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"You've nothing to lose. You could make the experimental land for humanity. Over yonder, where we were, you could create a new commonwealth. On that ancient soil, Old-New Land!": Theodor Herzl's Altneuland
HERZL, Theodor.
Old-New Land [Altneuland].
Haifa: Haifa Publishing Company, 1961.
Second edition in English of Herzl's classic work, by the founder of political Zionism. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Translated by Paula Arnold. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 68046
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"The facts are always less than what really happened": First Edition of July’s People; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
July’s People.
South Africa: Ravan Press/ Taurus, 1981.
First South African edition and true first of one of the author's most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studio.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 84673
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First Edition of Maurice Sendak's Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water; Inscribed by Him
SENDAK, Maurice.
Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Willie Merry Christmas! Maurice Sendak Nov. '87." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141293
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First Edition of Charles Webb's The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker; Signed by Lead Actor in the Film Richard Benjamin
WEBB, Charles [Richard Benjamin].
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1970.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 1971 film starring Richard Benjamin and Joanna Shimkus, directed by Larry Turman. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actor Richard Benjamin on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Milton Charles.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 143069
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"Their fate sent them to India, which was not a golden country, thought poets have sung otherwise": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney.
New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899.
First edition of Kipling's classic short story which first appeared in Harper’s Short Stories in September 1890. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. In fine condition. House in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121608
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"How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice?": First Edition of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World; Warmly Inscribed by John Carlos
CARLOS, John with Dave Zirin.
The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World.
Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2011.
First edition of the remarkable story of John Carlos, best known for raising his black-gloved fist as a salute to Black Power and human rights on the 1968 Olympic podium. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Lenz We live to make history! Much Love! John Carlos Dr. John Carlos 68+2012." Foreword by Dr. Cornel West. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146175
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Signed Limited Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Emperor Jones; Signed By Him
O'NEILL, Eugene.
The Emperor Jones.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928.
Signed limited first edition, one of 750 examples, this is number 472. Signed by Eugene O'Neill. Illustrated by Alexander King. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 43896
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First Edition of William Bradford Huie's In the Hours of Night; Warmly inscribed by Him
HUIE, William Bradford.
In the Hours of Night.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1975.
First edition of this documentary novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "July 27, 1980 For My Good Friend, Dan Montemarano With best wishes Bill Huie William Bradford Huie." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121328
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First Edition of Evolution: The First Four Billion Years; Signed by Edward O. Wilson
RUSE, Michael and Joseph Travis.
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
First edition of this work on evolutionary thought. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 14051
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FIRST EDITION OF THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMIST’S CLASSIC WORK INPUT-OUTPUT ECONOMICS
LEONTIEF, Wassily.
Input-Output Economics.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.
First edition of the economist's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by the Duquesnes. The jacket unfolds into three charts.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 73478
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First Edition of David Lloyd George's Where Are We Going?, in the scarce original dust jacket
GEORGE, David Lloyd.
Where Are We Going?
Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton , 1923.
First edition of this work by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131326
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First Edition of Raymond Hull's How to Write a Play; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
HULL, Raymond.
How to Write A Play.
Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 1983.
First edition of this work on how to write a play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Mary Greetings and best wishes for success with all your writing Raymond Hull Vancouver, B.C. October, 1983." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Strebel.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142459
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First Edition of Alvin Toffler's The Third Wave; Signed by Him
TOFFLER, Alvin.
The Third Wave.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980.
First edition of the sequel to the author's Future Shock. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alvin Toffler on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Joe Caroff.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138916
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“THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SAGA OF HOW AMERICA BECAME INVOLVED IN VIETNAM”: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Best and the Brightest.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2005.
Signed limited edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Signed David Halberstam. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144148
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"You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face": First Edition of You Only Live Twice
FLEMING, Ian .
You Only Live Twice.
New York: New American Library, 1964.
First American edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming's lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with a large chip to the rear panel. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144684
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First Edition, First Printing of Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Giant Horse of Oz
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly; Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum.
The Giant Horse of Oz.
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1928.
First edition, first printing of Thompson's eighth fantastical continuation of Frank Baum's Oz stories. Octavo, original red cloth with color pictorial paper onlay, illustrations by John R. Neill. In good condition. Slight rubbing to the extremities. Watercolor to the illustration on the front pastedown by a previous owner. Ownership signature in black crayon to the ownership page. First issue with the perfect, undamaged 'r' on page 116 and all color plates present and accounted for.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145082
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Harry Vardon's Progressive Golf
VARDON, Harry.
Progressive Golf.
London: Hutchinson & Company, 1920.
Third edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrated with six folding plates containing a total of thirty action-shot photographs. Very good in a good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145235
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“For all that I announce at intervals that I want to go mad, it is apparently impossible: beyond me, beneath me. It took This for me to learn that I am a citadel of sanity”: First Edition of Philip Roth's Comic Novel The Breast; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
The Breast.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972.
First edition of Roth's first book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 5724
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Advanced reader's edition of the first edition of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore; Signed twice by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Kafka on the Shore.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Advanced reader's edition of the first edition of Murakami's award-winning novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed twice by dust jacket illustrator, once on the front panel and on the title page and on the rear jacket flap. Cover design by Chip Kidd. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 125773
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976); Inscribed by Him to his Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976).
New York: Random House, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal all love to Kit.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Artworks.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 126757