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Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2006.
First edition of The New York Times Review of Books edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. In fine condition. Introduction by Patricia Storace.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 54
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First Edition of Niall Ferguson's Civilization: The West and the Rest; Inscribed by Him
FERGUSON, Niall.
Civilization: The West and the Rest.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2011.
First edition of this work by the famed historian. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John with best wishes Niall Ferguson." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132746
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First edition of The Longevity Strategy; inscribed by David Mahoney to American journalist William Safire
MAHONEY, David and Richard Restak. Foreword by William Safire.
The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1998.
First edition of this "wise and compelling guide" (Stephen Covey). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by David Mahoney on the half-title page in the year of publication to William Safire, who contributed the foreword, "Feb 1998 To Bill not for what you are but for what you have made me. Gratefully, David." 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.…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135640
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First Edition of Falling to Earth; Signed by Al Worden and Francis French
WORDEN, Al with Francis French.
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Books, 2011.
First edition of this unprecedented and exhilarating account of Al Worden's experience with NASA. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by the authors on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Dick Gordon. Epilogue by Tom Stafford. Jacket design by Brian Barth.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147208
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First Edition of Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress; Signed by Him
MOSLEY, Walter.
Devil In A Blue Dress.
First edition of this defining novel in Mosley’s bestselling Easy Rawlins mystery series, which was adapted into a film starring Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Walter Mosley on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hugh O'Neill. Jacket illustration by John Jinks. Author photograph by Joyce Ravid.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 141535
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"Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true": First Edition of The Satanic Verses
RUSHDIE, Salman.
The Satanic Verses.
New York: The Viking Press, 1989.
First edition of Rushdie's classic novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 148043
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First edition of William Gilmore Beymer's On Hazardous Service
BEYMER, William Gilmore.
On Hazardous Service: Scouts and Spies of the North and South.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912.
First edition of Beymer's collection of ten Civil War stories including three personal narratives. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Howard Pyle and others, tissue-guarded frontispiece in color. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132540
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First Edition of Fletch Won; Signed by Gregory McDonald
MCDONALD, Gregory.
Fletch Won.
New York: Warner Books, 1985.
First edition of this work in the author's classic Fletch series. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gregory McDonald on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the bottom.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 143771
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First edition of Arthur Rackham's The Land of Enchantment
RACKHAM, Arthur.
The Land of Enchantment.
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1905.
First edition of Rackham's beautifully illustrated work. Quarto, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, rebacked, illustrated with 36 full-page and vignette line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Neat ownership name. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142761
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“Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective": First Edition of Peter F. Drucker's The Effective Executive
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Effective Executive.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of Drucker's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 144241
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First Edition of The Salvation Army British Empire Exhibition Handbook
[KIPLING, Rudyard].
The Salvation Army British Empire Exhibition Handbook.
New York: St. Albans, 1924.
First edition of this article with this title. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Appearing on pp. 17-18 is a first appearance article by Rudyard Kipling titled Empire Building. It appeared in 1909 with no title and in 1913 with the title Give the Second Eleven a Chance. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. Stewart 722
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132448
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"There are always many people who say that golf cannot be learned from a book": First edition of P. A. Vaile's The New Golf
VAILE, P. A.
The New Golf.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916.
First edition of P. A. Vaile's authoritative manual of the game of golf. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece engraving of Jerome D. Travers with tissue guard, illustrated with forty engravings from photographs. In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 88077
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"The street is packed with silence. Not yet fully awake, I feel myself dreamily carried along on an invisible human tide": First signed limited edition of Alfred Kazin's The Open Street
KAZIN, Alfred.
The Open Street.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948.
First edition of Kazin's short tribute to the streets of Manhattan, a selection from the work in progress that would become A Walker in the City. Small octavo, original quarter cloth over speckled boards, photographic endpapers by Victor Kraft. One of only 1,000 copies privately printed for the author, inscribed by him on the limitation page, "For my friend Belle, affectionately Alfred Kazin 1948." In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96772
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First edition of The Chief European Dramatists; from the library of American actor Zachary Scott
MATTHEWS, Brander [Zachary Scott].
The Chief European Dramatists: Twenty-One Plays From the Drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway From 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.
First edition of this compilation of the plays of the great dramatists. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughout the 1940s and 50s including Hollywood Canteen, The Unfaithful, Shotgun, Man in the Shadow, and The Young One. In very good condition with Scott’s bookplate and ownership inscription to the pastedown. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 115680
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Uncorrected Proof of The Cage Keeper and Other Stories; Signed by Andre Dubus III
DUBUS III, Andre.
The Cage Keeper and Other Stories.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's first book, a well-received collection of stories. Octavo, original orange wrappers. Signed by Andre Dubus III on the title page. Review slip laid in. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 447
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First Edition of Thomas Hardy's A Group of Noble Dames
HARDY, Thomas.
A Group of Noble Dames.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1891.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 133304
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"It is frankly devoted to man's crazy, triumphant return to the mud from which he came": First Edition of Charles Addams' Addams and Evil
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams]; Wolcott Gibbs.
Addams and Evil.
New York: Random House, 1947.
First edition of this classic collection of Addams’ cartoons. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Wolcott Gibbs.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147270
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First Edition of Burger’s Daughter; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Burger’s Daughter.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities, name.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 3983
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First edition of Frank Kingdon Ward's The Romance of Plant Hunting
KINGDON WARD, Frank.
The Romance of Plant Hunting.
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1924.
First edition of Kingdon-Ward's work on the love of flowers and plant hunting. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 139818
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First Edition of I am Charlotte Simmons; Signed by Tom Wolfe
WOLFE, Tom.
I Am Charlotte Simmons.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this "hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel" (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the title page. Laid in is the original program for the book signing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147194
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First Edition of Dennis Lehane's Mystic River; Signed by Him and Three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
LEHANE, Dennis.
Mystic River.
New York : William Morrow and Company, 2001.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 2003 film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood, and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Dennis Lehane and three times by the dust jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the rear jacket flap and once below Lehane's signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Chip Kidd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121479
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First Edition of Seek My Face; Signed by John Updike and three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
UPDIKE, John.
Seek My Face.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of this "brief novel of deep feeling" (Time). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 123401
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First Edition of Lucinda Gosling's Drawing From History
GOSLING, Lucinda; Foreword by James Gurney; Illustrated by Fortunino Matania.
Drawing From History: The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania.
Book Palace Books, 2016.
First edition, one of only 1000 copies. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 133742
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First edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Land of the Mist
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
The Land of the Mist.
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd, [1926].
First edition of the third novel in the author's Professor Challenger series. Octavo, original publishers cloth. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 140202
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Lion Man
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and the Lion Man.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1934.
First edition, early printing of the seventeenth book in Burroughs' popular Tarzan series. Octavo, original gray cloth, frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136075
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First Edition of Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras; Signed by Phil Pepe
FORD, Whitey with Phil Pepe; Foreword by Yogi Berra.
Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras.
Chicago: Triumph Books, 2001.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on the Yankees. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Phil Pepe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, sticker to the front panel. Foreword by Yogi Berra.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145762
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"A wickedly gay and irrepressible book about a bishop, young love and a nudist colony": Thorne Smith's The Bishop's Jaegers
SMITH, Thorne.
The Bishop’s Jaegers.
Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1932.
First Sun Dial Press edition of Smith's wildly hilarious comic romp, preceded by the first edition published by Doubleday, Doran & Company in the same year. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by Roese. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 109968
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First edition of Star Chamber Revels (Or, The Fountayne of Justice); signed by Andre L. Simon
SIMON, Andre L.
Star Chamber Revels (Or, The Fountayne of Justice). A Satyre Acted on Friday the eleventh day of June, in the yeare 1602 by the then Lords of the Queen Elizabeth’s most honourable Council.
Peekskill: Printed by Crosby Gaige, 1937.
First edition of Andre L. Simon's retelling of a day in the life of the Lords of the Star Chamber. Octavo, original boards, engraved headpiece and tailpiece. Signed by the author at the conclusion of his introduction. Very good in the rare original glassine.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 115807
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First Edition of All For Love; Inscribed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
All For Love.
New York: Philomel Books, 1984.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Elaine! Tasha Tudor 1986." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146497
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First Edition of Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full; Inscribed by Him
WOLFE, Tom.
A Man In Full.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of this "masterpiece" (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe. Fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket art by Daniel Lee. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147378
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First Edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Etc.
Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868.
First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Octavo, recased in the original publisher's dark green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with eighteen steel portraits, frontispiece portrait of Stowe. Second State with Frederick Douglass's name spelled correctly on the title page. BAL 19449. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142763
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"A distinctive portfolio of distinctive wallpapers": Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. "Economy Group" wallpaper sample portfolio
Sears Roebuck and Co. “Economy Group” Standard Quality Wallpaper Catalog.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1940.
Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. wallpaper sample catalog; the "Economy Group", featuring standard quality papers printed with fadeproof colors in a variety of patterns. Octavo, includes 14 wallpaper samples. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 125883
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First Edition of Elspeth Huxley's With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook; inscribed by her
HUXLEY, Elspeth.
With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook.
1964: William Morrow & Company, New York.
First edition of Huxley's authoritative report on the rapidly changing political climate of post-colonial East Africa. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps and drawings by Jonathan Kingdon. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Joe Ferrier with my best wished Elspeth Huxley." Laid in is the original typed transmittal letter, an autograph card and photograph of Huxley; all three signed by her to Ferrier. The recipient, Joe Ferrier was a lifelong fan and pen pal of Huxley’s. They often exchanged letters, books, and article clippings between England and the United States. Near fine in a…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96083
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First Edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's Life of Dante
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
Life of Dante.
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1904.
First edition of the first formal biography of the father of the Italian language. Small folio, original publisher's half vellum with gilt titles to the spine. One of two hundred and sixty-five copies printed for Houghton Mifflin and Company and stated on the colophon, this is number 18. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146440
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Limited Edition Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail; Signed by Illustrator Thomas Hart Benton
PARKMAN, Francis. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton.
The Oregon Trail.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945.
Signed limited edition of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, pictorial title page, illustrated with numerous plates by Thomas Hart Benton. One of one thousand numbered copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the crown of the spine and a faint stain to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146546
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Freya Stark's A Winter in Arabia; In the rare original dust jacket
STARK, Freya.
A Winter in Arabia.
London: John Murray, 1945.
Early printing of one of the most important pieces of literature on the region and a book that placed Freya Stark in the pantheon of great writers and explorers of the Arab World. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated, maps. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119310
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First Edition of John Dos Passos' Adventures of a Young Man
DOS PASSOS, John.
Adventures of a Young Man.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939.
First edition and advance review copy of the first book in Dos Passos' District of Columbia Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher's review copy stamp to the front free endpaper dated June 1st 1939. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96769
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W.C. King and W.P. Derby's Campfire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5
KING, W.C. and W.P. Derby.
Campfire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5.
Springfield, Mass.: King, Richardson & Co, 1889.
Early printing of the authors' finely illustrated work on the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. In good condition. Warping and dampstaining to the rear board. Period ownership inscriptions.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132308
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First Edition of George P. Shultz's Ideas & Action: Featuring the 10 Commandments of Negotiation; Signed by Him
SHULTZ, George P.
Ideas & Action: George P. Shultz, Featuring the 10 Commandments of Negotiation.
Erie, PA: Free To Choose Press, 2010.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by George P. Shultz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Forewords by Henry A. Kissinger, Diane Feinstein and William J. Perry.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 139641
