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"Its just that Id rather die of drink than of thirst": First edition of Ian Fleming's Thunderball
FLEMING, IAN.
Thunderball.
London: Jonathan Cape 1961.
First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket art by Richard Chopping. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145620
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First Edition of The Return; Signed by Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, BUZZ AND JOHN BARNES.
The Return: A Novel of Human Adventure.
New York: Forge/ Tom Doherty Associates 2000.
First edition of Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s compelling work of fiction. Octavo, original glossy boards. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 112686
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“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for": To Kill A Mockingbird; Signed by Harper Lee
LEE, HARPER.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers 2006.
First edition of the slipcased edition of Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with the original near fine slipcase. Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Jacket photograph by Truman Capote.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145622
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First Edition of The Great American Heritage: The Story of the Five Eisenhower Brothers; Warmly Inscribed Bela Kornitzer to Boxing Legend Gene Tunney
KORNITZER, BELA.
The Great American Heritage: The Story of the Five Eisenhower Brothers.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1955.
First edition of this famed journalist’s work on the Eisenhower brothers. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the great boxing champion on the dedication page, “To Gene Tunney, who manifested that body and spirit are truly —- [?]. With sincere admiration and affection, Bela, May 26, 1963, Stamford, Conn.” Bela Kornitzer, a Hungarian-born journalist, made a career of interviewing prominent men. In 1940 he compiled his many interviews into a two-volume book, Fathers & Sons, which earned him a place on the Gestapo’s most-wanted list. During the Nazi occupation, he sought protection for himself and for one hundred families under Cardinal Angelo Rotta, Papal Nuncio of Hungary, and is credited with saving the lives of these families. He fled the Communists in Hungary and came to America in 1947, and proceeded to document the lives of many prominent American men. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, remnant of paper to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Rupert Finegold. Books signed and inscribed by Bela Kornitzer are rare.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145646
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First edition of Nabokov's memoir of his early life; From the Library of Cormac McCarthy
NABOKOV, VLADIMIR [CORMAC MCCARTHY].
Conclusive Evidence.
New York: Harper & Brothers 1951.
First edition of Vladimir Nabokov’s brilliantly written memoir of his youth. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of author Cormac McCarthy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional association.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145627
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First Edition, Presentation copy of The Land of Midian (Revisited); Inscribed by Richard F. Burton
BURTON, RICHARD F.
The Land of Midian (Revisited).
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co 1879.
First edition of the sequel to Burton’s The Gold Mines Of Midian (1878), describing Burton’s second expedition through Midian in northwest Arabia. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black pictorial decorations to the front panel, beveled edges, black endpapers, illustrated with folding lithographic map of the land of Midian with water printed in blue in Vol. I, 6 chromolithographic plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, 10 wood-engraved plates, and numerous additional illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page of Vol. I, “Dr. James Micklewright [?] with the best thanks of the author IAB.” In very good condition with rubbing to the boards and spine extremities, including a few small tears. Clean clipping to the upper right corner of the half title page of Vol. I. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145223
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First Edition of Elizabeth B. Custer's Boots and Saddles
CUSTER, ELIZABETH B.
Boots and Saddles, or Life in Dakota with General Custer.
New York: Harper & Brothers 1885.
First edition of Elizabeth Custer’s memoir. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial brown cloth decorated and stamped in black and gilt with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt embellishments of a rising sun and bugle to the front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of George Armstrong Custer, outline map of portions of Montana and Dakota. In near fine condition. A bright example.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145222
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Rare and unique frame constructed with original wood recovered during repair work on USS Constitution
MCINTYRE, JOSEPH.
U.S.S. Constitution Original Recovered Timber Frame.
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Unique frame constructed with original wood recovered during repair work on USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, the world’s oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat most noted for her actions during the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom. The frame houses an early 20th century mounted photograph of an image of USS Constitution. Accompanied by a typed note signed by Quarterman Shipjoiner Joseph McIntyre which reads in full, ‘”February 23rd 1907″ U.S.S. Constitution. This picture was copied from a Photograph taken of the Historic of Frigate Constitution on a cruise of Malta 1849. This frame was made from the timber of this ship used in her construction in the year 1796; in the repair of ship at Boston Navy yard, 1907 this stock was selected from said timber. “Joseph McIntyre” Quarterman Shipjoiner.’ The frame is in fine condition and measures 14.5 inches by 12 inches. Also accompanied by a modern scale model of the ship which measures 21 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145679
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The Limited Editions Club Signed Limited Edition of Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan; One of Fifteen Hundred Copies Signed by the Author
HEARN, LAFCADIO.
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things.
Tokyo: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club by the Shimbi Shoin, Ltd. 1932.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this eerie Japanese anthology of horror and folktales. Octavo, original publishers’ gold Japanese silk-covered boards, bound with sky blue silk thread, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita with a double-page colored woodblock frontispiece and 18 full-page collotype plates. One of fifteen hundred copies privately printed for members of the Limited Editions Club and signed by the illustrator on the colophon, this is number 883. In near fine condition with some toning to the spine. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in the original publishers’ folding silk case with paper title labels and silk and ivory clasps.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 145219