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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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First British Edition of Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa; King Edward VIII's Copy with his ownership inscription
DINESEN, Isak [Karen Blixen] [King Edward VIII].
Out of Africa.
London: Putnam, 1937.
First British edition of the author's masterpiece, a lyrical meditation of the years she lived in Kenya, from the library of King Edward VIII. Octavo, original cloth. With numerous original photographs and newspaper clippings affixed to the front few pages. Originally from the collection of the author's brother Thomas Fasti Dinesen with two original black and white photographs of him hunting affixed to the verso of the front free endpaper and half-title page above which he has annotated, "My first lion April 6th 1922" and "Shot from boma April 11th 1922 The boma only five feet from the hill on…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 110991
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"Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable...": First Edition Of Roald Dahls Beloved Book Matilda; Signed by Him and Legendary Artist Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of Dahl’s popular story of a young girl, her genius, and her indifferent parents. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Rare and desirable signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 138289
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"Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them": Carson McCuller's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; Signed by Her
MCCULLERS, Carson.
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940.
First edition, first printing with the date of 1940 on the title page of the author's first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Carson McCullers on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very sharp example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 121376
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"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new": First edition of Out of My Later Years; Signed by Albert Einstein
EINSTEIN, Albert.
Out of My Later Years.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1950.
First edition of Einstein's collection of social science-related articles, addresses and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed by Albert Einstein on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 138884
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“That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it": First Edition Of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in The Rare Original Publishers Morocco
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Tom Sawyer’s Comrade].
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition, first issue of Twain's masterpiece, one of approximately 500 copies bound in publisher's three-quarters morocco binding. Octavo, original three-quarters brown morocco and marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers. Lithographic frontispiece and with 174 illustrations by E.W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt. Copies of Huckleberry Finn in the original publisher's leather bindings are quite rare: "The relative rarity of the cloth and leather bindings is clear. Less than two weeks before publication, [the publisher] Webster announced that he was binding 20,000 copies in cloth, another 2,500 in sheep, and 500 copies…
Price: $11,500.00 Item Number: 105655
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"one of the greatest works of western history": The Standard library edition of theodore Roosevelt's Monumental Work The Winning of the West; Volume One Signed by Him as President
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Winning of the West.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
The Standard Library edition of Roosevelt's monumental work. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles and botanical gilt tooling to the spine, gilt topstain, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt to volume one, illustrated with folding maps and other plates. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt while in The White House on the front free endpaper of Vol. I, "with the regards of Theodore Roosevelt Dec 16th 1904." In near fine condition, ownership inscription beneath Roosevelt's inscription, "This book was signed for Marsh Klock Powers G.F.K." Each volume is housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An…
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 146018
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First Edition of Sailing Alone Around the World; Signed by Joshua Slocum in the Year of Publication
SLOCUM, Captain Joshua.
Sailing Alone Around the World.
New York: The Century Company, 1900.
First edition of "the finest single-handed adventure story yet written" (Seafarer). Octavo, original blue cloth, pictorially stamped in silver and green, top edge gilt. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Spray New London July 10th 1900 Joshua Slocum." In very good condition. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. An exceptional example, signed first editions are rare.
Price: $10,500.00 Item Number: 146030
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SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF PORGY AND BESS; SIGNED BY GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN, DUBOSE HEYWARD, AND ROUBEN MAMOULIAN
GEORGE GERSHWIN. LIBRETTO BY DUBOSE HEYWARD. LYRICS BY DUBOSE HEYWARD AND IRA GERSHWIN. PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY ROUBEN MAMOULIAN,.
Porgy and Bess.
New York: Random House, 1935.
Deluxe limited edition of Porgy and Bess, number 162 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Folio, original full red morocco, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine in the rare original slipcase.
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 130673
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First Edition of Winston Churchills Masterpiece The Second World War; Signed by Him in Triumph and Tragedy
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.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-53.
First American editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Triumph and Tragedy is boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "From Winston S. Churchill, 1954." Each volume is fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, uncommon signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 139201
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": First Edition of BFG; Signed by Roald Dahl and Illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Nicola Love Roald Dahl." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator Quentin Blake opposite Dahl's inscription. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 109358
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"For Philip Jose Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar - with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be of help when you come to your write your autobiography": First Edition of Robert Bloch's Psycho; Inscribed by Him to science fiction pioneer Philip Jose Farmer
BLOCH, Robert.
Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of this classic thriller novel, the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Philip José Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar - with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be of help when you come to your write your autobiography Fondly Robert Bloch 1967." The recipient, award-winning author Philip José Farmer, is widely considered one of the greatest and most distinctive science fiction writers of the 21st century. Revered for his eccentric style of crossover fiction…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 124949
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Maurice Ravel Signed Autograph musical quotation signed and an autograph letter signed
RAVEL, Maurice.
Maurice Ravel Autographed Signed Letter and Signed Musical Quotation.
Autograph musical quotation signed and an autograph letter signed by Maurice Ravel. The quotation, 3 bars from his Chansons madécasses, notated on a two-stave system, with holograph title, lyrics, tempo directive and instrument labels. The letter in French is addressed to "My friend", in French, stating that he received his note when leaving Geneva and mentioning two places he might be when he returns at Christmastime, dated Paris 15 December 1928 With Hotel D'Athènes" stationery. Both matted and framed together with a commemorative medallion. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 27 inches. A striking piece, rare and desirable.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 72755
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer-Prize Winning Work Age of Innocence in the Rare Original Dust Jacket
WHARTON, Edith.
The Age of Innocence.
New York: D. Appleton, 1920.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. Octavo, original red cloth. A very good example with some rubbing to the bottom cloth in the rare original unrestored dust jacket with some chips and wear to the spine and panels. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially in the original unrestored dust jacket.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 14040
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"Poets are almost always wrong about facts. That's because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth": First Edition of William Faulkner's The Town; Signed by Him in the year of publication
FAULKNER, William.
The Town.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition, first state with the 5/57 at the bottom of the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "11 Nov 57 Best wishes William Faulkner." With the publisher's advance review copy slip dated May 1, 1957 laid in and a copy of the jacket photograph of Faulkner by Phyllis Cerf laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the crown of the spine, bookplate. Jacket design by Push Pin Studios. Rare and desirable signed in the year…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 125095
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“Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes a precise moment in time": First Edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment; Inscribed by Him
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
The Decisive Moment.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.
First edition of Cartier-Bresson's classic work, with 126 photographs by “the Raphael of 20th-century photographers." Folio, original illustrated boards. Association copy, inscribed by Cartier-Bresson on the title page, "à Joan et Eliot, 'The Decisive Moment' de l'amitié, Henri, 19 Jan 57, la vraie patrie c'est l'amitié." The recipient was Eliot Elisofon, a fellow photographer and a founding member of the Photo League in 1936. He was one of the most active and productive members: he gave guest lectures (1938–43); co-organized the Men at Work project with Lewis Hine (1940); served periodically as president between 1939 and 1941; taught courses on…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 117546
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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PEANUTS BOOK; SIGNED BY CHARLES SCHULZ
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Peanuts.
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1952.
First edition of the first collection of the Peanuts cartoons. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes Charles M. Schulz." In fine condition, as this was stored upon publication by the original owner. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 136467
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First Editions of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
RAND, Ayn.
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company & Random House, 1943 & 1957.
First editions of Ayn Rand's masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom half slipcase with ribbon. Both are in fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 140701