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First Edition of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; Signed by Legendary Director Oliver Stone and photographer Barry Wetcher
STONE, Oliver and Stanley Weiser.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
New York: Newmarket Press, 2010.
First edition. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone and photographer Barry Wetcher on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133568
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Eugene O'Neill's All God's Chillun Got Wings and Welded; Signed by Him
O'NEILL, Eugene.
All God’s Chillun Got Wings Desire under the Elms and Welded.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1927.
First edition, second printing of this collection of two of O'Neill's expressionist plays, including one of his most controversial. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eugene O'Neill on the front free endpaper. With the publishers Now & Then advertisement postcard laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108639
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Rare 18th Century Map of Florida, Louisiana, and Neighboring Countries by famed French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.
Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins. [18th Century Map of Florida, Louisiana, and Neighboring Countries. To be used in the General History of Travel].
Jean-Francois de La Harpe, 1757.
Rare 18th century engraved map of North America by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page, hand-colored, the map shows the French territory of Louisiane and Florida. Labelled cities and regions include St. Augustine, Savannah, New Orleans, Santa Fe, Toronto, Detroit, Mobile, Pensacola, New Mexico, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Topographical features include Lakes Michigan, Erie, and Superior, the Savannah, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers, and the Appalachian Mountains. Bellin also labels the locations of various Native tribes such as the Cherokees, Osages, and Apaches, as well as locations of major forts. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138434
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First Edition of Harold Pinter's The Collection and the Lover
PINTER, Harold.
The Collection and the Lover.
London: Methuen and Co, 1963.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143521
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Finely bound First and limited deluxe Confraternity edition of the New Testament
The New Testament of Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ.
Paterson, New Jersey: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1941.
First and limited deluxe Confraternity edition of the New Testament. Quarto, bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles and gilt morocco doublures, watered silk endleaves. One of one thousand numbered copies, this is number 592. In fine condition without wear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119406
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FIRST EDITION OF THOMAS PYNCHON'S SECOND NOVEL THE CRYING OF LOT 49
PYNCHON, Thomas.
The Crying of Lot 49.
New York: J.B Lippincott, 1966.
First edition of Pynchon’s classic post-modern satire, which tells the wonderfully unusual story of Oedipa Maas. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Charles. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147040
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"The story took on a face, but mainly a heart": First Edition of David Fear's Killers of the Flower Moon: The Making of the Movie; Inscribed by Legendary Filmmaker Martin Scorsese
[SCORSESE, Martin]; David Fear.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Making of the Movie.
New York: Assouline, 2023.
First edition of this magnificent film journal. Small folio, original cloth with photographic cover label to the front panel, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese on the half title page, "For Margaret in thanks & love M Scorsese." In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147190
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First edition of James Jackson's Cases of Cholera Collected at Paris; in the original publisher's boards
JACKSON, James.
Cases of Cholera Collected at Paris, in the Month of April, 1832, in the Wards of MM. Andral and Louis at the Hospital La Pitie.
Boston: Carter, Hendee, and Co, 1832.
First edition of Jackson's work detailing six cases of Cholera collected at the Hospital de la Pitie at Paris. Octavo, original publisher's boards and paper spine label. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137121
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First edition of H.G. Wells' The Croquet Player; in the rare original dust jacket
WELLS, H.G.
The Croquet Player.
New York: The Viking Press, 1937.
First American edition of this classic ghost story by the "father of science fiction." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139227
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“THE COLDER THE WINTER, THE WARMER THE SPRING": FIRST EDITION OF WALT DISNEY’S BAMBI
[DISNEY, Walt].
Walt Disney’s Bambi: Adapted from the Novel by Felix Salten.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941.
First edition of this storybook version of Disney’s classic. Slim folio, original pictorial paper boards, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133151
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First edition of Frederick W. Pethick Lawrence's Women's Fight For The Vote
PETHICK LAWRENCE, Frederick W.
Women’s Fight For The Vote.
London: The Woman's Press, [1910].
First edition of the definitive collection Pethick Lawrence's articles promoting Women's Suffrage. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135198
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Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville; Finely Bound
CADET DE GASSICOURT, Charles-Louis.
Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Literature.
Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Aine, 1809.
First edition of this work on French Gastronomy, containing its history throughout the country's various regions. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96186
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"Here Nature has contrived to unite conditions of soil and climate in a manner most delightful": Rare first edition pamphlet of Fort Lauderdale, Florida: "Gateway to the Everglades"
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: “Gateway to the Everglades”.
Fort Lauderdale: Snyder & Hortt, Real Estate and Investments, c. 1915.
Rare first edition promotional brochure for the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Octavo, profusely illustrated with photographs taken c. 1914-1915 of the business district, boulevards, markets, railways, farms, orange groves, beaches, marinas, streams, and homes of Fort Lauderale. Map of Florida on the final page. In near fine condition. Scarce, OCLC/WorldCat locates only one other example housed in the Alachua County Library which lists the publication date as 1915, the year Fort Lauderdale was designated the county seat of the newly formed Broward County.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 103801
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First edition of Robert Parker's The World's Greatest Wine Estates; Signed by Him
PARKER, Robert M.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates: A Modern Perspective.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
First edition of the renowned wine critic's elaborately illustrated work showcasing 175 of the world's most accomplished wine estates. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, elaborately illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Robert M. Parker on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Beth Middleworth. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144062
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"I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something": First Edition of The Ginger Man; Signed by J.P. Donleavy
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
New York: McDowell, Obelensky, 1958.
First American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "J.P. Donleavy Washington D.C. March 1994." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alfred Manso. A bright example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3965
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The Salon edition of Gustave Flaubert's A Simple Heart
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
A Simple Heart.
Paris: Societe des Beaux Arts, n.d. [ca. 1895].
The limited Salon edition of Flaubert's classic novella. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling with red morocco onlays to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, with tissue-guarded illustrations by Emile Adan. Limited to five hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 152. Preface by A. de Claye. In near fine condition with rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139337
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First edition of Switch Bitch; inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Switch Bitch.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First American edition of this collection of Dahl's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jon Walley Thanks Roald Dahl 1975." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Shields.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146282
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First Edition of Advances In Game Theory; Signed by Mathematician W.H. Fleming
EDITED BY M. DRESHER; L.S. SHAPLEY; A.W. TUCKER [W.H. FLEMING],.
Advances In Game Theory.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.
First edition of collection of papers on game theory. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by mathematician W.H. Fleming on the title page, next to his name. Wendell Helms Fleming was a mathematician, specializing in geometrical analysis and stochastic differential equations. Fleming received in 1951 his PhD under Laurence Chisholm Young at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a thesis entitled Boundary and related notions for generalized parametric surfaces. Fleming was a professor at Brown University, where he retired in 2009 as professor emeritus. Fleming was with Herbert Federer a pioneer of geometric measure theory. Later in his career, he worked on stochastic processes, stochastic differential equations and their applications in control theory.…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146321
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First Edition of The Elements of Investing; Signed by Legendary Investor Burton Malkiel
MALKIEL, Burton G. and Charles D. Ellis.
The Elements of Investing.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2010.
First edition of this work on investing by two of the world's greatest financial thinkers. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the co-author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes Burt Malkiel." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael J. Freeland.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 75065