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First Edition of Samuel Shem's The Spirit of the Place; Signed by Him
SHEM, Samuel.
The Spirit of the Place.
Kent, OH: The Kent University Press, 2008.
First edition of this ambitious novel about the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Samuel Shem on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Marc Chagall.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142499
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"I never aspired to being a great traveller. I was simply a young man, typical of my age; we travelled as a matter of course.": Evelyn Waugh's When the Going was Good
WAUGH, Evelyn.
When the Going was Good.
London: Duckworth, 1947.
First edition, early edition of this compilation snippets from the author's travel books: 'Labels,' 'Remote People,' 'Ninety-two Days,' and 'Waugh in Abyssinia.' Octavo, original navy blue boards, frontispiece of Evelyn Waugh Aged 26 by Henry Lamb, illustrated with a folding map of British Guiana and part of Brazil. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145356
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COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
MEAD, Margaret. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth in Western Civilisation.
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932.
Early printing of Mead’s pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in good condition. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117912
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Signed by Kai Bird
BIRD, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
New York: Vintage Books, 2006.
Later printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Kai Bird. In near fine condition. Cover design by Stephanie Kloss.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147490
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Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Summations: The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature.
Bennington College, 1987.
First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1,000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title, although not called for this copy is signed by the author in his own hand on the title page.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 178
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"Power does not alter a man's character. It merely reveals it": First Edition of Carlos Fuentes' Terra Nostra; Signed by the Author
FUENTES, Carlos.
Terra Nostra.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1976.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Some foxing to the page edges in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear. Signed and dated by the author. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1922
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First edition of D. J. Enright's Selected Poems; inscribed by him to legendary photojournalist Sally Soames
ENRIGHT, D. J.
Selected Poems 1990.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.
First edition of this collection containing many of Enright's finest poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title page, "For Sally Soames (& cameras) - Dennis Enright." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 124389
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Dick Cavett's Brief Encounters; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
CAVETT, Dick. Foreword by Jimmy Fallon [William Safire].
Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
First edition, early printing of Cavett's engaging memoir. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Tom & Bill - Dick Cavett." The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs including…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133039
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50th Anniversary Edition of The First Four Minutes; Signed by Roger Bannister
BANNISTER, Roger.
The First Four Minutes.
Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2004.
Limited hardback edition of this personal account of the most ground-breaking sporting achievement of the twentieth century, now with a new introduction and a substantial new chapter to mark the 50th Anniversary of the first sub-four-minute mile. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographic plates. One of two hundred and thirty-nine copies signed by the author on a limitation slip adhered to the front flyleaf, this is number 196. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146690
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First Edition of Roy DeCarava's Light Break
DECARAVA, Roy.
Light Break.
New York: First Print Press / David Zwirner Books, 2019.
First edition of this breathtaking photo collection from the photographer of the people, Roy DeCarava. Square quarto, original full linen, illustrated with DeCarava's outstanding black and white photographs. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146966
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First edition of Heinrich Boll's Missing Persons and Other Essays; Inscribed by Leila Vennewitz in the year of publication
BOLL, Heinrich.
Missing Persons and Other Essays.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To May and Peter, with love, Leila October '77." Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith K. Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jill Krementz.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122432
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First edition of Ezra B. Chase's Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen or The "Founders of the Republic" on Slavery
CHASE, Ezra B.
Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen; or, The “Founders of the Republic” on Slavery.
Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 1860.
First edition of this work on the opinions of early American statesmen on "the question of slavery." Octavo, recased in the original publisher's cloth, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece of George Washington. In good condition. Ex-library.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142644
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First Edition of Ceremony And Other Poems; Inscribed by Richard Wilbur and also laid in a sonnet broadside from Charlee and Richard Wilbur.
WILBUR, Richard.
Ceremony And Other Poems.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Jane and motherhood Aff'y inscribed Dick Wilbur Cambridge May 51." Also laid in is a sonnet broadside from Charlee and Richard Wilbur. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146260
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First Edition of Harold Pinter's The Dwarf; Signed by Him
PINTER, Harold.
The Dwarfs.
London: Faber & Faber, 1990.
First edition of this “fascinating work . . . possessing extraordinary power. Masterful" (San Francisco Chronicle). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Andrzej Klimowski.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 76345
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Byron Nelson's How I Played the Game; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron; Arnold Palmer.
How I Played the Game.
Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993.
First edition, second printing of Nelson's autobiography. Octavo, original forest green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Will Best wishes Byron Nelson 7-16-93." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Arnold Palmer.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146679
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First Edition of John L. Volk: Palm Beach Architect
VOLK, John L.
John L. Volk: Palm Beach Architect.
Palm Beach: John L. Volk Foundation, 2001.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on one of Palm Beach's famed architects. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 140298
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First Edition of P.G. Wodehouse's Joy in the Morning
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
Joy in the Morning.
London: Herbert Jenkins, n.d.
First edition of Wodehouse's delightfully absurdist mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Frank Ford.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145018
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada)
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada).
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1908.
First edition in book form of this collection of Kipling's letters which first appeared in Newspapers during the spring of 1908 after a trip to Canada undertaken in the autumn of 1907. 12 mo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122384
