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First Edition of A Traveler's Guide to Mars; Inscribed by William K. Hartmann to Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell
HARTMANN, William K.; [James Lovell].
A Traveler’s Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet.
New York: Workman Publishing, 2003.
First edition of this complete and accessible guidebook to Mars. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with color photographs and a folding map of Martian markings charted by Earth-based telescopes in the 1960s. Association copy, boldly inscribed by the author to James Lovell on the title page, "For Jim Lovell with admiration! William K Hartmann." The recipient, James Lovell, was an Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 astronaut who was one of the first three astronauts to fly and orbit the moon alongside Frank Borman and William Anders. In near fine condition. From the collection of James Lovell. Accompanied by a sticker…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147320
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First French Edition of Saul Bellow's L'Homme De Buridan; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].
Paris: Libraire Plon, 1954.
First French edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 185
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First edition of Jack Schannep's Dow Theory for the 21st Century; inscribed by him
SCHANNEP, Jack.
Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators For Improving Your Investment Results.
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.
First edition of the investor's must-read on trading strategy. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, "Hope some of the ideas in this book will be helpful to you in your investment success Sincerely, Jack Schannep." In fine condition. Design by Loretta Leiva. Jacket photograph by Tommy Flynn.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 124830
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Finely Bound Example of Claudii Claudiani Opera
CLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS; NICOLAAS HEINSIUS; L'ANCIEN PIETER BURMAN,.
Claudii Claudiani Opera, Quae Exstant, Omnia Ad Membranarum Veterum Fidem Castigata.
Amstelaedami: Ex Officina Schouteniana, 1760.
Quarto, original vellum, gilt tooling and stamping to the front and rear panels and spine. In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 2821
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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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First edition, first issue of Mark Twain's Punch, Brothers, Punch!; in the publisher's rare variant blue cloth
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches.
New York: Slote, Woodman & Co, 1898.
First edition, first issue with the author's name in Roman type on the title page, "health offi. . could" on the 4th line from the bottom of page 91, and 13 lines of text on page 101. BAL 3378. Octavo, original publisher's bright blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pale yellow endpapers. In very good condition with rubbing to the crown of the spine. Rare and desirable in the publisher's variant blue cloth.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137252
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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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"Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation": Out of the Crisis; Lengthily Inscribed by W. Edwards Deming
DEMING, W. Edwards.
Out of the Crisis.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of W. Edwards Demings. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ms. Minato Asakawa. May your work in cross-cultural be successful, & may the 1990s bring you health & happiness. W. Edwards Deming 22 April 1990." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146267
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First Edition of Javier Marias' Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996.
First edition of this "brilliantly imagined novel" (La Vanguardia). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with two closed tears. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 2891
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First Edition of Dark Green, Bright Red; Inscribed by Gore Vidal to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Dark Green, Bright Red.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950.
First edition of this “[w]ell-written work” (Kirkus). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Valerie from Gore, June 1954." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, which was laminated by Vidal. An exceptional association.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 126599
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Signed Limited First Edition of John Dos Passos' Most Likely to Succeed; Additionally Inscribed by Him to William Safire
DOS PASSOS, John.
Most Likely to Succeed.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.
Signed limited first edition of the author's semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. This special presentation edition limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 138. Association copy, additionally inscribed by the author, "For Bill." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 127665
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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 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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Rare Eighteenth Century Map of China with Korea by renowned French geographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas [China].
La Chine avec La Coree et les Parties de la Tartarie. [Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Eighteenth Century Map of China with Korea and Parts of Tartary].
Paris: c. 1750.
Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Korea by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.75 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137294
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Rare First edition of Mark Mills Pomeroy's The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party
POMEROY, M. M.
The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party.
New York: M. M. Pomeroy, 1868.
First edition of Pomeroy's scathing satirical biography of Union Army General Benjamin Butler. 12mo, engraved illustrated title page. Lacking the front wrapper. In very good condition. Very rare.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139376
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First Edition of Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics; Signed by the Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
SOLOW, Robert; Edited by Mauro Boianovsky and Kevin D. Hoover.
Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics.
Chapel Hill, NC: Duke University Press, 2009.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. In fine condition, no dust jacket was issued for this volume.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 15051
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"My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain its chance to flow": First Edition of The Fountain Overflows; Inscribed by Rebecca West to Bruce and Beatrice Gould
WEST, Rebecca.
The Fountain Overflows.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain its chance to flow Rebecca West 1965." The recipients, Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies' Home Journal for almost 27 years, from 1935 through 1962, including the golden years of the magazine. Time magazine wrote upon their 1962 retirement, the Goulds took an undistinguished journal in a field that "took the patronizing view that a woman's interests were largely confined to the home"…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145967
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First Edition of Sholem Asch's East River: A Novel of New York; Inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
ASCH, Sholem.
East River: A Novel of New York.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a loose translation, "For my good friend Dr. Tunik with [illegible] and good wishes Sh. Asch Oct. 1946." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Haberstock. Translated by A.H. Gross.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 143629
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"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody": First Edition of the death and life of great american cities
JACOBS, Jane.
The Death And Life of Great American Cities.
New York: Random House, 1961.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket light a few small closed tears. A very sharp example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146108
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First Edition of Just as Long as We're Together; Inscribed by Judy Blume in the year of publication
BLUME, Judy.
Just as Long as We’re Together.
New York: Orchard Books, 1987.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Jessica Love, Judy Blume December 1987." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, sticker to the front free endpaper. Jacket painting by Peter Catalanotto.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144145