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"If You Only Read The Books That Everyone Else Is Reading, You Can Only Think What Everyone Else Is Thinking": First Editions in English Of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood; Both Volumes Signed By Him
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Norwegian Wood.
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1989.
First editions in English of the author's most well-known work. Small octavos, original wrappers as issued. Both volumes are fine in fine dust jackets. Both volumes are boldly signed by Haruki Murakami on the title pages. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 139249
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Black and White Photograph Signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip; from the Royal 1954 Christmas Card
ELIZABETH II, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Photograph.
1954.
Black and white photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with young Prince Charles and Princess Anne waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, signed by Queen Elizabeth II, "Elizabeth R 1954" and Prince Philip, "Philip." Removed from the official Royal 1954 Christmas card. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. Matted and attractively framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145203
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First Edition of Continuous-Time Finance; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Robert C. Merton and Paul A. Samuelson
MERTON, Robert C.; Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson.
Continuous-Time Finance.
Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1990.
First edition of Merton's landmark work, which introduced the concepts of continuous-time optimization. Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Inscribed by Robert C. Merton on the title page. Additionally signed by Paul A. Samuelson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by these two Nobel Prize-winning economists.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 49003
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Official NBA Spalding Basketball; Signed by 13 Members of the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls Team, Including Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Scotty Pippen
JORDAN, Michael; Scotty Pippen; Steve Kerr; et al.
1997-98 Chicago Bulls Team Signed NBA Basketball.
Official NBA Spalding Basketball, boldly signed by 13 members of the 1997-98 NBA Champion Chicago Bulls including Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Scotty Pippen. Additionally accompanied by a James Spence Letter of Authentication. Housed in a custom acrylic case. This extremely rare multi-signed basketball signifies the end of the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990's and marks the conclusion of the legendary Michael Jordan's tenure with the team, leaving a significant impact on both the sport and the world.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145461
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Rare First Edition of Harry Markowitz’s Landmark Work Portfolio Selection; Inscribed by Him
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.
Portfolio Selection.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1959.
First edition of the economist's work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For William Best Wishes Harry Markowitz." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 141319
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"Tune in, freak out, get beaten": First Edition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Hunter S. Thompson
THOMPSON, Hunter S.; Illustrations by Ralph Steadman.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream.
New York: Random House, 1971.
First edition of Thompson's classic second book. Octavo, original bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated. Boldly signed by Hunter S. Thompson with the added words "Thank You" bound in. Silver titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges silver. In fine condition. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147464
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Finely Bound First Edition of Fads and Fancies
MANN, William d'Alton.
Fads and Fancies of Representative Americans at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Being a Portrayal of their Tastes, Diversions and Achievements.
New York: Town Topics Publishing Company, 1905.
First edition of this lavishly published work regarding New York's wealthy society at the time, including names such as John Jacob Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan and Henry Huntington. Folio, original full green morocco, elaborate tooling to the spine, front and back panels, green silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt. Illustrated hundreds of photogravures, all edges gilt. Signed by William Mann, the publisher of Town Topics. Includes sketches of Astor, Pell, Yerkes, Stanford White, Flagler, Schwab, Depew, C.P. Huntington, H.E. Huntington, Chanler, Cleveland, Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, Foxhall Keene, and many others. In fine condition. Housed in rare original felt-lined wooden…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 129391
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Rare visitor's log from the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 signed by Winston S. and Clementine Churchill, David Lloyd George, Raymond and Violet Asquith among others
CHURCHILL, Winston S.; Clementine Churchill; David Lloyd George; Raymond Asquith.
Winston S. Churchill and David Lloyd George Signed Japan-British Exhibition Visitor’s Log.
1910.
Rare visitor's log from the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 signed by Winston S. and Clementine Churchill, David Lloyd George, Raymond and Violet Asquith among others. Oblong quarto, bound in full leather with gilt inner dentelles. Signed and dated on the first several pages of the logbook by David Lloyd George, Louis Brennan (the inventor of the gyro monorail which won the exhibition's Grand Prize), Raymond Asquith, Clementine S. Churchill, Violet Asquith, Winston S. Churchill, Brazilian President Hermes de Fonseca, and several others dated May 16, 1910 to February 18, 1911. Accompanied by a collection of original photographs from the exhibition…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 119055
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Ernest Hemingway's The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories; From the Library of John Steinbeck; inscribed by John Steinbeck's wife Carol Brown Steinbeck to him
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. [John Steinbeck].
The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938.
First edition, second printing of this famed Hemingway anthology, containing his only published play as well as the first appearance in book form of The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and Night Before Battle. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed on the pastedown by Carol Brown Steinbeck to her husband, John Steinbeck, "For John on his birthday. 1940 With love, Carol." The recipient, Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Steinbeck remains perhaps best-known for his 1939 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the course of his career, Steinbeck authored 33 books including 16 novels,…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145913
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's The Night Traveler; Signed by Twice by Her
OLIVER, Mary.
The Night Traveler.
A Bits Chapbook, 1978.
First edition of this early collection by Mary Oliver. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Mary Oliver, once on the front free endpaper and on the title page. In fine condition. Rare.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133671
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First Editions of Kay Thompson's Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise At Christmastime, Eloise In Moscow and Eloise Takes A Bawth; Each Signed by Illustrator Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise At Christmastime, Eloise In Moscow, Eloise Takes a Bawth.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955-2002.
First editions of each of the five Eloise titles. Quarto, 5 volumes. Each are signed by the illustrator, Hilary Knight. Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. A brilliant set of this timeless classic.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 5600
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From the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First edition of Jay Winik's The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World; inscribed by him to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WINIK, Jay. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800.
New York: HarperCollins, 2007.
First edition of Winik's "cinematic reconstruction of the birth of the modern world" (Robert Dallek). Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Chevy Chase, MD Dec. 2007 To Ruth Bader Ginsburg & Marty Ginsburg Who in our own day continues the rich legacies of our Founders! With best wishes and much admiration Jay Winik." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 146983
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Rare First Edition of I Am Prepared to Die; Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
I Am Prepared to Die.
Kent: A.G. Bishop & Sons, Ltd, c. 1965.
Rare first edition of Mandela's Rivonia Speech. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed and dated on the front panel, "Mandela 15.3.06." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147121
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First Edition, Presentation Copy of S. Weir Mitchell's Doctor and Patient; inscribed by him
MITCHELL, S. Weir.
Doctor and Patient.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1888.
Rare first edition, presentation copy of the father of American neurology's most popular work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mrs. Johnson with the author's regards." Weir has also noted "25 copies large paper No. 19." In near fine condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 106806
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"Who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Elizabeth M. Schneider's Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking; Inscribed by Schneider to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
SCHNEIDER, Elizabeth M. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
First edition of this seminal work in feminist legal activism. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "November 2000. For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire. With warm regards, Liz Schneider." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147156
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"At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned": First Edition of Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God; Signed by the author
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
Child of God.
New York: Random House, 1973.
First edition of the author's classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 141798
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First edition of James Baldwin's Just Above My Head; inscribed by him to close friend and biographer David Adams Leeming
BALDWIN, James.
Just Above My Head.
New York: The Dial Press, 1979.
First edition of the last novel published in Baldwin's lifetime. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "for my beloved David Adams Leeming: Godspeed. Jimmy Baldwin." The recipient, literary scholar David Adams Leeming, and Baldwin were close friends for twenty-five years. Leeming published his James Baldwin: A Biography in 1994, a vivid and intimate portrait of Baldwin, his complexities, and importance in the literary canon. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 129068
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EACH OF BOB WOODWARD'S FOUR VOLUMES DOCUMENTING THE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENCY, INSCRIBED BY HIM TO GENERAL COLIN POWELL
WOODWARD, Bob [Colin Powell].
Bush at War, Plan of Attack, State of Denial, and The War Within: A Secret White House History.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002-2008.
First editions of each volume, inscribed by Woodward to Colin Powell. Octavo, 4 volumes, original boards, illustrated. Bush at War is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Secretary Powell Very Respectfully Bob Woodward." Plan of Attack is signed by Bob Woodward on the front free endpaper. State of Denial is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Powell Best Wishes Bob." The War Within is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Powell Volume IV Warmest regards Bob Woodward." Each are near fine to fine in near fine dust jackets. From the library of Colin Powell.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 140438
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First Edition of W.D. Gann's The Tunnel Thru the Air; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
GANN, William Delbert [W.D.].
The Tunnel Thru The Air or Looking Back from 1940.
New York: Financial Guardian Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition of this work by the legendary investor. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Robert Rend With all good wishes for the success of his new book sincerely W.D. Gann May 12, 1942." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the spine. Books signed and inscribed by W.D. Gann are rare.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 7387
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"THE FIRST CASUAL PORTRAIT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT": Rare casual color portrait of the 1977 Burger Court; signed by nine supreme court justices
BURGER, Warren; John Paul Stevens; Lewis F. Powell Jr.; Harry A. Blackmun; William H. Rehnquist; Thurgood Marshall; Warren E. Burger; Wm J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart; Byron R. White.
Warren E. Burger Supreme Court Signed Photograph.
c. 1977.
Large color photograph of the Burger Court, signed by nine justices and referred to as "first casual portrait of the US Supreme Court." The full color photo print of the famed photograph taken on January 10, 1977 of the 9 US Supreme Court justices casually sitting or leaning on a set of library tables is signed in the lower margin, "John Paul Stevens," "Lewis F. Powell, Jr.," "Harry A. Blackmun," "William H. Rehnquist," "Thurgood Marshall," "Warren E. Burger," Wm J. Brennan, Jr.," "Potter Stewart," and "Byron R. White." The image measures 17 inches by 11.25 inches. The entire piece measures 20…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145513
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Clement Attlee's Personal Scrapbook of his Tour of the United States of America; Inscribed to Him by Harry S. Truman
ATTLEE, Clement; [Harry S. Truman].
A Tour of the United States of America.
1959.
The only copy of this beautiful record of the friendship between The Right Honourable Clement 'Earl' Attlee and President Harry S. Truman. Folio, original presentation faux leather boards with gilt fascimile lettering and ruling to the front panel, bound with green velvet rope, silver patterned engdpapers, original photographs and news clippings throughout. Inscribed by Harry S. Truman to Clement Attlee, "To my good friend Lord Attlee, with kindest regards and highest admiration for his public service and his contribution to the peace of the world. Harry Truman. Independence, Missouri October 28, 1959." Clement Attlee served as Prime Minister of the…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145339
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Rare Signed Portrait of Ludwig Von Mises
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Ludwig Von Mises Signed Portrait.
1971.
Portrait of the influential Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises. Boldly signed, “August 27, 1971 Ludwig Mises.” The portrait measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 16.5 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 62034
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First Edition of Continuous-Time Finance; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert C. Merton
MERTON, Robert C.; Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson.
Continuous-Time Finance.
Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1990.
First edition of Merton's landmark work, which introduced the concepts of continuous-time optimization. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John, Robert C. Merton April 26, 2015." Also, with a laid in business card inscribed and signed by Robert C. Merton. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 146444
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Rare December 29, 1975 Time Magazine Cover featuring a portrait of Mother Teresa; inscribed by her
BOJAXHIU, Mary Teresa. [Mother Teresa].
Mother Teresa Signed Time Magazine Cover.
New York: Time, December 29, 1975.
Rare cover from the December 29, 1975 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Mother Teresa by Bob Peak and inscribed by her, "God bless you M Teresa MC." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed with the original transmittal envelope inserted into a pocket on the verso of the frame showing the printed Missionaries of Charity return address and postmarked Bronx, 3 April 1986. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133441
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First Edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson The Europeans; Signed by Him
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
The Europeans.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955.
First edition in English of Cartier-Bresson’s famous photobook, “capturing the essence of what has not previously been seen,” with 114 large photogravures (many double-page) and bright cover designed by Joan Miró. Folio, original illustrated boards. Signed by Henri Cartier-Bresson on the title page. Fine in a near fine acetate dust jacket. With the captions booklet laid in.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 2330
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"I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused": First Edition of The Quiet American; Inscribed by Graham Greene
GREENE, Graham.
The Quiet American.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1955.
First edition of Greene's classic novel of exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Joseph from Graham Greene." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 98538
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“In the University library he wandered through the stacks, among the thousands of books, inhaling the musty odor of leather, cloth, and drying page as if it were an exotic incense": First Edition of Stoner; Inscribed by John Williams
WILLIAMS, John.
Stoner.
New York: The Viking Press, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Bob and Margaret, with much love- John Williams Christmas, 1970 Denver." The recipients were close friends of the author. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 122576
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Louis Fisher's The Politics of Executive Privilege; Inscribed by Fisher to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
FISHER, Louis [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The Politics of Executive Privilege.
Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2004.
First edition of this discussion of constitutional principles and political settlements. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Best regards, Lou Fisher." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on the name of famed 90s rapper The Notorious B.I.G.), Ginsburg was responsible for some of the…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147159
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“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all": First Edition of Brideshead Revisited; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Brideshead Revisited.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1945.
First edition of Waugh's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Inscribed for John Maloney by Evelyn Waugh December 1959" on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147460
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Photograph of "the father of American literature" Mark Twain; With an autographed note
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Mark Twain Autograph with Photograph.
Original photograph of Mark Twain by A. F. Bradley, signed with a note, "Yrs truly Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain", framed beneath original photograph. The silver gelatin print is a seated portrait of Twain, stamped "Pach Bros. NY" lower right. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 132452
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First Edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page, "John le Carre with best wishes 16 ix 64." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 135319
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Signed Limited Edition; One of 250 Copies Signed by Henry M. Stanley
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
London: Sampson, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890.
First edition, edition de luxe, number 242 of 250 copies signed by Henry Stanley. Original half black morocco over vellum, top edges gilt, 2 volumes. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, two photogravure plates on India paper, mounted, 36 wood-engraved plates on India, mounted, 6 etchings by M.G. Montbard signed by the artist in pencil, 4 coloured maps and plans; the 2 larger folding maps mounted on linen. In near fine condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, bookplate. A very nice example.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 93277
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"Keep close to Nature’s heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean": Finely Bound Set of The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of John Muir; With Eight Original Photographs
MUIR, John.
The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916-24.
The Manuscript edition of The Writings of John Muir. One of only 750 numbered copies, this is number 461. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in the original green with morocco spine labels with gilt titles, containing the original gelatin silver photographic frontispiece to each volume with tissue guards present, illustrated with numerous photogravure and halftone plates; folding map in volume two. Edited by William Frederic Badè. The scenes depicted in the inserted photographs are: The House of John Muir, Martinez, California; The Cathedral Spires, Yosemite National Park; Eucalyptus on Muir's Ranch, Martinez, California; An Orange Tree in Front of Muir's House,…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 96258
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First Edition of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise; with a typed letter signed by Fitzgerald’s legendary editor Maxwell Perkins
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
This Side of Paradise.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.
First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald's first novel, with an initial print run of only 3,000 copies. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. With a rare typed letter signed by by Fitzgerald’s legendary editor, Maxwell Perkins, laid in. One page, typescript, on Perkins' Charles Scribner's Sons Publishers letterhead, the letter reads in full, 'August 10, 1937 Dear Mr. Kozlenko: I think the idea you outline in your of August 7th for an anthology of on act plays is a good one. I'd like to see you at any time convenient to talk it over. The…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 147295
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“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless”: Original photograph of Mother Teresa meeting German Chancellor Helmut Kohl; Signed by both
MOTHER TERESA AND HELMUT KOHL,.
Mother Teresa and Helmut Kohl Signed Photograph.
Black and white photographic portrait of Mother Teresa and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Signed by Mother Teresa, "God bless you M. Teresa mc" and signed by Helmut Kohl. Mother Teresa and Chancellor Kohl met on July 13, 1986 at Mother Teresa's home in Oggersheim. Kohl gained a reputation for his strong commitment to European integration and French–German cooperation. He was also a dedicated ally of the United States and supported Reagan's policies in order to weaken the Soviet Union. He has been described as "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century" by both U.S. Presidents George H.W.…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 96017
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"The only book by Drucker in which he systematically develops a basic social theory"; First Edition of The Future of Industrial Man Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Future of Industrial Man.
New York: The John Day Company, 1942.
First edition of Drucker's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. An excellent example in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 99512
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Inscribed by Graham Greene to Fellow Writer Norman Douglas
GREENE, Graham.
The Lost Childhood and Other Essays.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951.
First edition of this collection of essays by Graham Greene, two of its four parts, Personal Prologue and Personal Postscript, comprise seven invaluable pieces of autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Norman Douglas on the front free endpaper, "Dear Norman This with my love. Thank you so much for the nostalgic picture postcard. Catherine and I both miss you a great deal and our drinks at the Victoria. We hope to come and find you sitting there in June and I will bring with me your Chinese snuff box! Love Graham." With Norman…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 23055
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's The Waters of Siloe; signed by Thomas Merton
MERTON, Thomas.
The Waters of Siloe.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949.
First edition of Merton's companion volume to his famed The Seven Storey Mountain. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece. Signed by Thomas Merton on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 110762
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"If it weren't for people like you, people like me would never grasp the opportunity to learn in this land": First edition of Paul G. Kauper's Religion and Constitution; lengthily inscribed by Bill Clinton to his former high school principal Johnnie Mae Mackey
KAUPER, Paul G. (Bill Clinton).
Religion and the Constitution.
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1964.
First edition of this collection of lectures devoted to contemporary questions regarding religion in its relation to the constitutional order. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Bill Clinton on the front free endpaper, "5 - 14 - 66 Georgetown University To Mrs. Johnnie Mae Mackey, This little book is a glowing testimonial to the freedom of man in America and the efforts of our judges to perpetuate and insure that freedom to every man. But if it weren't for people like you, people like me would never grasp the opportunity to learn in this land. May I make my small contribution…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 95273
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"Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life": First Edition of The Phantom Tollbooth; Signed by Norton Juster
JUSTER, Norton; Feiffer.
Phantom Tollbooth.
New York: Epstein & Carroll, 1961.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original blue cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable in this condition and signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145819
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SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES; SIGNED BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and On the Great Plains. Comprising “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman” and “The Wilderness Hunter.”
New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, 1899.
Signed limited first edition of this fascinating account of every species of big game in temperate North America Roosevelt has hunted. Quarto, bound in full three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands restored by J. MacDonald Company, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original silk ribbon laid-in, 55 tissue-guarded illustrations by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost, J. Carter Beard, Swain Gifford, Henry Sandham and other well-known artists throughout. One of only 1000 copies signed by Roosevelt beneath the tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of himself in Rough Rider's uniform, this is…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145341
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First edition of A: A Novel; Inscribed by Andy Warhol with a Drawing and initialed twice
WARHOL, Andy.
a: A novel by Andy Warhol.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968.
First edition of Warhol's first novel, an experimental collection of four word-for-word transcriptions of tapes recorded by Warhol and Ondine between 1965 and 1967. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist in purple ink on the front endpapers, "To Tony Janak Andy Warhol 70," with a drawing of a lowercase 'a'. Additionally initialed by Warhol at the bottom of page 247 and signed again on the front panel of the dust jacket. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 147206
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First Edition of The Martian Chronicles; Lengthily Inscribed by Ray Bradbury Two days before the day of publication
BRADBURY, Ray.
The Martian Chronicles.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1950.
First edition of the book that established Bradbury's literary reputation. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author two days before the day of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Nancy with my best wishes and my hope that I can continue to entertain you! From Ray Bradbury May 2, 1950." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Rare and desirable signed two days before the day of publication; the earliest inscription we have seen.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 142665
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“I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ALDOUS HUXLEY'S BRAVE NEW WORLD
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Brave New World.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.
Signed limited first edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo, original yellow cloth, gilt topstain as issued. One of a limited edition of 324 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page, this is number 8. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 118355
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THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF ULYSSES: SIGNED BY HENRI MATISSE
JOYCE, James and Henri Matisse.
Ulysses.
New York : Limited Editions Club, 1935.
First illustrated edition of Joyce’s landmark Ulysses, number 1134 of 1500 copies signed by Henri Matisse, with 26 illustrations by him, one of the 20th-century’s most desirable illustrated books, combining the work of two great modern artists. Large quarto, original gilt-stamped pictorial brown cloth, original slipcase. In near fine condition with the rare original slipcase. With an introduction by Stuart Gilbert. An exceptional example.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 132117
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"To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard": First Edition of The Lyndon Johnson Story; inscribed by Lyndon Johnson to his vice president Hubert Humphrey
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson [Hubert Humphrey].
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., served as Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey took office on January 20, 1965, ending the 14-month vacancy of the Vice President of the United States, which had remained empty when then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the Presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 140814
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"Mary avec l'aimite from John the XXII": First Edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV; Inscribed by John Steinbeck to his sister
STEINBECK, John.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.
New York: The Viking Press, 1957.
First edition of Steinbeck's only political satire. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the front free endpaper, "Mary avec l'aimite from John the XXII." The recipient, Mary Steinbeck Dekker was the eldest sister of John Steinbeck. The warmth of this inscription reflects their close and enduring relationship throughout his life. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Pene Du Bois. From the library of Mary Steinbeck Dekker. An exceptional association.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145514
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"One of the most important books on Wall Street"; G.M. Loeb's The Battle For Investment Survival; Signed by Him
LOEB, Gerald M. [G.M.].
The Battle For Investment Survival.
New York: Barron's, 1943.
Early printing of Loeb's classic work Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald M. Loeb on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 119657
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"With deep appreciation for your fine work in Washington - this work began to gather steam when we were together at Harvard 30 years ago": First Edition of Diary of a Contraband; FROM THE LIBRARY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG Inscribed by William B. Gould IV to Her
GOULD IV, William B. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2002.
First edition of this inspirational and thought-provoking family history, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of William B. Gould in his veteran's hat, illustrated with black and white photographs, charts, and maps. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to associate justice of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "11/4/02 For Ruth, With deep appreciation for your fine work in Washington - this work began to gather steam when we were together at Harvard 30 years ago - Best wishes, Bill Gould." American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 146285
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First Edition of The World of Salvador Dali; Inscribed by Him Twice with a Large Drawing of Don Quixote
DESCHARNES, Robert [Salvador Dali].
The World of Salvador Dali.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1962.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work of Dali. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly signed and inscribed by Dali on two pages, "Pour Seth Dennis hommage de Salvador Dali 1963" with a large drawing. Fine in a very good dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 139499
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"I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands": Gitanjali (Song Offerings); Signed by Rabindranath Tagore
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Gitanjali [Song Offerings].
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916.
First Bolpur edition of this collection of prose translated by Tagore from the original Bengali, largely for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tagore. Boldly signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the half-title page. Introduction by W.B. Yeats. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 144306
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"How I would have welcomed that little orphaned elephant and smothered him with affection": First Edition of Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's Babar's Anniversary Album: 6 Favorite Stories; Inscribed by the Authors to Maurice Sendak with an Original Drawing of Babar
BRUNHOFF, Jean and Laurent de; Introduction by Maurice Sendak.
Babar’s Anniversary Album: 6 Favorite Stories.
New York: Random House, 1981.
First edition of this collection of stories paying homage to 50 years of Babar; from the library of Maurice Sendak. Small folio, original full crushed morocco with gilt titles to the spine, an illustration of Babar and "Maurice Sendak" stamped in gilt to the front panel, original white satin ribbon marker laid in, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the authors to Maurice Sendak on the half-title page with an original drawing of Babar, "To Maurice with all warm thoughts from Babar, Jean de B. and Laurent 9.11.81." Additionally inscribed to Sendak by three others related to the publication of this…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 147131
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"Animals don't behave like men,' he said. 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality": First Edition of Watership Down; Signed by Richard Adams
ADAMS, Richard.
Watership Down.
London: Rex Collings, 1972.
First edition of the author's first and most beloved work. Octavo, original brown cloth, folding map. Boldly signed the author on the title page, "Yours sincerely Richard Adams." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by Asprey. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 136602
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Presentation copy of Winston Churchill's The Story of My Early Life: A Roving Commission; inscribed by Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Story of My Early Life: A Roving Commission.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945.
Later printing of Churchill's acclaimed autobiography, recounting the first 25 years of his life. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with 7 plates, one folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To E.A. Allen from Winston S. Churchill Christmas 1946." In very good condition. Housed in a custom velvet-lined half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145060
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"Who represents America's best hope that one day before too long fathers will enjoy equal protection from and affirmative encouragement to overcome all barriers": FROM THE LIBRARY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG: FIRST EDITION of Good Will Toward Men; Lengthily inscribed by Jack Kammer to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
KAMMER, Jack. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Good Will Toward Men: Women Talk Candidly About the Balance of Power Between the Sexes.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
First edition of Kammer's candid work on the gender gap. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who represents America's best hope that one day before too long fathers will enjoy equal protection from and affirmative encouragement to overcome all barriers - de jure and de facto, legal and psychological, governmental and cultural - between them and their children... so that women can be equal with men... and vice versa. Jack Kammer." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 146501
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Rare collection of printed and manuscript documents signed by the first 28 Governors of Pennsylvania
MIFFLIN, Thomas; Thomas McKean; William Findley; Joseph Hiester; et al.
Collection of 28 Autographs of the First Governors of Pennsylvania.
c. 1798-1908.
Rare collection of printed and manuscript documents, signed by the first 28 (of 29) Governors of Pennsylvania, being a near continuous representation of the office from its establishment in 1790 with the first Governorship of Thomas Mifflin, up until the 1930s with the 29th Governorship of Gifford Pinchot. Quarto, each document is tipped in to a paper folder with calligraphic title (many with engraved portraits), and housed in a quarter blue gilt morocco presentation box with a gilt gift inscription to the 30th Governor of Pennsylvania, George Howard Earle III (1890-1974), from the "Wizard of Washington" and Democratic Party politico, Emil Hurja…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 142634
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Harry Truman Signed Cabinet
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman and His Cabinet Signed Photograph.
1945.
Signed photograph of President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet meeting on August 10, 1945, after the Japanese Surrender. Photograph is signed in the order the men are sitting, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach; National Housing Agency Chairman John B. Blandford, Jr.; War Production Board Chairman Julius Krug; War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder; Office of Economic Stabilization Director William H. Davis; Foreign Economics Administrator Leo Crowley; Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace; Under Secretary of the Interior Abe Fortas; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson; Attorney General Tom…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 67008
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From the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First edition of Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage; inscribed by Milton C. Regan to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
REGAN, Milton C. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
First edition of Regan's interdisciplinary work examining the legal implications of marriage and divorce. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Justice Ginsburg - From one teacher to another. Warm wishes, Mitt, June 1999." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed "the Notorious R.B.G." (a play on the name of famed 90s rapper…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 146023
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"What would dinner be without a cocktail?": First edition of Frank Meier's The Artistry of Mixing Drinks; inscribed by Judy Garland, Bob Considine, Irving Berlin and several others to George Rose of the Ritz Bar, Paris
MEIER, Frank. [Judy Garland; Bob Considine; Irving Berlin].
The Artistry of Mixing Drinks.
Paris: Fryam Press, 1936.
First edition of Meier's classic work on the art of mixing cocktails. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by Judy Garland, "To George - Sincerely Judy Garland"; on the verso of the front free endpaper by Irving Berlin, "To Mr. George Rose, Who should remember that the morning after the night before is sometimes very sour. Berlin"; and on the half-title page by Bob Considine, "For George good guy! Bob Considine." The recipient, George Rose was a regular patron of the Ritz Bar which gained a reputation over the years for its glamorous cocktail…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 133015
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"I hate no man, envy no man, but love all mankind": First Edition of The Master Key to Riches; Signed by Napoleon Hill
HILL, Napoleon.
The Master-Key to Riches.
Los Angeles: The Willing Publishing Company, 1945.
First edition of Napoleon Hill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on a half-title page. Very good in a good dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145872