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First Edition of Richard Wright's 12 Million Black Voices; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, Richard.
12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941.
First edition of this powerful work by the author of The Native Son, featuring photographs by Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed Richard Wright on the front free endpaper. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Photo-direction by Edwin Rosskam. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 119447
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First Edition of Famed Photojournalist's First Book Telex Persan; Inscribed by Him
PERESS, Gilles & Ghulam Husayn Saidi.
Telex Persan.
Paris: Contrejour, 1984.
First French edition, published simultaneously with the American edition of the photojournalist's first book. Folio, original stiff photographic wrappers, photographic endpapers. Inscribed by the photographer, Gilles Peress. In fine condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 969
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“The picture is good or not from the moment it was caught in the camera": First Edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment
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. With the captions booklet laid in. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Henri Matisse.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 121432
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First Edition of Telex Iran; Inscribed by Photojournalist Gilles Peress
PERESS, Gilles & Ghulam Husayn Saidi.
Telex Iran: In the Name of Revolution.
New York: Aperture, 1983.
First American edition, published simultaneously with the first French edition of the photojournalist's first book. Folio, original stiff photographic wrappers, photographic endpapers. Inscribed by Gilles Peress. In fine condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 970
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First Edition of Weegee's Naked City; Inscribed and Dated by Weegee
WEEGEE,.
Naked City.
New York: Essential Books, 1945.
First edition of this classic photography book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed and dated in 1946 by Weegee. An excellent tight example that shows some rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 5805
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First Edition of William Klein's Rome: The City and Its People; signed by William Klein
KLEIN, William.
Rome: The City and Its People.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959.
First edition of the second volume in Klein's acclaimed series of "city" books. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the photographer on the half-title page, "Rome Great Rome William Klein." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 142864
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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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Signed Photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru
NEHRU, Jawaharlal .
Jawaharlal Nehru Photograph Signed.
Signed photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru of the first prime minister of India. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 99334
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Large Signed Portrait of Woodrow Wilson; Signed by Him and the Artist Frederick Reynolds
WILSON, Woodrow; Frederick Reynolds.
Woodrow Wilson Signed Portrait.
Limited edition engraving by artist Frederick Reynolds, signed by both the artist and Woodrow Wilson, one of 300 numbered. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 24 inches. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 29015
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Large Color Photograph of The Rehnquist Court; Signed by Sandra Day O'Connor
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day.
Sandra Day O’Connor Signed Photograph.
Large color photograph of the Rehnquist Court, boldly signed below, "For Roger with best wishes always- Sandra Day O'Connor." In fine condition. Framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 15 inches.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 118779
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Photograph of President Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson; Signed by Both
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird.
Signed Family Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Large photograph of President Lyndon and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and additionally inscribed by Lady Bird, as follows, "To Mary Lasker from her friends Lady Bird Johnson Christmas 1966. The recipient Mary Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation. She helped convince Eleanor Roosevelt to endorse Lyndon Johnson's efforts to become the 1960 Democratic nominee, and Lady Bird glowingly mentions Lasker in her book A White House Diary. Lasker was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 81062
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First Edition of Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer; Warmly Inscribed by Jacques Cousteau
COUSTEAU, Jacques.
Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer.
Monaco: Au Musee Oceanographique de Monaco, 1960.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Jacques Cousteau, "To Lob Taylor II en souvenir de la visite a Monaco- le 14/1/61 Tres cordialment, Jacques Cousteau." Illustrated by F.-Ch. Francois Roux. In very good condition. Introduction by Jacques Cousteau.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138002
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Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer during his years as a medical missionary in Africa; warmly inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Photograph.
January 18, 1963.
Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, inscribed by him, "En canoe sur la fleuve Ogooué a monsieur Glarvey Robbins avec ma profon de reconnniass avec Lambaréné Albert Schweitzer 18.1.63." Schweitzer's philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, which up to 1958 was situated in French Equatorial Africa, and after this in Gabon. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135832
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"Because death belongs to all, so too should life": First Edition of Terra: Struggle of the Landless; Signed by Sebastiao Salgado and Jose Saramago
SALGADO, Sebastiao; Preface by Jose Saramago.
Terra: Struggle of the Landless.
London: Phaidon Press, 1997.
First edition of one of the finest compilations of the works of Brazilian photojournalist and political activist, Sebastiao Salgado. Quarto, original gray cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by both Sebastiao Salgado and Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago, who contributed the preface.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 1524
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Signed Photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower in military uniform, boldly signed by him. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17.75 inches by 14.75 inches. A very attractive signed photograph.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 95837
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Rare American Boxing Champions Signed Photograph Collection; signed by James J. Braddock, Max Baer, James 'Red' Burman, Sixto Escobar, and Bob Pastor
BRADDOCK, James J.; Max Baer; James "Red" Burman; Sixto Escobar; Bob Pastor.
American Boxing Champions Signed Photograph Collection.
c. 1937.
Collection of six original photographs signed and inscribed by five 1930s American boxing champions, including: "Cinderella Man" James J.Braddock, World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer, James 'Red' Burman, Sixto Escobar, and top-ranked heavyweight Bob Pastor. In near fine condition. An exceptional collection.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 119265
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Color photograph signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and President Jimmy Carter
CARTER, Jimmy and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Jimmy Carter Signed Photograph.
Color photograph of His Holiness the Dalai Lama warmly shaking the hand of President Jimmy Carter in 2002, signed by both. The two leaders met in 2002 and later 2005 during the American Himalayan Foundation’s annual dinner at San Francisco. Carter publicly expressed admiration several times for the Dalai Lama’s advocacy of peace and compassion as the voice of Tibet in the midst of decades of conflict with China. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 137343
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First edition of Exploring Space With A Camera; signed by five NASA astronauts
CARPENTER, Scott; Charles Conrad; Gordon Cooper; Richard Gordon; Tom Stafford. Edited by Edgar M. Cortright.
Exploring Space With A Camera.
Washington, D.C.: Scientific and Technical Information Division Office of Technology Utilization National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968.
First edition of this monumental work on space exploration photography, signed by five NASA astronauts. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title page by five NASA astronauts, with Cooper signing twice, "Faith 7 mission photos by Gordon Cooper," "Gemini V mission photos by Gordon Cooper," "Aurora 7 photos by Scott Carpenter," "Gemini VI and IX photos by Tom Stafford and Crews," "GT-XI Photos by Richard Gordon," and "& Charles Conrad, Jr." In near fine condition. A fine assemblage of signatures.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141026