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"Where wealth accumulates, men decay": First edition of Essays by Mr. Goldsmith
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.
Essays by Mr. Goldsmith.
London: Printed for W. Griffin, in Fetter-Lane, 1765.
First edition of the collected essays of Oliver Goldsmith which paid the author a profit of only 20 guineas but greatly extended his reputation. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, rebacked retaining the contemporary spine label, copperplate vignette to the title page. One of two 1765 editions; Scott argues for the priority of this cheaper of the two editions, but Rothschild suggests also that it may be a piracy. Rothschild 1027. In good condition. Small ownership inscriptions and bookplate.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140433
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First Edition of Killing Pablo; Lengthily inscribed by Mark Bowden to Deborah Rosenblum
BOWDEN, Mark.
Killing Pablo.
London: Atlantic Books, 2001.
First edition of this work on Pablo Escobar. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "To Deborah Rosenblum, Thanks for your service as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense for Drug Enforcement Policy and Support. Best wishes, Mark Bowden August 8, 2001." The recipient, Deborah Rosenblum is a nuclear expert and former career civil servant. She currently serves as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs in the Biden administration. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vivid.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 128498
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First Edition of Dr. Seuss's The King's Stilts
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
The King’s Stilts.
New York: Random House, 1939.
First edition, later printing with red lettering on the front panel and $2.50 on the front dust jacket flap. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144611
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First edition of Richie Unterberger's Turn! Turn! Turn! the '60s Folk-Rock Revolution; inscribed by him
UNTERBERGER, Richie.
Turn! Turn! Turn! the ’60s Folk-Rock Revolution.
San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2002.
First edition of Unterberger's comprehensive survey of '60s folk-rock. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, signed by songwriter Donovan Phillips Leitch and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Glenn, Enjoy the book and thanks for all your support Richie Unterberger." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 119884
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First Edition of Luc Sante's Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York; Signed by Him
SANTE, Luc.
Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York.
New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1991.
First edition of Sante's classic work, which tells the story of New York's Lower East Side, circa 1840-1920. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Luc Sante on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138180
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"If he lived by a lie he should try to die by it": Rare original lobby card poster for the 1952 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro
[HEMINGWAY, Ernest; Gregory Peck; Susan Hayward; Ava Gardner].
Ernest Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro Theatre Lobby Card Poster.
20th Century-Fox Film Corp., 1952.
Rare original lobby card poster for the 1952 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro produced exclusively for display in theatres. One page, printed in color, featuring a still from the film of Peck and Hawyard embracing. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124199
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"THE MOST CELEBRATED BIOGRAPHY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE": BOSWELL'S THE LIFE OF JOHNSON
BOSWELL, James.
The Life of Samuel Johnson. [Boswell’s Life of Johnson].
London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, n.d. [c. 1880].
Finely bound 19th century illustrated printing of the most celebrated biography in the English language, elucidated by copious notes. Octavo, four volumes bound into two in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 141549
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First Edition of Henry Kaufman's On Money and Markets; Inscribed by Him
KAUFMAN, Henry. Foreword by Paul A. Volker.
On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
First edition of Henry Kaufman's memoir of his life spent on Wall Street. Octavo, original half cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Volker. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter with best wishes Henry Kaufman 2/5/05." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131708
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First Edition of C.S. Forester's The Age of Fighting Sail; finely bound
FORESTER, C.S.
The Age of Fighting Sail: The Story of the Naval War of 1812.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1956.
First edition of Forester's account of the naval battles of the War of 1812. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131804
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"THE GREATEST ART OF THE WORLD WAS DONE FOR ITS PLACE AND IN ITS PLACE": FIRST EDITION OF NANCY MCCLELLAN'S THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF DECORATIVE WALL-TREATMENTS
MCCLELLAND, Nancy.
The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments.
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1926.
First edition of Nancy McClelland’s authoritative work on interior design. Octavo, original decorated cloth, frontispiece in color with tissue guard present, eight other illustrations in color and 206 in doubletone. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice example, uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132062
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"Poetry, A bridge hanging between history and truth."; First Edition of Vuelta; Inscribed by Octavio Paz to friend and fellow writer Sergio Munoz
PAZ, Octavio.
Vuelta.
Mexico: Editorial Seix Barral, S.A, 1976.
First edition of this collection of poems that were written between 1969 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page to his good friend, "A Sergio Muñoz Bata, cordialmente Octavio Paz." With Sergio Muñoz Bata's ownership inscription on the title page with the words Mexico 76. Sergio Muñoz Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published in 18 newspapers across 11 countries in the hemisphere. He is also both a former Los Angeles Times editorial board member and Executive Editor of La Opinión. In near fine condition. A wonderful association.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133281
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Rare Second Venetian edition of Giovanni Domenico Mansi's Latin translation of Antoine Augustin Calmet's dictionary of the Holy Scriptures
CALMET, Antoine Augustin. Translated by Giovanni Domenico Mansi.
Dictionarium Historicum, Criticum, Chronologicum, Geographicum, et Literale Sacrae Scripturae, Cum figuris Antiquitates Judaicas repraesentantibus Authore R.P.D. Augustino Calmet Ordinis S. Benedicti Abbate, E Gallico in Latinum translatum A Joanne Dominico Mansi, Congregationis Matris Dei, Lucensi.
Venetiis: Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1757.
Second Venetian edition of Giovanni Domenico Mansi's Latin translation of Antoine Augustin Calmet's dictionary of the Holy Scriptures, perhaps the most famous and meticulous exegetical, historical and geographical dictionary of the Holy Scriptures produced. Folio, 2 volumes bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels, all edges speckled red, elaborately illustrated with full-page woodcut engravings, folding maps, printers device to the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114059
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First Edition of Creating Winning Marketing Plans; Inscribed by Sidney Levy
LEVY, Sidney J.
Creating Winning Marketing Plans.
Chicago: Dartnell, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "For John Rogers, In appreciation of a Thoughtful Reader, Sidney J. Levy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114529
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First Edition of 3 by Irving; Inscribed by John Irving To Editor David Kent
IRVING, John.
3 By Irving: Setting Free the Bears; The Water-Method Man; The 158-Pound Marriage.
New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of this compilation of the author's first three novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his editor David Kent, "For David Kent John Irving with my admiration and affection." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Introduction by Terrence Des Pres.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 37055
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First Edition of Don Winslow's acclaimed The Power of the Dog; Signed by Him
WINSLOW, Don.
The Power of the Dog.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 2005.
First edition of the first novel in Winslow's acclaimed The Power of the Dog trilogy. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Don Winslow in the year of publication on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124988