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Rare Harvard Kress Library printing of Joseph de la Vega's Confusion de Confusiones
VEGA, Joseph de la.
Confusion de Confusiones.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Printing Office, 1957.
Harvard Kress Library printing of this introduction of English readers of Joseph de la Vega's 'Confusion of Confusiones.' Royal octavo, original wrappers with paper label, frontispiece of 'Scene of Confusion,' the interior of The Stock Exchange at Amsterdam as it looked in the seventeenth century. In very good condition with some rubbing.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146553
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Rare Map of Florida
Colton’s Map of Florida.
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1868.
Rare 19th century printing of Colton's map of Florida. One page, the lithographed map shows a detailed view of the state of Florida with an inset of the southern portion and the Keys. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 35.5 inches by 25.5 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138647
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Autobiography, Living to Tell the Tale; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Living To Tell the Tale.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author's memoir. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 110799
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First Edition of Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Book, 1998.
First edition of this work by the father of modern management. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jim Black with best regards from Peter Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lance Hidy. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142028
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Original theatrical poster from the Broadway Performance of Joan Didion's A Year of Magical Thinking; signed by Joan Didion and actress Vanessa Redgrave
DIDION, Joan. [Vanessa Redgrave].
The Year of Magical Thinking: A Play by Joan Didion Signed Theatrical Poster.
New York: Prof. D.R. McClennahan, 2006.
Original theatrical poster from Vanessa Redgrave's performance of Didion's 2005 best-selling memoir at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. Signed by Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave on the lower portion of the poster. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143250
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"Every one wanted to say so much that no one said anything in particular": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan, 1897.
First edition of Kipling’s richly detailed tale of American deep-sea fishing, with frontispiece and 21 illustrations by I.W. Taber. Octavo, original blue cloth elegantly stamped in gilt. In near fine condition with light shelfwear. Pictorial bookplate of L.A. Shilcof to the pastedown. A sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144073
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First Edition of The Meaning of the Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics; Signed by Israel Kirzner
KIRZNER, Israel M.
The Meaning of the Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics.
London and New York: Routledge, 1992.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Rogers- Israel M. Kirzner, February 25th 15." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144788
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The Nimmo edition of Richard Burton's The Thousand and One Nights: The Arabian Nights Entertainments
BURTON, Richard.
The Thousand and One Nights: The Arabian Nights Entertainments. With an Introduction Illustrative of the Religion, Manners, and Customs of the Mohammedans.
London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1883.
The Nimmo edition of Burton’s monumental masterpiece. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter maroon crushed levant morocco over marbled boards by Bayntun with gilt titles and five raised bands to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with nineteen original etchings by Lalauze. One of 150 numbered copies printed on laid paper with proof etchings on Whatman paper, this is number 104. In good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145314
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Rare 19th Century American Map of Florida
[FLORIDA],.
19th Century American Map of Florida.
Chicago: People's Publishing Co, [c. 1890].
19th century American map of the state of Florida. One page, the map shows a detailed view of the stated divided by county and includes an inset of the North-western portion of Florida. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139015
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Beverly Cleary's Ramona and Her Father; inscribed by her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Ramona and Her Father.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977.
First edition, early printing of the fourth book in Cleary's Ramona Quimby series; a 1978 Newbery Honor Book. Octavo, original boards. Illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jennifer Hall - Happy reading! Beverly Cleary." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117994
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First Edition of William Shirer's End of a Berlin Diary; Inscribed by Him
SHIRER, William L.
End of a Berlin Diary.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
First edition of the sequel to Shirer's acclaimed Berlin Diary. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Gareth L. Pawlowski- William L. Shirer." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118341
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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, Saul.
Herzog.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1965.
First British edition of the author's second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally S. from S. Bellow Best wishes Oct 10 '91 Chicago, Ill." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118261
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First edition of W. Somerset Maugham's A Writer's Notebook; from the library of Raymond Chandler
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. [Raymond Chandler].
A Writer’s Notebook.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1949.
First trade edition of Maugham’s semi-autobiographical confessional. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, top edge red, frontispiece portrait of Maugham by Sir Gerald Kelly. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front free endpaper: Raymond Chandler 6005 Camino de la Costa La Jolla, California OCT 13 1949. Subsequently from the library of Chandler's personal secretary, fiancé, and muse Jean Vounder-Davis, with her ownership inscription to the front free endpaper beneath Chandler's library stamp, "Jean Vounder-Davis 1418 Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla California." Raymond Chandler was a pivotal figure in 20th-century American literature, renowned for his contributions to…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147738
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First Edition of Passionate Uprisings; Inscribed by Pardis Mahdavi to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
MAHDAVI, Pardis; [Madeleine K. Albright].
Passionate Uprisings: Iran’s Sexual Revolution.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009.
First edition of this inside look at the sexual politics of Iranian society and the youth revolution that has risen in its wake. Octavo, original sky blue boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Secretary Albright, with great friendship and admiration, Pardis Mahdavi." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147353
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FIRST EDITION OF THE UNEXPURGATED CODE: A COMPLETE MANUAL OF SURVIVAL & MANNERS; Inscribed by J.P. Donleavy to his Publisher Seymour Lawrence
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival & Manners.
New York: Seymour Lawrence Book/ Delacorte Press, 1975.
First edition of this humorous collection of writings from the author of The Ginger Man. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his publisher Seymour Lawrence, "10:30 A.M. South Wing, Levington Park October 4, 1975 To Seymour Lawrence J.P. Donleavy who anticipated action." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Braswell. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3969
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J.H. Stine's History of the Army of the Potomac; inscribed by him
STINE, J.H.
History of the Army of the Potomac.
Washington, D.C.: Privately Printed, 1893.
Second edition of Stine's history of the the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, "With the compliments of the author to a personal friend C.A. Fromm... J.H. Stine." In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 132771
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"Time to get up, Fungus my dreary, it's nearly dark": First edition of Fungus the Bogeyman; Signed by Raymond Briggs
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Fungus the Bogeyman.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
First edition of illustrator Raymond Briggs' classic work. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, "Raymond Briggs 21 April 1981." In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89018
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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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"I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court": First Edition of Out Of Order; Inscribed by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day.
Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court.
New York: Random House, 2013.
First edition of this collection of stories from the history of the Supreme Court by the first female justice. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs, paintings, and court drawings. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Michael Addy with good wishes- Sandra D O'Connor." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anna Bauer.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145146
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.
First edition of Kipling's Second Jungle Book. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignette to the front panel, all edges gilt, pictorial title pages, illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Contemporary ownership inscription.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119977