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Rare Stock Certificate For the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company; Signed by Financier and Railway Executive E. H. Harriman
HARRIMAN, Edward Henry.
Edward Henry Harriman Signed Stock Certificate for the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company.
New York: Central Trust Company of New York, 1895.
Rare Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American financier and railroad executive E.H. Harriman. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certificate is dated December 19, 1895 and issues 100 shares of the Capital Stock in the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Co. to Harriman. The document reads in part: 'This certifies that "E. H. Harriman" is the owner of one hundred shares of the capital stock of the Cedar Falls and Minnesota No. N916 Railroad Company of one hundred dollars each transferable on the books of the Company upon the surrender of…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146742
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Warmly Inscribed by Don Delillo to Friend Craig Anderson
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Craig Anderson Best ever Don DeLillo." The recipient was a friend of the author as well as the director of the Rare Book Room at the Strand Bookstore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117829
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First Edition of My Life; Inscribed by Marc Chagall
CHAGALL, Marc.
My Life.
New York: The Orion Press, 1960.
First edition in English of artist Marc Chagall's early autobiography. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated with twenty drawings by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Lillian Friedman Marc Chagall 1960." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Elizabeth Abbott
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146789
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"The only pal I ever had - always wishing you happy landings": First edition of Frank Hawks' Autobiography Speed; lengthily inscribed by him
HAWKS, Frank.
Speed.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931.
First edition of the legendary World War I aviator's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, lacking the frontispiece. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rolly Ueland, the only pal I ever had - always wishing you happy landings Frank Hawks alias Hawker." The recipient, Rolf Ueland practiced law in Minneapolis from 1923 to 1969. His sister, Brenda Ueland, was a noted journalist, editor and bookseller. With an additional Christmas postcard addressed to the recipient in the original transmittal envelope laid in. In very good condition. Books signed and inscribed by Hawks are scarce.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138244
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“YOU TRIP OVER A WORD WHILE CARRYING A TRAY OF VOCABULARY OUT TO THE POOL ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT BROKEN GLASS IS A GOOD TOPIC”: First Edition of Billy Collins' The Apple That Astonished Paris; Inscribed by Him
COLLINS, Billy.
The Apple That Astonished Paris.
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1988.
First edition of this early collection of poems by award-winning poet. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Billy Collins on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 12017
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First Edition of A Tiger By the Tail; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
A Tiger by the Tail: The Keynesian Legacy of Inflation.
San Francisco : Cato Institute , 1979.
First edition of this collection of writings on Keynesian economics by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To George Meyer with best wishes 1-12-82 F.A. Hayek." Compiled and introduced by Sudha R. Shenoy. With a foreword by Leland B. Yeager. In fine condition. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 77024
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Rare autograph note inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Autograph Note Signed.
Rare autograph note inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. The note reads, in part: "but it is a chapter about...theatrical. They are always great fun. Very sincerely yours Rudyard Kipling." Double matted and framed with an engraving of Kipling. The entire piece measures 14.75 inches by 10.25 inches. A handsome example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95201
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Saul Bellow. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117859
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“Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept": First Edition of Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel Angle of Repose; Inscribed by Him
STEGNER, Wallace.
Angle of Repose.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John with best wishes Wallace Stegner November 9, 1972." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by E.D.N. Designs. Photograph of the author by Alex Gotfryd. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 118652
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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly": The Enemy Within; Inscribed by Robert F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, Robert F.
The Enemy Within.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1960.
First edition, early printing of Robert Kennedy's compelling account of one of the most famous, consummate, and effective Senate investigations in modern Congressional history. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Louise Jennings with Best Wishes Robert Kennedy." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by an envelope from the Attorney General's office, containing a paid check for two dollars dated 1964 which was endorsed to the Kennedy Library by the Justice Department. Foreword by Arthur Krock. A very sharp example, with noted provenance.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147087
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First Edition of Philip Johnson: Makers of Contemporary Architecture; Warmly inscribed by him and with two autographed letters signed and three typed letters signed
JACOBUS, John M. [Philip Johnson].
Philip Johnson: Makers of Contemporary Architecture.
New York: George Braziller, 1962.
First edition of this work on the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rosalind Greene Who gave me warmth and courage when both were most horribly lacking - in fondest memory. Philip Johnson." Two autographed letters signed and three typed letters signed from Johnson totally five pages loosely inserted along with assorted magazine and newspaper articles. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lustig and Reich.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132908
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Evita; Boldly signed by Legendary Director and Screenwriter Oliver Stone
STONE, Oliver [Screenwriter]; Alan Parker [Director]; Tim Rice.
Evita.
New York: Warner Brothers, 1996.
First edition of the draft script for the 1996 film, boldly signed by Oliver Stone, based on the 1978 musical stage production by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was in turn based on Rice and Webber's 1976 concept album, following the brief life of Argentinean first lady Eva Peron from her impoverished illegitimate beginnings to her later idolatry. The film went through many iterations of production, passing between studios and directors, with Parker returning to direct in 1994 after having initially rejected the opportunity in 1979.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133217
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"Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day": First Edition of Bellow's Seize the Day; Inscribed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Seize the Day.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Gabels with best wishes from an old exile to Evanston Saul Bellow." The recipients were close friends of Bellow's while he was a student at Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors and earned bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and sociology. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Jacket design by Bill English. Association copies of Seize the Day are uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 84225
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First Edition of La Vie Et La Mort Des Coraux [The Life and Death of Corals]; Inscribed by Jacques Cousteau
COUSTEAU, Jacques-Yves and Philippe Diolé.
La Vie Et La Mort Des Coraux. [The Life and Death in a Coral Sea].
France: Flammarion, 1971.
First edition of this incredible record of oceanic research in the original French. Super octavo, original navy blue cloth, illustrated with multiple maps, color and black and white photographs, and diagrams. Association copy, inscribed by the Jacques-Yves Cousteau on the title page, "Pour Vasil Zlatarski ces histories des explorations de la 'Calypso' dans les dernièrs survi rents des recif de coraux, ces 'chefd 'oeme en péril' - Tui cordialement, J Y Cousteau." [For Vasil Zlatarski these stories of explorations of the 'Calypso' in the surviving coral reefs, these 'chiefs of the ocean in danger' - cordially yours, J Y Cousteau.]"…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145392
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Rare Photograph of André the Giant; Signed by Him
ROUSSIMOF, André René. [André the Giant].
André the Giant Signed Photograph.
Titan Sports, 1988.
Rare color photograph of the legendary French professional wrestler and actor André the Giant. Octavo, one page, color photograph of André the Giant taken by Steve Taylor, boldly signed by André the Giant in black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity and Certificate of Authentication card from Global Authentics which verifies the authenticity of the signature with a tamper evident certification serial number.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146556
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First Edition of A Further Range; Inscribed by Robert Frost to His Publisher
FROST, Robert.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.
First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to his publisher, "To Herbert Bristol with an authors acknowledgement to his publisher Robert Frost 1936." Bristol was the president and publisher at the Henry Holt and Company. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 114778
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Rare Autograph Inscription from the 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield
GARFIELD, James A.
James A. Garfield Autograph Signature.
19th c.
Rare 19th century autograph inscription from James A. Garfield, boldly signed in ink, "Very truly yours J.A. Garfield." In near fine condition with an antiquarian smudge to the writing above the inscription. Double-matted and framed with a large portrait of Garfield and an informational placard. The piece measures 28.25 inches by 18 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146775
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First Edition of Shirley Ann Grau's Masterwork The Keepers of the House; Signed by Her
GRAU, Shirley An.
The Keepers of the House.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Shirley Ann Grau on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 116739
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Rare original carte-de-visite of Harriet Beecher Stowe; with a notecard inscribed by her
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Carte-de-Visite and Signed Card.
New York: E & H.T. Anthony, .
Rare original carte-de-visite of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, accompanied by a small notecard inscribed by her, "Truly yours HB Stowe." In near fine condition. The carte-de-visite measures 4 inches by 2.5 inches. The note measures 3.25 inches by 1.75 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 131409
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"I like complexity and contradiction in architecture": First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Signed by Robert Venturi
VENTURI, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by Robert Venturi on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2585