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Rare First Edition of Edwin Delos Coe's The Black Hawk Tragedy
COE, Edwin Delos.
The Black Hawk Tragedy: Read before the Loyal Legion at Milwaukee, May 6, 1896.
Milwaukee: 1896.
First edition of this work on the Black Hawk Tragedy. Octavo, original publisher's printed wrappers; 16pp. In very good condition with a few chips to corners of wraps, gift inscription to front free endpaper. Scarce with no examples appearing at auction since 1929.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142116
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Signed limited Edition of Paul Bowles' Collected Stories
BOWLES, Paul.
Collected Stories.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979.
Signed limited edition of this classic collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Paul Bowles. In fine condition. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142140
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Honore de Balzac's Eugenie Grandet; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED Green MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
BALZAC, Honore de.
Eugenie Grandet I.
Paris: Librarie Larousse, n.d.
Finely bound Classiques Larousse edition of Balzac's short novel, later revised to be included in his ambitious project, La Comédie humaine. Octavo, bound in full crushed green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 130184
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The Economic Point of View; Signed by Israel Kirzner
KIRZNER, Israel M.
The Economic Point of View.
Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1976.
First printing of this edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Israel Kirzner on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Grandits. Edited with an introduction by Laurence S. Moss.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144369
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“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship": First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Weight of Glory
LEWIS, C.S.
The Weight of Glory and other Addresses.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949.
First edition, first printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Jeanyee Wong. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145132
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"I have been busier than a cat on a tin roof": Rare Autograph Letter Signed From Louis Armstrong to Harry Paul
ARMSTRONG, Louis.
Louis Armstrong Autograph Letter Signed.
June 19, 1970.
Rare autograph letter signed by influential jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. Octavo, one page on the reverse of a 'Lose Weight, The Satchmo Way' flyer, featuring his signature in facsimile, the letter reads in full, "June 19th, 1970 Dear Harry Paul Please excuse such delays as answering your very fine letters, etc., but I have been busier than a cat on a tin roof. I've begun to feel good again. And will soon be back in the Sale Mines again (Meaning back to work.) Lucille and I are getting ready to fly out to California where there's a…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146531
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Aldous Huxley's The Art of Seeing; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley's experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140889
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First Edition of Marc Chagall's Jerusalem Windows
CHAGALL, Marc & Jean Laymarie.
Jerusalem Windows.
New York: Braziller, 1962.
First edition. Folio, original red cloth, with two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 1376
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First Edition of Thomas E. Gaddis' Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud; Signed by Him
GADDIS, Thomas E.
Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.
New York : Random House, 1955.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden and Thelma Ritter. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, " Best- Thomas E. Gaddis August 7, 1958." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with the Ingo Perminger Agency stamp to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Harvey Gabor. First editions are uncommon signed, and with noted provenance.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138123
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"one of the most significant works of religious English literature": John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which is to Come: Deliver’d under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discover’d The Manner of his Setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country.
London: William Pickering, 1849.
Rare large print Pickering edition of one of the most significant works of religious English literature. Octavo, bound in full crushed morocco by Tout Bindery with gilt titles and intricate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruled borders to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, original red silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of John Bunyan, illustrated with tissue-guarded engraved plates, headpiece and initial. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the extremities and a bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146466
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"I will come again and conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can": First Edition of High Adventure; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic, 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. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144006
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
GREENE, Graham.
The Heart of the Matter.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1948.
First edition of what many consider the author's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146011
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First Edition of 100 Years of Wimbledon; Signed by Lance Tingay and Wimbledon Champion Carlos Alcaraz
TINGAY, Lance. [Carlos Alcaraz].
100 Years of Wimbledon.
London: Guinness Superlatives Limited, 1977.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Wimbledon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Barry Newcombe, the most esteemed of colleagues Lance Tingay." Additionally signed by Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146249
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First Edition of Larry Niven's Ringworld; Inscribed by Him
NIVEN, Larry.
Ringworld.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970.
Paperback original first edition of this classic work, which went on to win the 1970 Nebula and 1971 Hugo award for best novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by Dean Ellis. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Tim Larry Niven." In very good condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140443
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First Edition of Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider; Inscribed by the Author with a Drawing of a Spider
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Busy Spider.
New York: Philomel Books, 1984.
First edition of this classic picture book. Oblong octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author opposite the title page in black felt tip, "For Van, with love, Eric Carle." Additionally inscribed with a drawing of a spider. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription of the recipient in the year of publication opposite the title page.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146480
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First Edition of Robert Penn Warren's World Time and Enough; Inscribed by Him
WARREN, Robert Penn.
World Enough and Time.
New York: Random House, 1950.
First edition of this classic novel; one of the big sleepers in 20th century American fiction and the "richest of [Warren's] novels" (New York Herald Tribune). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Sutherland regards Robert Penn Warren." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jules Gottlieb. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142272
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"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example": First Edition of Joe Di Maggio's Lucky To Be A Yankee; Bound in Full Morocco By the Harcourt Bindery
DI MAGGIO, Joe [DiMaggio].
Lucky To Be A Yankee.
New York: Rudolph Field, 1946.
First edition of this early autobiography by Joltin' Joe Di Maggio. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Introduction by James A. Farley. Foreword by Grantland Rice. In fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140408
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“It's easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language": First Edition of Seabiscuit: An American Legend; Signed by Laura Hillenbrand and Actor Tobey Maguire
HILLENBRAND, Laura [Tobey Maguire].
Seabiscuit: An American Legend.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition of this best-selling work, basis for the unforgettable Academy Award-nominated film starring Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Laura Hillenbrand on the title page and additionally signed by actor Tobey Maguire on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144024
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First Edition of Ellen Glasgow's Virginia; From the Library of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
GLASGOW, Ellen [Charlotte Perkins Gilman].
Virginia.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913.
First edition of this socially groundbreaking novel; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of the titular character, Virginia. Signed by Gilman on the front flyleaf. Gilman was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate, and eugenicist who served as a role model for future generations of utopian feminists. Best known for her semi-autobiographical short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis, Gilman has written works on gender and male domination that continue to maintain their relevance in today's society. In good condition…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145595
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Inscribed by Don Delillo
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Joe Don DeLillo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138126