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First Edition of A Pictorial History of the Negro in America; Signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer
HUGHES, Langston and Milton Meltzer.
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 140222
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First Edition of The Dark Half; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen .
The Dark Half.
New York: The Viking Press, 1989.
First edition of this novel by the author of The Shining. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Front jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. Photograph of King by Tabitha King.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146044
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author at his home on the half-title page, "Ayot St Lawrence 5th Oct. 1934 Dear Dr. Shaw This afternoon is impossible: as you see, I am out of reach. I shall be in London tomorrow. If you ring up Whitehall 3160 my secretary may be able to fix up a meeting for us. faithfully G. Bernard Shaw.' Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 131696
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“But what was more admirable in Babylon, and eclipsed every thing else, was the only daughter of the king, named Formosanta": First Edition of Voltaire's The Princess of Babylon
VOLTAIRE (AROUET, François-Marie).
Voyages et Aventures d’une Princesse Babylonienne [The Princess of Babylon].
Geneve: 1768.
First edition of one of Voltaire's best-known works of prose. Octavo, original full period calf, gilt titles to the spine, red morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 82403
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First Edition of William Faulkner's These Thirteen
FAULKNER, William.
These Thirteen (13).
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of Faulkner's first collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, blue topstain. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 60040
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First Edition of Stephen King's Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah.
Hampton Falls, NH: Donald Grant, 2004.
First trade edition of King's sixth installment in his acclaimed Dark Tower Series. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Darrel Anderson.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 144596
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“FREEDOM IS THE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT OF MAN’S MIND”: FIRST EDITION OF AYN RAND'S CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL; SIGNED BY HER
RAND, Ayn; Essays by Nathaniel Branden.
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
New York: New American Library, 1966.
First edition of this collection of essays—which Rand, in her introduction, characterizes as “a nonfiction footnote to Atlas Shrugged.” Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Ayn Rand 1/21/71." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, ownership to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by S.A. Summit, Inc. With additional articles by Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, and Robert Hessen. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 133525
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Finely Bound First Editions of Henry Yule's The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East
YULE, Colonel Henry.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition of Yule's important work which correlated Polo's travels with their present-day locations. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling featuring naval vignettes and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with maps and engraved illustrations many folding and in color. In near fine condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 90447
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Rare elaboratley bound Victorian Era Guest Book
19th Century Victorian Era Blank Guest Book.
Elaborately bound 19th century Victorian era guest book. Large folio, elaborately bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel reading "Liber Salutatorum [Book of Salutations] London 1848," elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition with every page left blank and with no inscriptions.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139520
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Signed Limited Edition of Pablo Neruda's We Are Many
NERUDA, Pablo.
We Are Many.
Cape Coliard Press, 1967.
Signed limited edition, one of only 100 examples, this is number 65. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with a cut-out by Jim Dine. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda and the translator Alistair Reid. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Alistair Reid. Photographs by Hans Ehrmann.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 133314
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First American edition of Thomas Mann's Joseph in Egypt; inscribed by him to Carl H. Pforzheimer
MANN, Thomas.
Joseph in Egypt.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938.
First American edition of the third installment of Mann's four-part novel retelling the vast saga of Genesis, which Mann considered his greatest work. Octavo, 2 volumes, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Herr Pforzheimer, herrlich dankbar fur schonste, reichste Gastfreundschaft" which translates as "thankful for a beautiful summer day in his wonderful estate." The recipient, Carl H. Pforzheimer was a founder of the American Stock Exchange and amassed a large fortune on Wall Street as a specialist in Standard Oil stock. He was an avid collector of rare books and manuscripts and built the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 96001
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"Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!": First Edition of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewhit; with the signature of the dedicatee, famed English philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts laid in
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of the last of Dickens' picaresque novels. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with by "Phiz" with 40 plates. With a clipped signature of the dedicatee, Angela Burdett-Coutts laid in. The dedicatee, Angela Burdett-Coutts became one of the wealthiest women in England in 1837 when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans.…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139459
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First Edition of Weegee's Naked City; Inscribed and Dated by Weegee
WEEGEE,.
Naked City.
New York: Essential Books, 1945.
First edition of this classic photography book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed and dated in 1946 by Weegee. An excellent tight example that shows some rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 5805
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Rare edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God is Within You
TOLSTOI, Count Leo. [Tolstoy].
The Kingdom of God is Within You: Or, Christianity Not as a Mystical Doctrine, but as a New Life-Conception.
London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1894.
First edition in English of the culmination of 30 years of Tolstoy's thinking which lays out a new organization for society based on an interpretation of Christianity focusing on universal love. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Translated from the original Russian by A. Delano. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 124089
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First Modern Library Edition of Seven Gothic Tales; Signed by Isak Dinesen
DINESEN, Isak [Karen Blixen].
Seven Gothic Tales.
New York: The Modern Library , 1934.
First Modern Library edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Isak Dinesen 8.3.1959." From the library of Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies' Home Journal for almost 27 years, from 1935 through 1962, including the golden years of the magazine. Time magazine wrote upon their 1962 retirement, the Goulds took an undistinguished journal in a field that "took the patronizing view that a woman's interests were largely confined to the home" and led by "Beatrice's sure feeling for the emancipated…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145980
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'Earthrise' Photograph Inscribed by Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Frank Borman ‘Earthrise’ Photograph Signed.
Glossy color photograph of the iconic 'Earthrise' image taken by Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, signed by mission commander Frank Borman, "Apollo 8 Earthrise, Frank Borman, 1968." In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146733
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First Edition of Barry Hannah's Airships; Inscribed by Him to his Publisher Seymour Lawrence
HANNAH, Barry .
Airships.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his publisher Seymour Lawrence on the half-title page to his publisher, "For Sam Lawrence - Here's to your good and fortunate life, and our good times together- Barry Hannah Oxford '86." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcinello. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 143006
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First Edition of Edgar Beecher Bronson's In Closed Territory; Lengthily by Him
BRONSON, Edgar Beecher.
In Closed Territory.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1910.
First edition of Beecher Bronson's classic account of his hunting experiences in Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with nearly 100 photographs by the author. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "The author inscribed this volume for a well-loved kindred spirit.... Edwin Willard Deming, EB Bronson NY 12 Nov '12." The recipient was American artist Edwin Willard Deming, who studied under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre. In 1887 Deming first visited and painted the Apaches and Pueblos of the Southwest. His career of painting and illustrating took him repeatedly to the lands of the Blackfoot, Crow, and Sioux, as…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 62067
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The Great Crash; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Great Crash 1929.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.
First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147988
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Finely Bound Edition of Rudyard Kipling's The First and Second Jungle Books; Bound by Bayntun Bindery with a Fore-Edge Painting
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Macmillan, 1978.
Finely bound edition of both volumes of The Jungle Book, with an exceptional fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 139448
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“What makes me happy I seem to catch out of the sky with both hands; I only hold whatever it is that I love because that is all I can really see": First Edition of Jane Bowles' Two Serious Ladies
BOWLES, Jane.
Two Serious Ladies.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A sharp example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142122
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; elaborately bound in full morocco
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With A Glossary.
Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1825.
Finely bound example of the collected dramatic works of William Shakespeare. 12mo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels withing triple gilt ruling to the spine and front panels, gilt turn-ins and wide gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, engraved additional pictorial title and title-vignette. In very good condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142618
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"I am a Christian Because of Owen Meany": First Edition of A Prayer For Owen Meany; Warmly signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989.
First edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Warmly signed by the author on the title page, "Merry Christmas John Irving." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145910
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“I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you're sick and when you're lonesome": First Edition, First Issue of Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome
WHARTON, Edith.
Ethan Frome.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt topstain. In near fine condition contemporary name to the front free endpaper. A very nice example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 98455
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First Editions of Andre L. Simon's The History of the Wine Trade in England; Both Volumes Inscribed by Him
SIMON, Andre L.
The History of the Wine Trade in England. Volumes I and II.
London: Wyman & Sons, 1906-07.
First editions of Simon's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth, two volumes. Both volumes are inscribed by Andre Simon, with volume one inscribed twice by him. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 96872
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Rare complete collection of all 80 issues of The Magic World
PIERCE, J.E and Walter B. Gibson.
The Magic World.
Philadelphia: The Magic World Publishing Co, 1917-1924.
Rare complete collection of all 80 issues of The Magic World, the early 20th century periodical 'Devoted to the Interests of Magicians, Ventriloquists, Illusionists, and Others of the Allied Arts.' Octavo, 80 issues, illustrated. The issues range from April 1917 to June 1924, several feature stories about Harry Houdini with his magic trick tutorials. In near fine condition. Housed in three stiff paper wrappers.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 132590
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Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface; Signed by Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, Buzz.
Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface.
Photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module 'Eagle' onto the surface of the moon. Color photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module "Eagle" onto the surface of the moon. Boldly signed in silver felt tip, 'Buzz Aldrin.' In near fine condition. The piece measures 9.75 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145294
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"Then freeing up her pent-up soul she rushed in frantic race, and fragments of the miller's wheel threw in the miller's face": First Edition of Julia Ward Howe's Passion-Flowers; inscribed by her to fellow author Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
HOWE, Julia Ward.
Passion-Flowers.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854.
First edition of Julia Ward Howe's first book. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, publisher's advertisements at rear dated 1853. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper prior to publication, "Lizzie Agassiz from her Julia Howe Dec. 22nd 1853." The recipient, Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American author, naturalist, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In very good condition with the gilt to the spine bright. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 109025
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First Edition of Genes and Genomes; Inscribed by Paul Berg and Maxine Singer to Francis Crick
BERG, Paul and Maxine Singer.
Genes & Genomes: A Changing Perspective.
Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, 1991.
First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by Paul Berg to fellow Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick, “To Francis, For our admiration of all your contributions to this field. All the best Paul.” Maxine Singer has also signed her name below Berg's inscription. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. An excellent association copy, linking two Nobel Prize-winning scientists Francis Crick and Paul Berg, both awarded for their contributions in the field of DNA.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 14043
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"Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well": Sixteen Volumes of the Works of John O’Hara; Bound in Leather
O'HARA, John.
The Works of John O’Hara.
New York: : Random House, .
First editions. Octavo, 16 volumes. Elegantly bound in three quarter red morocco. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. An attractive group.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 4370
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories; Signed by Him
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
Early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Rear panel photograph by Jerry Bauer. Translated from the Spanish by J.S. Bernstein. A superior example, uncommon signed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 97433
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First Edition of Beverly Cleary's Henry and Ribsy; Signed by Her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Henry and Ribsy.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954.
First edition of the third book in Cleary's classic Henry Huggins series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Beverly Cleary on the title page. In very good condition. Illustrated by Lois Darling.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 10007
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Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell
Early 20th Century French Empire Doré Bronze Eagle Inkwell.
c. 1920.
Early 20th Century French Empire Doré bronze inkwell featuring prominently a large bronze eagle flanked by two bronze inkwells on clawed feet. Sited on a green marble base atop two bronze winged lions and two rear feet. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches long, 7.25 inches deep, and 8.5 inches tall. In fine condition. A handsome library decoration.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 90475
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"Ignorance, not sin, is what involves a person in suffering": First Edition of The Gnostic Gospels; Inscribed by Elaine Pagels to Fellow Writer Annie Dillard
PAGELS, Elaine [Annie Dillard].
The Gnostic Gospels.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of the author's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author to fellow writer Annie Dillard on the half-title page, "For Annie with best wishes from Elaine Pagels." The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and her books have been translated into at least ten languages. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari. From the…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147309
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"Oh baby you're the only thing in this whole world That's pure and good and right": Bat Out of Hell Album; Signed by Meat Loaf and four other musicians
ADAY, Michael Lee [Meat Loaf]; Edgar Winter; Todd Rundgren; Roger Powell; Kasim Sulton.
Meat Loaf Signed Bat Out of Hell Album.
New York: Cleveland International Records, 1977.
Meat Loaf's debut studio album, released in 1977. Boldly signed by Meat Loaf, Edgar Winter, Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell, and Kasim Sulton on the front panel. Each of the artists which appear here rocked in the same sphere with artist and producer Rundgren having production credits with multiple music albums including 'Bat Out of Hell,' Sulton performing bass and singing background vocals for Meat Loaf, and Winter playing saxophone on this explosive breakout album. In near fine condition. Record included.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147517
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First Edition of Pearl Buck's Classic First Novel The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 143665
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“No profession requires more hard work, intelligence, patience, and mental discipline than successful speculation": First Edition of The Dow Theory; Inscribed by Robert Rhea
RHEA, Robert.
The Dow Theory: An Explanation of Its Development and an Attempt to Define Its Usefulness As An Aid In Speculation.
New York: Barron's, 1932.
First edition of this classic work by one of the pioneering figures in the history of Dow Theory. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Katherine Hubert from the compiler of these notes Robert Rhea June 22, 1933." Laid into this volume is a pamphlet by Rhea, entitled the "Dow Theory Comment." Books inscribed by Rhea are rare.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 3180
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First edition of William Inge's A Loss of Roses; inscribed by him to actor Peter O'Toole
INGE, William. [Peter O'Toole].
A Loss of Roses: A New Play by William Inge.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of Inge's 1959 play, from the working library of legendary stage and screen actor Peter O'Toole. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Peter O'Toole Best wishes, Bill Inge." The recipient, Peter O'Toole, began his acting career in the 1950s, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company, before making his television debut in 1954. Based at the Bristol Old Vic from 1956 to 1958, he starred in numerous productions including King Lear (1956), The Recruiting Officer…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 123340
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"The Truth Will Set You Free. But Not Until It Is Finished With You": First Edition Of The Author’s Magnum Opus Infinite Jest; With a Signed Promotional of this Novel
WALLACE, David Foster.
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed promotional of Infinite Jest laid in. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146279
