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Inscribed Photograph by President John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph.
Color photograph of President Kennedy sitting in the oval office, affixed to its original mount. Boldly inscribed, “To Mrs and Dr. Jose Joquin Carrillo Castillo- with highest esteem and best wishes, John F. Kennedy.” Framed in the original Presidential frame with the seal of the President. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 13.5 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 141556
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"Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else": Rare First Edition of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Signed Twice by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.
London: Faber & Faber, 1967.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed twice by Tom Stoppard, once on the title page and again on a bookplate with the Union Jack flag to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 141432
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The Large Paper Author's Autograph edition of the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe; signed by her Specially For This Edition A Few Months Before Her Death
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1896.
The Large Paper Author's Autograph edition of the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Octavo, 16 volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant pigskin with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Signed by Harriet Beecher Stowe on the limitation page 'Specially For This Edition A Few Months Before Her Death', "Harriet Beecher Stowe July 5 1896." In very good condition.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 142393
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"The Foremost Academic Economist of the 20th Century"; Signed First Editions of The Collected Papers of Paul A. Samuelson.
SAMUELSON, Paul A. [Edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz; Robert C. Merton; Hiroaki Nagatni; Kate Crowley].
The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul A. Samuelson. Volumes I-VII.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1966-2011.
First editions of each volume of the collected papers of Nobel Prize-winning economists papers. Octavo, 7 volumes, original cloth. Volumes 1-5 are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Volumes 1-5 are signed by Paul A. Samuelson; volumes I & II are signed by fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, who served as editor of these volumes. Volumes 6 and 7 are fine in a fine jackets, and were published posthumously. A very attractive set, scarce signed.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 2071
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Rare First edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's first book L'Imagination; inscribed by him to Brice Parain
SARTRE, Jean-Paul.
L’Imagination. [The Imaginary].
Paris: Librairie Felix Alcan, 1936.
First edition of Sartre's first book, published as volume 10 of the Nouvelle Encyclopedie Philosophique and commissioned by the editor, Henri Delacroix. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Brice Parain en tout amitie! JP Sartre." The recipient, Brice Parain was a fellow French philosopher and friend of Sartre's, mainly interested in Communism, Surrealism, and Existentialism, the failures of which he anticipated in part in some of his earlier works, such as Essai sur la misère humaine (1934) and Retour à la France (1936). Parain was one of the chief collaborators in the…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 139855
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"MATCHLESS, A TIME BOMB THAT’S NEVER BEEN DEFUSED" FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAM KLEIN’S NEW YORK; SIGNED BY HIM
KLEIN, William.
New York. Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels.
London: Photography Magazine, 1956.
First edition. Quarto, original cloth, original pamphlet bookmark. Boldy signed by William Klein on the title page. The pamphlet bookmark is also signed by Klein. Fine in the original dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 32003
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EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ORIGINAL DRAWING OF SNOOPY'S COMPANION WOODSTOCK; DRAWN AND SIGNED BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Charles Schulz Signed Woodstock Drawing.
Exceptionally rare original drawing of beloved Peanuts character Woodstock in military attire. Drawn and signed by Charles Schulz , "For SPC 4 Britt Weise, best wishes - Schulz." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14 inches. Original drawings of Woodstock are scarce.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 119508
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"MATCHLESS, A TIME BOMB THAT’S NEVER BEEN DEFUSED" FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAM KLEIN’S NEW YORK; SIGNED BY HIM
KLEIN, William.
New York. Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels.
Milano: Feltrinelli Editore, 1956.
First edition of one of the most celebrated of the photographic books of the second half of the 20th century. Quarto, original cloth, original pamphlet bookmark. Signed "Happy New York William Klein." The pamphlet bookmark is also signed by Klein, as well. An excellent example in the original dust jacket with a few small closed tears.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 3724
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"... fortune holds some gifts in store for those who try": First Edition of Percy Fitzpatrick's Classic Work Jock of the Bushveld; Signed by Him
FITZPATRICK, Percy.
Jock of the Bushveld.
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1907.
First edition, first issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Percy Fitzpatrick on the title page. In excellent condition with the spine gilt bright and light rubbing to the extremities. Illustrated by E. Caldwell. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First printings signed by Fitzpatrick are rare.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 70082
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RARE PRINTED LETTER SIGNED BY THEODORE HERZL IN the wake of the collapse of Zionist fundraising efforts in Russia
HERZL, Theodor.
Theodor Herzl Printed Letter Signed.
December 19, 1903.
Printed letter signed by the father of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, in the wake of the collapse of Zionist fundraising efforts in Russia. One page, printed, sent from Vienna on December 19, 1903, the letter is in German and translates into English as, "As of around the 23rd of Oct. we have requested that you, in consideration of the current situation in Russia, which for a longer time has made the collection and delivery of the Shekel impossible to us, to compress in the fund-raising of the Shekel in your country as quickly as possible, and to send us the…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 143208
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First Edition of Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen; Inscribed by him to his cousin and goddaughter
GARNER, Alan.
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.
London: Collins, 1960.
First edition of one of the greatest fantasies of all-time. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers by Charles Green. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his cousin and goddaughter, "For Brenda Alan. 10.x.60." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by George Adamson.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 117102
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First Edition of The Negro Protest; Signed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James; Malcolm X; Martin Luther King.
The Negro Protest.
Boston: The Beacon Press, 1963.
First edition of this collection of interviews done by Kenneth B. Clark. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With a talk with Kenneth B. Clark and with a note about the interviews by Henry Morgenthau III. Bookplate.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 118239
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First Edition of The Selfish Gene; Signed by Richard Dawkins and Desmond Morris
DAWKINS, Richard.
The Selfish Gene.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976.
First edition of Dawkins' classic work. Octavo, black cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Dawkins and Desmond Morris on the title page. Morris is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is known for his classic 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programs such as Zoo Time. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket painting by Desmond Morris. Foreword by Robert L. Travers. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed by these to legendary scientists.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 146223
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Donald G. Mathews and Jane Sherron de Hart's Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA: A State and the Nation; Inscribed by de Hart to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
MATHEWS, Donald G; Jane Sherron de Hart [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA: A State and the Nation.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
First paperback edition of this "comprehensive analysis of the politics of the Equal Rights Amendment" (Journal of American History). Octavo, original publisher's pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by co-author Jane Sherron de Hart on the half title page, "For Ruth Bader Ginsberg [sic] with admiration Jane De H." 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…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 146580
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"WHAT WASTES AND DESERTS OF THE SOUL A SLIGHT ATTACK OF INFLUENZA BRINGS TO VIEW…": SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF WOOLF"S ON BEING ILL; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
WOOLF, Virginia.
On Being Ill.
London: Hogarth Press, 1930.
Signed limited first book edition of this meditation on the literary possibilities of illness, number 154 of 250 copies signed by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original half vellum and green silk boards, marbled endpapers. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 127828
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Lord Chesterfield's Letters; from the library of Alexander Hamilton and signed by his wife Elizabeth Hamilton
CHESTERFIELD, Lord. [Alexander Hamilton; Elizabeth Hamilton].
Lord Chesterfield’s Letters.
Eighteenth century printing of Lord Chesterfield's Letters from the library of Alexander Hamilton with his wife, Elizabeth's ownership signature. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Signed by Elizabeth Hamilton on the first page of text. In good condition. Rare and desirable, books from Hamilton’s library seldom appear on the market.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 129057
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“Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win": First Edition of The Shining; inscribed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen.
The Shining.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977.
First edition of King's third novel, the basis for one of the greatest horror films ever made. Octavo, original half black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To George - Best, Stephen King 9/8/79." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Dave Christensen. Jacket typography by Al Nagy. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 142196
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“You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back": First Edition of Giovanni's Room; Signed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
Giovanni’s Room.
New York: The Dial Press, 1956.
First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by James Baldwin on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 81085
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"It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses" Finely Bound Set of the Works of George Eliot with A Signed Letter
ELIOT, George.
The Works of George Eliot [Including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda].
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908.
Large paper edition of the works of George Eliot, with an autographed signed letter tipped in. Octavo, 25 volumes, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate tooling to the front and rear panels, raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, elaborately illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings including frontispieces in color. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 100111
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First Editions of the Life and work of Susan B. Anthony; Lengthily Inscribed by Her
HARPER, Ida Husted [Susan B. Anthony].
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony.
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1898-99.
First editions of Anthony's classic biography. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt medallion to the front panels of both volumes. Volume one is lengthily inscribed by Susan B. Anthony on the front free endpaper as follows, "To Mrs. Grace Bartholomew, Pioneer, Michigan, I present these volumes because of dear Mr. D.A. Blodgett's purchasing so many Histories of Woman Suffrage to give to his friends. Therefore please accept these for his sake, & oblige. Yours very sincerely, Susan B. Anthony, Rochester N.Y., Nov. 5, 1904." Delos Abiel Blodgett of Grand Rapids, MI founded an orphanage which…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 65050
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“We cannot admit that all words are equally good": Rare Friedrich August von Hayek Autograph Letter Signed
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
Friedrich August von Hayek Autograph Note Signed.
Rare autograph note signed by and entirely in the hand of Austrian-British economist Friedrich August von Hayek. One-page lined index card, the note reads, "We cannot admit that all words are equally good. However unfashionable this may be, there is moral progress, also moral decline - and in the last resort we can more be sure where it is. It is, of course, our moral duty to defend our moral duty to defend our words, but these are not a list of precise words giving clear and unambiguous answers to all questions, but complex incomplete pearls imbuing an enticing and…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 115089
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"with love & admiration": First Edition of Marriage and Morals; Inscribed by Bertrand Russell to his Publisher Horace Liveright
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
Marriage and Morals.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929.
First edition of this work by Russell, in which he questions the Victorian notions of morality regarding sex and marriage. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his publisher, "To Horace Liveright from Bertrand Russell with love & admiration." The recipient, Horace Liveright was an American publisher and stage producer. With Albert Boni, he founded the Modern Library and Boni & Liveright publishers. He published the books of numerous influential American and British authors. In 1917 Liveright founded the Modern Library. It was formed as a reprinting line, publishing inexpensive books from European modernists, while Liveright published the work of contemporary…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 54042
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"He slid downward over the eaves and disappeared in the black square of the gable window": The first publication of Cormac McCarthy; Signed by the author
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
The Sewanee Review, Volume 73, Number 2 (LXXIII; Spring 1965). [Includes The Dark Waters by Cormac McCarthy].
Sewanee, Tennessee: University of the South, 1965.
Rare journal which contains the first publication of Cormac McCarthy, The Dark Waters; an excerpt from his first novel The Orchard Keeper. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front panel. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed, we have never seen another one.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 142405
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK SIGNED SELF-PORTRAIT
HITCHCOCK, Alfred.
Alfred Hitchcock Signed Self-Portrait.
Rare original Alfred Hitchcock self-portrait, signed by legendary director, "from Alfred Hitchcock." In near fine condition. Triple matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17.5 inches by 16.5 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 132934