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First Edition of A Confederate General from Big Sur; Signed by Richard Brautigan
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
A Confederate General from Big Sur.
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964.
First edition of Brautigan's first published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, Richard Brautigan January 22, 1964." Review slips of examples we've seen note the publication date as January 22, 1965, so we believe Brautigan must have written the incorrect year as many of us do in the new year. Laid in are two photographs of Brautigan credited to Bancroft Library. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Larry Rivers. Jacket photograph by Erik Weber. A very nice example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 125842
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Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements; Inscribed by Him
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements.
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1906.
First edition, early printing of this overview of Tuskegee Institute. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "B. G. Hardwick from Booker T. Washington Jan 1906." In very good condition with some dampstaining.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 130484
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First edition of the piano and vocal score of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Wadsworth's A Quiet Place; inscribed by Leonard Bernstein to his assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb
BERNSTEIN, Leonard and Stephen Wadsworth.
A Quiet Place: An Opera in Three Acts.
n.d.: Jani Publications, Inc./Boosey & Hawkes, .
First edition of the piano and vocal score of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Wadsworth's A Quiet Place from the collection of Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb. Quarto, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Bernstein on the title page, "For Yakele ["Little Jack" in Yiddish, spelled with Yiddish characters], with eternal gratitude. + love. LB. April '88." The recipient, Jack Gottlieb worked for Bernstein for more that thirty years, first as his assistant and later as his editor, preparing for publication Bernstein’s books, scores, catalogues, programs and jackets. In his memoir “Working with Bernstein”, Gottlieb relayed, “Close to my heart…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 135429
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First edition of Henry Laurence Gantt's Industrial Leadership; inscribed by him to American labor activist John P. Frey
GANTT, H.L. [Henry Laurence].
Industrial Leadership: Addresses Delivered in the Page Lecture Series, 1915, Before the Senior Class of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1916.
First edition of Gantt's classic work on the principles of industrial leadership and vocational training, one of 1500 copies printed. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Mr. J. P. Frey compliments of HL Gantt Feb 8/16." The recipient, John Philip Frey was a labor activist and president of the American Federation of Labor's Metal Trades Department during a crucial period in American labor history. In 1918, Frey became chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research, helping to raise money and incorporate the organization in 1920.…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 142852
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"these notes made in boats, on the road, and in strange towns": First Edition of W. Somerset Maugham's On A Chinese Screen, Warmly Inscribed by Him
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
On A Chinese Screen.
London: William Heinemann, 1922.
First edition of this classic travel book by the author of The Razor's Edge. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Edward Wassermann these notes made in boats, on the road, and in strange towns W. Somerset Maugham." In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 116152
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Les Mémoires de P. Reynaud et la Beligque [The Memoirs of P. Reynaud and Belgium]; Inscribed by J. Wullus-Rudiger to Winston S. Churchill
WULLUS-RUDIGER, J. [Winston S. Churchill].
Les Mémoires de P. Reynaud et la Beligque: Un appel à W. Churchill et au Gl de Gaulle. [The Memoirs of P. Reynaud and Belgium: A Call to W. Churchill and to Gl de Gaulle].
Brussels: Établissements Généraux D'Imprimerie, 1946.
Rare first edition of this memoir of Belgium and Prime Minister of France, Paul Reynaud. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, "Pour Monsieur Winston S. Churchill, en témoignage de profond respect, Wullus-Rudiger, Bruxelles, le 30 mars 1946. [For Mr. Winston S. Churchill, as a testimony of deep respect, Wullus-Rudiger, Brussels, March 30, 1946.]" From the library of Winston S. Churchill. In very good condition with some toning. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 145458
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First Edition of The Economic Order and Religion; Inscribed by Frank H. Knight to Fellow Economist Lionel Robbins
KNIGHT, Frank H. & Thornton W. Merriam [Lionel Robbins].
The Economic Order and Religion.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935.
First edition of this work by Knight, whom F.A. Hayek proclaimed, "to be one of the major figures in preserving and promoting classical liberal thought in the twentieth century." Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the British economist Lionel Robbins on the front free endpaper, "To Lionel Robbins with cordial regards. Frank H. Knight." At the London School of Economics, Robbins "dominated the economics department for thirty years and built it up to its pre-eminent position in British economics" (ODNB). Frank Knight was one of the founders of the Chicago School, with his students including the…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 112458
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"The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it": The Works of Daniel Webster; Signed by Him
WEBSTER, Daniel.
The Works of Daniel Webster.
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851.
The subscriber's edition of the works of Daniel Webster, signed by Webster in the first volume. Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in original cloth, frontispiece, and one other plate. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 141456
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“Governments don't produce economic growth people do”: First Edition of the 40th President of the United States Autobiography An American Life; Inscribed by Ronald Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald .
An American Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
First edition of the 40th President of the United States' memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "To Winnie- With Best Wishes. Ronald Reagan Feb. 9- 1991." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony, Inc.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 144010
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First Edition of T.H. White's The Sword in the Stone
WHITE, T[erence] H[anbury].
The Sword in the Stone.
London: Collins, 1938.
First edition of the first volume in the White's tetralogy, The Once And Future King. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with expert restoration to the extremities, name to the front pastedown and front free endpaper. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 146106
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"We've sent our little cupids all ashore- They were frightened, they were tired, they were cold": Signed limited edition of Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling; one of 125 numbered copies singed by Kipling and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1910.
Signed limited edition of the collected verse of Rudyard Kipling, beautifully illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Quarto, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with nine mounted color plates. One of one hundred and twenty five numbered copies signed by Rudyard Kipling, this is number 108. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 141581
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"Uptown or downtown? I am": First Edition of Luke Rhinehart's The Dice Man; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
RHINEHART, Luke [George Cockcroft].
The Dice Man.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John- 'Uptown or downtown? I am...' Luke Rhinehart Nov 9, 2015." The inscription refers to the final line of this novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 124924
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First Edition of John Muir's The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; in the rare original dust jacket
MUIR, John.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
First edition, first issue of Muir's autobiography of his youth with the biting criticism of his neighbor's treatment of his son on p. 217: "...none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith's jaw" (Kimes 315) . Octavo, original illustrated green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Muir, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 126377
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“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?”: First Edition of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama Our Town; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Thornton Wilder
WILDER, Thornton.
Our Town: A Play in Three Acts.
New York: Coward McCann, 1938.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 146488
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Rare General George B. McClellan Signed Carte-de-Visite
MCCLELLAN, George B.
George B. McClellan Signed Carte-de-Visite.
1963.
Carte-de-visite of General George McClellan. Boldly signed, "George B. McClellan Maj Gen USA." In near fine condition. It measures 4 inches by 2.5 inches. Rare.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 117491
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Rare photograph of Baseball Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams; Signed by both
DIMAGGIO, Joe and Ted Williams.
Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph of American baseball legends Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams in their respective New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox uniforms. Boldly signed in blue felt tip by both DiMaggio and Williams. In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 146707
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Signed Limited Edition of The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats; Additionally inscribed by the editor Russell Alspach
YEATS, W.B.
The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957.
Signed limited edition, one of 825 numbered copies signed by W.B. Yeats, this is number 231 of this classic collection of poetry by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth, original slipcase. Edited by Peter Allt and Russell Alspach. Additionally inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "To Bob Steele high regards Russell Alspach." Fine in the original slipcase, which is in near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 140884
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“Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun”: First Edition of Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man on the Mountain; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Moses, Man on the Mountain.
New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939.
First edition of this classic retelling of Moses' exodus. 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. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 141712
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First edition of Bowie by O'Neill; inscribed by Terry O'Neill
O'NEILL, Terry [David Bowie].
David Bowie: A Photographic Memoir. Through the Lens of Terry O’Neill. [Bowie by O’Neill].
Dublin and St. Albans: Iconic Images and Red Engine Media Ltd, 2016.
First edition of Terry O'Neill's stunning photographic tribute to one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, David Bowie. Folio, original cloth with onlay bas-relief portrait of Bowie to the front panel, images by Terry O'Neill. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer on the front free endpaper, "I hope you enjoy this tribute to David, Terry O'Neill." With two signed limited edition O'Neill prints, a certificate of authenticity signed by O'Neill, and a copy of the original prospectus. Fine in the original orange satin clamshell box with window to front panel and in the original cardboard box.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 143109
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"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer": First American Edition of Albert Camus’ Classic Novel The Stranger
CAMUS, Albert.
The Stranger.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First American edition of Camus' first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original beige cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper, abrasion to the front panel. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 143774