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First edition of Thomas P. Kettell's History of the Great Rebellion
KETTELL, Thomas P.
History of the Great Rebellion, From Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving An Account of Its Origin, The Secession of the Southern States, and the Formation of the Confederate Government.
New York: N. C. Miller, 1862.
First edition of volume I of Kettell's history of the American Civil War. Octavo, original publisher's cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, illustrated with over 125 engravings including 80 portraits. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 136514
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First Edition of the Next Century; Inscribed and Dated by David Halberstam in the Year of publication
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Next Century.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991.
First edition of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "For Sandy and Virginia with love David Jan 1991." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144104
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First edition of The Moment of Truth; Signed by Alan Simpson
SIMPSON, Alan and Erskine Bowles.
The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
Washington, D.C: 2010.
First edition of Simpson and Bowles' final report on The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Alan Simpson on the half-title page, "Merry Christmas!! Alan Simpson." In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117683
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Signed Limited Edition of James A. Michener's My Lost Mexico
MICHENER, James A.
My Lost Mexico.
Austin: The State House Press, 1992.
Signed limited edition of this novel by the award-winning author, one of 350 numbered copies, this is number 59. Octavo, original half cloth, with illustrations by the author. Signed by James A. Michener. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 119391
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First Literary Guild Edition of Miss Hickory; Inscribed by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
BAILEY, Carolyn Sherwin.
Miss Hickory.
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press, 1946.
Scarce first Junior Guild edition of this Newbery award-winning children's book. Octavo, original red cloth with black lettering to the spine and black flower decoration to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, red top stain, lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Helen Fuller, my treasured friend, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Miss H." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket and signed.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145270
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Limited First Edition of Where I'm Calling From; Signed by Raymond Carver
CARVER, Raymond.
Where I’m Calling From: New & Selected Stories.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.
Signed limited first edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, bound in full publisher's morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, elaborate spiral gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, original silk ribbon tipped in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by Steve Johnson specially commissioned by The Franklin Library for this signed limited first edition. Privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society and personally signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In fine condition. Accompanied by a typed letter addressed from the publisher…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146628
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“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Pearl
STEINBECK, John.
The Pearl.
New York: The Viking Press, 1947.
First edition of this classic story of simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good variant dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to the right. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131797
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First Edition of Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles
MILES, Nelson A.
Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911.
First edition of the autobiography by the famed general. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132499
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First Edition of Francis Wyndham's The Other Garden; Inscribed by Him
WYNDHAM, Francis.
The Other Garden.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First edition of Wyndham's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rolland Comstock with my very best wishes- Francis Wyndham." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 74064
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First Edition of Russell's Corpulency and the Cure
RUSSELL, F. Cecil.
Corpulency and the Cure.
London: Woburn House, 1885.
First edition of this early work on obesity. Octavo, original gray flexible cloth, engraved frontispiece and one other engraved illustration of a laboratory. This work includes chapters covering the reasons of biliousness, obesity, constitutional predisposition, the dangers of excess fat, the author's miraculous remedy for excessive weight and testimonials. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110867
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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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The Autumn 1964 issue of Horizon; containing the first appearance of Kipling's India
[KIPLING, Rudyard].
Horizon: Kipling’s India.
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc., 1964.
First appearance of Kipling's India. Quarto, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. The Autumn, 1964. Volume VI, Number 4 issue of Horizon. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 126118
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First Edition of Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth.
London: Faber and Faber, 1980.
First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover photograph by Bob Chase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128109
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First Edition of Gunter Grass' Die Vorzüge der Windhühner; Signed by Him
GRASS, Gunter.
Die Vorzüge der Windhühner.
Berlin: Luchterhand, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 78905
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Rare first edition of The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers
The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers.
Charlottesville, Virgina: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.
First edition of the proceedings of a Seminar on the Trust Investment Process sponsored with contributions by Canadian members of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88091
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First Edition of The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader; Signed by Him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.
New York: The Modern Library, 1995.
First edition of this compilation of the works of Daniel Boorstin. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Bernstein on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Roderick MacLeish.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 68963
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"My story is one which you may treasure up in your memories, and tell again to others ": Arthur Conan Doyle's Micah Clarke
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
Micah Clarke: His Statement As Made To His Three Grandchildren Joseph, Gervas, & Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1894.
Early printing of the author's third novel, a historical adventure novel set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition. Bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100105
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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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First Edition of Paul Theroux's Half Moon Street; Inscribed by him to Sally Soames
THEROUX, Paul.
Half Moon Street.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sally Soames with best wishes Paul Theroux." 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 personal journalist, performed extensive research on…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 119623
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"Lone heart, learning by one light burning, slow discerning of worldhood's worth": First edition of Siegfried Sassoon's Vigils
SASSOON, Siegfried.
Vigils.
London: William Heinemann, Ltd, 1935.
First trade edition of Sassoon's classic collection of poems. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123749
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First Edition of Roy DeCarava's Light Break
DECARAVA, Roy.
Light Break.
New York: First Print Press / David Zwirner Books, 2019.
First edition of this breathtaking photo collection from the photographer of the people, Roy DeCarava. Square quarto, original full linen, illustrated with DeCarava's outstanding black and white photographs. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146966
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First Edition of P.G. Wodehouse's Joy in the Morning
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
Joy in the Morning.
London: Herbert Jenkins, n.d.
First edition of Wodehouse's delightfully absurdist mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Frank Ford.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145018
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"Then life was thornless to our ken, and, bramble-rise, thy hills were then a rise without a bramble": Frederick Locker's London Lyrics; inscribed by him
LOCKER, Frederick.
London Lyrics.
London: John Wilson, 1868.
Rare privately printed edition of Locker's first book. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "John S. Smith from the author July 28 1868." In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 124134
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"When people show you who they are, it is your job to pay attention.": First Edition of You Love Me; Signed by Caroline Kepnes
KEPNES, Caroline.
You Love Me: A You Novel.
New York: Random House, 2021.
First edition of the third book in the best-selling 'You' series, which spawned the popular Netflix show by the same name starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Caroline Kepnes. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ella Laytham and Greg Mollica. Author photograph by Courtney Pugliese.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145435
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138018
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First Edition of Billie Jean King's All In: An Autobiography; Signed by Her and three times by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
KING, Billie Jean.
All In: An Autobiography.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
First edition of the tennis champion's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Billie Jean King and twice by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, on the front panel and again on the rear panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144522
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BLENCOWE (MRS.) EDITED BY,.
The Casket, a Miscellany, Consisting of Unpublished Poems.
London, John Murray, 1829.
First edition. Octavo, original boards with leather spine. In good condition. An anthology of original work by Praed, Montgomery, Rogers, Hodgson, Moore, and Wordsworth. Also contains a Lord Byron unpublished poem.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1610
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First Edition of Jack Kerouac's Visions of Gerard
KEROUAC, Jack.
Visions of Gerard.
New York: Farrar, Staus and Company, 1963.
First edition of this classic Beat novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrated with drawings by James Spanfeller.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131677
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"TIME TO GET UP, FUNGUS MY DREARY, IT'S NEARLY DARK": First Edition of Raymond Briggs' Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book
BRIGGS, Raymond. Paper Engineer Ron Van Der Meer.
Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book.
London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, 1982.
First pop-up, or 'plop-up', edition of Briggs' well-known work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated with pop-ups engineered by Ron Van Der Meer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a pop-up opening door on the verso of the front panel in the year of publication, "For Eileen Ireland With Best Wishes from Raymond Briggs 29 September 1982." In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112501
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's Those Other Animals
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Those Other Animals.
London: Henry and Co., [1891].
First edition of one of the more uncommon Henty titles. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, with twenty two illustrations by Harrison Weir. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123098
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Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Summations: The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature.
Bennington College, 1987.
First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1,000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title, although not called for this copy is signed by the author in his own hand on the title page.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 178
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First Edition of Stephen Berrien Stanton's The Essential Life; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
STANTON, Stephen Berrien [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Essential Life.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
First edition of this poetical guide to a fulfilling life; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original navy blue cloth. P.T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper. In very good condition with some rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145983
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First Edition of Jeane Kirkpatrick's The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State; Inscribed by Her to William Safire
KIRKPATRICK, Jeane J. [William Safire].
The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State and Other Surprises.
Washington, D.C: The AEI Press, 1990.
First edition of this work by Ambassador Kirkpatrick, who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire Columnist extraordinaire. With admiration and friendship. Jeane Kirkpatrick. December, 1990." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 127827
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First Edition of Charles Elihu Slocum's The Life and Services of Major-General Henry Warner Slocum
SLOCUM, Charles Elihu.
The Life and Services of Major-General Henry Warner Slocum.
Toledo, Ohio: The Slocum Publishing Company, 1913.
First edition of the biography of one of the youngest major generals in the Union Army. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, top edge red. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133028
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Limits and Renewals; in the rare original dust jacket
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Limits and Renewals.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.
First edition of this fine collection of fourteen short stories. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with central gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 135404
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COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
MEAD, Margaret. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth in Western Civilisation.
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932.
Early printing of Mead’s pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in good condition. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117912
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First Edition of A Month of Sundays; Inscribed by John Updike to His Neighbors
UPDIKE, John.
A Month of Sundays.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to his neighbors Ken and Jane Field. A very sharp copy of Updike's seventh novel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 3600
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First Edition of John Glenn: A Memoir; Signed by Him
GLENN, John with Nick Taylor.
John Glenn: A Memoir.
New York: Bantam, 1999.
First edition of the autobiography of the first American to orbit the Earth. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Best wishes- John Glenn." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147442
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First Edition of Gay Talese's Unto the Sons; Inscribed by Him to Editor Howard Kaminsky
TALESE, Gay.
Unto The Sons.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of this work on the Italian diaspora. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Howard and Susan Kaminsky With my greatest respect for you both always Gay Talese." The recipient, Howard Kaminsky was the former president and publisher of Warner Books, Random House and William Morrow/Avon. Among the authors he published were Elmore Leonard, E.L. Doctorow, Gore Vidal, David Halberstam and Richard Nixon. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. A nice association.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 78643
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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, review copy of Margaret Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer
GODDEN, Margaret Rumer.
The Greengage Summer.
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1958.
First edition, advance review copy of Margaret Rumer Godden's story of a young English woman's coming of age during a summer holiday in France. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher's advance review copy slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110805
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"You go for me and I’m taboo, But if you’re hard to get, I’ll go for you And if I do, then you are through, Oh, my baby, that’s the end of you": Collection of three musical scores from George Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II's Carmen Jones
BIZET, George and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Carmen Jones Musical Score Collection.
New York: Williamson Music, Inc., 1943.
Collection of three musical scores from Bizet and Hammerstein's popular musical. Quarto, three volumes, original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes piano scores for Stan' Up An' Fight, Dat's Love, and My Joe. In very good to near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138564
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Rare accordion-fold album of photographic views of the city of New Orleans
Souvenir of New Orleans.
Columbus, Ohio: Ward Brothers, 1885.
Rare accordion-fold album of photographic views of the city of New Orleans including Canal Street, City Hall, the Charles Hotel, the Louisiana Jockey Club, the West End, Margaret Statue, and Louisiana Cavalry Monument. Small octavo, original boards elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles and tooling to the front panel. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117530
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First Edition of Hooking Up; Lengthily Inscribed by Tom Wolfe in the year of publication
WOLFE, Tom.
Hooking Up.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
First edition of a wonderful compilation of some of the author's greatest essays. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Vikram and Meera and their exciting trans-hempheric life Tom Wolfe November 28 2000." Fine in near fine jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell. Author photograph by Jacques Lowe.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146007
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First Edition of Quinti Horati Flacci Carminum Librum Quintum; one of 160 copies with text in both Latin and English
KIPLING, Rudyard; Carolo Graves. Edited By A.D. Godley.
Quinti Horati Flacci Carminum Librum Quintum A Rudyardo Kipling et Carolo Graves.
Oxonii Apud Basilium Blackwell, 1922.
First edition of this collection Kipling and Graves' translations of the Odes of Horace. Octavo, original half vellum. One of 160 numbered copies, this is number 47. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 121962
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Never Panic Early; Signed by Astronaut Fred Haise
HAISE, Fred.
Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Books, 2022.
First edition, early printing of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper on a Smithsonian bookplate, "Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gary Tooth. Foreword by Gene Kranz.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146505
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First Edition of Thierry Rannou's La Route Du Rhum; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
RANNOU, Thierry.
La Route Du Rhum.
Paris: Editions du Sport, 1994.
First edition of Rannou's photographic history of the Route du Rhum. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with full-color photographs. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the 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…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112318
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The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson; Finely bound in full contemporary tree calf
THOMSON, James.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson.
London: Henry Frowde, 1908.
The Oxford edition of Thomson's complete poetical works. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Thomson. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable bound in full 20th century tree calf.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122647
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"Power does not alter a man's character. It merely reveals it": First Edition of Carlos Fuentes' Terra Nostra; Signed by the Author
FUENTES, Carlos.
Terra Nostra.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1976.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Some foxing to the page edges in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear. Signed and dated by the author. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1922
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"Give a chunk to a monkey, give a chunk to a fighter": Later printing of Michael Rosen's Nuts About Nuts; Signed and dated by him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Sami Sweeten. .
Nuts About Nuts.
London: Diamond Books, 1999.
Early printing of British children's author Michael Rosen's illustrated book of poetry about nuts. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Michael Rosen on the verso of the front panel, "Hello Eileen, Michael Rosen was here." In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88125
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First edition of Morris Schaff's The Battle of the Wilderness
SCHAFF, Morris.
The Battle of the Wilderness.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910.
First edition of Schaff's history of the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with maps and plans. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133027
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First Edition of A Song Flung Up to Heaven; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya.
A Song Flung Up To Heaven.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Ann Sherry, Joy! from Wendy and Maya Angelou." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88974
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First edition of Jean Genet's Our Lady of the Flowers; From the library of Peter Matthiessen
GENET, Jean. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. Jean-Paul Sartre [Peter Matthiessen].
Our Lady of the Flowers.
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1963.
First American edition of Genet's debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea” (Michael Dirda). Near fine in a good dust…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142737
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First Edition of The Golden Helix; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Arthur Kornberg
KORNBERG, Arthur.
The Golden Helix: Inside Biotech Ventures.
Dulles, Virginia: University Science Books, 1995.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "July 29, 2005 To Matthew Greetings! A Kornberg." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138915
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First Edition of Orwell's Revenge. The 1984 Palimpsest; Inscribed by Peter Huber to William Safire
HUBER, Peter [William Safire].
Orwell’s Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest.
New York: The Free Press, 1994.
First edition of this work in which Huber discusses the compelling vision of Orwell's 1984. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bill Safire Peter Huber." Also laid in is a letter from The Manhattan Institute to William Safire. The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 143749
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First Edition of Sonnets: 1889-1927; Signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson
ROBINSON, Edwin Arlington.
Sonnets: 1889-1927
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
First edition of this collection of sonnets from 1889 to 1927. Octavo, original half cloth with decorated boards. Boldly signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the half-title page. In near fine condition with some rubbing to the extremities and front panel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145427
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First Edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Last Galley
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911.
First edition of Doyle's collection of seventeen short stories, which he considered his favorite among all of his works. Octavo, original red cloth decorated in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131570
