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First Edition of David Mc Cullough's 1776; Signed by the Author
McCullough, David.
1776.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
First edition of David McCullough’s 1776. Octavo, original half-cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
Price: $75.00
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“Everyone has ocean’s to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?”: First Edition of Amelia Earhart's 20Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight In Friendship; Inscribed by Her
Earhart, Amelia.
20 Hrs. and 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To Katherine Murrell with best wishes Amelia Earhart.” In very good condition with light rubbing.
Price: $2,200.00
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“DO NOT ALLOW DEFEAT TO EXTINGUISH YOUR DREAMS”: Signed Limited Edition of 41: A Portrait of My Father; Signed by Both George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush
Bush, George W. & George H.W. Bush.
41: A Portrait of My Father.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2014.
Signed limited first edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by George Bush and additionally signed by George H.W. Bush. Fine in a fine slipcase. Rare signed by both Presidents.
Price: $1,200.00
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First Edition of Garet Garret's A Bubble That Broke the World
Garrett, Garet.
A Bubble That Broke the World.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1932.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare dust jacket with a few small chips.
Price: $450.00
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Jimmy Carter's A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power; Signed by Him
Carter, Jimmy .
A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.
First edition, later printing. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00
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“IF YOU'RE SICK AND TIRED OF THE POLITICS OF CYNICISM AND POLLS AND PRINCIPLES, COME AND JOIN THIS CAMPAIGN”: FIRST EDITION OF A CHARGE TO KEEP; SIGNED BY GEORGE W. BUSH
Bush, George W.
A Charge to Keep.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1999.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by George W. Bush on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00
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First Edition of A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
Hahn, Frank and Robert Solow.
A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1995.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00
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Mandela, Nelson.
A Dictionary of South African English On Historical Principles: South African Words and Their Origins.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Limited edition of the first dictionary of South African English. This project that took 25 years to complete. Quarto, original blue morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Marbled endpapers. One of 100 copies signed by Nelson Mandela. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $3,250.00
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"THE MOST AMAZING, ENDURING AND ENDEARING ONE-MAN FEAT": FIRST EDITION OF JOHNSON’S LANDMARK DICTIONARY
Johnson, Samuel.
A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which The Words are deduced from their Originals, And Illustrated in their Different Significations By Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, A History of the Language, And An English Grammar.
London: : Printed by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al., 1755.
First edition of Samuel Johnson’s dictionary of the English language. Folio, 2 volumes. Bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles, black spine labels. In very good condition with owner inscription on title head, title of volume one conserved, occasional light toning.
Price: $14,000.00
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First Edition of Jimmy Carter's A Government As Good As Its People; Inscribed by Him
Carter, Jimmy.
A Government As Good As Its People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the Jimmy Carter.
Price: $350.00
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First Edition Set of Winston Churchill’s Classic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Churchill, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958..
First British editions, first printings of each of the four volumes of this set. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Near fine in the original dust jackets with light shelfwear. A very nice example of this set.
Price: $1,100.00
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First Edition Set of Winston Churchill’s Classic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples; Finely Bound
Churchill, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958.
First British editions of each of the four volumes of this set. Octavo, 4 volumes. Elegantly bound in contemporary three quarters burgundy morocco, gilt-tooling to the spine in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00
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"It is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in": First Edition Set of Winston Churchill’s Classic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples; Signed by Him in Volumes Two and Three
Churchill, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958.
First British editions of each of the four volumes of this set of Churchill’s classic history. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Volumes two and three are signed by Winston Churchill on the title page. Each are near fine in the original dust jackets that show light toning. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional set, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $8,000.00
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First Edition Set of Winston Churchill’s Classic A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Churchill, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958.
First British editions of each of the four volumes of this set. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jackets with a touch of wear. Housed in a custom clamshell chemise case by Asprey. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,800.00
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First Editions of Allan Meltzer's A History of the Federal Reserve Volumes 1 & 2; Each Signed by Him
Meltzer, Allan H.; Foreword by Alan Greenspan.
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volumes 1 & 2.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
First editions of this seminal work on the Federal Reserve. Octavo, original cloth, 2 volumes. Both volumes one and two are inscribed by Allan Meltzer. Fine in a near fine dust jackets.
Price: $1,800.00
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First Edition of Bertrand Russell's A History of Western
Russell, Bertrand.
A History of Western Philosophy.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1946.
First edition of this classic work that is universally acclaimed as the most outstanding work on the subject of Western philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some light rubbing and wear. Signed copies are exceptionally rare, none have appeared at auction in 60 years.
Price: $20,000.00
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First Editions of Frederick Law Olmsted's A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States; A Journey Through Texas; A Journey In The Back Country
Olmsted, Frederick Law.
A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States; A Journey Through Texas; A Journey In The Back Country.
New York: Dixon & Edwards, 1856-1860, 1860.
First edition, Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. A Journey In The Seaboard Slave states is inscribed by the author to his cousin Charles Olmsted. The cloth has been sympathetically rebacked. The remaining two volumes are in very good condition. Books inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American Landscape Architecture, are rare.
Price: $2,750.00
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“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present": First Edition of A land of our own: An oral autobiography; Signed by Golda Meir
Meir, Golda.
A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography.
New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1973.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Golda Meir on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00
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Rare First Edition of first Dictionary of American Law: Bouvier's Law Dictionary
Bouvier, John.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union, with Reference to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law.
Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1839.
First edition of this cornerstone of American law. Quarto, 2 volumes bound in period style calf, gilt titles and tooling. First editions are rare, with no examples appearing at auction in the last 80 years.
Price: $9,800.00
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Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith to Henry and Nancy Kissinger
Galbraith, John Kenneth; Henry A. Kissinger.
A Life In Our Times.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Henry and Nancy Kissinger, “For Nancy & Henry as a guide to those K volumes yet to come! With all good wishes J.K.G. 1981.” Galbraith and Kissinger were close friends, both civil servants and Harvard University professors, who played a vital role in the development of United States foreign policies in the 1960s-70s and beyond. Galbraith, working as United States ambassador to India in the Kennedy administration and Kissinger in the Nixon administration as Secretary of State. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An outstanding association copy linking these two giants of American history.
Price: $1,500.00