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“ONE OF THE BEST POLITICAL BIOGRAPHIES IN ENGLISH:” FIRST EDITION OF WINSTON S. CHURCHILL'S LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Lord Randolph Churchill.
New York and London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1906.
First editions of Winston S. Churchill's biography of his father. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth bound, gilt titles to the spine, engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Randolph Churchill after a photograph by Mackintosh to Volume I, engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Randolph Churchill after a photograph by Russell and Sons to Volume II, illustrated. In very good condition, bookplate. A nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 130791
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“To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live": First edition of Tenzing After Everest; signed by Tenzing Norgay and with a signed letter on his letterhead
NORGAY, Tenzing with Malcolm Barnes.
After Everest: An Autobiography by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.
New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1977.
First edition of Tenzing's second autobiography, the sequel to his best-selling Tiger of the Snows. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page beneath an inscription in a secretarial hand, "To William Levine," "Tenzing Norgay." With the original typed transmittal letter on Norgay's personal letterhead signed by him laid in which reads: Dear William Levine, I have just returned back home here in Darjeeling. It was a very wonderful time in China which I hope you will never forget. I am sending you my book, Tenzing After Everest, with my autograph. With kind regards a loves. Sincerely,…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 123218
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First Edition of William Golding's The Spire; Signed by Him
GOLDING, William.
The Spire.
London: Faber & Faber, 1964.
First British edition. Octavo, original cloth.Signed by William Golding on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing. A very bright copy.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 3353
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First Edition of Michael Bond's Paddington Marches On; Signed by Him
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Marches On.
London: Collins, 1964.
First edition of the sixth book in the Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Michael Bond on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 48011
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First edition of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Senator Larry Pressler
GORE, Al.
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
First edition, first printing of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For my friend and colleague Larry Pressler, with respect + best wishes, Al Gore." The recipient, Senator Larry Pressler served in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, representing South dakota. After completing his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, he joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant. He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144920
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"God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by the sun, and you learn only geography. Watch darkness claim it, and for a moment you may grasp why God had to create Satan--or man to create both": First Edition of Colin Fletcher's Thousand Mile Summer; Signed by Him
FLETCHER, Colin.
The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.
First edition of Fletcher's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on half title page, "For J.P. Cohn From Colin Fletcher." Also laid in is an autographed note signed, "Dear J.P.-- Fatefully-- because it was your suggestion in the first place that I approach the Chronicle. Best, Colin." Also laid in are two folded color brochures: The Man Who Walked Through Time with the author's printed Berkeley address label affixed and a note from author on novelty stationery, "Dear J.P.-- Just occurred to me that you might be…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 132615
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Rare autograph note signed by Apollo Astronauts Ronald Evans, Gene Cernan, and John Young
CERNAN, Gene; Ron Evans; John Young.
Apollo Astronauts Signed Note.
Rare note signed by Apollo astronauts John Young (Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9), Ronald Evans (Apollo 17), and Gene Cernan (Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17). One page, signed by each astronaut. The note measures 7 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 13.25 inches by 11.25 inches.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 120894
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with appreciation for his friendship and his years of service to the nation" Signed Limited Edition of Richard Nixon's Memoirs; Inscribed by Him to California Congressman Bob Badham
NIXON, Richard M.
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.
Signed limited edition of Richard Nixon's memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, illustrated, original slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "To Congressman Bob Badham with appreciation for his friendship and his years of service to the nation from Richard Nixon August 8, 1979." The recipient, Robert Edward Badham was a politician from California. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the Orange County-based 40th district from 1977 to 1989. In near fine condition in the original slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 133998
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"Passions are likened best to pools and streams; the shallows murmur, but the deep are dumb": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's The Cascapedia Club; Inscribed by Him
GRISWOLD, Frank Gray.
The Cascapedia Club.
Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1920.
First edition of Griswold's guide to fishing the Great Cascapedia. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Percy R. Pyne 2nd from G. Gray Griswold 1921." In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 88022
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"Because death belongs to all, so too should life": First Edition of Terra: Struggle of the Landless; Signed by Jose Saramago
SALGADO, Sebastiao; Preface by Jose Saramago.
Terra: Struggle of the Landless.
London: Phaidon Press, 1997.
First edition of one of the finest compilations of the works of Brazilian photojournalist and political activist, Sebastiao Salgado. Quarto, original gray cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago on the title page, who contributed the preface. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Poetry by Chico Buarque.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 147043
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"AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE FIELD OF ANTHROPOLOGY ON PAR WITH CHARLES DARWIN'S ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES": FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION OF COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA; SIGNED BY AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST MARGARET MEAD
MEAD, Margaret. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth in Western Civilisation.
New York: The New American Library of World Literature, Inc, 1949.
First paperback edition, first printing of Mead’s pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Margaret Meade November 1949." In near fine condition. Jacket design by Robert Jonas. Rare, particularly signed.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 117021
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": Charles Dickens' David Copperfield; finely bound in full leather
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: George G. Harrap, 1924.
Finely bound example of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, tooling to the front and rear panels, frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond. In fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 119346
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"I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something": Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of The Ginger Man
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
New York: McDowell, Obelensky, 1958.
Rare uncorrected proof of the first American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 120176
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First edition of Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood
DICKENS, Charles.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870.
First edition, bound from the original parts of Dickens' final novel. Octavo, original bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of dickens and additional engraved title, 12 wood-engraved plates. In near fine condition.
Price: $925.00 Item Number: 131055
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"Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange be found to possess secret power to destroy a whole block of buildings nay, to blast a township at a stroke?": Winston S. Churchill's Shall We Commit Suicide?
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Shall We Commit Suicide?
New York: Eilert Printing Co, 1924.
First separate edition of Churchill's ominously prophetic article. 12mo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare, especially in this condition.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 135844
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First Edition of Prayer and Al-Islam; Inscribed by Muhammad Ali
ALI, Muhammad.
Prayer and Al-Islam.
Chicago: Muhammad Islamic Foundation, 1982.
First edition of this prayer book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the front free endpaper, "To Marc from Muhammad Ali 9-25-86." In fine condition.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 123489
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“I fell in love with literature and stayed lovesick all my life": First British Editions of The Coast of Utopia; Each volume is Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom.
The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Salvage, Voyage.
London: Faber & Faber, 2002.
First British editions of Stoppard's trilogy of plays, which focuses on the philosophical debates in pre-revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Each volume is signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 5537
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“I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real": First Edition of The Rum Diary; Signed by Hunter Thompson
THOMPSON, Hunter S.
The Rum Diary.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of Thompson's only published novel. Octavo, original black half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by Hunter S. Thompson. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Perr.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 147501
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First Edition of Andy Warhol's America; Signed by Him
WARHOL, Andy.
America.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First paperback printing of this photographic study of America in the eighties. Quarto original wrappers. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the front panel. In fine condition. Designed by Barbara Richter.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 142891
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"The inspiration for Theodore Roosevelt's The Naval War of 1812": First edition of William James' A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America
JAMES, William.
A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America; Preceded by a Cursory Examination of the American Accounts of Their Naval Actions Fought Previous to That Period.
London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817.
First edition of James' naval history of the War of 1812, which inspired Theodore Roosevelt's account from the American perspective: The Naval War of 1812. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine and panels, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, rebacked. In very good condition.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 132919
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s On My Own; Inscribed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
On My Own: The Years Since The White House.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of Roosevelt's last book of autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Inscribed for V____ M_____ by Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Ben Feder.
Price: $875.00 Item Number: 92117
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Signed by Nobel Laureate Lawrence R. Klein.
LAWRENCE R. KLEIN & MICHAEL K. EVANS,.
The Wharton Econometric Forecasting Model.
University of Pennsylvania, 1967.
First edition. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with some offsetting and light spotting the front panel. Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Lawrence Klein on the title page.
Price: $875.00 Item Number: 3797
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First edition in English of Henri See's Modern Capitalism in the Rare Original Dust Jacket
SEE, Henri [Henry].
Modern Capitalism: Its Origin and Evolution.
London: Noel Douglas, 1928.
First edition in English of See's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Translated by Homer B. Vanderblue and Georges F. Doroit.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 132345
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Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd's Goodnight Moon; Signed by Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise
BROWN, Margaret Wise; [Fred Haise].
Goodnight Moon.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, [2013].
75th anniversary edition of this classic children's book. Octodecimo, original pictorial boards. Humorously inscribed by Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise in black felt tip on the front panel, "I had a harder time than the cow! Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP." In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146184