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First edition of George P. Shultz's Leaders and Followers in an age of Ambiguity; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
SHULTZ, George P. [William Safire].
Leaders and Followers in an Age of Ambiguity: The Charles C. Moskowitz Memorial Lectures.
New York: New York University Press, 1975.
First edition of the sixteenth book in the Charles C. Moskowitz Memorial Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire with my admiration for the quality of your thought... and the courage of your convictions and with many thanks for all your help and your friendship George P. Shultz." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968.…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133041
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First Edition of Caroline Paine's Tent and Harem: Notes of an Oriental Trip
PAINE, Caroline.
Tent and Harem: Notes of an Oriental Trip.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859.
First edition of this quality piece of travel writing. Octavo, bound in full modern cloth, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of The Sheik. In very good condition with toning to the text block, stamps to the front flyleaf and dedication page.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 146069
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First Edition of Athol Fugard's Tsotsi; Signed by Him
FUGARD, Athol.
Tsotsi.
Johannesburg: Donker, 1980.
First South African Edition and true first. Octavo, original cloth Signed and dated by Athol Fugard in 1983. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light rubbing and wear.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 506
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First Edition of Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams; Signed by Lawrence Ratner and artist Balazs Szabo
RATNER, Lawrence; Designed by Balazs Szabo [Robert Plant.
Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams.
Chicago: Margaux Publishing, 1993.
First edition of this illustrated work from the Laurance Ratner collection of photographs. Quarto, original black cloth with decorative metallic bas relief frame designed by Balazs Szabo, slipcase. No. 30 from an edition limited to 2000 copies. Signed by Laurance Ratner and inscribed by Szabo in silver ink on front free endpaper, "To Lenny The true collector with best wishes from Balazs 1993 Raleigh NC". Laid in is a postcard from Balazs Szabo to Leonard Fox. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133294
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Rare January 1971 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by Senator Ted Kennedy
KENNEDY, Edward [Ted].
Senator Ted Kennedy Signed 1971 Time Magazine Cover.
Chicago: Time Magazine, November 29, 1971.
Original cover from the November 29, 1971 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Senator Ted Kennedy, signed by him. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 139032
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Return to the Moon; inscribed by Harrison Schmitt
SCHMITT, Harrison. Foreword by Neil Armstrong.
Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space.
New York: Copernicus Books in Association with Praxis Publishing, 2006.
First edition, early printing of the author's visionary plan for humankind's future in space. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Louise and the future! Harrison H. Schmitt Apollo 17." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jordan Rosenbum.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147253
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First Edition of Thomas Buergenthal's A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy; Inscribed by Him
BUERGENTHAL, Thomas.
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009.
First edition of this "incredible tale" (The Free Lance-Star). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marle Cohen appreciation and best regards Thomas Buergenthal." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keith Hayes. Foreword by Elie Wiesel.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142462
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Bret Harte and Mark Twain's Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67; from the collection of American journalist William Safire
HARTE, Bret and Mark Twain. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Sketches of the Sixties: Being Forgotten Material Now Collected for the First time from The Californian 1864-67.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1927.
Second edition of the compiled uncollected materials of Twain and Harte from The Californian. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise gilt bands, pictorial endpapers, gilt topstain, frontispiece of page one of the first number of The Californian, illustrated. From the library of 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 supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 127607
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Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson: By His Widow Anna Jackson; with a typed letter signed by Lowell Reidenbough to Civil War Historian Gary Gallagher
JACKSON, Anna. [Stonewall Jackson].
Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson. By His Widow Anna Jackson.
Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1985.
Facsimile of this rare memoir by the widow of Stonewall Jackson. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. With a typed letter signed by historian and author Lowell Reidenbaugh to fellow and Civil War historian Gary Gallagher laid in as well as a First Day Cover from 1995 with the 32c Stonewall Jackson stamp postmarked from "Stonewall Jackson House Station" in Lexington. Also laid in is a summary of Stonewall Jackson's library and an email exchange with R.K. Krick printed out for Gary Gallagher regarding the merits of this edition, "The first Mrs. Jackson might be a good candidate. I…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 132548
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“Hit ‘em first, and hit ‘em hard": First Edition of Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake LA Motta; Inscribed by Him
LA MOTTA, Jake; Chris Anderson and Sharon McGehee.
Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake La Motta.
Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1986.
First edition of the sequel to Raging Bull. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "My friend Lee Raging Bull Jake LaMotta." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Gaydos.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 146258
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First Edition of Texasville; Signed by Larry McMurtry
MCMURTRY, Larry.
Texasville.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.
First edition of McMurtry's funniest and most touching novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary signature on the front free endpaper, "For Dick Larry McMurtry." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Corsillo.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147663
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"I am sure that when I wake tomorrow all this will seem to me but a dream": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Suspense
CONRAD, Joseph.
Suspense.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925.
First English edition of Conrad's final, unfinished novel. Octavo, original cloth. Introduction by Richard Curle. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine. Jacket art by Thomas Derrick. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130717
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The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions": First Edition of In Search of Memory; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Eric Kandel
KANDEL, Eric R.
In Search Of Memory.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist's autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mayshan with best wishes Eric Kandel." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 39334
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First edition of James K. Hosmer's The Color-Guard
HOSMER, James K.
The Color-Guard: Being A Corporal’s Notes of Military Service in the Nineteenth Army Corps.
Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1864.
First edition of James Kendall Hosmer's Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 132043
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First Edition of The Hotel New Hampshire; Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
The Hotel New Hampshire.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981.
Review copy of the first edition with the review information of the author's fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Roger with my appreciation John Irving." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Terry Fehr.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144216
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First Edition of The Master of Petersburg; Signed by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
The Master of Petersburg.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1994.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 2515
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First edition of Len Deighton's Yesterday's Spy
DEIGHTON, Len.
Yesterday’s Spy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975.
First edition of Deighton's classic spy thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. Housed custom clamshell box. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137223
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Rare First Edition of Kazantzakis's Tertsines; Signed by Helen Kazantzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Tertsines.
Athens: Konstantinidis and Michalas Press, 1960.
First Greek edition of this collection of poems by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Signed by Helen Kazantzakis.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 117523
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"Faster than a speeding bullet - more powerful than a locomotive...": First edition of Les Daniels' Superman: The Golden Age; signed twice and inscribed by art director and designer Chip Kidd
DANIELS, Les. [Chip Kidd].
Superman: The Golden Age. In Color!
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.
First edition of the early history of the first popular superhero, Superman. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the title page and rear jacket flap by art director and designer Chip Kidd. Additionally inscribed by Kidd on the front panel of the dust jacket in a speech bubble, "For Ari." Photographs by Geoff Spear. Art direction and design by Chip Kidd. Design assistance by Chin-Yee Lai. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photographs by Geoff Spear. Front Jacket art by Fred Ray. Back jacket art by H. J. Ward.…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147260