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Rare original NASA Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual; signed by Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise
HAISE, Fred; Jim Lovell.
Jim Lovell and Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual.
Prepared for Launch Vehicle Operations by the Boeing Company Atlantic Test Center Saturn V - Launch Operations, March 10, 1970.
Rare NASA Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual signed by Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise. Quarto, original wrappers, contains approximately 150 pages of emergency procedures with several folding charts and diagrams at rear. Signed on the second title page, "Jim Lovell Apollo 13" and "Fred Haise Apollo 13." In near fine condition. A unique piece of NASA history.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146265
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Rare First Edition of Billy Collins Rare First Book Pokerface; Inscribed by Him
COLLINS, Billy.
Pokerface.
Los Angeles: Kenmore Press, 1977.
First edition of Collins' first collection of poetry. Oblong octavo, original wrappers. One of 400 numbered copies, this is number 302. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Joanne once again Billy Collins 2016." In near fine condition.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 140906
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First Edition of Now it Can be Told The Story of the Manhattan Project; Signed by Leslie Groves and by Tom Ferebee, the bombardier of the Enola Gay
GROVES, Leslie R. [Tom Ferebee].
Now it Can be Told The Story of the Manhattan Project.
New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1962.
First edition of this work by the director of the Manhattan Project. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, Leslie Groves, the director of the Manhattan Project and by Tom Ferebee, the bombardier of the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146227
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First Edition of Partners: The United Nations and Youth; Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor & Helen Ferris.
Partners: The United Nations and Youth.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950.
First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and inscribed by Helen Ferris to famed photographer Fred Stein, "For Fred Stein with our appreciation and all our good wishes for the days ahead Helen Ferris June 1951." Stein was an early pioneer of the hand held camera and noted street photographer in New York and Paris. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios. We have never encountered another signed copy by both authors.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 4553
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“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning": First Edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Inscribed by Thornton Wilder to Fellow Writer Vincent Starrett
WILDER, Thornton.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.
First edition of the author's masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Rufus H. Hathaway with all the regard of Thornton Wilder Tornoto March 1929." Near fine in a good jacket reinforced to the verso. Illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. Housed in a custom chemise jacket with red morocco spine label.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 96138
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First Edition of James Dickey's Deliverance; Inscribed by Him and Legendary Director John Boorman and Actor Jon Voight
DICKEY, James [John Boorman and Jon Voight].
Deliverance.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970.
First edition of Dickey’s first and most famous novel, basis for the classic John Boorman directed film, starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Roy Grisham- from James Dickey." Additionally signed by actor Jon Voight on the title page and inscribed by director John Boorman opposite the title page. Boorman was the director of the classic film bearing the same name. Boorman has directed 22 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory). He is also credited with…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 136477
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“In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead”: First Editions of Angels in America; Both Volumes Signed by Tony Kushner
KUSHNER, Tony.
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.
New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1993.
First editions of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is signed by Tony Kushner on the title page. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 1514
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First Edition of Thornton Wilder's The Merchant of Yonkers; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
WILDER, Thornton.
The Merchant of Yonkers.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1939.
First edition, inscribed by Wilder in the year of publication, the year after he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Our Town. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Julie, coeur d'or with the lasting regard of Thornton, New York April 1939." Also laid into is a ten line note signed Wilder. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Donald McKay. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 137443
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"The establishment of peace on earth is a fundamental belief of universal Judaism with its principles of one universal God and one humanity": Rare type-written manuscript signed and hand-corrected by Palestine's first attorney general Norman Bentwich
BENTWICH, Norman.
The Jews and International Relations: The Pursuit of Peace.
c. 1950.
Rare manuscript written by Mandatory Palestine's first attorney general, British Zionist Norman Bentwich. 21 pages, type-written with copious corrections and revisions in Bentwich's hand throughout, signed by Bentwich at the conclusion of the last page. Developed during his term as Chairman of the United Restitution Organization, the manuscript contains content and notes which would later be published as Bentwich's 1959 book: The Religious Foundations of Internationalism; A Study in International Relations Through the Ages. Also included at the conclusion of the text is a list of suggested reading. In very good condition. A rare and desirable signed manuscript.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 81253
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Rare original photograph signed by both presidents Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Herbert Hoover.
Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Iowan Governor William Beardsley seated in an automobile which was part of the August 1954 Iowa State Fair Parade. Boldly signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover, and inscribed by Beardsley, "For the Ken Brownes, Wm. S. Beardsley,"Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Herbert Hoover dated April 25, 1960 and addressed to Kenneth Browne, "Dear Mr. Browne: I do appreciate your sending me that Indian version of the 23rd Psalm. It was most gracious of you. Yours faithfully, "Herbert Hoover." Both the photograph and letter are in near fine condition. Rare and desirable…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 92470
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First Edition of Sue Kaufman's Diary of a Mad Housewife; Inscribed by Her and Signed by Actor Richard Benjamin
KAUFMAN, Sue [Richard Benjamin].
Diary of a Mad Housewife: A Novel.
New York : Random House, 1967.
First edition of this classic, bestselling novel of Central Park West ennui -- and a seminal piece of urban women's fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'To Kornby with love Sue Kaufman." Additionally signed by actor Richard Benjamin, who starred in the film bearing the same name. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Larry Ratzkin. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 124902
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First Edition of Garcia Marquez's El otono del Patriarca; Signed by Him and Jose Saramago
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel (Jose Saramago).
El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].
Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1975.
First Spanish edition of this "majestic...superb...a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant" (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From the library of Jose Saramago, with his signature on the front free endpaper. Both authors were recipients of the Nobel Prize in literature. A nice association linking these two great writers of the twentieth century. Very good in wrappers.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 74033
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First Editions of the Collected Works of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist’s Collected Works; Each Volume Signed by Him
BUCHANAN, James M.
The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan.
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999-2002.
First editions of each of volume that comprise the collected works of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan's papers. Each volume is signed and dated by James M. Buchanan. Octavo, original half cloth, 19 volumes. In fine condition, dust jackets were not issued for these volumes.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 2374
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"Pretend to be good always, and even God will be fooled": First Edition of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1965.
First edition of the author's fifth novel, a classic satire, which introduces the reader to Kilgore Trout. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed "Kurt Vonnegut Feb. 26 2000" on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Murray Tinkelman. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147951
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First Edition of John Ermine of the Yellowstone; Inscribed by Frederic Remington
REMINGTON, Frederic.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.
First edition of this thought-provoking work of a young Native American man who is torn between his traditional way of life and the rapidly changing world around him. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, top edge gilt, black and white illustrations by Frederic Remington. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To R.S. Carter from Frederic Remington 1903." In very good condition. From the library of noted collector William A. Strutz with his small bookplate to the front pastedown with additional John Stuart Groves ownership plate.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147725
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"IT's A Game. A game played on the streets of New York, for as long as anyone can remember": First Edition of Ringolevio; Signed by Emmett Grogan
GROGAN, Emmett.
Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972.
First edition of “the best and only authentic book written on the sixties underground" (Dennis Hopper). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by the author on the title page "Emmett Grogan N.Y.C. 6/73." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Dust jacket design by Larry Rivers. Books signed by Grogan are scarce.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 47007
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Signed Limited Edition of the Duke of Windsor's A King's Story; With An Additional Signed Note by Him
WINDSOR, Duke of [Edward VIII].
A King’s Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1951.
Signed limited edition of the Duke of Windsor’s classic autobiography. Royal octavo, bound in the full publisher's morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, three gilt coats of arms as Prince of Wales, King of England, and Duke of Windsor with accompanying gilt signatures to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamped-in, watered-silk end leaves, top edge gilt, silk ribbon bound-in, frontispiece of the Duke of Windsor leaving Westminster after his first and last Opening of Parliament November 3, 1936, foldout map…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145247
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's Assistant; Inscribed to Close Friends
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Assistant.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
First edition of Malamud's second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Susie and Paul dear friends, greetings! Bern Corvallis, Oregon January, 1958." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 100045
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Collection of Aviation Autographs; Signed by 18 Aviators, Including Igor Sikorsky, Eddie Rickenbacker, and James H. Doolittle
SIKORSKY, Igor; Eddie Rickenbacker; James H. Doolittle; Alford J. Williams; Anthony Fokker; Charles E. Rosendahl; Sherman Fairchild; Roscoe Turner; Thomas Sopwith; George Stainforth; Richard Atcherley; Clyde Pangborn; Ruth Nichols; Glenn L. Martin; Hugh Herndon.
Aviator Autograph Collection.
1935-36.
Autograph collection with signatures from eighteen of the world's famous aviation pioneers and fighter pilots. Octodecimo, eighteen pages mounted on carbon paper, the collection includes: postcard signed by Igor Sikorsky, "I. Sikorsky," illustrated with a photograph of the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat; card signed by Edward Rickenbacker, "Capt Eddie Rickenbacker 1936," mounted with a photograph of Rickenbacker in uniform; card signed by Major James Harold Doolittle, "J.H. Doolittle," mounted with a photograph of Doolittle; card signed by Major Alford J. Williams, "Major Al Williams / U S Marine Corps (R)"; card signed by Anthony Fokker in green ink, "Fokker," mounted…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147210
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First edition of Virginia Woolf's Flush: A Biography; Signed by Her
WOOLF, Virginia.
Flush: A Biography.
New York: The Hogarth Press, 1933.
First edition of Woolf's fictional "stream of consciousness" tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers by Vanessa Bell, with four original drawings by Vanessa Bell and six other illustrations. Boldly signed by Virginia Woolf on the second free endpaper. Very good with laminate to the cloth in a very good supplied dust jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 142496