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FIRST EDITION OF IRVING FISHERS THE STOCK MARKET CRASHAND AFTER; Inscribed by Him
FISHER, Irving.
The Stock Market Crash—And After.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930.
First edition of Fisher's important work tracing the causes and the immediate aftermath of the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publciation on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. Robert W. King with the compliments of Irving Fisher March, 1930." In near fine condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 116232
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First Edition of The Strategy of Conflict; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas Schelling
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
The Strategy of Conflict.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960.
First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Roger Jan 75 Tom Schelling." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear to the extremities.
Price: $3,400.00 Item Number: 89467
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First Edition of Mollie Fancher; Signed by Her
DAILEY, Abram H. [Mollie Fancher].
Mollie Fancher: the Brooklyn Enigma. An Authentic Statement of Facts in the Life of Mary J. Fancher, The Psychological Marvel of the Nineteenth Century.
Brooklyn: Eagle Book Printing Dept, 1894.
First edition of this work on Mollie Fancher. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Mollie Fancher on the title page. In very good condition. Books signed by Fancher are rare.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 129342
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"Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real": First Edition of The Border Trilogy; Inscribed by Cormac McCarthy
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2008.
First edition of McCarthy's classic trilogy, appearing here in one volume for the first time. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author, "For Tom and Corinne All the best Your friend Cormac." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Mario Ettlinger. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 145835
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Rare signed limited edition of David Bowie's Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust; signed by him and photographer Mick Rock
BOWIE, David. Photographs and Captions by Mick Rock.
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2002.
First edition, signed limited issue of this profusely illustrated homage to one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, David Bowie. Folio, original quarter leathers over illustrated boards, photographic endpapers, all edges silver, illustrated with photographs by Mick Rock. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock, this is number 683. Housed in the original publisher's decorative lidded box. In fine condition.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 138421
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First Edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's Queen Mary: A Drama; Signed by Him
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
Queen Mary: A Drama.
London: Henry S. King and Co, 1875.
First edition, first issue of the first book in Tennyson's historical trilogy with “behled” on page 126. Small octavo, bound in full red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, double gilt ruled, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Association copy, signed by Alfred Tennyson on the title page with Ellen Terry's inscription below, "From her loving Ellen Terry" and below that "Her old friend, Henry Irving." The recipient, Sir Henry Irving performed in and produced the the first production of Queen Mary at the Lyceum Theatre in April of 1876. The book was…
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 95173
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Rare Signed Brigham Young Document
YOUNG, Brigham.
Brigham Young Signed Document.
Salt Lake City: 1872.
Brigham Young signed document as President of the Utah Central Railroad Company, ordering the treasurer of the UCRC to pay $13 to C.W. Penrose, with Penrose's signature on verso. The entire piece measures 8 inches by 3.8 inches.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 123738
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"What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes": First Edition of Harry Houdini's The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin; Signed by Him
HOUDINI, Harry.
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.
New York: The Publishers Printing Co, 1908.
First edition of this work by Houdini regarding his one-time idol. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Houdini, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Harry Houdini on the front free endpaper. Bookplate to the front pastedown, in near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 99655
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"With Much Love": First Edition of If Beale Street Could Talk; Warmly Inscribed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
If Beale Street Could Talk.
New York: The Dial Press, 1974.
First edition of Baldwin's fifth novel, a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ethan Reinhard, Thank you. James Baldwin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Braswell.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 124543
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First Edition of Arms and the Covenant; Signed by Randolph Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.; Randolph Churchill.
Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.
London: George G. Harrap, 1938.
First edition of this collection of speeches, signed by Churchill's son Randolph, who was the editor of this volume. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Signed on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed by Randolph S. Churchill." In near fine condition.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 115632
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"The Tin Drum Will Become One Of The Enduring Literary Works Of The Twentieth Century": Rare Proof Edition Of The Tin Drum; Signed by Gunter Grass
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1962.
The uncorrected proof of the first British edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition showing only light wear. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 560
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First edition of Albert Camus' Les Justes [The Just Assassins]; inscribed by him to Jean de Bosschère
CAMUS, Albert.
Les Justes: Piece en Cinq Actes. [The Just Assassins: A Play in Five Acts].
Paris: Gallimard, 1950.
First edition, early printing of Camus' classic examination of the moral issues associated with murder and terrorism. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Jean de Bosschère [crossing through "Les"] an nom des que vous no sommes sens tes cordialement Albert Camus." The recipient, Jean de Bosschère lived for most of the 20th century between London and France, and illustrated his own works as well as the works of Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, and the classical works of Aristophanes, Ovid, Strato and Apuleius. He published his own works of poetry, and in 1952…
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 137191
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"About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends": First Editions of The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Each Inscribed by President Hoover
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941: Three Volume Complete Set.
New York: MacMillan, 1951-1952.
First editions of each volume in Hoover’s memoirs. Octavo, 3 volumes, illustrated. Each volume is inscribed by Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Includes: Volume One: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; The Great Depression 1929-1941. Includes an original photograph of Hoover with his Belgian shepherd King Tut. An exceptional set, uncommon signed and in the first printing.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 94356
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John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait; Signed by Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and 24 State and Lieutenant Governors
REAGAN, Ronald. [John F. Kennedy].
Ronald Reagan Signed John F. Kennedy Engraved Portrait.
1967.
Original engraved portrait of President John F. Kennedy signed by President Ronald Reagan as Governor of California and 24 State and Lieutenant Governors including: Nelson Rockefeller, John B. Connally, Tim Babcock, Jack Williams, Don Samuelson, John J. McKeith, Walter J. Hickel, and others. With a 13-cent "John F. Kennedy" stamp, cancelled on the anniversary of JFK's birthday, May 29th 1967. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 16.5 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 94707
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Rare manuscript poem signed by "The Greatest" American Boxer Muhammad Ali
ALI, Muhammad.
“The President” Muhammad Ali Signed Manuscript Poem.
Manuscript poem signed by famed American boxer Muhammad Ali. One page, the poem is titled, "The President" and reads in part, "The face of the Pres is open, The eyes of the Pres are bright, The lips of the Pres are now closed, The head of the Pres is upright, The breast of the Pres slants forward, The gaze of the Pres is bright... The soul of the Pres is flaming, the heart of the Pres is warm... The image of this Pres is truth, Wisdom's message his rod. The home of the Pres is the white house and the president's…
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 143204
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"Let us suppose you are a newcomer, and I, the guide; and in imagination, let us take a walk along this street": Scarce signed limited first edition of E.S. Kirby's See My Chinese Street
KIRBY, E.S..
See My Chinese Street.
Hong Kong: K. Weiss, 1954.
Signed limited first edition of E.S. Kirby's illustrated travel book. One of 250 signed numbered copies, this is number 57. Signed by E.S. Kirby. Quarto, original embroidered silk, illustrated with 112 illustrations and 7 full multi-color pages, errata slip with first edition issue points laid in as issued. OCLC locates only 11 copies of this work. Scarce.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 82605
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"The herculean task of the United States Government today is to take care that its citizens have the necessities of life" Veto Message of PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; SIGNED BY HIM
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Veto message on the Adjusted Compensation Act, 1935: Address of the President of the United States in the House of Representatives, Delivered May 22, 1935.
Washington, D.C.: United States Government, 1935.
Speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. Signed by Roosevelt at the conclusion of his speech. In near fine condition with light wear. Rare.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 4680
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": Roald Dahl's BFG; Inscribed by Him and signed by Famed illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Love Doug Roald Dahl 1984." Additionally signed by Quentin Blake below. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 142114
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First Edition of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; Signed by Tom Wolfe and Larry McMurtry
WOLFE, Tom .
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of the classic account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during their bus trip across America in the late 1960's. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe and Larry McMurtry on the title page. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 130974
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"WE WILL MANAGE OUR WORLD FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE IT IS OUR WORLD, COSA NOSTRA": FIRST BRITISH EDITION OF THE GODFATHER; WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MARIO PUZO
PUZO, Mario.
The Godfather.
London: William Heinemann, 1969.
First British edition of Puzo's definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Nino, with love and best wishes Mario Puzo." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 144167