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“Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?”: Mary Poppins; Signed by P.L. Travers and Legendary Actor Dick Van Dyke
TRAVERS, P.L. [Dick Van Dyke].
Mary Poppins.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1962.
Later printing of this children's classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Mary Shepard. Boldly signed by P.L. Travers on the title page and additionally by actor Dick Van Dyke, who starred in the 1964 film adaptation. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by both Travers and Van Dyke.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 145897
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First edition of John Steinbeck's Classic Work East of Eden; In exceptional Condition
STEINBECK, John.
East of Eden.
New York: The Viking Press, 1952.
First edition, first issue of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147707
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“Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness": The Works of Thomas Hardy
HARDY, Thomas.
The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; The Hand of Ethelberta; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; A Laodicean; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Under the Greenwood Tree; The Woodlanders; Wessex Tales.]
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, c. 1890.
The P.F. Collier edition of Thomas Hardy's works. Octavo, twelve volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, all edges speckled blue, tissue guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147337
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“When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future": First Edition of Gorillas In the Mist; Inscribed by Diane Fossey to Italian Naturalist Francesco Nardelli
FOSSEY, Dian.
Gorillas in the Mist.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983.
First edition of Fossey's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "With deepest gratitude to Francesco Nardelli for introducing me to the gorillas of Howletts Dian Fossey Feb 11, 1984." The recipient, Francesco Nardelli is an Italian naturalist who has dedicated his life to the protection and conservation of endangered species. He is also the co-founder, with John Aspinall, of the Sumatran Rhino Project, one of the most important coordinated efforts to save a critically endangered species. In 1980 he moved to England where he became Curator of Howletts and Port Lympne Zoo, John Aspinall’s Zoos in Kent. There…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146297
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First Edition Of The Author’s Classic Novel The Golden Notebook; Signed By Doris Lessing
LESSING, Doris.
The Golden Notebook.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to the extremities. Jacket design by William Belcher.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110932
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RARE PRESENTATION COPY OF Alfred Lord Tennyson's The May Queen; PRESENTED BY HERMAN MELVILLE TO HIS SISTER
TENNYSON, Alfred.
The May Queen.
London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1868.
Presentation copy, later printing of Tennyson's popular Victorian poem. Octavo, original publisher's cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Fanny Melville from her brother Herman April 1876 New York." Presentation inscription likely in the hand of Melville’s wife. Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, to Allan Melvill (1782–1832)[3] and Maria (Gansevoort) Melvill (1791–1872). Herman was the third of eight children in a family of Scottish and Dutch descent. His siblings, who played important roles in his career as well as in his emotional…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144277
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“To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul": First Edition of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Signed by Muriel Spark
SPARK, Muriel.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
London: Macmillan, 1961.
First edition of Sparks’ eighth and best-loved novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch or rubbing. Jacket design by Victor Reinganum. Uncommon signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 73072
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"What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?—I wish I knew... Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can": First Edition A Cat On A Hot Tin Roof; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Tennessee Williams
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
New York: New Directions, 1955.
First edition, first issue of one of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite. 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. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $2,850.00 Item Number: 143560
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Autograph Letter Signed by Jules Verne
VERNE, Jules.
Jules Verne Autograph Letter Signed.
Amiens: 12 July, [no year].
Rare autographed letter signed by the father of science fiction Jules Verne. One page in French, 32mo, addressed "Cher Monsieur," the letter reads in full (translated), "Amiens, July 12, I was absent when your letter arrived here. I am delighted you are happy with your business and that your French purchases are the most liked in your house. As for what you are asking me about the government boats, it will be necessary to meet someone from the office of the Minister of the Navy and I know no one there. If by chance something turns up, I will do…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147412
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"When you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will": Rare First Edition of Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna; Inscribed by Actress Hayley Mills
PORTER, Eleanor H. [Hayley Mills].
Pollyanna.
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1913.
First edition of Eleanor H. Porter's classic of children's literature. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece, illustrated by Stockton Mulford. Inscribed by actress Hayley Mills. Mills starred in the 1960 movie adaptation Pollyanna, alongside Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, and Richard Egan in a story about a cheerful orphan changing the outlook of a small town. The film won Hayley Mills an Academy Juvenile Award. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 138834
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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
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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face": Rare Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Dollar Bill
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Dollar Bill.
1935.
Original series 1935 A one dollar silver certificate, boldly signed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12 inches. We have never seen another signed dollar bill by Roosevelt.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133851
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"THE PAIN OF PARTING IS NOTHING TO THE JOY OF MEETING AGAIN": Charles Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; elaborately bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun-Riviere
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of one of Dickens' most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel, gilt signature on the back panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Illustrated with 40 plates. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 130269
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"I want to live my life, not record it": Jacqueline Kennedy Signed White House Print
KENNEDY, Jacqueline.
Jacqueline Kennedy Signed White House Print.
1961.
White House photographic print taken in 1961 by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton. Boldly signed by Jacqueline Kennedy at the lower left. Stoughton took multiple photos in front of the White House fountains on the South Lawn when developing the 1961 Christmas Print. The final Christmas print, which showed more ducks positioned closer to the photographer, is derived from a different photograph taken moments before or after this mock-up. Here, the ducks are positioned on the far side of the pool and the camera was positioned at a slightly different angle than that used for the final Christmas Print. Matted and…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 28045
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Original Hilary Knight Chanel Watercolor Illustration
KNIGHT, Hilary. [Coco Chanel].
Hilary Knight Original Chanel Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Chanel. In an envelope affixed to the rear of the framed piece is the original tissue guard featuring an inscription in Knight's hand, "A Chanel School Girl stops for a spring sniff of the camelia trees outside of the Place Vendome Step" and "A construction worker takes a smoke break to admire the astonishing set piece in the newly refurbished Grand Palais." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 95329
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration to the Sacraments; finely bound and decorated with a double disappearing fore-edge painting
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration to the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Proper Lessons For Sundays and Other Holy-Days. [Double Fore-edge Painting].
Oxford: Printed at the Oxford University Press, 1863.
Finely bound Oxford University printing of the Book of Common Prayer and Administration to the Sacraments decorated with a double disappearing fore-edge painting. Small octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt inner dentelles, brass reinforced board edges and clasp, ribbons bound in, all edges gilt with a double disappearing fore-edge painting revealing two intricately painted Biblical scenes. In near fine condition. A very unique example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 138444
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First Edition of Flannery O'Connor's first novel Wise Blood
O'CONNOR, Flannery.
Wise Blood.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952.
First edition of O'Connor's powerful first novel, one of only 3000 examples. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A nice presentation.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 148177
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“For a little while when we were lovers I breathed the air from the high places where love comes from, and I can't no more come down": Rare First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Hungry Hearts; Signed by Her
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Hungry Hearts.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
First edition of Anzia Yezierska's rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Anzia Yezierska on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a trace of edge wear in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears to the extremities. Rare signed and especially so in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 42019
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Original Hilary Knight Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration
KNIGHT, Hilary.
Hilary Knight Original Christian LaCroix Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated models from Armani, Dior, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix and Ricardo Tischi. In an envelope affixed to the rear of the framed piece is the original tissue guard featuring an inscription in Knight's hand, "Jan 24 5pm Christian LaCroix Ecole Nationale 14 Rue Bonaparte" and an arrow pointing to the gold glitter beneath the model's feet, "actual gold dust used on the runway." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95330
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"The inspiring story of women's struggle for recognition in American public life": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok's Ladies of Courage; Signed by Both
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor and Lorena A. Hickok.
Ladies of Courage.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.
First edition of Roosevelt and Hickok's tribute to women in America. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 116277
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Rare autograph note signed by German-American actress Marlene Dietrich to baseball legend Joe DiMaggio; with an 18-page astrological chart created for DiMaggio
DIETRICH, Marlene. [Joe DiMaggio].
Marlene Dietrich Autograph Note Signed to Joe DiMaggio.
Rare autograph note signed by German-American actress Marlene Dietrich to baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. The note accompanied an 18-page Astrological Horoscope report by Hollywood astrologer Carroll Righter which Dietrich arranged to have made for DiMaggio. Signed by Righter at the conclusion of the report and with an additional inscription by Dietrich which reads, "M. Righter does not know your name. If you should want to ask him anything specific you must refer to your birth date and place. M." A close friend of DiMaggio's, German-American actress Marlene Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 102561
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"The perfect book" (Alice Walker): Rare first edition of Mules and Men; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Mules and Men.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935.
First edition of Hurston's classic work, "the most engaging, genuine, and skillfully written book in the field of folklore" (Alan Lomax). Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Introduction by Franz Boas. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141719
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified": First separate English edition of Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece Jane Eyre
BELL, Currer. [Charlotte Brontë].
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1857.
First separate English edition and sixth edition overall of Charlotte Brontë's revolutionary feminist romance. Small octavo, original publisher's printed orange limp cloth. Parrish 96; Sadleir 347; Smith 7. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Very rare in the original cloth. A nice example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 149318