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First Edition of Anthony Powell's Books Do Furnish a Room
POWELL, Anthony.
Books Do Furnish a Room.
London: Heinemann, 1971.
First edition of this classic work in the author's Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142098
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“Saving and pinching to get married, you're losing the best time of your life": First Edition of Muriel Spark's The Ballad of Peckham Rye; Signed by Her
SPARK, Muriel.
The Ballad of Peckham Rye.
London: Macmillan, 1960.
First edition of this satirical gem from the “master of malice and mayhem” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears to the extremities. Jacket design by Victor Reinganum.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 59022
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“And he, he himself...the Grinch...carved the roast-beast!”: Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas; signed by the director of the popular 2000 film adaptation Ron Howard and several members of the cast
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel] [Ron Howard].
How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
New York: Random House, 1985.
Later printing of one of the most celebrated and memorable Christmas stories of all time, signed by several members of the 2000 film. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Signed by several members of the 2000 film cast including director Ron Howard, Jeffrey Tambor (Mayor Augustus Maywho), Molly Shannon (Betty Lou Who), and Christine Baranski (Martha May Whovier). Directed by Ron Howard, How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 17, 2000. The film spent four weeks as the #1 film in the United States and grossed $345.8 million worldwide, making it the…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142655
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"Somedays it's enough to be different or alone": 1969 University of Maine Yearbook featuring numerous unpublished photographs of Stephen King as an undergraduate
[KING, Stephen].
Prism: Stephen King 1969 University of Maine Yearbook.
Bangor, Maine: University of Maine/Prism, 1969.
1969 University of Maine Yearbook featuring several photographs of Stephen King as an undergraduate. Quarto, original publisher's half cloth over illustrated boards, illustrated with black and white photographs including a large photograph of King protesting the Vietnam War on page 70. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143490
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First Edition of The Front Runner; Inscribed in the Year of Publication by Patricia Nell Warren
WARREN, Patricia Nell.
The Front Runner.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the first contemporary gay novel to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Everett with all best wishes Patricia Nell Warren May 17, 1974." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Tinker.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 87690
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“People can hold out just so long and then they fold": First Edition of A Is For Alibi; Signed by Sue Grafton
GRAFTON, Sue.
A Is For Alibi.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982.
First edition of the author's first book in her acclaimed series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Sue Grafton on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Kathie A. McGinty.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144170
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First Edition of Thomas Szasz's Law, Liberty and Psychiatry; From the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan
SZASZ, Thomas S. [James M. Buchanan].
Law, Liberty and Psychiatry.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, from the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan with his signature to the front free endpaper. Buchanan was an economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962, The Calculus of Consent, then developed over decades for which he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986. Buchanan's work initiated research on how politicians' and bureaucrats' self-interest, utility maximization, and other non-wealth-maximizing considerations affect their decision-making. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ward and Saks.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133734
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN IRVING’S CLASSIC WORK THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP; SIGNED BY HIM
IRVING, John.
The World According to Garp.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978.
First edition of Irving's fourth and breakthrough novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary hand on the half-title page, Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Leo Manso. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136457
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"Together we can save their world. We must. And thank you for what you are doing to help": In the Shadow of Man; Lengthily Inscribed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane Van Lawick-.
In the Shadow of Man.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971.
First edition, early printing of this "absolutely fascinating to read as a story of discovery . . . The whole book is enthralling" (Boston Globe). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, lenghtily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ellen- Together we can save their world. We must. And thank you for what you are doing to help. Jane Goodall." Near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrations by Hugo Van Lawick.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146096
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Inscribed by Nobel Prize Winner Philip Hench to Dr. Gerald Rodnan
HENCH, Philip S.
Chronic Arthritis: Chronic Infectious Arthritis, Chronic Senescent Arthritis, Gout.
NP: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1940.
Rare offprint from The Modern Medical Therapy in General Practice, inscribed by Nobel Prize winning physician Philip Hench, "To Jerry with affection - Phil." The recipient, Gerald Rodnan, was a lifelong doctor and professor at University of Pittsburgh Medical School, appointed chief of the newly formed Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in 1956 and president of the American Rheumatology Association 1975-76. Octavo, original wrappers. Philip Hench received the Nobel Prize in 1950 for the discovery of cortisone and its application to rheumatoid arthritis. An exceptional association between two physicians both involved in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. There are…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140016
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Helen Keller's Midstream: My Later Life; Signed Twice by Her, in Script and in Braille
KELLER, Helen.
Midstream: My Later Life.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929.
First edition of Keller's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with plates from photographs. Signed by the author in pencil on the front free endpaper, "Helen Keller," beneath her name embossed in braille. In very good condition with light toning throughout the textblock, lacking front free endpaper. Foreword by Nella Braddy.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146469
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First Edition of Happiness is a Warm Puppy; Inscribed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Happiness is a Warm Puppy.
San Francisco: Determined Publications, 1962.
First edition of Charlie Brown and the gang's words on happiness, with 30 Peanuts cartoons by Schulz. Small octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Georgie with best wishes- Charles M. Schulz." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147811
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"Yesterday's fairy tale is today's fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience": first edition of north to the orient; signed by both anne and Charles lindbergh
LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow.
North to the Orient.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1935.
First edition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s account of her journey to Alaska and along the Arctic Circle to Russia, China and Japan. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by both Anne Morrow Lindbergh in the year of publication and Charles Lindbergh on the half-title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some wear and tear to the extremities. With maps by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 4652
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"Last Sunday, Alexander's grandparents gave him a dollar -- and he was rich. There were so many things he could do with all of that money!": First Edition of Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday; Signed by Judith Viorst
VIORST, Judith; Illustrated by Ray Cruz.
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday.
New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1978.
First edition of the second book in the author's acclaimed Alexander series. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, "Save your money! Judith Viorst." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5685
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First Spanish Edition of Cosmos; Warmly Inscribed by Carl Sagan to His Secretary
SAGAN, Carl.
Cosmos.
Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, 1980.
First Spanish edition of one of the best-selling science books ever published. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Por Cara Shirley Con amore y admiracion Carl." The recipient was Shirley Arden, who was the executive secretary to Sagan and close friends of Sagan. She was fluent in Spanish and had worked as a bilingual secretary at the United Nations on the Atoms for Peace conference in the 1950s. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 54017
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“There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Hard Times For These Times
DICKENS, Charles.
Hard Times For These Times.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.
First edition in book form of Dickens’ attack on the conditions of life in England’s industrial cities with all 11 of Smith's points. Octavo, original publisher's first cloth binding, light yellow endpapers. Smith I:11. In very good condition. A nice example, uncommon in the original binding.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131408
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First Edition of George Kennan's Russia Leaves the War Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920; Inscribed by Him
KENNAN, George F.
Russia Leaves the War Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956.
First edition of this classic work, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in History, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the George Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Langrock's with best wishes George Kennan." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 85982
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First edition of David Dreman's Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success; inscribed by him to fellow economist John Pugsley
DREMAN, David.
Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of Dreman's revolutionary work on the stock market success. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Pugsley with best personal regards David Druman 1/1/80." The recipient, John Pugsley was an American voluntaryist libertarian political, economics commentator, lecturer, and best-selling author. In the late 1960s Pugsley entered the investment business, founded a publishing company, the Common Sense Press, and wrote his first book, Common Sense Economics. It sold over 150,000 hardcover copies. His second book, The Alpha Strategy (1980), was on the New York Times bestseller list for nine…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133045
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Rare first edition of Frances Power Cobbe's Why Women Desire The Franchise; with an original albumen carte-de-visite signed by her
COBBE, Frances Power.
Why Women Desire The Franchise.
London: Spottiswoode & Co., Printers, 1869.
First edition of prolific Anglo-Irish suffragette Frances Power Cobbe's feminist treatise. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine, burgundy morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Accompanied by an original albumen carte-de-visite of Frances Power Cobbe by Philip Crellin signed by her. In near fine condition. Library stamp to the title page.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 135210
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First Edition of Bertrand Russell's The Good Citizen's Alphabet; Inscribed by Him to his lover Rhoda Kellogg
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
The Good Citizen’s Alphabet.
London: Gaberbocchus Press Limited, 1953.
First edition of this playful work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, with drawings by Franciszka Themerson. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Rhoda Kellogg from Bertrand Russell." The recipient, Rhoda Kellogg was a notable scholar of early childhood and maintained an extensive collection of children's artwork. She also had carried on an extra-marital affair with Russell. From Michael D. Stevenson's "In Solitude I Brood on War": Bertrand Russell's 1939 American Lecture Tour", "Although Russell claimed he possessed no 'errant philandering impulses' (Let. 3) and seemed to avoid the sexual entanglements that marked…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138589
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First Edition of Herbert A. Giles' A Chinese Biographical Dictionary
GILES, Herbert A.
A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.
London: Bernard Quaritch and Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1898.
First edition of Giles' Prix Julien award-winning work which "enjoys pride of place in the history of Chinese bilingual dictionaries as the authoritative source for the Wade-Giles system of Romanization" (Yong and Peng). Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, original publisher's wrappers bound in. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138772
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Rare 17th century printing of the Ecclesiastical Constitutions and Canons treated upon by the Bishop of London, president of the convocation for the province of Canterbury
Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical, Treated Upon by the Bishop of London, President of the Convocation For the Province of Canterbury, and the Rest of the Bishops and Clergie of the said Province: And Agreed upon with the Kings Majesties License in their Synod begun at London, Anno Domini 1603.
London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Deceas'd: And by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1683.
Rare 17th century printing of the Ecclesiastical Constitutions of the Province of Canterbury. Quarto, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, engraved armorial frontispiece. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140232
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"And bitter was the rowers' song as they brought the war-boat round": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Years Between
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Years Between.
London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1919.
First edition of this collection of 45 poems. Octavo, original half vellum over buckram boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt with others uncut. One of only 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Scarce, this title was printed in three formats: the first trade edition with a run of 10,000 copies, the large paper edition with 200 copies, and this, the rarest form, one of only 30 copies.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 120530
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First Edition of Robert Lowell's Selected Poems; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and with Jong's ownership signature
LOWELL, Robert [Erica Jong].
Selected Poems.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.
First edition of this collection of over two hundred poems, selected by Lowell himself. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Erica from Robert Lowell." The recipient, Erica 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 the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s and encapsulated the movement’s…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142530
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“The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do": First Edition of Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977.
First edition of this collection of seven short stories by the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John + Shana Love Roald Dahl." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Shields. Photograph by Sophie Baker.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143005
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz's Kaddis a meg nem szuletett gyermekert; Signed by Him
KERTESZ, Imre.
Kaddis A Meg Nem Szuletett Gyermekert (Kaddish For A Child Not Born).
Budapest: Magveto, 1990.
First Hungarian edition of Kertesz's mesmerizing novel of identity and memory. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 83049
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First Edition of Richard Neutra's Survival Through Design; Inscribed by Him To Adlai Stevenson
NEUTRA, Richard [Adlai Stevenson].
Survival Through Design.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
First edition of this work by one of the great modernist architects of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Adlai Stevenson hope and inspiration of his countrymen cordially Richard Neutra 54." The recipient, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, was an American politician and diplomat noted for his promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party. He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 elections. Adlai Stevenson's ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Near…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 93541
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"one of the most important and remarkable innovations in the private enterprise of cartography": Rare hand-colored lithograph map of South Florida and The Bahamas from Philippe Vandermaelen's Atlas Universel.
VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Marie.
Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas].
Brussels: Lithographed by H. Ode, 1825.
Rare hand-colored lithograph map of South Florida, the Keys and the Bahamas from renowned 19th century Belgian cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen's Atlas Universel. One page, the map displays South Florida and the Bahamas including major cities as of 1825 with numerous Native American trails and roads recorded and an inset text regarding the flora and fauna of the Everglades. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 29 inches by 27 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 137108
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"And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities": Framed Signature of The Author of The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton
WHARTON, Edith.
Edith Wharton Signature.
Framed signature of the American novelist who wrote the Pulitzer prize-winning 'The Age of Innocence.' Large 1.25 inch by 3.5 inch clipped signature of "Edith Wharton." Framed with a black and white photograph of the author. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 11.1 inches by 15.9 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145451
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"I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak": First Edition of the Author’s Classic Work The Children’s Hour; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
HELLMAN, Lillian.
The Children’s Hour.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
First edition of the author's first and most well-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Review copy with publisher's slip tipped to front free endpaper, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Examples in the original jacket are rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111712
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First edition of Albert Camus' L'Exil et Le Royaume; one of only 950 copies
CAMUS, Albert.
L’Exil et Le Royaume.
Paris: Gallimard, 1947.
First edition of Camus' short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism. Small octavo, original publisher's green cloth stamped in black, blue, and gilt after a design of Mario Parassinos'. One of only nine-hundred and fifty numbered copies on alfa Cellunaf, this is number 878. In near fine condition. Housed in the original cardboard slipcase. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146462
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"But the particular circumstance of dreaming is that the dreamer is bereft of power": John Williams' first novel Nothing But the Night; Warmly Inscribed by Him
WILLIAMS, John.
Nothing But The Night.
Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1990.
First edition of the re-issue of John Williams' first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the month of publication, "For Bob and Margaret, with much love, for many years- John Williams Jan. 22, 1990." In near fine condition. Cover art by Donald Furst.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 122674
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Rare early printing of Elbert Hubbard's A Message to Garcia: Being A Preachment; signed by Elbert Hubbard
HUBBARD, Elbert.
A Message to Garcia: Being A Preachment.
East Aurora, New York: Done Into a Booklet by The Roycrofters, December, 1908.
Rare early printing of Hubbard's best-selling work on individual initiative and conscientiousness in work. 16mo, original publisher's full limp suede, titles to the front panel stamped in gilt, watered moiré silk endleaves. Signed by the author on a tipped in photographic frontispiece portrait, "Elbert Hubbard." In good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143539
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“Like most other mammals, human beings display a behavioral scale, a spectrum of responses that appear or disappear according to particular circumstances": First Edition of On Human Nature; Signed By Edward O. Wilson With A Drawing Of An Ant
WILSON, Edward O.
On Human Nature.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978.
First edition of this work, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn an ant. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133312
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Rare Unionist Program Signed by Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
CHAMBERLAIN, Neville; Anne Chamberlain.
Neville Chamberlain Signed Unionist Program.
1938.
1938 Unionist Association Annual Dance and Whist Drive Program signed by Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and hi wife, Anne Chamberlain. 12 mo, one page folding. Signed by the Chamberlains on the front panel who are listed as the special guests of the evening. The event was held at the Palais de Danse on Friday, February 18th, 1938. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134522
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"If you promise to hold your comments on my conduct at the "79" MC Ball, I'll refrain from making similar derogatory comments re your drinking habits and general conduct": First Edition of Pat Conroy's Classic The Great Santini; Signed by both Pat and Donald Conroy
CONROY, Pat.
The Great Santini.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.
First edition, second printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Pat Conroy and his father Donald Conroy on the title and half-title pages respectively. Lengthily inscribed by Donald Conroy on the half-title page, "1/5/80 To Jimmy Barousse: If you promise to hold your comments on my conduct at the "79" MC Ball, I'll refrain from making similar derogatory comments re your drinking habits and general conduct. Seriously My Best Don Conroy Col USMC (Ret)." Marine Colonel Donald Conroy was a Marine Corps fighter pilot, and the basis for the protagonist in this novel. Near fine…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146097
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990; Signed by
MARKOWITZ, Harry and William F. Sharpe.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1981-1990. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Karl-Goran Maler.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146331
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Exceptionally rare self-published printing of Garabed Pashayan Khan's Occupational Medicine in Schools for Pupils and Teachers
PASHAYAN KHAN, Garabed.
Occupational Medicine in Schools for Pupils and Teachers.
Alexandria, Egypt: Published by the author, 1906.
Rare work on occupational medicine self-published by Armenian physician and scholar Garabed Pashayan Khan. Octavo, original half cloth over paper-covered boards, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated, text in Armenian. This rare self-published text is primarily concerned with the health and wellbeing of students and teachers in academic buildings, addressing hygiene, posture, study habits, transmissible and contagious diseases, remedies and cures. In very good condition. Extremely uncommon with no holdings located by OCLC.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 141034
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“I guess you could call it a failure, but I prefer the term learning experience": Signed limited First Edition of The Martian; Signed by Andy Weir and Academy Award-Winning Actor Matt Damon
WEIR, Andy.
The Martian.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2016.
Signed limited first edition of this modern science fiction classic, basis for the 2015 film directed by Ridley Scott starring Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Andy Weir and actor Matt Damon opposite Weir's signature. Map by Fred Haynes. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147124