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Scarce First edition of Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime & Other Stories
WILDE, Oscar.
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime & Other Stories.
London: James R. Osgood, 1891.
First edition of this collection of Wilde's humorous mystery stories, published the same year as the first edition in book form of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Octavo, original stiff paper-covered boards. In good condition. Very rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 139780
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Rare United States Navy Ensign Appointment; signed by Theodore Roosevelt as president
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Presidential Appointment.
1906.
Rare original Presidential appointment signed by Theodore Roosevelt as twenty-sixth President of the United States. One page, partially printed, the document is dated 18 January, 1906 and appoints Fred H. Soleel as "an Ensign in the Navy." Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy Truman H. Newberry. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of Roosevelt and an informational plaque. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147219
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"I realized that most people actually encourage you to turn bad. They seem to think that if you don't, you'll never get anywhere in the world": First edition in English of Natsume Sōseki's Botchan
SōSEKI, Natsume .
Botchan (Master Darling).
Tokyo: Ogawa Seibundo, 1918.
First edition in English of one of the most popular novels in Japan. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Yasotaro Morri. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 123022
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35th Anniversary Edition of To Kill A Mockingbird; Inscribed by Harper Lee
LEE, Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
First edition, early printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Best wishes to Gilda Conner -Harper Lee." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144177
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"There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men": First Edition of Maurice Herzog's Annapurna; Inscribed by Him
HERZOG, Maurice.
Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak (26,493 Feet).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1952.
First edition in English, preceding the American edition by one year of one of the best-selling mountaineering books of all-time. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To James Helgar, with my compliments It is a pleasure to dedicate this book to you, Maurice Herzog Paris, 15th of March 08." Near fine a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. With an introduction by Eric Shipton. First editions are rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135187
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; Finely Bound
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 140434
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Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer during his years as a medical missionary in Africa; warmly inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Photograph.
January 18, 1963.
Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, inscribed by him, "En canoe sur la fleuve Ogooué a monsieur Glarvey Robbins avec ma profon de reconnniass avec Lambaréné Albert Schweitzer 18.1.63." Schweitzer's philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, which up to 1958 was situated in French Equatorial Africa, and after this in Gabon. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135832
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Alfred Lord Tennyson's Masterpiece Idylls of the King; with an exceptional fore-edge painting
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
Idylls of the King [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1869.
Finely bound example with a fore-edge painting of Tennyson's "long-meditated great task" which brought him to fame (Baugh, 1388). Octavo, bound in full red pebbled morocco, spine stamped in gilt in compartments, all edges and turn ins gilt, fore-edge painting with view of The Market Place, Cambridge. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 123739
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The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad; Signed by Joseph Conrad
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad. [Almayer’s Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of “Narcissus”, Tales of Unrest, Lord Jim, The Inheritors, Youth: and Two Other Stories, Romance, Typhoon and Other Stories, Nostromo, The Mirror of the Sea, The Secret Agent, A Set of Six, Under Western Eyes, Some Reminiscences, ‘Twist Land & Sea Tales, Chance, Victory, Within the Tides, The Shadow Line, The Arrow of Gold, On Day More, The Rescue].
London: William Heinemann, 1921.
Signed limited edition of the complete works of the writings of Joseph Conrad, one of 780 copies. Octavo, 20 volumes, original cloth. Signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation page of volume one. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129488
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Photograph of President Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson; Signed by Both
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird.
Signed Family Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Large photograph of President Lyndon and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and additionally inscribed by Lady Bird, as follows, "To Mary Lasker from her friends Lady Bird Johnson Christmas 1966. The recipient Mary Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation. She helped convince Eleanor Roosevelt to endorse Lyndon Johnson's efforts to become the 1960 Democratic nominee, and Lady Bird glowingly mentions Lasker in her book A White House Diary. Lasker was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 81062
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Signed Photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower in military uniform, boldly signed by him. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17.75 inches by 14.75 inches. A very attractive signed photograph.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 95837
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“Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow": First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved; Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 139112
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"Since Adam and Eve ate the apple, man has never refrained from any folly of which he was capable": First edition of Bertrand Russell's History of the World in Epitome (For Use in Martian Infant Schools); signed by him
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
History of the World in Epitome (For Use in Martian Infant Schools).
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1962.
First edition of Russell's 21-word summary of human history, issued on the occasion of his 90th birthday and written in reaction to the Cuban missile crisis. 16 mo, original wrappers, illustrated by Franciszka Themerson. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 128355
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First Edition of Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer; Warmly Inscribed by Jacques Cousteau
COUSTEAU, Jacques.
Albert Ier de Monaco et la Mer.
Monaco: Au Musee Oceanographique de Monaco, 1960.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Jacques Cousteau, "To Lob Taylor II en souvenir de la visite a Monaco- le 14/1/61 Tres cordialment, Jacques Cousteau." Illustrated by F.-Ch. Francois Roux. In very good condition. Introduction by Jacques Cousteau.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138002
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“Stars were golden unicorns neighing unheard through blue meadows": First Edition of William Faukner's Soldiers' Pay
FAULKNER, William.
Soldiers’ Pay.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.
First edition of Faulkner's first book. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell chemise and box.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 116798
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First edition, First Issue of Lawrence Durrell's The Black Book: An Agon
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Black Book: An Agnon.
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938.
First edition, first issue of the first volume in the Villa Seurat Series. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 119554
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First Edition of Fiddler on the Roof; Inscribed by Sheldon Harnick
STEIN, Joseph.
Fiddler on the Roof.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1964.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the title page, "For Candy: Sheldon Harnick 12/16/15." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket drawing by Tom Morrow. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 131388
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First Edition of Andrew Carnegie's The Empire of Business
CARNEGIE, Andrew.
The Empire of Business.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Carnegie. In good condition. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 42664
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First Edition of Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving; Inscribed by Him
FROMM, Erich.
The Art of Loving.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956.
First edition of this groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their capacities for love. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rev. Gotlerb Huse with best regards Eric Fromm." Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. First editions are uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 112439
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First edition of Jane and Lesley Davison's To Make a House a Home; inscribed by Lesley Davison to Joan Didion
DAVISON, Jane and Lesley Davison. [Joan Didion].
To Make a House a Home: Four Generations of American Women and the Houses They Lived In.
New York: Random House, 1994.
First edition of Jane and Lesley Davison's timeless work. Quarto, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Lesley Davison on a bookplate adhered to the second free endpaper, "For Joan Didion. Many thanks for your encouragement. Lesley Davison." The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneer of the New Journalism style of news writing. Her articles and political writing engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, California culture, and California history. She also gained recognition for her sensational novels, including her first…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 141054