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First on the Moon; Inscribed by Buzz Aldrin
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Michael Collins; Edwin [Buzz] E. Aldrin.
First On The Moon: A Voyage With Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
First edition, early printing of this work, which describes the events leading up to and during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned landing on the Moon. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page, "To Bob Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin." Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin. Epilogue by Arthur C. Clarke.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 144499
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Race, Reform, and Rebellion; From the Library of Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee
MARABLE, Manning. [J.M. Coetzee].
Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction in Black America, 1945-1990.
University of Mississippi Press: Jackson and London, 1990.
Revised second edition from the library of Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee with his ownership signature to the title page. J.M. Coetzee is an essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Literary Award (three times), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates. Waiting for the Barbarians received both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, Age of Iron was awarded the Sunday Express Book of…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 144545
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Color photograph signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and President Jimmy Carter
CARTER, Jimmy and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Jimmy Carter Signed Photograph.
Color photograph of His Holiness the Dalai Lama warmly shaking the hand of President Jimmy Carter in 2002, signed by both. The two leaders met in 2002 and later 2005 during the American Himalayan Foundation’s annual dinner at San Francisco. Carter publicly expressed admiration several times for the Dalai Lama’s advocacy of peace and compassion as the voice of Tibet in the midst of decades of conflict with China. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 137343
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"But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone I'll be speaking to you sweetly From a window In the Tower of Song": First Edition of Leonard Cohen's Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs; Inscribed by Him to Mort Lindsey and fellow singer Judy Johnson
COHEN, Leonard.
Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs.
New York: Pantheon, 1993.
First edition of this collection of poems and songs. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Mort and Judy warm regards on Christmas Day Leonard Los Angeles 1993." Cohen has include his trademark entwined heart stamp. The recipients were composer Mort Lindsey and fellow singer Judy Johnson and close friends of Cohen. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen DiGrado. Jacket photograph by Edward Gajdel. Association copies are uncommon.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 117464
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"I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking": First Edition of Breakfast of Champions; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of Vonnegut's classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth, with drawings by the author. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Giusti.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 134681
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First edition of Tyranny of the Status Quo; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Tyranny of the Status Quo.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration’s attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a slightly toned spine. Jacket design by Lem Rauk/ Visible Ink. Jacket photography by Frank Castro and Associates. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 4646
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Tennis Great William Tilden Signed Photograph
TILDEN, William.
William Tilden Photograph Signed.
Rare photograph of American tennis legend William Tilden. Boldly signed by Tilden, "Wm T. Tilden 2nd." Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 11.5 inches by 10 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 100124
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"Now I am going to write a diary because we are going to America because of the war": First Edition of P.L. Travers' I Go By Sea, I Go By Land; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
TRAVERS, P.L.
I Go By Sea, I Go By Land.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941.
First edition of this classic work, a fictional diary of Sabrina Lind, an eleven-year-old English girl who is sent on the long voyage across the sea to her aunt in America. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "K. Jean Bourne, P.L. Travers 6 December '41." With drawings by Gertrude Hermes. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with reinforcement to the verso. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 103991
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First Edition of Building Construction Illustrated; Inscribed by Francis D.K. Ching
CHING, Francis D.K.
Building Construction Illustrated.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers 3/2015 Francis D.K. Ching." In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 127010
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First edition of James Herriot's The Lord God Made Them All; inscribed by him
HERRIOT, James.
The Lord God Made Them All.
London: Michael Joseph, 1981.
First edition of this installment in Herriot's true-life-saga as a veterinarian in the Yorkshire countryside. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bill... James Herriot." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Fay Godwin. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 129084
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“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big": Trump: The Art of the Deal; Inscribed by Donald J. Trump
TRUMP, Donald J. with Tony Schwartz.
Trump: The Art of the Deal.
New York: Random House, 1987.
First edition of Trump's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ann, Best Wishes, Donald Trump." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Jacket photograph by Michele Singer.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 141485
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First Edition of A Columbus of Space; Signed by Garrett P. Serviss in the Year of Publication
SERVISS, Garrett P.
A Columbus of Space.
New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1911.
First edition of this classic interplanetary adventure novel. Octavo, original lime green pictorial cloth, frontispiece of a scene from page 47 "Standing on the steps ... was a creature shaped like a man, but more savage than a gorilla." Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. In near fine condition. A rare example in this condition without any other signed copies in commerce.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146170
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“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so": Rare Honorary Dinner Program; Signed by French General Charles de Gaulle
DE GAULLE, Charles.
Charles de Gaulle Honorary Dinner Program Signed.
1960.
Rare original dinner program from the Honorary Dinner For His Excellency General Charles de Gaulle held in New York City on April 26th, 1960, boldly signed by him. Quarto, 8 pages, string bound. Signed by Charles de Gaulle on the front cover of the program. The program includes listings of the presidents, officers, directors, and honorary members of the Alliance Francaise de New York, American Society of the French Legion of Honor, and The France-America Society. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed by General de Gaulle.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 92469
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First Edition of Thomas Hoggson's The Squire's Home Made Wines; Inscribed to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
HOGGSON, Thomas [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Squire’s Home Made Wines.
Fairfield Manor: Noble Foster Hoggson, 1919.
First edition of this collection of diary entries of "The Squire" and his favorite recipes for wine; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octodecimo, original half calf, frontispiece tipped in, prayer cards laid in. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ellen and Noble Foster Hoggson in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Christmas greetings to P. Tecumseh Sherman from Ella and Noble Hoggson Dec. 25. 1919." In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145991
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"I wish you good fortune": First Edition of Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, Warmly signed by Her
LESSING, Doris.
The Golden Notebook.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "I wish you good fortune- Doris Lessing 17.7.80 24 Gada Garden London." Also with postcard from the British Museum signed by Lessing on the same date. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 114758
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Large original photograph signed by first ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalyn Carter, Betty Ford and Hillary Clinton
BUSH, Barbara; Nancy Reagan.
Five First Ladies Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph of First Ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalyn Carter, and Betty Ford. Signed by all four in addition to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is not pictured. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 15 inches. Elegantly presented.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 99836
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First Edition of The Suffrage of Elvira; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
The Suffrage of Elvira.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1958.
First edition of Naipaul's second book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Robert Micklewright. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 2135
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"For in the end, is it not fitting that a book about the Constitution should close by studying what the Constitution is not about?" First Edition of American Constitutional Law; Lengthily Inscribed by Laurence Tribe
TRIBE, Laurence H.
American Constitutional Law.
New York: The Foundation Press, 1978.
First edition of the legal scholar's classic treatise on constitutional law. Quarto, original red boards. In near fine condition, issued without a dust jacket. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed the author on the front free endpaper, "For Adri- For in the end, is it not fitting that a book about the Constitution should close by studying what the Constitution is not about? Laurence H. Tribe June 2009." In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper, issued without a dust jacket.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143896
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First Edition of Robert Baer's See No Evil; Inscribed by Him and signed by George Clooney and Matt Damon
BAER, Robert [George Clooney and Matt Damon].
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2002.
First edition of this memoir of one foot soldier’s career in the other cold war, the one against terrorist networks, basis for the 2005 film Syriana starring George Clooney and Matt Damon. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dagmar, Thanks for the encouragement. Cheers Bob Bauer WDC. 7.29.02." Additionally boldly signed by George Clooney and Matt Damon on the title page. Clooney won an Academy Award for his performance in Syriana. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 144086
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"And now I have finished my walk. And I am just standing, quietly, in the darkness, under the tree": First Edition of Mary Oliver's White Pine; Signed by Her
OLIVER, Mary.
White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Steven Cooley.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 103332
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"And there the wicked old witch stayed for a good long time." "And did she ever come out?" "Not yet": First Edition of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West; Lengthily Signed by Gregory Maguire With a Large Drawing
MAGUIRE, Gregory.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc, 1995.
First edition of Gregory Maguire’s immensely popular reinvention of Oz. Octavo, original illustrated boards, cartographic endpapers. Lengthily signed by the author with a large drawing on the half-title page, "And then the wicked old witch stayed for a good long time." "And did she ever come out?" "Not yet." Gregory Maguire Sept 15, 2015." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by Douglas Smith. Jacket design by Joel Avirom. A unique example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146864
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First edition of Charles Addams' Favorite Haunts; inscribed by him with an original drawing of Wednesday Addams
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams].
Favorite Haunts.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976.
First edition of the cartoonist's second collection of Addams Family classics. Quarto, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the flyleaf, "For Gert and Dave Copper with all best Chas Adams 1976." Addams has also added an original drawing of Wednesday Addams. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Michael Tighe.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 127304
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Rare Signed Golda Meir Certificate
MEIR, Golda.
Golda Meir Signed Certificate.
1956.
Signed by the future Prime Minister of Israel, Golda Meir, then Labor Minister Golda Myerson on an official Ministry of of Labor Certificate of Excellence in Studies granted to ORT school girl in the sewing profession, dated June 20, 1956. This certificate is signed with her original name just before David Ben-Gurion ordered her to change her English name to a Hebrew one. In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 133284
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Dr. Seuss's Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose; lengthily inscribed by him with an original drawing
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose.
New York: Random House, 1948.
First edition, later printing of one of the more elusive Seuss titles. Quarto, original blue cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "[Extra Moose Moss for Helen] And some Extra Moose Moss for Blair... from Dr. Seuss WHAT..? No Moose Moss? Here's some more Dr. Seuss." Seuss has added an original drawing of moose moss. Very good in a very good price-clipped second state dust jacket. Loss to the dedication page and inscription. Rare signed and inscribed by Seuss.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 135709
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FIRST EDITION OF SOCIOBIOLOGY: A NEW SYNTHESIS; SIGNED BY EDWARD O. WILSON WITH A DRAWING OF AN ANT
WILSON, Edward O.
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.
Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975.
First edition of Wilson's classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrations by Sarah Landry. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has added a drawing of an ant. From the library of MIT biomedical professor Robert Mann, with his stamp on the front free endpaper, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some light rubbing and closed tears.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 16093
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We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order TO Live; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan; Introduction by John Leonard.
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live. Including: Slouching Towards Bethlehem; The White Album; Salvador; Miami; After Henry; Political Fictions; and Where I Was From.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2006.
Early printing of this Everyman's Library's compilation of the author's collected non-fiction work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by John Leonard.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 70983
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First Edition of Hervey White's When Eve Was Not Created; From the Library of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
WHITE, Hervey; [Charlotte Perkins Gilman].
When Eve Was Not Created and Other Stories.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1901.
First edition of this collection of short stories; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Small octavo, original pictorial cloth, slip tipped in on the front free endpaper "With the Compliments of the Author." Signed by Gilman on the front free endpaper above the tipped in note. Additionally inscribed by Gilman on the rear pastedown in pencil with her 225 Riverside Drive address and a note to her publisher, which she shared with Hervey White, possibly in reference to her book 'Concerning Children,' "About this size & quality but with paper cover, gilt boards from mss.…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145590
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“DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created": First edition of The Road Ahead; Signed by Bill Gates
GATES, Bill.
The Road Ahead.
New York: The Viking Press, 1995.
First edition of Gates' modern classic work on the information age. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Bill Gates on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Laurie Rippon. With an interactive CD-ROM.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 117376
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"Oh I could tell you a lot but I am only 6": First Edition of Eloise in Moscow; Signed by both Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Eloise; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise In Moscow.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of the fourth book in the Eloise series. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Kay Thompson on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by illustrator, Hilary Knight. Bottom of the cloth rubbed, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 29095
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First Edition of John Neff On Investing; Signed by Him
NEFF, John with S.L. Mintz.
John Neff On Investing.
New York : John B. Wiley & Sons, 1999.
First edition of this work by the legendary investor. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the dedication page, "Best wishes John B. Neff." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Olinsky. Jacket photograph by Brad Wilson. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142421
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"I like complexity and contradiction in architecture": First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Warmly Inscribed by Robert Venturi
VENTURI, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Al, Friendship and respect Bob Venturi." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 81249
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"Few men in civil life have had a career more crowded with incident, enterprise, and various intercourse with the world than mine": Struggles and Triumphs; Signed by P.T. Barnum
BARNUM, P.T.
Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years’ Recollections of P. T. Barnum.
Buffalo: The Courier Company, 1879.
Author's edition of this utterly engaging autobiography, revised, enlarged, newly illustrated and written up to December 1878 by the author. Duodecimo, original hard-grain cloth with gilt titles and portrait of P.T. Barnum to the spine, blind stamped triple ruled frame with ornamental corners enclosing central quatrefoil device, gray top stain, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Phineas T. Barnum, 33 black and white illustrations, many of which are by True Williams, the famed illustrator of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.' Signed by the author on the Publisher's Note page, '"Compliments of P. T. Barnum." In very good condition with rubbing to the…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145347
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"Righteousness, Righteousness shalt thou pursue...": Rare Autograph Quote Signed by the 6th Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin
BEGIN, Menachem.
Menachem Begin Autograph Quote Signed.
Jerusalem: January 1985.
Rare autograph quote signed by Prime Minister Menachem Begin, excerpting his May 15th 1948 speech regarding Israel's independence. One page on 'Success Quotes' card stationary, the quote reads, "'Remember ye we were strangers in the land of Egypt' - this supreme rule must continually light our way in our relations with the strangers in our gates. Righteousness [sic], righteousness shalt thou pursue... (From the radio-broadcast on May 15th 1948, in the wake of the proclamation of Israel's Independence) Jerusalem Jan. 1985 M. Begin." In fine condition. The piece measures 7.125 inches by 3.75 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146685
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First Edition of Christopher Isherwood's The Memorial; Signed by Him
ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
The Memorial: Portrait of a Family.
London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1932.
First edition of the author's classic second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Christopher Isherwood on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by John Banting. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142447
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James Fergusson's A History of Architecture in all Countries; from the library of Ronald and Nancy Reagan
FERGUSSON, James. [Ronald and Nancy Reagan].
A History of Architecture in all Countries, From the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
London: John Murray, 1893.
Third edition of Fergusson's monumental work on the history of architecture. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher's roan-backed cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated. From the library of Ronald and Nancy Reagan with Nancy's ownership stamp to the second free endpaper listing the Reagan's 1669 San Onofre Dr. residence. The Reagans lived on San Onofre Drive in the Pacific Palisades from 1957 to 1981 before moving to the White House when Reagan became President. In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145004
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First Edition of Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa.
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth.
New York: Lee & Low Books, 1997.
First edition of this collection of letters written to the mother of The Civil Rights movement and her responses. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "4/24/97 Rosa Parks." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tania Garcia. Jacket photograph by Mark T. Kerrin. Written with Gregory J. Reed. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 131103
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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Signed by Him and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, Saul.
Herzog.
New York: The Viking Press, 1964.
First edition of the author's second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. 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. Signed by Saul Bellow on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142269
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“What a man can't remember doesn't exist for him": First edition of Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity; signed by him and Academy Award-winning Actor Matt Damon
LUDLUM, Robert [Matt Damon].
The Bourne Identity.
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1980.
First edition of the first novel in the Bourne Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by author, "with best wishes, Robert Ludlum" and by Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon on the front free endpaper. Damon played Jason Bourne in several of the Bourne films. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Rob Sauber. Jacket photograph by Michelle Ryder. Uncommon signed by both Ludlum and the Academy Award-winning actor.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 140043
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Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments Royal Premiere Program; Signed by Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, and three others
DEMILLE, Cecil B; Anne Baxter; Yul Brynner; Yvonne De Carlo; Charlton Heston; Edward G. Robinson.
The Ten Commandments.
Piccadilly Circus: VistaVision, 1957.
Rare official Royal Premiere program for the 1957 production of Cecil B. DeMille's epic religious drama 'The Ten Commandments,' presented in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester in aid of The British Red Cross Society. Small folio, original wrappers, illustrated. Signed by five of the principal actors on the front panel of the full-color double gatefold insert: Charlton Heston (Moses), Yul Brynner (Ramses), Anne Baxter (Nefretiri), Edward G. Robinson (Dathan), and Yvonne De Carlo (Sephora). In very good condition with some rubbing to the front panel, slight splitting to the staple binding, light toning to the…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 147207
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"You don't think I'd steal something that didn't belong to me, do you?" First Edition of Practise to Deceive; Signed by Peter O'toole
BRADSHAW, George [Peter O'Toole].
Practise to Deceive.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962.
First edition of this collection of short stories, one of which Venus Rising was the basis for the classic film How to Steal A Million, starring Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by legendary actor Peter O'Toole on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon Studios. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 110748