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First edition of Alison Lurie's The Truth About Lorin Jones; inscribed by her to photographer Sally Soames
LURIE, Alison.
The Truth About Lorin Jones.
London: Michael Joseph, 1988.
First edition of the author's artistic detective story. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to photographer Sally Soames, "For Sally Soames Alison Lurie 21 June '88." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119500
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Alan and Lotte with best wishes Colin Carmel Valley, California 4/30/97." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 54787
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Limited Edition Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail; Signed by Illustrator Thomas Hart Benton
PARKMAN, Francis. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton.
The Oregon Trail.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945.
Signed limited edition of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, pictorial title page, illustrated with numerous plates by Thomas Hart Benton. One of one thousand numbered copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the crown of the spine and a faint stain to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146546
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“After a leisurely slide into second, Joe bounced to his feet, looked at Marichal, shrugged, smiled, and spread his arms as if to say, "You throw at me, I'll make you pay": First Edition of John Grisham's Calico Joe; Inscribed by Him
GRISHAM, John .
Calico Joe.
New York: Doubleday, 2012.
First edition of this novel which The Washington Post wrote, "knocks it out of the park." Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Grisham on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana. Author photograph by Jonas Karlsson.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119349
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First Edition of Rethinking Housing Bubbles; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon L. Smith
GJERSTAD, Steven and Vernon L. Smith.
Rethinking Housing Bubbles: The Role of Household and Bank Balance Sheets in Modeling Economic Cycles.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original glossy boards. Signed and dated by Vernon Smith on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 68022
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Uncorrected Proof of The Cage Keeper and Other Stories; Signed by Andre Dubus III
DUBUS III, Andre.
The Cage Keeper and Other Stories.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's first book, a well-received collection of stories. Octavo, original orange wrappers. Signed by Andre Dubus III on the title page. Review slip laid in. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 447
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"Good Golfing": Byron Nelson's Winning Golf; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron.
Byron Nelson’s Winning Golf.
Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1988.
First edition of the re-issue of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Buck Ray Good Golfing Byron Nelson." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146821
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"We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them": First Edition of Trying To Save Piggy Sneed; Signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeffrey Fisher. Author photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and Isolde Ohlbaum.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138144
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First edition of Star Chamber Revels (Or, The Fountayne of Justice); signed by Andre L. Simon
SIMON, Andre L.
Star Chamber Revels (Or, The Fountayne of Justice). A Satyre Acted on Friday the eleventh day of June, in the yeare 1602 by the then Lords of the Queen Elizabeth’s most honourable Council.
Peekskill: Printed by Crosby Gaige, 1937.
First edition of Andre L. Simon's retelling of a day in the life of the Lords of the Star Chamber. Octavo, original boards, engraved headpiece and tailpiece. Signed by the author at the conclusion of his introduction. Very good in the rare original glassine.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 115807
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First Edition of Apocalypse Watch; Inscribed by Robert Ludlum
LUDLUM, Robert.
Apocalypse Watch.
New York: Bantam, 1995.
First edition of this work by the author of The Bourne Identity. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "For Peter Happy Birthday, Peter And my best Robert Ludlum 6.19.95." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 822
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First Edition of Robert James Waller's A Thousand Country Roads; Signed by Him
WALLER, Robert James.
A Thousand Country Roads.
Alpine & Houston: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2002.
First edition of the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Robert James Waller on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leisha Israel. Author photograph by Linda Solomon.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 137799
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First edition of Jack Valenti's Protect and Defend; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
VALENTI, Jack. [William Safire].
Protect and Defend.
New York: Doubleday, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf, "To Helen and Bill dear, dear loving friends. Read - enjoy! Jack Valenti." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 133043
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First edition of The Chief European Dramatists; from the library of American actor Zachary Scott
MATTHEWS, Brander [Zachary Scott].
The Chief European Dramatists: Twenty-One Plays From the Drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway From 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.
First edition of this compilation of the plays of the great dramatists. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughout the 1940s and 50s including Hollywood Canteen, The Unfaithful, Shotgun, Man in the Shadow, and The Young One. In very good condition with Scott’s bookplate and ownership inscription to the pastedown. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 115680
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Moonwalker: inscribed by Charlie Duke
DUKE, Charlie and Dotty.
Moonwalker.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1990.
First edition, early printing of the tenth man to walk on the moon's revealing memoir. Octavo, original red boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bob aim high Charlie Duke." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Aslan Group.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146503
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First Edition of The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions; Inscribed by Marcus Borg
BORG, Marcus & Wright.
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1999.
First edition of this work by theologians Borg and Wright. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Borg on the front free endpaper prior to publication, "Dec. '98 To Maren, From one who knows yours parents, and with best wishes. Marcus Borg." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 101663
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First Edition of Nadine Gordimer's A World of Strangers; Signed by Her
GORDIMER, Nadine.
A World of Strangers.
London: Gollancz, 1958.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket showing some wear and a small stain to the spine panel, inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 2697
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First Edition and Publisher's Presentation Copy of The Ice Harvest; Signed by Scott Phillips and Illustrator Michael Kellner
PHILLIPS, Scott.
The Ice Harvest.
Tuscon: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2000.
First edition and publisher's presentation copy of Phillip's debut novel. Octavo, bound in the original quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. Dust jacket and interior artwork by Michael Kellner. Signed and dated by the author on the limitation page, "Scott Phillips 11/11/00" and with an original drawing of a melting block of ice. Additionally singed by the illustrator on the copyright page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in the original slipcase.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 101301
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Signed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
Pumpkin Moonshine.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
First printing of this edition of the author's first book and the first title in her "Calico" series. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Tasha Tudor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 1149
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"The search of your life is the search for your life": First Edition of Erwin McManus' Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit; Inscribed by Him
MCMANUS, Erwin Raphael.
Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit.
Nashville : Nelson Books, 2008.
Early printing of this early work by McManus. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dan- Live your story Leave a mark! Erwin McManus." In very good condition with some highlighting. Cover design by Joby Harris.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 136213
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Looking Ahead: The Papers of David Sarnoff; Warmly Inscribed by Him
SARNOFF, David.
Looking Ahead: The Papers of David Sarnoff.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968.
First edition, early printing of the papers of this business pioneer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dr. George Rich With appreciation and all good wishes David Sarnoff 68." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 130197
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's The Humanities of Africa; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
The Humanities in Africa/ Die Geisteswissenschaften in Afrika.
Munchen: Carl Friedrich von Siemans Stiftung, 2001.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 2479
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Signed Limited First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Dean's December
BELLOW, Saul.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
Signed limited first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow. Fine in a fine slipcase and in the original acetate.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 120568
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Signed Limited Edition of Winston Groom's Gump & Co.
GROOM, Winston.
Gump & Co.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1995.
Signed limited first edition. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Winston Groom. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 138538
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Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within; Signed by Rory Stewart
STEWART, Rory.
Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2023.
First edition, early printing of this "instant classic" (Marina Hyde). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Rory Stewart on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Matt Broughton.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 144165
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First Edition of Another Beauty; Inscribed by Adam Zagajewski
ZAGAJEWSKI, Adam.
Another Beauty.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author's memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Matthew Adam Zagajewski Boston, October 2004." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc J. Cohen. Translated by Clare Cavanagh.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147467
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Dean's December; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 19006
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“A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEABAG - ONLY IN HOT WATER DO YOU REALIZE HOW STRONG SHE IS”: First Edition of My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan; Inscribed by Her
REAGAN, Nancy.
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan.
New York: Random House, 1989.
First edition of Nancy Reagan's memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Laid in is a note from her office thanking the recipient for the letter. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written in collaboration with William Novak.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 64571
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First Edition of Booth Tarkington's The Lorenzo Bunch; Inscribed by Him
TARKINGTON, Booth.
The Lorenzo Bunch.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1936.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Booth Tarkington, Indianapolis, May 9. 1940. Inscribed for Mr. Jerome Peltier." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 65791
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Uncorrected Proof of The Cage Keeper and Other Stories; Signed by Andre Dubus III
DUBUS III, Andre.
The Cage Keeper and Other Stories.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's first book, a well-received collection of stories. Octavo, original orange wrappers. Signed by Andre Dubus III on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 37658
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First Edition of Selected Stories; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Selected Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975.
First British edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 552
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First Edition of Philip Roth's Deception; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
Deception.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
First edition of this "extraordinary, elegant novel" (Fay Weldon, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 144392
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First Edition of A Song Flung Up to Heaven; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya.
A Song Flung Up To Heaven.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by Maya Angelou. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 3251
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John Updike's Copy of Burgess' Little Wilson and Big God
BURGESS, Anthony [John Updike].
Little Wilson and Big God.
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. John Updike's copy, with a signed letter from the editor to Updike laid in. In very good condition. From the library of John Upike.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 102117
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First Edition of John Le Carre's Single & Single; Signed by Him
LE CARRE, John .
Single & Single.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.
First edition of this "exciting spy story" (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146442
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Signed limited edition of Charles Grosvenor's An Iconography of the Portraits of T.E. Lawrence
GROSVENOR, Charles.
An Iconography of the Portraits of T. E. Lawrence.
Pasadena: The Otterden Press, 1988.
Signed limited edition of Grosvenor's catalogue of the portraits of T. E. Lawrence. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 255. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover portrait by William Rothenstein. Cover photograph by Vladmir Popovic.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 126800
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First Edition of the Playwright's Pulitzer-Prize winning work Three Tall Women; Signed by Edward Albee
ALBEE, Edward.
Three Tall Women.
New York: Dutton Book, 1995.
First edition of Albee's Three Tall Women, which won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, his third. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Edward Albee on the title page. With a program from the 1995 Celebrity Lecture Series at Michigan State University featuring Albee as a speaker laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Steve Ash.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 5722
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Special limited edition of Brown's Where Giants Trod: The Saga of Kenya's Desert Lake; one of 250 numbered copies signed by him
BROWN, Monty. Foreword by Vivian Fuchs.
Where Giants Trod: The Saga of Kenya’s Desert Lake.
London: Quiller Press, 1989.
Special limited edition of Brown's elaborately illustrated history of Kenya's northern desert region and the 13 expeditions to Lake Rudolf. Quarto, original publisher's three quarters pebbled morocco over leatherette boards, marbled endpapers, with 75 color and 50 black and white illustrations, folding map in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author on the half-title page, this is number 49. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 110678
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First Edition of Dusk and Other Stories; Signed by James Salter
SALTER, James.
Dusk and Other Stories
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988.
First edition of this collection of stories by the award-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Signed by James Salter on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Bullen.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146394
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First Edition of The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer; Inscribed by John Adams
ADAMS, John] Thomas May.
The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer.
New Jersey: Amadeus Press, 2006.
First edition of this compilation of writings by the famed composer. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the composer John Adams on the title page.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 1298
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First Edition of The Great Society: Lessons for the Future; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
GINZBERG, Eli and Robert M. Solow.
The Great Society: Lessons for the Future.
New York: Basic Books, 1974.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding The Great Society. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Review copy with the slip laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 43098
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"Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society": First Edition of The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor; Signed by Her
SOTOMAYOR, Sonia.
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2018.
First edition of Justice Sotomayor's autobiography, which details the life of the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sonia Sotomayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Bianchini and Larsson McSwain.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 123929
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First Edition of James Webb's I Heard My Country Calling; Inscribed by Him
WEBB, James .
I Heard My Country Calling.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.
First edition of the moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Lee with best wishes JWebb." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Laid is the original signing brochure for the reading.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 141516
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First Edition of Jeb Bush's Profiles in Character; Inscribed by Both Authors
BUSH, Jeb and Brian Yablonski.
Profiles in Character.
Miami: Foundation For Miami's Future, 1995.
First edition of Jeb Bush's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Foreword by William J. Bennett.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 85632
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First edition of Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favor and Professional Foul; signed by him
STOPPARD, Tom.
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor and Professional Foul.
New York: Grove Press Inc., 1978.
First edition of this collection of two dark comedies. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by the playwright on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 129083
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John Kotter's The Heart of Change; Inscribed by Him
KOTTER, John.
The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations.
Cambridge: Harvard Business School, 2002.
Early printing of this organizational work by Kotter. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Tim John Kotter." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 107819
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First Edition of Last Night; Signed by James Salter
SALTER, James.
Last Night.
London: Picador, 2005.
First edition of this collection of stories by the award-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by James Salter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146393
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First Edition of Haruki Murakami's The T-Shirts I Love; Signed Twice by designer Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The T-Shirts I Love.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original illustrated boards by Chip Kidd. Signed twice by Chip Kidd, once on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In fine condition. Translated by Philip Gabriel.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 131851
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First Edition of Toni Morrison's A Mercy; Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
A Mercy.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
First edition of "one of Morrison's most haunting works yet” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Toni Morrison on a publisher's bookplate. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 144102
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First Edition of Making the Market: Victorian Origins of Corporate Capitalism; Inscribed by Paul Johnson
JOHNSON, Paul.
Making the Market: Victorian Origins of Corporate Capitalism.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
First edition of this innovative study which reveals how and why capitalist institutions were created and the moral, economic and legal assumptions behind them. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Marilyn With best wishes Paul." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hart McLeod.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 141813
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First Edition of The Tories: Conservatives and The Nation State 1922-1997; Signed by Alan Clark
CLARK, Alan.
The Tories: Conservatives and The Nation State 1922-1997.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998.
First edition of this personal account of modern Conservatives in government. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Alan Clark 22 IX." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147117
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Signed limited edition of Glenway Wescott's The Babe's Bed
WESCOTT, Glenway.
The Babe’s Bed.
Harrison of Paris, 1930.
Signed limited edition of Glenway Wescott's short novel. Octavo, original cloth. One of 375 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 252. Near fine in the original slipcase.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 115108
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First edition of Rosemary Jones Tung's A Portrait of Lost Tibet; from the library of Peter Matthiessen
TUNG, Rosemary Jones. [Peter Matthiessen].
A Portrait of Lost Tibet.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980.
First edition of the author's photographic evocation of Tibet. Quarto, original boards, ornamental art by Zlatko Paunov. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea”…
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 140207
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Signed Limited Edition of Eugene O'Neill and the Senator From Texas
O'NEILL, Eugene .
Eugene O’Neill and the Senator From Texas.
New Haven: Yale University Library Gazette, 1961.
Signed limited first edition, number 79 of 100 examples, signed by Earle B. Mayfield. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Edited by John S. Mayfield. With an original signed letter from the editor laid in.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 112069
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"For Erica Jong, one more trip to the intersection of id and superego": Limited First Edition of Rabbit at Rest; Signed by John Updike
UPDIKE, John.
Rabbit At Rest.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1990.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, double-page frontispiece by Cary Henrie specially commissioned by The Franklin Press for this first edition. Signed by John Updike on the front flyleaf. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147057
