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"I feel that my whole life is a contribution"; FIRST EDITION OF THE INCOMPLEAT SINGER; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY FOLKSINGER PETE SEEGER
SEEGER, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz.
The Incompleat Folksinger.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.
First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Robert! Pete Seeger." Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2166
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First Edition of Milan Kundera's The Festival of Insignificance; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
KUNDERA, Milan.
The Festival of Insignificance: A Novel.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2015.
First edition of Kundera's eleventh fictional work. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated by Milan Kundera in the the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Linda Asher.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 26003
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First edition of The Founders of Modern Finance: Their Prize-winning Concepts and 1990 Nobel Lectures; inscribed by Harry M. Markowitz
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.; William F. Sharpe; Merton H. Miller.
The Founders of Modern Finance: Their Prize-winning Concepts and 1990 Nobel Lectures.
Charlottesville: The Research Foundation of The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysis, 1991.
First edition of this collection of the Nobel lectures of Harry M. Markowitz, William F. Sharpe, and Merton H. Miller. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harry M. Markowitz on the title page, "Dear William: Best wishes, Harry Markowitz." In very good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 115906
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Historia delle guerre civili di Francia; Bound in the Original Vellum
DAVILA, Enrico Caterino.
Historia delle guerre civili di Francia.
Venice: Paolo Baglioni, 1642.
Thick octavo, bound in contemporary vellum, 1056 pages. Woodcut title vignette. In excellent condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 1833
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First Edition of Carl Snyder's Capitalism the Creator in the Rare Original Dust Jacket
SNYDER, Carl.
Capitalism the Creator: Economic Foundations of Modern Industrial Society.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940.
First edition of this exposition on capitalism. Octavo, original cloth, with 44 original charts. Original promotional material laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 4506
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Early English translation of Frederick II, King of Prussia's history of the Brandenburg Dynasty
FREDERICK II, King of Prussia.
Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg.
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1748.
Early English translation of Frederick II, King of Prussia's history of the Brandenburg Dynasty. Dedicated to his Royal Highness to Prince of Wales. Authors Preface. Initially published in three installments by Frederick II's private press at the palace of Sanssouci near Berlin, the volumes were read as part of the curriculum at the Prussian Academy of Sciences and considered as the fourth volume of Frederick's Oeuvres du Philosophe de Sans Souci (The works of the philosopher of Sans Souci). Small octavo, disbound with part of the original gilt spine intact. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 92480
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First Edition of Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience; Signed by Ben Bernanke
BERNANKE, Ben S..
Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.
First edition of this ground breaking study. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ben Bernanke on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 109451
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The Language of Post-Modern Architecture; Signed by Charles Jencks
JENCKS, Charles.
The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.
New York: Rizzoli, .
Later enlarged edition of this classic work. Folio, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 1365
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First Edition of Philip Roth's The Prague Orgy; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
Prague Orgy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.
First edition of this novella by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lilly Lee.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 12005
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"I feel that my whole life is a contribution"; FIRST EDITION OF THE INCOMPLEAT SINGER; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY FOLKSINGER PETE SEEGER
SEEGER, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz.
The Incompleat Folksinger.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.
First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For David Pete Seeger." Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133172
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Rare First Edition of Frederick Macaulay's The Movement of Interest Rates, Bond Yields And Stock Prices in the United States Since 1856; In the Original Dust Jacket
MACAULAY, Frederick R.
The Movement of Interest Rates, Bond Yields And Stock Prices in the United States Since 1856.
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1938.
First edition of the work known for introducing the concept of bond duration. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear. With a preface by Wesley C. Mitchell.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 10012
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Johann Christoph Volkamer Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate of die Baumwollen
VOLKAMER, Johann Christoph.
Baumwollen [Cotton Plant] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.
Nuremberg: Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer's 'Nürnbergische Hesperides.' Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of die Baumwollen, or the Cotton Plant. In near fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145527
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First Edition of WestWorld; Signed by Legendary Actor Richard Benjamin
CRICHTON, Michael [Richard Benjamin].
Westworld.
New York: Bantam Books, 1974.
First edition of this work written and directed by Michael Crichton, starring Yul Brenner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by actor Richard Benjamin on the title page. In very good condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140046
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My First Book; with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, and Robert Louis Stevenson
KIPLING, Rudyard; Arthur Conan Doyle.
My First Book.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1897.
The New Edition of My First Book with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece. Introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 121438
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Elaine Steinbeck's French-English English-French Dictionary; signed and dated by her in Paris in 1954
EDITED BY ERNEST A. BAKER. [JOHN STEINBECK; ELAINE STEINBECK],.
Cassell’s French-English English-French Dictionary.
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1953.
Early printing of Cassell's French-English English-French Dictionary from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine Steinbeck. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Steinbeck’s wife, Elaine Steinbeck, on the front free endpaper, "Elaine Steinbeck Paris 1954." In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 114936
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First Edition of Countdown; Inscribed by Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Countdown.
New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.
First edition of the astronaut's classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Marge and Bill With Friendship and very Best Wishes! Frank Borman." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Written with Robert J. Serling.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143859
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First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's The Bread Givers
YEZIERSKA, Anzia .
Bread Givers.
Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925.
First edition of the author's classic novel of Jewish immigrants. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 82178
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First edition of George Cruikshank's Omnibus; elaborately bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son
CRUIKSHANK, George.
George Cruikshank’s Omnibus.
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842.
First edition of George Cruikshank‘s Omnibus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and numerous plates and in-text illustrations by Cruikshank, as well as an engraved portrait of Cruikshank by C.E. Wagstaff. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133420
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"This is Oliva. she is good at a lot of things": Ian Falconer's Olivia; Warmly Inscribed by Ian Falconer and With a Large Drawing
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia.
New York: Atheneum Books, 2000.
First edition, later printing of the author's first book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Olivia opposite the title page, "For ROSALIE! Love OLIVIA and Ian Falconer." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144355
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“FREEDOM IS OFTEN THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR": FIRST EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY EDITION OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ'S THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH; SIGNED BY HIM
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
The General in His Labyrinth: A Novel.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2004.
First Everyman's Library edition of this “fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man” (Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Translated and introduced by Edith Grossman. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Arici Graziano. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde and Abby Weintraub.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137055
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Rare Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Signed Photograph
VON EHRENFRIED, Manfred .
Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried. Boldly signed by him, Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Apollo A9-11B Suit." The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 106020
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"The Founding treatise on pomology": Rare Societe des Bibliophiles Normands Limited Edition reissue of Le Paulmier's Traite Du Vin Et Du Sidre
LE PAULMIER, Julien.
Traite Du Vin Et Du Sidre.
Rouen: H. Lestringant, 1896.
Rare Societe des Bibliophiles Normands Limited Edition reissue of Le Paulmier's foundational work on pomology. Octavo, original wrappers, one of only 200 copies printed, this is number 65. Translated into the French by Jacques Cahaignes. Introduction by Emile Travers. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 110190
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"A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free": First Edition of the Author’s Magnum Opus The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel; Finely Bound
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958.
First edition of Kazantzakis' masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Translated into English by Kimon Friar; illustrations by Ghika. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140664
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First Edition of the Complete Works of Frank O. Gehry; Signed by Him
GEHRY, Frank O.; Francesco Dal Co; Kurt W. Forster.
Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works.
New York: Electra, 2003.
First paperback edition. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition. Signed by Frank Gehry on the title page.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 1392
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"The future is not inevitable. We can influence it, if we know what we want it to be": Charles Handy's The Age of Unreason; signed by him
HANDY, Charles.
The Age of Unreason.
London: Business Books Limited, 1989.
First edition, early printing of the Irish economist's classic treatise. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 136548
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Bridge to Terabithia; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
Early printing of the author's first Newbery-Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Kay, Katherine Paterson 10/16/93." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138127
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"Nothing promises pleasure more readily that the words 'freshly baked'": First edition of Baking With Julia; signed by Julia Child and Dorie Greenspan
CHILD, Julia and Dorie Greenspan.
Baking With Julia.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1996.
First edition of Child's baking cookbook, based on her PBS series Baking With Julia. Quarto, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Judy Julia Child" and signed by Dorie Greenspan below. Greenspan is the author of cookbooks. The New York Times called her a "culinary guru" in 2004. Jacket design by Vertigo Design, NYC. Jacket photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147381
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"Feed Me Sara": First Edition of the Screenplay Requiem For A Dream; Signed by Darren Aronofsky and Jared Leto
ARONOFSKY, Darren and Selby.
Requiem For A Dream.
London: Faber and Faber, 2000.
First edition of the screenplay of this 2000 classic film directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Ellen Burstyn. Octavo, illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Feed Me Sara Darren Aronofsky" and additionally signed by Jared Leto. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147710
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Johann Christoph Volkamer Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate of Arbutus im Wörnlischen Garten
VOLKAMER, Johann Christoph.
Arbutus im Wörnlischen [Tree in Wörnlischen Garden] Garten Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.
Nuremberg: Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer's 'Nürnbergische Hesperides.' Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of Arbutus im Wornlischen Garten, or the tree in Wörnlischen Garden. In near fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145526
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“AS A MATTER OF SELECTIVE NECESSITY, MAN IS AN AGENT. …HE IS POSSESSED OF A TASTE FOR EFFECTIVE WORK, AND A DISTASTE FOR FUTILE EFFORT”: FIRST EDITION OF THORSTEIN VEBLEN'S THE THEORY OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
VEBLEN, Thorstein.
The Theory of Business Enterprise.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.
First edition of Veblen's second book, a seminal work in economics. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 103489
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First editions of all three volumes in Albert Camus' Actuelles Chroniques
CAMUS, Albert.
Actuelles Chroniques 1944-1948; Actuelles Chroniques 1948-1953; Actuelles, III Chronique Algerienne 1939-1958.
Paris: Gallimard, 1950-1958.
First editions of all three volumes in Camus's collected articles and commentaries. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Each volume is fine condition. A rare complete set in exceptional condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137591
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“It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded": CHARLES DICKENS’ OLIVER TWIST
DICKENS, Charles.
The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
First single volume edition of Dickens’ classic work. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Original front wrapper bound in. Armorial bookplate.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 141345
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"The chain is no stronger than the weakest link": First Edition of General Douglas MacArthur's Address Delivered at Los Angeles, California January 26, 1955
MACARTHUR, Douglas.
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur: An Address Delivered at Los Angeles, California January 26, 1955.
Stanford Connecticut: The Overbrook Press, 1955.
First edition of this address delivered by General Douglas MacArthur at Los Angeles, California January 26, 1955 in which he discusses the current state of the nation. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 96032
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott .
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1987.
First edition of this classic collection of the words of Dr. King, selected by Coretta Scott King. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. & Mrs. Charles Martin with love and warmest good wishes, Coretta Scott King," beneath Florine B. Martin's mail address label. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146270
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"Everything sounds big in the woods": First Edition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods; Signed by Him
BRYSON, Bill.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.
New York : Broadway Books, 1998.
First edition of this classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny hike of the Appalachian Trail” (The Washington Post). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Bill Bryson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Art Wolfe/ Tony Stone. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. With a photograph of laid in of Bryson signing this book.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125678
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First edition of Ken Follett's Lie Down with Lions; inscribed by him to Kenneth Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken.
Lie Down With Lions.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1986.
First edition of Follett's riveting New York Times Best Seller. Octavo, original half-cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ken, with fond regards from Ken." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142243
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First Edition of A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont; Inscribed by Jill Kinmont
VALENS, E.G. [Jill Kinmont].
A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this powerful biography of Jill Kinmont. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs by Burk Uzzle and others. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kinmont on the front front free endpaper, "To Dr. Robinson, Thank you for your nice letter. Best Wishes- Jill Kinmont 2-27-67." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 124068
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" This isn't a pillow fight, Joe": P.B. Socci sketch of American Actor Henry Fonda; Signed by Henry Fonda
SOCCI, P.B. (Henry Fonda).
Henry Fonda Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of American film and stage actor Henry Fonda as Clarence Darrow. Signed by Henry Fonda to the left of his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 89102
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First edition of T. Henry Cotton's Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People; inscribed by him
COTTON, T. Henry.
Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People Who Aspire to Proficiency in the Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd, 1931.
First edition of Cotton's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Cotton. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication beneath his frontispiece portrait, "F.A. Reeves with best of wishes most sincerely Henry Cotton 1931." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 135277
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First Edition of Favorite Psalms; Inscribed by John Stott
STOTT, John.
Favorite Psalms: Selected and Expounded by John Stott.
Chicago: Moody Press, 1988.
First edition of this collection of Psalms chosen by the legendary John Stott. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jan with best wishes John Stott Jan 1990." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146119
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Rare typed letter and autograph postcard collection signed by Kenneth Roberts
ROBERTS, Kenneth.
Kenneth Roberts Signed Letter Collection.
Collection of typed letters signed by American author Kenneth Roberts. The collection includes two typed letters signed by Roberts and addressed to Malcolm Decker dated May 21, 1937 and May 16, 1946. Additionally included are two signed postcards signed by Roberts. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 114028
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First Edition of Orhan Pamuk's Snow; Signed by Him and Three Times by Jacket Illustrator Chip Kidd
PAMUK, Orhan.
Snow.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Orhan Pamuk on the title page and three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd (on the title page, rear jacket flap and on the front panel). Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated by Maureen Freely.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 119589
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First Edition of Robert Lowell's History
LOWELL, Robert.
History.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Charles Skaggs. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143031
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John Bunyan's Grace Abounding and The Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John; Edited with Introduction by Roger Sharrock.
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and The Pilgrim’s Progress from this World to that which is to come.
London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Finely bound Oxford University Press printing of the author's famous allegory and spiritual autobiography. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Bayntun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of John Bunyan from the pencil drawing by Robert White in the British Museum. Presentation stamp to the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145239
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Johann Christoph Volkamer Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate of Arbutus Cotyledon Africana frutefcens
VOLKAMER, Johann Christoph.
Cotyledon Africana frutefcens [Fruiting African Cotyledon] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.
Nuremberg: Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer's 'Nürnbergische Hesperides.' Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of Cotyledon Africana frutefcens, or the fruiting African Cotyledon. In near fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145528
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First Edition of Life Upon These Shores; Inscribed by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Signed Three Times by Legendary Jacket designer Chip Kidd
GATES JR., Henry Louis.
Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History 1513-2008.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
First edition of this voluminous work of African American history. Square quarto, original boards, illustrated with over 700 full-color images. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For James with best wishes Henry Louis Gates Jr." Additionally signed three times by legendary dust jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the title page and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147096
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First Edition of The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon; Inscribed by Frank Mankiewicz and Bill Safire
MANKIEWICZ, Frank.
The U.S. V Richard M. Nixon: The Final Crisis.
New York: Quadrangle/ The New York Times Book Co., 1975.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To ____ ______, with best wishes- Frank Mankiewicz Mar. '75." Additionally inscribed by Bill Safire below, "Dear Jeff- Don't believe everything my friend Frank says! Bill Safire." Safire was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique copy.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 57001
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First Edition of Bocuse's Regional French Cooking; Inscribed by Legendary Chef Paul Bocuse in the year of publication
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Pour Peter et Nancy avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse Las Vegas - 19-10-91." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143359
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Finely Bound Edition of Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami
MAUPASSANT, Guy De.
Bel-Ami.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1968.
First edition of the Heritage Press edition of this classic work. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands. illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. Introduction by Alec Waugh. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142808
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First Edition of Gotham; Signed by Mike Wallace
BURROWS, Edwin G. and Mike Wallace.
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
First edition of this vast and varied epic of New York's past. Super octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black-and-white images. Boldly signed by Mike Wallace on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch. Jacket illustration hand-coloring by Cathy Saksa. Authors photograph by Bruce Davidson.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145822
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' A Christian Behaviour: A Further Series of Broadcast Talks
LEWIS, C.S.
Christian Behaviour: A Further Series of Broadcast Talks.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1943.
First edition of the second book of Lewis’ BBC radio talks which would later appear in Mere Christianity. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146041
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"I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own Heaven to be happy": Mark Twain's Extract From Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909.
First edition, second state of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime with C-F on the copyright page. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards, paper spine label, frontispiece in blue and white. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 127097
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Complete first edition set of John Abbott's The History of the Civil War in America; from the library of Wisconsin politician John Fox Potter
ABBOTT, John S. C.
The History of the Civil War in America; Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion. of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals. And of the Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and the Cabin.
Springfield, Mass.: Published by Gurdon Bill, 1863-1866.
First editions of both volumes in Abbott's history of the American Civil War. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's deluxe full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated with maps, diagrams, and numerous steel engravings of battle scenes from original designs by Darley, and other eminent artists, and portraits of distinguished men including tissue-guarded frontispieces of Lincoln and Grant. From the library of Wisconsin Congressman John F. Potter with his gift inscription to vol. I and ownership name to vol. II. Nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge John Fox Potter was elected to the United States…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133065
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First Edition of the author's Monumental Work Capital In the Twenty-First Century; Signed by Thomas Piketty
PIKETTY, Thomas.
Capital In the Twenty-First Century.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2014.
First edition of Piketty's magnum opus. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Thomas Piketty on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Graciela Golup. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144401
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"Objectivity of whatever kind is not the test of reality. It is just one way of understanding reality": First Edition of The View From Nowhere; Signed by Thomas Nagel
NAGEL, Thomas.
The View From Nowhere.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
First edition of this philosophical work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Thomas Nagel New York March 24, 2016." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Ownership signature from the year of publication to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Egon Lauterberg. Jacket painting, 'The Large Enclosure Near Dresden,' by Caspar David Friedrich.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145276
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Rare large paper edition of Reverend Edwards Forster's translation of The Arabian Nights
FORSTER, Reverend Edward.
The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes, Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster.
London: Printed for William Miller, 1802.
Large paper edition of this early translation by Edward Forster (1769-1828), based on the French version of Antoine Galland which first appeared between 1704 and 1717. Royal octavo, bound in full period calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings from pictures by Robert Smirke. In very good condition. Small bookplate to the pastedown of each volume.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145199
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"Nicholas Tarvin sat in the moonlight on the unrailed bridge that crossed the irrigating ditch above Topaz, dangling his feet over the stream": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Naulahka
KIPLING, Rudyard with Wolcott Balestier.
The Naulahka: A Story of West and East.
London: William Heinemann, 1892.
First British edition of Kipling's ambitious narrative. Octavo, original publisher's decorative cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 120549
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First Edition of Finkel's Thank You For Your Service Signed by the author and From the Library of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
FINKEL, David [Madeleine K. Albright].
Thank You For Your Service.
New York: Library of Congress, 2013.
First edition of Finkle's insightful look into the lives of the American soldiers. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. With an autograph transmittal letter on a Center for a New American Security card to Albright laid in. 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,…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 149016
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Finely bound example of Samuel Smiles' Self-Help; elaborately bound in full contemporary tree calf
SMILES, Samuel.
Self-Help. With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance.
London: John Murray, 1908.
Finely bound example of Smith's best-selling work on the self-improvement; an embodiment of the ideologies of mid-Victorian liberalism. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt central coat-of-arms to the front panel, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In fine condition. A fine example, desirable bound in full contemporary tree calf.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 122411
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First American edition of Leo Tolstoy's Sebastopol
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Sebastopol. [Sevastopol].
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887.
First American edition of Tolstoy's Sevastopol Sketches, which formed the basis of many of the episodes in his magnum opus, War and Peace. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Tolstoy. Translated from the French by Frank D. Millet. With an introduction by W. D. Howells. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 123564