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First edition of The Poetical Works of John Scott; finely bound in full mottled calf
SCOTT, John.
The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.
London: Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.
First edition of John Scott's collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very good condition. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137227
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First Edition of The Children; Warmly Inscribed by David Halberstam in the Year of Publication
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Children.
New York: Random House, 1998.
First edition of this "unforgettable drama...in Mr. Halberstam's hands, the early days of the civil-rights movement come to life as never before in print" (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For Sandy and Virginia with love David Halberstam March 12, 1998." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144107
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"Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing": First edition of Robert Frost's A Way Out: A One Act Play
FROST, Robert.
A Way Out: A One Act Play.
New York: The Harbor Press, 1929.
Signed limited edition and first separate edition of this one act play by Frost. Octavo, original half cloth. One of four hundred and eighty-five numbered copies signed by Robert Frost at the conclusion of the preface. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137808
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First Edition of The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century; Warmly Inscribed by Tony Judt
JUDT, Tony.
The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998.
First edition of this outstanding work on three great French intellectuals of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Alain- with respect and in friendship Tony April '99." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 146334
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First Edition of Adonis' Selected Poems; Signed and dated by Him in the Year of Publication
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY KHALED MATTAWA,.
Selected Poems.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.
First edition of the first major career-spanning collection of the poems of Adonis, widely acknowledged as the most important poet working in Arabic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by Adonis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Khaled Mattawa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138251
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First Edition of Lloyd George: A Diary; Inscribed by Frances Stevenson
STEVENSON, Frances; Edited by A. J. P. Taylor [David Lloyd George].
Lloyd George: A Diary
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1971.
First edition of the collection of Frances Stevenson's diaries. Octavo, original navy blue cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the half title page, "For dear Bob and Wanda with love and every good wish for the future from Frances Lloyd-George - August 1971." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145161
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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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W. Birkbeck Wood and James E. Edmond's The Civil War in the United States; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
WOOD, W. Birkbeck and James E. Edmonds [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Civil War in the United States: With Special Reference to the Campaigns of 1864 and 1865.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1937.
Revised edition of this British account of the American Civil War; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated with in-text maps and maps at the rear. P.T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free paper beneath his ownership inscription dated July 1938, a few annotations by Sherman throughout the text. In near fine condition with slight bumping to the crown and foot of the spine, light rubbing to the extremities and rear panel. 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…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145994
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First Edition of The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis; Signed by Ben Bernanke
BERNANKE, Ben.
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Later printing of this collection of lectures given by the former chief of the Federal Reserve. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Best wishes Ben Bernanke." Also laid in is a signed business card from Bernanke. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147189
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First Edition of Kuki Gallman's Africa Nights; Signed by Her
GALLMANN, Kuki.
African Nights.
London: Viking, 1994.
First edition of the sequel to the author's I Dreamed of Africa. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Kuki Gallmann 1994." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131841
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“Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation": Golf My Way; Inscribed by Jack Nicklaus
NICKLAUS, Jack.
Golf My Way.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
Early printing of this classic golf instructional. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated by Jim McQueen. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To Todd Good Luck Jack Nicklaus." In very good condition. Written with Ken Bowden. Foreword by Jack Grout.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145729
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"Less is a Bore""; Letter signed by Famed architect Robert Venturi with a drawing
VENTURI, Robert.
Robert Venturi Signed Sketch.
Philadelphia: The MIT Press, 2014.
Autograph signed letter by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi on his letterhead. The note reads, "Dear John Thanks for asking Bob 8-12-14 wishing you well (who has added a large drawing of Venturi's Mother's House)." In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 140002
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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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“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings": Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' On Death and Dying; Signed by Her
KUBLER-ROSS, Elisabeth.
On Death and Dying.
New York: Collier Books, 1993.
First Collier Books edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page, "Love Elisabeth K. Ross." In fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131359
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First Edition of Growth/Productivity/Unemployment: Essays to Celebrate Bob Solow's Birthday; Signed by both Robert Solow and Peter Diamond
SOLOW, Robert. Edited by Peter Diamond.
Growth/ Productivity/ Unemployment: Essays to Celebrate Bob Solow’s Birthday.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1990.
First edition of this collection of essays compiled to celebrate the Nobel Prize-winning economist's birthday; signed by two Nobel Peace-prize winning economists. Signed by Robert Solow below his frontispiece portrait and editor Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 90367
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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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“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 All the Names; Signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
All the Names.
New York: Harcourt, 2000.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Doris Jose Saramago 29 October 2008.". Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine Guerguerian. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 140688
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Elizabeth Cole; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan.
Elizabeth Cole.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989.
First edition of Cheever's savage portrait of the New York art world. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "New York City May 4, 1990 To Ken Whose friendship and council have been my mainstay for all these years Susan Cheever." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142886
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“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined": First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131475