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“What I did, anybody can do": First Edition of WEEGEE by Weegee; Inscribed by Him
WEEGEE,.
Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961.
First edition of the famed photographer's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frances Colley Weegee." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $1,000.00 Item Number: 2292
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First edition program for the ceremonies held at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore; Signed by William Rehnquist and Byron White who administered the oaths of office
CLINTON, Bill. (William Rehnquist and Byron White).
President Bill Clinton Inauguration Ceremonies Program.
Washington, D.C: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, 1993.
Original program for the ceremonies held at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore on January 20th 1993. Octavo, original wrappers with the gold Presidential seal to the front panel. Signed on the front panel by William Rehnquist who administered the oath of office to President Clinton and Byron White who administered the oath to Vice President Albert A. Gore Jr. In fine condition with two stamps postmarked 'Inauguration Day January 20th 1993' to the front panel.
Price: $1,000.00 Item Number: 100004
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First Edition of The Black House; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen & Peter Straub.
The Black House.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition of this work by the author of Carrie. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc Cohen.
Price: $1,000.00 Item Number: 143655
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Signed Limited Edition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time
BALDWIN, James; Schapiro.
The Fire Next Time.
Koln: Taschen, 2019.
Signed limited edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Quarto, original boards, illustrated by Steve Schapiro. In fine condition. Introduction by John Lewis. Boldly signed by Steve Schapiro.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137029
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First Edition of Survival Through Design; Lengthily Inscribed by Richard Neutra
NEUTRA, Richard.
Survival Through Design.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
First edition of this work by one of the great modernist architects of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Richard Neutra on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147720
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First Edition of Gerda Weissman Klein's All But My Life; Signed by Her
KLEIN, Gerda Weissman.
All But My Life.
New York: Hill & Wang, 1957.
First edition of the author's "moving personal testament to courage" memoir. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed by Gerda Weissman Klein on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and rubbing. Jacket design by Leo Manso.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124539
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First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Freeman Dyson on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120637
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First Edition of Abdulrazak Gurnah's Paradise
GURNAH, Abdulrazak.
Paradise.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1994.
First edition of the work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small ownership name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129499
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"The dawn of man began with desire": First editions of the first four books in The Earth's Children series; each volume inscribed by Jean Auel
AUEL, Jean M.
Earth’s Children: The Clan of the Cave Bear; The Valley of Horses; The Mammoth Hunters; The Plains of Passage.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1980-1990.
First editions of the first four volumes of the author's acclaimed Earth's Children series, each inscribed by Jean Auel. Octavo, four volumes, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. The Clan of the Cave Bear is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Deloris, Best Wishes Jean M. Auel." The Valley of Horses is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bert, Best - Jean M. Auel." The Mammoth Hunters is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Deloris - For all time, Jean M. Auel." The…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147750
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First Edition of Hawthorne's The Marble Faun
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel .
The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860.
First edition, first issue, with 16-page catalog dated March, 1860 inserted at rear of Volume one of Hawthorne’s last major work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth, 2 volumes. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. BAL 7621.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 119422
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Rare 1919 United States Military Citation signed by General John J. Pershing
PERSHING, General John J.
General John J. Pershing Signed United States Army Citation.
1919.
Early 20th century United States Army Citation signed by General John J. Pershing. One page, partially printed, the citation awards Lieut. Colonel Arthur A. Tasker for "exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services as Colonel Officer of the Base Hospital A09 France". Dated April 19, 1919 and signed by General John J. Pershing.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120411
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FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMIST FRIEDRICH VON WIESER’S "SOCIAL ECONOMICS"
WIESER, Friedrich von.
Social Economics.
New York: : Adelphi Company, 1927.
First edition in English. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3682
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First edition of Here's To You, Rachel Robinson; inscribed by Judy Blume in the year of publication
BLUME, Judy.
Here’s To You, Rachel Robinson.
New York: Orchard Books, 1993.
First edition of the author's sequel to her best-selling young adult novel 'Just as Long as We're Together.' Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Joanne Thanks! Love, Judy Blume Aug. 1993." Very good in a fine dust jacket. Closed tear and creasing to the rear endpaper. Jacket design by Jim DeLapine. Author photograph by George Cooper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145014
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Finely bound collection of Le Tresor de la Maison, Le Journal des Femmes Economes
DE BASSANVILLE, Mme.
Le Tresor de la Maison, Journal des Femmes Economes.
Paris : de Beau, 1853-1854.
Finely bound collection of the May 1853 - April 1854 issues of Le Tresor de la Maison, Journal des Femmes Economes. Octavo, bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, index. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 96210
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First Edition of Jack Kerouac's First Book The Town and the City
KEROUAC, Jack.
The Town and the City.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of Kerouac's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in an excellent price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing and a chip to the extremities. Jacket design by Leo Manso.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 47652
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First Edition of Charles W. Wills' Army Life of an Illinois Soldier; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
WILLS, Charles W. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Army Life of An Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman’s March to the Sea.
Washington, D.C: Globe Printing Company, 1906.
First edition of this autobiographical compilation of the letters and diary of the late Charles W. Wills; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original blue cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of C. W. Wills. P.T. Sherman's bookplate to the front flyleaf and ownership signature to the front pastedown. In very good condition. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed the New York Commissioner of…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145962
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Margaret Oliphant's The Makers of Venice: Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters; decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting
OLIPHANT, Margaret.
The Makers of Venice: Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Macmillan and Co, 1893.
Finely bound example of the Scottish historian's classic work on the foundation of Venice. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138708
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First edition of Thomas Bulfinch's The Age of Fable
BULFINCH, Thomas.
The Age of Fable; Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes.
Boston: Sanborn, Carter, and Bazin, 1855.
First edition, first state of the first installment in Bulfinch's famed Mythology; with the names of both the printer and the stereotyper on copyright page. Octavo, original publisher's cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece by Smith Pierson, in-text illustrations. In very good condition with loss to the crown of the spine. Contemporary ownership inscription. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139871
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"Our system has at all times had to contend with internal encroachments upon liberty": Herbert Hoover's The Challenge to Liberty; Signed by Him and 13 others
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Challenge to Liberty.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
First edition, early printing of Herbert Hoover's challenge to Roosevelt's New Deal arguing it abandoned "the heritage of liberty." Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Herbert Hoover, along with thirteen others including Nebraska Governor Samuel Roy McKelvie, Judge Harry A. Spencer, Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117626
