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First Edition of Einstein: His Life And Times; Signed by Albert Einstein in the year of publication
FRANK, Philipp [Albert Einstein].
Einstein: His Life And Times.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
First edition of this classic work by Frank, a famed contemporary of Einstein. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the subject in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "A. Einstein 47." Translated from a German manuscript by George Rosen. Edited and Revised by Shuichi Kusaka. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Rare and desirable signed by Einstein.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 147192
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“Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success": Rare Stock Certificate for the Ford Motor Company of Canada; Signed by American Industrialist Henry Ford
FORD, Henry.
Henry Ford Signed Stock Certificate for the Ford Motor Company.
Walkerville, Ontario: The Ford Company of Canada Limited, 1908.
Rare Ford Motor Company stock certificate signed by American industrialist Henry Ford. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript with red embossed seal, the certificate is dated December 17, 1908 as certificate #100 and issues 20 shares in the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. Signed by Henry Ford as President of the Company and additionally signed by Gordon Morton McGregor as Secretary. Matted and framed with a portrait of Ford and an informational placard. In fine condition. The piece measures 18 inches by 25.25 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 146752
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John Hersey's Hiroshima; Signed by Eight Members of the Enola Gay crew including Paul Tibbetts, George R. Caron, Thomas Ferebee, Bob Lewis, Jacob Beser, Morris Jeppson, Dutch Van Kirk, and Richard Nelson
HERSEY, John .
Hiroshima.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First edition, early printing of Hersey's classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by eight members of the Enola Gay crew including Paul Tibbetts, George R. Caron, Thomas Ferebee, Bob Lewis, Jacob Beser, Morris Jeppson, Dutch Van Kirk, and Richard Nelson. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was judged the finest piece of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department. Very good in a…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 147654
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“We write our own destiny; we become what we do”: First Edition of General Chiang Kai Shek; Signed by both General and Madame Chiang kai-shek
KAI-SHEK, Chiang and Madame.
General Chiang Kai shek: An Account Of The Fortnight In Sian.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937.
First edition of this autobiography of Chiang Kai-shek. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the half-title page in Chinese by Chiang Kai-shek and in English by Mei-ling Soong Chiang, former First Lady of the Republic of China, 1948-1975. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Exceptionally rare signed by both Chiang and Madame Kai-shek.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 48012
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"There is no story that is not true, The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others": First Edition of Things Fall Apart; Signed by Chinua Achebe
ACHEBE, Chinua.
Things Fall Apart.
New York: Astor-Honor/ An Obolensky Book, 1959.
First edition, early printing of this "true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world" (Barack Obama). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. First editions are rare and desirable signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 132663
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The Dalai Lama: a Biography of the exiled leader of Tibet; Signed by His Holiness and Lowell Thomas
THOMAS, Jr..
The Dalai Lama: A Biography of the Exiled Leader of Tibet.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962.
First edition of this early biography of The Dalai Lama. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed and dated in the year of publication by His Holiness The Dalai Lama on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a note to the recipient on official Tibetan letterhead from the private secretary to the Dalai Lama stating that The Dalai Lama has signed this copy. Also inscribed on the half-title page by the author, "With warmes regards and best wishes to Kenneth Crouch- and with a special salute from- Lowell Thomas Jr. Dec. 14, 62." Near fine in a very good dust jacket…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 83782
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“ROUND AND ROUND WE SPIN, WITH FEET OF LEAD AND WINGS OF TIN”: FIRST EDITION OF CAT’S CRADLE; SIGNED BY KURT VONNEGUT WITH A SELF-PORTRAIT SKETCH
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Cat’s Cradle.
New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1963.
First edition of Vonnegut’s absurdist satire of the clash between science and religion in the nuclear age. Octavo, original half cloth, top stain green. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper with a self-caricature. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Housed in a black moire silk drop-back box with red morocco spine label. Rare and desirable signed and with a self-caricature.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 146918
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“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman": First Edition of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex; Signed by Her
DE BEAUVOIR, Simone.
The Second Sex.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.
First edition in English of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions of this classic work are rare and none have appeared at auction in the last sixty years.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 21090
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"Forever today Princess Buttercup": First Edition of The Princess Bride; Warmly inscribed by William Goldman
GOLDMAN, William.
The Princess Bride.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.
First edition of Goldman's classic novel. Octavo, original gray cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "11 Apr 85 For Helena God bless us every one Sincerely William Goldman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 148188
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The Bombay Edition of Rudyard Kipling; Bound in Full Morocco by Riviere; With Volume One Signed by Him
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: The Deluxe Signed Edition. [Including Plain Tales from the Hills; The Phantom Rickshaw; The Light That Failed; Gunga Din; The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book; Captains Courageous; Kim; Just So Stories].
London: Macmillan & Company, 1913-38.
The Bombay edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo, 31 volumes, bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt titles to the spine, gilt tooling and ruling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. One of 1,050 sets with volume one signed by Rudyard Kipling. In fine condition. A very sharp set.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 135262
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First Edition of Harry Vardon's My Golfing Life; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket and from the library of Albert W. Tillinghast with a letter to him signed by Vardon laid in
VARDON, Harry.
My Golfing Life.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1933.
First edition of Vardon's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of golf architect A.W. Tillinghast with his handwritten library index card laid in. A.W. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. Affixed to the front free endpaper is a three-page autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Vardon to Tillinghast on Vardon's letterhead dated February 19th 1914 which reads in part, "Dear Mr. Tillinghast, I thank you very much for…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 96787
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF JONATHAN EDWARDS TWO DISSERTATIONS
EDWARDS, Jonathan.
Two Dissertations, I. Concerning the End For Which God Created the World. II. The Nature of True Virtue.
Boston: S. Kneeland, 1765.
First edition of this important work by Edwards. Small octavo, bound in half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, morocco spine label. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142014
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"The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you:" Rare First Edition of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Signed by E.L. Konigsburg
KONIGSBURG, E. L.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
New York: Atheneum, 1967.
First edition of the author's Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by E.L. Konigsburg on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare in this condition and signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 23067
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"For Philip Jose Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar - with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be of help when you come to your write your autobiography": First Edition of Robert Bloch's Psycho; Inscribed by Him to science fiction pioneer Philip Jose Farmer
BLOCH, Robert.
Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of this classic thriller novel, the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Philip José Farmer, a gentleman, and a scholar - with best wishes to all three of you- and hopes that this example will be of help when you come to your write your autobiography Fondly Robert Bloch 1967." The recipient, award-winning author Philip José Farmer, is widely considered one of the greatest and most distinctive science fiction writers of the 21st century. Revered for his eccentric style of crossover fiction…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 124949
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Rare second edition of Leoni's English translation of Palladio's monumental Architecture in four books
PALLADIO, Andrea. Translated from the Italian by Giacomo Leoni.
The Architecture of A. Palladio: In Four Books Containing a Short Treatise of the Five Orders, and the Most Necessary Observations Concerning All Sorts of Building; As Also The Different Construction of Private and Publick Houses, High-ways. Bridges, Market-places, Xystes, and Temples, with their Plans, Sections and Uprights.
London: Printed by John Darby for the Author, 1721.
Rare second English edition of Leoni's English translation of Palladio's monumental work, containing new typesetting, but reusing the same plates from the first edition. Folio, two volumes bound in full contemporary polished calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling and decorative stamping to the front and rear panels, engraved frontispiece portrait of Palladio, illustrated with 104 numbered engraved plates on 203 leaves (including 15 double-page plates), as well as 12 engraved in-text plates. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. In very good condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 146284
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live": COMPLETE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION SET OF EACH VOLUME IN J.K. ROWLING'S BEST-SELLING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HARRY POTTER SERIES
ROWLING, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.
New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998-2007.
First American editions of each book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, seven volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 143115
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“It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present": First Edition In Parts of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield; from the library of Steve and Peggy Fossett
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, May 1849 - November 1850.
First edition in the original monthly parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers, twenty parts in nineteen, frontispiece, vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates. In near fine condition, an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work which is virtually complete with all preliminary advertisements with the exception of the slips after plates parts 9, 13, 14, and 16; all front advertisements in part 11 and the "Household Words" advertisement in part 15. With all of the rear advertisements with the exception of "The Theory of Musical Composition", "Illustrated Weekly Journal" and "Penny…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 96035
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"A monumental achievement chromolithography": Rare First Edition of Owen Jones' The Alhambra
JONES, Owen.
Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra.
London: Owen Jones, 1841-45.
First edition of this monumental work on The Alhambra. Elephant folio, two volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, as issued. In excellent condition with some wear to the binding, plates in exceptional condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 33008
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“I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice": First Edition of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox; Signed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Fantastic Mr. Fox.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.
First edition of Dahl's classic children's work in the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. Octavo, original beige cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Donald Chaffin. Jacket design by Donna Lampell. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 128644
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First edition of A Pocket Full of Rye; inscribed by Agatha Christie in the Month of Publication
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
A Pocket Full of Rye.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1953.
First edition of Christie's ingenious murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the month of publication, "For Stephen from Agatha Nov. 1953." Fine in the rare original dust jacket with two small closed tears. Housed in a custom full morocco slipcase with chemise by M.J. Adjarian. From the Richard Manney collection. An exceptional example, one of the nicest examples extant.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 146514