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“Thank you for my nice tea": Rare First Edition of Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came To Tea
KERR, Judith.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea.
London: Collins, 1968.
First edition of this classic, one of the best selling children's book of all-time. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 142030
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“Economics, or more properly theoretical economics, is the only one of the social sciences which has aspired to the distinction of an exact science": First Edition of Frank H. Knight's Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit
KNIGHT, Frank H.
Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit.
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921.
First edition of Knight's classic treatise. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. First editions are scarce.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 106575
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First Edition of Shel Silverstein's Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back; Signed by Him with a Drawing
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Uncle Shelby’s Story of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
First edition of the first children's book which started Silverstein's incomparable career. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed on the half-title page by the author who has added a drawing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. We have never seen another signed example.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 138198
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“World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor—it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance": First edition of John F. Kennedy's The Strategy of Peace; from the personal collection of John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
The Strategy of Peace.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960.
First edition of the selected foreign policy speeches and statements on defense, peace, and national security delivered by Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. From the library of John F. Kennedy with his ownership stamp to the half-title page, "Senator John F. Kennedy." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Edited by Allan Nevins. An exceptional example with noted provenance.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 142889
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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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"There is delight in the hardy life of the open": First Edition of African Game Trails; Inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt to His Aide O.K. King
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
African Game Trails. An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
First edition of Theodore Roosevelt's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, gilt top edge, photogravure frontispiece, illustrated, 48 plates, map of Roosevelt's route and hunting trips in Africa. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To O.K. King with the esteem and regard of his friend Theodore Roosevelt Sept 22d 1910." The recipient, Oscar King Davis was a journalist for the New York Times and Chicago Tribune and had a long association with Roosevelt as reporter, aide, collaborator, and friend. Roosevelt contributed a chapter to King's 1908 biography of Taft, and king later became an aide to…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 146118
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"the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers": Rare First Edition in Book Form of The Monroe Doctrine
MONROE, James.
Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 2, 1823.
Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823.
First edition in book form of the Monroe Doctrine. Octavo, bound with a number of other congressional reports in contemporary sheep, numerous folding charts and tables. In very good condition with rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels and some toning throughout. Rare.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 146543
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"You may have heard of me. I am the Saint": First edition of Leslie Charteris' The Saint in New York
CHARTERIS, Leslie.
The Saint in New York.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935.
Rare first edition of the most popular book in Charteris' Saint series and the basis for the first Saint film, released in 1938. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in near fine condition with some expert restoration. An exceptional example.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 122633
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“Never in my life have I feared death as much as I feared that resurrection”: Rare First Greek Edition of The Last Temptation of Christ; Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
The Last Temptation of Christ [First Edition in Greek].
Athena: Thiphros, 1955.
First edition in Greek, preceding the English translation of this historical novel, basis for the 1988 Academy nominated film. Octavo, bound in green cloth. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis. In near fine condition. First editions of The Last Temptation of Christ are rare.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 5748
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"The Tin Drum Will Become One Of The Enduring Literary Works Of The Twentieth Century": First Edition Of The Tin Drum; Inscribed By The Author To Poet Robert Lowell
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
New York: Pantheon, 1962.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by the author to poet Robert Lowell in a German inscription, translated into English, which reads: "To Robert Lowell, in admiration and in the hope to have the pleasure of meeting you soon in Berlin. Gunter Grass Berlin, Nov 3, 1966." Association copies of this caliber are rare, especially on what is considered his masterpiece. From the estate of Elizabeth Hardwick, novelist and wife of Robert Lowell. Translated by Ralph…
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 3526
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Rare First Edition of Richard F. Burton's A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry; One of only 500 Copies
BURTON, Richard F.
A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry.
London: Printed and Published by William Clowes and Sons, 1876.
First edition, one of only 500 copies printed of "this work which is very rare" (Penzer). Octavo, original red cloth.(one of only 500 copies printed). 8vo. 59 pp. Illustrated with an engraved half-title, one engraved diagrammatic plate, and 18 in-text engravings. In near fine condition.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 146360
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First Edition of Frank O'Hara's Meditations In An Emergency; Lengthily inscribed by Frank O'Hara
O'HARA, Frank.
Meditations In An Emergency.
New York: Grove Press, 1957.
Number 25 of the rare first edition O'Hara's classic work of poetry, published in an edition of 75 hardbound copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mike- Happy Birthday and I hope the Houses and Odes go on and on into 1262- Frank." Near fine in the rare original slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Exceptionally rare, especially signed.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 115298
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's In Evil Hour; Inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to his legendary Literary Agent Carmen Balcells
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
In Evil Hour.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.
First edition of "this fascinating novel of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the author's later flowering and greatness" (Boston Globe). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his legendary literary agent in the year of publication on the second title page, "Para Carmen, Eres mi todo. Gabo Rome 17 Oct. 1979." The recipient, Carmen Balcells was a literary agent of Spanish-language authors from Spain and Latin America, including six Nobel Prize–winning authors. She led her agency from 1956 to 2000, during which time she was one of the driving forces behind the 1960s…
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 142798
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"There was only one catch...And that was Catch-22": First Edition of Catch - 22; Inscribed by Joseph Heller
HELLER, Joseph.
Catch-22.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961.
First edition of Heller's classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Albert Raman, Best wishes to you. Joseph Heller 3/20/80 New York." The recipient was a lawyer and well-known book collector. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example with noted provenance.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 96004
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“Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it—but there is": Rare First Edition of Olive Schreiner's The Story of an African Farm
SCHREINER, Olive [as Ralph Iron].
The Story of an African Farm: A Novel.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1883.
First edition of this highspot of African literature. Octavo, original olive cloth, 2 volumes. Published under the pseudonym 'Ralph Iron'. The entire printing of this first edition has been estimated to be about 300 copies. and most were destined to libraries. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially in the original cloth.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 30040
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"Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity": First Edition of The Author’s Landmark Work The Seven Storey Mountain; signed by Thomas Merton
MERTON, Thomas.
The Seven Storey Mountain.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1948.
First edition, first-issue binding in white cloth and in the first-issue dust jacket with the photo on rear panel captioned: "Author is second from the left." Signed by Thomas Merton on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are rare.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 81934
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First Edition of Dreams From My Father; Signed by Barack Obama
OBAMA, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1995.
First edition of this memoir by the 44th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Schiff. Jacket art by Steven Dana. Author photograph by Warren Browne. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 136995
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THE LIMITED AUTOGRAPH CENTENARY EDITION OF THE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON: FINELY BOUND WITH AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT in EMERSON's hand
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Autograph Centenary Edition.
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903.
The Autograph Centenary edition of Emerson's complete works with an autograph manuscript in his hand and with his notations tipped in. One of six hundred copies additionally signed by the publisher, this is number 576. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with photogravures including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Emerson. Tipped into volume I, the manuscript in Emerson's hand reads in part, "He repeats after Plato the affirmations of real essence. There is not any life in those…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 137099
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“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat": First Edition of Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich; In the rare original dust jacket
HILL, Napoleon.
Think and Grow Rich.
Cleveland : The Ralston Society, 1937.
Rare first edition of this classic bestseller, which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, ownership name to the front free endpaper. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 126722
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“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price": First Edition of Amelia Earhart's The Fun of It; Signed by Her and in the rare original dust jacket
EARHART, Amelia.
The Fun of It.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.
First edition of Earhart's account of her childhood, her fascination with aviation, and her life through her 1932 flight across the Atlantic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout, with the original record in the rear pastedown. Boldly signed by Amelia Earhart. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and in the original dust jacket.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 147362