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First Edition in English of Thomas Mann's Death In Venice; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
MANN, Thomas.
Death in Venice.
London: Martin Secker , 1928.
First British edition of Mann's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some light shelfwear and small repairs to the verso. First editions are rare, especially in the original dust jacket and in this condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142045
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“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question": First Edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
London: The Egoist Ltd, 1917.
First English edition of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel, one of about 1000 copies. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142971
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First Edition of Herman Melville's Omoo
MELVILLE, Herman .
Omoo.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1847.
First edition of this classic Melville work. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise slipcase. BAL 13656. A sharp example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144159
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First Edition of Ferrari 80; Signed by Enzo Ferrari in the Year of Publication
FERRARI, Enzo.
Ferrari 80.
Modena: Arbe Officine Grafiche , 1979.
First edition of this work by the legendary Enzo Ferrari, one of only 1,000 copies produced, not for sale to the general public but given to patrons and friends of author's. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Enzo Ferrari 12/79." In very good condition with some toning to the extremities. Uncommon signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146465
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Rare Time Magazine cover signed by the greatest rocket engineer of the 20th century, Wernher von Braun
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
Wernher von Braun Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Havana: Time Magazine Latin American Edition, 1958.
Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover signed by legendary German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Quarto, the cover is from the February 17, 1958 issue and features a reproduction of a bust portrait of von Braun painted by Boris Chaliapin captioned "Missleman Von Braun." Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner of the cover. In very good condition with light creasing. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.75 inches by 15.25 inches. A unique example signed by the greatest rocket engineer of the 20th century.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 138504
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“What is most personal is most universal": First Edition of Carl Rogers' On Becoming a Person; Signed by Him
ROGERS, Carl R.
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic work by the most influential psychotherapist in history. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Carl Rogers 7/31/68." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 118203
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"Unexpected Intrusions Of Beauty. This Is What Life Is": First Edition Of The Author’s Masterpiece; Inscribed To Fellow Professor And Founder Of The University Of Chicago’s Committee On Social Thought
BELLOW, Saul.
Herzog.
New York: The Viking Press, 1964.
First edition of the author's second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to John Nef and his wife, "To John Nef and Mrs. Nef with very good wishes Saul Bellow." The recipient, John Nef was a economic historian and founder of The University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, where Bellow was a faculty member for over 30 years. Fine in a bright fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson. Housed in a custom half…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 3538
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"I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands": First edition of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali (Song Offerings); One of only 250 copies sold
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Gitanjali [Song Offerings].
London: Printed at The Chiswick Press for The India Society, 1912.
First edition of this collection of prose translated by Tagore from the original Bengali, largely for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tagore with tissue guard present. One of 750 copies printed for the India Society only 250 of which were available for sale. Introduction by W.B. Yeats. In very good condition. Bookplate and stamps for the Northbook Society (a British advocacy society and reading room for Indian literature, defunct in the 1960s). Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130449
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Political Essays on the Nature and Operation of Money, Public Finances, and Other Subjects
WEBSTER, Pelatiah.
Political Essays on the Nature and Operation of Money, Public Finances, and Other Subjects: Published During the American War, and Continued Up to the Present Year, 1791.
Philadelphia : Joseph Crukshank, 1791.
First edition of these influential essays concerning the finances and government of the fledgling United States by Webster, who took a strongly-laissez-faire position economically, and was a proponent of what would become the Constitution of the United States. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133510
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"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey": One of 100 Sets of The Works of Lord Byron
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON],.
The Works of Lord Byron.
Boston: Francis A. Nicolls and Co, 1900.
The Edition des Amateurs, one of 100 copies signed by the editor of the complete works of Lord Byron. Octavo, 16 volumes. Bound in full contemporary morocco, elaborate tooling to the front and rear panels with central arms, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, frontispieces and plates each in three states. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 109282
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First edition of Clara Barton's The Story of My Childhood; inscribed by her to her lifelong companion, assistant and the first American Red Cross Field Agent, Julian Hubbell's niece Lena Hubbell Chamberlain
BARTON, Clara.
The Story of My Childhood.
New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1907.
First edition of the founder of the American Red Cross, American Civil War nurse Clara Barton's childhood memoirs. 12mo, original publisher's full red sheep with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece portrait of Barton. Presentation copy, inscribed by Barton on the half-title page, "To Lena Hubbell Chamberlin [sic], in the truth that maketh free. A simple story simply told, but such as it is will one dear Lena accept it with the heart hove of Clara Barton Glen Echo February 8th 1910." The recipient, Lena Hubbell Chamberlain, was the niece of Dr. Julian Hubbell, Barton's long time…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 122994
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Rare First Edition in English of The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker.
London: Printed for J. Bew, 1783.
Rare first edition in English of the author's classic work. 12mo, 2 volumes, bound in full contemporary marbled calfskin. In very good condition, bookplate. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144141
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First Edition of Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves; Inscribed by Him
MISHIMA, Yukio.
The Sound of Waves.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.
First edition in English, preceding the British first by one year of "this classic work, its action might take place at any point across a thousand years" (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dorothy Norman with the author's best wishes Yukio Mishima at the X'mas time 1957." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Jose de Almeida. Translated by Meredith Weatherby. Drawings by Yoshinori Kinoshita. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131297
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First Edition of John Hersey's Hiroshima; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
Hiroshima.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First edition of Hersey's classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer and publisher Kirby Congdon on the front free endpaper, "For Kirby Congdon: 'The crux of the matter is whether total war...is justified even when it serves a just purpose.' pp. 117-118. John Hersey February 24, 1985." Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was judged the finest piece of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142065
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"Thank you for your kind words. Am I in that bath or serenading from a distance?": First Edition of Beautiful Losers; Lengthily Inscribed by Leonard Cohen
COHEN, Leonard.
Beautiful Losers.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966.
First edition of Cohen's second and final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Susan Farrier MacKay, Thanks for your kind words. Am I in that bath or serenading from a distance? All good things to you Leonard Cohen Toronto November 18, 1992." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Harold Town. Jacket design by Frank Newfeld. With a letter from the recipient laid in mentioning how she sent a letter to Cohen fantasizing of sitting in a bubble bath, drinking champagne and listening to Cohen sing…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 124873
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“Only God knows how much I love you”: First British Edition of the Love In The Time Of Cholera; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Love in the Time of Cholera.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of Garcia Marquez's classic work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Andrew Kulman. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Uncommon signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 67079
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"A significant work in the development of fantasy literature": Rare second edition of Under the Sunset; inscribed by Bram Stoker
STOKER, Bram.
Under The Sunset.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.
Rare second edition of Bram Stoker's first book. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Mrs. John Foord with grateful remembrance Bram Stoker New York 1884." The frontispiece and plates of the second edition were printed from wood engravings by Swain based on the engraved plates of the first edition, several of the illustrations in the text were redrawn and a number of new full-page illustrations inserted.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146259
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First edition of Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903; inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to publisher George Haven Putnam
OLMSTED, Frederick Law. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Theodora Kimball.
Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903: Central Park as a Work of Art and as a Great Municipal Enterprise 1853-1895.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
First edition of the second volume of the autobiography of one of the foremost figures in American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Olmsted. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Theodora Kimball. Association copy, inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted on the front free endpaper, “To George Haven Putnam in appreciation alike of old friendships and of his constant helpfulness in the preparation of this book. Frederick Law Olmsted.” The recipient, American publisher George Haven Putnam, was the eldest son of George Palmer Putnam, the founder of G. P. Putnam's Sons. Putnam published…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 129463
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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare Original July 21st 1969 Delaware Evening Journal Front Page; Signed by legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Delaware Evening Journal.
Wilmington: Delaware Evening Journal, July 21, 1969.
Rare original Delaware Evening Journal featuring the headline "Eagle Jets Safely Off Moon; In Orbit for Rendezvous", a front page article on the Apollo 11 moon landing, and large photograph of Neil Armstrong collecting dirt on the lunar surface. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong on his photograph. Below the headline is Armstrong's famous quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Articles featured on the front page include, "Neil, Buzz Leave Prints on Moon", "Kennedy Charged in Crash", and "Luna 15 Lands On Moon, 500 Miles from LM." In very good condition. Double matted and framed.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 100158
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"Jabba's put a price on your head, so large that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you": Rare large format photograph from the filming of the first Star Wars film; signed by Harrison Ford and inscribed by Paul Blake
[FORD, Harrison and Paul Blake].
Harrison Ford Signed Star Wars Photograph.
Rare large format black and white photograph signed by Harrison Ford and lengthily inscribed by Paul Blake, "Going somewhere Solo? You should have paid him when you had the chance. Jabba's put a price on your head, so large that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. I'm lucky I found you first. Jabba's through with you. He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser. I've been looking forward to killing you for a long time. Paul Blake Greedo Star Wars 1977." As Star Wars fans…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130520
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"We copy you down eagle!": Large black and white Apollo 11 Mission Control room photograph; signed by Charlie Duke and Fred Haise
DUKE, Charlie and Fred Haise.
Charlie Duke and Fred Haise Apollo 11 Mission Control Signed Photograph.
Large black and white photograph of Apollo 11 Mission Control Capsule Communicator Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, and James Lovell, boldly signed by Duke with his famous words, "We copy you down eagle!" Signed by Duke in full, '"We copy you down eagle!' Charlie Duke Apollo 11 CAPCOM July 20, 1969" and by Haise, "Mission Control during man's first lunar landing July 20, 1969 Fred Haise Apollo 11 BULMP." In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth group of astronauts. In 1969, he was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 10. He served…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135611
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"Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage": FIRST Curtis Guild extra illustrated edition of DICKENS’ The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Curtis Guild, 1882.
First Curtis Guild extra-illustrated edition of one of Dickens' greatest works. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full morocco by F.P. Hathaway with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, silk endpapers. With 53 illustrations by Seymour and Phiz extended by insertion of the Seymour, Buss, Onwyhn and Croquil plates and illustrations including 24 etchings by Pailthorpe , 4 steel engravings by Darley, the Buss plates, and many other illustrations some in color. In near fine condition. From the library of American…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 99841
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The Works of Jonathan Swifts's Finely Bound
SWIFT, Jonathan .
The Works of Jonathan Swift: Including, Gulliver’s Travels.
London: Various Publishers, 1751-67.
Finely bound volumes of the works of Jonathan Swift. Octavo, 19 volumes, bound in contemporary calf, red morocco spine labels, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, with the Cornwell House ink stamp to front free endpaper. A very sharp set.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 140938
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First Edition of The Civil War Classic Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; With the Rare Original Dust Jacket
HUNTER, Alexander.
Johnny Reb and Billy Yank.
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905.
First edition of this epic Civil War novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the dust jacket with some chips and inner strengthening. First editions are rare, examples with the original dust jacket are exceptionally so.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 5588
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RARE HANDWRITTEN ETHIOPIAN COPTIC GE’EZ BIBLE ILLUMINATED WITH TWO FULL-PAGE MINIATURE PAINTINGS
Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.
Ethiopia: C. 18th Century.
Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Octavo, bound with twine between two leather covered boards, parchment manuscript of approximately 126 leaves in black and red ink, with full-page hand-painted miniatures depicting Jesus and his sheep, David decapitating Goliath, King David playing the harp, King Solomon, Saint Jerome and the lion, Saint Tekle Haymanot of Ethiopia, the Madonna and child, and the battle of David and Goliath.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145320
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Rare first edition of Charles Goepp's Kossuth and America; from the Library of Congress
[GOEPP, Charles].
E Pluribus Unum. A Political Tract on Kossuth and America.
Philadelphia: Published by F. W. Thomas, 1852.
Rare first edition of Goepp's criticism of Kossuth. Octavo, bound in full cloth. Deaccessioned from the Library of Congress with the library's bookplate and stamp to the pastedown. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131558
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“People look to the order of numbers when the world falls apart": First Edition of A Beautiful Mind; Signed by Sylvia Nasar and John F. Nash
NASAR, Sylvia; John F. Nash.
A Beautiful Mind.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of this work, basis for the Academy award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sylvia Nasar and additionally signed by Nobel Laureate and subject John F. Nash on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Timothy Hsu.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 58990
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"A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error": Rare First Edition of Benjamin Franklin's Oeuvres
FRANKLIN, Benjamin.
Oeuvres.
Paris: Chez Quillau, Esprit, et l'Auteur, 1773.
First French edition of Franklin's complete works on electricity, based on the fourth and best British edition. Quarto, two volumes bound in one, contemporary calf, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of Franklin in his study and twelve full-page plates. In very good condition. Uncommon.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133908
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“Time, consoler of affliction and softener of anger”: First edition in the scarce original parts of Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son
DICKENS, Charles. Illustrations by H.K. Browne.
Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846-48.
First edition in the scarce original parts of Dickens tale of the fortunes of the Dombey shipping firm with "delight" for "joy" on page 284. Octavo, original wrappers, with 40 etchings by Halbot Knight Brown, containing all advertisements as issued. In very good condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and chemise pull-off case. Scarce and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96177
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Rare collection of Soviet Space Program books; signed by over 20 Russian Cosmonauts
BEREZOVOY, Anatoly; Vladimir Dzhanibekov; Vladimir Kovalyonok; Leonid Popov; Pavel Popovich; Gennadi Strekalov; Vyacheslav Zudov et al.
Small Stories About Big Destiny and The Star: Russian Cosmonauts Signed Collection.
Moscow: Various publishers, 1976-1982.
Rare collection of two books documenting the Soviet Space Program, signed by over 20 Russian Cosmonauts. Octavo, two volumes, illustrated with photographs and drawings. The Star, published in 1982, is signed on the title page by Russian cosmonauts Kovalyonok, Strekalov, Berezovoy, Zudov, Popovich, Malyshev, Demin, Rozhdestvensy, Artyukhin, Gorbatko, Popov, Savynikh, Kizim, Bykovsky, Sarafanov, Serebrov, Lyakov Glazkov, Dzhanibekov, and Lazatev. Small Stories about Big Destiny, published in 1976, is signed on the front free endpaper by Popovich, Leonox, Volynov, Filipchenko, Lazarev, Klimuk, Gorbatko, Zholobov, Gubarev, Zudor, Bykovsky, Shonin, and Demin. In fine condition, with a description affixed to the front pastedown…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117176
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Landmark Work Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of this management classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Roy La Grone. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117889
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“Live while you live, then die and be done with": Death Be Not Proud; Inscribed by John Gunther to His Wife
GUNTHER, John.
Death Be Not Proud.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.
First edition, later printing of this deeply moving book, a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound by the author in full morocco by "Kingsport Press," marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, cloth slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife in the year of publication, "This book belongs to Jane Perry Gunther given her this day- John New York February 1949." An exceptional association copy.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130415
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First Edition of You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown; Inscribed by Charles Schultz with a large Drawing of Charlie Brown
SCHULZ, Charles M.
You Don’t Look 35, Charlie Brown.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Charlie Brown on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front jacket photograph by Cynthia Farah. Jacket design by Robert Reed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146002
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First edition of William Wilkins' The Antiquities of Magna Graecia
WILKINS, William.
The Antiquities of Magna Graecia.
Cambridge: Printed at the University Press by Richard Watts for Longman, Hurst, Orme and Rees, 1807.
First edition of this ambitious and influential work on the classical architecture of the Magna Graecia by one of the leading figures of the English Greek Revival movement of the early 19th century. Folio, bound in full green buckram, engraved vignette to the title page, illustrated with 73 full-page engraved plates including 20 aquatint views, maps, and illustrations, subscribers list. In near fine condition with the plates remarkably clean. Library stamp to the title page and bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116938
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“Contemplated as one grand whole, astronomy is the most beautiful monument of the human mind; the noblest record of its intelligence": First edition of Comet; Signed by Both Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan
SAGAN, Carl and Ann Druyan.
Comet.
New York: Random House, 1985.
First edition of this work which describes the scientific nature of comets, as well as their varying roles and perceptions throughout history. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. The dedication copy of this work. Inscribed on the dedication page by both Sagan and Anne Druyan, "4 November 1985 And we men it! With our love to you and Kel Annie + Carl." The recipient was Shirley Arden, who was the executive secretary to Sagan and close friends of the authors. The dedication page reads, "To Shirley Arden, for more than a decade of friendship and hard work well done. With our…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 50082
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First Edition of Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig; boldly inscribed by him
KING-SMITH, Dick.
The Sheep-Pig.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983.
First edition, first issue of the basis for the Oscar-winning film 'Babe'. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Mary Rayner. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes - Dick King-Smith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary Rayner. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131618
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First edition of Mind of My Mind; inscribed by Octavia E. Butler
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Mind of My Mind.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977.
First edition of Butler's second book; the chilling "pre-sequel" to Patternmaster. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ron Keep Reading Octavia E. Butler." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Jan Esteves.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 134199
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First edition of Greg Williams' Bond on Set: Filming 007 Casino Royale; signed by Daniel Craig, Eva Green and Martin Campbell
WILLIAMS, Greg. [Daniel Craig] [Ian Fleming].
Bond on Set: Filming 007 Casino Royale.
New York: DK Publishing, 2006.
First edition of the renowned photojournalist's work on the filming of Casino Royale, the highest-grossing James Bond film until the release of Skyfall in 2012. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed on the title page by Daniel Craig (James Bond), Eva Green (Vesper Lynd), Martin Campbell (the film's director), Mads Mikkelsen (villain Le Chiffre), and Caterina Murino (Solange Dimitrios). Accompanied by a signed limited edition vinyl of the Bond theme song "Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith and Johnny Napes (which made history by becoming the first ever James Bond theme song to reach #1 on the…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135774
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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Inscribed by Michael Rosen
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Michael Rosen on the title page, "Hello Eileen Michael Rosen was here Oct 4 1996." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 100832
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Rare First Edition of Free At Last
COLLINS, Mrs. Jane S.
Free At Last.
Pittsburgh: Murdoch, Kerr & Co, 1896.
First edition of this historical story of Black civil rights in the Jim Crow era. Octavo, original cloth, with 16 drawings and portraits, including Frederick Douglass and Abolitionist Wendell Phillips. Rare with only one example appearing at auction in the last 90 years.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137487
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"I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me": First Edition, first issue of Ernest Hemingway’s Classic Novel A Farewell To Arms; In the Original First State Dust Jacket
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Farewell To Arms.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
First edition, first issue of this early Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt labels to the spine and front panel. First issue with Scribner's seal to title verso and without legal disclaimer. Fine in a near near fine first state dust jacket priced at $2.50 and with the misspelling "Katharine Barclay" in the blurb on the front flap. Some neat professional repairs to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket. A very sharp and attractive example of this highspot of American literature, among the best fiction to come out of the First World War.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147588
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ROYAL 1964 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1964 Christmas Card.
1964.
Royal 1964 Christmas and New Year Card featuring a black-and-white photograph of the Royal family. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1964" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 7.25 by 19.25 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137583
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First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
RAND, Ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147390
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Rare Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens to his close friend and financial adviser Thomas Mitton
DICKENS, Charles.
Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.
1844.
Rare autograph letter signed by great English novelist Charles Dickens. One page, octavo, folded, the letter reads, "Devonshire Terrace Eighteenth April 1844. My Dear Mitton, I am sorry to say that plan won't do. Because although Coutts’s were so prompt and polite last time, still they did say 'that it wasn’t the kind of note’ &c &c - as I wrote you at the time. Indeed, I remember to have often heard that they avoid discounting... I wish to Heaven you could think of any other way. I will come down today, between 2 and 3. I have not seen…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 132057
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First Edition of The End of Ideology; Inscribed by Daniel Bell to Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb
BELL, Daniel [Irving Kristol].
The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas In the Fifties.
Glencoe, Ill: The Free Press, 1960.
First edition of this landmark in American social thought. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Irving and Bea- Butforis - prim, prima with affection Dan - 2/12/60." The recipients were Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Bell's. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism." Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. Bell and Kristol were close friends, who jointly…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117637
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Rare 1963 Decca Records Publicity Card Signed by all five original members of The Rolling Stones
JAGGER, Mick; Keith Richards; Brian Jones; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts.
1963 Rolling Stones Signed Decca Records Publicity Card.
Decca Records, [1963].
Early Rolling Stones advertising card issued by Decca Records in promotion of the group's first two singles: "Come On" and "I Wanna Be Your Man." The front of the card features a photograph of all five original band members signed be each: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Billy Wyman. Additionally signed by Brian Jones' girlfriend at the time (and later, folk-rock star Donovan's wife), Linda Lawrence. The card measures 4 inches by 5 inches. Double matted and framed with both sides of the card visible. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16 inches. In near…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143818
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“The urge to escape from selfhood and the environment is in almost everyone almost all the time": First Edition of The Doors of Perception; Signed by Aldous Huxley
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Doors of Perception.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954.
First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144197
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Long Walk to Freedom; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela To Ambassador Jean-Pierre Masset
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ambassador Jean-Pierre Masset of France. Compliments & best wishes. NMandela 29.1.96." The recipient, His Excellency Jean-Pierre Masset served as the French Ambassador to Pakistan from 1989 to 1993, a period of intense bilateral relations between France and Pakistan, marked by the state visit of President François Mitterrand, the first…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 89081
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First Edition of Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce; Signed by Hallie Q. Brown
BROWN, Hallie Q.
Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.
Xenia, OH: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1937.
First edition of this snapshot of early life at Wilberforce, Ohio by the legendary African-American educator and activist. Small octavo, original green pictorial cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs and etchings. Boldly signed by Hallie Q. Brown on the front pastedown. In near fine condition. Accompanied by two advertisements for this and one of Brown's other books. Books signed by Brown are exceptionally rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146641
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"Let Us Hope That The Best Important Achievement Of Atomic Energy Will Lie In Planetary Exploration, And Not In Human Destruction": First Edition of George Gamow's Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity; Inscribed by Him to Chester Nimitz
GAMOW, George [Chester Nimitz].
Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1946.
First edition of this work by the legendary physicist and cosmologist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To The Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Cordially From The Author G. Gamow." The recipient, Chester Nimitz was made Fleet Admiral in 1944 (a lifetime appointment) and was in charge of the United States Forces in the Pacific, and Commander of Operations including the first military use of atomic energy in warfare, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Near fine in very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 139841
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The Works and Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson; finely bound by Sotheran
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. [with] The Letters of Robert Stevenson. [Including Treasure Island,
London: Various Publishers, 1902.
Uniformly bound collection of the works and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, 36 volumes bound in three quarter morocco by H. Sotheran and Co.with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142853
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Selection of Olympia Press Erotica from the Traveller's Companion series
VARIOUS AUTHORS,.
Olympia Press Collection.
Paris: Paris, Various Dates.
First editions of a selection of works from Olympia Press, which was based in Paris and specialized in English-language books which could not be published elsewhere without risking legal action. Octavo, 44 volumes, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 129671
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“Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination": First Edition of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon; Inscribed by Him to friends where he stayed and wrote this novel and Conceived Hannibal Lector
HARRIS, Thomas.
Red Dragon.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
First edition of Harris' second novel. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece by William Blake. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Toby and Mille with my thanks for their hospitality and friendship Thomas Harris Oct. 21, 1981." The recipients were close personal friends of Harris, whose isolated house he stayed at for 18 months writing Red Dragon and where he conceived the character of Hannibal Lecter amidst his nocturnal breaks in the cotton fields. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Hollyn. Jacket illustration by Ron Walotsky.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 141310
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First Edition of Eric Carle’s Classic Work The Very Hungry Caterpillar
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1969.
First edition, first printing of Carle's most recognizable work (with the complete number line 1-5 on the copyright page and A3450 on the rear board). Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 140979
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“THE INEQUALITY OF RIGHTS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN HAS NO OTHER SOURCE THAN THE LAW OF THE STRONGEST”: FIRST EDITION, Publisher's Presentation copy OF John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women
MILL, John Stuart.
The Subjection of Women.
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869.
First edition of Mill's classic work defending the rights of women, publisher's presentation copy, with a blind stamp to title, "Presented by the Publishers." Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, names to the half-title page. Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144100
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"But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Old Man and the Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1952.
First edition of Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and one of his most famous works. Octavo, original blue cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photograph of Hemingway by Lee Samuels. Housed in a custom clamshell slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147046
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Rare Counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570 of Palladio‘s monumental work I Quattro Libri dell' Architettura
PALLADIO, Andrea.
I Quattro Libri dell’ Architettura di Andrea Palladio. [The Four Books of Architecture].
Venetia [Venice]: Appresso Dominico de' Franceschi, 1570 [c. 1768].
Rare counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570 of Palladio‘s monumental work, I Quattro Libri dell' Architettura, "the most valuable illustrated architectural publication that had existed up to that time" (Burns). Folio, four parts in one volume, bound in printed patterned paper over boards, re-backed with the original gilt-lettered vellum spine laid-down, lacking head of spine, engraved title page to each part, illustrated with architectural figures and plans included in pagination, printer's device above imprint. "Counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570, with copper-plate copies of the original woodcuts. This edition was published through the bequest…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144264
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First Edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case; Inscribed by Him to Friend Anthony Hobson
GREENE, Graham.
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Anthony Hobson from Graham Greene." The recipient Anthony Hobson, auctioneer and book collector, was a director at Sotheby’s and friend of Greene's. He successfully organized the sale of the Greene's manuscripts at Sotheby’s in 1964. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 102563
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First Edition, First Printing of W. Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Of Human Bondage.
London: William Heinemann, 1915.
First edition, first printing which includes list of other “Works” by Maugham facing half-title, plus publisher’s ad page for works by other authors on half-title verso, with the misprint on page 257, line 4 ("help") of Maugham’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A sharp example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 136601
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ROYAL 1961 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1961 Christmas Card.
1961.
Royal 1961 Christmas and New Year Card featuring an color plate of Peter Paul Rubens' The Holy Family with Saint Francis from the Royal Collection. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1963" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 8.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137892