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“Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed” and “A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds": First Edition of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller; Signed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, Ron.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
New York: Random House, 1998.
First edition of this landmark biography of John D. Rockefeller. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Gabrielle Bordwin.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 146458
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First Edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day.
Hartford: Hartford Publishing Company, 1868.
First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, raised bands, morocco spine labels, illustrated with 18 engraved plates. In very good condition, rebacked. Second state with the title page corrected to "Douglass."
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 142076
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "J.M. Coetzee Cape Town, 1999." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Jacket photograph by Barbara Morgan.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 132418
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“One is always at home in one's past": Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
First revised edition of Nabokov's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 73054
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First Edition of Albert Luthuli's Let My People Go
LUTHULI, Albert.
Let My People Go. An Autobiography.
Johannesburg and London: Collins, 1962.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Laureate. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. Introduction by Charles Hooper. A nice example.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 114241
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"he alone saved our civilisation": First edition of The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History; signed by Boris Johnson
JOHNSON, Boris.
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014.
First edition of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's work on the the life and character of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Boris Johnson on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 132034
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First Edition of Greg Norman's The Way of the Shark: Lessons on Golf, Business, and Life; Warmly Inscribed by Him
NORMAN, Greg.
The Way of the Shark: Lessons on Golf, Business, and Life.
New York: Atria Books, 2006.
First edition of this work by the Golden Shark. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Col Steve Thanks for your Support...Look after your shoulder Greg Norman 2KG (drawing)." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Min Choi. Written with Donald T. Phillips.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 139297
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"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance": The Works of Samuel Johnson with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy
JOHNSON, Samuel.
The Works of Samuel Johnson.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850.
Finely bound edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson to volume one. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate to each volume.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 141081
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First Edition of Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser; Inscribed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew .
Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser 1977-1981.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.
First edition of Brzezinski's memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ross Becker- with best wishes, Zbigniew Brzezinski." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Garrett Loube Design Associates.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 144069
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First Edition of Reading the Man; Signed by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
PRYOR, Elizabeth Brown.
Reading the Man.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of this “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Elizabeth Brown Pryor on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 117223
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First Edition of On the Other Hand: A Life Story; Signed by Fay Wray
WRAY, Fay.
On the Other Hand: A Life Story.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.
First edition of the definitive autobiography of the Hollywood starlet. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with numerous photographs. Signed by Fay Wray on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 137379
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Jean Vergnes' first edition copy of his autobiography A Seasoned Chef; His personal copy
VERGNES, Jean.
A Seasoned Chef: Recipes and Remembrances from the Chef and Former Co-owner of New York’s Famous Le Cirque Restaurant.
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1987.
First edition of the autobiography of legendary chef Jean Vergnes, the author's personal copy. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. From the library of Jean Vergnes and thence by descent. Jean Vergnes was a classically trained and highly acclaimed French chef, best-known as the co-founder and original co-owner along with Sirio Maccion of the famed Manhattan eatery Le Cirque, which opened in 1974. Vergnes had a major influence on American restaurant culture for more than four decades. He began his career working as a chef at various top restaurants in Paris during World War II, with a brief stop in Bermuda before…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 146515
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First edition of Jack Valenti's Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches; inscribed to him by William Safire
VALENTI, Jack [William Safire].
Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1982.
First edition of Jack Valenti's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bill Safire Thanks for your embrace - with the loving good wishes of Jack Valenti." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 135441
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First edition of Stewart Alsop's The Center: People and Power in Political Washington; inscribed by him to fellow journalist William Safire
ALSOP, Stewart.
The Center: People and Power in Political Washington.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of American journalist Stewart Alsop's vivid portrait of political Washington. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Helene - Bill tells me you even got through the Supreme Court... which is more than I could ever do Best, Stew Alsop." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 135146
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"Here, at home inside a Jane Austen novel, I passed my college weekends, carving Sunday roasts and getting the station wagon serviced, explaining the double finesse in bridge, lacing up ice skates, sharing by radio the fall of Paris and the night bombings of London. . . having fallen not just in love but into a family": First Edition of Roger Angell's autobiography; Signed by Him
ANGELL, Roger.
Let Me Finish.
New York: Harcourt, 2006.
First edition of Angell's autobiography of his early years growing up in New York. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Roger Angell on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cooley Design Lab.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 7412
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First Edition of Margaret Mead's Blackberry Winter; Signed by Her
MEAD, Margaret.
Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1972.
First edition of this work by the award winning anthropologist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated "Margaret Mead 1973" on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket cover photograph by Ken Heyman. Jacket design by Lucy Mahoney.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 29069
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First Edition of Ron Chernow's Grant; Signed by Him
CHERNOW, Ron.
Grant.
New York: Penguin Press, 2017.
First edition of this award-winning biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow on a Penguin Press bookplate to the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Evan Gaffney. Author photograph by Beowulf Sheehan.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 146292
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First Vintage Books edition of Bob Colacello's Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
COLACELLO, Bob. [Andy Warhol] [William Safire].
Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up.
New York: Vintage Books, 2014.
First Vintage Books edition of "by far the best of Andy Warhol's portraits, including his own" (George Plimpton). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication, "To Bill Zwecker, with fondness, Bob Colacello 2014 Chicago." The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133037
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"I never aspired to being a great traveller. I was simply a young man, typical of my age; we travelled as a matter of course.": Evelyn Waugh's When the Going was Good
WAUGH, Evelyn.
When the Going was Good.
London: Duckworth, 1947.
First edition, early edition of this compilation snippets from the author's travel books: 'Labels,' 'Remote People,' 'Ninety-two Days,' and 'Waugh in Abyssinia.' Octavo, original navy blue boards, frontispiece of Evelyn Waugh Aged 26 by Henry Lamb, illustrated with a folding map of British Guiana and part of Brazil. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145356
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50th Anniversary Edition of The First Four Minutes; Signed by Roger Bannister
BANNISTER, Roger.
The First Four Minutes.
Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2004.
Limited hardback edition of this personal account of the most ground-breaking sporting achievement of the twentieth century, now with a new introduction and a substantial new chapter to mark the 50th Anniversary of the first sub-four-minute mile. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographic plates. One of two hundred and thirty-nine copies signed by the author on a limitation slip adhered to the front flyleaf, this is number 196. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146690