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"The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book": First Edition of The Bogey Man; Inscribed by George Plimpton and Jack Nicklaus To Max Steele
PLIMPTON, George [Jack Nicklaus].
The Bogey Man.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of Plimpton's classic work on golf. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "For Great Max another wild effusion- George." The recipient was Max Steele, who along with Plimpton started The Paris Review. Additionally inscribed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus on the front free endpaper to the same recipient, Max Steele. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Korn. A unique example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136489
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"Doctor Eduardo Plarr stood in the small port on the Parana, among the rails of yellow cranes": Rare first edition of Graham Greene's classic British thriller novel The Honorary Consul; Warmly Inscribed by Him
GREENE, Graham.
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1973.
First edition of one of Greene's own favorite works. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Philip with love, from Graham." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137548
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First Edition of Wanda Wassilewska's Rainbow; Signed by Her
WASSILEWSKA, Wanda [Wasilewska].
Rainbow. The Story of a Ukrainian Village Under German Occupation.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1945.
First edition of this work by Wassilewska. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Wanda Wassilewska Kiev. XI.63." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Translated by Edith Bone. Although not marked in anyway, this is from the library of John and Elaine Steinbeck. Books signed by Wassilewska are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 112421
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“In this age of ours it's hard to say with certainty that having lived was better than not having been born in the first place": First Edition of Oe's A Personal Matter; Warmly Inscribed by him to Translator Howard Hibbett
OE, Kenzaburo.
A Personal Matter.
New York: Grove Press, 1968.
First edition in English (preceding the British edition by one year) of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author in Japanese on the front free endpaper to Howard Hibbett. The recipient, Howard Hibbett was a prominent Harvard scholar, translator of Japanese literature and friend of Oe's. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with Hibbett's occasional marginalia. Jacket design by Kuhlman Associates. Translated from the Japanese by John Nathan. An exceptional association, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 139621
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First Edition of Linear Programming and Economic Analysis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Paul A. Samuelson and Robert M. Solow
SAMUELSON, Paul A.; Robert M. Solow; Robert Dorfman.
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., 1958.
First edition of this classic text. Octavo, original gray cloth. Signed by both Paul A. Samuelson and Robert M. Solow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4031
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First Edition of The Magnificent Ambersons; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Lengthily Inscribed by Booth Tarkington
TARKINGTON, Booth.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the classic Orson Wells film often regarded as among the greatest films of all time. Octavo, bound in full 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 panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, " For Rose and John Narteau from Florence and John Jameson and inscribed, with pleasure by Booth Tarkington Indianapolis…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144080
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Rare First Edition of Edna Lewis' First Book: The Edna Lewis Cookbook
LEWIS, Edna and Evangeline Peterson.
The Edna Lewis Cookbook.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1972.
First edition of Edna Lewis' first book. Octavo, original cloth.Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives. Jacket photograph by John T. Hill. First editions are scarce.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145073
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"Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!": First Edition of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewhit
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, illustrated with 40 plates. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133790
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First American Edition of Leo Tolstoy's Where Love is, There God is Also
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Where Love Is, There God Is Also.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1887.
First American edition in English of Tolstoy's short story in reference to the Catholic hymn Ubi Caritas. Small octavo, original cloth with elaborate gilt tooling to the front panel. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96100
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First Edition of The Prohibition Mania; Inscribed by Clarence Darrow
DARROW, Clarence and Victor S. Yarros.
The Prohibition Mania: A Reply to Professor Irving Fisher and Others
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
First edition of Darrow and Yarros' forceful answer to economist Irving Fisher's defense of Prohibition. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Inscribed to S.D. Green with the regards of Clarence Darrow Nov. 20th 1927." In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 100936
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"O Daughter of the rose, whose cheeks unite the diff'ring titles of the red and white; which heav'ns alternate beauty well display the blush of morning, and the milky way": First Edition of Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems in Rare Contemporary Binding
DRYDEN, John.
Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems.
London: Jacob Tonson, 1700.
First edition of this collection of fables with nearly 12,000 verses translated or paraphrased from various including Homer, Chaucer and Ovid. Quarto, bound in contemporary calf Cambridge binding, tooled and lettered in gilt on spine, raised bands. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 104852
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"When I first heard about Big Sur I didn't know that it was a member of the Confederate States of America": First Edition of A Confederate General from Big Sur; Signed by Richard Brautigan
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
A Confederate General from Big Sur.
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964.
First edition of Brautigan's first published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Larry Rivers. Jacket photograph by Erik Weber. A very nice example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 110462
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First Edition of Content and Consciousness: An Analysis of Mental Phenomena; Inscribed by Daniel C. Dennett
DENNETT, Daniel C.
Content and Consciousness: An Analysis of Mental Phenomena.
London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Annie- Daniel C. Dennett 3/5/23." Also laid in is a note from Dennett stating, "* My memoir: I've Been Thinking in October." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145503
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First Edition of Honeymoon; Inscribed by Patrick Modiano to Fellow Novelist Philip Roth
MODIANO, Patrick [Philip Roth].
Honeymoon.
Boston: Verba Mundi/ David A. Godine, 1995.
First American edition of this "haunting tale of quiet intensity" (Review of Contemporary Fiction). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Philip, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Roth first gained attention with the 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus, which won the National Book Award for Fiction. Ten years later, he published the bestseller Portnoy’s Complaint. Nathan Zuckerman, Roth’s literary alter-ego, narrates several of his books. A fictionalized Philip Roth serves as narrator for some of his others, such as the alternate history The Plot Against America, Roth went on to be one of the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146091
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First edition of Horace Porter's Campaigning with Grant
PORTER, Horace. [Ulysses S. Grant].
Campaigning with Grant.
New York: The Century Co., 1897.
First edition of Horace Porter's Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with portraits and maps. In good condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 132638
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“We'll meet again, we'll part once more”: First Edition of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake; In exceptional condition
JOYCE, James.
Finnegans Wake.
New York: The Viking Press, 1939.
First American edition, one of 6000 copies printed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133129
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Rare Original Silk Stockings Script
KAUFMAN, George S..
Silk Stockings Original Musical Script.
New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library, .
Rare original Silk Stockings shooting script with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Quarto, original black Hart Stenographic Bureau leatherette wrappers bound and bradded. In near fine condition. Annotations throughout. Accompanied by the vocal part of Ninotchka which is in fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 110658
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“Some people are moulded by their aspirations, others by their hostilities”: FIRST EDITION OF ELIZABETH'S BOWEN'S THE DEATH OF THE HEART; INSCRIBED BY HER IN THE MONTH OF PUBLICATION
BOWEN, Elizabeth.
The Death of the Heart.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938.
First edition of Bowen's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the month of publication, "William from Elizabeth October 1938." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed as most examples are signed on a bookplate.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 117614
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing, On The Rocks; Inscribed by Him
SHAW, George Bernard.
Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing, On The Rocks.
London: Constable and Company Limited, 1934.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page on the half-title page, "To Blanche Patch's friend, Mrs. Frank Kinder, from G. Bernard Shaw 9th Nov. 1934." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142340
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Rare first edition of The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals; signed by influential paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson
SIMPSON, George Gaylord.
The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals.
New York: Published by the Order of the Trustees, 1945.
Rare first edition of Simpson's classic work on mammalian taxonomy. Quarto, original wrappers as issued. Signed by the paleontologist on the front panel. Ownership inscriptions. With a note of provenance laid in which reads, "If you go into taxonomy, this might be a nice classic to own. He autographed it for me when I drove him to Boston from a talk he gave in Conn. years ago. His accutron intrigued me, & I later got one (before Dr. Aft got his, even). My best, Doc." In very good condition. Exceedingly rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129508
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Two Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters
MITCHELL, Margaret.
Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters.
1941-42.
Two letters signed in full by Margaret Mitchell, author on the classic Gone With the Wind. Both letters addressed to Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart and his wife, one dated December 26, 1941, the other December 19, 1942, each with their original envelopes; both letters refer to the commissioning of the U.S.S. Atlanta.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 21082
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"Our fathers fought bravely. But do you know the biggest weapon unleashed by the enemy against them? It was not the Maxim gun. It was division among them. Why? Because a people united in faith are stronger than the bomb": Rare Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of A Grain of Wheat; Inscribed by Ngugi
NGUGI, James.
A Grain of Wheat.
London: William Heinemann, 1967.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Warmly inscribed by Ngugi on the title page, "For John Your favorite? Mine too! Ngugi." In very good condition with some spotting to the wrappers.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 45014
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Rare 17th century printing of Rufus' celebrated history of Alexander the Great
CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus.
De Rebus Alexandri Magni, Cum Commentario Perpetuo & Indice Absolutissimo Samuelis Pitisci. [History of Alexander the Great].
Utrecht: Apud Franciscum Halma, 1685.
Rare 17th century printing of Rufus' celebrated history of Alexander the Great. Octavo, bound in full vellum, with engraved title, folding map and 9 engraved plates (some folding) depicting the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a view of the ancient city, and a folding map of Alexander's domain. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131499
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"To know Indians was to take a delight in people as people; every encounter was an adventure": First Editions of each volume in Naipaul's India Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India; India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964-1990.
First editions of each of the author's works in his acclaimed Indian Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 90453
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First Edition of Dangling Man; Signed by Saul Bellow and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed by Saul on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146618
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"Our mighty weapon, the cooking spoon" The Joy of Cooking; Signed by Irma Rombauer
ROMBAUER, Irma S.
The Joy of Cooking.
Indianapolis/ New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941.
Early printing of Irma S. Rombauer's culinary classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joe with all good wishes most cordially Irma S. Rombauer." In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 115098
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The Weimar edition of The Works of Friedrich Schiller; elaborately bound in full morocco
SCHILLER, Friedrich.
The Works of Friedrich Schiller.
Weimar and New York: The Northern Press, Printed for Subscribers only, n.d.
The Weimar edition of the collected works of Friedrich Schiller. Octavo, 10 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, watered silk endleaves and doublures with central gilt mongrams "EHR", top edge gilt, illustrated with numerous hand-colored photogravures. One of 100 numbered copies of the Weimar edition, this is number 2. Provenance: from the collection of Fred and Kay Krehbiel. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 143624
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's First book Williwaw; inscribed to his stepmother's father
VIDAL, Gore.
Williwaw.
New York: Dutton, 1946.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Owen Roberts, very best wishes -- Gore Vidal, 1946." The recipient, Owen Roberts was the father of Katherine "Kit" Vidal, second wife of Eugene Vidal, Gore's father. He was a multimillionaire, who bought -- and sold -- a seat twice on the New York Stock Exchange, before devoting himself to collecting Chinese art and antiquities. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 125772
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Rare first separate edition of Holbrook Working's New Concepts Concerning Futures Markets and Prices
WORKING, Holbrook.
New Concepts Concerning Futures Markets and Prices.
Stanford, California: Stanford University Food Research Institute Papers, June 1962.
Rare first separate edition of Working's notable treatise on futures markets. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 126437
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Photograph of President Reagan; Inscribed to his Brother-in-law Dr. Richard A. Davis
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.
1987.
Signed photograph of President Ronald Reagan standing with Dr. Richard A. Davis, Nancy Reagan's brother, inscribed on the matte, "Every good wish Dick & Warmest regard Ronald Reagan." Official photograph of the White House, ink stamp on to the verso, with printed invitation to unveiling of the Harvey Cushing Stamp. Matted and framed with the seal of the President of the United States. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 10.5 inches. From the library of Dr. Richard A. Davis, brother of First Lady Nancy Reagan. Davis had a close relationship with his sister and President Reagan. They visited the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 132879
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"All this life, must be life, since it is so much like a dream": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo
CONRAD, Joseph.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard.
London: Harper & Brothers, 1904.
First edition of what many consider to be Conrad's masterpiece, one of 2000 examples. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped in gilt. An excellent near fine example with light shelfwear, with the spine gilt nice and bright. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135318
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First Edition of The Mathematical Experience; Inscribed by Both Davis and Hersh
DAVIS, Philip J. and Reuben Hersh.
The Mathematical Experience.
Boston: Birkhauser , 1981.
First edition of the authors' classic introduction to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "For McAllister Hull from Reuben Hersh and from Philip J. Davis." The recipient McAllister Hull was an American theoretical physicist who took part in the creation of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki in 1945, ending World War II. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Gian-Carlo Rota. Uncommon and desirable signed by both Hersh and Davis.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 100450
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“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt": First Editions of The Charlie Brown Dictionary; Volume One Inscribed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M.
The Charlie Brown Dictionary.
New York: 1973.
Complete set of The Charlie Brown Dictionary, volume one inscribed by Charles M. Schulz. Octavo, 7 volumes. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in volume one on the half-title page, "For Steve- Best wishes Charles M. Schulz." In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140262
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First Edition of Candy; Inscribed by Terry Southern
SOUTHERN, Terry.
Candy.
Evanston, Ill: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1965.
First printing of this edition of Southern's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Harry with all best wishes Terry Southern." In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 121443
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First British Edition of Midnight's Children; Inscribed by Salman Rushdie
RUSHDIE, Salman.
Midnight’s Children.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
First British edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Charles- Salman Rushdie." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Botten. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144363
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“The best part of this is the quotations from Bradford at the end. These are as true and relevant to our human situation today as they were in 1972": First Edition of Freeman Dyson's The World, The Flesh and the Devil; Lengthily Signed by Him
DYSON, Freeman J.
The World, The Flesh and the Devil.
London: Birbeck College, 1972.
First edition of this lecture given by Dyson at Birbeck College in London on May 16, 1972. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page with an added note regarding this lecture, which reads, "The best part of this is the quotations from Bradford at the end. These are as true and relevant to our human situation today as they were in 1972. Freeman Dyson January 2010." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and with notes by Dyson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 62076
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"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example": First Edition of Joe Di Maggio's Lucky To Be A Yankee; Signed by Him
DI MAGGIO, Joe [DiMaggio].
Lucky To Be A Yankee.
New York: Rudolph Field, 1946.
First edition of this early autobiography by Joltin' Joe Di Maggio. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the frontispiece in a contemporary hand, "To Dickie with best wishes Joe Di Maggio." Introduction by James A. Farley. Foreword by Grantland Rice. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131271
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Exceptional U.S. Coast Survey Chart of New York City and New York Harbor
FERGUSON, J. and E. Blunt.
Coast Chart No. 120, New York Bay and Harbor, New York.
Washington, D.C: U.S. Coast and Geodesic Survey, 1910.
Rare 1910 reissue of the 1866 U.S. Coast Survey Chart of New York City; one of the first 19th century charts to depict modern New York City including Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island. One page, color map of New York Harbor with an inset view of the Navesink Highlands. Includes harbors, channels, lighthouses, tide tables, and sailing instructions. In near fine condition. Framed. The entire piece measures 34 inches by 27 inches. A brightly colored view of The New York Harbor.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133906
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Rare Centennial International Exposition Stock Certificate; Handsomely Matted and Framed
FELTON, Cornelius C.; [Fred Fraley]; [Ino Welsh].
Centennial International Exhibition Capital Stock Certificate.
Philadelphia: Centennial Board of Finance, 1877.
Rare Centennial International Exhibition lithographic capital stock certificate. Elephant folio, one page, the certificate is dated April 24, 1877 and grants one share of stock in the Centennial Board Finance to Cornelius C. Felton, illustrated with impressive engraved vignettes of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a Native American mourning the progress of industrialization, Roman busts of Presidents Washington and Grant, Lady Liberty, and various scenes of historical and cultural relevance. The recipient of this stock certificate Cornelius Conway Felton, is likely the nephew of Cornelius C. Felton, one-time regent of the Smithsonian Institution and President of Harvard University. In…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146769