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"Last Sunday, Alexander's grandparents gave him a dollar -- and he was rich. There were so many things he could do with all of that money!": First Edition of Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday; Signed by Judith Viorst
VIORST, Judith; Illustrated by Ray Cruz.
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday.
New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1978.
First edition of the second book in the author's acclaimed Alexander series. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, "Save your money! Judith Viorst." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5685
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Sixteeen Issues of The Financial World: Independent Appraisals of Listed Stocks
THE FINANCIAL WORLD: INDEPENDENT APPRAISALS OF LISTED STOCKS,.
The Financial World: Independent Appraisals of Listed Stocks.
16 issues dating from November 1930-June 1933. In very good condition. Uncommon wall street ephemera from the 1930's.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 5654
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Anthony Burgess Signed Vinyl Of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange
BURGESS, Anthony; Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972.
Original LP of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the front cover. In near fine condition. This is the first record we have seen signed by the creator of the classic novel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5645
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First Edition of Young Pillars; Signed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Young Pillars.
Anderson, IN: The Warner Press, 1958.
First edition of this early work by the legendary creator of Peanuts. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Charles Schulz on the title page. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 5620
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“On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below”: First Edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Inscribed by Thornton Wilder
WILDER, Thornton.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.
First edition of the author's masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Milton J. Lesser with the regard of Thornton Wilder New Haven March 1930." Also laid in is a signed handwritten letter to the recipient from Wilder. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. A superior example of the dust jacket, which is prone to wear.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 5564
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“I fell in love with literature and stayed lovesick all my life": First British Editions of The Coast of Utopia; Each volume is Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom.
The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Salvage, Voyage.
London: Faber & Faber, 2002.
First British editions of Stoppard's trilogy of plays, which focuses on the philosophical debates in pre-revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Each volume is signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 5537
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First Edition of The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal; Inscribed by Jared Diamond
DIAMOND, Jared.
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this early work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Jared Diamond on the front free endpaper to noted book collector Larry Owens. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 5524
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"PROFITS ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, BUT LOSSES NEVER DO": FIRST EDITION OF JESSE LIVERMORES HOW TO TRADE IN STOCKS
LIVERMORE, Jesse.
How to Trade in Stocks: The Livermore Formula for Combining Time Element and Price.
New York : Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940.
First edition of the only book by Jesse Livermore, one of Wall Street’s most well-known traders. Octavo, original blue cloth, contains 16 full color charts. Octavo, original blue cloth. In near fine condition with light shelfwear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 5108
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First Edition of Amos Oz's Scarce First Book My Michael; Inscribed by Him
OZ, Amos.
My Michael.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1972.
First English edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand, "For Gania, with my best wishes and warmest shalom, Amos Oz." Bookplate, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears and wear to the spine. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 5723
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Inscribed by Marc Chagall
CHAGALL, Marc.
Chagall.
Paris: Editions d'Art Skira, 1956.
First edition. Small octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates. Inscribed by Marc Chagall on the title page, "Pour David de Marc Chagall en bon souvenir N.Y. 1967." Fine in a very good dust jacket with the original slipcase.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 5097
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First Edition of Henry Clews Recollections About Wall Street; Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street; Inscribed by Him
CLEWS, Henry.
Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.
New York: Irving Publishing Company, 1888.
First edition of Clews' classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "___ ______ with the compliments of Henry Clews N.Y. May 3rd, 95." In very good condition with some of the usual rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 46042
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"For Alice Adams one of our Planned Parenthood Mother of four lovely children my congratulations and admiration": First Edition of The Margaret Sanger Story; Lengthily Inscribed by Sanger to Fellow Writer Alice Adams
LADER, Lawrence [Margaret Sanger].
The Margaret Sanger Story.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955.
First edition of the biography of the founder of the American birth-control movement. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by Margaret Sanger on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For Alice Adams one of our Planned Parenthood Mother of four lovely children my congratulations and admiration Margaret Sanger April 17 55."The recipient Alice Adams was a novelist and short story writer. Her first novel was Careless Love and after began publishing stories in The New Yorker. She wrote eleven novels, including the bestseller Superior Women. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 5040
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First Edition of A Child's Calendar; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
UPDIKE, John.
A Child’s Calendar.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5035
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"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body": First Edition of Margaret Sanger's An Autobiography; Inscribed by Her
SANGER, Margaret.
Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938.
First edition of Sanger's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Sanger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Hubert Michelman Margaret Sanger." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 5034
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Illustrated Edition of The Discoverers; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin to his Neighbors in the Year of Publication
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to know his World and Himself.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1991.
First illustrated edition of this classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper in the year of publication of both volumes. Volume one's inscription reads "For Hope and Sam- good friends, good neighbors- with affection from Dan Oct. 14, 1991." Volume two's inscription reads, "For Hope and Sam- with affection over many years from Dan Oct. 14, 1991." Both volumes are in fine condition, as is the slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5026
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“Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds": First Edition of Models of My Life; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert A. Simon
SIMON, Herbert A.
Models of My Life.
New York: Basic Books, 1991.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dwight Harris with best wishes, Herbert A. Simon 3 November 1994." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 5012
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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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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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"The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry": First Edition of The Path to the Double Helix; Signed by Francis Crick and Robert Olby
OBLY, Robert; Foreword by Francis Crick.
The Path to the Double Helix.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974.
First edition of this work on the history of the double helix. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by both the author and Francis Crick on the title page, who contributed the foreword. The author has transcribed the following from this work, "The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry Robert Olby." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3394