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First edition of Ken Follett's Lie Down with Lions; inscribed by him to Kenneth Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken.
Lie Down With Lions.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1986.
First edition of Follett's riveting New York Times Best Seller. Octavo, original half-cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ken, with fond regards from Ken." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142243
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“Everything is possible, even the impossible.": The deluxe novelization of Disney's Mary Poppins Returns; signed by Legendary Actress Angela Lansbury
TRAVERS, P.L.. Adapted by Kathy McCullough. Screenplay by David Magee. [Angela Lansbury].
Mary Poppins Returns.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018.
First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park. The part was written to be a cameo role for Julie Andrews who portrayed Mary Poppins in the original film, but she turned the role down as she felt her presence would unfairly take attention away from Emily Blunt. In fine…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138522
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First Edition of Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Mavericks; Inscribed by Muriel Siebert
SIEBERT, Muriel.
Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Maverick.
New York: The Free Press, 2002.
First edition of this autobiography by Siebert, who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member firms. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Marie I hope you enjoy my book Mickie Siebert." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Wu. Written with Aimee Lee Ball. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145714
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"A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free": First Edition of the Author’s Magnum Opus The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel; Finely Bound
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958.
First edition of Kazantzakis' masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Translated into English by Kimon Friar; illustrations by Ghika. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140664
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Finely bound example of Samuel Smiles' Self-Help; elaborately bound in full contemporary tree calf
SMILES, Samuel.
Self-Help. With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance.
London: John Murray, 1908.
Finely bound example of Smith's best-selling work on the self-improvement; an embodiment of the ideologies of mid-Victorian liberalism. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt central coat-of-arms to the front panel, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In fine condition. A fine example, desirable bound in full contemporary tree calf.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 122411
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"You never know what's in a person's heart until the're tested do you": First Edition of Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe; Inscribed by Her
FLAGG, Fannie.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
New York: Random House, 1987.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jerry Ann Fannie Flagg." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125782
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"It Is Very Queer That The Unhappiness Of The World Is So Often Brought On By Small Men": First Edition of All Quiet On The Western Front In The Rare Original Dust Jacket
REMARQUE, Erich Maria.
All Quiet On The Western Front.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1929.
First American edition of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original beige cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with tape repair to the back panel, contemporary name to the front free endpaper, original clippings to the rear endpapers. Jacket design by Paul Wenck. Translated by A.W. Wheen.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147451
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"There is more fine sportsmanship in tennis than in any other of the leading games": First Edition of William T. Tilden's Singles and Doubles; in the rare original dust jacket
TILDEN, William T.
Singles and Doubles.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.
First edition of Tilden's masterwork on the sport of tennis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with engravings after photographs of noted players including frontispiece. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 104052
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Ann Peckham's The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife
PECKHAM, Ann.
The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife: Being a Collection of the Most General, Yet Least Expensive Receipts in Every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery.
Leeds: Printed for Thomas Wright, c. 1790.
Early edition of this 18th century collection of inexpensive and nourishing recipes for beginners. Duodecimo, original half cloth, illustrated with diagrams of table settings for different meals and times of year at the rear. In good condition with light toning to the front and rear free endpapers, rubbing to the front and rear panels. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell with red morocco spine and cover labels.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146430
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First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Door Into The Dark; Signed by Him
HEANEY, Seamus.
Door Into The Dark.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969.
First American edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 151
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Scarce First Edition of The Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly of Florida in the first year of the American civil war
OFFICE OF THE FLORIDIAN & JOURNAL,.
The Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly of Florida, at Its Eleventh Session, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Tallahassee, on Monday, November 18, 1861.
Tallahassee: Printed by Dyke & Carlisle, 1862.
Rare first edition documenting the acts and resolutions passed by the General Assembly of Florida in the first year of the American Civil War. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition. Scarce and desirable.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 95814
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First Edition of Bocuse's Regional French Cooking; Inscribed by Legendary Chef Paul Bocuse in the year of publication
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Pour Peter et Nancy avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse Las Vegas - 19-10-91." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143359
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"The future is not inevitable. We can influence it, if we know what we want it to be": Charles Handy's The Age of Unreason; signed by him
HANDY, Charles.
The Age of Unreason.
London: Business Books Limited, 1989.
First edition, early printing of the Irish economist's classic treatise. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 136548
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"When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive": First Edition of Jasper Johns
JOHNS, Jasper; Text by Max Kozloff.
Jasper Johns.
New York: Harry N. Abrams. Inc., Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this early monograph on the work of Jasper Johns. Large oblong quarto, original cloth, text with 142 plates, half tipped-in color. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144380
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"Objectivity of whatever kind is not the test of reality. It is just one way of understanding reality": First Edition of The View From Nowhere; Signed by Thomas Nagel
NAGEL, Thomas.
The View From Nowhere.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
First edition of this philosophical work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Thomas Nagel New York March 24, 2016." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Ownership signature from the year of publication to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Egon Lauterberg. Jacket painting, 'The Large Enclosure Near Dresden,' by Caspar David Friedrich.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145276
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“It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded": CHARLES DICKENS’ OLIVER TWIST
DICKENS, Charles.
The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
First single volume edition of Dickens’ classic work. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Original front wrapper bound in. Armorial bookplate.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 141345
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First Edition of Howard Raiffa's The Art and Science of Negotiation; Inscribed by Him
RAIFFA, Howard.
The Art and Science of Negotiation: How To Resolve Conflicts and Get the Best Out of Bargaining.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University , 1982.
First edition of this classic work on negotiating. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Roger- It's really been a pleasure working with you. I've learned a lot. Howard." The recipient, Roger Fisher was a close friend and colleague of the author's. With Fisher's name to the front free endpaper, very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117539
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott .
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1987.
First edition of this classic collection of the words of Dr. King, selected by Coretta Scott King. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. & Mrs. Charles Martin with love and warmest good wishes, Coretta Scott King," beneath Florine B. Martin's mail address label. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146270
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"Dream Dangerous": First Edition of American Gods; Inscribed by Neil Gaiman
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142201
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Rare First Edition of Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
KERR, Judith.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by the author. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137100