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"With gratitude and every good wish for the future": First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Warmly Inscribed by John Fowles
FOWLES, John.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition of Fowles' third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Phil Thayer - with gratitude and every good wish for the future - John Fowles, Regis, January 21st, 1970." With the bookplate of John Fowles to the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 97577
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“A definite purpose, backed by absolute faith, is a form of wisdom and wisdom in action produces positive results": First Edition of Napoleon Hill's The Master Key to Riches
HILL, Napoleon.
The Master-Key to Riches.
Los Angeles: The Willing Publishing Company, 1945.
First edition of Napoleon Hill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and wear to the extremities.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138267
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"I Could Have Danced All Night": My Fair Lady; Signed by Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison
[JULIE ANDREWS AND REX HARRISON] LERNER, Allan Jay; Music by Frederick Loewe; George Bernard Shaw.
My Fair Lady: A Musical Play in Two Acts Based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
New York: Chappell & Co, 1956.
Original sheet music of I Could Have Danced All Night, from My Fair Lady, one of "one of the best musicals of the twentieth century" (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated, frontispiece of Andrews and Harrison. Boldly signed by Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison on the front panel. Quarto, original, illustrated wrappers, featuring the iconic illustration by Albert Hirschfeld, 8 pages. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146154
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"The Leading And Most Persuasive Explanation of the worst economic Distaster In American History": First Edition of A Monetary History of the United States
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
A Monetary History of the United States: 1867-1960.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth. Review copy, with the slip adhered to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146725
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First Edition of Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man; Signed by Him
BRADBURY, Ray.
The Illustrated Man.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1951.
First edition of Bradbury's third book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Near fine in a near fine bright dust jacket that shows none of the spine fading endemic to this title, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Syndney Butchkes. A very bright example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 2520
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First Edition of The Thin Red Line; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by James Jones
JONES, James.
The Thin Red Line.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1962.
First edition of Jones’ sequel to his first novel, From Here to Eternity. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by James Jones on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147502
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"I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory": First Edition of Rory Stewart's The Places In Between; Lengthily inscribed by Him
STEWART, Rory.
The Places In Between.
London: Picador, 2004.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, "I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Rory Stewart.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 91569
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First Edition of Questions About Angels; Inscribed by Billy Collins to Laurence and Mary Rockefeller
COLLINS, Billy.
Questions About Angels: Poems.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991.
First edition of Collins' fourth collection of published poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Laurence and Mary Rockefeller with best wishes Billy Collins 1996." The recipients, Laurence Rockefeller were prominent an American philanthropist, financier, and major conservationist and member of the Rockefeller Family. Mary, too, was from a prominent Billings Family. The Rockefellers turned over their land in Woodstock to form Vermont's only National Park, The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Antonina Krass.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 3889
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First Edition of The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics; Inscribed by Roger Penrose
PENROSE, Roger.
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, which won The Science Book Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by on the title page, "For John Rogers Roger Penrose with extreme apologies for the absurd delay 15 Nov. 2016." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Martin Gardner. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147818
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First Edition of the Author’s National Book Award-Winning Novel; Inscribed by Bernard Malamud
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Fixer.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of the author's fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ida and Marshall With all good wishes Bern." Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light wear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 111937
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Photographic Print of Father Damian De Veuster; Signed by Mother Teresa
MOTHER TERESA,.
Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.
Photographic print of Father Damian de Veuster, recognized for his ministry to people with leprosy and venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Black and white photographic portrait of Father Damian De Veuster, boldly signed by Mother Teresa, "God bless you M Teresa mc." In fine condition with a very faint horizontal crease. The piece measures 8.5 inches by 12.5 inches. An uncommon autographed photo. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146846
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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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Godel's Proof; From the Library of Stephen Hawking
NAGEL, Ernest and James R. Newman [Stephen Hawking].
Gödel’s Proof.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1964.
Early printing of this work on Godel, from the library of physicist Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 119482
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James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan Trilogy; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
FARRELL, James T. [William Safire].
Studs Lonigan. A Trilogy Containing Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day.
New York: The Modern Library, [1938].
First edition, early printing of Farrell's well-regarded trilogy. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Jan 9/ 1950 For Bill Safire with best wishes Jim Farrell." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 127643
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Rare Autograph Note Signed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier
LE CORBUSIER,.
Le Corbusier Autograph Note Signed.
Rare autograph note signed and dated by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, "Le Corbusier 19 Nov 59." In fine condition. Double matted and framed with a photographic portrait of Le Corbusier. The entire piece measures 17.25 inches by 16.25 inches.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 109585
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"Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power": First Edition of Gregory Corso's The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems; Signed by Him
CORSO, Gregory.
The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems.
Cambridge, MA: Richard Brukenfeld, 1955.
First edition of the poet's first book one of 500 copies printed though about half of which were lost in the mail. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Gregory Corso. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 123719
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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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First Edition of Octavia Butler's Imago; Signed by Her
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Imago.
New York: Warner Books, 1989.
First edition of the gripping climax to Butler's acclaimed Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustration by Wayne Barlowe.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 134414
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[HAMILTON, Alexander].
The Speeches at Full Length of Mr. Van Ness, Mr. Caines, The Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton, in the Great Cause of the People, Against Harry Croswell, on an Indictment of Libel on Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.
New York: Printed by G. & R. Waite, No. 64 Maiden-Lane, 1804.
First edition of this landmark case in the history of the First Amendment. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition. Rare with only a handful appearing in auction records.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142963
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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, "To Justina -best wishes, Harper Lee." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144061