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First edition of Mind of My Mind; inscribed by Octavia E. Butler
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Mind of My Mind.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977.
First edition of Butler's second book; the chilling "pre-sequel" to Patternmaster. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ron Keep Reading Octavia E. Butler." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Jan Esteves.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 134199
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Signed limited edition of Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946; one of 350 numbered copies signed by Pablo Picasso
JANIS, Harriet and Sidney. [Pablo Picasso].
Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946.
Signed limited edition of this compendium of over one hundred reproductions of Picasso's wartime paintings. Quarto, original publisher's half buckram, illustrated with 135 plates. One of three hundred and fifty numbered copies signed by Pablo Picasso on the limitation page, this is number 188. Near fine in the original glassine and rare original slipcase which is in very good condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 140734
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's Twelve Poems; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
OLIVER, Mary.
Twelve Moons.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.
First edition of Mary Oliver's fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "June 22, 1979 Love to Ray and Nicky from Mary. Provincetown." The recipients were close friends of the author in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Char Lappan. Photograph by Molly Malone Cook. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 85561
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First edition of Brian Mulroney's Memoirs; inscribed by him to President Bill Clinton
MULRONEY, Brian [Bill Clinton].
Memoirs 1939-1993.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2007.
First edition of the 18th prime minister of Canada's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to the 42nd president of the United States Bill Clinton, "For Bill, with friendship, admiration, and respect, Brian Mulroney." Mulroney visited Clinton in June of 1993, only days before the end of his second term to discuss NAFTA and the development of a common solution to trade matters in Bosnia through the United Nations Security Council. Both Mulroney and Clinton introduced major international free trade agreements during their time in office; Mulroney introduced the Canada–United States Free…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96550
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“People look to the order of numbers when the world falls apart": First Edition of A Beautiful Mind; Signed by Sylvia Nasar and John F. Nash
NASAR, Sylvia; John F. Nash.
A Beautiful Mind.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of this work, basis for the Academy award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sylvia Nasar and additionally signed by Nobel Laureate and subject John F. Nash on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Timothy Hsu.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 58990
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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "hello! Michael Rosen." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. With the original ticket of the appearance of Rosen laid in. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142057
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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare Original July 21st 1969 Delaware Evening Journal Front Page; Signed by legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Delaware Evening Journal.
Wilmington: Delaware Evening Journal, July 21, 1969.
Rare original Delaware Evening Journal featuring the headline "Eagle Jets Safely Off Moon; In Orbit for Rendezvous", a front page article on the Apollo 11 moon landing, and large photograph of Neil Armstrong collecting dirt on the lunar surface. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong on his photograph. Below the headline is Armstrong's famous quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Articles featured on the front page include, "Neil, Buzz Leave Prints on Moon", "Kennedy Charged in Crash", and "Luna 15 Lands On Moon, 500 Miles from LM." In very good condition. Double matted and framed.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 100158
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Rare Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens to his close friend and financial adviser Thomas Mitton
DICKENS, Charles.
Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.
1844.
Rare autograph letter signed by great English novelist Charles Dickens. One page, octavo, folded, the letter reads, "Devonshire Terrace Eighteenth April 1844. My Dear Mitton, I am sorry to say that plan won't do. Because although Coutts’s were so prompt and polite last time, still they did say 'that it wasn’t the kind of note’ &c &c - as I wrote you at the time. Indeed, I remember to have often heard that they avoid discounting... I wish to Heaven you could think of any other way. I will come down today, between 2 and 3. I have not seen…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 132057
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“Contemplated as one grand whole, astronomy is the most beautiful monument of the human mind; the noblest record of its intelligence": First edition of Comet; Signed by Both Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan
SAGAN, Carl and Ann Druyan.
Comet.
New York: Random House, 1985.
First edition of this work which describes the scientific nature of comets, as well as their varying roles and perceptions throughout history. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. The dedication copy of this work. Inscribed on the dedication page by both Sagan and Anne Druyan, "4 November 1985 And we men it! With our love to you and Kel Annie + Carl." The recipient was Shirley Arden, who was the executive secretary to Sagan and close friends of the authors. The dedication page reads, "To Shirley Arden, for more than a decade of friendship and hard work well done. With our…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 50082
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Where the Sidewalk Ends, Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145319
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First Edition of Free to Choose; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.
First edition of Friedmans' persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. Fine a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133148
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FIRST EDITION OF SLIDE SHOW: THE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF HELEN LEVITT; INSCRIBED BY HER TO FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF WALL
LEVITT, Helen.
Slide Show: The Color Photographs of Helen Levitt.
New York: Powerhouse Books, 2005.
First edition of Levitt's impressive collection of previously unpublished color photographs. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow photographer Jeff Wall on the title page, "For Jeff Wall. Helen Levitt." The recipient, Jeff Wall, has been a key figure in Vancouver's art scene since the 1970's. He is best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs that explore Vancouver's mixture of natural beauty, urban decay, and postmodern and industrial featurelessness. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by John Szarkowski. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117735
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Long Walk to Freedom; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela To Ambassador Jean-Pierre Masset
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ambassador Jean-Pierre Masset of France. Compliments & best wishes. NMandela 29.1.96." The recipient, His Excellency Jean-Pierre Masset served as the French Ambassador to Pakistan from 1989 to 1993, a period of intense bilateral relations between France and Pakistan, marked by the state visit of President François Mitterrand, the first…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 89081
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Autograph Photograph of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
HOLMES, Jr..
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Signed Photograph.
1928.
Autographed photograph of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, signed and dated February 2, 1932. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 13 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 94958
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“Don't let the muggles get you down": Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999.
First edition, second printing of the third novel in Rowling's acclaimed Harry Potter series. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Cliff Wright. Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147006
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FIRST EDITION OF HERE AND THERE; INSCRIBED BY HELEN LEVITT TO FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF WALL
LEVITT, Helen.
Here and There.
New York: Powerhouse, 2004.
First edition of collection of this collection of Levitt's street photography. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow photographer Jeff Wall on the title page, “For Jeff Wall. Helen Levitt.” The recipient, Jeff Wall, has been a key figure in Vancouver’s art scene since the 1970’s. He is best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs that explore Vancouver’s mixture of natural beauty, urban decay, and postmodern and industrial featurelessness. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Adam Gopnik. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 118052
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"We copy you down eagle!": Large black and white Apollo 11 Mission Control room photograph; signed by Charlie Duke and Fred Haise
DUKE, Charlie and Fred Haise.
Charlie Duke and Fred Haise Apollo 11 Mission Control Signed Photograph.
Large black and white photograph of Apollo 11 Mission Control Capsule Communicator Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, and James Lovell, boldly signed by Duke with his famous words, "We copy you down eagle!" Signed by Duke in full, '"We copy you down eagle!' Charlie Duke Apollo 11 CAPCOM July 20, 1969" and by Haise, "Mission Control during man's first lunar landing July 20, 1969 Fred Haise Apollo 11 BULMP." In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth group of astronauts. In 1969, he was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 10. He served…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135611
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First Edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case; Inscribed by Him to Friend Anthony Hobson
GREENE, Graham.
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Anthony Hobson from Graham Greene." The recipient Anthony Hobson, auctioneer and book collector, was a director at Sotheby’s and friend of Greene's. He successfully organized the sale of the Greene's manuscripts at Sotheby’s in 1964. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 102563
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First Edition of Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce; Signed by Hallie Q. Brown
BROWN, Hallie Q.
Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.
Xenia, OH: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1937.
First edition of this snapshot of early life at Wilberforce, Ohio by the legendary African-American educator and activist. Small octavo, original green pictorial cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs and etchings. Boldly signed by Hallie Q. Brown on the front pastedown. In near fine condition. Accompanied by two advertisements for this and one of Brown's other books. Books signed by Brown are exceptionally rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146641
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“Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination": First Edition of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon; Inscribed by Him to friends where he stayed and wrote this novel and Conceived Hannibal Lector
HARRIS, Thomas.
Red Dragon.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
First edition of Harris' second novel. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece by William Blake. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Toby and Mille with my thanks for their hospitality and friendship Thomas Harris Oct. 21, 1981." The recipients were close personal friends of Harris, whose isolated house he stayed at for 18 months writing Red Dragon and where he conceived the character of Hannibal Lecter amidst his nocturnal breaks in the cotton fields. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Hollyn. Jacket illustration by Ron Walotsky.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 141310