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First edition of The Last Man on the Moon; inscribed by Astronaut Eugene Cernan and signed by NASA Geologist Farouk El-Baz
CERNAN, Eugene and Don Davis.
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Space Race.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
First edition, early printing of this revealing and dramatic look at the inside of the American space program from one of its pioneers. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jay & Joan. Best wishes, Gene Cernan." Additionally signed by NASA Geologist Farouk El-Baz on the front free endpaper, "All good wishes Frank El-Baz." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Some bumping to the crown and foot of the spine with a publishing error that slightly extended page 181. Slight rubbing and creasing to the extremities of the…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147252
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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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First edition of Martha Walker Freer's The Life of Jeanne D'Albert
FREER, Martha Walker.
The Life of Jeanne D’Albert Queen of Navarre.
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855.
First edition of Freer's appreciation of Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes. Octavo, bound in three quarters emerald green crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 139030
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Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; elaborately bound in full polished calf
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
London: John Murray, 1858.
Finely bound example of this collection of the remarks and insights of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Small octavo, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Coleridge. In very good condition. A very nice binding.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 139225
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First edition of John Diamond's Because Cowards Get Cancer Too...; inscribed by him photojournalist Sally Soames
DIAMOND, John.
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too…
London: Vermilion, 1998.
First edition of Diamond's story of his battle with throat cancer. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To dearest Sally with thanks and - well you know. With love John Diamond." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 124373
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First edition of John Guzzwell's Trekka Round The World; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
GUZZWELL, John.
Trekka Round The World.
London: Adlard Coles Ltd, 1963.
First edition of Guzzwell's account of his four-year single-handed voyage around the world. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset was also one of sailing’s most prolific…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114964
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Dick Cavett's Brief Encounters; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
CAVETT, Dick. Foreword by Jimmy Fallon [William Safire].
Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
First edition, early printing of Cavett's engaging memoir. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Tom & Bill - Dick Cavett." 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 a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs including…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133039
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First edition of A. Scott Berg's Kate Remembered; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
BERG, A. Scott.
Kate Remembered.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's biography of Katharine Hepburn. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Tom and Bill - the best reason I have to return to Chicago - with new and old affection, respectively Scott. July 2003 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…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133040
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First Edition of The Elephant and the Flea; Inscribed by Charles Handy
HANDY, Charles.
The Elephant and the Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future.
London: Hutchinson, 2001.
First edition of this memoir by the eminent philosopher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Les Best wishes Charles Handy 2.11.01." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145494
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating; Signed by Her
GOODALL, Jane with Gary McAvoy and Gail Hudson.
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating.
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of "one of those rare, truly great books that can change the world" (John Robbins). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117849
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First edition of Liv Ullmann's Choices; inscribed by her to Erica Jong
ULLMANN, Liv [Erica Jong].
Choices.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
First edition of Liv Ullmann's quietly and beautifully written autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Dear Erica Here is mine. Happy New Year with love to you and your. Hug - Liv. December - 84." The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142818
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"Few men of equal genius and of equal eminence can have led on the whole a simpler life": First edition of Henry James' biographical Study on predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne
JAMES, Henry.
English Men of Letters: Hawthorne.
London: Macmillan an Co, 1879.
First British edition of James' classic biographical study of his great predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne. Octavo, original scarlet cloth. In very good condition with light rubbing. Edited by John Morley.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 81054
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First edition of Jesse Bowman Young's What A Boy Saw in the Army
YOUNG, Jesse Bowman.
What A Boy Saw in the Army: A Story of Sight-Seeing and Adventure in the War for the Union.
New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1894.
First edition of Young's account of his experiences as a soldier boy in the armies of the Union. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132397
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First edition of John Diamond's Because Cowards Get Cancer Too...; Signed by him
DIAMOND, John.
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too…
London: Vermilion, 1998.
First edition of Diamond's story of his battle with throat cancer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Diamond on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Sally Soames.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 141524
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First Edition of Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of a Private Man; Inscribed by Wolfgang Stopler
STOPLER, Wofgang F.
Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of A Private Man.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.
First edition of this biography on Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wolfgang Ann Arbor, MI Dec. 12, 1994." From the library of noted economist Richard Musgrove. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 4401
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First Edition of Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story; Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal
WIESENTHAL, Simon.
Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.
First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110499
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First Edition of Major-General Dunsterville's Stalky's Adventures
DUNSTERVILLE, Major-General L. C.
Stalky’s Adventures.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928.
First edition of this autobiography by Major-General Dunsterville. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122198
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Signed by Kai Bird
BIRD, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
New York: Vintage Books, 2006.
Later printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Kai Bird. In near fine condition. Cover design by Stephanie Kloss.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147490
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Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets; Signed by Lars Eighner
EIGHNER, Lars.
Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets.
New York: St. Marrtin's Press, 1993.
Early printing of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Lars Eighner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front cover photograph by Martha Grenon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132109
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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