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Two Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters
MITCHELL, Margaret.
Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters.
1941-42.
Two letters signed in full by Margaret Mitchell, author on the classic Gone With the Wind. Both letters addressed to Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart and his wife, one dated December 26, 1941, the other December 19, 1942, each with their original envelopes; both letters refer to the commissioning of the U.S.S. Atlanta.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 21082
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"Our fathers fought bravely. But do you know the biggest weapon unleashed by the enemy against them? It was not the Maxim gun. It was division among them. Why? Because a people united in faith are stronger than the bomb": Rare Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of A Grain of Wheat; Inscribed by Ngugi
NGUGI, James.
A Grain of Wheat.
London: William Heinemann, 1967.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Warmly inscribed by Ngugi on the title page, "For John Your favorite? Mine too! Ngugi." In very good condition with some spotting to the wrappers.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 45014
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"To know Indians was to take a delight in people as people; every encounter was an adventure": First Editions of each volume in Naipaul's India Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India; India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964-1990.
First editions of each of the author's works in his acclaimed Indian Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 90453
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“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this": First English Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.
First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135312
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“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself": First Edition of The Groucho Phile; Inscribed twice by Goucho Marx To Actress Sally Kellerman
MARX, Groucho.
The Groucho Phile.
Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1976.
First edition of this work by the legendary comedian. Quarto, original boards. Association copy, inscribed twice by the author on the dedication page and again on page 364, "To Sally from Goucho?" On page 364 Groucho writes in his hand, “There’s a picture of a pretty girl from an old friend Groucho?” In the caption to the right Groucho states, "There's a world of show business in this picture. Sitting on the floor next to me is Sally Kellerman. We're an item." The recipient, Sally Kellerman was an actress and singer whose acting career spanned 60 years. Her role as…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137602
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"Our mighty weapon, the cooking spoon" The Joy of Cooking; Signed by Irma Rombauer
ROMBAUER, Irma S.
The Joy of Cooking.
Indianapolis/ New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941.
Early printing of Irma S. Rombauer's culinary classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joe with all good wishes most cordially Irma S. Rombauer." In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 115098
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First edition of Mary E. Phillips' Reminiscences of William Wetmore Story
PHILLIPS, Mary E.
Reminiscences of William Wetmore Story: The American Sculptor and Author Being Incidents and Anecdotes Chronologically Arranged. Together with an Account of his Associations with Famous People and his Principal Works in Literature and Sculpture.
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1897.
First edition of Phillips' biography of William Wetmore Story. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Story. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed with cordial good will by Mary E. Phillips for a very gracious Lady to give as a Christmas present of 1905 to Dorothy Place." In very good condition. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 122407
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First edition, signed limited issue of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts
HARDY, Thomas.
The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927.
First edition, signed limited issue of Hardy's epic drama. Quarto, three volumes, original half vellum over decorated paper boards with gilt titles to the spine, etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. One of five hundred and twenty-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets which are in very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140594
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"It is said that men condemned to death are subject to sudden moments of elation; as if, like moths in the fire, their destruction were coincidental with attainment": First Edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; In Exceptional Condition
LE CARRE, John.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of the le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146385
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First Edition of Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System; Signed by Peter Maas and by Academy Award-Winning Actor Al Pacino
MAAS, Peter [Al Pacino].
Serpico. The Cop Who Defied the System.
New York: The Viking Press, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the film starring Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino. Octavo, original half cloth, with four pages of illustrations. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Peter Maas November 21, 1991" and additionally signed by Al Pacino on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket, large name written on the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Stanley Phillips. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 147477
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First Edition of The Mathematical Experience; Inscribed by Both Davis and Hersh
DAVIS, Philip J. and Reuben Hersh.
The Mathematical Experience.
Boston: Birkhauser , 1981.
First edition of the authors' classic introduction to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "For McAllister Hull from Reuben Hersh and from Philip J. Davis." The recipient McAllister Hull was an American theoretical physicist who took part in the creation of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki in 1945, ending World War II. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Gian-Carlo Rota. Uncommon and desirable signed by both Hersh and Davis.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 100450
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First Edition of The Magnificent Ambersons; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Lengthily Inscribed by Booth Tarkington
TARKINGTON, Booth.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the classic Orson Wells film often regarded as among the greatest films of all time. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, " For Rose and John Narteau from Florence and John Jameson and inscribed, with pleasure by Booth Tarkington Indianapolis…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144080
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Rare First Edition of Edna Lewis' First Book: The Edna Lewis Cookbook
LEWIS, Edna and Evangeline Peterson.
The Edna Lewis Cookbook.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1972.
First edition of Edna Lewis' first book. Octavo, original cloth.Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives. Jacket photograph by John T. Hill. First editions are scarce.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145073
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“Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert": First Edition of J.K. Rowling's Quidditch: Through the Ages; Signed by Her
ROWLING, J.K [Kennelworthy Whisp].
Quidditch: Through the Ages.
New York: Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic Books, 2001.
First edition of this "amazingly imaginative work" (Associated Press). Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. In fine condition. Rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141463
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First Edition of Candy; Inscribed by Terry Southern
SOUTHERN, Terry.
Candy.
Evanston, Ill: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1965.
First printing of this edition of Southern's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Harry with all best wishes Terry Southern." In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 121443
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“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it": First Edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat; Signed by Oliver Sacks
SACKS, Oliver.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales.
New York: Summit Books, 1985.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Roger, With kind regars Oliver Sacks 1/15." Fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130831
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“The best part of this is the quotations from Bradford at the end. These are as true and relevant to our human situation today as they were in 1972": First Edition of Freeman Dyson's The World, The Flesh and the Devil; Lengthily Signed by Him
DYSON, Freeman J.
The World, The Flesh and the Devil.
London: Birbeck College, 1972.
First edition of this lecture given by Dyson at Birbeck College in London on May 16, 1972. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page with an added note regarding this lecture, which reads, "The best part of this is the quotations from Bradford at the end. These are as true and relevant to our human situation today as they were in 1972. Freeman Dyson January 2010." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and with notes by Dyson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 62076
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First Edition of Faulkner's Pylon; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Pylon.
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, 1935.
First edition of Faulkner's explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96589
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing, On The Rocks; Inscribed by Him
SHAW, George Bernard.
Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing, On The Rocks.
London: Constable and Company Limited, 1934.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page on the half-title page, "To Blanche Patch's friend, Mrs. Frank Kinder, from G. Bernard Shaw 9th Nov. 1934." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142340
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"from their well-dressed friend who in Italian silk, couldn't look less like a writer": First Edition of Bellow's Seize the Day; Inscribed by Him with a full page inscription
BELLOW, Saul.
Seize the Day.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Gabels from their well-dressed friend (who in Italian silk, couldn't look less like a writer) with best wishes Saul Bellow." The recipients were close friends of Bellow's while he was a student at Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors and earned bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and sociology. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some wear and tear. Jacket design by Bill English. Association copies of Seize the Day are uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 114568