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First edition of Isaac Asimov's The Heavenly Host; inscribed by him
ASIMOV, Isaac. Illustrated by Bernard Colonna.
The Heavenly Host.
New York: Walker and Company, 1975.
First edition of Asimov's classic juvenile science fiction adventure. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Bernard Colonna. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Steve Isaac Asimov." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142300
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Kathryn Hulme's The Nun's Story; inscribed by her
HULME, Kathryn.
The Nun’s Story.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Hulme's best-selling novel, basis for the classic film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Virginia Stanley with Best Wishes Kathryn Hulme." Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 95304
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"There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one": FIRST EDITION OF HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS; Lengthily SIGNED BY JULIA ALVAREZ
ALVAREZ, Julia.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Press, 1991.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "May you enjoy my book- There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one, Julia Alvarez." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Paul Munck. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108779
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First Edition of Jack Nicklaus's My Most Memorable Shots; Signed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Most Memorable Shots In the Majors.
New York: Golf Digest Book, 1988.
First edition of this classic work by the Golden Bear. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jack Nicklaus on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Ken Bowden. Illustrations by Jim McQueen. Foreword by Barbara Nicklaus.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146898
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“Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality": First Edition of Short History of Nearly Everything; Signed by Bill Bryson
BRYSON, Bill.
A Short History of Nearly Everything.
New York: Broadway Books, 2003.
First edition of this work "destined to become a modern classic of science writing”(The New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Bill Bryson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jamie Keenan.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147496
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Signed Limited First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Bread Givers: A Novel.
Doubleday, Page & Company: Garden City, NY, 1925.
Signed limited first edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. One of 500 examples signed by Anzia Yezierska. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 125779
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The Constitution of The United States; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin to William Safire
BOORSTIN, Daniel [William Safire].
United States Constitution.
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1987.
First edition of the Constitution published for the bicentennial of its adoption in 1787. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Daniel Boorstin on the title page, "For Bill and Helene with love from Dan Sept 7, 1987." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and 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…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 127627
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Whatever Was, Was Right; Inscribed by Lynn Thorndike
THORDIKE, Lynn .
Whatever Was, Was Right.
American Historical Review, 1956.
First separate edition of the Presidential address read at the annual dinner of the American Historical Association, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "To Dr. H. Justin Ross from Lynn Thorndike." In very good condition, one page of underlining. Books signed by Thorndike are rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129202
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First Edition of Edward O. Wilson's The Diversity of Life; Warmly inscribed by Him to Colleague Ruth Turner
WILSON, Edward O.
The Diversity of Life.
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ruth Turner with warmest regards and respect Edward O. Wilson." Wilson who has also added a drawing of an ant. The recipient, Ruth Turner was a colleague of Wilson's at Harvard and was also a pioneering marine biologist and malacologist. She was the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. An…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131698
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First Edition of Javier Marias' Tu rostro mañana; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Tu rostro mañana: 1 Fiebre y lanza.
Madrid: Alfaguara, 2002.
First Spanish edition and true first of the first novel in the author's acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138042
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First Edition of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam; Warmly Inscribed by Neil Sheehan to Commander Barbara Williams
SHEEHAN, Neil.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of the definitive Vietnam War exposé which won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "May 17, 1989 To Comdr. Barbara Williams, USN, Who cares! With All Best Wishes, Neil Sheehan." Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Sposato.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145959
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First Edition of Roberto Bolano's 2666; Signed by Translator Natasha Wimmer
BOLANO, Roberto.
2666.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
First edition of the author's masterpiece published posthumously in English, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the translator Natasha Wimmer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charlotte Strick.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146350
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"With Love and affection": First Edition of Sidney Poitier's This Life; Inscribed by Him to Screenwriter Charles Blackwell
POITIER, Sidney.
This Life.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
First edition of this work by the Academy Award-winning actor. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mr and Mrs Charles Blackwell With Love and affection Sidney Poitier." The recipient, Charles Blackwell wrote the screenplay for the film A Piece of the Action, starring Poitier and James Earl Jones. Blackwell was nominated for the Tony Award twice. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Carnase. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126051
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Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of Leonard Bernstein: A Complete Catalogue of His Works; compiled by him and with his ownership signature
[BERNSTEIN, Leonard]. Compiled by Jack Gottlieb.
Leonard Bernstein: A Complete Catalogue of His Works. Celebrating His 60th Birthday August 25, 1978.
Amberson Enterprises, Inc. Publisher, 1978.
First edition of Gottlieb's complete catalogue of Leonard Bernstein's works of music, writing, and film. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy with his ownership signature to the title page. Gottlieb worked for Bernstein for more that thirty years, first as his assistant and later as his editor, preparing for publication Bernstein’s books, scores, catalogues, programs and jackets. In his memoir “Working with Bernstein”, Gottlieb relayed, “Close to my heart were the editing jobs I did on three of Bernstein’s popular books. First was ‘The Joy of Music,’ on which I had the pleasure…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135237
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First Edition of Lawrence Klein's Economic Theory and Econometrics; Signed by Him
KLEIN, Lawrence.
Economic Theory and Econometrics.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985.
First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Lawrence Klein on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Jaime Marquez.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 2922
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First Edition of Roald Dahl's Going Solo; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Going Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.
First edition of this classic autobiographical account of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Michael Love Roald Dahl 15/12/86." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Julie Tennent. Author's photograph by Sophie Baker.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135871
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First American Edition of Vassilis Vassilikos' Z; Warmly Inscribed by Him
VASSILIKOS, Vassilis.
Z.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First American edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For George with my friendship, Vassilis Vassilikos." Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light wear. Jacket design by Enrico Arno. Translated from the Greek by Marilyn Calmann.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1164
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First Edition of Travesìa del Horizonte; Signed by Javier Marias
MARIAS, Javier.
Travesìa del Horizonte.
Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia, 1972.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3368
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First Edition of George Saunders' CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella; Lengthily Inscribed by Him with Drawings
SAUNDERS, George.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella.
New York: Random House, 1996.
First edition of Saunders' acclaimed first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily inscribed by the author with three drawings, covering two pages, with the added words, "Don't think of yourself as a surrogate would, think of yourself as an entrepreneur of the physical. George Saunders." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. A unique example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 114674
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Limited Edition of Austin Dobson's Horace Walpole: A Memoir; Signed by American printer and typographer Theodore Low De Vinne
DOBSON, Austin; [Theodore Low De Vinne].
Horace Walpole: A Memoir with an Appendix of Books Printed at the Strawberry Hill Press.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1890.
Signed limited edition of the biography of the 4th Earl of Orford. Royal octavo, original half vellum, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with several tissue-guarded engravings and tailpieces by Percy and Leon Moran. One of four hundred and twenty-five numbered copies printed on Dickinson paper and signed by American printer and typographer Theodore Low De Vinne on the limitation page, this is number 275. De Vinne was considered "the leading commercial printer of his day," printing the popular 'St. Nicholas Magazine' and 'The Century Magazine' for The Century Company as well as several books and multi-volume works such as John Hay's authoritative…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146607