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Richard Yates' Young Hearts Crying; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
YATES, Richard.
Young Hearts Crying.
New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1984.
First edition, early printing of this classic work by "one of the most important and influential writers of the second half of the century” (Robert Stone). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ellen Quinn Assuming she will agree this isn't much of a book, and with best wishes anyway, Dick Yates 2/13/88 (with a drawing of a heart)." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jeffrey Adams. Jacket design by Richard Rossiter.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139289
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First illustrated edition of The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
WILDE, Oscar. With Woodcuts by Frans Masereel.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1925.
First illustrated edition of this rare Wilde title. Royal octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with woodcuts by Frans Masereel. One of 450 numbered copies, this is number 16. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139325
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"I am not my body. My body is nothing without me": First Edition of Rock ‘n’ Roll; Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom.
Rock ‘n’ Roll.
New York: Faber & Faber, 2006.
First edition of "one of the great political plays in the English language (John Peter). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by AKA.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 141491
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The Constitution of The United States; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin to William Safire
BOORSTIN, Daniel [William Safire].
United States Constitution.
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1987.
First edition of the Constitution published for the bicentennial of its adoption in 1787. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Daniel Boorstin on the title page, "For Bill and Helene with love from Dan Sept 7, 1987." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire 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…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 127627
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Rare Eighteenth Century Map of China by Renowned French Cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.
L’Empire de La Chine Pour Servir a l’Histoire Generale des Voyages. [Eighteenth Century Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Map of China].
Paris: 1748.
Eighteenth century engraved map of China by renowned French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137234
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First Edition of Roald Dahl's Going Solo; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Going Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.
First edition of this classic autobiographical account of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Michael Love Roald Dahl 15/12/86." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Julie Tennent. Author's photograph by Sophie Baker.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135871
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First edition of Hamlin Garland's Main-Travelled Roads; inscribed by him
GARLAND, Hamlin.
Main-Travelled Roads.
Boston: Arena Publishing Company, 1891.
First edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free patterned endpaper, "To my friend Hird whose encouragement was so timely. With fraternal best wishes. Hamlin Garland Boston June 9/91." In very good condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139642
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"Darwin's Finches will keep their covenant with Darwin's islands, witnessed by a heap of stones": First Edition of The Beak of the Finch; Lengthily Inscribed by The Author and Jacket Illustrator Chip Kidd
WEINER, Jonathan.
The Beak of the Finch: The Story of Evolution in Our Time.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Rogers, With Best Wishes Jonathan Weiner 'Darwin's Finches will keep their covenant with Darwin's islands, witnessed by a heap of stones.' May 2016." Also, includes a signed letter on the author's letterhead to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light shelfwear. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and signed by him on the rear flap. Drawings by K. Thalia Grant. A unique example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 112993
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First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Working With The Hands
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Working With The Hands.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, tissue guard. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133459
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Rare 17th century map of America and the state of Florida by Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa
VAN DER AA, Pieter.
La Floride, Suirvant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l’Academie Royale des Sciences, etc. [17th Century Map of Florida and America].
Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, [1713].
Rare 17th century hand-colored engraved map of Florida and 17th century America by Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa. One page, the engraved hand-colored map features Florida, part of Mexico, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and Illinois, Native American territories of Conchaques, Apalachicoli, and Apalache, Villages of the Chaktas Indians, and the Bahamas. Embellished cartouche. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. A very nice example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138431
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First Edition of Jean de Brunhoff's Babar and His Children; From the Library of Maurice Sendak
BRUNHOFF, Jean de. [Maurice Sendak].
Babar and His Children.
New York : Random House, 1968.
First American edition of this charming children's story; from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is often hailed as “the Picasso of children’s books.” He has produced more than 85 books which have populated children’s imaginations for years. For his contributions to children’s literature, Sendak received the third biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration in 1970, one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards in 2003, and the Laura Ingalls…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147130
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“DR. LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME?”: First Edition of Henry Morton Stanley's In Darkest Africa
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
First edition of Stanley's classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, three folding maps, with numerous illustrations. In very good condition, bookplate.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 101743
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First edition of H.G. Wells' The Croquet Player; in the rare original dust jacket
WELLS, H.G.
The Croquet Player.
New York: The Viking Press, 1937.
First American edition of this classic ghost story by the "father of science fiction." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139227
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FIRST EDITION OF THE UNEXPURGATED CODE: A COMPLETE MANUAL OF SURVIVAL & MANNERS; Inscribed by J.P. Donleavy to his Publisher Seymour Lawrence
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival & Manners.
New York: Seymour Lawrence Book/ Delacorte Press, 1975.
First edition of this humorous collection of writings from the author of The Ginger Man. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his publisher Seymour Lawrence, "10:30 A.M. South Wing, Levington Park October 4, 1975 To Seymour Lawrence J.P. Donleavy who anticipated action." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Braswell. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3969
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Scarce 17th century printing of Perez's Institutiones Imperiales
PEREZ, Antoni.
Institutiones Imperiales Erotematibus Distinctae.
Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Danielem Elzevirium, 1669.
Scarce 17th century printing of Perez's early legal treatise. 12mo, bound in full contemporary vellum, engraved pictorial title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 132642
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First Edition of Richard Bach's Biplane; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BACH, Richard.
Biplane.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.
First edition of the author's classic second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John! Happy Flying, always Richard Bach." Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133181
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Rare finely bound example of John Dunton's Letters From New-England
DUNTON, John.
John Dunton’s Letters From New-England.
Boston: Printed For the Society, 1867.
The Prince Society edition of Dunton's letters from New England. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. One of twenty numbered copies printed on large paper, this is number 5. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135164
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Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville; Finely Bound
CADET DE GASSICOURT, Charles-Louis.
Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Literature.
Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Aine, 1809.
First edition of this work on French Gastronomy, containing its history throughout the country's various regions. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96186
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"Failure is not an option": Apollo 13 Photograph; Inscribed by Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot
KRANZ, Eugene and Seymour Liebergot.
Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.
April 13, 1970.
Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA's heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz, "Eugene F. Kranz, 'Flight,'" and Seymour Liebergot, "'Flight... we'd better think about gettin' in the LM.' 4/13/70, Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM." In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147224
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First Edition of Economic Dynamics: An Introduction; Inscribed by William Baumol
BAUMOL, William J.
Economic Dynamics: An Introduction.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Rogers with warmest regards Will Baumol." In near fine condition. With a contribution by Ralph Turvey.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144394
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First Edition of Sardines; Warmly Inscribed by Naruddin Farah
FARAH, Naruddin.
Sardines.
London: Allsion & Busby, 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, "To Greg: Always a pleasure: a friend, someone I admire. Stay well. Naruddin Farah Toronto 23 Oct 1998." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 4591
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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 J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Roderick Field. Author photograph by Morris Zwi.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129195
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First Edition of Cass Timberlane; Signed by Sinclair Lewis
LEWIS, Sinclair.
Cass Timberlane.
New York: Random House, 1945.
First edition of this work, basis for the 1947 classic film directed by George Sidney and starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Sinclair Lewis. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the extremities.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146020
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First Edition of Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz's Kaddish For A Child Not Born; Signed by Him
KERTESZ, Imre.
Kaddish For A Child Not Born.
Evanston, Ill: Hydra Books/ Northwestern University Press, 1997.
First edition of Kertesz's mesmerizing novel of identity and memory. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Hungarian by Christopher C. Wilson and Katharina M. Wilson.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 62027
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First Edition of Read My Lips No New Taxes; Signed by Ostrander and President George Bush
OSTRANDER, Dan; Foreword by George Bush.
“Read My Lips No New Taxes.”
Oroville, California: Butte College Press, 1999.
First edition of this work on the Bush administration. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dan Ostrander and President George Bush on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Patty Melron. Uncommon signed by President Bush.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 76955
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"I was born to a vocation to bear witness to the great mysteries": First edition of Ararat; inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück
GLUCK, Louise.
Ararat.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, "For ____ ____ with best wishes Louise Gluck." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Näher.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138219
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Fine Nineteenth Century Map of the Chinese Empire by Renowned cartographer Conrad Malte-Brun
MALTE-BRUN, Conrad [China].
Empire Chinois et Japon. [Nineteenth Century Conrad Malte-Brun Map of the Chinese Empire] [China].
Paris: 1812.
Fine detailed nineteenth century map of China by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun. One page. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 14.75 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137350
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Signed Limited Edition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time
BALDWIN, James; Schapiro.
The Fire Next Time.
Koln: Taschen, 2019.
Signed limited edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Quarto, original boards, photographs by Steve Schapiro. In fine condition. Introduction by John Lewis. Boldly signed by Steve Schapiro.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137029
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First Edition of Macro Markets; Signed by Robert J. Shiller
SHILLER, Robert J.
Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society’s Largest Economic Risks.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Robert Shiller on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108001
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Rare first edition of Prospects in Mathematics; signed by John Milnor
HIRZEBRUCH, F.; Lars Hormander; John Milnor; Jean-Pierre Serre; I.M. Singer.
Annals of Mathematics Studies No. 70: Prospects in Mathematics.
Princeton, New Jersey: Annals of Mathematics Studies Princeton University Press, 1971.
First edition of the papers from the "Prospects in Mathematics" symposium, held in Princeton on March 16-18, 1970 on the occasion of the dedication of Princeton's Fine Hall. Signed by John Milnor on the half-title page. In fine condition. Ownership name to the front panel. Both uncommon in this condition and signed by Milnor.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 114348
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“TO ME EDUCATION IS A LEADING OUT OF WHAT IS ALREADY THERE IN THE PUPIL'S SOUL": FIRST EDITION OF THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
SPARK, Muriel.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
London: Macmillan, 1961.
First edition of Muriel Sparks’ eighth and best-loved novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Victor Reinganum. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 116307
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's Hearing Secret Harmonies
POWELL, Anthony.
Hearing Secret Harmonies.
London: Heinemann, 1975.
First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143067
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First Edition of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers; Warmly Inscribed by Paul Kennedy
KENNEDY, Paul.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000.
New York: Random House, 1987.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joshua, with fond regards, from Paul." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Silverman. Jacket art by Van Howell.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144312
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First Edition of Advances in Behavioral Finance; Signed by Richard Thaler
THALER, Richard H. Edited by.
Advances in Behavioral Finance.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.
First edition of this collection of essays on behavioral finance. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contributors include Richard H. Thaler, Robert J. Shiller, Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence H. Summers, Kenneth French and Richard Roll.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133580
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"Time to get up, Fungus my dreary, it's nearly dark": First edition of Fungus the Bogeyman; Signed by Raymond Briggs
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Fungus the Bogeyman.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
First edition of illustrator Raymond Briggs' classic work. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, "Raymond Briggs 21 April 1981." In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89018
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"No artist lives and loves, that longs not Once, and only once, and for one only": First edition of Robert Browning's Men and Women
BROWNING, Robert.
Men and Women.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1855.
First edition of one of Browning's finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 136291
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"The story took on a face, but mainly a heart": First Edition of David Fear's Killers of the Flower Moon: The Making of the Movie; Inscribed by Legendary Filmmaker Martin Scorsese
[SCORSESE, Martin]; David Fear.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Making of the Movie.
New York: Assouline, 2023.
First edition of this magnificent film journal. Small folio, original cloth with photographic cover label to the front panel, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese on the half title page, "For Margaret in thanks & love M Scorsese." In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147190
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Rare First Edition of Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story
MERIWETHER, Louise [Rosa Parks].
Don’t Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this children's book, which tells the The Rosa Parks story. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by David Scott Brown. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137547
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First Edition of Revolution On Wall Street; Inscribed by All Three Authors
BLUME, Marshall E.
Revolution On Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993.
First edition of this informative history of the New York Stock Exchange. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by all three authors on the front free endpaper, "To Barbara and David Holmes The pride of the Franklin Inn! Dan Rottenberg, Jeremy Siegel and Marshall E. Blume." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Greco.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138057
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Rare Facsimiles of Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi
Facsimiles of Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi.
New Zealand: R.E. Owen, Government Printer, 1960.
Finely bound example of this compilation of documents related to the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand and the Treaty of Waitangi. Quarter, bound in full pebbled leatherette with gilt titles to the front panel, containing numerous facsimiles of original signed documents, many folding. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 114073