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"The strange thing was there were times she felt she liked him very much": First Edition of Bernard Malamud's Assistant; Signed by him
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. Signed by Bernard Malamud on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a chip to the crown of the spine. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 100488
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Rare elaboratley bound Victorian Era Guest Book
19th Century Victorian Era Blank Guest Book.
Elaborately bound 19th century Victorian era guest book. Large folio, elaborately bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel reading "Liber Salutatorum [Book of Salutations] London 1848," elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition with every page left blank and with no inscriptions.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139520
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"the brave adventurer, the good companion, my love": First Edition of Nothing More To Declare; Inscribed by John Clellon Holmes to His Wife
HOLMES, John Clellon.
Nothing More To Declare.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1967.
First edition of this notable assessment of the literature of the Beats and their contemporaries, with essays on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gershon Legman and Jay Landesman. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife on the front free endpaper, "For Shirley- the brave adventurer, the good companion, my love- John Feb. 3, 1967." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Omin. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 103995
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"No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done": Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-5 Experimental Research Plane
YEAGER, Chuck.
Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-5 Experimental Research Plane.
Display model of the Bell X-5 experimental research plane, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 8.5 inches in height, 13 inches in height and 8.5 inches in width. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 103598
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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Signed by Him and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, Saul.
Herzog.
New York: The Viking Press, 1964.
First edition of the author's second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by Saul Bellow on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142269
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"I HAVE FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY THE HEAVY BURDEN": A KING'S STORY, Inscribed by THE DUKE OF WINDSOR to Ambassador Henry Taylor
WINDSOR, Duke of [King Edward].
A King’s Story.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1951.
First edition of King Edward's classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the his official letterhead pasted to the half-title page, "To Henry N. Taylor with best wishes and congratulations on winning the Sullivan Award of the University of Virginia Edward May 1951." The recipient, Henry Junior Taylor was an economist, author, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144116
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First Edition of Thomas J. Sargent's Macroeconomic Theory; Inscribed by Him
SARGENT, Thomas J.
Macroeconomic Theory.
New York: Academic Press, 1979.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To James Best wishes, Thomas J. Sargent." In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 106789
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"Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own": Chuck Yeager Signed Glamorous Glennis III F-15 Aircraft Model
YEAGER, Chuck.
Chuck Yeager Signed Glamorous Glennis III F-15 Aircraft Model.
Model of the Glamorous Glennis III F-15 speed of sound aircraft, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 16 inches in length, 10 inches in height and 12 inches in width. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 106598
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"It’s dollars and cents, nickels and dimes; war and peace"; First Edition of The Price; Inscribed by Arthur Miller to his Editor
MILLER, Arthur.
The Price.
New York: The Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of this play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his editor on the front free endpaper, "Dear Aaron Thanks Arthur March, 1968." Asher also edited Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and many others. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 105622
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First Edition of The Language of Post-Modern Architecture; Signed by Charles Jencks
JENCKS, Charles.
The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.
New York: Rizzoli, 1977.
First edition of Jencks' classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 108009
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First Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo; inscribed by him
O'NEILL, Eugene.
Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo: Two Plays by Eugene O’Neill.
London: Johnathan Cape, 1929.
First edition of this collection of two of the great playwright's works including the long theo-philosophical meditation, Lazarus Laughed, which called for more than one hundred actors making up a masked chorus. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt author's signature to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Oster with all good wishes Eugene O'Neill 1931." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 104924
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First Edition of Robert Shiller's Market Volatility; Signed by Him and John Campbell
SHILLER, Robert J.
Market Volatility.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the title page by both Robert J. Shiller and John Campbell, who co-authored one of the articles included in this work. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 103779
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"Knock, and it shall be opened unto you": First Edition of Sean O'Casey's I Knock At The Door; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
O'CASEY, Sean.
I Knock At The Door: Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1939.
First edition of this autobiography by the famed Irish playwright. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To Joe Cummins, with deep affection, from Sean O'Casey remembering many delightful Dublin chats round his surgery firesides. Devon 1939. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 108016
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First Edition of As Ding Saw Hoover; Inscribed by both the Author and President Hoover
DARLING, Jay N. [Herbert Hoover].
As Ding Saw Hoover.
Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State College Press, 1954.
First edition of "Ding" Darling's editorial cartoons regarding President Hoover. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hoover on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne the good wishes of Herbert Hoover." Additionally inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To the Ken Brownes With warm appreciation of friendship and kindred association over many years to you and all those who like Hoover hold high respect for the responsibilities of good citizenship in practice as well as idealism. Sincerely Jay N. Darling Ding." Edited by John M. Henry. Introduction by W.W. Waymack. In near fine…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 102472
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“THE ONLY THING NEW IN THIS WORLD IS THE HISTORY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW”: President Truman’s Mr. Citizen; Inscribed by Him
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Mr. Citizen.
New York: Bernard Geis, 1960.
First edition, early printing of this collection of articles written by President Truman after leaving the White House. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title page, "To Theodore R Racoosin from Harry Truman Kind regards." The recipient, Theodore Racoosin was a noted Jewish leader, who was active in many major undertakings for Israel in the United States. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 111871
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First collected edition of Aldous Huxley's Grey Eminence; finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956.
First collected edition of Huxley's biography of French monk François Leclerc du Tremblay. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 130128
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Israel M. Kirzner's Market Theory and the Price System; Signed by Him
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Market Theory and the Price System.
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2011.
First edition of the second volume of the collected works of Kirzner. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Peter J. Boettke and Frédéric Sautet.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 104622
