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"If you promise to hold your comments on my conduct at the "79" MC Ball, I'll refrain from making similar derogatory comments re your drinking habits and general conduct": First Edition of Pat Conroy's Classic The Great Santini; Signed by both Pat and Donald Conroy
CONROY, Pat.
The Great Santini.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.
First edition, second printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Pat Conroy and his father Donald Conroy on the title and half-title pages respectively. Lengthily inscribed by Donald Conroy on the half-title page, "1/5/80 To Jimmy Barousse: If you promise to hold your comments on my conduct at the "79" MC Ball, I'll refrain from making similar derogatory comments re your drinking habits and general conduct. Seriously My Best Don Conroy Col USMC (Ret)." Marine Colonel Donald Conroy was a Marine Corps fighter pilot, and the basis for the protagonist in this novel. Near fine…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146097
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“To imitate nature involves the verb to do": First Edition of The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams; Inscribed by Him
WILLIAMS, William Carlos.
The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams.
New York: Random House, 1951.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Robert H. Fuller wishing him luck William Carlos Williams 10/19/51." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136387
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From the Library of Former President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant: Dr. Doran's Table Traits with Something on Them
DORAN, Dr.; [Ulysses S. Grant].
Table Traits with Something on Them.
New York: W. J. Widdleton, 1865.
Early printing of this anecdotal history of eatery; from the library of the eighteenth President of the United States. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Ulysses S. Grant's bookplate to the front pastedown. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146695
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First Edition of Marc Chagall: Die großen graphischen Zyklen; Signed by Marc Chagall
SCHMIED, Wieland; [Marc Chagall].
Marc Chagall.
Salzburg: Galerie Welz, 1976.
First edition of this collection of work by a major artist of early modernism, with introduction by Weiland Schmied. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, frontispiece self-portrait of Marc Chagall, illustrated with penciled and painted drawings. Boldly signed by Marc Chagall on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146245
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“When you start to live outside yourself, it's all dangerous": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Garden of Eden; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Garden of Eden.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986.
First edition of this classic novel by Hemingway. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140036
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First edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King; finely bound and decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting
TENNYSON, Alfred.
Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1859.
First edition, second issue of one of the greatest and most enduring of Victorian literary works, with the imprint of Bradbury and Evans to the verso of title. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, ribbon bound in, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting which reveals a view of Royal Tunbridge Wells. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139723
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First Edition of Harry Crews' Karate Is a Thing of the Spirit; Inscribed by Him to his Bibliographer
CREWS, Harry.
Karate Is a Thing of the Spirit.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of the author's classic fourth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Michael-- Good and dear friend--All good things in your life Harry Crews July 75 Gainsville, Fl." The recipient, Michael Hargraves was a close friend of the Crews and author of Harry Crews A Bibliography. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Terry M. Fehr. Author photograph by Tom Kennedy. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142087
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First edition of William Hazlitt's Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters; From the Library of William Safire
HAZLITT, William.
Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters.
London: Printed for William Hone, 1819.
First edition of one of Hazlitt's most interesting collections, including his estimates and reviews of Southey as Laureate, of Coleridge, Burke, and Malthus (at length). Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew.…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 127349
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First edition of Christo et Jeanne-Claude's Barils, Barrels; From the Library of Madeleine Albright
CHRISTO ET JEANNE-CLAUDE [MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT],.
Barils, Barrels Christo et Jeanne-Claude.
Saint-Paul de Vence: Fondation Maeght, 2016.
First edition of this striking, bold, photography work done by Christo et Jeanne-Claude. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author "Madame For Madeleine with love August 30, 2016 NY." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 149052
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Finely Bound Example of Strabonis Geographia cum notis Casauboni et aliorum
STRABONIS,.
Strabonis Geographia cum notis Casauboni et aliorum.
Amstelaedami; Joannem Wolters, 1707.
Folio, bound in half morocco over cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3604
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First Editions of Cadernos De Lanzarote I-IV; Each Volume Signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Cadernos de Lanzarote Diario I- IV.
Lisbon: Caminho, 1994-1997.
First Portugese editions of the Nobel Prize-winning author's commentaries on Lanzarote, one of Spain's volcanic Canary Islands. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, 4 volumes. Each volume is signed by Saramago, who has added the word "Lanzarote." Fine in fine dust jackets.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148
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First Edition of Bernard Darwin's Rubs of the Green In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DARWIN, Bernard.
Rubs of the Green.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936.
First edition of this work by Darwin. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears and light rubbing. First editions in the original dust jackets are uncommon and this is easily the nicest example we have seen or handled.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 14004
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First edition of Henry James' The Princess Casamassima: A Novel
JAMES, Henry.
The Princess Casamassima: A Novel.
New York: Macmillan and Co, 1886.
First American edition of one of James's "three formidable novels" published in the 1880s along with The Bostonians and The Tragic Muse. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In near fine condition, name opposite the half-title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143493
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Rare 1949 Carnegie Institute of Technology Yearbook; containing one of only a few photographs of Warhol in his early years
[WARHOL, Andy].
The Thistle: Andy Warhol 1949 Carnegie Institute of Technology Yearbook.
Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1949.
1949 Carnegie Institute of Technology Yearbook featuring a rare photograph of Andy Warhol as a college senior. Folio, original boards, illustrated. Warhol is pictured as a member of Modern Dance club. The yearbook also includes a photograph of Philip Pearlstein, a fellow graduating senior. In near fine condition. Very rare, containing one of only a few photographs of Warhol in his early years.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134091
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First Edition of the O. Henry Stories; Signed by David Foster Wallace
FOSTER WALLACE, David; James Salter; T.C. Boyle; et al.
Prize Stories 1989: The O. Henry Awards. [Includes David Foster Wallace’s Here and There].
New York: Doubleday, 1989.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the front free endpaper. Included in this volume is the story "Here and There" by David Foster Wallace, which was chosen as one of the best short stories of the year. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg. Edited and with an introduction by William Abrahams.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136204
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Rare Original December 13, 1968 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by the 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority Yasser Arafat
ARAFAT, Yasser.
Yasser Arafat Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Time Magazine Latin America, 1968.
Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover from the December 13, 1968 issue. Octavo, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Yasser Arafat painted by Hector Garrido. Signed and dated by Arafat in Arabic at the upper right. In near fine condition with mail folds.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146623
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Address of President Coolidge before the Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Signed by Him
COOLIDGE, Calvin.
Address of President Coolidge before the Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Chicago: Government Printing Office, 1925.
First edition of this address by President Coolidge. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Calvin Coolidge. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119470
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"Take Dead Aim!": Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf; Inscribed by Him
PENICK, Harvey with Bud Shrake [Tom Kite] [Ben Crenshaw].
Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
First edition, early printing of the best-selling golf book ever published. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Al Nelson: I hope that this book will help you to enjoy life, and also this great game of golf to its fullest. Sincerely Harvey Penick." Additionally signed by professional golfer Tom Kite and two-time Masters Tournament champion Ben Crenshaw on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Parr. Introductions by Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw, Betsy Rawls, Mickey Wright, Kathy Whitworth, Mary Lena Faulk, Dave Marr…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147829
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“I HATE EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT IN MYSELF”: First British Edition of The Naked and the Dead; Inscribed by Norman Mailer
MAILER, Norman.
The Naked and the Dead.
London: Allan Wingate, 1949.
First British edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For ________ ________, Spent a winter once in Jamaica, Vermont, back in 1949, Loved it. Cheers Norman Mailer." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by James Holland.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 833
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First Edition of The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar; Signed by Gilles Peress, Eric Stover and Richard Goldstone
PERESS, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone.
The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.
New York: Scalo , 1998.
First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990's. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peress; Eric Stover, who contributed the text and Justice Richard Goldstone, who contributed the foreword. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 973
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"An accomplishment in the field of anthropology on par with Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species": First edition of Margaret Mead's Coming of Age In Samoa
MEAD, Margaret .
Coming of Age In Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1928.
First edition of Mead's pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 127605
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“GREAT LEADERS ALMOST ALWAYS EXUDE SELF-CONFIDENCE. THEY ARE NEVER PETTY. THEY ARE NEVER BUCK-PASSERS. THEY PICK THEMSELVES UP AFTER DEFEAT…”: First Edition of Blood, Brains & Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy; Signed by David Ogilvy
OGILVY, David.
Blood, Brains & Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy.
New York: Atheneum, 1978.
First edition of Ogilvy's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by David Ogilvy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear and closed tears.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 21071
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First Special Illustrator's edition of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln; one of only 75 numbered copies printed
TARBELL, Ida. [Abraham Lincoln].
The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished.
New York: The Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900.
First Special Illustrator's edition of the work that earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. Quarto, two volumes, half cloth over paper-covered boards, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln to each volume. One of only 75 numbered copies printed, this is number 51. In near fine condition. Rebacked. Housed in a custom slipcase. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131290
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"She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies and all that's best of dark and bright meet her in aspect and her eyes": Lord Byron's Hebrew Melodies
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON] ,.
Hebrew Melodies.
London: John Murray, 1815.
First edition of Byron's book of poetry written at the request of the Hon. D. Kinnaird. Octavo, bound in half cloth over paper-covered boards. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 120805
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The Story of My Life; Warmly inscribed by Helen Keller
KELLER, Hellen.
The Story of My Life.
Garden City: Doubleday, Dorian & Company, Inc, 1935.
Later printing of Keller's autobiography of her early life, particularly detailing her relationship with Anne Sullivan. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece portrait of Keller after a photograph by Marshall, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Helen Keller on the front free endpaper, "To Mar with sincere wishes for a Happy Christmas and New Year Helen Keller Christmas 1935." Laid in as the original postmark from Keller to the recipient. Rare a desirable signed and inscribed by Keller.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146138
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"For Vivien with all my love and admiration": First Edition of A Time of Gods; Inscribed by Roloff Beny to Actress Vivien Leigh
BENY, Roloff (Vivien Leigh).
A Time of Gods.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962.
First edition of this work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpaper, illustrated with 148 photogravure plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author to actress Vivien Leigh, "For Vivien with all my love and admiration always Roloff London Oct. 23/ 63." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Beny was in early days a protégé of Peggy Guggenheim and Herbert Read. The circle of friends around him—actors, artists, collectors, writers—included such figures as Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Stephen Spender, Rose Macaulay, Bernard Berenson, Jean Cocteau, Henry Moore, and other luminaries of art and literature. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 74016
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“This above all, to refuse to be a victim. Unless I can do that I can do nothing": First Edition of Surfacing; Inscribed by Margaret Atwood
ATWOOD, Margaret.
Surfacing.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1972.
First edition of the author's classic second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rachel- Margaret Atwood June 4 1982." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Shaw. Author photograph by Amleto Lorenzini. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146203
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Rare Ordinary People Original Script; Signed by Director Robert Redford
SARGENT, Alvin; [Robert Redford].
Ordinary People Original Script.
Burbank, CA: Wildwood Enterprises, Inc, 1979.
Rare original screenplay from the 1980 film 'Ordinary People,' produced by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, and Timothy Hutton. Quarto, original orange wrappers, bound with two brass tacks. Boldly signed on the front panel, "Best wishes Robert Redford." In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146472
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First Edition of Bertrand Russell's The Good Citizen's Alphabet; Inscribed by Him to his lover Rhoda Kellogg
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
The Good Citizen’s Alphabet.
London: Gaberbocchus Press Limited, 1953.
First edition of this playful work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, with drawings by Franciszka Themerson. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Rhoda Kellogg from Bertrand Russell." The recipient, Rhoda Kellogg was a notable scholar of early childhood and maintained an extensive collection of children's artwork. She also had carried on an extra-marital affair with Russell. From Michael D. Stevenson's "In Solitude I Brood on War": Bertrand Russell's 1939 American Lecture Tour", "Although Russell claimed he possessed no 'errant philandering impulses' (Let. 3) and seemed to avoid the sexual entanglements that marked…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138589
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Finely Bound example of Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution
BAGEHOT, Walter.
The English Constitution.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1882.
Early printing of Bagehot's analysis of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, armorial gilt devices to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111258
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"Borders I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people": Signed Limited First Edition Of The Kon-Tiki
HEYERDAHL, Thor.
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas.
London: Theodore Brun Limited, 1950.
Signed limited edition of the explorer's classic work, number 142 of 350 numbered copies signed by Thor Heyerdahl. Octavo, bound in leather, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain, ribbon bound-in, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout. Translated by F.H. Lyon. In near fine condition. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139768
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First Edition of Pickles to Pittsburgh; Signed by Judi and Ron Barrett with an original drawing
BARRETT, Judi and Ron.
Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
New York: Antheneum Books For Young Readers, 1997.
First edition of the charming sequel to the classic Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Oblong quarto, illustrated. Boldly signed by both the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper, "Judi Barrett" and Ron Barrett" who has drawn a giant pickle. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147847
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First Edition of Old Mac Donald Had An Apartment House; Signed by Ron Barrett with an original drawing
BARRETT, Judith and Ron.
Old MacDonald Had An Apartment House.
New York: Atheneum, 1969.
First edition of the first book in the Barrett's collaboration. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by the illustrator with an original illustration on the front pastedown, "Make Your Garden Grow! Ron Barrett." In very good condition, name blacked out on the front pastedown. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148018
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"WE WERE THEN STRUNG OUT IN A SIX-MILE LINE, THIRTY SHIPS, ALL HEADING WESTWARDS": FIRST APPEARANCE OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S A FLEET IN BEING
KIPLING, Rudyard.
A Fleet In Being.
London: The Morning Post, 1898.
First appearance of of this collection of 5 articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Royal octavo, bound in blue boards, consisting of the original 5 Morning Post articles which appeared on November 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11, 1898 clipped and adhered to octavo sheets and bound. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121680
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"First and greatest classic of modern economic thought": Bicentenary Edition of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations; In the original shipping box
SMITH, Adam.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, In the Strand, 1979.
Bicentenary edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Quarto, 2 volumes, bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. One of one thousand copies, this is number 492. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Accompanied by a small booklet printed in Japanese by W.B. Todd and K.E. Carpenter titled 'Bibliographical Story of The Wealth of Nations' laid in and the original numbered shipping box. An exceptional example of this landmark work.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147731
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First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Economist's Groundbreaking Work The Economic Growth of the United States 1790-1860; Inscribed by Him
NORTH, Douglass C.
The Economic Growth of the United States 1790-1860.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1961.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original gray cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Paul Douglass C. North." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3035
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First Edition of In China; Inscribed by Eve Arnold to Henry Kissinger
ARNOLD, Eve [Henry A. Kissinger].
In China.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
First edition of this monograph on China. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Henry Kissinger, "For Henry Kissinger in whose giant footsteps I followed in China, and it was a tough act to follow! All good wishes, Eve Arnold." Arnold is referring to the slow opening throughout the 1970s of Communist China to Westerners, an opening famously managed on the United States end by protean Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, in collaboration with Presidents Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford. Kissinger would later write his classic work On China, detailing…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5313
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Striking black and white photograph of Sean Connery posing as James Bond; boldly signed by him
CONNERY, Sean. [Ian Fleming].
Sean Connery Signed James Bond Photograph.
Black and white photograph of Sean Connery posing as James Bond, signed by him. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. A striking portrait of the great James Bond actor.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131900
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Autograph Letter signed by Greek Statesman Eleftherios Venizelos to American mining engineer and diplomat John Hays Hammond
VENIZELOS, Eleftherios.
Eleftherios Venizelos Autograph Letter Signed.
One folding page letter hand-written and signed by "the father of modern Greece," Eleftherios Venizelos. Dated December 24th, 1921 on letterhead from the El Mirasol in Santa Barbara, California, the letter reads "To Mr. John Hays Hammond El Mirasol. My dear Mr. Hammond, We are giving a very small luncheon party here on the 26th and Madame Venizelos & I would be delighted if Mrs. Hammond, Miss Hammond and yourself would give us the great pleasure of your company at 4 p.m. on the day. Very Sincerely yours, E.K. Venizelos." The recipient, John Hays Hammond was a successful American mining…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 82454
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First editions of the first and second series of George Cruikshank's The Comic Almanack; finely bound by Root & Son
[CRUIKSHANK, George; William Thackeray; Albert Smith; Gilbert A. Beckett; The Brothers Mayhew].
The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities.
London: John Camden Hotten, 1835-1853.
First editions of the first and second series of The Comic Almanack; illustrated by George Cruikshank. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Root & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, with many illustrations by George Cruikshank and other Artists. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 137167
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990; Signed by
MARKOWITZ, Harry and William F. Sharpe.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1981-1990. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Karl-Goran Maler.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146331
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Limited Edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Morte D'Arthur; Illustrated with Original Designs by Aubrey Beardsley
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey; Sir Thomas Malory; William Caxton; John Rhys; Aymer Vallance.
[Morte D’Arthur]. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of This World of Them All.
Edinburgh: Turnbull & Spears, 1927.
Limited Beardsley illustrated edition of perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English, containing two additional illustrations not appearing in the second edition, in addition to the 10 further illustrations published in the second edition that did not appear in the first. Quarto, original publisher's cloth with gilt art-deco botanical design by Aubrey Beardsley, some pages uncut, top edge gilt, illustrated with twenty-two plates by Beardsley, numerous in-text designs, and head- and tail-pieces throughout. One of one thousand six hundred examples. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146914
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's Books Do Furnish a Room
POWELL, Anthony.
Books Do Furnish a Room.
London: Heinemann, 1971.
First edition of this classic work in the author's Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142098
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“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is": First edition of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Trilogy; inscribed by him
ADAMS, Douglas.
The Hitchhiker’s Trilogy: Omnibus Edition.
New York: Harmony Books, 1983.
First American edition of Adams' Hitchhiker's trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Neal Best wishes Douglas Adams." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket painting by Peter Cross. Jacket design by Ken Sansone.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142669
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First Deluxe Edition of The Game of Golf; Inscribed by Roger Wethered
WETHERED, Joyce and Roger; Bernard Darwin; Horace Hutchinson; & T.C. Simpson.
The Game of Golf….Lonsdale Library, Vol. IX.
London: Seeley, Service & Company, 1931.
First edition, deluxe issue of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half green morocco over cloth. Inscribed by Roger Wethered in the year of publication, "Hope this will help you to beat Harry! Roger Wethered 1931." Illustrated with plates, which some folding from 100 photographs. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 14008
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First Edition of Bernard Darwin's Golf Between Two Wars; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
DARWIN, Bernard.
Golf Between Two Wars.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1944.
First edition of this golf classic. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145701
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Rare Confederate States presidential election sample ballot heralding Jefferson Davis as President
[DAVIS, Jefferson].
Jefferson Davis Confederate States Electoral Ticket.
[1861].
Rare electoral ticket from the 1861 Confederate States presidential election. 16mo, one page, printed. The sample ballot heralds Jefferson Davis for President, Alexander Stephens for Vice President, a representative for the state at large and some local districts. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription to the verso.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132575
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First edition of Armand Dayout's Napoleon: Raconte Par L'Image; an exceptional example in the publisher's full deluxe morocco
DAYOUT, Armand. [Napoleon Bonaparte].
Napoleon: Raconte Par L’Image D’Apres Les Sculpteurs, les Graveurs et Les Peintres.
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1895.
First edition of one of the richest Napoleonic iconographies published. Folio, original publisher's full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, large gilt central insignia to the front panel, all edges gilt, watered silk endleaves, ribbon bound in, illustrated with hundreds of tissue-guarded chromolithographs. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 137140
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FIRST EDITION OF MERTON MILLER ON DERIVATIVES: INSCRIBED BY NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMIST MERTON MILLER
MILLER, Merton H.
Merton Miller on Derivatives.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's work on derivatives. Octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mike Lynch with best wishes, Merton H. Miller Chicago, March 19, 1998." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3714
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Rare deluxe limited edition of Rudyard Kipling's Lettres du Japon; one of only 50 copies printed on japan paper
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Lettres du Japon.
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1925.
Deluxe limited edition of Kipling's collected letters written during his 1889 travels in Japan. Octavo, original wrappers, decorated by H. Tirman. One of 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin-Jackson. Very good in the rare original richly decorated dust jacket. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 122943
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First Edition of Martin Amis' Money; Signed by Him
AMIS, Martin.
Money.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Martin Amis on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan/ Dick Jones. Author's photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143070
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The Oxford Book of French Verse; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED RED MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
CHOSEN BY ST. JOHN LUCAS. EDITED BY P. MANSELL JONES,.
The Oxford Book of French Verse XIIIth Century – XXth Century.
London: Oxford University Press, 1957.
New edition of The Oxford Book of French Verse. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpeices to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 130155
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First edition of Daphne du Maurier's The Scapegoat; finely bound
DU MAURIER, Daphne.
The Scapegoat.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1957.
First edition of du Maurier's classic work, adapted into the 1959 film of the same name starring Sir Alec Guinness. Octavo, bound in full morocco to mimic a gentleman’s coat with five buttons. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132445
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First Edition of Stephen King's Blaze; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen [Pseudonym Richard Bachman].
Blaze.
New York: Scribners, 2007.
First edition of the last of the Richard Bachman novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Stephen King on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 81228
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"Consider the lilies in the field... make them the object not of a fleeting glance in passing, but of thy consideration": First English edition of Søren Kierkegaard's Consider The Lilies
KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Translated by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie.
Consider The Lilies: Being the Second part of “Edifying Discourses in a Different Vein”, published in 1847 at Copenhagen, by S. Kierkegaard.
London: The C. W. Daniel Company, Ltd., 1940.
First English edition of the elaboration and conclusion of Kierkegaard's important existential discourses of 1847. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Danish by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A superior example of this rare work.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133137
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First Edition of There are no spies; Signed by Bill Granger, Pierce Brosnan and Bill Smitrovich
GRANGER, Bill [Pierce Brosnan].
There Are No Spies.
New York: Warner Books, 1986.
First edition of classic thriller, basis for the film November Man, starring Pierce Brosnan and Bill Smitrovich. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Steve Juscik- Cheers! Bill Granger." Additionally signed by actors Pierce Brosnan and inscribed by Bill Smitrovich. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Rolf Erickson. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145776
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"Failure is not an option": Apollo 13 Photograph; Inscribed by Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot
KRANZ, Eugene and Seymour Liebergot.
Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.
April 13, 1970.
Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA's heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz, "Eugene F. Kranz, 'Flight,'" and Seymour Liebergot, "'Flight... we'd better think about gettin' in the LM.' 4/13/70, Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM." In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145404
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Rare Photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; Signed by Them
LEWIS, John; Nancy Pelosi; Steny Hoyer; John Larsson.
Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson Signed Photograph.
2010.
Rare photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; signed by them. Color satin-finish photograph of Nancy Pelosi holding a large gavel while walking alongside Steny Hoyer, John Lewis, and John Larsson, as they prepare to pass the Affordable Care Act, signed by each in black felt tip by their person, dated in the upper right corner "3/21/10." In fine condition with a JSA authentication label affixed to the lower right corner.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146737
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SELECTED WORKS OF ANTHONY TROLLOPE; FINELY BOUND
TROLLOPE, Anothony.
Selected Works of Anthony Trollope. [Miss Mackenzie, Rachel Ray, Castle Richmond, The Eustace Diamonds, The Kellys and the O’Kellys, The Macdermots of Ballcloran, Tales of All Countries, and Ralph The Heir.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1875.
Finely bound collection of the selected works of Trollope. Octavo, eight volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 110324
