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"The only tired I was, was tired of giving in": Rosa Parks: My Story; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa.
Rosa Parks: My Story.
New York: Dial Books, 1992.
First edition of Parks' powerful autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "3/15/92 Rosa Parks." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jane Byers Bierhorst. Written with Jim Haskins.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147914
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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 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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First Edition of Golden Rules of Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Edmund Phelps
PHELPS, Edmund S.
Golden Rules of Economic Growth: Studies of Efficient and Optimal Investment.
New York: W.W. Norton & Norton Company, Inc., 1966.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book, a collection of twelve essays in mathematical economics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Slip for review laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 2375
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First Edition of The Book of Bebb; Inscribed by Frederick Buechner to his Aunt and Uncle
BUECHNER, Frederick.
The Book of Bebb: Lion Country, Open Heart, Love Feast, Treasure Hunt.
New York: Atheneum, 1979.
First edition of the compilation of the four books that make up the Bebb Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Aunt and Uncle, "For Aunt Betty, Uncle Jim - a quadruple _____ from Leo Bebb- with love Freddy." An excellent example in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the front panel.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 2679
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Rare Photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; Signed by Them
LEWIS, John; Nancy Pelosi; Steny Hoyer; John Larsson.
Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson Signed Photograph.
2010.
Rare photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; signed by them. Color satin-finish photograph of Nancy Pelosi holding a large gavel while walking alongside Steny Hoyer, John Lewis, and John Larsson, as they prepare to pass the Affordable Care Act, signed by each in black felt tip by their person, dated in the upper right corner "3/21/10." In fine condition with a JSA authentication label affixed to the lower right corner.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146737
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Official NASA Photograph of the Gemini 9 "Angry Alligator"; Signed by Astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan
STAFFORD, Tom and Gene Cernan.
Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan Signed Augmented Target Docking Adapter Photograph.
Rare official NASA photograph of the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA), or 'angry alligator'. Oversized, color semi-glossy photograph of the ATDA as seen from the Gemini 9 spacecraft during one of their three rendezvous in space. Boldly signed on the mount in blue felt tip by Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan. Mounted. In fine condition with light bumping to the upper left corner of the mount. The piece measures 16 inches by 20 inches. From the personal collection of NASA employee John 'Pete' Peterson, who served in various capacities of media relations at NASA and the Manned Spacecraft Center from about…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147293
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First Edition of Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey; Signed by Howard Raiffa
LUCE, R. Duncan and Howard Raiffa.
Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publishers, 1957.
First edition of this classic introduction to game theory. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Howard Raiffa on the front free endpaper. From the library of Harvard economist Sidney S. Alexander with his name to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 127657
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“GREAT LEADERS ALMOST ALWAYS EXUDE SELF-CONFIDENCE. THEY ARE NEVER PETTY. THEY ARE NEVER BUCK-PASSERS. THEY PICK THEMSELVES UP AFTER DEFEAT…”: First Edition of Blood, Brains & Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy; Signed by David Ogilvy
OGILVY, David.
Blood, Brains & Beer: The Autobiography of David Ogilvy.
New York: Atheneum, 1978.
First edition of Ogilvy's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by David Ogilvy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear and closed tears.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 21071
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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 There are no spies; Signed by Bill Granger, Pierce Brosnan and Bill Smitrovich
GRANGER, Bill [Pierce Brosnan].
There Are No Spies.
New York: Warner Books, 1986.
First edition of classic thriller, basis for the film November Man, starring Pierce Brosnan and Bill Smitrovich. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Steve Juscik- Cheers! Bill Granger." Additionally signed by actors Pierce Brosnan and inscribed by Bill Smitrovich. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Rolf Erickson. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145776
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First Edition of Blue Horses; Signed by Mary Oliver
OLIVER, Mary.
Blue Horses: Poems.
New York: Penguin Press, 2014.
First edition of this "lyric collection to be treasured" (The New York Journal of Books). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 103431
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First Edition of The Legend of Bagger Vance; Signed by Steven Pressfield and by Matt Damon
PRESSFIELD, Steven [Matt Damon].
The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1995.
First edition, early printing of one of the greatest golf novels of the 20th century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Shalom Steven Pressfield." Additionally signed by Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon on the half-title page. Damon starred in the 2000 film adaptation. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Grider. Jacket illustration by Jerry LoFaro.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144822
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First Edition of Martin Amis' Money; Signed by Him
AMIS, Martin.
Money.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Martin Amis on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan/ Dick Jones. Author's photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143070
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Autograph Letter signed by Greek Statesman Eleftherios Venizelos to American mining engineer and diplomat John Hays Hammond
VENIZELOS, Eleftherios.
Eleftherios Venizelos Autograph Letter Signed.
One folding page letter hand-written and signed by "the father of modern Greece," Eleftherios Venizelos. Dated December 24th, 1921 on letterhead from the El Mirasol in Santa Barbara, California, the letter reads "To Mr. John Hays Hammond El Mirasol. My dear Mr. Hammond, We are giving a very small luncheon party here on the 26th and Madame Venizelos & I would be delighted if Mrs. Hammond, Miss Hammond and yourself would give us the great pleasure of your company at 4 p.m. on the day. Very Sincerely yours, E.K. Venizelos." The recipient, John Hays Hammond was a successful American mining…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 82454
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From the Library of Apollo I Commander Gus Grissom: Staff Report: The Next Ten Years in Space 1959-1969; Annotated with Mathematical Equations in Grissom's Hand
GRISSOM, Gus.
Gus Grissom Annotated Staff Report of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration: The Next Ten Years in Space 1959-1969.
Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1959.
Rare Astronautics and Space Exploration Staff Report booklet; from the library of Gus Grissom. Octavo, original wrappers, annotated with mathematical equations in Grissom's hand on the rear panel. In very good condition. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from Grissom's son, Mark Grissom, a Letter of Authenticity from Steve Zarelli of Zarelli Space Authentication.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146615
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Iris Murdoch's Under the Net; Inscribed by Her to her Former Pupil
MURDOCH, Iris.
Under the Net.
London: Chatto & Windus, .
Early printing of Murdoch's first novel which announced "the emergence of a brilliant talent" (Times Literary Supplement). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Eddie... All best wishes to my dear pupil Iris Murdoch." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Victor Ross. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 170039
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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 Five Plays by Langston Hughes; lenghtily inscribed by him to Geoffrey Bridson with whom he co-produded the famed bbc series The Negro in America
HUGHES, Langston.
Five Plays.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963.
First edition of this collection of five of Hughes' best-known plays. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author with a full page inscription on the front free endpaper, "Especially for Geoffrey ~ some of my plays ~ Sincerely ~ Langston Hughes New York April 22, 1964." The recipient, BBC producer Geoffrey Bridson, co-produced the now famous nineteen-part BBC series The Negro in America which offered a kaleidoscopic portrait of African-Americans’ contribution to twentieth century culture as well as some raw insights into the Civil Rights struggle that was then rapidly gathering momentum. First broadcast in the opening weeks…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139812
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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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First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Freeman Dyson for ____ _____." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 116229
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First edition of Walter Abish's Duel Site; signed by him
ABISH, Walter.
Duel Site.
New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970.
First edition of the award winning poet's first book. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. One of 300 copies, 1 to 0 of which are signed. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 128294
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Rare Uncorrected Proof of P.D. James' Unnatural Causes; SIGNED BY P.D. JAMES
JAMES, P.D.
Unnatural Causes.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964.
Uncorrected proof of the author's third book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by P.D. James on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3717
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Rare Mary Poppins Original Cast Soundtrack; signed by Julie Andrews
ANDREWS, Julie; Dick Van Dyke; Karen Dotrice; Glynis Johns; David Tomlinson [P.L. Travers].
Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins Original Cast Soundtrack Signed LP.
Walt Disney Productions, 1964.
Rare original LP of the Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack, boldly signed by Julie Andrews on the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140268