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First Edition of Rationality and Freedom; Inscribed by Amartya Sen
SEN, Amartya.
Rationality and Freedom.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press/ Belknap Press, 2002.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John my best wishes and regards Amartya Sen Nov 3, 2015." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Nefsky Frankfeldt.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144399
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Address of President Coolidge before the Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Signed by Him
COOLIDGE, Calvin.
Address of President Coolidge before the Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Chicago: Government Printing Office, 1925.
First edition of this address by President Coolidge. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Calvin Coolidge. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119470
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Original color photograph inscribed by Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower to White House Administrative Assistant Helen Colle Donaldson Hollers
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Mamie Doud.
Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Original color photograph inscribed by the 34th President and First Lady of the United States, Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Presentation photograph, inscribed on the mount, "For Mrs. Helen Colle with best wishes and warm regards from Dwight D. Eisenhower" and signed, "Mamie Doud Eisenhower." The recipient, Helen Colle Donaldson Hollers, was a White House administrative assistant who served under nine presidents from Harry S. Truman to George H.W. Bush. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 12.25 inches by 15.75 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 194042
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“I HATE EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT IN MYSELF”: First British Edition of The Naked and the Dead; Inscribed by Norman Mailer
MAILER, Norman.
The Naked and the Dead.
London: Allan Wingate, 1949.
First British edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For ________ ________, Spent a winter once in Jamaica, Vermont, back in 1949, Loved it. Cheers Norman Mailer." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by James Holland.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 833
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Finely Bound Set of William Thackeray
THACKERAY, William.
The Works of William Thackeray (Vanity Fair).
London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1869.
The Works of William Thackeray. Octavo, 24 volumes. Bound in three quarter leather with gilt tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt in all volumes. In excellent condition. An attractive set.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 2202
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“There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Hard Times For These Times
DICKENS, Charles.
Hard Times For These Times.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.
First edition in book form of Dickens’ attack on the conditions of life in England’s industrial cities with all 11 of Smith's points. Octavo, original publisher's first cloth binding, light yellow endpapers. Smith I:11. In very good condition. A nice example, uncommon in the original binding.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131408
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Rare first edition of A Dictionary of the Bible Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History; finely bound in full vellum
EDITED BY WILLIAM SMITH,.
A Dictionary of the Bible Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History.
London: John Murray, 1863.
First edition of Smith's Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full vellum with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges red, illustrations with three maps and illustrations throughout text. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplates.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111032
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting of the great court of Trinity College
TENNYSON, Alfred.
Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Strahan and Co., Publishers, 1869.
Finely bound example of Tennyson’s “long-meditated great task” which brought him to fame; decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of the great court of Trinity College (Baugh, 1388). Octavo, bound in full pebbled green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise bands, gilt ruling and scrolled cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a highly detailed concealed fore-edge painting of the Great Court of Trinity College. Ownership inscriptions. In good condition with the fore-edge painting very crisp.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139645
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First Edition of Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here; In the Uncommon Original Dust Jacket
LEWIS, Sinclair.
It Can’t Happen Here.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935.
First edition of Lewis' later masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine panel. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 120988
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First Edition of There are no spies; Signed by Bill Granger, Pierce Brosnan and Bill Smitrovich
GRANGER, Bill [Pierce Brosnan].
There Are No Spies.
New York: Warner Books, 1986.
First edition of classic thriller, basis for the film November Man, starring Pierce Brosnan and Bill Smitrovich. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Steve Juscik- Cheers! Bill Granger." Additionally signed by actors Pierce Brosnan and inscribed by Bill Smitrovich. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Rolf Erickson. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145776
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First Edition of Carlos Fuentes' Cambio de piel; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to His Close Friend Sergio Munoz
FUENTES, Carlos.
Cambio de Piel. [A Change of Skin].
Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1967.
First edition of this work which defines existentially a collective Mexican consciousness by exploring and reinterpreting the country’s myths. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to his close friend Sergio Munoz on the front free endpaper, "A Sergio, companero en todas los barricadas, es tu invitacion a exlorar ris ___ - tematicamente el ruindo de la "muerte climatizada" seamos realistias: sonemos lo imposible un gran abrazo de Carlos London 1968." Fuentes met Munoz in Mexico in the 1960's when he was dating the daughter of Fuentes' first wife, actress Rita Macedo. Carlos and Sergio bonded one…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132766
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First Edition of The Truro Bear; Signed by Mary Oliver
OLIVER, Mary.
The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2008.
First edition of this collection by the award-winning poet. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Kosturko.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133714
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First edition of John W. Milnor's Topology From the Differentiable Viewpoint; signed by him
MILNOR, John W .
Topology From the Differentiable Viewpoint.
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1965.
First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Milnor at the University of Virginia in December 1963. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. Signed by John Milnor on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 114852
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First Editions of Each work in John Jake's Historical Epic, North and South; Love and War; and Heaven and Hell; Each signed by Him
JAKES, John.
The North and South Trilogy. [Including, North and South; Love and War; and Heaven and Hell].
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982-87.
First editions of each novel in the author's acclaimed North and South Trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed or inscribed by the author. North and South is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Carl with every good wish John Jakes 2-11-82." Each are near fine to fine condition in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119784
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Rare Ordinary People Original Script; Signed by Director Robert Redford
SARGENT, Alvin; [Robert Redford].
Ordinary People Original Script.
Burbank, CA: Wildwood Enterprises, Inc, 1979.
Rare original screenplay from the 1980 film 'Ordinary People,' produced by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, and Timothy Hutton. Quarto, original orange wrappers, bound with two brass tacks. Boldly signed on the front panel, "Best wishes Robert Redford." In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146472
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First Deluxe Edition of The Game of Golf; Inscribed by Roger Wethered
WETHERED, Joyce and Roger; Bernard Darwin; Horace Hutchinson; & T.C. Simpson.
The Game of Golf….Lonsdale Library, Vol. IX.
London: Seeley, Service & Company, 1931.
First edition, deluxe issue of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half green morocco over cloth. Inscribed by Roger Wethered in the year of publication, "Hope this will help you to beat Harry! Roger Wethered 1931." Illustrated with plates, which some folding from 100 photographs. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 14008
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Rare Photograph of the First President of Israel Chaim Weizmann's 60th Birthday Portrait; Signed by Him
[WEIZMANN, Chaim]; Sir Oswald Birley.
Chaim Weizmann Signed Photograph of his 60th Birthday Portrait.
n.p., n.d..
Rare signed photograph portrait of the future first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann on his 60th birthday. Silver gelatin photograph of an original oil on canvas portrait of Weizmann done by British portrait artist Sir Oswald Birley in 1934 on the occasion of Weizmann's 60th birthday. Signed by Weizmann in the lower right corner, "C Weizmann." Mounted on cardboard. In very good condition with diagonal creasing across the image, minor toning to the edges. The piece measures 10 inches by 8.225 inches. The Birley portrait of Weizmann exists in the collection of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146614
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“Saving and pinching to get married, you're losing the best time of your life": First Edition of Muriel Spark's The Ballad of Peckham Rye; Signed by Her
SPARK, Muriel.
The Ballad of Peckham Rye.
London: Macmillan, 1960.
First edition of this satirical gem from the “master of malice and mayhem” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears to the extremities. Jacket design by Victor Reinganum.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 59022
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First edition of Jacques Touchet's Les vies de dames galantes
BRANTOME [PIERRE DE BOURDEILLE],.
Les Vies Des Dames Galantes. [Lives of the Gallant Ladies].
Paris: Éditions de la Belle Etoile, 1938.
First edition of Brantôme's sensational work on 17th century Parisian court life. Quarto, 2 volumes, original wrappers, illustrations in color by Jacques Touchet. One of 1250 numbered copies. this is number 940. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, particularly so in the original wrappers.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132808
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First Edition of The Front Runner; Inscribed in the Year of Publication by Patricia Nell Warren
WARREN, Patricia Nell.
The Front Runner.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the first contemporary gay novel to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Everett with all best wishes Patricia Nell Warren May 17, 1974." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Tinker.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 87690