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First Edition, Presentation copy of The Land of Midian (Revisited); Inscribed by Richard F. Burton
BURTON, Richard F.
The Land of Midian (Revisited).
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1879.
First edition of the sequel to Burton's The Gold Mines Of Midian (1878), describing Burton's second expedition through Midian in northwest Arabia. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black pictorial decorations to the front panel, beveled edges, black endpapers, illustrated with folding lithographic map of the land of Midian with water printed in blue in Vol. I, 6 chromolithographic plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, 10 wood-engraved plates, and numerous additional illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page of Vol.…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145223
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First Edition of DNA Pioneer: James Watson and the Double Helix; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist's James Watson and Francis Crick
BALDWIN, Joyce [James D. Watson and Francis Crick].
DNA Pioneer: James Watson and the Double Helix.
New York: Walker and Company, 1994.
First edition of this riveting work on the legendary scientist James D. Watson. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by James Watson and Francis Crick on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ron Monteleone. Rare and desirable signed by Watson and Crick.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145786
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"Tarzan of the Apes found many things to puzzle his young head": First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan; Inscribed by him to his brother-in-law Eddie Gilbert
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1919.
First edition of the sixth book in Burroughs' epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original orange cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Edward Gilbert Best Wishes Always, Edgar Rice Burroughs. The recipient, Edward Gilbert was the brother of Burroughs' second wife and silent film actress Florence Gilbert. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with some chipping and loss to the crown and foot of the spine. Rare and desirable signed by Burroughs.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 96781
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First Edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Signed by Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush; Additionally Signed by Rudy Giuliani
KENNEDY, John F. [George H.W. Bush; George W. Bush; and Rudy Giuliani].
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Boldly signed by both Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on the front free endpaper. Upon the 50th Anniversary of the assassination, President George W. Bush commented, "Today we remember a dark episode in our Nation's history, and we remember the leader whose life was cut short 50 years ago. John F. Kennedy dedicated himself to public service, and his example moved Americans to do more for our country. He believed in the greatness of the United States and the righteousness…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 112452
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“Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?”: Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back; Both Signed by P.L. Travers
TRAVERS, P.L.
Mary Poppins. [AND] Mary Poppins Comes Back.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936.
Later printings of this children's classic and its sequel. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, top stain navy blue, illustrated with 27 line cuts and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard in Mary Poppins, 44 line cuts and chapter tailpieces in Mary Poppins Comes Back. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper of each volume. In near fine condition, with an ownership inscription to the front pastedown of both volumes. Housed in a pictorial slipcase. Rare signed.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 147246
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First edition of the story of harley-davidson; signed by both John and William Davidson
DAVIDSON, William H.; John A. Davidson.
The Story of Harley-Davidson.
Milwaukee, WI: Harley-Davidson Motor Co, Inc, [1970s].
First edition of this history of the legendary motorcycle company published by Harley-Davidson. Quarto, original brown pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed on the title page by both William H. Davidson and John A. Davidson. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed by both John and William Davidson, who both served as longtime presidents of the iconic company, from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 147523
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"CARRYING HIS SEDITIOUS PICTURES AS IF THEY WERE DIAMONDS": FIRST EDITION OF HOUSE OF BONDAGE; SIGNED BY Joseph Lelyveld
COLE, Ernest; Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld; Text by Thomas Flaherty.
House of Bondage: A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today.
New York: : Random House, 1967.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by both "Ernest Cole" and Pulitzer Prize-winning author "Joseph Lelyveld 9.18.14" on the title page. Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld. Text written with Thomas Flaherty. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 127758
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“Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious": Signed Limited Edition of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman
LEE, Harper.
Go Set A Watchman.
London: William Heinemann, 2015.
Signed limited edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco. One of a 100 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 5503
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First Edition of Murmurs of Earth; Inscribed by Carl Sagan and Anne Druyan to their Family
SAGAN, Carl; F.D. Drake; Anne Druyan; Timothy Ferris; Jon Lomberg; Linda Salzman Sagan.
Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record.
New York : Random House, 1978.
First edition of this fascinating story which covers the story of the interstellar record. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by both Carl Sagan and Anne Druyan on the half-title page to her family in the year of publication, "Dear Les, Edie, Larry and Erica, With my deep love and wishes of joyful explorations for all of you- And especially to my brother for taking me along on that first flight from home. Annie October 27- 1978." And inscribed "With every good wish from me too. Carl." Stamp on the title page, an excellent example in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 20028
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Photograph of Big Ben; Signed by Five British prime ministers
EDWARD HEATH, Margaret Thatcher.
Big Ben Tower Signed Photograph of British Prime Ministers.
Color photograph of Big Ben Tower, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major and Tony Blair. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.25 inches by 16.25 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 73058
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Rare signed photograph of major league baseball legend ty cobb playing golf
COBB, Ty.
Ty Cobb Signed Photograph.
Photograph of baseball legend Ty Cobb posing on a golf course with three other golfers, signed by Ty Cobb. Also signed by golfers M. Ridgely and Frank Robinson. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 11 inches by 13 inches. Photographs signed by Cobb are rare.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 89005
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First Edition of Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975; signed Twice Each by David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and James D. Watson
BALTIMORE, David; Renato Dulbecco; James D. Watson.
Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975.
New York: Elsevier, 1977.
First edition of this collection of lectures related to molecular biology delivered by Nobel Laureates between 1933 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the half-title page by David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and James D. Watson and by each at the first page of their contribution, for a total of six signatures. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 116314
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Large Lithograph of Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Albert Schweitzer; Signed by Him and Artist William Sharp
SCHWEITZER, Albert; Artist William Sharp.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Lithograph.
Signed by the artist William Sharp in pencil. Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer, "A Mr John Zuber avec mes bonnes pensees Albert Schweitzer. Lambarene 13. Juin 1960." The translation reads, "To Mr John Zuber with my good wishes Albert Schweitzer Lambarene 13th June 1960." Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life”, expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa. The lithograph measures 14.5 inches by 11.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 41060
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First Edition of The Inn Album; Lengthily Inscribed by Robert Browning to George Lillie Craik
BROWNING, Robert.
The Inn Album.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1875.
First edition of this compelling narrative poem. Octodecimo, contemporary tree calf bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within gilt raised bands, gilt ruling to boards, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "My last poem, published a week ago: It is a good omen for the poem I am now beginning [to] thank my friends [who] made the request to me which I have gladly complied with - that of declaring myself, theirs truly yours Robert Browning. Nov. 30. '75." The recipient,…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 147756
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"Let this be all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, Though worlds should judge thee wrong": Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his administration
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Collection of documents signed by President Grant and eight members of his presidential administration.
1860-1891.
A collection of eleven letters and documents signed and hand-written by the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and eight members of his presidential administration. Contents include a printed warrant for the pardon of John and Jerome Whisonant who were held at the Albany Penitentiary in 1874 signed by Grant, an 1860 one page autograph letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Lot M. Morrill discussing misappropriated funds, an autograph quotation in the hand of 17th Vice President Schuyler Colfax, "Let this be all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, Though worlds should judge thee wrong. Schuyler…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 73063
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"Rebus, unable to move, decided it was safe to go to sleep now": First Edition of Knots & Crosses; Signed by Ian Rankin
RANKIN, Ian.
Knots & Crosses.
London: Bodley Head, 1987.
First edition of the author's first Inspector Rebus mystery. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Rankin who has additionally added the words, "Rebus, unable to move, decided it was safe to go to sleep now." Rankin has also added his knots & crosses motif.
Price: $3,750.00 Item Number: 995
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First edition of Ethics in Service; Signed by William Howard Taft
TAFT, William H.
Ethics in Service.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915.
First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Howard Taft on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $3,600.00 Item Number: 146513
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"There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe it": First Edition of David Foster Wallace’s First Novel, The Broom of the System; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Him
WALLACE, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
New York: Penguin Books, 1987.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and author's initials to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,600.00 Item Number: 146609
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Rare Photograph Portrait Signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Photograph.
January 29, 1907.
Rare photograph of the 26th President of the United States. Sepia-tone Harris & Ewing bust portrait of Theodore Roosevelt wearing pince-nez eyeglasses and looking to the side of the camera, boldly signed and dated by him as President, "Theodore Roosevelt Jan 29th 1907." Triple mounted. In near fine condition with slight fading to the photograph. The piece measures 9 inches by 14 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 147421
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From the library of Stephen Hawking
SCHATZMAN, Evry (editor).
Cargèse Lectures in Physics, Volume Six.
New York : Gordon and Breach, 1973.
First edition of this work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 115754