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First Edition of Eric Foner's Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution; Inscribed by Him
FONER, Eric.
Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this “smart book of enormous strengths” (Boston Globe) that has become the classic work on the wrenching post–Civil War period, an era whose legacy reverberates in the United States to this day. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Farham Family, With best wishes Eric Foner." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Irving Freeman.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 116262
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First edition of Pete Hamill's The Invisible City: A New York Sketchbook; signed by him
HAMILL, Pete.
The Invisible City: A New York Sketchbook.
New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of the author's classic collection of sketches encapsulating the essence of New York. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Susan Stillman. Signed by Pete Hamill on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket illustration by Susan Stillman. Author photograph by Brian Hamill.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124308
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First Edition of Ken Purdy's The Kings of the Road; In the rare original dust jacket
PURDY, Ken W.
The Kings of the Road.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 129712
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First edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores; inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government.
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.
First edition of O'Rourke's international best-seller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Jennifer all the best! P.J. O'Rourke 6/2/91." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133079
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Rare February 11, 1952 Time Magazine Cover Signed by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden
EDEN, Anthony.
Anthony Eden Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Havana: February 11, 1952.
Original February 11, 1952 Time Magazine Latin American edition cover signed by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden. Quarto, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Eden painted by Boris Artzybasheff. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145308
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First Edition of The Fourth in the Furnace; Gifted to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
STANTON, Stephen B. [William T. Sherman].
The Fourth in the Furnace.
New York : Minton, Balch & Company, 1927.
First edition of this poetical book of philosophy; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original black cloth. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, "P. T. Sherman from Stephen Stanton Uncle Cump's first partner." Friends and family of General William Tecumseh Sherman often referred to him by the nickname "Cump." In very good condition with some rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145982
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"So that, in learning the truth I drew from the gospel, I was not only no alone, but was with all the best men of the past and present": First American edition of Leo Tolstoy's The Christian Teaching
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Christian Teaching.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1898.
First American edition of Tolstoy's work the history and influence of Christianity, inspired by his own spiritual awakening. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt. Translated by Vladimir Tchertkoff. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124255
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Rare first separate edition of Holbrook Working's Speculation on Hedging Markets
WORKING, Holbrook.
Speculation on Hedging Markets.
Food Research Institute Studies, May 1960.
First separate edition of Working's treatise on hedging market speculation. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126300
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First Edition Of John Updike’s Collection of Golf Writings; With A Full Page Drawing by Illustrator Paul Szep
UPDIKE, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep.
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Paul Szep. Signed by the illustrator Paul Szep, who has drawn a full page sketch of John Updike. Also laid in is another illustration of Updike signed by Szep. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 7275
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Finely bound example of Alain-René Lesage's famous 18th century novel History of Gil Blas De Santillane
LESAGE, Alain-René.
Histoire De Gil Blas De Santillane, Par Lesage.
Paris: De L'Imprimerie De Didot Jeune, n.d.
Finely bound example of Lesage's famed picaresque novel. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings by the best artists of Paris. In fine condition. A beautiful set.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145006
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John Farley's The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant
FARLEY, John.
The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper’s Complete Assistant; On a New Plan.
London: Printed for J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, et al, 1792.
18th century edition of this classic culinary guide. Octavo, bound in three-quarter black calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, frontispiece portrait of Principle Cook at the London Tavern John Farley, illustrated with thirteen plates of course and table settings for different months of the year. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities, contemporary ownership signatures to the front free endpaper, flyleaf, title page, and preface, 18th century ship's paper adhered to the front flyleaf.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146429
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First Edition of Bocuse A La Carte; Warmly Inscribed by Paul Bocuse
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse A La Carte.
London: Aurum Press, 1987.
First edition. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Pour Lyn avec ma sympathique Paul Bocuse 3 Giullet 1990." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Colette Rossant.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 139625
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Rare photograph signed by THE PILOT OF THE ENOLA GAY, PAUL TIBBETS
TIBBETS, Paul W.
Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph.
Rare black and white photograph of the pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets. Signed and dated by Tibbets, "Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 AUG 1945." The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 115764
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First edition of Peter Diamond's A Search-Equilibrium Approach to the Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Wicksell Lectures, 1982; signed by him
DIAMOND, Peter.
A Search-Equilibrium Approach to the Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Wicksell Lectures, 1982.
Cambridge: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984.
First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Diamond at the 1982 Wicksell lectures. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114504
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's The Temptation To Do Good; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Temptation To Do Good.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this "convincing and haunting novel" (Publishers Weekly) by the father of modern management. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef. Author's photograph by Rob Lewine.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142036
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First Edition of Guy de Rothschild's The Whims of Fortune
ROTHSCHILD, Guy de.
The Whims of Fortune: The Memoirs of Guy de Rothschild.
New York: Random House, 1985.
First edition of Guy de Rothschild's revealing memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Tony Kent. Jacket design by Loretta Leiva.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144635
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First Edition of Casino: Love and Honor In Las Vegas; Inscribed by Nicholas Pileggi
PILEGGI, Nicholas.
Casino: Love and Honor In Las Vegas.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
First edition of Pileggi's true crime story, basis for the classic Martin Scorsese movie of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Bob Hope you like it best Nick Pileggi." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Corsillo/Manzone.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147712
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First Edition of A Golfer’s Life; Signed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold .
A Golfer’s Life.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
First edition of the golfing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 black-and-white photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jack Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with James Dodson.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140389
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First edition of Shooter; inscribed by David Hume Kennerly to Mayor Ed Koch
KENNERLY, David Hume [Ed Koch].
Shooter.
New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Small quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Mayor Koch, Cheers! David Kennerly Sept 25, 1979." The recipient, American politician Edward Irving Koch served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". The author of an ambitious public housing renewal program in his later years as mayor,…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 149876
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First Edition of Lenny Bruce's How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
BRUCE, Lenny.
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People.
Chicago: Playboy Press, 1965.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Cover illustration by James Plumeri.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147676
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First Editions of Harvard Design School Project on the City; Both Volumes signed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas
KOOLHAAS, Rem.
Harvard Design School Project on the City: Volumes 1 & 2
New York: Taschen, 2001.
First editions of both volumes 1 and 2. Quarto, original flexboards, illustrated throughout. Both volumes are signed by Rem Koolhaas. Essays by Rem Koolhaas, Tae-Wook Cha, Chuihua Judy Chung, Jutiki Gunter, Daniel Herman, Hiromi Hosoya, Jeffrey Inaba, Sze Tsung Leong, Kiwa Matsushita, John McMorrough, Juan Palop-Casado, Markus Schaefer, Tran Vinh, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Louise Wyman. Design by Sze Tsung Leong & Chuihua Judy Chung. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 742
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SNYDER, Julian.
The History of Money.
Continental Silver Corporation, 1973.
Rare first edition of this work on the history of money. Octavo, original wrappers, 32 pp. Contents: I. The American Illusion of Invulnerability, II. The Four Stages of Monetary Decline, III. The End of the Gold-Backed Dollar, IV. Printing Press Prosperity, V. The Problem with Inflation Addiction, VI. Exponential Inflation and the $100 Cup of Coffee, VII. The Point of No Return, VIII. Five Ways You Can Protect Yourself and Your Family Against the Double-Barreled Thread of Runaway Inflation and Depression., IX. The Silver Lining - Your Investment Opportunity, X. How Will My Family and I Be Affected -- End.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144087
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First Edition of John Gunther's Inside Europe Today; Signed by Him
GUNTHER, John.
Inside Europe Today.
New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1961.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by John Gunther on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. A very sharp example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 134399
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"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became": First Edition of The Civil War; Inscribed by Ken Burns
WARD, Geoffrey C..
The Civil War.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
First edition, early printing of this work, basis for the documentary film bearing the same name. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Twila and Frank Ken Burns April 16, 1993." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Archie Ferguson. The Civil War includes essays by our most distinguished historians of the era: Don E. Fehrenbacher, on the war's origins; Barbara J. Fields, on the freeing of the slaves; Shelby Foote, on the war's soldiers and commanders; James M. McPherson, on the political dimensions of the struggle; and…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146192
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First Edition of Charles King's The True Ulysses S. Grant; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
KING, Charles [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The True Ulysses S. Grant.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914.
First edition of this biography of soldier, statesman, and president Ulysses S. Grant; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Grant as Major-General Commanding in the West, illustrated with twenty-eight black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. Accompanied by a Lexington Hand-Colored postcard, illustrated with a portrait of General Robert E. Lee. In very good condition with light rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance,…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145931
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“A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets”: FIRST EDITION OF SALVADOR DALÍ’S THE WINES OF GALA
DALI, Salvador.
The Wines of Gala.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1978.
First edition of this classic work by Dali. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Translated from the French by Olivier Bernier. Near fine in the original decorative stiff paper dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146783
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First edition of H. Alan Day's The Horse Lover; inscribed by him and signed by his sister Sandra Day O'Connor who contributed the introduction
DAY, H. Allan. With Lynn Wiese Sneyd. Foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor.
The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs.
Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
First edition of Day's personal history of Mustang Meadows Ranch. Inscribed by H. Alan Day on the title page, "To Jane Best Wishes Alan Day" and signed by his sister Sandra Day O'Connor who contributed the introduction and with whom he previously coauthored Lazy B.: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Joel Sartore. Rare signed by Sandra Day O'Connor.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121061
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's The Second American Revolution and other essays (1976-1982); Inscribed by Him to his Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
The Second American Revolution and Other Essays (1976-1982).
New York: Random House, 1982.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Kit all love Gore Vidal." The recipient, Katherine "Kit" Vidal was Eugene Vidal's second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125211
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"We may all have stopped smoking but we continue to burn": First Edition of Luc Sante's No Smoking; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
SANTE, Luc.
No Smoking.
New York: Assouline Publishing, 2004.
First edition of this comical book regarding smoking. Octavo, original illustrated cardstock, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John We may all have stopped smoking but we continue to burn. Luc Sante." Fine in a fine slipcase, with the plastic packaging still present on the lower half of the box.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 38221
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Autobiography My Story; Inscribed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the Golden Bear's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Doug Good Golfing Jack Nicklaus." Written with Ken Bowden. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146131
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First Edition of Howard Zinn's Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal; Signed by Him
ZINN, Howard.
Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1967.
First edition of Zinn's classic work arguing for withdrawal of military forces in Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Howard Zinn 2001." Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 100961
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Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Economist James J. Heckman
HECKMAN, James J. and Alan Krueger.
Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2004.
First edition, early printing of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers with respect Jim Heckman 9/18/15." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138139
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First Edition of Don DeLillo's The Names; Inscribed by Him
DELILLO, Don.
The Names.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
First edition of this "brilliant... a powerful, haunting book" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Best ever Don DeLillo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140609
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First Edition of Saul bellow's Something to Remember Me By; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, Saul.
Something to Remember Me By. Three Tales. The Bellarosa Connection, A Theft, Something To Remember Me By.
New York: The Viking Press, 1991.
First edition of this trio of short works by the Nobel laureate and “greatest writer of American prose of the twentieth century” (James Wood, The New Republic). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally Soames, Saul Bellow Chicago Oct 10 '91." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 118778
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Rare First Edition of "one of the most influential books of the 20th Century" The Lonely Crowd
RIESMAN, David with Reuel Denney and Nathan Glazer.
The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1950.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 120191
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IMRE KERTESZ’S NOBEL PRIZE SPEECH; SIGNED BY HIM
KERTESZ, Imre.
A Stockholmi Beszed (Nobel Lecture).
Budapest: Magveto, 2002.
First edition of the author's Nobel Speech. Small octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. In fine condition. Uncommon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 3823
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"One of the most important documents of World War II": Rare First Edition of Mary Berg's The Warsaw Ghetto
BERG, Mary.
Warsaw Ghetto.
New York: L.B. Fischer Publishing Company, 1945.
First edition of this powerful collection of diary entries begun by Berg at the age of fifteen, one of the most important documents in the age of Hitler. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132202
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First Edition of Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film; Signed by Him
STONE, Oliver.
Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film.
New York: Hyperion, 1995.
First edition of the screenplay which was the basis for the work by the legendary director. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. In fine condition. Edited by Eric Hamburg. Screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, and Oliver Stone.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133168
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"THE GREATEST ART OF THE WORLD WAS DONE FOR ITS PLACE AND IN ITS PLACE": FIRST EDITION OF NANCY MCCLELLAN'S THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF DECORATIVE WALL-TREATMENTS
MCCLELLAND, Nancy.
The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments.
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1926.
First edition of Nancy McClelland’s authoritative work on interior design. Octavo, original decorated cloth, frontispiece in color with tissue guard present, eight other illustrations in color and 206 in doubletone. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice example, uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132062
