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“I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person": Rare Cary Grant Signed Artist's Sketch
P.B. SOCCI (CARY GRANT),.
Cary Grant Signed Sketch.
Rare graphite artist's sketch of classic Hollywood actor Cary Grant. Boldly signed by Cary Grant below 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. A unique example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 89100
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First edition of John W. Milnor's Topology From the Differentiable Viewpoint; signed by him
MILNOR, John W .
Topology From the Differentiable Viewpoint.
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1965.
First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Milnor at the University of Virginia in December 1963. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. Signed by John Milnor on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 114852
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Rare Photograph of The Founding Father of Israel, David Ben-Gurion; Inscribed by Him
BEN-GURION, David.
David-Ben Gurion Signed Photograph.
Rare photograph of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion. Glossy black and white photograph of David Ben-Gurion seated with a book in his lap. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ben-Gurion in the top right corner, "To Karen Moss, D. Ben-Gurion." Framed. In near fine condition. The piece measures 11 inches by 9 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146735
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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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"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves": First Edition of High Adventure; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the title page, "E.P. Hillary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132749
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First Edition of Carlos Fuentes' Cambio de piel; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to His Close Friend Sergio Munoz
FUENTES, Carlos.
Cambio de Piel. [A Change of Skin].
Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1967.
First edition of this work which defines existentially a collective Mexican consciousness by exploring and reinterpreting the country’s myths. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to his close friend Sergio Munoz on the front free endpaper, "A Sergio, companero en todas los barricadas, es tu invitacion a exlorar ris ___ - tematicamente el ruindo de la "muerte climatizada" seamos realistias: sonemos lo imposible un gran abrazo de Carlos London 1968." Fuentes met Munoz in Mexico in the 1960's when he was dating the daughter of Fuentes' first wife, actress Rita Macedo. Carlos and Sergio bonded one…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132766
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First Edition of M.F.K. Fisher's Here Let Us Feast; Warmly Inscribed by Her
FISHER, M.F.K.
Here Let Us Feast: A Book of Banquets.
New York: The Viking Press, 1946.
First edition of Fisher's classic fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marian Allen de Ford Shipley from M.F.K. Fisher (her affectionate for Mary Frances) 1969." The recipient, Marian Allen de Ford Shipley was a fellow writer and friend of the Fisher's. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140274
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Rare First Edition of Robert M. Solow's Growth Theory; Signed by Him
SOLOW, Robert M.
Growth Theory: An Exposition.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. In near fine condition, with a name to the front panel and front free endpaper.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 46011
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First Edition of William Cothren's History of Ancient Woodbury Vol. II; Inscribed by Roger M. Sherman to Ellen Sherman
COTHREN, William [William Tecumseh Sherman].
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854: Including the Present Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a Part of Oxford and Middlebury.
Waterbury, Connecticut: Bronson Brothers, 1854.
Second volume of the first edition of this history of Ancient Woodbury, the location of the Sherman family’s initial establishment in early 1673; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with coats of arms from the Graham and Sherman family. General Sherman and his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplates to the front pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed by Roger M. Sherman on the flyleaf to Ellen Sherman, "Mrs. General Sherman with the compliments of Roger M. Sherman." The recipient, Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman and a prominent pro-Union…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145760
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First Edition of Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel; Warmly Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh in the Year of Publication
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Work Suspended. Two Chapters of an Unfinished Novel.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1942.
First edition, one of only 500 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Carolyn with love from Evelyn Christmas 1942." In very good condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146276
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Aldous Huxley's The Art of Seeing; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley's experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140889
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"The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs": First Edition of Adventures of a White-Collar Man; Inscribed by Alfred P. Sloan
SLOAN, Alfred P.
Adventures of a White-Collar Man.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1941.
First edition of the story of Alfred P. Sloan's rise to become General Motors executive. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Alfred P. Sloan. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Alfred Sloan P. Sloan Jr New York July 22, 1964." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Written in collaboration with Boyden Sparkes. Introduction by Karl T. Compton. Scarce and desirable signed by Sloan.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 54084
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"Beauty will live though I must sleep, unknowing, beneath thy feet": The Constant Nymph; signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean
KENNEDY, Margaret and Basil Dean.
The Constant Nymph: From the Novel of Margaret Kennedy.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1926.
First edition, second impression of the classic stage adaptation of Kennedy's Bohemian novel of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean on the half-title page. In near fine condition. From the library of bibliophile Henry Stuart Maclean Jack with his bookplate to the pastedown. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124809
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"I was born to a vocation to bear witness to the great mysteries": First edition of Ararat; inscribed by Louise Glück to fellow poet Stuart Dischell
GLUCK, Louise.
Ararat.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the poet opposite the half-title page, "For Stuart I look forward to your new work, I wish you all good fortune - Louise." The recipient, Stuart Dischell is a fellow poet and friend of Gluck. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Näher.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124951
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"HERE IS WHAT ELOISE DOES IN PARIS: EVERYTHING. THE EFFECT IS RAWTHER EXTRAORDINAIRE": First Edition of Eloise in Paris; Signed by Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise in Paris.
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc, 1957.
First edition of the second book in Kay Thompson's cherished Eloise series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout by Hilary Knight. Signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper, "Hilary Knight and ME! ELOISE." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140791
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The Economic Point of View; Signed by Israel Kirzner
KIRZNER, Israel M.
The Economic Point of View.
Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1976.
First printing of this edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Israel Kirzner on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Grandits. Edited with an introduction by Laurence S. Moss.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144369
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First Edition of Graham Greene's Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement; Inscribed by Him
GREENE, Graham.
Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.
London: William Bodley, 1984.
First edition of this work by the author of The Heart of the Matter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Tucker with love from Graham." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Bernard Diederich. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 137597
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"Docking target during rendezvous": Apollo 7 Rendezvous Photograph; Lengthily Signed by Walter Cunningham
CUNNINGHAM, Walter.
Walter Cunningham Signed Apollo 7 Rendezvous Photograph.
October, 1968.
Large format photograph of the Saturn IVB module, which was being used to simulate docking maneuvers in orbit during the Apollo 7 mission. Color photograph of the Saturn IVB module. Lengthily inscribed in gold felt tip by Walter Cunningham, "Docking target during rendezvous Walt Cunningham Apollo 7 LMP October 1968." In fine condition. The piece measures 16 inches by 20 inches.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145300
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1969-1980; Signed by Milton Friedman and twice by Kenneth Arrow
FRIEDMAN, Milton; Kenneth A. Arrow; Paul A. Samuelson.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1969-1980.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1969-1980. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Kenneth Arrow (twice), once on the half-title page and again at Arrow's Nobel lecture. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146250
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"A friend is someone you have things in common with, Charlie Brown": First Edition of I Need All The Friends I Can Get; Signed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M .
I Need All The Friends I Can Get.
San Francisco : Determined Productions, Inc, 1964.
First edition of this charming 'little classic' featuring Charles Schulz's endearing Peanuts characters. Small octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the front free endpaper. Book design by Jim Young. Photograph by John Arms. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 109011
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"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear": First Edition of Rosa Parks' Quiet Strength; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa with Gregory J. Reed.
Quiet Strength.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994.
First edition of this work by Rosa Parks. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Rosa Parks opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 136722
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"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies": First Edition of The Rabin Memoirs; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication to Lord Peart
RABIN, Yitzhak.
The Rabin Memoirs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1979.
First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with sixteen pages of photographs and five maps. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title in the year of publication, "To Lord Peart with great respect Y. Rabin 7.12.79." The recipient Fred Peart was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party. In 1976, Peart was created a life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal at a time when the Labour faction in the…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 118518
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The Political Economy of James Buchanan; Inscribed by Buchanan to his Assistant
REISMAN, David (James M. Buchanan).
The Demand and Supply of Public Goods.
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1968.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication (with a two page inscription) on the front free endpaper and onto the verso, "Betty, This will have to substitute for a more formal dedication to you, which, as I said, should have been included here. This is because this book, more than any other stuff of mine, reflects the outcome of the efforts of so many around the center and, all of whom are and remain in a real sense (over) thanks for all that you have done through those "good" years, which like all good things must pass along, hopefully, to…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 44012
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Signed by Him
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Barrie Cooke. Author photograph by Caroline Forbes. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142391