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First Edition of The Black House; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen & Peter Straub.
The Black House.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition of this work by the author of Carrie. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc Cohen.
Price: $1,000.00 Item Number: 143655
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First Edition of Bill Owens' Suburbia; Inscribed by Him; With a Signed Photograph Laid In
OWENS, Bill.
Suburbia.
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973.
First Edition. Oblong quarto, original photographic stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed by the photographer, "For William Enjoy "William" Bill Owens 2008." Laid into is a photograph signed by Bill Owens on the verso. In excellent condition with only light wear.
Price: $1,000.00 Item Number: 1910
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“What I did, anybody can do": First Edition of WEEGEE by Weegee; Inscribed by Him
WEEGEE,.
Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961.
First edition of the famed photographer's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frances Colley Weegee." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $1,000.00 Item Number: 2292
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“Art and order, the relatives that refuse to relate”: First Edition of The Piano Teacher; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Elfriede Jelinek
JELINEK, Elfriede.
The Piano Teacher.
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed and dated by Elfriede Jelinek on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Krystyna Skalski. Jacket illustration by Michael Christman. Author's photograph by Eva Kern. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 663
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"With esteem and admiration- for what they do, and the way they do it- and the community they create”: THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST; WARMLY INSRIBED BY DAVID HALBERSTAM
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Best and the Brightest.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition, early printing of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rik and Margaret with esteem and admiration- for what they do, and the way they do it- and the community they create David Halberstam May 16, 1996." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Chet Jezierski. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144036
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First signed limited edition de luxe of Merrihew's The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library
MERRIHEW, Stephen Wallis.
The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library.
New York: American Lawn Tennis, Inc, 1928.
First signed limited edition de luxe of Merrihew's classic work on the "World Cup of Tennis." Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved photogravure tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Davis, illustrated with 48 engravings after photographs. One of 250 copies printed of this edition de luxe, this is number 18. Signed and dated by the author, "S. Wallis Merrihew October 8, 1928." In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 105106
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"Our system has at all times had to contend with internal encroachments upon liberty": Herbert Hoover's The Challenge to Liberty; Signed by Him and 13 others
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Challenge to Liberty.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
First edition, early printing of Herbert Hoover's challenge to Roosevelt's New Deal arguing it abandoned "the heritage of liberty." Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Herbert Hoover, along with thirteen others including Nebraska Governor Samuel Roy McKelvie, Judge Harry A. Spencer, Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117626
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First Edition of William de Morgan's Joseph Vance: An Ill-Written Autobiography; Signed by Him
DE MORGAN, William.
Joseph Vance: An Ill-Written Autobiography.
London: William Heinemann, 1906.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. With the author's signature on the front pastedown on the Lemperly bookplate. Also, included is the author's visiting card. In near fine condition, contemporary bookplate. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 85436
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First Edition of Joseph Heller's Something Happened; Signed by Him
HELLER, Joseph.
Something Happened.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of this classic work by the author of Catch-22. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stacy Hunt, With good wishes, to an admirer, from an admirer. Joseph Heller 5/28/75 WKIN, L.A." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142094
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First Edition of Reykjavik: Results & Lessons; Signed by Mikhail Gorbachev
GORBACHEV, Mikhail.
Reykjavik: Results & Lessons.
Madison, Connecticut: Sphinx Press, Inc, 1987.
First edition of this collection of speeches and writings of the historic meeting in Reykjavik between Gorbachev and President Reagan. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 95984
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"Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how": Dr. Seuss's The Cat In The Hat; inscribed by him
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].
The Cat In The Hat.
New York: Random House, .
Later printing of Dr. Seuss’ classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "With Best Wishes to my new old friend Chris Padovano Dr. Seuss." In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142936
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Signed Limited First Edition of William Styron's Classic The Confessions of Nat Turner
STYRON, William.
The Confessions of Nat Turner.
New York: Random House, 1967.
Signed limited first edition of Styron’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, one of only 500 signed examples. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142690
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Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without a Country; lengthily inscribed by him
HALE, Edward Everett.
The Man Without a Country.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1898.
Early printing of Hale's classic short story. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, stamped bald eagle vignette to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "Charles Wolcott from Mrs. Hubbard with the best wishes of Edward E. Hale March 10, 1902." With a photograph of the author tipped in beneath the inscription. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 105108
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First Edition of James R. McDonough's Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MCDONOUGH, James R.
Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat.
Navato, CA: Presidio Press, 1985.
First edition of this classic memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Orrie Moon, With respect and appreciation for your service to our nation in World War II. James R. McDonough." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120907
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": FIRST EDITION OF KEEPING FAITH; SIGNED BY JIMMY CARTER AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAROLD BROWN
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
First edition of the 39th President of the United States' memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jimmy Carter and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown on the title page. Brown was the U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force. In the last stages of the Cold War, as Secretary of Defense, he set the groundwork for the Camp David accords. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132220
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"I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak": First Edition of the Authors Classic Work The Childrens Hour; Inscribed by Lillian Hellman
HELLMAN, Lillian.
The Children’s Hour.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
First edition of the author's first and most well-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Don, with affection Lillian." In very good condition, lacking the rare dust jacket. A scarce book, especially so signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 2236
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First Edition of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Inscribed by Stephen Sondheim
SONDHEIM, Stephen; Burt Shevelove.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Kurt Rowley, with best wishes from Stephen Sondheim." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated with a drawing by Hirschfeld and photographs.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136038
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First Edition of Will Durant's The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny; Inscribed by him
DURANT, Will.
The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1929.
First edition of Durant's "attempt at a consistent philosophy of life." Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Stanley Bauman Sincerely Will Durant Buffalo Aug. 19, 1935." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124919
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Edition of The Creators; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin in the year of publication
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Creators.
New York: Random House, 1992.
First edition of this "grand and exhilirating voyage, a bold attempt to circumnavigate the intellectual globe" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Thick octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free end paper, "For Dona [sic] Munker from Daniel J. Boorstin Oct. 21, 1992." The recipient, Donna Munker is a writer and biographer and author of Daughter of Persia. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128201
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First Edition of The Story of the FBI; Inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover in the year of publication
HOOVER, J. Edgar [Introduction].
The Story of the FBI.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1947.
First edition of the official picture book of the FBI. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Ellen Mc Mahon J. Edgar Hoover 10.21.47." In very good condition. Introduction by J. Edgar Hoover. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133207