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First edition of Return to the Moon; inscribed by Harrison Schmitt
SCHMITT, Harrison. Foreword by Neil Armstrong.
Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space.
New York: Copernicus Books in Association with Praxis Publishing, 2006.
First edition of the author's visionary plan for humankind's future in space. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bob Harrison Schmitt Apollo 17." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jordan Rosenbum.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144631
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"Life passes most people by while they're busy making grand plans for it": Bruce Porter's Blow; inscribed by him and the film's director Ted Demme
PORTER, Bruce. [Ted Demme].
Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost it All.
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1993.
First St. Martin's Griffin edition of Porter's thrilling retelling of the story of George Jung, adapted into the 2001 film of the same name directed by Ted Demme and starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Edgar Best wishes Bruce Porter 3/30/01" and the film's director Ted Demme, "best - Ted Demme 2001." In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 123485
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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; Inscribed By Doris Kearns Goodwin
GOODWIN, Doris Kearns.
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976.
First edition, early printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, "To the Madesons, Doris Kearns." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138811
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First Edition of Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley; signed by Denton A. Cooley
COOLEY, Denton A.
Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley.
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays which illuminates, with brilliant insight, our contemporary world of medicine. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Denton A. Cooley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Collected by Marianne Kneipp. Foreword by Arthur Hailey.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146290
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First Edition of My Life; Inscribed by President Bill Clinton
CLINTON, Bill.
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of President Clinton's autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To ____ Best wishes- Bill Clinton. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146893
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey; Inscribed by Her
GOODALL, Jane with Phillip Berman.
Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey.
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Goodall's moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Caroline Together we make a difference Jane Goodall." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138205
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First Edition of Annie Dillard's An American Childhood; The Author's Own Copy
DILLARD, Annie.
An American Childhood.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
First edition of Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. The author's own copy with her personal bookplate. Signed by Annie Dillard on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Dreese Breslin.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 1746
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First Edition of Through Joy and Beyond: A Pictorial Biography of C.S. Lewis; Signed by Walter Hooper
HOOPER, Walter [C.S. Lewis].
Through Joy and Beyond: A Pictorial Biography of C.S. Lewis.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co, 1982.
First edition of this biography on C.S. Lewis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Walter Hooper on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 131584
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"We find comfort only in another beauty, in others music": First Edition of Adam Zagajewski's Another Beauty; Signed by Him
ZAGAJEWSKI, Adam.
Another Beauty.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author's memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the following line from this work, which reads, "We find comfort only in another beauty, in others music Adam Zagajewski." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc J. Cohen. Translated by Clare Cavanagh. A unique example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 84787
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First Edition of A Golfer’s Life; Inscribed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold .
A Golfer’s Life.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
First edition of the golfing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 black-and-white photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To O.H. Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with James Dodson.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145606
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First Edition of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's General Sherman in the Last Year of the Civil War
SHERMAN, Philemon Tecumseh [William Tecumseh Sherman].
General Sherman in the Last Year of the Civil War: An Address Delivered at the Thirty-eighth Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at St. Louis, Missouri.
New York: Robert Grier Cooke, 1908.
First edition of this biographical address of the author's father, delivered at the Thirty-eighth reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Octavo, original wrappers. Author's card tipped in, "With the Compliments of the Author 15 William Street, New York City." In near fine condition with a few small losses to the extremities of the wrappers. 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 was appointed…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145970
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First Edition of The Education of A Tennis Player; Inscribed by Tennis Legend Rod Laver
LAVER, Rod with Bud Collins.
The Education of a Tennis Player.
London: Pelham Books, 1971.
First edition of the tennis great's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Andy Best Wishes Rod Laver." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Written with Bud Collins.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 140060
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"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them": First Edition of Looking Forward: An Autobiography; Signed by President George H.W. Bush
BUSH, George H.W.
Looking Forward: An Autobiography.
New York: Doubleday, 1987.
First edition of George H.W. Bush's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by George Bush on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph of David Valdez. Jacket typography by David Gatti.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 147456
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"Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that you had early in life": First Edition of In Search of Memory; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Eric Kandel
KANDEL, Eric R.
In Search Of Memory.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist's autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For John Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that you had early in life. With warm regards Eric Kandel." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 110821
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First Edition of Al Pacino: In Conversation with Lawrence Grobel; Signed by Academy Award-Winning Actor Al Pacino
PACINO, Al.
Al Pacino: In Conversation with Lawrence Grobel.
New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2006.
First edition of this collection of interviews on the Academy Award-winning actor. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Al Pacino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Nagin.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 147476
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"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Autobiography; Signed by Him
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life.
Jerusalem: Steimatzky's Agency LTD, 1976.
First edition of the legendary military leader and politician's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bethram Kapadia.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 134303
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First Edition of The London Dore Saw; Inscribed by Eric de Mare
DE MARE, Eric.
The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation.
London: Allen Lane, 1973.
First edition. Folio, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, "To Peggy and Frank Taplin with kind, associational thoughts from Eric de Mare Jan. 1973." Also laid in, is a page and half handwritten signed letter to the same recipients. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panel and some nominal wear the the extremities.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 2474
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First Edition of Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Tommie.
Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007.
First edition of this powerful autobiography by the Olympic gold medalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "6-7-07 To Philip Health and Wellness. Faith Tommie Smith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kate Nichols. Written with David Steele.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 117848
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FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND VOLUME OF RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL'S OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: Young Statesman; complete with all three parts of its companion volume
CHURCHILL, Randolph S.
Winston S. Churchill. [The Official Biography]. Volume II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 [with] Volume II Companion Parts I, II, and III.
London: Heinemann, 1967-1969.
First edition of the second volume in Randolph S. Churchill’s official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated, photographic frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill in 1904. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144722
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"Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappoints. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding": John Adams; Warmly Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For Edward Ash-Milby with greetings from David McCullough 2001." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146414