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First Edition of A Book of Travellers' Tales; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Book of Travellers’ Tales.
New York: Viking Press, 1985.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5559
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First Edition of Giving Kids A Fair Chance; Inscribed by James J. Heckman
HECKMAN, James J.
Giving Kids A Fair Chance.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2013.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Rogers with respect James Heckman 9/18/15." In fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 144400
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Autobiography, Living to Tell the Tale; Signed by Edith Grossman
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel; Edith Grossman.
Living To Tell the Tale.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author's memoir. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Edith Grossman on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 133748
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First edition of Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; from the library of American writer and environmentalist Peter Matthiessen
BROWN, Stephen [Editor]. Foreword by Jimmy Carter. Introduction by David Allen Sibley [Peter Matthiessen].
Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, 2006.
First edition of this stunning tribute to the birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the library of Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. "No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea" (Michael…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 135489
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“We should constantly be reminded of what we owe in return for what we have": No Ordinary Time; Warmly Inscribed by Doris Kearns Goodwin
KEARNS GOODWIN, Doris.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
First edition, early printing of the historian's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bonnie, With best my best wishes, Doris Kearns Goodwin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 143772
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Thomas Stafford's We Have Capture; Signed by Him
STAFFORD, Thomas P with Michael Cassutt.
We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.
First edition, early printing of this exhilarating memoir of an Apollo space flight commander. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Tom Stafford." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 147063
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First Edition of Burton Richter's Beyond Smoke and Mirrors; Inscribed by Him
RICHTER, Burton.
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
First edition of this insightful overview of climate change science by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Burton Richter. Octavo, original glossy boards. Inscribed by Burton Richter on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition, without the dust jacket as issued.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 34014
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First edition of A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully [Pablo Picasso].
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007.
First edition of the third volume in Richardson's four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original black boards, frontispiece portrait of Picasso in Saint-Raphael 1919, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and a several color images of Picasso's paintings. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Valentine Hugo.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 145267
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"he alone saved our civilisation": First edition of The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History; signed by Boris Johnson
JOHNSON, Boris.
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014.
First edition of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's work on the the life and character of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Boris Johnson on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 132034
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's The Diaries Of Jane Somers; Signed by Her
LESSING, Doris.
The Diaries Of Jane Somers.
London: Michael Joseph, 1984.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Kay.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 50071
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Signed Limited Edition of Norman Douglas' Looking Back
DOUGLAS, Norman.
Looking Back: An Autobiographical Excursion.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1933.
Signed limited edition of this work by the author of South Wind. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, this is number 213 of an edition limited to 535 sets, 500 of which were for sale, signed by Norman Douglas. In near fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 121097
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First Edition of Die Plebejer Proben Den Aufstand; Signed by Gunter Grass
GRASS, Gunter.
Die Plebejer Proben Den Aufstand: Ein Deutshes Trauerspeil.
Luchterhand, 1966.
First Edition. Octavo. Near fine in illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by the author. Uncommon signed.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 563
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"For those who still believe in miracles": First edition of The Gift of Acabar; inscribed by Og Mandino
MANDINO, Og and Buddy Kaye.
The Gift of Acabar.
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1978.
First edition of Mandino and Kaye's enchanting parable. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Mandino on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "With Love Og Mandino 9/28/78." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 90426
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First edition of The Constant Gardener; signed by John le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Constant Gardener.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001.
First edition of the author's classic spy thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Christine Rodin. Author photograph by Simone Casetta.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 146443
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First Edition of Michael Crichton's Disclosure: A Novel; Signed by Him and three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
CRICHTON, Michael.
Disclosure: A Novel.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
First edition of this "expertly crafted novel" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Michael Crichton on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, on the front panel, half-title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Binding and jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 123748
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First Edition of Richard Ford's Wildlife; Inscribed by Him to Photographer Sally Soames
FORD, Richard.
Wildlife.
New York: Collins Harvill, 1990.
First British edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Sally So finally with love. From R. January 8, 1992 London." The recipient Sally Soames worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research…
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 121321
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First Edition of Greg Norman's The Way of the Shark: Lessons on Golf, Business, and Life; Warmly Inscribed by Him
NORMAN, Greg.
The Way of the Shark: Lessons on Golf, Business, and Life.
New York: Atria Books, 2006.
First edition of this work by the Golden Shark. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Col Steve Thanks for your Support...Look after your shoulder Greg Norman 2KG (drawing)." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Min Choi. Written with Donald T. Phillips.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 139297
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First Edition of Walker Percy's Lost in the the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book; Signed by Him
PERCY, Walker.
Lost in the the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.
First edition of this "original and imaginative work" (The Wall Stree Journal). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Walker Percy on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 95398
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First Edition of Mrs. Henderson and Other Stories; Warmly Inscribed by Francis Wyndham
WYNDHAM, Francis.
Mrs. Henderson and Other Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Caroline with lots of love from Francis." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket painting by Jane Human.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 59038
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First Edition of Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser; Inscribed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew .
Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser 1977-1981.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.
First edition of Brzezinski's memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ross Becker- with best wishes, Zbigniew Brzezinski." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Garrett Loube Design Associates.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 144069
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First edition of Russell Baker's Growing up; inscribed by him to American Journalist William Safire
BAKER, Russell [William Safire].
Growing Up.
New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc., 1982.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist's enchanting memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Bill Safire, who could have written it better - Russ Baker Sept 1982." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly…
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 128167
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First Edition of Samuel Shem's The Spirit of the Place; Inscribed by Him
SHEM, Samuel.
The Spirit of the Place.
Kent, OH: The Kent University Press, 2008.
First edition of this ambitious novel about the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page using his real name, "To Arline, Best wishes, Steve." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Marc Chagall.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 142111
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First Edition of Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell; Signed by Javier Marias
MARIAS, Javier.
Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell.
New York: New Directions, 2009.
First edition of the author's final volume in his brilliant trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Hans Geel. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 138885
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“Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed” and “A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds": First Edition of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller; Signed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, Ron.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
New York: Random House, 1998.
First edition of this landmark biography of John D. Rockefeller. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Gabrielle Bordwin.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 146458
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First Edition of Aghion and Howitt's The Economics of Growth; Inscribed by Both Economists
AGHION, Philippe and Peter Howitt.
The Economics of Growth.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2009.
First edition of this comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date introduction to growth economics that presents all the major growth paradigms. Quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "John, with best wishes Peter Howitt" and "Wishing you lots of success!! Philippe Aghion." Written in collaboration with Leonardo Bursztyn. Cover art by Sara Chaillet. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 41854
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "J.M. Coetzee Cape Town, 1999." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Jacket photograph by Barbara Morgan.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 132418
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's In Pursuit of English; Signed by Her
LESSING, Doris.
In Pursuit of the English.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960.
First edition of "one of the most authentic books ever written about the English" (San Francisco Chronicle). Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 2696
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First Edition of North of South: An African Journey; Signed Twice by Shiva Naipaul
NAIPAUL, Shiva.
North of South: An African Journey.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979.
First edition of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication. Additionally signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 915
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Uncorrected Proof of Martin Dressler; Signed by Steven Millhauser
MILLHAUSER, Steven.
Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer.
New York: Crown, 1996.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize- winning novel. Octavo, original beige wrappers. Signed by Steven Millhauser on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 887
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Uncorrected Proof the The Breast; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
The Breast.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Uncorrected proof of the author's comic novella which features David Kapesh's transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 1625
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First Edition of I am Charlotte Simmons; Inscribed by Tom Wolfe
WOLFE, Tom.
I Am Charlotte Simmons.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this "hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel" (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To the Michaels Charlotte Simmons c'est Moi! Tom Wolfe." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 143989
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First Edition of Codex; Signed by Peter Eisenman
EISENMAN, Peter.
Codex: The City of Culture of Galicia.
New York: Monacelli Press, 2005.
First edition of this work by Eisenman. Oblong quarto, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. In fine condition. Inscribed and dated by Peter Eisenman on the title page.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 38753
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"Every ball game is an opening night, and with every winner there is a loser": First edition of Laraine Day's Day with the Giants; signed by her and illustrator Leo Durocher
DAY, Laraine [Leo Durocher].
Day with the Giants.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952.
First edition of Day's account of her experiences as "The First Lady of Baseball". Octavo, original cloth, with drawings by Leo Hershfield. Signed by Lairaine Day and Leo Durocher on the third free endpaper. Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket photograph by Editta Sherman.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 123480
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"It's a pleasure to inscribe a book to such an ambassador of literature. You're welcome in my posse anyday": First Edition of The Orphan Master's Son; Lengthily Inscribed by Adam Johnson
JOHNSON, Adam.
The Orphan Master’s Son.
New York: Random House, 2012.
First edition of this emotionally rousing novel, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Johanna, It's a pleasure to inscribe a book to such an ambassador of literature. You're welcome in my posse anyday. Yours, Adam Johnson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Buckley.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 147177
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Original Playbill from the May 1991 performance of The Caretaker; Signed by Harold Pinter, Colin Firth, and Donald Pleasence
PINTER, Harold.
Original The Caretaker Playbill.
London: Proscenium Publications, 1991.
Original Playbill from the May 1991 performance of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker performed at the Alhambra Theatre. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Rehearsal photographs by Ivan Kynci. Signed by Harold Pinter, Colin Firth, and Donald Pleasence. In near fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 88116
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"For the greater good to prevail, we need to give ourselves a greater public": First Edition of PR!: A Social History of Spin; Lengthily Inscribed by Stuart Ewan
EWAN, Stuart.
PR!: A Social History of Spin.
New York: Basic Books, 1996.
First edition of this thorough history of public relations. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John: For the greater good to prevail, we need to give ourselves a greater public, Best Stuart Ewen." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 74789
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First Edition of Portraits Etched In Stone: Early Jewish Settlers; Inscribed by David de Sola Pool
DE SOLA POOL, David.
Portraits Etched In Stone: Early Jewish Settlers 1682-1831.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1952.
First edition. Thick quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Doris + Leopold Woolf in happy memory of four years ago. David de Sola Pool December 26, 1952." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 32012
