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"Maybe you could show me how to let go, Lower my guard, Learn to be free. Maybe if you whistle, Whistle for me": First Edition of Anyone Can Whistle; Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim
LAURENTS, Arthur & Stephen Sondheim.
Anyone Can Whistle: A Musical Fable.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine bright jacket without the fading usually encountered with the spine.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 762
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“Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen": First Editions of Gunter Grass' Acclaimed Danzig Trilogy; Each signed by Him
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years.
New York: Pantheon, 1962-1965.
First American editions of the author's classic Danzig Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Each work is signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. Each are fine in near fine dust jackets. Dog Years is a review copy, with the slip laid in. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A very sharp set.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 48795
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"that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare large format photograph of Buzz Aldrin's footprint on the lunar surface; signed by Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Buzz Aldrin.
Michael Collins Signed Apollo 11 Lunar Footprint Photograph.
Rare large format photograph of Buzz Aldrin's footprint on the lunar surface, taken by him on July 20, 1969 as the second person to set foot on the moon. Signed by Aldrin's co-astronaut Michael Collins who flew the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit during the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, "Michael Collins Apollo XI." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 23 inches by 27 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 135722
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"Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions": First Edition of Se Non Ora, Quando?; Signed by Primo Levi
LEVI, Primo.
Se Non Ora, Quando? [If Not Now, When?].
Torino: Einaudi, 1982.
First Italian edition and true first of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. folded map. Signed by Primo Levi on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 2872
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Rare Original Photograph of Lotus' Colin Chapman; Signed by Him
CHAPMAN, Colin.
Colin Chapman Signed Lotus Photograph.
Photograph depicting the Gold Leaf Team Lotus transporter in the paddock of the 1968 German GP, boldly signed by Colin Chapman. Team principal Colin Chapman can be seen speaking to Keith Duckworth and Emerson’s 49B is on axle stands in the foreground. From the collection of BRDC chairman and racing driver Peter Stubberfield. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed as Chapman passed away at the age of 54.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140276
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"surpassed only by Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz": First Hungarian Edition of Sorstalansag; Signed by Imre Kertesz
KERTESZ, Imre.
Sorstalansag [Fatelessness].
Budapest: Szepirodalmi, 1975.
First Hungarian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's masterpiece. Small octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Also, laid in is an original pamphlet on this work, which is also signed by Kertesz. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 5057
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“Hope springs forever": First Edition of J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard; Inscribed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
London: Bloomsbury Books, 2008.
First British edition of this wizarding classic. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Annie, J.K Rowling." With the author's hologram sticker on the top right corner. In fine condition without wear. No dust jacket was issued for this title.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 89076
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“Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?”: Mary Poppins; Signed by P.L. Travers and Legendary Actor Dick Van Dyke
TRAVERS, P.L. [Dick Van Dyke].
Mary Poppins.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1962.
Later printing of this children's classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Mary Shepard. Boldly signed by P.L. Travers on the title page and additionally by actor Dick Van Dyke, who starred in the 1964 film adaptation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by both Travers and Van Dyke.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 145897
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Large Collection of Britain in Pictures; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
EDITED BY TURNER, W.J. [Bernard Darwin.
Britain in Pictures.
London: Collins, 1940s.
First and early editions of these works on Britain. Octavo, original cloth, approximately 125 volumes, color and monochrome illustrations. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 133214
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Milton Friedman Letter Signed To John Chamberlain
FRIEDMAN, Milton [John Chamberlain].
Milton Friedman Autographed Letter Signed.
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1976.
Autograph letter signed by Milton Friedman to journalist John Chamberlain, dated March 19, 1976, just seven months before Friedman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. The recipient John Chamberlain was a well-known journalist, business and economic historian, syndicated columnist and literary critic. A nice association linking these great twentieth century intellects. Matted and framed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 3775
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First Edition of The Right Stuff; Signed by Tom Wolfe and Chuck Yeager
WOLFE, Tom [Chuck Yeager].
The Right Stuff.
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
First edition of Wolfe's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Brian Blevins Tom Wolfe" and additionally signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the second endpaper. Jacket design by Kiyoshi Kanai. A very sharp example, rare signed by Wolfe and Yeager.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146151
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“When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future": First Edition of Gorillas In the Mist; Inscribed by Diane Fossey to Italian Naturalist Francesco Nardelli
FOSSEY, Dian.
Gorillas in the Mist.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983.
First edition of Fossey's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "With deepest gratitude to Francesco Nardelli for introducing me to the gorillas of Howletts Dian Fossey Feb 11, 1984." The recipient, Francesco Nardelli is an Italian naturalist who has dedicated his life to the protection and conservation of endangered species. He is also the co-founder, with John Aspinall, of the Sumatran Rhino Project, one of the most important coordinated efforts to save a critically endangered species. In 1980 he moved to England where he became Curator of Howletts and Port Lympne Zoo, John Aspinall’s Zoos in Kent. There…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146297
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First edition of James Baldwin's Going to Meet the Man; inscribed by him
BALDWIN, James.
Going to Meet the Man.
New Yrok: The Dial Press, 1965.
First edition of Baldwin's singular collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the second free endpaper, "God bless, James Baldwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Martha Holmes. Rare signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 129388
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Roald Amundsen's Copy of Nord I tåkeheimen: utforskningen av jordens nordlige strøk i tidlige tider
NANSEN, Fridtjof (Roald Amundsen).
Nord I Takeheimen: Utforskningen av Jordens Nordlige Strok i Tidlige Tider.
Christiana: Jacob Dybwads, 1911.
First edition of Nansen's history of Arctic exploration, from the library of explorer Roald Amundsen with his signature. In the year this work was published, Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, having traveled south on Nansen’s own ship, the Fram. Quarto, original cloth, in-text illustrations. Signed and dated Roald Amundsen 13 May 1912. In very good condition with some light wear to the extremities.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 78072
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"No man is beaten until he knows and admits he is beaten, and that I will never know nor admit": First Edition of All Aboard for Ararat; Inscribed by H.G. Wells
WELLS, H.G.
All Aboard for Ararat.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1940.
First edition of the last of Wells' utopian novels. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "One single cabin ticket for Mrs. Wollcombe, 3 Weymouth Mews, to Ararat H.G. Wells." Near fine in a very good just jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon in the original dust jacket and inscribed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144321
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"THERE IS A POINT OF NO RETURN, UNREMARKED AT THE TIME, IN MOST LIVES": FIRST EDITION OF THE COMEDIANS; INSCRIBED BY GRAHAM GREENE
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Clive from Graham Greene." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 98568
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First edition of George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah; Inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
SHAW, George Bernard.
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch.
London: Constable and Company, Ltd, 1921.
First edition of this collection of plays by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To H.S.S from G.B.S 22nd June 1921." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. Rare in the original dust jacket and inscribed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 111822
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Rare 19th Century Creek Indian Land Grants for River Sections in Muscogee County, Georgia
LUMPKIN, Wilson; George M. Troup; George Gilmer.
Creek Indian Muscogee County, Georgia Land Grants.
1826-1832.
Four rare 19th century Creek Indian land surveys and lottery winning land grants signed by 3 different Georgia Governors. Octavo, eight pages partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the collection includes: grant for land lot 156 in Muscogee County, Georgia, surveyed in 1826 and granted in 1832 to David Maw, signed by Wilson Lumpkin at the bottom edge, official wax seal attached by a pale red ribbon; grant for land lot 167 in Muscogee County, Georgia, surveyed in 1826 and granted in 1832 to James Bridges, signed by Wilson Lumpkin at the bottom edge, official wax seal attached by a…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146854
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First Edition of the Author’s Prophetic Book The Coming of Post Industrial Society; Inscribed by Daniel Bell in the year of Publication TO IRVING KRISTOL AND GERTRUDE HIMMELFARB
BELL, Daniel.
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
New York: Basic Books, 1973.
First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Irving and Bea- with affection, as always, Dan May 30, 1973." The recipients were Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Bell’s. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the “godfather of neoconservatism.” Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 118638
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One of only 500 Signed Limited Edition 25th Anniversary edition; Signed by Eric Carle with an original drawing of a Caterpillar
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
New York: Philomel, 1994.
One of only 500 signed limited edition of the 25th Anniversary edition of this classic work. Oblong quarto, original silver boards. Signed by Eric Carle with an original drawing on the front panel. In fine condition as is the original cardboard box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 20036