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First Editions of Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam; First Edition Six Volume Set of Great Religions of Modern Man
J. LESLIE DUNSTAN [PROTESTANTISM]; GEORGE BRAND [CATHOLICISM]; ARTHUR HERTZBERG [JUDAISM]; RICHARD A. GARD [BUDDHISM]; LOUIS RENOU [HINDUISM]; JOHN A. WILLIAMS [ISLAM],.
Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam: Six-Volume Set of Great Religions of Modern Man.
New York: George Braziller, 1961.
First editions of this classic collection of works. Octavo, original cloths, 6 volumes, original slipcase. Near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Joseph Low.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140432
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John F. Kennedy Official Presidential Matchbook
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Official Presidential Matchbook.
C. 1961-1963.
John F. Kennedy official presidential matchbook. Official presidential matchbook, printed with John F. Kennedy's name on the front and the presidential seal on the rear, stapled and unopened with original matches. The piece measures 1.9 inches by 2.1 inches.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145325
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First Edition of Stephen Berrien Stanton's Soul and Circumstance; Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's Copy
STANTON, Stephen Berrien [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Soul and Circumstance.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
First edition of this philosophical work; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original navy blue boards. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership inscription, "P. T. Sherman from Stephen Stanton." In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities and crown of the spine.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145984
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First Edition Of John Updike’s Collection of Golf Writings; With A Full Page Drawing by Illustrator Paul Szep
UPDIKE, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep.
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Paul Szep. Signed by the illustrator Paul Szep, who has drawn a full page sketch of John Updike. Also laid in is another illustration of Updike signed by Szep. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 7275
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"I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own Heaven to be happy": Mark Twain's Extract From Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven; from the library of American journalist William Safire
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.
New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d..
Early printing of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime. Octavo, original cloth with titles in white and vignette in black, frontispiece in blue and white, no publication date to the title page. From the library American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. 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 Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language”…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 127530
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First edition of Jean-Louis Bourgeois' Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition; signed by him and Carollee Pelos and from the library of Peter Matthiessen
BOURGEOIS, Jean-Louis. Photographs by Carollee Pelos. [Peter Matthiessen].
Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition.
New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc, 1980.
First edition of this spectacular celebration of traditional Adobe architecture in the West. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs by Carollee Pelos. Historical Essay by Basil Davidson. Signed by Jean-Louis Bourgeois and Carollee Pelos on the half-title page. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. 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.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140210
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First edition of Richie Unterberger's Turn! Turn! Turn! the '60s Folk-Rock Revolution; inscribed by him
UNTERBERGER, Richie.
Turn! Turn! Turn! the ’60s Folk-Rock Revolution.
San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2002.
First edition of Unterberger's comprehensive survey of '60s folk-rock. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, signed by songwriter Donovan Phillips Leitch and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Glenn, Enjoy the book and thanks for all your support Richie Unterberger." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 119884
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MEIER, Richard.
Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1979 – 1989.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990.
First Edition of this monograph of the architects projects compiled from the late 1970's to the 1980's. Inscribed and dated by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $470.00 Item Number: 874
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"On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience": Rare P.B. Socci sketch of Hollywood actor Anthony Quinn; Signed by Anthony Quinn
SOCCI, P.B. (Anthony Quinn).
Anthony Quinn Signed Artist’s Sketch.
Signed graphite P.B. Socci portrait of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn. Signed by Anthony Quinn to the left of his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 89103
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Rare printing of the Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States including Miami and Pottawatomie Indian Treaties
Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States…Begun and Held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the second of December, 1875.
[1875].
Rare printing of the Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States including Indian treaties with the Creek, Cherokee, Delaware, Pottawatomie, Miami Indian tribes. Octavo, bound in contemporary wrappers. The Ninth Congress of the United States was a significant legislative Congress which passed the first laws abolishing importation of slaves in its second session. In very good condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 135321
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"That it happened as it did and that it now forms parts of reality is moving proof of the power of fiction, that beguiling lie which every so often comes true in the most unexpected ways": First American edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Language of Passion; inscribed by him to fellow poet Robert Lima
LLOSA, Mario Vargas.
The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
First American edition of this selection of commentary from Vargas Llosa's "Touchstone" column. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Con recordo afection para Roberto Lima, de tu viejo amigo M V/L 10 de abril de 208." The recipient, Cuban-born American award-winning poet, literary critic, and playwright Robert Lima was a professor emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literatures at Pennsylvania State University, as well as fellow emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. His passion for archaeology and the connected mythologies of various civilizations motivated…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137075
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Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen
BUSH, George H. W.
George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen.
Rare George H. W. Bush Vice Presidential Fountain Pen bearing Bush's signature in facsimile. Housed in the original pen box bearing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. In fine condition requiring the nib insert.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114942
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James and the Giant Peach; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.
James and the Giant Peach.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.
Early printing of this Dahl classic. Octavo, original cloth, beautifully illustrated, many full-page and in color. Boldly signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144540
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George Reisman's The Government Against the Economy; signed by him
REISMAN, George. Introduction by William E. Simon.
The Government Against the Economy: The Story of the U.S. Government’s On-going Destruction of the American Economic System through Price Control.
Ottawa, Illinois: Jameson Books, 1979.
First edition, early printing of Reisman's argument against regulated price controls. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by George Reisman on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 115809
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“Intelligence work has one moral law - it is justified by results": First Edition of Le Carre's Omnibus
LE CARRE, John .
Le Carre Omnibus: Call For the Dead and A Murder of Quality.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1964.
First edition of this collection of le Carre's first two novels. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chips and wear.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146261
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First Edition of The London Dore Saw; Inscribed by Eric de Mare
DE MARE, Eric.
The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation.
London: Allen Lane, 1973.
First edition. Folio, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, "To Peggy and Frank Taplin with kind, associational thoughts from Eric de Mare Jan. 1973." Also laid in, is a page and half handwritten signed letter to the same recipients. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panel and some nominal wear the the extremities.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 2474
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First Edition of Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley; signed by Denton A. Cooley
COOLEY, Denton A.
Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley.
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays which illuminates, with brilliant insight, our contemporary world of medicine. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Denton A. Cooley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Collected by Marianne Kneipp. Foreword by Arthur Hailey.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146290
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's The Glimpses of the Moon; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
WHARTON, Edith.
The Glimpses of the Moon.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1922.
First edition of Wharton's sweeping epic. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in a near dust jacket with light wear and closed tears to the extremities.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 115679
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First Edition of A Golfer’s Life; Inscribed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold .
A Golfer’s Life.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
First edition of the golfing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 black-and-white photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To O.H. Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with James Dodson.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145606
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Finely Bound Set of Anthony Trollope's Framley Parsonage, The Warden, and Doctor Thorne
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Framley Parsonage, The Warden, and Doctor Thorne.
London: Smith, Elder & Co.; Longmans, Green and Co.; Chapman and Hall, 1872-1873.
Finely bound collection of a selection of Trollope's works. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In very good condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 110674