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Signed Limited First Edition of Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint; Signed by Him and Legendary Actor Richard Benjamin
ROTH, Philip [Richard Benjamin].
Portnoy’s Complaint.
New York: Random House, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of Roth's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original cloth, slipcase. One of 600 numbered examples signed by Philip Roth and additionally by actor Richard Benjamin, who starred in the 1972 adaptation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142668
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“With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head": First Edition of Tim O'Brien's If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home; Signed by Him
O'BRIEN, Tim.
If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of O'Brien's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tim O'Brien on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142299
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"I Was a Very Smart Child at the Age of Thirteen": First Edition of Mark Twain's Editorial Wild Oats; In the rare Original Dust jacket
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Editorial Wild Oats.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Rare in the original jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 68027
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“You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end": First Edition of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch; Signed by Him With the original prospectus
BURROUGHS, William S.
Naked Lunch.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1962.
First American edition, first issue jacket with no zip code on rear panel and no roman numerals on lower spine near back panel of Burroughs' classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William S. Burroughs on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Included is the original prospectus issued by Grove Press prior to publication. Photograph of Burroughs on the rear panel by Martha Rocher. An exceptional example, scarce with the original prospectus.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 87577
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First edition of Le Muet's free translation of Palladio's architectural treatise; bound in contemporary vellum with a second edition of L'Art de Bien Bastir
PALLADIO, Andreas.
Traicté des Cinq Ordres d’Architecture desquels se sont seruy les Anciens Traduit du Palladio Par Le Sr. Le Muet.
Paris: F.Langlois , 1645.
First edition of Le Muet's free translation of Palladio's treatise and the second edition of Le Muet's L'Art de Bien Bastir, first published in 1623. Two volumes bound into one, bound in full contemporary vellum, engraved frontispiece to the second book, woodcut initials, illustrated with numerous full page architectural engravings and diagrams throughout. In very good condition without the initial blank and first additional pictorial title.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 96516
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Photograph signed by President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Menachem Begin
CARTER, Jimmy and Menachem Begin.
Photograph Signed by Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin.
Photograph signed by President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Menachem Begin on the front panel. The photograph is of Carter and Begin in The White House with their cabinets. The photograph is stamped on the rear panel, "Official Photograph, The White House." Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 13 inches. In fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123824
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An American Dilemma "the most penetrating and important book on contemporary American civilization"; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Gunnar Myrdal
MYRDAL, Gunnar.
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1944.
First edition, early printing in one volume of the economist's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original green cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Signed and dated by Gunnar Myrdal in 1965. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear and chips to the extremities.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 1406
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"This is Houston. Say again, please...": color panoramic photo print of the revised trajectory of the Apollo 13 mission, inscribed by Apollo 13 Lunar Module pilot Fred Haise and flight controller Jack Lousma
HAISE, Fred and Jack Lousma.
Fred Haise and Jack Lousma Signed Apollo 13 Revised Trajectory Panoramic Print.
Semi-glossy color panoramic photo print of the revised trajectory of the Apollo 13 mission, signed by Apollo 13 Lunar Module pilot Fred Haise in silver ink, "Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP, 'Speed up to save 10 hours'" and "'The big bang," and additionally inscribed by flight controller Jack Lousma, "Jack Lousma, Apollo 13 CAPCOM," who adds above "This is Houston. Say again, please. Roger. Main B Undervolt." Lousma famously received the CAPCOM message "Houston, we've had a problem" message from Apollo 13. In fine condition. The print measures 23.25 inches by 10.75 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145825
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“MOTHER OF GOD,” HE SAID, “IS THIS THE END OF RICO”: FIRST EDITION OF W.R. BURNETT'S LITTLE CAESAR; INSCRIBED BY HIM
BURNETT, W.R.
Little Caesar.
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929.
First edition of Burnett's classic novel, which has inspired generations of gangster films. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Mrs. Brown with best wishes of W.R. Burnett." In near fine condition with light rubbing, clipping of a picture of the author and his wife to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom clamshell box. First editions of Little Caesar signed and inscribed are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 59019
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First edition of The Cross and the Switchblade; signed by Reverend David Wilkerson and Inscribed by Actor Pat Boone
WILKERSON, David with John & Elizabeth Sherrill. [Pat Boone].
The Cross and the Switchblade: A True Story of the Saving Power of Faith.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967.
First edition of the author's best-selling "modern day sequel to the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament" (Pat Boone). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by David Wilkerson on the half-title page and signed by American actor Pat Boone, who starred as Wilkerson in the 1970 film adaptation of the book, on the front free endpaper, "God bless James! Pat Boone John 1: 12,13." After reading a copy of the book he saw at an airport newsstand on the way to Mexico City, Pat Boone was immediately taken with it. He and an associate, Clint Davidson, took out an option…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137030
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First Edition of The Undoing Project; Signed by Michael Lewis and Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daniel Kahneman
LEWIS, Michael [Daniel Kahneman].
The Undoing Project.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Lewis on the title page and by Nobel Prize-winning economist and subject, "Best wishes! Daniel Kahneman" on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Rare and desirable signed by both Lewis and Kahneman.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138129
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Rare original Capricorn One shooting script; inscribed by Peter Hyams
HYAMS, Peter.
Capricorn One Original Shooting Script.
ITC Entertainment, Inc., 1976.
Rare original shooting script from from the 1978 science fiction thriller Capricorn One. Quarto, original leatherette wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the writer/director on the title page, "To ____ Many thanks. Peter Hyams. P.S. Where did you find this?" In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124688
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"There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe it": First Edition of David Foster Wallace’s First Novel, The Broom of the System; Signed by Him and three times by illustrator Lon Kirschner who has added an original illustration
WALLACE, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
New York: The Viking Press, 1987.
First paperback edition (issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition) of the author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Additionally signed three times by the illustrator Lon Kirschner, on the front panel, rear panel and on the title page with an added original illustration. In fine condition. Illustration on the front panel by Lon Kirschner. An unique example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124672
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First Edition of Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady; Inscribed by Cecil Beaton and with an autographed letter signed
BEATON, Cecil.
Cecil Beaton’s Fair Lady.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
First edition of Beaton's Fair Lady, a witty compilation of his personal diary entries recorded while managing the costume and set design of the 1957 Warner Brothers film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Elaine and Arthur Cohen my favorite publishers with thanks and admiration from Cecil." The recipients, Arthur and Elaine Lustig Cohen, were a publisher and graphic artist, respectively. With an autograph letter signed from Beaton to Arthur Cohen on New York’s St. Regis Hotel stationery laid in. Near fine in a near…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141409
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"The perfect book" (Alice Walker): Rare first edition of Mules and Men; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Mules and Men.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935.
First edition of Hurston's classic work, "the most engaging, genuine, and skillfully written book in the field of folklore" (Alan Lomax). Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Introduction by Franz Boas. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141719
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First Edition of Pecora's Rare Work on Wall Street
PECORA, Ferdinand.
Wall Street Under Oath: The Story of Our Modern Money Changers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1939.
First edition of Pecora’s account of his role as chief counsel in the dramatic 1930s Senate hearings on Wall Street’s role in the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original blue cloth. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3824
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First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: Vanguard, 1944.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some chipping to the crown and foot of the spine. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 1962
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First edition of Yukio Mishima's After the Banquet; warmly inscribed by him
MISHIMA, Yukio.
After The Banquet.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963.
First edition in English of "the biggest and most profound thing Mishima has done so far in an already distinguished career" (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Preston with the author's best wishes Yukio Mishima." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Fumi Komatsu. Rare signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 129580
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First Edition of The Tin Drum; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Author Gunter Grass
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1962.
First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated in 1986 by Gunter Grass on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With a signed letter from Gunter Grass' secretary. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 25016
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"Don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by": First edition of Colin Higgins' Harold and Maude; signed by him and legendary singer Cat Stevens
HIGGINS, Colin. [Cat Stevens].
Harold and Maude.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971.
First edition of the classic 1971 American coming-of-age dark comedy–drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Colin Higgins [on the front free endpaper] and singer-songwriter Cat Stevens [on the front pastedown]. The music in Harold and Maude was composed and performed by Cat Stevens. He had been suggested by Elton John to do the music after John had dropped out of the project. Stevens composed two original songs for the film, "Don't Be Shy" and "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" and performed instrumental and alternative versions of the previously…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133160