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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE; FROM THE LIBRARY OF PT CAPTAIN WILLIAM BARRETT
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. From the library of PT Boat Captain William J. (Wild Bill) Barrett, from Great Barrington, Massachusetts with his name and date 2/1/56 on the front endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140620
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Signed by eight justices, Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist and John P. Stevens
BURGER, Warren E.
The Supreme Court of the United States.
Washington, DC: 1973.
First edition of this work on the Burger Court. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by eight justices beneath their portraits accompanying their biographies. They include: Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist and John P. Stevens. 20 page pamphlet on the Supreme Court, published by them.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120344
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Andy Warhol's Interview (Box/Suitcase)
WARHOL, Andy.
Andy Warhol’s Interview (Box/Suitcase).
Steidl Verlag, 2004.
Complete portfolio of magazines plus wooden suitcase in the original shipping box, one of only 2000 examples. Book 1: The Covers. A facsimile reproduction of every cover from Interview's first decade; metallic cloth hardcover / 160 pages / color printing. Book 2: The Pictures. A selection of Interview photo-shoots from the first decade; printed fabric hardcover / 192 pages / tritone and color printing. Book 3: The Interviews. A selection of Q&As from the first decade; plastic-bound hardcover / 400 pages / Audio CD. Book 4: The Andy Warhol Interviews. A selection of interviews conducted by Warhol, with an introduction…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144220
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"Like all great travellers." said Essper, "I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen": First Edition of Benjamin Disraeli's Vivian Grey; In the original boards
DISRAELI, Benjamin.
Vivian Grey.
London: Henry Colburn, 1826-27.
First edition of Disraeli's first novel. Octavo, original gray boards with printed spine labels, 5 volumes, half-titles present in Volumes 2 and 5, as issued; terminal ads in Volumes 1-4. Bookplates to each volume, in very good condition. Housed in a brown cloth clamshell box. Complete first editions are uncommon, especially in the original boards.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 82398
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First Edition of V.S. Naipaul's The Middle Passage: The Caribbean; Revisited; Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1962.
First edition of this travel work, “which belongs in the same category as Lawrence’s books on Italy, Greene’s on West Africa and Pritchett’s on Spain” (New Statesman). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Name on the front free endpaper and stamp on the half-title page, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Belcher.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 75489
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Rare association copy of Rolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore; inscribed by W.E.B. Du Bois to Prime Minister David Lloyd George
LOWELL, Thomas. [W.E.B. Dubois; David Lloyd George].
Rolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933.
Early printing of the definitive biography of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations from photographs and paintings by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by W.E.B. Dubois to British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, "Many Happy Returns to 'Lloyd George' Nov. 5th 1933 from W.E.B." W.E.B. Dubois wrote that "the destinies of mankind for a hundred years to come" were being negotiated in a "small room at the Hotel Crillon." The small room he was referring to was at the Paris Peace Conference and the people in the room were Prime Minister David Lloyd…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144351
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting of Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare with Copious Glossarial Notes and a Biographical Notice. [Fore-edge Painting].
Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis, n.d.
Finely bound example of Inglis' compilation of the dramas of Shakespeare. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Shakespeare, illustrated with four engravings on steel. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 138237
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First Edition of Richard Wright's 12 Million Black Voices; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, Richard.
12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941.
First edition of this powerful work by the author of The Native Son, featuring photographs by Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed Richard Wright on the front free endpaper. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Photo-direction by Edwin Rosskam. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 119447
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“Pursue what you love, what you are passionate about. Don’t let somebody else dictate your life’s path”: First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Autobiography The Greatest Game of All; Signed by Him and Co-Author Herbert Warren Wind
NICKLAUS, Jack with Herbert Warren Wind.
Greatest Game of All: My Life in Golf.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969.
First British edition of the golfer's autobiography, which includes six full chapters on instruction. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jack Nicklaus on the frontispiece and by co-author Herbert Warren Wind on the dedication page, "To Bobby Burt Who knows his golf and understands why the champions win. Herb Wind." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Charles. Foreword by Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. Rare and desirable signed by both Nicklaus and Wind.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 126499
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“A BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED ADVENTURE INTO ANOTHER TIME”: First Edition of Umberto Eco's First Novel; inscribed by Him to Charlie Winick
ECO, Umberto.
The Name of the Rose.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1980.
First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "a Charlie Winick Umberto Ecco 16 June 83." The recipient, Charles Winick, was an American author, psychologist, professor of anthropology and sociology, and academic, noted for his work in the fields of gender, drug addiction, and prostitution. After serving in Military Intelligence during World War II, he was a professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 127038
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First Edition of Deliverance; Warmly Inscribed by James Dickey and signed by Jon Voight
DICKEY, James.
Deliverance.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970.
First edition of Dickey’s first and most famous novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To my old friend Inman Mays this novel of survival: "adapt of die"- James Dickey June 21, 1970." Additionally signed by Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight on the title page, who starred in the Academy Award nominated film bearing the same name. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon Studios. An unique example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 143993
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The Structure of Matter; inscribed by "the father of the hydrogen bomb" Edward Teller
TELLER, Edward O.; Francis Owen Rice.
The Structure of Matter.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1949.
First edition, secondo printing of this introductory volume on the properties of matter and their systematic interpretation by quantum mechanics. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with charts and graphs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stan in memory of a spectacular appreciation of the application of the theory of atomic structure, Edward Teller." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with small loss to the crown of the spine. Bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146896
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Rare First Edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's Ivan Ilyitch
TOLSTOI, Count Lyof N. [Leo Tolstoy].
Ivan Ilyitch and Other Stories.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1887.
First edition in English of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole with a preface by him. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 123477
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First edition of Barnard Ellinger's The City
ELLINGER, Barnard.
The City: The London Financial Markets.
Westminster: P. S. King & Staples, Limited, 1940.
First edition of Ellinger's work on the London financial markets. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Exceedingly rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 124205
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“My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe": Dreams From My Father; INSCRIBED BY BARACK OBAMA
OBAMA, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2004.
First paperback edition of the future President's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bob - All the best! Barack" In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133108
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"Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places": First edition of Slim Aarons' A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life
AARONS, Slim.
A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of Slim Aarons' masterpiece, a portrait of the glamour, luxury and exclusivity of the elite during the 1950s and 60s which remains without peer to this day. Folio, original blue cloth, profusely illustrated with photographs by Slim Aarons, many full-page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bookplate of Joyce Allen to the front endpaper. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144502
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“BUT IS GOD A YALE MAN?”: First Edition of God and Man at Yale; Inscribed by william f. Buckley
BUCKLEY JR., William F.
God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of “Academic Freedom”.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951.
First edition of the author's first book and seminal work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mrs. S.T. Salmger with many Thanks for your much-needed encouragement- William F. Buckley." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Also laid in is a signed black and photograph of Buckley laid in.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145602
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First edition of Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903; inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to Calvert Bowyer Vaux
OLMSTED, Frederick Law. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Theodora Kimball.
Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903: Early Years and Experiences Together with Biographical Notes.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.
First edition of the first volume of the autobiography of one of the foremost figures in American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Olmsted. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Theodora Kimball. Association copy, inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted on the front free endpaper, “C. Bowyer Vaux from [printed calling card: Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted. Brookline, Mass.] Philadelphia. December 13th 1922.” The recipient, Calvert Bowyer Vaux was the son of English-American architect and landscape designer Calvert Vaux, who brought in the elder Olmsted (who had never before designed a landscape) to plan…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129553
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s India and the Awakening East; Signed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4356
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"We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's This Troubled World; Signed by Her on a Laid in White House Card
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
This Troubled World.
New York: H.C. Kinsey & Company, 1938.
First edition of this work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. With a letter on White House stationary from 1941, stating, "Mrs. Roosevelt was glad to sign the copy of her book for you and it is returned to you under separate cover." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning to the spine. A nice signed example with desirable provenance.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 35098