Magazine, 1969.
Rare original Time Magazine July 25, 1969 issue covering the Apollo 11 mission titled "Man on the Moon." Quarto, featuring a thirteen page article on the Moon landing, offering information on the crew, their accomplishments, and the public's reaction. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong at far right middle. In very good condition. Cover illustration by Louis Glanzman.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 148420
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Limited Edition B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Model Signed by pilot Paul Tibbets
TIBBETS, Paul W.
Paul Tibbets Signed B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Model.
Philippines: .
Rare limited edition B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay model on stand. Hand painted 1/72 scale model of the Enola Gay with a 23.5 inch wingspan and accompanied by four attachable propellors, each measuring approximately 2.5 inches in length. Boldly signed by Paul Tibbets on the stands metal plaque, "Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 Aug. 1945." In near fine condition. The plane measures 16 inches in length from end to end, while the stand measures 9.5 inches by 4.75 inches by 8 inches. Housed in original box.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 148418
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Rare World League of Peace Manuscript Document Signed By the last ruling Vietnam emperor Bao Dai
DAI, Bao.
World League of Peace Manuscript Document Signed By Vietnam Emperor Bao Dai.
c. 1925-1932.
Original World League of Peace manuscript document signed by the last ruling emperor of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam, Emperor Bao Dai. Folio, one page, manuscript document in French, docketed on verso, embossed stamp at bottom left on verso. The Emperor writes, in full, "Peace among nations, reconciliation among men of all races, what finer ideal! We must be grateful to the World Peace League for working on that noble task. All goodhearted men must lend it their assistance and support its efforts. Bao Dai Emperor of Annam." Bao Dai reigned from 1926 until 1945 when he abdicated following the…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 148417
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“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why": First Edition of Of Mice and Men
STEINBECK, John.
Of Mice and Men.
New York: Covici-Friede, 1937.
First edition, first issue with the word "pendula" present on page 9 and the dot between the 8's on p. 88 of Steinbeck's "marvelous picture of the tragedy of loneliness" (Eleanor Roosevelt). Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 148654
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"And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed": First Edition of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel The Grapes of Wrath
STEINBECK, John.
The Grapes of Wrath.
New York: The Viking Press, 1939.
First edition of this pivotal Pulitzer prize-winning novel, with "First Published in April 1939" on the copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, pictorial endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. A very nice example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 148466
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Rare Rawlings Official American League Ball Signed by President George Bush and Red Sox Legend Ted Williams
WILLIAMS, Ted; President George H.W. Bush [Gerald R. Ford].
Ted Williams and President George H.W. Bush Signed Baseball.
White House: 1991.
Rare Rawlings Official Major League Baseball signed in full by the 41st president of the United States, President George H.W. Bush, on a side panel with Red Sox Legend Ted Williams signed in full on the sweet spot and dated 11/18/91. The baseball was signed at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony held at the White House on November 18th, 1991. First Lady Betty Ford was honored at the event by President Bush. In fine condition. Housed in a plastic case and stand. From the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. A unique piece of…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 148389
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“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again": Signed Limited Edition Of Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms; Finely Bound by Zaehndorf for Asprey
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Farewell To Arms.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
Signed limited first edition of this early Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. Tall octavo, bound in full black morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey, gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine, raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, silk endpapers. One of 510 copies signed by Ernest Hemingway. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional example, rare and desirable.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 149877
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First Edition of James Jones's From Here to Eternity; Signed by him and Finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery
JONES, James.
From Here to Eternity.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.
First edition of the author's first book, one of the great novels of World War II. Octavo, bound in full 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 panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by James Jones on a page bound-in. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 148705
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First American Edition of Watership Down; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery; Inscribed by Richard Adams
ADAMS, Richard.
Watership Down.
New York: Macmillan, 1972.
First American edition of the author's first and most beloved work. Octavo, bound in full 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 panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "To Charles with the warm good wishes of Richard Adams." In fine condition.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 149709
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J.M. Thompson's The French Revolution; Finely Bound by Sangoski & Sutcliffe
THOMPSON, J.M.
The French Revolution.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1951.
Finely bound example of this comprehensive history of the French Revolution. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated throughout, with appendices and an index, fourth edition. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 148388
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First Edition of The New Moon with the Old; inscribed by Dodie Smith
SMITH, Dodie.
The New Moon with the Old.
London: Heinemann, 1963.
First edition of the author's charming third novel. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her Aunt in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Auntie Elsie with love from Dodie. 1963." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Ward.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 148386
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"This as far as I know is what happens to them": First Edition of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel The Grapes of Wrath; Signed by John Steinbeck and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
STEINBECK, John.
The Grapes of Wrath.
New York: The Viking Press, 1939.
First edition, with "First Published in April 1939" on copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, bound in full 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 panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by John Steinbeck on a page bound-in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 149708
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Signed Limited First Edition of The Angel's Game; one of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz; Translated by Lucia Graves.
The Angel’s Game.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2009.
Signed limited edition of the fastest-selling book in Spanish publishing history. Octavo, original cloth. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the author on the limitation page, this is number 193. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Fondo F. Catalá-Roca. Author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145031
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“Many of the books tossed into the flames in Berlin that night by the joyous students under the approving eye of Dr. Goebbels had been written by authors of world reputation": Signed limited Edition of This Classic work The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich
SHIRER, William L.
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.
New York: Touchstone Book / Simon & Schuster Inc, 1990.
Signed limited first edition of the 30th anniversary of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, author's initials in gilt on front cover, silk endpapers, silk endpapers. Boldly signed by William L. Shirer on the limitation page. One of two hundred-fifty copies. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom cloth slip case also with the author's initials in gilt on front panel. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 149662
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"This book is interesting, partly because it was published in 1926, and many of the things I disliked are now standard": Woolley's New Handbook of Composition: Rules and Exercises; With a Full Page Inscription from Raymond Chandler
WOOLLEY, Edwin C. Revised and enlarged by Franklin W. Scott [Raymond Chandler].
New Handbook of Composition: Rules and Exercises.
Boston: D.C. Heath And Company, 1926.
Early printing of the most theoretical principles and practices of composition. 16mo, original wrappers. With a full page inscription from Raymond Chandler, which reads, "This book is interesting, partly because it was published in 1926, and many of the things I disliked are now standard, some of course are objectionable, or borderline or low-grade but used widely just the same. It depends on the place, the people, the style. Sometimes a barbarism ( ) drives out the proper word. But who can stop the flow of language- even it is ugly RC Sept 1957 La Jolla."…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 149037
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First Edition of Laws of the United States of America
Laws of the United States of America: Containing, The Federal Constitution; The Acts of the Sessions of the First and Second Congress; The Treaties Existing Between the United States and Foreign Nations, and the Several Indian Tribes. Also, Sundry Resolves of the First and Second Congress.
Boston: Adams and Larkin, 1795.
Rare first edition of the collected laws of the United States, containing the treaties and acts from the three sessions of the first Congress and the first two sessions of the second Congress. Stated as 'Volume I' on the title page but the only volume published. Folio, original contemporary half cloth over boards. In good condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 148285
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“She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris": Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary; Finely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life.
London: John Lane/The Bodley Head LTD, 1928.
The Bodley Head edition of a seminal novel in literary realism, renowned for its psychological depth and critique of bourgeois society. Octavo, bound in full pictorial morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with black and white illustrations by John Austen. In fine condition with several pages uncut. Translated and with an introduction by J. Lewis May. A beautiful example.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 148368
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First Edition of H.M. Tomlinson's The Sea and the Jungle; Signed by Him
TOMLINSON, H.M.
The Sea and the Jungle.
London: Duckworth & Co, 1912.
First edition of this classic of travel literature. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and detailing, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with ten pages of advertisements to the rear. Signature of H.M. Tomlinson on folded cardstock laid in. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding chemise and half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148366
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First Edition of Jonathan Edwards' Miscellaneous Observations on Important Theological Subjects
EDWARDS, Jonathan.
Miscellaneous Observations on Important Theological Subjects, Original and Collected.
Edinburgh: M. Gray, 1793.
First edition of this collection of theological reflections and exegetical notes by the famed philosopher and theologian. Duodecimo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spine in seven compartments within gilt bands. In good condition with rubbing, signatures to the front pastedown and title page, ownership stamp to the front pastedown. Exceptionally rare.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 148320
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Rare First Edition of The Gentleman's Table Guide
RICKET, Edward; C. Thomas.
The Gentleman’s Table Guide.
London: H. Born, 1871.
First edition of this guide to cocktails and refined social drinking. Octodecimo, original publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and tooling, all edges gilt, illustrated with black and white engraved plates, advertisements at rear. In near fine condition, ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. First editions are exceptionally rare.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 148364
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First Edition of Reshaping the Work-Family Debate; Inscribed by Joan C. Williams to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WILLIAMS, Joan C [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2010.
First edition of this analysis of the American work-family conflict. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Justice Ginsburg, with admiration and thanks for your work. Joan Williams, Sept. 2011.” American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White, Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and…
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 147834
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Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Finely Bound by Henry Sotheran
IRVING, Washington; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Rip Van Winkle.
London: William Heinemann, 1905.
Rackham edition of this classic story. Royal octavo, bound in full red morocco by Henry Sotheran with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded color frontispiece of Rip Van Winkle tipped in, illustrated with 49 additional tissue-guarded tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham. In near fine condition. Original green cloth bound in at rear.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148360
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Rudyard Kipling's The First and Second Jungle Books; Finely Bound
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.
The Bombay editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. One of 1050 copies. In near fine condition. A sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148359
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“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them": Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; Finely Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe and Signed by Artist Mary McAfee
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Brave New World.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1974.
Finely bound example of Huxley's masterpiece. Quarto, bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe/ Zaehnsdorf, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. With the author's foreword and new introduction by Ahsley Montagu. Illustrated with gravures by Mara McAfee and signed by her on the limitation page. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 149997
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“SERVE ON HOT BUTTERED TOAST… WITH PINK CHAMPAGNE”: FIRST EDITION OF THRILLING CITIES; inscribed by Ian Fleming
FLEMING, Ian.
Thrilling Cities.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.
First edition of Fleming's classic compelling travelogue. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jonathan from Ian." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 149998
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George W. Catlin's The North American Indians
CATLIN, George W.
North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.
London: David Bogue, 1844.
Finely bound fourth edition of this detailed anthropological history. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, frontispiece, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, three maps, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings by Catlin. In very good condition with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, name to the title page. A very nice example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147797
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Modern Library Edition of Absalom, Absalom! From the Library of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
FAULKNER, William [Madeleine Albright].
Absalom, Absalom!
United States of America: Random House , 1951.
Modern Libraray editon of this story that explores the themes of race, identity, and the burden of history. 18 mo, original publisher's cloth. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 149078
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Rare 16th Century elaborately illuminated Nobility Patent of King Philip II of Spain for Diego Sanz of Lardero
DIEGO SANZ OF LARDERO,.
Diego Sanz of Lardero Nobility Patent.
Valladolid, Spain: 18 June 1569.
Rare 16th century elaborately illuminated nobility patent for Diego Sanz of Lardero. Folio, original full limp parchment, the patent is comprised of 37 leaves sewn as a single signature, text in manuscript with decorated initials and some in text illuminations, decorated with a large illuminated page featuring a coat of arms and IHS emblem surrounded by roses and lady beetles on a gilt field. The text concerns the case of Diego Sanz of Lardero under the ruling of the Spanish government in King Philip II's reign. Sanz sued to recover his title of nobility, and this document records the court…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 148286
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"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage": First EDITION in book form OF DICKENS’ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
First edition in book form of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, bound in full polished calf bound by Bayntun with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Forty-three engraved plates by Seymour and Phiz, and the two Buss plates which Dickens requested to be removed in subsequent printings on pages 69 and 74, frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 148216
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Rare Utah Southern Railroad Company Check Signed by Brigham Young
YOUNG, Brigham [Helen McQuilkin].
Brigham Young Signed Utah Southern Railroad Company Check.
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Southern Railroad Company, 1872.
Rare original Utah Southern Railroad Company uncashed check signed by Brigham Young. Partially printed document signed "Brigham Young" as President and "George Swan" as Secretary, United States Internal Revenue two cents stamp, dated April 8th, 1872. Written to the order of $125.25 from the treasurer of the UCRB. In near fine condition with toning and mailing creases. Accompanied by a mailing envelope and five typed letters from Helen McQuilkin attempting to sell the checks in 1951. Addressed to two banks, one to a rare book and manuscript firm Edward Eberstadt & Sons, one to The Church of Jesus Christ of…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 148951
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John Mill's A Boy's Dream of Geology
MILL, John.
The Fossil Spirit: A Boy’s Dream of Geology.
London: Darton and Co, c. 1854.
Rare second edition of this didactic novel about geology and paleontology. Octodecimo, original cloth with gilt titles, all edges gilt, frontispiece, advertisement endpapers, with black and white illustrations throughout. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Exceptionally rare, with no other copies traced at auction in the last 100 years.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 148118
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First Edition of Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
BAILYN, Bernard.
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967.
First edition of this classic historical work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 148349
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First Edition of David Mamet's 3 Uses of the Knife
MAMET, David.
3 Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
First edition of this work about the necessity of drama to make sense of ourselves and our world. Duodecimo, original publisher's half-cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 148348
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“What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow”: James Stephens' The Crock of Gold
STEPHENS, James.
The Crock of Gold.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926.
Finely bound edition of this whimsical and philosophical novel. Octavo, bound in full green pictorial morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with illustrations and decorations by Thomas Mackenzie. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 148370
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First edition, first printing of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle; with music by Donald Swann
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Music by Donald Swann.
The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.
First edition of the first appearance in sheet music form of the classic song cycles that appeared throughout The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Quarto, original boards with gilt titles and gilt tooling to the spine and front panel. Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien. Music by Donald Swann. With decorations by J.R.R. Tolkien and Samuel Hanks Bryant. The songs from the book were sold simultaneously in a record album entitled Poems of the Middle Earth with verse performed by Tolkien and piano accompaniment performed by William Elvin. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147956
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"Here I set With my shoes mismated - Lawdy mercy, I's frustrated!": Rare Original Autographed Poems; Signed by Langston Hughes
HUGHES, Langston.
Three Autograph Poems Signed By Langston Hughes.
Three original autograph poems by Langston Hughes. Quarto, three pages, one typed and two handwritten in green ink for Marshall Bean. Each boldly signed by Langston Hughes. The first, "Personal" is typed and reads in full, "In an envelope marked: Personal God addresses me a letter. In an envelope marked Personal I have given my answer." The second, "Bad Morning" is handwritten and reads in full, "Inscribed especially for Marshall Bean ~ Here I set With my shoes mismated - Lawdy mercy, I's frustrated!" The third, "A Little Lyric of Great Importance" is handwritten and reads in full, "Written out…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 148255
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First Edition of Zwack's If You Wear Galoshes, You're An Emigre; Lengthily Inscribed by him to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
ZWACK, Anne Marshall A memoir about Peter Zwack [Madeleine Albright].
If You Wear Galoshes, You’re An Emigre.
Budapest: Ab Ovo Publishing House, 2001.
First edition of a memoir that explores the author's personal experience as a child of emigre parents. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, warmly inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Madam Secretary...Hope this resonates with you and that you find this memoir of an Old Europe past of interest... Truly enjoyed and was honored meeting you...With warmest regards from a fellow child of emigre Serving on behalf of our great nation Peter Zwak Jr BG, USA June 2012 Washington DC." With an autograph letter signed by the author to Albright laid…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 149059
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First edition of Blinder's After The Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, The Response, And The Work Ahead; Signed by him
BLINDER, Alan S.
After The Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, The Response, And The Work Ahead.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2013.
First edition of the former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve's account of the 2007–2009 financial crisis. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, "For William, Alan Blinder." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Amanda Dewy.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 141012
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"Thank you for not only being my role model, but also my friend!": First Edition of Quindici; inscribed by Francesca Cetta to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
CETTA, Francesca [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Quindici.
Rome: Albatros, 2018.
First edition of this coming-of-age novel. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial wrappers, in the original Italian. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "to Madame Justice Ruth Ginsburg, thank you for not only being my role model, but also my friend! Francesca." American lawyer and jurist, Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 148314
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First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Lesson Tee; Signed by Jack Nicklaus
NICKLAUS, Jack.
Jack Nicklaus’ Lesson Tee.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.
First edition of this instructional by this golfing legend. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jack Nicklaus on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrated by Jim McQueen. Written with Ken Bowden.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 148344
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First Edition of Sounds of the Town; inscribed by Robert Nisbet
NISBET, Robert.
Sounds of the Town.
United Kingdom: Alun Books, 1982.
First edition of this collection of short stories about Welsh life and culture. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ewan, with best wishes, Robert Nisbet 30 Aug. '82." In very good condition. Ownership stamp to the top. Books signed by Nisbet are rare.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 148342
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"He who rules the short game collects the gold": First Edition of Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible; Signed by Dave Pelz on a PGA Tour bookplate
PELZ, Dave; James A. Frank.
Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible: Master the Finesse Swing and Lower Your Score.
New York: Broadway Books, 1999.
First edition of the first book in The Dave Pelz Scoring Game Series. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with color and black and white photographs, charts, and diagrams. Boldly signed on a PGA Tour Shops bookplate by Dave Pelz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Lee Janzen. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. Jacket photograph by Dan Sellers Photography. Uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 148318
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Unabridged Popular edition of D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover
LAWRENCE, D.H.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover: Including My Skirmish with Jolly Roger.
Paris: Privately Printed [LeCram Press], 1929.
The unabridged popular edition was the second authorized edition of D.H. Lawrence's most ambitious, significant, and explicit work on sex and romance. Octavo, rebound in full cloth with gilt titles to the spine, original mulberry wrappers with white paper spine label and central Phoenix motif to the front panel bound in at the end of the volume. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 148341
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Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children
RUSHDIE, Salman.
Midnight’s Children.
London: The Folio Society, 2009.
The Folio Society edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece, with nine color illustrations. In fine condition. Illustrations by Anna Bhushan. Housed in the original slipcase.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 148340
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“Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread”: Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities; From the Library of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
WOLFE, Tom [Madeleine K. Albright].
The Bonfire of the Vanities.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987.
Second printing of the author's first novel. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” The collector, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147422
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“One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
DICKENS, Charles.
Little Dorrit.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.
First edition in book form of one of Dickens’ most outstanding novels with the three line errata on page xiv, "William" for "Frederick" on page 317 line 27, lacking errata on page 467, and "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pp. 469, 470, 472, and 473. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turnins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved vignette titles. With 40 illustrations by Hablot Knight Brown (“Phiz”), including frontispiece and vignette title page. In near fine condition, bookplate…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 148221
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First Edition of William Faulkner's The Wild Palms
FAULKNER, William.
The Wild Palms.
New York: Random House, 1939.
First edition first printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s grandly inventive, heart-stopping classic novel. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 147414
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First Edition of Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story; Signed by Him
REAGAN, Ronald; with Richard G. Hubler.
Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965.
First edition of Reagan's early autobiography. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good luck Ronald Reagan." Reagan has also corrected in his hand the word "Honey" opposite the title page to "Nancy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ned Glattauer.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 148337
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“You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions": First edition of Karen Blixen's Out of Africa
DINESEN, Isak. [Karen Blixen].
Out of Africa.
New York: Random House, 1938.
First edition of the author’s classic memoir, which recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya. Octavo, original pictorial half cloth, top stain green. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 148336
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Rare First Editions of the Eight Issues of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact Magazine Containing the First Publication of Frank Herbert's Dune Novels
HERBERT, Frank; John W. Campbell [Editor].
Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of the Dune Novels].
New York: Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, 1963-1965.
First editions of eight issues of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact magazine containing the first appearance of Frank Herbert's Dune, later published as a novel and adapted into the two blockbuster films of the same name. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, with black and white illustrations. Includes December 1963, January and February 1964, which contain Dune World in three parts, and January through May 1965, which contain Prophet of Dune in five parts. The first six issues are in the bedsheet format with the final two issues in digest format. In near fine to good condition with wear to the extremities,…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 148315
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First Edition of Samuel Hopkins' The System of Doctrines, Contained in Divine Revelation
HOPKINS, Samuel.
The System of Doctrines, Contained in Divine Revelation.
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1793.
First edition of this comprehensive theological work. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spines. In very good condition with some rubbing, shelf and toning, bookplates to the front pastedowns.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147930
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First Edition of Bloodchild; Signed by Octavia E. Butler
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Bloodchild: and Other Stories
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.
First edition of this collection of speculative fiction from the award-winning author. Octavo, original publisher's boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stark Design. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 148326
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“To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make": First Edition of Redemption; inscribed by Leon Uris
URIS, Leon.
Redemption.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995.
First edition of this sequel to Leon Uris' epic novel Trinity. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "For Phyllis and Lyonel / Leon Uris." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 148325