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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147852
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First edition of Liv Ullmann's Choices; inscribed by her to Erica Jong
ULLMANN, Liv [Erica Jong].
Choices.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
First edition of Liv Ullmann's quietly and beautifully written autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Dear Erica Here is mine. Happy New Year with love to you and your. Hug - Liv. December - 84." The recipient, Erica 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 by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142818
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First American Edition of Life & Times of Michael K; Signed by J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
Life & Times of Michael K.
New York: The Viking Press, 1984.
First American edition of the author's first Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bascove.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 74675
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Rare first edition of The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers
The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers.
Charlottesville, Virgina: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.
First edition of the proceedings of a Seminar on the Trust Investment Process sponsored with contributions by Canadian members of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88091
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First Edition of Sonnets: 1889-1927; Signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson
ROBINSON, Edwin Arlington.
Sonnets: 1889-1927
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
First edition of this collection of sonnets from 1889 to 1927. Octavo, original half cloth with decorated boards. Boldly signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the half-title page. In near fine condition with some rubbing to the extremities and front panel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145427
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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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First Edition of Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth.
London: Faber and Faber, 1980.
First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover photograph by Bob Chase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128109
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First edition of Anita Shreve's Resistance; inscribed by her to Kenneth Burrows
SHREVE, Anita.
Resistance: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995.
First edition of this work by the author of The Pilot's Wife. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "March 28, 1995 For Ken, with thanks for your help in a different battle front Anita Shreve." 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: $200.00 Item Number: 142738
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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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Signed Copy of the Very Busy Spider
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Busy Spider.
New York: Philomel Books, 1984.
Later printing of The Very Busy Spider. Oblong quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Eric Carle.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 149073
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"Kabir says: Listen, my friend there is one thing in the world that satisfies, and that is a meeting with the guest": First edition of Robert Bly's The Kabir Book; inscribed by him
BLY, Robert.
The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir.
Boston: The Seventies Press, 1977.
First edition, review copy with the publisher's review slips laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Regan, Robert Bly." Bly has added a drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123768
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Signed Limited Edition of Lillian Hellman's Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time
HELLMANN, Lillian.
Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1979.
Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Lillian Hellman. Fine in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133292
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First edition of John Diamond's Because Cowards Get Cancer Too...; Signed by him
DIAMOND, John.
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too…
London: Vermilion, 1998.
First edition of Diamond's story of his battle with throat cancer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Diamond on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Sally Soames.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 141524
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James Ford Rhodes' History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
RHODES, James Ford [William Tecumseh Sherman].
History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 Vol 5.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904.
Early edition of Vol. V of the history of the United States from 1864 to 1866; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original marooon cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated with folding maps of William Techumseh Sherman's Marches and the Grant-Sheridan Campaign of 1865. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145965
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Tom Stoppard's On the Razzle; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
On the Razzle.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Pentagram.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128103
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First Edition of Ambrose Bierce's The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays
BIERCE, Ambrose.
The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays.
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson , 1909.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Quarto, original cloth. Edited by S.O. Howes. Near fine in the uncommon original dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 141348
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"Well, I will be off to my hut; the sun is just setting and supper will be ready for me": First edition of George Alfred Henty's The Lost Heir
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
The Lost Heir.
London: James Bowden, 1899.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated by Ernest Pater. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Uncommon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122963
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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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First Edition of the Importance of Being Ernest; Signed by Ernest Cline
CLINE, Ernest.
The Importance of Being Ernest.
Austin, TX: Write Bloody Press, 2013.
First edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Ernest Cline on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 12020
