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First Edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's Captain Pantoja and the Special Service; Signed by Him
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1978.
First edition of this early novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Anita Lovitt. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Translated by George Kolovakos and Ronald Christ.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142083
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First Edition of Miles Smeeton's Once is Enough; From the library of Adventurer and Explorer Steve Fossett
SMEETON, Miles; Foreword by Nevil Shute.
Once is Enough.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959.
First edition of this "unique among books of maritime adventure" (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. From the library of of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112199
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"It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special": First edition of Oliver's Story; inscribed by Erich Segal
SEGAL, Erich.
Oliver’s Story.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977.
First edition of the dramatic sequel to Love Story, the basis for the 1978 film starring Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Regards- Erich Segal 9 June 1978." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Scott.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 143618
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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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First Edition of Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin: A Novel; Signed by Him
MCCANN, Colum.
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel.
New York: Random House, 2009.
First edition of the author's classic work, winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Colum McCann on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff and Anna Bauer. Jacket drawing by Matteo Pericoli.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 136771
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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 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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"I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own": The Chosen; Signed by Chaim Potok
POTOK, Chaim.
The Chosen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the author's first book set in the mid-twentieth Century, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Chaim Potok. Fine in a fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 87977
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"You go for me and I’m taboo, But if you’re hard to get, I’ll go for you And if I do, then you are through, Oh, my baby, that’s the end of you": Collection of three musical scores from George Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II's Carmen Jones
BIZET, George and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Carmen Jones Musical Score Collection.
New York: Williamson Music, Inc., 1943.
Collection of three musical scores from Bizet and Hammerstein's popular musical. Quarto, three volumes, original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes piano scores for Stan' Up An' Fight, Dat's Love, and My Joe. In very good to near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138564
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of My 55 Ways to Lower Your Golf Score
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My 55 Ways To Lower Your Golf Score.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964.
First edition of the Golden Bear's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. With drawings by Francis Golden. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146713
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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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"FOR IN THE END, IS IT NOT FITTING THAT A BOOK ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD CLOSE BY STUDYING WHAT THE CONSTITUTION IS NOT ABOUT?" The 1979 Supplement to American Constitutional Law; inscribed by Laurence H. Tribe
TRIBE, Laurence H.
1979 Supplement to American Constitutional Law.
Mineola, New York: The Foundation Press, Inc, 1979.
The 1979 supplement to Tribe's American Constitutional Law. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes, Laurence Tribe 2/09." In near fine condition. Ownership name to the front panel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 118015
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Signed Limited First Edition of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus and other stories
ROTH, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978.
Signed limited edition of the author's first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original publisher's full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the third free endpaper. In fine condition. An excellent example.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147570
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The Autumn 1964 issue of Horizon; containing the first appearance of Kipling's India
[KIPLING, Rudyard].
Horizon: Kipling’s India.
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc., 1964.
First appearance of Kipling's India. Quarto, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. The Autumn, 1964. Volume VI, Number 4 issue of Horizon. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 126118
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First Edition of Charles Elihu Slocum's The Life and Services of Major-General Henry Warner Slocum
SLOCUM, Charles Elihu.
The Life and Services of Major-General Henry Warner Slocum.
Toledo, Ohio: The Slocum Publishing Company, 1913.
First edition of the biography of one of the youngest major generals in the Union Army. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, top edge red. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133028
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William Hayley's The Triumphs of Temper
HAYLEY, William.
The Triumphs of Temper; A Poem: In Six Cantos.
London: Printed For T. Cadell, 1788.
Finely bound sixth edition of Hayley's popular work. 16mo, bound in full contemporary calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt-ruled turn ins, marbled endpapers, illustrated with fine engraved plates by Stothard. Elegant period ownership inscriptions.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138374
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First Edition of Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story; Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal
WIESENTHAL, Simon.
Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.
First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Joseph Lichten most cordially Simon Wiesenthal August 82." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147051
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Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets; Signed by Lars Eighner
EIGHNER, Lars.
Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets.
New York: St. Marrtin's Press, 1993.
Early printing of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Lars Eighner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front cover photograph by Martha Grenon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132109
