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First Edition of Bridge to Terabithia; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson in the year of publication
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
First edition of the author's first Newbery-Award winning classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For Ann Davis Katherine Paterson 11/18/77." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 142306
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“Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes": First Edition of Peter Drucker's The New Society; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The New Society: The Anatomy of the Industrial Order.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1950.
First edition of Drucker's classic fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 89653
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First edition of Herman Melville's first and most popular book Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas
MELVILLE, Herman.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
First edition of Melville's first book and his most popular during his lifetime. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in the original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece map, both half-titles and 6 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. BAL 13653. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom full clamshell slipcase.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 144151
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“I BELIEVE ALL YOUR LIES IMPLICITLY”: FIRST EDITION OF HENRY MILLER’S TROPIC OF CAPRICORN; INSCRIBED BY HIM
MILLER, Henry.
Tropic of Capricorn.
Paris: Obelisk Press, 1939.
First edition, one of only 1000 copies printed in Paris, to avoid obscenity laws in the United States. Octavo, original red and white wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Henry Church with best wishes, Henry Miller 5/5/39." Henry Church and his wife Barbara were patrons of the arts in 1930s-40s France, and were friends with many of the important writers of the era. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the fragile wrappers. With first issue price of 60 francs printed on the spine. With errata slip,…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 110655
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Rare First Edition of Harry Markowitz’s Landmark Work Portfolio Selection; Inscribed by Him
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.
Portfolio Selection.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1959.
First edition of the economist's work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For William Best Wishes Harry Markowitz." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 141319
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Black and White Photograph Signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip; from the Royal 1954 Christmas Card
ELIZABETH II, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph.
1954.
Black and white photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with young Prince Charles and Princess Anne waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, signed by Queen Elizabeth II, "Elizabeth R 1954" and Prince Philip, "Philip." Removed from the official Royal 1954 Christmas card. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. Matted and attractively framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145203
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“YOU ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK UPON THE GREAT CRUSADE, TOWARD WHICH WE HAVE STRIVEN THESE MANY MONTHS”: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF CRUSADE IN EUROPE
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Crusade in Europe.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1948.
Signed limited first edition of General Eisenhower's wartime memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, top edge gilt, original acetate. One of 1426 numbered copies signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, this is number 1392. Fine in the original acetate jacket and in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133539
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RARE ELABORATELY ILLUMINATED PATENT OF NOBILITY SIGNED BY Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, King of Arms to King Charles III of Spain
DON RAMON ZAZO OF ORTEGA,.
Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega Signed Patent of Nobility.
Rare illuminated patent of Nobility signed by Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, historian and King of Arms to Charles III, King of Spain. Quarto, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine, marbled endpapers, elaborately illuminated hand-painted full page coat of arms and numerous heraldic shields each with silk guard leaves, text in script, illuminated hand-painted initials, headpieces and tailpieces. Singed at the conclusion of the patent by Don Ramon Zazo y Ortega and Vicente Lorenzo Verdugo with Royal paper seals. In very good condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 110235
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First edition of Eugene F. Fama and Merton H. Miller's The Theory of Finance; signed by Eugene F. Fama
FAMA, Eugene F. and Merton H. Miller.
The Theory of Finance.
Hinsdale, Illinois: Dryden Press, 1972.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economists' landmark work. Octavo, original boards. Octavo, original boards. Signed by "the father of modern finance", Eugene F. Fama on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 126883
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Signed Limited Edition of Kew Gardens; Signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
WOOLF, Virginia .
Kew Gardens.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1927.
Signed limited edition, number 172 of 500 numbered copies, signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell in purple ink. Quarto, original illustrated paper boards, text printed within woodcut borders designed by Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell. From the library of publisher, editor, and literary agent Donald Friede, and with his Miguel Covarrubias-designed book-plate on front paste-down. In very good condition with the spine largely perished. Rare and desirable.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 143769
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“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing": First Edition of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Tom Sawyer’s Comrade].
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition of Twain's masterpiece, photogravure plate of a portrait bust of Clemens by Karl Gerhardt, title-leaf a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884; illustrated captioned "Him and another Man" listed on page 88 in contents; eleventh line from bottom of page 57 reads "with the was";"5" final five on page 155 is slightly larger; page 283/284 on a stub, without additional final blank leaf, In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Housed in custom chemise and full morocco clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 100058
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Rare December 29, 1975 Time Magazine Cover featuring a portrait of Mother Teresa; inscribed by her
BOJAXHIU, Mary Teresa. [Mother Teresa].
Mother Teresa Signed Time Magazine Cover.
New York: Time, December 29, 1975.
Rare cover from the December 29, 1975 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Mother Teresa by Bob Peak and inscribed by her, "God bless you M Teresa MC." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed with the original transmittal envelope inserted into a pocket on the verso of the frame showing the printed Missionaries of Charity return address and postmarked Bronx, 3 April 1986. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133441
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First edition of The Map of Love: Verse and Prose; inscribed by Dylan Thomas
THOMAS, Dylan.
The Map of Love: Verse and Prose.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1939.
First edition, first issue of Thomas's third book with “Dent” blind-stamped on spine. Octavo, original purple cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with the frontispiece portrait of Thomas after the painting by Augustus John. Presenation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Leo & John... From Dylan Thomas Oxford 1941." In very good condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 139597
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's The Night Traveler; Signed by Twice by Her
OLIVER, Mary.
The Night Traveler.
A Bits Chapbook, 1978.
First edition of this early collection by Mary Oliver. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Mary Oliver, once on the front free endpaper and on the title page. In fine condition. Rare.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133671
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The Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy of Profiles in Courage; signed by John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
The Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy of Profiles in Courage.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1957.
Cardinal edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work; the Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy; signed by John F. Kennedy. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by John F. Kennedy on the verso of the front panel. Accompanied by a photograph album of various locations within the yacht. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example with provenance.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 134268
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Signed by Walt Disney and 13 other Hollywood Actor and Actresses
SPEED, F. Maurice [Walt Disney].
Film Review.
London: Macdonald and Co, 1939.
First edition of this overview of Hollywood. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed on the front pastedown and endpapers by Walt Disney and 13 other Hollywood actors and actresses, including, Chico Marx "To Pat Sincerely Chico Marx"; Pat O'Brien; "To Pat my own namesake Love Pat O'Brien Nov 21, 1947; Deborah Kerr, "I see a dark Stranger" (on page 76) "with best wishes Deborah Kerr"; Merle Oberon "To Pat all the best Merle Oberon"; Joe E. Brown "To Pat Joe Brown." Brown was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like A Midsummer Night's Dream, Earthworm…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 112422