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First Edition of Trains Of Thought: Memories Of A Stateless Youth; Warmly Inscribed by Victor Brombert
BROMBERT, Victor.
Trains Of Thought: Memories Of A Stateless Youth.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.
First edition of this "beautifully cadenced work of art―it will remind some readers of Nabokov's classic Speak, Memory" (Joyce Carol Oates). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, " For Renee and Ted whose tenderness, poetic spirit, and wit are so precious to all their friends - Affectionately - Victor 11.02." The recipient, Theodore Weiss was a poet, professor and editor along with his wife Renee of the Quarterly Review of Poetry. Fine in a fine dust jacket with Weiss' signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Robin Locke Monda.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147923
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Stetson Cowboy Hat; Inscribed by John Wayne
WAYNE, John.
John Wayne Signed Stetson.
Stetson 4X beaver felt cowboy hat, boldly signed and Inscribed, "Tony Ride High John Wayne 1975," on the sweatband. Size "7 3/8", original hatband and feathers and "JBS" hat pin. In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147902
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First Editions of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples; Signed by Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958.
First British editions of each volumes of this classic set, which many consider his masterpiece. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Winston Churchill in volume two. Each volume is fine to fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 147917
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE GREAT GATSBY; INSCRIBED BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD TO HIS SISTER-IN-LAW IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION AND IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald's masterpiece, inscribed by Fitzgerald to Zelda's sister and her husband Newman Smith in the year of publication and in the exceptionally rare first issue dust jacket. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. First printing with "chatter" on p. 60, line 16; "northern" on p. 119, line 22; "it’s" on p. 165, line 16; "away" on p. 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the…
Price: $975,000.00 Item Number: 147842
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Rare First Edition of Pierre Viala and Louis Ravaz's American Vines
VIALA, Pierre and Louis Ravaz; Raymond Dubois and Edmund Twight.
American Vines (Resistant Stock): Their Adaptation, Culture, Grafting and Propagation.
San Francisco: Press of Freygand-Leary Co, 1903.
Rare first American edition of Pierre Viala and Louis Ravaz's of 'Les Vignes Americaines,' translated in its entirety from the original French by Raymond Dubois and Edmund H. Twight. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, botanical endpapers, illustrated with diagrams. In near fine condition, Santa Cruz Department of Agriculture stamps to the front pastedown.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147239
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First Edition of To Cuba and Back; Inscribed by Richard Henry Dana
DANA, Richard Henry.
To Cuba and Back.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859.
First edition of this classic travelogue that reveals the character of pre-Spanish American war Cuba. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Rev. John A. Albro with the sincere regards of Richard Henry Dana." In very good condition, restoration to the crown of the spine. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. BAL 4447.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147922
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First Edition of First on the Moon; Signed by the First Person to touch the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, Dick Gordon and Alan L. Bean
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Michael Collins; Edwin [Buzz] E. Aldrin.
First On The Moon: A Voyage With Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
First edition of this work, signed by each of the Apollo XI and XII astronauts, which describes the events leading up to and during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned landing on the Moon. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by each astronaut of both Apollo XI and Apollo XII to two time Oscar winner Leslie Bricusse on the half-title page, "Best Wishes From Apollo II Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, To Leslie With best wishes from Apollo XII Charles Conrad, Dick Gordon, Alan L. Bean." The recipient, Leslie Bricusse was a composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on…
Price: $22,500.00 Item Number: 147910
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Scarce First Edition of The Jewish Case Before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine
The Jewish Case Before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine as Presented by the Jewish Agency for Palestine: Statements & Memoranda.
Jerusalem: The Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1947.
Scarce first edition of this series of statements made before the Committee by the Jewish Agency witnesses. Octavo, original wrappers, spine expertly repaired, illustrated with tables and charts. In very good condition with toning to the wrappers, front and rear free endpaper, and institutional stamps to the title page, final leaf of text, and rear free endpaper.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146827
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"He belongs to the Ages": First Edition of David Herbert Donald's Lincoln
HERBERT DONALD, David.
Lincoln.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
First edition of this "grand work--the Lincoln biography for this generation" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.) Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Wendell Minor.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 167958
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"Can a man who's warm understand one who's freezing?": First American Edition of One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander.
One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book and what many consider his masterpiece. Octavo, original black cloth. Translated by Max Hayward and Ronald Hingley. Introduction by Max Hayward and Leopold Lebedz. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip the spine.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147918
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"The only tired I was, was tired of giving in": Rosa Parks: My Story; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa.
Rosa Parks: My Story.
New York: Dial Books, 1992.
First edition of Parks' powerful autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "3/15/92 Rosa Parks." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jane Byers Bierhorst. Written with Jim Haskins.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147914
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“I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real": First Edition of The Rum Diary; Signed by Hunter Thompson
THOMPSON, Hunter S.
The Rum Diary.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of Thompson's only published novel. Octavo, original black half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by Hunter S. Thompson. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Perr.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 147501
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First Edition of Christmas in Plains; Signed by Jimmy Carter
CARTER, Jimmy.
Christmas In Plains.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of this Christmas story by the 39th President of the United States. Small octavo, original boards, illustrated by Amy Carter. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Fenton J Carter." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Amy Carter.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147913
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First Edition of The Conquest of Everest; Signed by three expedition members Edmund Hillary, George Lane and Charles Evans
HUNT, John; With a Chapter on the Final Assault by Edmund Hillary [Tenzing Norgay].
The Conquest of Everest.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1954.
First edition of this classic account of the first ascent of Mount Everest. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 8 pages of photographs in full color, and 48 pages in black and white, maps, sketches and drawings. Foreword by Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. Boldly signed by signed by three expedition members on the front endpaper, Edmund Hillary, George Lowe and Charles Evans. Additionally inscribed by Evans above the signatures, "To all the Edwards." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by these mountaineering legends.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147911
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"Keep the joy of loving God in the Poor and share this joy with others, God bless you": Photograph of Mother Teresa; Inscribed by her
MOTHER TERESA,.
Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.
1984.
Rare photograph portrait of Mother Teresa boldly signed, "God bless you M. Teresa mc." In fine condition. The piece measures 5 inches by 7 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 147287
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First Edition of William Cothren's History of Ancient Woodbury Vol. II; Inscribed by Roger M. Sherman to Ellen Sherman
COTHREN, William [William Tecumseh Sherman].
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854: Including the Present Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a Part of Oxford and Middlebury.
Waterbury, Connecticut: Bronson Brothers, 1854.
Second volume of the first edition of this history of Ancient Woodbury, the location of the Sherman family’s initial establishment in early 1673; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with coats of arms from the Graham and Sherman family. General Sherman and his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplates to the front pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed by Roger M. Sherman on the flyleaf to Ellen Sherman, "Mrs. General Sherman with the compliments of Roger M. Sherman." The recipient, Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman and a prominent pro-Union…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145760
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Rare Typed Letter Signed by the Father of the Atomic Bomb, J. R. Oppenheimer to Los Alamos Engineer George Little
OPPENHEIMER, J. Robert; [George Little].
J. Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed. [WITH] Related Manhattan Project Ephemera.
Santa Fe: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1945.
Rare typed letter signed by the Father of the Atomic Bomb, J.R. Oppenheimer. Quarto, one page on Oppenheimer's Santa Fe stationary, dated October 13, 1945, the letter reads in part, 'Dear Mr. Little This letter is to acknowledge your contribution to the development of the atomic bomb. The unequivocal success of the Los Alamos Project was made possible by the unstinting efforts and sacrifices of the members of the Special Engineering Detachment ... During the extreme production rush of the early summer you were one of a small group who did the work of a much larger group. During this…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 147275
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Olivia, Signed by Ian Falconer
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia.
New York: Atheneum Books, 2000.
First edition, early printing of the author's first book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ian Falconer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 147957
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Rare Houdini Picture Corporation Stock Certificate; signed by master illusionist Harry Houdini; with a rare Famous-Players-Lasky Promotional brochure for his greatest film, The Grim Game
HOUDINI, Harry.
Harry Houdini Signed Houdini Picture Corporation Stock Certificate.
New York: The Brown-Green Co, July 18, 1921.
Rare stock certificate signed by the world’s greatest escape artist, master illusionist Harry Houdini. One page, partially printed in brown and black ink with an embossed seal, the document is dated July 18, 1921 and certifies that George Popp hereby owns fifteen shares of the Capital Stock of Houdini Picture Corporation. Signed by Harry Houdini as President of the Corporation and countersigned by R.G. Risley as Treasurer. In near fine condition. With a rare Famous-Players-Lasky Promotional brochure for The Grim Game, Houdini's first full-length movie which is widely regarded as his best.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 128055
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“People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore": First Edition of Slaughterhouse-Five; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a Drawing of a Self-Caricature
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969.
First edition of Vonnegut's masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Kurt Vonnegut with a drawing of a self-caricature on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket with a unique jacket that has been mistriked bearing a duplicate look on the verso. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. A unique example, one of the nicest we have seen.
Price: $10,500.00 Item Number: 147938