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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's El Otono del Patriarca; Signed by Him and Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1975.
First Argentine edition of this "majestic, superb...a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant" (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the translator Gregory Rabassa on the front free endpaper. Rabassa translated this novel into English. In very good condition, name to the title page.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119741
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"The pursuit of truth and justice is a never-ending battle, but it is one worth fighting until the end": Signed limited edition of John Grisham's The Pelican Brief
GRISHAM, John.
The Pelican Brief.
New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Signed limited edition of Grisham's third novel, the basis for the 1993 film adaptation starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. Octavo, original publisher's full leather gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. This leatherbound, slipcased edition limited to 350 copies, numbered and signed by the author on the limitation page, this is copy number 19. In fine condition. Housed in the original publishers glassine which is in fine condition and the original publisher's slipcase. A superior example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147635
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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 The Truro Bear; Signed by Mary Oliver
OLIVER, Mary.
The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2008.
First edition of this collection by the award-winning poet. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Kosturko.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133714
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Economic Theory; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Gary S. Becker
BECKER, Gary S.
Economic Theory.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
First edition, early printing of the economist's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, no dust jacket was issued. Boldly signed by Gary Becker on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3056
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Rare original Roy Orbison 1975 UK Tour Program; warmly inscribed by him
ORBISON, Roy.
Roy Orbison Signed 1975 Tour Program.
1975.
Rare Roy Orbison UK Tour Program signed by Roy Orbison. Quarto, the program is inscribed by Roy Orbison on the title page, "Sincerely Roy Orbison." Accompanied by a letter of provenance signed by the original recipient explaining the circumstances of Orbison signing the program at a concert in August of 1975. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138742
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“The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do": First Edition of Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977.
First edition of this collection of seven short stories by the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John + Shana Love Roald Dahl." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Shields. Photograph by Sophie Baker.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143005
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"This is good in parts, but not as good as William James": First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Lengthily Inscribed 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, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Adrienne Rogers Freeman Dyson February 2010 This is good in parts, but not as good as William James." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144346
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Rare Original December 13, 1968 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by the 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority Yasser Arafat
ARAFAT, Yasser.
Yasser Arafat Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Time Magazine Latin America, 1968.
Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover from the December 13, 1968 issue. Octavo, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Yasser Arafat painted by Hector Garrido. Signed and dated by Arafat in Arabic at the upper right. In near fine condition with mail folds.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146623
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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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"Would I Find La Maga?": First Edition of Hopscotch; Signed by Julio Cortazar and Translator Gregory Rabassa
CORTAZAR, Julio.
Hopscotch.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the translator Gregory Rabassa, who has written the opening line of this title, "Would I find La Maga?" Fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Jacket designed by George Salter.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5713
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Keith Stephens from Peter F. Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 26011
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“Saving and pinching to get married, you're losing the best time of your life": First Edition of Muriel Spark's The Ballad of Peckham Rye; Signed by Her
SPARK, Muriel.
The Ballad of Peckham Rye.
London: Macmillan, 1960.
First edition of this satirical gem from the “master of malice and mayhem” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears to the extremities. Jacket design by Victor Reinganum.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 59022
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"For best results, the competitive player should never depart from his area of expertise": First Edition of The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money; Signed by John Train; From the Library of Peter Matthiessen
TRAIN, John [Peter Matthiessen].
The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money.
Artisan Press, 2011.
First edition of this classic work by the founding editor of The Paris Review. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Train on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of novelist Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Matthiessen was a founding member of The Paris Review. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144372
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"With affection and gratitude for getting me started in DNA synthesis and for your key contributions to the story": First Edition of DNA Synthesis; Warmly Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Arthur Kornberg to fellow scientist Morris Friedkin
KORNBERG, Arthur.
DNA Synthesis.
San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1974.
First edition of this important work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Morris: With affection and gratitude for getting me started in DNA synthesis and for your key contributions to the story Arthur." The recipient, Morris Friedkin conducted research on metabolism. He illustrated the pathways of oxidative phosphorylation, examined metabolic reaction within the mitochondria, and identified and characterized deoxyribose-1-phosphate, an intermediate in pyrimidine synthesis. In addition, he discovered the role of folates in metabolism, which is important to the synthesis of folate analogs in chemotherapy. In…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144689
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"Don't be so sure, Kevin, my boy, don't be so sure": First Edition of Six Days of the Condor; Lengthily Inscribed by James Grady
GRADY, James.
Six Days of the Condor.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the author's first thriller, basis for the classic film film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page with a quote from the novel, "For John, 'Don't be so sure, Kevin, my boy, don't be so sure.' Thank you! James Grady Feb. 2023." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Antler. Author photograph by S. Hodgson.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145182
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“I guess you could call it a failure, but I prefer the term learning experience": Signed limited First Edition of The Martian; Signed by Andy Weir and Academy Award-Winning Actor Matt Damon
WEIR, Andy.
The Martian.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2016.
Signed limited first edition of this modern science fiction classic, basis for the 2015 film directed by Ridley Scott starring Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Andy Weir and actor Matt Damon opposite Weir's signature. Map by Fred Haynes. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147124
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"And he did bring them. It took a number of years, but one by one, he brought them here. Except for his father. That old man died where he was born": First Edition of Elia Kazan's America America; Signed by him and actor Stathis Giallelis,
KAZAN, Elia.
America America.
New York: Stein and Day, 1962.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1963 film starring Stathis Giallelis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To June Elia Kazan" and below by actor Stathis Giallelis. Introduction by S.N. Behrman. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Abram Rudisill.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138692
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First Edition of The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar; Signed by Gilles Peress, Eric Stover and Richard Goldstone
PERESS, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone.
The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.
New York: Scalo , 1998.
First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990's. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peress; Eric Stover, who contributed the text and Justice Richard Goldstone, who contributed the foreword. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 973
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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