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Striking black and white photograph of Sean Connery posing as James Bond; boldly signed by him
CONNERY, Sean. [Ian Fleming].
Sean Connery and Jill St. John Signed James Bond Photograph.
Black and white photograph of Sean Connery and posing as James Bond and Jill St. John as Tiffany Case, signed by both. They were the stars of the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132959
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First Edition of Stephen King's Blaze; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen [Pseudonym Richard Bachman].
Blaze.
New York: Scribners, 2007.
First edition of the last of the Richard Bachman novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Stephen King on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 81228
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"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Autobiography; Signed by Him and Inscribed by "Israel's James Bond" Mordechai Ben-Porat
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life.
Jerusalem: Steimatzky's Agency LTD, 1976.
First edition of the legendary military leader and politician's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Mordechai Ben-Porat in Hebrew, "To Mr. Arthur Hertzberg with great respect. Ben-Porat co-chairman-WOJAC 20.10.1977." Ben-Porat has been called Israel's James Bond for his role in the rescue of the Jews of Iraq, for which he was awarded the Israel Prize, and was a colleague in the Knesset with Dayan during which time he served as Minister without Portfolio. The recipient, Arthur Hertzberg was a noted rabbi, civil rights activist and author who served…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133514
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Rare Confederate States presidential election sample ballot heralding Jefferson Davis as President
[DAVIS, Jefferson].
Jefferson Davis Confederate States Electoral Ticket.
[1861].
Rare electoral ticket from the 1861 Confederate States presidential election. 16mo, one page, printed. The sample ballot heralds Jefferson Davis for President, Alexander Stephens for Vice President, a representative for the state at large and some local districts. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription to the verso.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132575
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"It may read better in print than it did in manuscript": First Edition of Joseph Heller's Something Happened; Inscribed by Him to Editor Ted Solotaroff
HELLER, Joseph.
Something Happened.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of this classic work by the author of Catch-22. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ted Solotaroff, With good wishes (It may read better in print than it did in manuscript.) Joseph Heller." The recipient, Ted Solotaroff was an editor and literary critic. Solotaroff attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1952, and did graduate work at the University of Chicago, where he became friends with Philip Roth and dedicated himself to literature. He was an editor at Commentary from 1960 to 1966, then in 1967 founded The New…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142998
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“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is": First edition of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Trilogy; inscribed by him
ADAMS, Douglas.
The Hitchhiker’s Trilogy: Omnibus Edition.
New York: Harmony Books, 1983.
First American edition of Adams' Hitchhiker's trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Neal Best wishes Douglas Adams." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket painting by Peter Cross. Jacket design by Ken Sansone.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142669
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“She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making": Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WHARTON, Edith.
The House of Mirth.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
First edition, early printing of the novel that brought Wharton international success. 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 near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144789
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First Edition of William Klein's Tokyo
KLEIN, William.
Tokyo.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1964.
First edition of the fourth volume in Klein's acclaimed series of "city" books. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Preface by Maurice Pinguet. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121339
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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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"I do not ask for saintly souls to help me on my way, or male and female devilkins to lead my steps astray": First edition of Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and John Galsworthy; with an autograph letter signed by the editor John Galsworthy tipped in
KIPLING, Rudyard; Joseph Conrad; John Galsworthy; J. M. Barrie et al. Edited by John Galsworthy.
Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier.
London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, [1918].
First edition of this scarce WWII periodical dedicated to wounded soldiers and sailors, containing appearances of Rudyard Kipling's A Pilgrim's Way, John Galsworthy's The Gist of the Matter, Joseph Conrad's The First News, and J. M. Barrie's Barbara's Wedding. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. With an autograph letter signed by Galsworthy tipped in. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121473
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"Consider the lilies in the field... make them the object not of a fleeting glance in passing, but of thy consideration": First English edition of Søren Kierkegaard's Consider The Lilies
KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Translated by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie.
Consider The Lilies: Being the Second part of “Edifying Discourses in a Different Vein”, published in 1847 at Copenhagen, by S. Kierkegaard.
London: The C. W. Daniel Company, Ltd., 1940.
First English edition of the elaboration and conclusion of Kierkegaard's important existential discourses of 1847. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Danish by A. S. Aldworth & W. S. Ferrie. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A superior example of this rare work.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133137
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First Edition of Samuel Kneeland's The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California; finely bound
KNEELAND, Samuel.
The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California.
Boston: Alexander Moore, 1871.
First edition of Kneeland's historic guide to Yosemite; "one of the better early guide books to the Yosemite Valley" (Cowan, 333). Quarto, bound in full dark blue morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, illustrated with 10 tissue-guarded mounted albumen photographs by John P. Soule. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 101328
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First Edition of Paul Johnson's Left of Centre; Inscribed by Him to Publishing legend Martin Secker
JOHNSON, Paul.
Left of Centre.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1959.
First edition of the historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sylvia and Martin Secker with best wishes from an Aspiring Author Paul Johnson." The recipient, Martin Secker was London publisher who was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary authors, including D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Norman Douglas, Henry James, Compton Mackenzie, and George Orwell. He began publishing just before the First World War. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136466
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First Edition of Dickson's Kuwait and her Neighbours; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DICKSON, H.R.P.
Kuwait and Her Neighbours.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956.
First edition of Colonel H.R.P. Dickson's classic work on the people and history of Kuwait. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs, maps, tables. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is price-clipped.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140006
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First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Pnin; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Pnin.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1957.
First American edition of this ‘campus novel’, a subgenre which was beginning to manifest itself in the early Fifties. 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. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144268
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"LIGHT OF MY LIFE, FIRE OF MY LOINS": FIRST American EDITION OF Nabokov's TOUR DE FORCE LOLITA
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Lolita.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
First American edition and first trade edition of Nabokov's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Photograph of Nabokov by Maclean Dameron. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119451
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Rare House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, printing Edward VIII's "Instrument of Abdication" in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne
KING EDWARD VIII,.
House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, Printing Edward VIII’s “Instrument of Abdication” in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne.
1936.
Rare extract from the printed Minutes and a singular moment in British royal history. "Abdication of Edward R. I." in blue pencil at top right. Framed such that both sides of the document can be read, visible portion of the unfolded sheet measures 16 x 12.5 inches; frame measures 22.5 inches by 20 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119889
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First Edition of I Love Myself When I Am Laughing: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader; Inscribed by Alice Walker in the Year of Publication
HURSTON, Zora Neale [Edited by Alice Walker].
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader.
New York: The Feminist Press, 1979.
First edition of this classic collection of work, edited by Alice Walker. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To David Levin Peace Alice Walker 12-79." Edited by Alice Walker. Introduction by Mary Helen Washington. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 141434
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Advance Review Copy of The First Edition of Jack Kerouac's First Book The Town and the City
KEROUAC, Jack.
The Town and the City.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
Advance Review Copy of the first edition of Kerouac's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. many of his works. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143084
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"The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or the struggle to save others": First edition of Nikos Kazantzakis' Report to Greco; Lengthily Inscribed by Peter A. Bien
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos; Translated by Peter A. Bien.
Report to Greco: An Autobiographical Novel.
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1965.
First edition of Kazantzakis' deeply personal semi-autobiographical classic testament. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by the translator on the half-title page with a quote from this title, "For ______ ______ 'The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or the struggle to save others.' Peter Bien." Translated by Peter A. Bien. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration: detail from El Greco's St. Bartholomew, Museo de El Greco, Toledo. Photograph by Mas, Barcelona.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136597
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Finely Bound example of Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution
BAGEHOT, Walter.
The English Constitution.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1882.
Early printing of Bagehot's analysis of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, armorial gilt devices to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111258
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Finely bound English translation of Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote
CERVANTES, Miguel de.
The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1908.
Finely bound English translation of Cervantes' masterpiece. Octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Translated by Thomas Shelton. A very attractive set.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140084
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Robert Aris Willmott's The Poets of the Nineteenth Century; finely bound and decorated with a fore-edge painting
WILLMOTT, Robert Aris [Editor].
The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1869.
Finely bound example of Willmott's compilation of the great nineteenth century poets. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, central gilt emblem and fleuron cornerpieces within triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a maritime scene, illustrated with one hundred and thirty engravings. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140229
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First edition of Michael Crichton's Airframe; signed with an original drawing by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd
CRICHTON, Michael.
Airframe.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of Crichton's compelling page-turner. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd with an original drawing of his design for Crichton's The Lost World on the dedication page and signed on the rear panel of the dust jacket. American graphic designer Chip Kidd first joined the Knopf design team in 1986, when he was hired as a junior assistant. Turning out jacket designs at an average of 75 covers a year, he has designed dust jackets for books by Cormac McCarthy, Haruki Murakami, Frank Miller, Charles Schulz, David Sedaris, and John Updike. He is perhaps…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 124553
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First Editions of Each Volume in Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov; Each signed by Him
KASPAROV, Garry.
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Volumes I-3.
London: Evveryman Chess , 2011-14.
First editions of each volume. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Each is signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Each are fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional set.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5380
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Special Presentation Copy of the First Edition of My Story; Inscribed by Jack Nicklaus in the year of Publication
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Special presentation binding of the first edition of the Golden Bear's autobiography, specifically bound for the author. Octavo, bound in full leather, silver titles to the spine, gilt to the front panel, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Skeet and Anne Merry Christmas 1997." Written with Ken Bowden. In fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147054
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"I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender!": First Edition of Waterfront; Lengthily Inscribed by Budd Schulberg in the year of publication
SCHULBERG, Budd.
Waterfront.
New York: Random House, 1955.
First edition of Schulberg's novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Kent and Marjorie McKinley. How salutary that you can live on this serene waterfront and still weep bitter tears for the turbulent waterfront described herein. Yours, cordially, Budd Schulberg. Sarasota. Oct. 23. 1955." The recipient, Kent Schuyler McKinley began his newspaper the Sarasota News in 1954 with the stated ambition of building a two-party system in Florida and promoting 'states' rights'. McKinley was a major figure in Florida's transition…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131837
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First Edition of Norton Juster's The Dot and the Line; Signed by Him
JUSTER, Norton.
The Dot and the Line.
New York: Random House, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Small octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, especially signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132133
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“Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better": Rare Signed Elijah Muhammad Signed First Day Cover
MUHAMMAD, Elijah.
Elijah Muhammad Signed First Day Cover.
1965.
First Day Cover honoring the Salvation Army, boldly signed by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, postmarked New York, NY July 2, 1965. In near fine condition. Autographs of Muhammad are rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134571
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“Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever": Rare original White House card Signed by President William Howard Taft
TAFT, William Howard.
William Howard Taft Signed White House Card.
1913.
Rare original White House card inscribed by President William Howard Taft, "For Robert H. Schutz of Hartford, with best wishes, Wm. H. Taft, Feb 21st, 1913." Double matted and framed with a medallion of Taft by Barber. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 9 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 96012
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Rare second edition of Cochin and Bellicard's Observations Upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius
COCHIN, Charles; Jerome Bellicard.
Observations Upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Ancients. And a short Description of the Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Naples.
London: Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1756.
Second edition of the first illustrated account of the discoveries made in the excavation of Herculaneum. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt ruled raised bands to the spine, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, profusely illustrated with 42 engraved plates. In good condition. Ownership stamp.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134550
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“faithful death that never forgets in the press of work the most insignificant of its children": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Tales of Unrest
CONRAD, Joseph.
Tales of Unrest.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898.
First edition of Conrad's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, pictorial bookplate, ownership signature to half-title page. Housed in a contemporary clamshell and chemise box. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139203
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“Here I am, where I ought to be": First edition of Karen Blixen's Out of Africa
DINESEN, Isak. [Karen Blixen].
Out of Africa.
New York: Random House, 1938.
First edition of the author’s classic memoir, which recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145695
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Rare First Edition of Britain's Memorial to Franklin Roosevelt Souvenir Book
WINSTON CHURCHILL; CLEMENT ATLEE,.
Britain’s Memorial to Franklin Roosevelt Souvenir Book.
London: 1947.
First edition of this tribute to President Roosevelt with contributions by Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston S. Churchill and Clement Atlee, a selection of excerpts from the speeches of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a biographical note illustrated with photographs. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123823
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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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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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“THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE FIGURE IN JEWISH LIFE”: FIRST EDITION OF CHAIM WEIZMANN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY TRIAL AND ERROR; INSCRIBED BY HIM
WEIZMANN, Chaim.
Trial and Error.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.
First edition of the first president of Israel's classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Weizmann. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Pam Affectionately Chaim Wiezmann." Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134391
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First Edition of Budd Schulberg's Some Faces in the Crowd; Inscribed by Him to Hollywood producer, director Jerry Wald
SCHULBERG, Budd.
Some Faces In the Crowd.
New York: Random House, 1953.
First edition of this collection of short stories, including the story Your Arkansas Traveler, which was the basis for the film A Face in the Crowd. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Hollywood producer, director and screenwriter Jerry Wald, "For Jerry, with my admiration and warm regards Budd March 15, 1954." An exceptional association copy; Schulberg acknowledged late in his career that Wald was one of his inspirations for the composite character Sammy Glick in his 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket by Riki Levinson. From the…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 75877