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"A day without laughter is a day wasted": Charles Chaplin's Autobiography; Inscribed by Him
CHAPLIN, Charles.
My Autobiography.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964.
First edition, early printing of Charlie Chaplin's extraordinarily vivid autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. With a letter of provenance laid in to Bob Israel describing the legibility of Chaplin's inscription and gifting five color photographs depicting Chaplin with Oona O'Neil Chaplin and others. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145221
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First Edition of Peter Green's Achilles His Armour
GREEN, Peter.
Achilles His Armour.
London: John Murray, 1955.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Green on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Ayrton.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 119653
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“FREEDOM IS THE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT OF MAN’S MIND”: FIRST EDITION OF AYN RAND'S CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL; SIGNED BY HER
RAND, Ayn; Essays by Nathaniel Branden.
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
New York: New American Library, 1966.
First edition of this collection of essays—which Rand, in her introduction, characterizes as “a nonfiction footnote to Atlas Shrugged.” Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by S.A. Summit, Inc. With additional articles by Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, and Robert Hessen. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130896
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Fine collection of eighteen Martin Amis First Editions; fifteen signed by him
AMIS, Martin.
Martin Amis First Edition Collection.
Lonson: Jonathan Cape, 1984-2020.
Extensive collection of first editions by acclaimed novelist Martin Amis, including his best-known works Money and London Fields. Octavo, 18 volumes, original cloth and half-cloth. 15 volumes signed by the author. The collection includes first editions of Einstein's Monsters [London: Jonathan Cape, 1987]; and signed first editions of London Fields [London: Jonathan Cape, 1989] and Time's Arrow [London: Jonathan Cape, 1991] among others. Each volume is a first edition, first printing with the exception of money which is an first edition, second printing published in the same year as the first. Each volume is near fine to fine in a…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 134198
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Two Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters
MITCHELL, Margaret.
Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters.
1941-42.
Two letters signed in full by Margaret Mitchell, author on the classic Gone With the Wind. Both letters addressed to Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart and his wife, one dated December 26, 1941, the other December 19, 1942, each with their original envelopes; both letters refer to the commissioning of the U.S.S. Atlanta.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 21082
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"A Good public Servant Becomes so at a high cost of personal sacrifice": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Classic Work You Learn By Living; Signed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
You Learn By Living.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1960.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's classic work on how to discover life's lessons. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper. Name on the half-title page, near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Dr. David Gurewitsch. Rare signed, as Roosevelt passed away in 1962.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 52032
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First Argentinian Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's first book La Hojarasca; Which introduced the World To Magical Realism; Signed by Him; From the Library of Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
La Hojarasca.
Buenos Aires: Editorial Suamerica, 1970.
First Argentinian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the front free endpaper. From the library of Gregory Rabassa, with his signature. Rabassa was the translator of La Hojaraca into English and Cien Anos de Soledad, among others. He was a translator of the works of several major Latin American novelists, including Julio Cortázar, Jorge Amado and Gabriel García Márquez. On the advice of Cortázar, García Márquez waited three years for Rabassa to schedule translating One Hundred Years of Solitude. Garcia Marquez later declared Rabassa's translation to be superior to the Spanish original. In…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 60052
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First Edition of John Searle's Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language; Inscribed by Him
SEARLE, John.
Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
First edition of "one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of language in recent decades" (The Philosophical Quarterly). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his brother and sister-in-law on the front free endpaper, "For Bill and Kathy from John with best wishes." The recipient William Searle was Professor Emeritus of the English Department of the University of Pittsburgh. Both were heavily involved in Free Speech Movement in Berkeley in the 1960s. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by R.B. Kitaj.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 86359
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"In most organizational change efforts, it is much easier to draw on the strengths of the culture than to overcome the constraints by changing culture": First Edition of The Art of Managing Human Resources; Lengthily signed by Edgar Schein
SCHEIN, Edgar H.
The Art of Managing Human Resources.
Oxford University Press, .
First edition of this work on management. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor opposite the title page, "In most organizational change efforts, it is much easier to draw on the strengths of the culture than to overcome the constraints by changing culture." All the best, John Ed H. Schein March 29, 2015." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Foreword by Abraham J. Siegel.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 87844
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First Edition of Building Construction Illustrated; Inscribed by Francis D.K. Ching
CHING, Francis D.K.
Building Construction Illustrated.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John R. 9/7/2015 Francis D.K. Ching." In very good condition, owner name to the front free endpaper and pastedown.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 114591
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First Edition of Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey; Inscribed by Astronaut Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Coke and Betty, when overtaken by insomnia. Michael Collins." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. First printings are uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 128433
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Signed Limited Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
Author's autograph edition of Lindbergh's autobiography, which provides the account of the life of one of the century's greatest adventurers, the first man to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight. One of 100 numbered copies, this is number K, signed by both Charles Lindbergh and the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo, half bound salmon paper covered boards, frontispiece with tissue-guard, 51 black and white plates. In near fine condition. Introduction by Myron T. Herrick. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129369
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First Edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's Moscou; Inscribed by Him
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
Moscou [Moscow].
Paris: Collection Neuf/ Robert Editeur, 1955.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "a Monsieur et Madame Henri Dumur avec mon souvenir le meilleur Henri Cartier-Bresson." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 138199
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First editon of The Armies of the Night; Inscribed by Norman Mailer to Christopher Lawford and signed by Noam Chomsky
MAILER, Norman [Noam Chomsky].
The Armies of the Night.
New York: The New American Library, 1968.
First edition of this nonfiction novel, which went on to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Chris Lawford remembering our good conversation last summer Norman Mailer March 1983." Additionally signed by one of the subjects, Noam Chomsky. The recipient, Christopher Lawford is an author, activist and member of the Kennedy family and friends with the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 5790
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First Edition of V.S. Naipaul's The Middle Passage: The Caribbean; Revisited; Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1962.
First edition of this travel work, “which belongs in the same category as Lawrence’s books on Italy, Greene’s on West Africa and Pritchett’s on Spain” (New Statesman). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Name on the front free endpaper and stamp on the half-title page, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Belcher.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 75489
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From the Library of Jack Kerouac: First Edition of I DODO A Poem Cycle; Inscribed to Him by Fred Kline
KLINE, Fred; [Jack Kerouac].
I, DODO: A Poem Cycle.
San Francisco: Double-H Press, 1968.
First edition of this charming book of poetry; from the library of 'On the Road' author Jack Kerouac. Sextodecimo, original wrappers. The first printing of 2000 copies. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "to Jack Kerouac, with great admiration. Fred Kline. Nov. 11, 1968 Dos Palos." The recipient, Jack Kerouac, is generally considered the father of the Beat movement, although he actively disliked such labels. His method was heavily influenced by the prolific explosion of jazz in 1960s America and later by his studies in Buddhism that originated with fellow beat and academic Gary Snyder.…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146634
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First Edition of McCarthy; Inscribed by Roy Cohn to close friend and writer William Safire and his wife
COHN, Roy.
McCarthy.
New York : The New American Library, 1968.
First edition of this work by Cohn, who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to close friend William Safire and his wife, "For Sadie and Bill — Much love — Roy May 25/68." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 128627
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First Edition of Nelson Mandela’s African Folktales; Signed and Dated by Him
MANDELA, Nelson.
Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales.
New York: Norton, 2002.
First edition of this collection of African folktales chosen and introduced by Nelson Mandela. Quarto, original glossy illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Mandela on the title page.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 849
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“Calm Down what happens happens mostly without you": First Edition of Joseph Alber's Despite Straight Lines; Inscribed By Josef Albers to Henri Cartier-Bresson
ALBERS, Josef. [Henri Cartier-Bresson].
Despite Straight Lines.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961.
First edition of this work by the famed artist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Henri Cartier-Bresson, "For Henry Cartier-Bresson Josef Albers May 20, ‘68." Cartier-Bresson was working for Magnum Photographers when he photographed Josef Albers at his home in Connecticut in May of 1968. An outstanding association copy, linking Albers, one of the great abstract artists of the 20th century and Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the finest photographers. Also, laid in is a card signed by Albers.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 3783
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“Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert": First Edition of J.K. Rowling's Quidditch: Through the Ages; Signed by Her
ROWLING, J.K [Kennelworthy Whisp].
Quidditch: Through the Ages.
New York: Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic Books, 2001.
First edition of this "amazingly imaginative work" (Associated Press). Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. In fine condition. Rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141463
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“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free”: Photograph of Clarence Darrow; Inscribed by Him
DARROW, Clarence.
Clarence Darrow Signed Photograph.
Original photograph of prominent American attorney and civil libertarian Clarence Darrow. Signed by Darrow on the lower right-hand corner of the photograph four years after the historic Scopes Monkey Trial, "Clarence Darrow with best wishes to his friend Donald Gallagher Chicago March 14th 1929." Matted and framed the entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 84255
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"One by one the bulbs burned out, like long lives come to their expected ends": Rare First Hardcover Edition of Little, Big; Lengthily Signed by John Crowley
CROWLEY, John.
Little, Big.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.
First British edition and first hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For _____- John Crowley 'One by one the bulbs burned out, like long lives come to their expected ends.'" Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pat Doyle. Photograph of the author by Richard Sutor.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 79887
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"Our mighty weapon, the cooking spoon" The Joy of Cooking; Signed by Irma Rombauer
ROMBAUER, Irma S.
The Joy of Cooking.
Indianapolis/ New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941.
Early printing of Irma S. Rombauer's culinary classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joe with all good wishes most cordially Irma S. Rombauer." In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 115098
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"E. Weber, under another name had a real place in my life, & an exquisitely wicked one": Collection of Rare Autograph Letters Signed by John LE CARRÉ to Writer and Reviewer Trevor Pateman
LE CARRÉ, John.
John le Carré Autograph Letters Signed.
Penzance and London: 2017.
An exceptional group of three letters and a card sent by John le Carré to writer and reviewer Trevor Pateman, discussing his character E. Weber's inspiration and Pateman's upcoming book. The first letter, two pages on le Carré’s personal stationary, 10 February 2017, written in London, reads: "Thank you so much for your letter, and the thoughtful & delightful piece that accompanied it. It's hard to believe now, but E. Weber, under another name had a real place in my life, & an exquisitely wicked one, but it was left to me to coin the phrase on her behalf. And…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146944