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First Edition of Evelyn Waugh's The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1957.
First edition of what Waugh called his "mad book"—a largely autobiographical account of a period of hallucinations caused by bromide intoxication that he experienced in the early months of 1954, recounted through his protagonist Gilbert Pinfold. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145512
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First Edition of Philip Fisher's highly regarded Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks
FISHER, Philip A.
Paths To Wealth Through Common Stocks.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960.
First edition of Fisher's classic second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with a few chips.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146396
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First Edition of Crockett Johnson's Ellen's Lions; Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Ellen’s Lion.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1959.
First edition of this work by the author of Harold and the Purple Crayon. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Greetings to Barbara Alden Burns April 16, 1960 Crockett Johnson." In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142051
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"Is it true? Have we really been there?": First Edition of Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya
BENUZZI, Felice.
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure.
London: William Kimber, 1952.
First edition in English of this mountaineering classic recounting the 1943 attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya. Octavo, original cloth, map endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the crown and overall wear, tape repair to the verso. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 42030
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First Edition of A First Family of Tasajara; inscribed by Bret Harte
HARTE, Bret.
A First Family of Tasajara.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.
First edition of Harte's classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "with the best New Years greetings from Bret Harte London Jan. '92." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96090
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First Edition of The Kentucky Cycle; Lengthily Inscribed by Robert Schenkkan
SCHENKKAN, Robert.
The Kentucky Cycle.
New York: Plume Books, 1993.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lenghtily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Adrienne Rogers, 'Run, you son of a bitch! Run! Runnnnnnn! Warmest Best Wishes Robert Schenkkan October 6, 2022." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover photographs by Russell Lee and Walker Evans. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144531
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First Edition of Buzz Aldrin's No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon; Signed by Him
ALDRIN, Buzz.
No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon.
Washington, D.C: National Geographic, 2016.
First edition of this work which "recounts life lessons learned from his historic Apollo 11 moonwalk in 1969 and beyond” (Kirkus Reviews.) Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Jonathan Halling. Cover illustration by Jamie Noguchi. Written with Ken Abraham.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 136203
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First edition of Jim Brandenburg's White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend; inscribed by him to Peter Matthiessen
BRANDENBURG, Jim. [Peter Matthiessen].
White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend.
Minocqua: Northwood Press, Inc., 1988.
First edition of Brandenburg's landmark work in nature publishing. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Peter In admiration of your work & Looking forward to working with you. Jim Brandenburg." The recipient, American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140120
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First Edition of Helen Levitt's Crosstown; Signed by Her
LEVITT, Helen; Essay by Francine Prose.
Crosstown.
New York: Powerhouse, 2001.
First Edition of this handsome retrospective paying tribute the photographers work. Large quarto, original gray cloth with cover photographic plate, illustrated throughout. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 808
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First Edition of Philip Stern's The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
STERN, Philip M.
The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Joan and Arthur Gardner With the warmest and fondest wishes of their friend Phil S. November, 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 143398
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First Edition of Dorothy Baker's Young Man with a Horn; Warmly inscribed by Her
BAKER, Dorothy.
Young Man with a Horn.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.
First edition of this novel, which was the basis for the classic 1950 American film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernandez. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "For Nell- Hommage de l'lauteur Dorothy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140685
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Uncorrected Proof of The Dean's December; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.
Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 182
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Eighteenth Century Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan; by Venetian cartographer Antonio Zatta
ZATTO, Antonio [China].
Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone. [Eighteenth Century Antonio Zatta Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan]
Venice: Presso Antonio Zatta, 1784.
Large eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Japan by Venetian cartographer Antonio Zatta. One page, hand-colored with a fine botanical cartouche. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 23.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137611
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First Edition of Frederic Remington's Pony Tracks
REMINGTON, Frederic.
Pony Tracks.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895.
First edition of Remington's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. In very good condition, bookplate. Howes R201; BAL 16489; Adams Herd 1878; Graff 3458. A nice example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125652
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Finely Bound Collection of the Works of O. Henry
O. HENRY. [WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER],.
The Works of O. Henry.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913.
The Authorized edition of the works of William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry. Octavos, 12 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt initials to the front panel, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispieces, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 90460
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First Edition of Fred D. Gray's Bus Ride To Justice; Inscribed by Him
GRAY, Fred D.
Bus Ride To Justice.
Montgomery, Al: Black Belt Press, 1995.
First edition of this Civil Rights icon's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Fred D. Gray Schaler Let us keep the legacy alive Fred D. Gray March 9, 1995." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Breuna Baine.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139681
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First Edition of Honeymoon; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano
MODIANO, Patrick.
Honeymoon.
Boston: Verba Mundi/ David A. Godine, 1995.
First American edition of this "haunting tale of quiet intensity" (Review of Contemporary Fiction). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Pour James, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated by Barbara Wright.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 118229
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First edition of Garry Kasparov's Autobiography Child of Change; Signed by Him
KASPAROV, Garry.
Child of Change: An Autobiography.
London: Hutchinson , 1987.
First edition of this chess legend's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 5392
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"If you are going through hell, keep going”: Rare Limited Issue Winston Churchill Centenary Picture Medal
CHURCHILL, Winston.
Winston Churchill Centenary Picture Medal.
London: Toye, Kenning & Spencer Ltd, 1974.
Rare limited issue Centenary Picture Medal of Winston Churchill. Bronze Centenary Picture Medal containing thirteen informational disks that chronicle "outstanding events in the life of Britain's Beloved Bulldog Winston Spencer Churchill" illustrated by F. Jaffé, original silk ribbon. One of only 2,000 medals struck in bronzed gilding metal. In fine condition with some rubbing to the ribbon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145571
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Doctor Absalom Baird's Authentic Letters and Papers; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BAIRD, Absalom [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Copies of Authentic Letters and Papers Throwing Some Light on the History of Doctor Absalom Baird of the Army of the Revolution Who Died at Washington, Pennsylvania in 1805 Likewise Referring to His Associates.
Pittsburgh: Reed & Witting, Press, 1909.
Scarce early 20th century primary account of the history and politics of revolutionary Pennsylvania, printed solely for their preservation among the author's descendants; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with rubbing and a few losses to the extremities and rear panel, some creasing to the front panel, and toning to p. 14 and 15 where a newsclipping of 'Out of My Mind To the Freshmen' by Katharine Brush is laid in. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145937