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"Earthrise, Christmas 1968": Official NASA Apollo 8 'Earthrise' Photograph Signed by James Lovell and Frank Borman
LOVELL, James and Frank Borman.
James Lovell and Frank Borman Inscribed ‘Earthrise’ NASA Photograph.
1968.
Official NASA photograph of 'Earthrise.' Glossy, color photograph of the Earth as seen from space by the Apollo 8 crew after performing lunar orbit insertion burn, NASA caption text and Kodak watermarks to the verso of the photograph, signed by Frank Borman in silver ink, "Frank Borman Apollo 8 CDR," and James Lovell, "James Lovell Apollo 8 CMP," who additionally signed "Earthrise, Christmas 1968" above his signature. In fine condition with fading to the NASA text on the verso. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 145373
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First Edition of The Strategy of Conflict; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas Schelling
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
The Strategy of Conflict.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960.
First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket that has some chipping and wear to the extremities. Rare in the original dust jacket and inscribed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 30057
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First Edition of Jurgen Habermas' Knowledge and Human Interests; Signed by Him and Daniel Bell
HABERMAS, Jurgen [Daniel Bell].
Knowledge and Human Interests.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1971.
First edition in English of Habermas' classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Jurgen Habermas on the front free endpaper. Sociologist Daniel Bell's copy, with his signature and his extensive notes throughout. Translated by Jeremy J. Shapiro. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket desiged by Richard C. Bartlett.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 49027
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Fine collection of several editions of Joyce's Ulysses and other works
JOYCE, James.
James Joyce Ulysses Collection.
London and New York: Various publishers, 1932-1998.
Collection of several editions of Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses. The collection is comprised of a first American edition of Ulysses [New York: Random House, 1934]; early printing of the Unlimited edition of Ulysses [London: The Bodley Head, 1949]; the Odyssey Press edition of Ulysses in two volumes [Hamburg: The Odyssey Press, 1932]; early printing of the New edition of Ulysses in a dust jacket [London: The Bodley Head, 1967]; facsimile edition of the first edition of Ulysses housed in a custom full buckram box [Shelton: The First Edition Library, n.d.]; facsimile edition of the second edition of Ulysses [London: The Folio…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 132480
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First edition of Wall Street 1955: Investment Careers, Procedures & Precepts; signed by Legendary Wall Street trader Gerald M. Loeb
LOEB, Gerald M.; Bernard M. Baruch; Benjamin Graham; William S. Goedecke; Walter Maynard; John Stevenson et al.
Wall Street 1955: Investment Careers, Procedures & Precepts.
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Daily News, 1954.
First edition of this compilation of reports published by Yale as an introduction to Wall Street for aspiring students. Quarto, original wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Gerald M. Loeb on the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 116393
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The author's autograph edition of Richard Byrd's Little America; Additionally inscribed by him to Eleanor Roosevelt
BYRD, Richard Evelyn. [Eleanor Roosevelt].
Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic The Flight to the South Pole.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930.
Signed limited edition of Byrd’s account of his first expedition to the South Pole. Octavo, original publisher's half parchment over blue boards, with 74 illustrations and maps. Author's Autograph Edition, one of one thousand copies signed by the author and publisher on the limitation leaf, this is number 303. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Eleanor Roosevelt with the highest possible admiration and affectionate regards Dick Byrd New Years Day 1931." The recipient, Eleanor Roosevelt, first met Richard Byrd when her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Byrd, a recent…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 124132
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First edition in English of Yukio Mishima's Five Modern No Plays; inscribed by him to Bella Spewack
MISHIMA, Yukio.
Five Modern Nō Plays.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957.
First edition in English of the author's collection of five Nō plays. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated wit ten photographs in half tone. Translated, with am introduction by Donald Keene. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Belle Spewack with the author's best wishes Yukio Mishima Feb. 1966 Tokyo." The recipient, Bella and her husband Samuel Spewack co-authored several of the most memorable works of musical theatre history including Kiss Me, Kate. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Philip Grushkin.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 138221
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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself": First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman; Inscribed by him
SHAW, George Bernard.
Man and Superman.
Westminster: Archibald and Constable & Co., Ltd, 1903.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Charles Roebuck Ramsden Goodhart from G. Bernard Shaw 21st May 1905." In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 132653
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Rare Ulysses S. Grant Autograph; Additionally Signed by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and U.S. Generals Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler
GRANT, Ulysses S.; Hamilton Fish; Leonard Wood; Joseph Wheeler.
Ulysses S. Grant, Hamilton Fish, Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler Autographs.
N.p., [1874-1902].
Autographs of President Ulysses S. Grant, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, and United States Army Generals Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler. Octavo, one page. Signed by Grant, "U. S. Grant." Additionally signed and dated by Wheeler ("Joseph Wheeler Genl. USA. Apl. 11. 1902"), Wood (Leonard Wood Army Genl USA June 30th 1902"), and Fish ("Hamilton Fish Sect of State June 5/74"). In very good condition with light toning to the edges. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 146684
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Bobby Jones Signed Photograph
JONES, Bobby (Robert Tyre Jones.
Bobby Jones Signed Photograph.
Photograph of Bobby Jones, boldly inscribed by him, "For Dave Christensen with warmest regards Bob Jones." The photograph measures 7 inches by 9 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5 inches by 18 inches.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 92769
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"One of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century": Rare Original Hank William's Country Hit Parade Original Songbook; Signed by Hank Williams and all four members of the Drifting Cowboys
WILLIAMS, Hank.
Hank Williams’ Country Hit Parade Original Songbook Signed.
Nashville, Tennessee: Acuff-Rose Publications, c. 1950.
Rare original songbook featuring scores to Hank Williams' most popular country songs. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, featuring 20 of Williams' most popular songs, illustrated with photographs. Signed on the front panel by Hank Williams and all four members of the final line-up of The Drifting Cowboys: steel guitarist Don Helms, fiddler Jerry Rivers, guitarist Sammy Pruett and bassist Cedric Rainwater. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed by Williams and his final ensemble.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 96144
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Rare original photograph of the 946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference; signed by Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Jan Smuts and each other sitter
ATLEE, Clement; Ben Chifley; Walter Nash; Jan Smuts; et al.
Clement Atlee Signed 1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference Photograph.
1946.
Large original photograph of the 1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, signed by UK Prime Minister Clement Atlee among every other sitter. The large silver gelatin print is signed on the mount by UK Prime Minister Clement Atlee, Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Walter Nash, South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts, and Labour Cabinet Minister Arthur Henderson among others. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 34.5 inches by 24.5 inches.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 137423
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Large etching of Chaim Weizmann signed by him and artist Harry S. Moskovitz
WEIZMANN, Chaim.
Chaim Weizmann Signed Etching.
Signed portrait of the renowned Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann and signed by the artist Harry S. Moskovitz in lower margin. Moskovitz was a celebrated portrait painter and graphic artist whose subjects included Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. The etching measures 11 inches by 14 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17.5 inches by 21 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 1186448
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First Edition of Saving Private Ryan: A Film by Steven Spielberg; signed by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks
SPIELBERG, Steven. Photographs by David James; [Tom Hanks].
Saving Private Ryan: A Film by Steven Spielberg.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1999.
First edition of the illustrated book companion to the Academy Award-winning film. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with photographs by David James. Presentation copy, inscribed by Steven Spielberg on the front panel, "Bill, Remember when... Steven Spielberg" and additionally inscribed by Tom Hanks, "To Bill, Peace. Forever. Tom Hanks." In fine condition. Mounted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 15 inches.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 132619
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"With kindest regards and happy memories of a most important day in the history of the U.S.A": Harry Truman signed photograph
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman Signed Photograph.
1957.
Large black and white photograph of the Senate Committee investigation headed by Harry Truman into the $40 million contract for wartime planes with Howard Hughes and Henry J. Kaiser, lengthily inscribed by Truman, "To my good friend and Committee Councilor Charles Patrick Clark, with kindest regards and happy memories of a most important day in the history of the U.S.A. Harry Truman, Chm, Independence, Mar. 15, '57." To the sides of the inscription Truman has listed those in attendance. In near fine condition. The photograph measures 13.5 inches by 10.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 94776
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed": First Edition of A History of the 90th Division in World War II; Signed by General Dwight Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
A History of the 90th Division in World War II: 6 June 1944 to 9 May 1945.
Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Publishing Company , 1946.
First edition of this work on the 90th division in World II. Quarto, original leatherette boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by General Dwight Eisenhower on the title page, "To Skippe Sheppard Best wishes from Dwight D. Eisenhower." The recipient, Captain Harlo John Sheppard was in the 712th Tank Division, with his name and notes throughout. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed by Eisenhower, this is the first example we have seen.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 140008
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RARE HANDWRITTEN ETHIOPIAN COPTIC GE’EZ BIBLE ILLUMINATED WITH FULL-PAGE MINIATURE PAINTINGS
Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible.
Ethiopia: C. 18th Century.
Rare illustrated Ethiopian Coptic Ge’ez Bible. Duodecimo, bound in full leather with elaborate tooling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, parchment manuscript in black and red ink, with six full-page hand-painted miniatures depicting the Annunciation, the Madonna and child, Saint George slaying the dragon, Michael striking down Lucifer, Saint Tekle Haymanot of Ethiopia, and the Transfiguration of Jesus. The book measures 5 inches in height and 3.75 inches in width. Writing to the final two leaves with a hand-hemmed corner on the last leaf from a previous owner.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 145311
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“Only the magic and the dream are true — all the rest's a lie": First Edition of Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea; Signed by Her
RHYS, Jean.
Wide Sargasso Sea.
London: Andre Deutsch , 1966.
First edition of this “tour de force” (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jean Rhys. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Introduction by Francis Wyndham. Jacket design by Eric Thomas. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 45075
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Rare 1791 London edition of Thomas Paine's A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North-America
PAINE, Thomas.
A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North-America. In Which the Mistakes in the Abbes Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up.
London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1791.
1791 London edition of Paine's passionate reply to the Abbe Raynal, preceded by the 1782 Philadelphia and London editions Octavo, bound in half diced calf over marbled boards, all edges speckled red. In very good condition. Bookplate to the pastedown. Ownership name to the title page. Rare.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 134029
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First Edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rare First Book The Naval War of 1812
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Naval War of 1812 or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War With Great Britain.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882.
Rare first edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s landmark first book. Octavo, original blue cloth, titles the spine in gilt, gilt vignette to the front panel.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 92868
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"The true natural rights of men, then, are equal justice, security of labor and property, the amenities of civilized institutions, and the benefits of orderly society": First edition of Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind
KIRK, Russell.
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953.
First edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions are scarce.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 142023
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First Editions of Ford Madox Ford's Classic Tetralogy Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up and Last Post
FORD, Ford Madox.
Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up and Last Post.
New York: 1924-1928.
First editions of each novel in the author's classic modernist series Parade's End. Octavo, four volumes. Each volume is in very good to near fine condition, with A Man Could Stand Up in the original dust jacket. Each volume is housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional presentation of this set.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 143044
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“the feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead in a prospect of inconjecturable magic": First Edition of Each Work in Patrick Leigh Fermor's Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick.
A Time of Gifts; Between the Woods and the Water; The Broken Road.
London: John Murray, 1977-2013.
First editions of each volume in Leigh Fermor's trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water are signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. The Broken Road, which was published posthumously is signed by editors Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper on the title page. Jacket artwork by John Craxton. Near fine in excellent dust jackets, name to the front free endpaper on the first volume. An exceptional set, uncommon signed.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 137399
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From the Library of Stephen Hawking
SCHMUTZER, E. [Stephen Hawking].
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation . . Jena, 14-19 July 1980.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
First edition of this work on relativity and gravitation. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 119378