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"And we are here as on a darkling plain..."; First Edition of Cynthia Ozick's The Shawl; Signed by Her
OZICK, Cynthia.
The Shawl.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
First edition of this classic short story. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, with the added quote, “Cynthia Ozick and we are here as on a darkling plain…” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. A unique example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 43827
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“THINGS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MOVE BY THEIR OWN MOMENTUM”: First edition of Joseph Schumpeter's Economic Doctrine And Method
SCHUMPETER, Joseph A.
Economic Doctrine And Method.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. An excellent copy in a bright near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 5500
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"America's most interesting city" Rare collection of New Orleans souvenir albums, pictorial travel brochures, and postcards
New Orleans Souvenir Album and Travel Brochure Collection.
Various, 1938-1960.
Rare collection of 5 souvenir albums and nine pictorial travel brochures printed between 1938 and 1960. The souvenir albums include a “Souvenir Condensed History of New Orleans for the Tourist” (c. 1955), a “Souvenir du Restaurant Antoine”, “New Orleans, America’s Most Interesting City”, an early accordion-style pictorial album, and “Winter in New Orleans: Season 1908-1909” issued by the Southern Pacific Railway (1909). The brochures include a Louisiana Road Map issued by the Tourist Bureau of Baton Rouge, visitor’s city guides, a 1938 Spring Fiesta brochure, a guide to Bellingrath Gardens, and a collection of original postcards from the Montenegro Hotel. In fine condition. A charming collection in remarkable condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 117352
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Rare Miniature Charter of American Liberty; containing the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Washington's Farewell Address and the Emancipation Proclamation
Charter of American Liberty. [Containing the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Washington’s Farewell Address, the Emancipation Proclamation and the History of the American Flag].
Boston: Taggard & Thompson, 1865.
Rare miniature Charter of American Liberty; containing the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Washington’s Farewell Address, the Emancipation Proclamation and the history of the American Flag. 16mo, original cloth with gilt titles to the front panel, yellow endpapers, frontispiece portrait of George Washington and several illustrations within the text including a portrait of Lincoln. In good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 118977
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"Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball": Mickey Mantle's The Mick; Signed by Him
MANTLE, Mickey.
The Mick.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1985.
First edition, early printing of the Yankee legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “Mickey Mantle.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Herb Gluck.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 115669
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First edition of Garry Kasparov's Autobiography Child of Change; Signed by Him
KASPAROV, Garry.
Child of Change: An Autobiography.
London: Hutchinson , 1987.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 5392
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"It's all about creation and surpris": First Edition of Open Sky; Signed by Sonny Rollins
ROLLINS, Sonny; Eric Nisenson.
Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
First edition of this work on the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Sonny Rollins on the front free endpaper, “Sonny To you with best for your life.” Rollins has added a music note. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. Foreword by Sonny Rollins.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 44376
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“The law is whatever is successfully argued and plausibly maintained": First Edition of Alexander Hamilton; Signed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, Ron.
Alexander Hamilton.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Ron Chernow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 120901
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"We must endure, we must survive": First Edition of A Dry White Season; Signed by Andre Brink
BRINK, Andre.
A Dry White Season.
London: W.H. Allen, 1978.
First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, who has added a line from this work, “We must endure, we must survive. Andre Brink.” Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Bob Haberfield.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 1798
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"I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see": First Edition of Blindness; Signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Blindness.
Orlando: Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1997.
First American edition of the author’s novel on the order of Camus’ The Plague. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine G. Mansour. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 144
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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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First Edition Of John Updike’s Collection of Golf Writings; Signed by Updike and with a Full Page Drawing by Illustrator Paul Szep
UPDIKE, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep.
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Additionally signed by the illustrator Paul Szep, who has drawn a full page sketch of John Updike. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 7275
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“No one in the world gets what they want and that is beautiful": Signed Limited First Edition of Ready Player One
CLINE, Ernest.
Ready Player One.
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2016.
Signed limited first edition of Cline’s first novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Ernest Cline. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Desert Isle Design. Introduction by Patrick Rothfuss. Lacero by Andy Weir.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 120449
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING
FROST, Robert.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
Signed limited first edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. One of 1500 copies signed by Frost on the limitation page, this is number 1087. Fine in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 110895
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First Edition of Five Chiefs; A Supreme Court Memoir; Inscribed by Justice John Paul Stevens
STEVENS, John Paul .
Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir.
New York: Little Brown and Company, 2011.
First edition of this memoir from Justice John Paul Stevens. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Kenneth and Sarah John Paul Stevens.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Allison J. Warner.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 120832
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“STRUGGLE IS A NEVER ENDING PROCESS. FREEDOM IS NEVER REALLY WON, YOU EARN IT AND WIN IT IN EVERY GENERATION”: FIRST EDITION OF MY LIFE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
First edition of Coretta Scott King’s autobiography, which recounts the history of the Civil Rights Movement and offers an inside look at Dr. King, his sermons and speeches. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Don with love and gratitude Coretta Scott King.” Some light stains to the page edges in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Reed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 26049
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“I CAN GET OBSESSED BY ANYTHING IF I LOOK AT IT LONG ENOUGH. THAT'S THE CURSE OF BEING A PHOTOGRAPHER”: FIRST EDITION OF IRVING PENN’S CLASSIC PHOTOBOOK FLOWERS; INSCCRIBED BY HIM
PENN, Irving.
Flowers.
New York: Harmony Books, 1980.
First edition of this iconic collection of photographs of flowers taken between 1967-1973. Quarto, original beige cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “Irving Penn New York 1980” on the half-title page. Contemporary names, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 84689
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's The Frontiers of Management; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Frontiers of Management: Where Tomorrow’s Decisions Are Being Shaped Today.
New York: E.P. Dutton , 1986.
First edition of this collection of writings from the father of management. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 21004
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First Edition of Harold Bloom's Shelley's Mythmaking; Inscribed by Him
BLOOM, Harold.
Shelley’s Mythmaking.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1959.
First edition of Bloom’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Harold Bloom on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine crown and overall light wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 5721
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“I have the impression that if he didn't complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom": First Edition in English of Boris Pasternak's Masterpiece Doctor Zhivago
PASTERNAK, Boris.
Doctor Zhivago.
London: Collins & Harvill, 1958.
First edition in English of the work which garnered Pasternak the Nobel Prize in literature. Octavo, original red cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by John Woodcock. Translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 118551
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First Edition of The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon; Inscribed by Frank Mankiewicz and Bill Safire
MANKIEWICZ, Frank.
The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon: The Final Crisis.
New York: Quadrangle/ The New York Times Book Co., 1975.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To ____ ______, with best wishes- Frank Mankiewicz Mar. ’75.” Additionally inscribed by Bill Safire below, “Dear Jeff- Don’t believe everything my friend Frank says! Bill Safire.” Safire was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique copy.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 57001
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RARE ANTIQUE POSTCARD COLLECTION ALBUM
Antique Postcard Collection Album.
Rare collection of hundreds antique postcards postmarked in the early 1900s. From the collection of Dora Sims. Oblong quarto, bound in patterned cloth. The collection includes postcards with scenic views of Paris, Bermuda, Florence, Maine, California, New Hampshire, and New Jersey. In very good condition. A bright collection.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 116052
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First edition of Francis Galton's The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa
GALTON, Francis.
The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa.
London: John Murray, 1853.
First edition of Sir Francis Galton’s account of his expedition to South West Africa. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to this spine six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and real panels within triple gilt ruling with fleuron cornerpieces and central motif stamped in blind, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with maps, plates and woodcuts including tissue-guarded frontispiece in color. In near fine condition. Name to the pastedown.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 115371
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Signed Print of Gunter Grass' Die Blechtrommel
GRASS, Gunter.
Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum).
Original print of the cover art of the Gunter Grass’ most famous work Die Blechtrommel. Signed by Gunter Grass on the bottom right hand side. Framed and matted. Measures 24″ x 30″. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 5319
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"There's no greater pleasure than to talk over the big things with a believer": First Edition of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination; Inscribed by Him to Actress Dame Edith Evans
WILDER, Thornton.
Heaven’s My Destination.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.
First American edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 43869
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First Edition of Berenice Abbott's Changing New York
ABBOTT, Berenice.
Changing New York.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939.
First edition stated on copyright page; first issue with blue topstain of Abbott’s landmark work on New York. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with 97 halftone plates that display “the historical importance of the documentary mode… its power as a medium of personal expression” (Parr & Badger). Text by Elizabeth McCausland. In excellent condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 79465
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“I have the impression that if he didn't complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom": First Edition in English of Boris Pasternak's Masterpiece Doctor Zhivago
PASTERNAK, Boris.
Doctor Zhivago.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1958.
First edition in English of the work which garnered Pasternak the Nobel Prize in literature. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear, price marked out. Jacket design by Ampelio Tettamanti. Translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. An exceptional example of this literary highspot.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 118941
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"I Was Born Under A Clear Sky After A Violent Summer Storm To A Widowed Mother": My Life; Inscribed By Former President Clinton
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson].
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of President Clinton’s autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To ________ Thanks, Bill Clinton.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2981
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"Wandering between two worlds, one lost, the other powerless to be born": First Edition of Changing Places; Signed by David Lodge
LODGE, David.
Changing Places.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1975.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by David Lodge on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning to the spine. A very bright example of a book that is prone to significant fading.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 4019
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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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Signed Limited First Edition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
PIRSIG, Robert M.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values.
Norfolk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1999.
Signed limited first edition of one of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century. Octavo, original full leather, gilt titles and tooling the spine, raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Robert M. Pirsig. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 118441
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"Israel is the light of a New dawn. As in ancient days, she is again a bridge from the world of darkness to a world of light": First Edition of Leon Uris' Exodus Revisited; Inscribed by Him
URIS, Leon; Photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis .
Exodus Revisited.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.
First edition of this monograph of photographs of Uris’ visit to Israel. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Jan- 1960 For Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Learner with warmest wishes Shalom- Happy New York Leon Uris.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Project coordination by Ilan Hartuv.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 71041
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First Edition of Death and the King's Horseman; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Wole Soyinka
SOYINKA, Wole.
Death and the King’s Horseman.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1975.
First edition of Soyinka’s classic play. Small octavo, original cloth. Signed by Wole Soyinka on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 1089
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"Israel is the light of a New dawn. As in ancient days, she is again a bridge from the world of darkness to a world of light": First Edition of Leon Uris' Exodus Revisited; Signed by Him
URIS, Leon; Photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis .
Exodus Revisited.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.
First edition of this monograph of photographs of Uris’ visit to Israel. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Shalom Leon Uris.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Project coordination by Ilan Hartuv.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 112569
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First Edition of Marjorie Morningstar; Inscribed by Herman Wouk
WOUK, Herman.
Marjorie Morningstar.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Herman Wouk on the title page. Near fine in a good dust jacket with rubbing and wear. Jacket design by John Scotford.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 118934
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First Edition of Amos Oz's Scarce First Book My Michael; Signed by Him
OZ, Amos.
My Michael.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
First American edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amos Oz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket art by Muriel Nasser. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 72955
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First Edition of Christopher Hitchens' Why Orwell Matters; Inscribed by Him
HITCHENS, Christopher.
Why Orwell Matters.
New York: Basis Books, 2002.
First edition of this widely acclaimed biographical essay on George Orwell. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Christopher Hitchens on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rich Pracher.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 14077
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First Edition of Dreams and Sky; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Dreams of Earth and Sky.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2015.
First edition of this sequel to Dyson’s 2006 The Scientist as Rebel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Freeman Dyson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 12084
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"A source of spiritual inspiration for most Englishmen second only to the Bible": Rare 17th century Book of Common Prayer bound with the Book of Psalms
.,.
The Book of Common Prayer and The Book of Psalms.
London: John Baskett, Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1715.
Rare 17th century Book of Common Prayer bound with the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible and Book of Psalms. Octavo, bound in full contemporary morocco, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 114564
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"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers": First Edition of Fishing For Fun; Inscribed by Herbert Hoover
HOOVER, Herbert.
Fishing For Fun and To Wash Your Soul.
New York: Random House, 1963.
First edition of this collection of writings from President Hoover. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Elliot Hass The Good Wishes of Herbert Hoover.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Edited by William Nichols. A very sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 91673
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"Please count the silver when brother Mike comes over for Christmas dinner": First Edition of Pat Conroy's Classic The Great Santini; Signed by both Pat and Donald Conroy
CONROY, Pat.
The Great Santini.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, “To Virginia Norwood, Merry Christmas to Betty B’s sister and Jean’s aunt (Conroy has crossed this out) Please count the silver when brother Mike comes over for Christmas dinner Pat Conroy Dec. 25, 1979.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117671
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Rare original program invitation from the 1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program
AXELROD, Julius; Adolf Butenandt; Gerald Edelman; Ernst Otto Fischer; Werner Forssmann; Alfred Hershey; Bernard Katz; Feodor Lynen; Rudolf Mössbauer; Severo Ochoa; Lars Onsager.
1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program.
Einladung: Tagung der Preistrager fur Medizin, 1975.
Rare original program invitation from the 1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by 11 Nobel Laureates in Physics or Medicine, including: Julius Axelrod, Adolf Butenandt, Gerald Edelman, Ernst Otto Fischer, Werner Forssmann, Alfred Hershey, Bernard Katz, Feodor Lynen, Rudolf Mössbauer, Severo Ochoa, and Lars Onsager. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115948
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First Edition of John Updike's First Novel The Poorhouse Fair; Inscribed by Him
UPDIKE, John.
The Poorhouse Fair.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.
First edition of Updike’s first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To R.F. Garnett Best wishes John Updike 2/12/68.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear to the spine crown. Jacket design by Harry Ford.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 12032
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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 The Story of Tommy; Inscribed by Pete Townshend
TOWNSHEND, Pete & Barnes.
The Story of Tommy.
Middlesex, England: Eel Pie Publishing, 1977.
First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by Pete Townshend on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1658
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First Edition of Apollo; Signed by Alan Bean and Inscribed by John Glenn
BEAN, Alan with Andrew Chaikin; Introduction by John Glenn.
Apollo: An Eyewitness Account.
Shelton, CT: Greenwich Workshop Press, 1998.
First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Signed by Alan Bean on the title page. Additionally inscribed by John Glenn on the title page; who contributed the introduction to this volume. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 314
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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. Octavo, original wrappers. 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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"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love": First Edition of Reinhold Niebuhr's classic work Moral Man and Immoral Society
NIEBUHR, Reinhold.
Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light shelfwear to the extremities. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 5809
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First Edition of Shelby Foote's Follow Me Down; Inscribed by Him
FOOTE, Shelby.
Follow Me Down.
New York: Dial Press, 1950.
First edition of this Faulknerian novel by the author of the acclaimed trilogy The Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Dorothy Abbott from Shelby Foote Memphis 30 Jan 81.” Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 42010
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A Sand County Almanac; Signed by Estella Leopold
LEOPOLD, Aldo [Estella Leopold].
A Sand County Almanac.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.
Later printing of this landmark in the conservation movement. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Estella Leopold on the half-title page. Illustrated by Charles W. Schwartz.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117421
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FIRST EDITION OF ROGER ANGELL’S THE SUMMER GAME; INSCRIBED BY HIM
ANGELL, Roger.
The Summer Game.
New York: The Viking Press, 1972.
First edition of Angell’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Michael yours in baseball! Roger Angell.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket that shows light wear. Jacket drawing by James Stevenson.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 47345
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Helen Keller's Midstream: My Later Life; Signed by Her
KELLER, Helen.
Midstream: My Later Life.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929.
Early printing of Keller’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Very truly yours Helen Keller.” Near fine in a good dust jacket. Foreword by Nella Braddy. Uncommon signed and in the original dust jacket.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 45742
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Rare Signed limited edition of Maugham's address to the Library of Congress upon the Library's acceptance of the original manuscript of Of Human Bondage
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Of Human Bondage With a Digression on the Art of Fiction: And Address by Somerset Maugham.
Washington: The Library of Congress, 1946.
Signed limited edition of the address given by Maugham upon the Library’s acceptance of the original autograph manuscript of his masterpiece, Of Human Bondage. Octavo, original boards. One of 500 copies signed by W. Somerset Maugham on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original accompanying program which is in very good condition. The program contains a brief description of the original autograph manuscript which notes that it is contained in 16 notebooks written on the recto of each leaf, begun in 1911 and finished in 1914.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 108345
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Arthur Miller's Pultizer Prize-Winning Classic The Death Of A Salesman; Signed by Him
MILLER, Arthur.
Death Of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1949.
Early printing of the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Tony Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original orange cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Arthur Miller on the title page. An excellent example in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket drawing by Joseph Hirsch.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 47668
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“MODERN MAN HAS LOST THE OPTION OF SILENCE”: First Edition of William Burroughs' The Ticket That Exploded; Signed by Him
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Ticket That Exploded.
London: The Olympia Press, 1962.
First edition, first printing. Octavo, original green wrappers. Signed by William Burroughs on the title page. In fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 5719
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“The Ambassador of Jazz": Rare original Louis Armstrong Poster; inscribed by him and his road manager Pierre 'Frenchy' Tallerie
ARMSTRONG, Louis.
Louis Armstrong Autograph Signed Poster.
Rare original “Louis Armstrong and His Concert Group” poster inscribed by him, “To Pat From Louis Armstrong.” Additionally signed by him as “Satchmo” and inscribed by his road manager on the verso, “May you always enjoy the best of Health. Pierre Tallerie, Mgr. Louis Armstrong.” In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 117083
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First Edition of Bill Owens' Suburbia; Inscribed by Him
OWENS, Bill.
Suburbia.
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, 1973.
First Edition. Oblong quarto, original photographic stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed by Bill Owens on the front free endpaper, “For Dave Bill Owens Can you avoid Suburbia.” In very good condition. Laid in is the photographer’s business card.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 948
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“A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain”: First Edition of Chronicle of a Death Foretold; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
First edition of this novella by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Alain Gauthier. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 85988
