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"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.": First Edition of Down the Fairway; Signed by Bobby Jones
JONES, Robert T..
Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr.
Minton, Balch & Company: New York, 1927.
First trade edition of what many consider the greatest golf book of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jones on the front free endpaper, "with best wishes, Robert T. Jones, Jr." Foreword by Grantland Rice. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example, rare and desirable in the original dust jacket and signed.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 117324
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"There are only two books that matter in the Spanish language, Don Quixote of La Mancha and One Hundred Years of Solitude": First Edition of Don Quixote; Signed with a Drawing by Nobel Prize-winning Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez
DE CERVANTES, Miguel [Gabriel Garcia Marquez].
Don Quixote.
New York: Ecco/ Harper Collins Publishers, 2003.
First edition of this new translation which is considered one of the finest English-language translations of the Spanish novel, by authors and critics including Carlos Fuentes and Harold Bloom, who called her "the Glenn Gould of translators, because she, too, articulates every note." Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the front free endpaper, who has drawn a flower. "There are only two books that matter in the Spanish language, Don Quixote of La Mancha and One Hundred Years of Solitude. All the rest are mere footnotes. Their themes are one and the same: the capacity to see life not…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 118745
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First Edition of Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom.
Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman.
New York: Ecco/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003.
First edition of Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by David High and Ralph Del Pozzo.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145074
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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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First American Edition of Thomas Mann's Classic Doctor Faustus; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MANN, Thomas.
Doctor Faustus.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
First American edition of Mann's classic retelling of the story of Dr. Faustus, the man who sold his soul to the devil for 24 years of health and genius. Octavo, original boards, red topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joseph Golde thankful for his musical hospitality Chicago 23 Febr. 1950 Thomas Mann." A few notes in the text from the recipient, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. Photograph of Mann by Yousuf Karsh. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by the author, as…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 77021
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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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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 editions of the first anthology of Jewish sermons published in America in the original cloth; compiled by Isaac Leeser and from the library of Moses Montefiore
LEESER, Isaac.
Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of Jewish Religion.
Philadelphia: C. Sherman and Co, 1836-1841.
First edition of "the first anthology of Jewish sermons in America" which "marked the coming of age of the American synagogue and ministry"(Goldman). Association copy linking the two most prominent and influential figures in Jewish America and England of this era, Issac Leeser and Moses Montefiore. American Jewish lay minister, author, translator, and publisher Issac Leeser revolutionized the format of the early American Jewish sermon by preaching in English, helping to establish regular sermons as a central part of the American rabbi's work. Aspiring to make his influence international, Leeser corresponded regularly with Jewish leaders in England, most notably philanthropist and activist Sir Moses Montefiore, who played a pivotal role in the development of Proto-Zionism. (Goldman, 687; Rosenbach, 413, 479, 476; Singerman, 0632, 0748). Octavo, four volumes bound in two,…
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 82404
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First Edition of Isaac Leeser's Discourses on the Jewish Religion
LEESER, Isaac.
Discourses on the Jewish Religion.
Philadelphia: Sherman & Co, 1867.
First edition of one of the 'major builders of American Judaism', Isaac Leeser's Discourses on the Jewish Religion. Volume I only of the original ten volumes. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, rubbing and wear to the extremities, early ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. In good condition. A rare and unrestored example of early American Judaica.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 82502
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Complete Set of First Editions of Isaac Leeser's Discourses on the Jewish Religion
LEESER, Isaac.
Discourses on the Jewish Religion.
Philadelphia: Sherman & Co, 1866-68.
First editions of one of the 'major builders of American Judaism', Isaac Leeser's Discourses on the Jewish Religion. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. In near fine condition. Complete sets are of the utmost rarity.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 107732
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"People will forget what you said, People will forget what you did, But people will never forget how you made them feel": First Edition of Italo Calvino's Difficult Loves; Signed by Him
CALVINO, Italo.
Difficult Loves.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this classic collection of short stories by Calvino. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Italo Calvino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver, Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 22051
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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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“There were many times when logic was of no comfort": First Edition of Patricia Highsmith's Deep Water; Signed by Her
HIGHSMITH, Patricia.
Deep Water.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.
First edition of the author's classic fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Very best wishes, Pat Highsmith." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Polly Cameron. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 123562
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Death of a Salesman; Signed by Arthur Miller
MILLER, Arthur.
Death of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1998.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Original drawing of Willy Loman by Joseph Hirsch. Photograph of Arthur Miller by Esther Handler.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135021
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"An epic that breaks the laws of gravity": First edition of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of the Ang Lee Film; inscribed by director Ang Lee to Sigourney Weaver
LEE, Ang and James Schamus. [Sigourney Weaver].
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of the Ang Lee Film Including the Complete Screenplay.
New York: Newmarket Press, 2000.
First edition of the book companion to the epic Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by director Ang Lee on the front free endpaper, "To dear Sigourney & Jim With Love Ang Lee 李安." The recipient, Golden Globe Award-winning American actress Sigourney Weaver, is best known for her pioneering action heroine roles in science fiction films including Alien (1979), Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), WALL-E (2008), and Avatar (2009). In 1997, she appeared in Ang Lee's American drama film The Ice Storm. Her role as Janey Carver in the Ice Storm earned her a Golden Globe…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 123591
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First Edition of Lawrence Durrell's Constance or Solitary Practices
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Constance or Solitary Practices.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982.
First edition of the third novel in Lawrence Durell's Avignon Quintet. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by David Gentleman.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 138734
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Confessions of An Advertising Man; Warmly Inscribed by David Ogilvy
OGILVY, David.
Confessions of an Advertising Man.
New York: Atheneum, 1963.
First edition, early printing of this seminal work on advertising. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Irving Lichter from your new partner David Ogilvy, January 1964." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. On the verso of the dust jacket there are "samples of David Ogilvy's wizardry," and it unfolds to reveal six advertisements he created.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140858
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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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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs; Signed by Judi Barrett
BARRETT, Judi; Illustrated by Ron Barrett.
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
New York: Atheneum Books , 1978.
First edition, early printing of this children's classic. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Judi Barrett on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119733
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelts Christmas Story; Warmly Inscribed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
Christmas. A Story by Eleanor Roosevelt.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.
First edition of this story of Christmas by Eleanor Roosevelt. Small octavo, original pictorial boards. Lengthily signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page, "Be kindly in your judgment for you know it was written under difficulties! Your devoted E.R." An uncommonly warm inscription from Roosevelt, most likely presented to a close friend of family member. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 3553