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First Edition of Robert Kennedy’s Manifesto To Seek A Newer World; Signed by Him
KENNEDY, Robert F.
To Seek A Newer World.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967.
First edition of Robert Kennedy's classic fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert F. Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket photograph by Lawrence Fried.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131782
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First Edition of Ethel Boileau's Ballade in G Minor; Inscribed by her to Ayn Rand
BOILEAU, Ethel [Ayn Rand].
Ballade in G Minor.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1938.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Ayn Rand from Ethel Boileau A tribute to "We The Living" New York Feb.10th 1938." Lady Ethel Boileau was an English novelist, best known for Clansmen and Ballade in G Minor. Her correspondence with Ayn Rand began in 1936, when she wrote a glowing homage to We the Living after her American publisher had sent her a copy. After Rand read Clansmen in 1936, she wrote to Boileau that her “descriptions are so lovely…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136398
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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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Rare original May 17, 1963 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
James Baldwin Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Chicago: Time Magazine, May 17, 1963.
Original cover from the May 17, 1963 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of James Baldwin, inscribed by him, "Peace, James Baldwin." Quarto, original illustrated front wrapper. In very good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141087
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"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example": First Edition of Joe Di Maggio's Lucky To Be A Yankee; Inscribed by Him
DI MAGGIO, Joe [DiMaggio].
Lucky To Be A Yankee.
New York: Rudolph Field, 1946.
First edition of this early autobiography by Joltin Joe Di Maggio. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand, "To Dick- Hope the start of a good Pic Book! Best alwasy Joe Di Maggio." Foreword by Grantland Rice. Introduction by James A. Farley. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Most desirable signed by this baseball legend.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 107322
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First Edition of Wanda Wassilewska's Rainbow; Signed by Her
WASSILEWSKA, Wanda [Wasilewska].
Rainbow. The Story of a Ukrainian Village Under German Occupation.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1945.
First edition of this work by Wassilewska. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Wanda Wassilewska Kiev. XI.63." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Translated by Edith Bone. Although not marked in anyway, this is from the library of John and Elaine Steinbeck. Books signed by Wassilewska are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 112421
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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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Rare WWI Award and Appointment Collection with Regard to Brigadier General James H. Reeves
[REEVES, James H.]; Ferdinand Foch.
Brigadier General James H. Reeves WWI Awards and Appointment Collection.
20th c..
Rare collection of WWI memorabilia with regard to Commander of the 353rd United States infantry regiment (89th division), Brigadier General James H. Reeves. The collection includes: From the Government of the French Republic, a large photographic print of General Reeves, inscribed to him by General Ferdinand Foch, "Together with their valor it is this discipline which made the strength of our Armies. F. Foch," framed to a size of 21.5 inches by 17.5 inches and dated 1917-1918; From the Government of the French Republic, a Citation A L'Order Du 32 eme Corps d'Armee to Colonel Reeves and the 353rd Regiment…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146776
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James Weldon Johnson's Classic Fifty Years and Other Poems; Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, James Weldon.
Fifty Years and Other Poems.
Boston: The Cornhill Publishing Co., 1921.
Early printing of Johnson's first collection of classic poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mrs. Edward Lee McCatgin with the sincere regards of James Weldon Johnson." With an introduction by Brander Matthews. In very good condition, with an inscription below "To August Meier with best regards Frederick B. Artz." Artz was an author and professor at Oberlin College. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 123468
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First Edition of All the President's Men; Inscribed by Carl Bernstein to ABC Journalist Rebecca Chase Williams
BERNSTEIN, Carl & Bob Woodward.
All The President’s Men.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
First edition of this groundbreaking work in American journalism. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Carl Bernstein in a contemporary signature to fellow journalist Rebecca Chase Williams, "To Becky with thanx Carl Bernstein." The recipient, Rebecca Chase Williams was a distinguished ABC News journalist for more than twenty years. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. From the library of Rebecca Chase Williams.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135253
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"The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book": First Edition of The Bogey Man; Inscribed by George Plimpton and Jack Nicklaus To Max Steele
PLIMPTON, George [Jack Nicklaus].
The Bogey Man.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of Plimpton's classic work on golf. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "For Great Max another wild effusion- George." The recipient was Max Steele, who along with Plimpton started The Paris Review. Additionally inscribed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus on the front free endpaper to the same recipient, Max Steele. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Korn. A unique example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136489
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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale": First Edition of The Last Unicorn; Inscribed by Peter Beagle
BEAGLE, Peter S.
The Last Unicorn.
New York: The Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of Beagle's classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others.. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Larry Peter S. Beagle 11/8/93." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141515
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First British Edition of Midnight's Children; Inscribed by Salman Rushdie
RUSHDIE, Salman.
Midnight’s Children.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
First British edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Charles- Salman Rushdie." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Botten. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144363
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The Structure of Matter; inscribed by "the father of the hydrogen bomb" Edward Teller
TELLER, Edward O.; Francis Owen Rice.
The Structure of Matter.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1949.
First edition, secondo printing of this introductory volume on the properties of matter and their systematic interpretation by quantum mechanics. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with charts and graphs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stan in memory of a spectacular appreciation of the application of the theory of atomic structure, Edward Teller." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with small loss to the crown of the spine. Bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146896
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First Edition of Dangling Man; Signed by Saul Bellow and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed by Saul on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146618
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First Edition of The Panic In Needle Park; Signed by Joan Didion and Al Pacino
MILLS, James [Joan Didion and Al Pacino].
The Panic In Needle Park.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of this work basis for the classic 1971 film starring Al Pacino, with the screenplay written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion and Academy-Award winning actor Al Pacino on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 118864
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Rare first edition of The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals; signed by influential paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson
SIMPSON, George Gaylord.
The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals.
New York: Published by the Order of the Trustees, 1945.
Rare first edition of Simpson's classic work on mammalian taxonomy. Quarto, original wrappers as issued. Signed by the paleontologist on the front panel. Ownership inscriptions. With a note of provenance laid in which reads, "If you go into taxonomy, this might be a nice classic to own. He autographed it for me when I drove him to Boston from a talk he gave in Conn. years ago. His accutron intrigued me, & I later got one (before Dr. Aft got his, even). My best, Doc." In very good condition. Exceedingly rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129508
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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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“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for": To Kill A Mockingbird; Signed by Harper Lee
LEE, Harper.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006.
First edition of the slipcased edition of Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with the original near fine slipcase. Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Jacket photograph by Truman Capote.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145622
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First Edition of Jose Saramago's O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo; Signed by Him
SARAMAGO, Jose.
O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo. [The Gospel According To Jesus Christ].
Lisboa: Caminho, 1991.
First Portuguese edition and true first of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Jose Saramago on the title page. In near fine condition, with the original publisher's bookmark laid in.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 114809