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"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do": RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE COLLECTION OF JEFFERSON’S WRITINGS; In the Rare Original Boards
JEFFERSON, Thomas.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph.
Charlottesville, VA: F. Carr and Co, 1829.
First edition of the first published collection of Jefferson’s writings, an impressive four-volume work edited by his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Octavo, 4 volumes, original boards, engraved frontispiece portrait after Gilbert Stuart in Volume I. Rare and desirable in the original boards.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 143456
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Cien Anos De Soledad; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and translator Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1972.
First edition, early printing of the author’s masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the translator of this novel into English, Gregory Rabassa. Very good in wrappers. Rare and desirable signed by both Garcia Marquez and Rabassa.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 7284
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The Beauties of Mozart, Consisting of the most Admired Sonatas Duetts and Concertos of this Esteemed Author
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus.
The Beauties of Mozart, Consisting of the Most Admired Sonatas Duetts and Concertos of this Esteemed Author.
London: Printed & Sold by Preston, c. 1810.
Rare edition of this compilation of Mozart's sonatas. Quarto, bound in full diced morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, 6 parts in 1, each part engraved throughout, titles incorporating small oval portrait vignette. In near fine condition.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 143842
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First Edition in English of The Works of Machiavelli
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo.
The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English.
London: Printed for J.S., to be sold by Robert Boulter at the Turks-head in Cornhil, against the Royal Exchange, 1675.
Rare first edition in English of the works of Machiavelli, an important work of political science which includes The Prince. Folio, bound in full calf, crimson morocco spine label, raised bands, decorated blind-tooled panel design to the front and rear panels. Includes: The History of Florence; The Prince; The Discourses of Nicholas Machiavel, Upon the First Decade of Titus Livius; and The Art of War (this last work is incomplete in this copy). Each with a separate dated title page but pagination and register are continuous. Also includes "Nicholas Machiavel’s letter to Zanobius Buondelmontius", which is not in fact by…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 146152
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"One of the great iconic cigar smoking statesmen": Rare unsmoked Cuban Coronas Alhambra cigar from the personal collection of John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Unsmoked Cuban Cigar.
Rare unopened cigar given to 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy by a Philippine Ambassador to the United States, handsomely presented with a portrait of Kennedy. The Coronas Alhambra cigar is mounted in a shadowbox opening and is still stored in a cellophane sheath printed in gold lettering: “Specially Made For President Kennedy.” Under its red and gold label and black band inscribed “Choicest Philippine Tobacco Sumatra Wrapper." The 8 inch by 10 inch black and white photograph above shows President Kennedy smoking a cigar while reading the sports section of The New York Times on Saturday, August 31, 1963.…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 140653
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"Strangers in the Night": First Edition of Patricia Highsmith’s First Book; Inscribed by Her in the year of publication
HIGHSMITH, Patricia.
Strangers on a Train.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950.
First edition of the author's classic first book, basis for the classic Alfred Hitchcock film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the dedication page, "Strangers in the night June 1, 1950 Patricia Highsmith." Very good in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Irv Doktor.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 120276
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First Edition of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; Signed by Tom Wolfe, Ken Kesey and Phil Lesh
WOLFE, Tom [Ken Kesey; Phil Lesh].
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960's. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe with his characteristic signature on the title page. Additionally signed on the front free endpaper by Merry Prankster Ken Kesey and legendary bassist Phil Lesh on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 144225
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“WE CAN DESTROY WHAT WE HAVE WRITTEN, BUT WE CANNOT UNWRITE IT”: INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY STANLEY KUBRICK AND SIGNED BY ANTHONY BURGESS
KUBRICK, Stanley & Anthony Burgess.
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.
New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1972.
First edition of the book recreation of Stanley Kubrick’s epic film adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ dystopian masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kubrick, “To Mark Best wishes Stanley Kubrick.” Additionally signed by Anthony Burgess on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Books signed and inscribed by the legendary director are rare.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 3062
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"Make A Place On Your Bookshelf... If You Love Classic Narrative, Quest Stories, Adventure Stories Of High Order Transformed By One Of The Lapidary Masters Of Contemporary American Fiction, Now Is Your Hour Of Triumph" Each Volume Signed By Cormac McCarthy and Three Times Each by Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-1998.
First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Border Trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, three volumes. The Crossing is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jim and Brenda with love Cormac." The other two volumes are signed by Cormac McCarthy and additionally signed three times in each volume by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 142694
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First Edition of The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports
DOUGHTY, James and Thomas.
The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports.
Philadelphia: J. and T. Doughty, 1830-33.
First edition of "The first color-plate sporting book printed in America"(Grolier/Henderson). Quarto, 3 volumes. bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, top edge gilt. Three engraved titles, 2 engraved portraits, and 57 lithographic plates after Thomas Doughty and others (comprising 53 hand-colored lithographs, one colored etching, two uncolored engravings and one uncolored wood-engraving), 17 in-text wood engravings, index leaves printed on blue paper trimmed, mounted, and bound into vol.III. According to Bennett, Volume III is perhaps the most difficult of all American sport items to find...Artistically Vol. 1 is much the most important, for it contains the original plates…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 84654
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Lithograph of Frank Lemon's The Wright Brothers 'Strange Contraption' Rises at Kitty Hawk; Signed by Orville Wright
LEMON, Frank; [Orville Wright].
Orville Wright Signed Lithograph of The Wright Brothers ‘Strange Contraption’ Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903.
1928.
Lithograph of The Wright Brothers 'Strange Contraption' Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903. Wright Aeronautical Corporation off-set color lithograph of a Frank Lemon watercolor painting honoring the Wright Brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, signed by Orville Wright in black ink along the horizon line. Framed. In fine condition. The piece measures 15.5 inches by 18.25 inches. Rare.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 146523
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"The veritable Bible of Christmas": COMPLETE SET OF DICKENS' CHRISTMAS BOOKS, INCLUDING FIRST EDITIONS OF THE CHIMES, THE BATTLE OF LIFE, AND THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN
DICKENS, Charles.
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans, 1843-48.
Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a second edition in brown cloth with red and blue title-page dated 1843, 'Stave One' and corrected text, Smith's second state, plates hand-colored (2 repaired), spine repaired, new endpapers, 1843; first edition of The Chimes; A Goblin Story with advertisement leaf for the tenth edition of A Christmas Carol, first state of vignette title-page, recased, 1845, Chapman & Hall; fourteenth edition of…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 141205
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"One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century": First Edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God
NEALE HURSTON, Zora.
Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1937.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, erasure to the front pastedown. First editions are rare, especially in this condition.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 147655
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First Edition of Milton Friedman’s First Book Income From Independent Professional Practice; Signed by Him
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Simon Kuznets.
Income From Independent Professional Practice.
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1945.
First edition of Milton Friedman's first book, co-authored with fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist, Simon Kuznets. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. In near fine condition. Income From Independent Professional Practice served as his Ph.D. thesis at Columbia. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 4225
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Rare original dinner program from the celebration held in honor of the 80th birthday of Winston Churchill by the Woodford Division Conservative Association; signed by both Winston and Clementine Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S. and Clementine Churchill.
Winston and Clementine Churchill Signed Celebration Dinner in Honour Of Winston S. Churchill Program.
Essex: Woodford Division Conservative Association, November 23, 1954.
Rare dinner program from the celebration held in honor of the 80th birthday of Winston Churchill by the Woodford Division Conservative Association on Tuesday, November 23rd 1954. Octavo, original stiff paper wrappers, ribbon bound in. Signed by Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill on the front panel. Accompanied by a typed transmittal letter dated February 9th 1955 signed by Churchill's personal private secretary L.M. Shillingford to John Redfern returning the signed menu with 'best wishes from Sir Winston and Lady Churchill for the work which you will be doing for the new Chigwell Division', a black and white photograph of Churchill…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 142590
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Scarce First edition of Commandino's commentary of Ptolemy's Planisphaerium; one of the few extant examples from the Aldine Press in Roman type
PTOLOMAEUS, Claudius. Edited and with Commentary by Federico Commandino.
Ptolemaei Planisphaerium. Iordani Planisphaerium. Federici Commandini Urbrinatis in Ptolemaei Planisphaerium Commentarius.
Venice: Paulus Manutius (Aldine Press), 1558.
First separate edition and first edition of Commandino's commentary of Ptolemy's Planisphaerium, the original Greek text of which is no longer extant. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in eighteenth century vellum, all edges speckled red, Aldine device on both titles and both final pages, woodcut initials, numerous woodcut diagrams. The Ptolemaei is printed in Roman type and the Planisphaerium in Italics; examples from the Aldine Press in Roman type are scarce as the press's founder, Aldus Manutius, invented the Italic type which he used almost exclusively. The Aldine press was also the first to issue printed books in the small…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 95289
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"Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not": First Editions of each Installment of The Green Mile; Each Volume Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen.
The Green Mile.
London: Penguin, 1996.
First edition of each of the six books published in self-contained monthly installments of this classic work, which tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. Octavo, 6 volumes, original illustrated wrappers. Each volume is signed by Stephen King on the title page. These volumes were signed in Manchester, Vermont. In fine condition. We have never seen another signed set.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 139667
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"SUFFERING HAS BEEN STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER TEACHING, AND HAS TAUGHT ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR HEART USED TO BE. I HAVE BEEN BENT AND BROKEN, BUT - I HOPE - INTO A BETTER SHAPE": Charles Dickens' Great Expectations; attractively bound
DICKENS, Charles.
Great Expectations.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1861.
First edition, second impression of Dickens’ popular Victorian bildungsroman. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Second impression lacking the advertisements, quite likely as issued. Edition statements neatly removed from titles. In very good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 132084
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Musical Quotation Signed by Russian Composer and Pianist Dmitri Shostakovich
SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri.
Dmitri Shostakovich Autograph Musical Quotation Signed.
1947.
Handwritten musical quotation inscribed by Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich in Russian above the opening three bars of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor (Op. 47) on a two-stave system with holograph tempo directive and title, "To Lionel Okvin from Dmitri Shostakovich 17th February 1947." Double matted and framed with a photograph of Shostakovich. The entire piece measures 14.75 inches by 15.75 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 82418
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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
DICKENS, Charles.
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
London: Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.
First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen with the majority of preliminary advertisements present, frontispiece, vignette title-page and forty engraved plates. In excellent condition, an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work, with some of the backstrips with small chips. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 96702