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First Edition of Stirling Moss' All But My Life; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MOSS, Stirling with Ken W. Purdy.
All But My Life: Face To Face With Ken W. Purdy.
London: William Kember , 1963.
First edition of the racing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Peter, I hope that your book is as good as the questions asked. Stirling Moss." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 138822
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First Edition of the Everman’s Library of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas
New York: Everyman's Library/ Knopf, 1995.
First edition of the Everyman's Library of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 2188
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First Hardcover Edition of Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station; Signed by Him
LERNER, Ben.
Leaving the Atocha Station.
London: Granta, 2012.
First hardcover edition of the Lerner's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ben Lerner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 63022
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Photograph of Stephen King; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Stephen King Signed Photograph.
March 14, 1993.
Photograph of Stephen King, the “king of horror”, boldly signed by him. Octavo, one page, glossy color photograph of Stephen King, boldly signed and dated by him in black felt tip, "Stephen King 3/14/93." In near fine condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 146561
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First Edition of Why Noah Chose the Dove; Signed by Eric Carle
CARLE, Eric; Singer.
Why Noah Chose The Dove.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of this work by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Tall quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Elizabeth Shub.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 3496
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First Edition of Paddington Takes the Air; Signed by Michael Bond
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Takes The Air.
London: Collins, 1970.
First edition of the ninth title in Bond's classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "With all good wishes Michael Bond." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 47090
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“I won't be a slave to the past": the Works of Thomas Hardy
HARDY, Thomas.
The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Return of the Native; The Hand of Ethelberta.]
New York: Hovendon Company, n.d.
The Hovendon Company edition of Thomas Hardy's works. Duodecimo, four volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece to 'Return of the Native.' In good condition with some rubbing and bumping to the extremities, bookplates to the front pastedown of 'The Mayor of Casterbridge,' slight toning to the margins, ownership stamp to the front free endpaper of 'Far From the Madding Crowd,' ownership signature and marginalia in pencil to some volumes.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147350
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First Edition of La Flor Mas Grande Del Mundo; Signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
La Flor Mas Grande Del Mundo.
Madrid: Alfaguara, 2001.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's only children's book. Thin quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 141
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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 Countdown; Inscribed by Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Countdown.
New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.
First edition, second printing of the astronaut's classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bob Best wishes Frank Borman." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Written with Robert J. Serling.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144619
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"To be witty is to be found out": First edition of Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond & Charles Ricketts
WILDE, Oscar.
Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond & Charles Ricketts.
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1932.
First edition of Ricketts' recollections of Wilde, published posthumously with a design reminiscent of the Vale Press. "The only Nonesuch book linked in a personal way with the private press movement of those years" (Dreyfus, 81). Royal octavo, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed. One of 800 numbered copies, this is number 556. Near fine with the majority of the rare original dust jacket laid in.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139784
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"To draw from this hallowed spot renewed faith and inspiration, and to reaffirm our undying devotion to the doctrines which he taught and exemplified": Limited Edition of The Roosevelt Pilgrimage of 1922
STEWART, Janet; Theodore Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt Pilgrimage of 1922: Being a Record of the Pilgrimage of Certain Friends of Theodore Roosevelt to His Grave and to His Home, On the Third Anniversary of His Death.
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1922.
Limited edition, one of 300 examples of this ode to the life of the 26th president of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, decorated headpieces, tailpieces, and initials throughout, frontispiece portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, illustrated with black and white photographs. In very good condition with some rubbing to the corners, toning to the front and rear panels, front and rear pastedown. Uncommon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145441
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"God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by the sun, and you learn only geography. Watch darkness claim it, and for a moment you may grasp why God had to create Satan--or man to create both": First Edition of Colin Fletcher's Thousand Mile Summer; Signed by Him
FLETCHER, Colin.
The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.
First edition of Fletcher's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Dean Well from Colin Fletcher." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 74000
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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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First Edition of Thomas H. Sherman's Twenty Years with James G. Blaine; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
SHERMAN, Thomas H.; with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler [William T. Sherman].
Twenty Years with James G. Blaine: Reminiscences by His Private Secretary.
New York: The Grafton Press, 1928.
First edition of this biography of American statesman, Republican politician, and Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, from the observations of his private secretary; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of James G. Blaine, illustrated with black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. In near fine 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…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145741
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes; inscribed by him
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.
First edition of Asimov's wonderfully woven, old-fashioned murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen Isaac Asimov." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Al Nagy.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142352
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Leonard Cohen’s First Novel; Signed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
The Favourite Game.
London: Black Spring Press, 1996.
Later printing of Cohen's classic novel . Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the half-title page with his "Order of the Unified Heart" stamp below. In fine condition. Illustration by David Wood.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144295
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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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First Edition of Buzz Aldrin's Men From Earth; Inscribed by Him and co-author Malcolm McConnell
ALDRIN, Buzz and Malcolm McConnell.
Men From Earth.
New York: Bantam Books, 1989.
First edition of Aldrin's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page, :To Bob Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin" and by the co-author opposite the title page, "To Bob - Best regards Malcolm McConnell." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus Studio. Written with Malcolm McConnell.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144989
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First edition of Joseph Guns' The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews; elaborately bound
GUNS, Joseph. [Translator].
The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. [Hebrew Prayer Book].
Vienna: Published by Jos. Schlesinger, 1857.
First edition of Joseph Guns' translation of the primary prayers of the German and Polish Jews. 12 mo, original mounted bone onlays over celluloid boards, elaborately decorated front panel with decorated onlays, top edge gilt, brass clasp, patterned endpapers, text in Hebrew and English. In very good condition. Ownership annotations to the front and rear endpapers documenting family deaths.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 136085