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Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America; Signed by Aaron Copland
COPLAND, Aaron.
Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America.
New York: Whittlesey House, 1941.
Early printing of the composer's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Harold Moran Aaron Copland April 1944." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 116734
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FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOAN DIDION and John Gregory Dunne: FIRST EDITION OF The Hornes: An American Family; inscribed by Gail Lumet Buckley to Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
BUCKLEY, Gail Lumet.
The Hornes: An American Family.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of this history of the Horne dynasty, spanning eight generations. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joan + John - With best wishes - Gail June, 1986." The recipients, American journalists Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne met in the late 1950s when Didion was working for Vogue. They were soon married and both picked up writing work from book publishers and magazines, traveled together on journalism assignments, and established a working pattern that served for the next 40 years. They had a constant advising, consulting, and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 141137
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Rare First edition of Bunnell's The Discovery of the Yosemite and The Indian War of 1851
BUNNELL, Lafayette Houghton.
The Discovery of the Yosemite and The Indian War of 1851, Which Led To That Event.
Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1880.
First edition of Bunnell's account of the discovery of Yosemite Valley with the Mariposa Battalion in 1851. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers, illustrated with 21 engravings including frontispiece portrait of Bunnell. In very good condition with wear to the extremities and rear panel.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 107042
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First Edition of Wall Street and the Wilds; Lengthily Inscribed by A.W. Dimock
DIMOCK, Anthony W.
Wall Street and the Wilds.
New York: Outing Company, 1915.
First edition of Dimock's autobiography, including his great success in cornering the gold market, also hunting grizzly bear, buffalo, deer, waterfowl, early wildlife photography, and some mention of fishing for tarpon, trout and salmon. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to a family member, "To Susan Whitney Dimock Dear Mrs. Dimock As the shadows lengthen the thoughts turn often to the friends of long ago, and my memory vibrates to the mention of the name of Henry Dimock Most sincerely yours Anthony W. Dimock The…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 46768
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"Statesman, Warrior, Writer, and Painter, his genius had few parallels ever": First Edition of Elizabeth Longford's Winston Churchill; FINELY BOUND BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
LONGFORD, Elizabeth. [Winston Churchill].
Winston Churchill: Authorized by the Winston Churchill Foundation.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1974.
First edition of Elizabeth Longford's photographic retrospective of the life of Sir Winston Churchill, authorized by the Winston Churchill Foundation. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe , gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous photographs. Foreword by Anthony Eden. Afterword by Winston S. Churchill, M.P. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 139533
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First Edition of W.H. Russell's My Diary: North and South
RUSSELL, William Howard.
My Diary: North and South.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1863.
First edition of this work by Russell. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, folding map in volume one. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137554
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First edition of A Big Life in Advertising; inscribed by Mary Wells Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Mary Wells.
A Big Life in Advertising.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of the candid autobiography of one of the most influential figures in advertising history. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 36 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Paul - Thank you for you great and charming ... xxx Mary Wells Lawrence." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146772
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"It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountain top and pointed the way": Signed Limited First Edition of Barack Obama's A Promised Land
OBAMA, Barack.
A Promised Land.
New York: Crown, 2020.
Signed limited first edition of this riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase. Unopened and sealed in the original shrinkwrap.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147171
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First Edition of Gandhi's Autobiography; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GANDHI, Mahatma K.
Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.
London: Phoenix Press, 1949.
First edition of Gandhi's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Translated by Mahadev Desai.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134231
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LIMITED SPONSOR'S EDITION OF JOHN MARSHALL’S LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON; SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR PHILEMON TECUMSEH SHERMAN
MARSHALL, John [George Washington].
The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States.
New York: WM. H. Wise & Co, 1925.
Sponsor's edition of Marshall’s magisterial biography of Washington; specially prepared for Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, five volumes bound in full leatherette, tissue-guarded frontispieces in each volume, illustrated with several tissue-guarded plates in each volume. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities and spine of each volume. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145735
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First Edition of An Anthropologist on Mars; Inscribed by Oliver Sacks to His Editor in the Year of Publication
SACKS, Oliver.
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
First edition of this astounding collection of unique medical histories. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with color plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his editor in the year of publication, "For Stanley Holwitz, editor, guide, friend - with all my thanks and best wishes - 2/12/95 Oliver." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. Jacket photograph by Joyce Ravid.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146916
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"History will treat me right": First Edition of Ralph David Abernathy's And the Walls Came Tumbling Down; Signed by Him
ABERNATHY, Ralph David.
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989.
First edition of this work which "brings alive the history of the civil rights era. . . . Abernathy’s storytelling is gripping” (New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "God Bless You Ralph David Abernanthy10-16-89." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 117368
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First edition, advance review copy of Llyod Lewis's Captain Sam Grant; from the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Herbert Donald
LEWIS, Lloyd. [David Herbert Donald].
Captain Sam Grant.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
First edition, advance review copy of Lewis' great biography of American Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant, with the publisher's review slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald with three drafts of a review of the book by Donald's mentor and the director of his dissertation at the University of Illinois, John Randall, laid in.; one with hand-written annotations. American historian David Herbert Donald is best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography two times for his biographies of Charles Sumner and Thomas…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136237
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First Edition of James Goldsmith's Counter Culture; Inscribed by Him to Economist Peter L. Bernstein
GOLDSMITH, James M. [Peter L. Bernstein].
Counter Culture.
London: W.H. Allen, 1985.
First edition of this work by Goldsmith. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Peter all best wishes Jimmy." The recipient Peter L. Bernstein, was a financial historian, economist and educator whose development and refinement of the efficient-market hypothesis made him one of the country's best known authorities in popularizing and presenting investment economics to the general public. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133538
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First edition of Donald Knuth's Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About; Inscribed by Him
KNUTH, Donald E.
Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About.
Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language, 2001.
First edition of this collection of lectures, by the legendary computer scientist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "Best wishes, Bill! Don Knuth." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146716
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First Edition of My Years With General Motors; Signed by Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
SLOAN JR., Alfred P.
My Years With General Motors.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of Sloan's influential work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alfred P. Sloan Jr. on an bookplate to the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Edited by John McDonald with Catherine Stevens. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136414
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First Edition of Mae West's Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It; inscribed by her
WEST, Mae.
Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1959.
First edition of Mae West's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill with heartfelt and deep admiration for all the things we've shared - Mae - Come on up and..." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137558
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The Complete and Rare First American Edition Set of Harold MacMillan's Memoirs; Signed by Harold Macmillan
MACMILLAN, Harold.
The Complete Harold MacMillan Memoirs. [The Winds of Change 1914-1939, Blast of War 1939-1945, Tides of Fortune 1945-1955, Riding the Storm 1956-1959, Pointing the Way 1959-1961, At the End of the Day 1961-1963, The Past Masters: Politics and Politicians 1906-1939].
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966-75.
First editions of each volume in Harold Macmillan’s memoirs. Octavo, seven volumes, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of 'Winds of Change,' "For Faye Bozin from Harold Macmillan." Additionally signed by Macmillan on the title page of 'Pointing the Way' and 'The Past Masters.' Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 147300
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First edition of Thomas Griffith Taylor's With Scott: The Silver Lining; from the library of American Polar Explorer William Davies with his ownership inscription
TAYLOR, Thomas Griffith.
With Scott: The Silver Lining.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1916.
First edition of Antarctic explorer Griffith Taylor's firsthand account of his experience as part of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition. Quarto, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated penguin vignette to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including frontispiece. From the library of American geologist and polar explorer of William E. Davies with his ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, "William E. Davies Dec. 30, 1938." Davies explored the Appalachian Mountains, Greenland, and Antarctica, where the Davies Escarpment is named after him. In near fine condition. A nice…
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 106851
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"My name is Charles Frederick Bush, C. Fred for short": First edition of White House Dog C. Fred's Story; Inscribed by both Barbara and George Bush
BUSH, C. Fred. Edited Slightly by Barbara Bush (George Bush).
C. Fred’s Story: A Dog’s Life.
New York: Doubleday, 1984.
First edition of First Lady Barbara Bush's children's book about the adventures of White House dog C. Fred Bush. Large octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs throughout. Inscribed by Barbara Bush, "To Edna Pryn - With love and affection to a dear friend - Warmly - Barbara Bush" and President George Bush, "With love, George Bush," and with a paw print stamp in the likeness of C. Fred's paw. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Dust Jacket design by David Gatti. Jacket photograph by Cynthia Johnson.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 82391