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“If you are a dreamer come in": Where the Sidewalk Ends; Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With Love Shel Silverstein." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 120856
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"The Main Issue in Life is not the Victory but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well"; Signed Limited Edition of Seabiscuit: The Saga of a Great Champion
BECKWITH, B.K.; Introduction by Grantland Rice; Foreword by Charles S. Howard.
Seabiscuit: The Saga of a Great Champion.
USA: Wilfred Crowell, Inc, 1940.
Signed limited edition of this work on the legendary thoroughbred. Oblong quarto, original padded leather covers lettered in gilt, color frontispiece of Seabiscuit from a painting by F.B. Voss. Signed by Charles Howard at the foreword, for presentation to the friends, family and business associates of Charles Howard, the owner of Seabiscuit. Illustrations from photographs; drawings by Howard Brodie. In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper. Exceptionally scarce.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 140793
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Rare first edition of Thomas Robert Malthus' Principles of Political Economy in the original boards
MALTHUS, Thomas Robert.
Principles of Political Economy, Considered With a View to their Practical Application.
London: John Murray, 1820.
First edition of this classic work regarding nature of labor, demand and profit. Octavo, original boards, retaining the original paper spine label. In very good condition. Ownership inscription from the African Society and stamp to the title page. Rare in the original boards.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 119668
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“Governments don't produce economic growth people do”: First Edition of the 40th President of the United States Autobiography An American Life; Signed by Ronald and Nancy Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald [Nancy Reagan].
An American Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
First edition of the 40th President of the United States' memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Ronald and Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony, Inc. Rare and desirable signed by both the president and first lady.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 145667
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“Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes": The New Society; Signed by Peter F. Drucker
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The New Society: The Anatomy of the Industrial Order.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.
First edition, early printing of Drucker's classic fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 144698
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"One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results": First Edition of Optimum Theory of Money; Signed by Milton Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Optimum Quantity of Money and Other Essays.
New York: MacMillan, 1969.
First edition of this important collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. Fine in very good spine faded dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 4483
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"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes": Finely Bound First Editions of Marlborough: His Life and Times
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough: His Life and Times.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1933-38.
First editions of each volume of Churchill's important biography of his notable ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, signature to the front panel of each volume, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 143061
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“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Official NASA photograph of Neil Armstrong; signed by Him at the 1990 Doug Kingwood Celebrity Gala
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.
1990.
Official NASA Apollo 11 photograph of Neil Armstrong signed by him in-person at the 1990 Doug Kingwood Celebrity Classic Black Tie Gala; accompanied by the original gala program invitation and evening program. In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches. The program measures 7.5 inches by 10.75 inches.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 146035
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"By way of thanks, I wanted to introduce you to a truly great writer": Ethan Canin's The Palace Thief; signed by him and Jeff Bezos
CANIN, Ethan. [Jeff Bezos].
The Palace Thief.
New York: Random House, 1994.
Jeff Bezos' special thank-you print run of his favorite book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author and by Jeff Bezos on the title page. Laid in is a letter from Bezos on amazon.com letterhead which reads, "Dear Friend of Amazon.com, What can I say? It's been five years since we sold our first book, and when I think about those of you who've become out most loyal customers, I am intensely grateful. We needed you to trust us and be willing to try something new, and you did. Your word of mouth - good and bad - brought new…
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 123037
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“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Inscribed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007.
First edition of the seventh and final novel in Rowling's immensely popular Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John J.K. Rowling." With the author's hologram to the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 133627
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"a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power" First Edition of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the crown and foot of the spine. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 2909
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"I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands": First edition of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali (Song Offerings); One of only 250 copies sold
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Gitanjali [Song Offerings].
London: Printed at The Chiswick Press for The India Society, 1912.
First edition of this collection of prose translated by Tagore from the original Bengali, largely for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tagore with tissue guard present. One of 750 copies printed for the India Society only 250 of which were available for sale. Introduction by W.B. Yeats. In very good condition. Bookplate and stamps for the Northbook Society (a British advocacy society and reading room for Indian literature, defunct in the 1960s). Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130449
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First Edition of Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig; boldly inscribed by him
KING-SMITH, Dick.
The Sheep-Pig.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983.
First edition, first issue of the basis for the Oscar-winning film 'Babe'. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Mary Rayner. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes - Dick King-Smith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary Rayner. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131618
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First Edition of Isaac M. Wise's The Combat of the People; Published by the oldest Jewish Printing House in America
WISE, Isaac Mayer.
The Combat of the People; or Hillel and Herod: A Historical Romance of The Time of Herod I.
Cincinnati: Bloch & Co, 1859.
First edition of American Reform Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise's historical account of the era of Herod I. Octavo, contemporary cloth over boards, lacking the front free endpaper, library bookplate to the front pastedown, later collector's stamps to the title page, with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 82600
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS OF EACH VOLUME IN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S ACCLAIMED GAME OF THRONES SERIES
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows; A Dance with Dragons.
London: Harper Collins, 1996-2011.
First English editions of each volume in George R.R. Martin's acclaimed Game of Thrones series. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket artwork by Jim Burns and Larry Rostant.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135214
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"I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too": First Edition of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden; Lengthily Signed by the Author
GREEN, Hannah [Joanne Greenberg].
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
First edition of the author's semi-autobiographical modern classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author as Joanne Greenberg and her pseudonym "Hannah Green", as follows, "I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too." "Hannah Green" Joanne Greenberg." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 106831
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First edition of Greg Williams' Bond on Set: Filming 007 Casino Royale; signed by Daniel Craig, Eva Green and Martin Campbell
WILLIAMS, Greg. [Daniel Craig] [Ian Fleming].
Bond on Set: Filming 007 Casino Royale.
New York: DK Publishing, 2006.
First edition of the renowned photojournalist's work on the filming of Casino Royale, the highest-grossing James Bond film until the release of Skyfall in 2012. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed on the title page by Daniel Craig (James Bond), Eva Green (Vesper Lynd), Martin Campbell (the film's director), Mads Mikkelsen (villain Le Chiffre), and Caterina Murino (Solange Dimitrios). Accompanied by a signed limited edition vinyl of the Bond theme song "Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith and Johnny Napes (which made history by becoming the first ever James Bond theme song to reach #1 on the…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135774
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"Tarzan is the dream man we would most of us like to be": First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar; Inscribed by him
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1918.
First edition, first printing of the fifth book in Burroughs' epic Tarzan series with with "Published, April, 1918" and W. F. Hall on the copyright page. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stephen Gray Best All good wishes, Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzana California June 6 1939." In 1919, Burroughs purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles, California, which he named "Tarzana". The citizens of the community that sprang up around the ranch voted to adopt that name when their community,…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96782
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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "hello! Michael Rosen." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. With the original ticket of the appearance of Rosen laid in. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142057
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First Edition of The End of Ideology; Inscribed by Daniel Bell to Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb
BELL, Daniel [Irving Kristol].
The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas In the Fifties.
Glencoe, Ill: The Free Press, 1960.
First edition of this landmark in American social thought. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Irving and Bea- Butforis - prim, prima with affection Dan - 2/12/60." The recipients were Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Bell's. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism." Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. Bell and Kristol were close friends, who jointly…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117637
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"Unexpected Intrusions Of Beauty. This Is What Life Is": First Edition Of The Author’s Masterpiece; Inscribed To Fellow Professor And Founder Of The University Of Chicago’s Committee On Social Thought
BELLOW, Saul.
Herzog.
New York: The Viking Press, 1964.
First edition of the author's second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to John Nef and his wife, "To John Nef and Mrs. Nef with very good wishes Saul Bellow." The recipient, John Nef was a economic historian and founder of The University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, where Bellow was a faculty member for over 30 years. Fine in a bright fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson. Housed in a custom half…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 3538
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"One of the most groundbreaking and influential novels of all time—and one of the best": First Edition of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Anthony Burgess
BURGESS, Anthony.
A Clockwork Orange.
London: William Heinemann, 1962.
First edition of Burgess' landmark novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Anthony Burgess on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146487
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First Edition of Herman Melville's Omoo
MELVILLE, Herman .
Omoo.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1847.
First edition of this classic Melville work. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise slipcase. BAL 13656. A sharp example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144159
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First Edition of You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown; Inscribed by Charles Schultz with a large Drawing of Charlie Brown
SCHULZ, Charles M.
You Don’t Look 35, Charlie Brown.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Charlie Brown on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front jacket photograph by Cynthia Farah. Jacket design by Robert Reed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146002
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"A significant work in the development of fantasy literature": Rare second edition of Under the Sunset; inscribed by Bram Stoker
STOKER, Bram.
Under The Sunset.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.
Rare second edition of Bram Stoker's first book. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Mrs. John Foord with grateful remembrance Bram Stoker New York 1884." The frontispiece and plates of the second edition were printed from wood engravings by Swain based on the engraved plates of the first edition, several of the illustrations in the text were redrawn and a number of new full-page illustrations inserted.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146259
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"I build engines and attach wheels to them": Ferrari 80; Inscribed by Enzo Ferrari
FERRARI, Enzo.
Ferrari 80.
Modena: Arbe Officine Grafiche , 1981.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated glossy boards. Boldly signed and dated by Enzo Ferrari on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147921
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First edition of James Thomson Callender's The American Annual Register, or, Historical Memoirs of the United States for the Year 1796
CALLENDER, James Thomson.
The American Annual Register, or, Historical Memoirs of the United States, for the Year 1796.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Bioren & Madan, January 19, 1797.
First edition, first issue in book form of Callender's searing exposé. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Ownership inscriptions. The first printing of this work is exceedingly scarce as it was quickly exhausted and reissued in the same year as The History of the United States For 1796.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 125974
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“Only God knows how much I love you”: First British Edition of the Love In The Time Of Cholera; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Love in the Time of Cholera.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of Garcia Marquez's classic work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Andrew Kulman. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Uncommon signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 67079
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's Twelve Poems; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
OLIVER, Mary.
Twelve Moons.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.
First edition of Mary Oliver's fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "June 22, 1979 Love to Ray and Nicky from Mary. Provincetown." The recipients were close friends of the author in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Char Lappan. Photograph by Molly Malone Cook. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 85561
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“There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words": First Edition, First Issue of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles
CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1902.
First edition, first issue of the third Sherlock Holmes novel, and widely considered as the best of the series. Octavo, original black and gilt stamped pictorial red cloth, illustrated by Sidney Paget. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143782
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Rare First Edition in English of The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker.
London: Printed for J. Bew, 1783.
Rare first edition in English of the author's classic work. 12mo, 2 volumes, bound in full contemporary marbled calfskin. In very good condition, bookplate. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144141
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"But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Old Man and the Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1952.
First edition of Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and one of his most famous works. Octavo, original blue cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photograph of Hemingway by Lee Samuels. Housed in a custom clamshell slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147046
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Rare first edition of Charles Goepp's Kossuth and America; from the Library of Congress
[GOEPP, Charles].
E Pluribus Unum. A Political Tract on Kossuth and America.
Philadelphia: Published by F. W. Thomas, 1852.
Rare first edition of Goepp's criticism of Kossuth. Octavo, bound in full cloth. Deaccessioned from the Library of Congress with the library's bookplate and stamp to the pastedown. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131558
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First edition of William Wilkins' The Antiquities of Magna Graecia
WILKINS, William.
The Antiquities of Magna Graecia.
Cambridge: Printed at the University Press by Richard Watts for Longman, Hurst, Orme and Rees, 1807.
First edition of this ambitious and influential work on the classical architecture of the Magna Graecia by one of the leading figures of the English Greek Revival movement of the early 19th century. Folio, bound in full green buckram, engraved vignette to the title page, illustrated with 73 full-page engraved plates including 20 aquatint views, maps, and illustrations, subscribers list. In near fine condition with the plates remarkably clean. Library stamp to the title page and bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116938
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The Works of Jonathan Swifts's Finely Bound
SWIFT, Jonathan .
The Works of Jonathan Swift: Including, Gulliver’s Travels.
London: Various Publishers, 1751-67.
Finely bound volumes of the works of Jonathan Swift. Octavo, 19 volumes, bound in contemporary calf, red morocco spine labels, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, with the Cornwell House ink stamp to front free endpaper. A very sharp set.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 140938
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“The urge to escape from selfhood and the environment is in almost everyone almost all the time": First Edition of The Doors of Perception; Signed by Aldous Huxley
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Doors of Perception.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954.
First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144197
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"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.] [William T. Sherman].
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focuses mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. P. T. Sherman's bookplate adhered to the front pastedown. In very good condition. General William Tecumseh Sherman's son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145732
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First Edition in English of Thomas Mann's Death In Venice; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
MANN, Thomas.
Death in Venice.
London: Martin Secker , 1928.
First British edition of Mann's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some light shelfwear and small repairs to the verso. First editions are rare, especially in the original dust jacket and in this condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142045
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“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question": First Edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
London: The Egoist Ltd, 1917.
First English edition of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel, one of about 1000 copies. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142971
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"Let Us Hope That The Best Important Achievement Of Atomic Energy Will Lie In Planetary Exploration, And Not In Human Destruction": First Edition of George Gamow's Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity; Inscribed by Him to Chester Nimitz
GAMOW, George [Chester Nimitz].
Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1946.
First edition of this work by the legendary physicist and cosmologist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To The Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Cordially From The Author G. Gamow." The recipient, Chester Nimitz was made Fleet Admiral in 1944 (a lifetime appointment) and was in charge of the United States Forces in the Pacific, and Commander of Operations including the first military use of atomic energy in warfare, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Near fine in very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 139841