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“In the course of time, Michael Strogoff reached a high station in the Empire. But it is not the history of his success, but the history of his trials, which deserves to be related": First Edition of Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar
VERNE, Jules.
Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1877.
First American edition of this historical tale of adventure taking place during a Siberian revolt by the Tartars and what many consider one of Verne's finest novels. Octavo, original cloth, with Ninety Full-Page Illustrations. Translated by W. H. G. Kingston. Revised by Julius Chambers. In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 89346
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First edition of Eugenia Stanhope's Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope; from the library of Sir Edwyn Francis Stanhope
STANHOPE, Eugenia.
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects.
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1774.
First edition of one of the great classics of English letters. Quarto, period quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece. Second state of volume one, page 55 (line 16 corrected to "qui auroit"). From the library of Sir Edwyn Francis Stanhope with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Sir Edwyn Francis Stanhope, 2nd Baronet (1793 -1874), was the only son of Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet of Stanwell, a distinguished naval commander, and Margaret (Peggy), daughter of Francis Malbone Esq. of Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Stanhope served as a…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141377
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144316
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First Edition of Bee Gees: The Legend of Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb; signed by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, David English, and illustrator Alex Brychta
ENGLISH, David. Illustrated by Alex Brychta [Barry.
Bee Gees: The Legend of Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.
London: Quartet Books, 1983.
First edition of the illustrated story of the Bee Gees. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed on the half-title page by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, and by the book's author and illustrator, David English and Alex Brychta. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146990
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First edition of Sven Hedin's Fran Pol Till Pol; inscribed by him and with the scarce preface
HEDIN, Sven.
Fran Pol Till Pol. [From Pole to Pole].
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1911.
First edition of Swedish explorer and geographer Sven Hedin's account of his journey through Asia and Europe at the turn of the 20th century. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pictorial onlay of the globe to the front panel of each volume, patterned endpapers, illustrated with numerous charts, maps, and photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of volume I to Ella Heckscher. The recipient, Ella Heckscher was a Swedish genealogist and daughter of Legal Counsel, National Financial and Consul General Isidor Heckscher and sister of the famous…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138546
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First edition of The Dracula Book; inscribed by Christopher Lee and signed by William Marshall on a bookplate
GLUT, Donald F. With Introductions by Christopher Lee and William Marshall.
The Dracula Book.
Metuchen, N.J: The Scarecrow Press, 1975.
First edition of Glut's authoritative history of the literary and cinematic presentations of Count Dracula, including Bram Stoker's classic novel. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Christopher Lee on the dedication page, "Art - All good wishes Christopher Lee" and additionally signed by William Marshall on a bookplate affixed to the dedication page. In fine condition. Cover illustration by Larry Byrd.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145253
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Rare Photograph of André the Giant; Signed by Him
ROUSSIMOF, André René. [André the Giant].
André the Giant Signed Photograph.
Titan Sports, 1988.
Rare official World Wrestling Federation photograph of the legendary French professional wrestler and actor André the Giant. Octavo, one page on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, black and white photograph of André the Giant taken by Steve Taylor, boldly signed by André the Giant in gold felt tip. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146555
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"one of the greatest lefties ever to wear a right-handed mitt in action. I refer, of course, solely to the environs of Bedford Village": Out of My League; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to his Publisher
PLIMPTON, George.
Out of My League.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1961.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which Ernest Hemingway called "beautifully observed and incredibly conceived." Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to his publisher , "For Cass Jr.- one of the greatest lefties ever to wear a right-handed mitt in action. I refer, of course, solely to the environs of Bedford Village- more specifically, Crowfields. George 28 March 1961." The recipient, Augustus Cass Canfield was an American publishing executive who was the longtime president and chairman of Harper & Row Publishing. Near fine…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 112188
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"The prophet of the wilderness": Rare John Muir ephemera collection including numerous rare articles, periodicals and facsimile printings
MUIR, John.
John Muir Ephemera Collection.
Rare collection of ephemera related to American naturalist John Muir. The collection includes a variety of periodicals articles, exhibition guides, and proof sheets including: John Muir 1838-1914: Keepsake for the Roxburghe-Zamorano Biennial Joint Meeting of 1996; The Presence of Mr. Muir. Keepsake for the John Muir Observance at Yosemite National Park, April 21-30, 1972, signed by publishers Bill Lane and Lew Osborne; John Muir: His World Exhibition pamphlet [Vacaville, California: Vacaville Museum, 1987]; Yosemite Earthquake Storms [Muir, John. Wawona Press, 1993. First state No. 1 of 3]; Reference List to the Published Writings of John Muir [Bradley, Cornelius B. Sierra…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 126971
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First edition of Exploring Space With A Camera; signed by five NASA astronauts
CARPENTER, Scott; Charles Conrad; Gordon Cooper; Richard Gordon; Tom Stafford. Edited by Edgar M. Cortright.
Exploring Space With A Camera.
Washington, D.C.: Scientific and Technical Information Division Office of Technology Utilization National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968.
First edition of this monumental work on space exploration photography, signed by five NASA astronauts. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title page by five NASA astronauts, with Cooper signing twice, "Faith 7 mission photos by Gordon Cooper," "Gemini V mission photos by Gordon Cooper," "Aurora 7 photos by Scott Carpenter," "Gemini VI and IX photos by Tom Stafford and Crews," "GT-XI Photos by Richard Gordon," and "& Charles Conrad, Jr." In near fine condition. A fine assemblage of signatures.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141026
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"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet": First Edition of Life; Signed by Keith Richards in the year of publication
RICHARDS, Keith.
Life: Keith Richards.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
First edition of Richards' autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed and dated by the author om the year of publication on the front free-endpaper, "Keith Richards '10." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Front jacket photograph by David LaChapelle. Rear jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145196
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"Come Then Let Us To The Task To The Battle & The Toil each to our part each to our station": First Edition of Winston S. Churchill "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, frontispiece, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145964
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"I like complexity and contradiction in architecture": First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Signed by Robert Venturi
VENTURI, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by Robert Venturi on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2585
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Rare Photograph of André the Giant; Signed by Him
ROUSSIMOF, André René. [André the Giant].
André the Giant Signed Photograph.
Titan Sports, 1988.
Rare color photograph of the legendary French professional wrestler and actor André the Giant. Octavo, one page, color photograph of André the Giant taken by Steve Taylor, boldly signed by André the Giant in black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity and Certificate of Authentication card from Global Authentics which verifies the authenticity of the signature with a tamper evident certification serial number.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146556
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"People often do what they do for the reasons they think they do”: First Edition of The Organization Man; Inscribed by William Whyte
WHYTE, William H.
The Organization Man.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.
First edition of one of the most influential books on management ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best to Lydia Bronte about whom this book was not written! Holly Whyte 4/18/89." Additionally signed "William H. Whyte" on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips to the crown of the spine. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2141
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"The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself": First Edition of The Magus
FOWLES, John.
The Magus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First American edition, preceding the British edition by one year of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate of famed collector Rolland Comstock. Jacket painting by Tom Adams. Housed in a custom half morocco case.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142119
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Rare autograph note signed by famed English writer Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Autograph Note Signed.
Sept. 2, 1917.
Rare autograph note signed by and in the hand of Rudyard Kipling. 12mo, one page on Kipling's Bateman's house letterhead, the note reads in full, "Sep. 2, 1917 Dear Dr. Curtiss, Would you please come down to Bateman's as soon as may be to see Mrs. Kipling who is suffering from a sudden attack of illness that I cannot make out the nature of. Very sincerely, Rudyard Kipling." A 17th-century house located in Burwash, East Sussex, Bateman's was the home of Rudyard Kipling from 1902 until his death in 1936. Kipling wrote some of his finest works at the house…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142237
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"The only pal I ever had - always wishing you happy landings": First edition of Frank Hawks' Autobiography Speed; lengthily inscribed by him
HAWKS, Frank.
Speed.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931.
First edition of the legendary World War I aviator's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, lacking the frontispiece. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rolly Ueland, the only pal I ever had - always wishing you happy landings Frank Hawks alias Hawker." The recipient, Rolf Ueland practiced law in Minneapolis from 1923 to 1969. His sister, Brenda Ueland, was a noted journalist, editor and bookseller. With an additional Christmas postcard addressed to the recipient in the original transmittal envelope laid in. In very good condition. Books signed and inscribed by Hawks are scarce.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138244
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Rare Presentation Copy of Democracy in the World; Inscribed by David Ben-Gurion to ADMIRAL LEWIS STRAUSS
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Inscribed Democracy in the World Presentation Copy.
March 12, 1966.
Copy of David Ben-Gurion's undelivered speech for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Unable to attend, Ben-Gurion sent the text of the speech, which was then published by the Center in 1963. Octavo, sixteen loose pages stapled in the upper left corner. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Admiral Strauss in friendship D. Ben-Gurion 12.3.66." In very good condition with some creasing throughout.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145288
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of My 55 Ways to Lower Your Golf Score; Signed by Jack Nicklaus to His Neighbor
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My 55 Ways To Lower Your Golf Score.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964.
First edition of the Golden Bear's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Best regards Jack Nicklaus." Very good in a very good dust jacket, embossed name to the front free endpaper. With drawings by Francis Golden.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146092
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First Edition of Occasional Papers VII: The Problem of Valuation For Rating; Inscribed by John Richard Hicks to Lionel Charles Robbins
HICKS, John Richard; Ursula Kathleen Hicks.
Occasional Papers VII: The Problem of Valuation For Rating.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944.
First edition of this collaboration between John Hicks, his wife Ursula, and Conrad Emanuel Victor Leser. Octavo, original wrappers. Associatation copy, inscribed on the front panel by John and Ursula Hicks to fellow economist Lionel Robbins, "L.C.R. from J.R.H. & U.K.H." The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. Robbins and the wider “Robbins circle” at the LSE during 1930s had an extraordinary influence on the Hicks' development as he matured into one of leading pure economic theorists of the twentieth century. Hicks credited Robbins with initiating…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 101460
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Rare first separate edition of Charles Augustus Stevens' The Battle of Gettysburg
STEVENS, Charles Augustus.
The Battle of Gettysburg. 1863, From “Sharpshooting and Skirmishing,” (By the Berdan Sharpshooters.) In the Army of the Potomac.
Shakopee, MN: 1890.
First separate edition of Captain C.A. Stevens' account of the The Battle of Gettysburg. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132483
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"one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians": Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; elaborately bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. With Prefatory Memoir by George Saintsbury.
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886.
Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front an rear panels, central morocco onlay to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated with one hundred and fourteen colored illustrations. With a prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury. From the library of Eugene Field with his bookplate to the pastedown. Often referred to as "the…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139375
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 143898
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“Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept": First Edition of Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel Angle of Repose; Inscribed by Him
STEGNER, Wallace.
Angle of Repose.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John with best wishes Wallace Stegner November 9, 1972." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by E.D.N. Designs. Photograph of the author by Alex Gotfryd. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 118652
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First editions of all three volumes of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car
FLEMING, Ian. [Roald Dahl].
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car.
1964-65: Jonathan Cape Ltd, London.
First editions of all three volumes of Fleming's rare children's novel. Octavo, three volumes, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by John Burningham. Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets with the final two volumes price-clipped. A sharp set.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146724
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Rare Autograph Inscription from the 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield
GARFIELD, James A.
James A. Garfield Autograph Signature.
19th c.
Rare 19th century autograph inscription from James A. Garfield, boldly signed in ink, "Very truly yours J.A. Garfield." In near fine condition with an antiquarian smudge to the writing above the inscription. Double-matted and framed with a large portrait of Garfield and an informational placard. The piece measures 28.25 inches by 18 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146775
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First edition of T. Henry Cotton's Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People; Signed by him and in the rare original dust jacket
COTTON, T. Henry.
Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People Who Aspire to Proficiency in the Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd, 1931.
First edition of Cotton's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Cotton. Signed by the author in the year of publication beneath his frontispiece portrait, "Henry Cotton 1931." Very good in the rare original dust jacket with a chip to the spine. Ownership inscription. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 136110
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Fine collection of Inaugural Gifts from the Inauguration of Ronald Reagan as President and George H. W. Bush as Vice President of the United States
REAGAN, Ronald and George H. W. Bush.
Ronald Reagan and George Bush Inaugural Gift Collection.
1981.
Fine collection of official gifts from the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as President and George H. W. Bush as Vice President of the United States. The collection includes a sterling silver money clip and pill box embossed with the Reagan Bush inaugural logo and a fountain pen from the inaugural reception of George H. W. Bush bearing Bush’s signature in facsimile and housed in the original box bearing the seal of the Vice President of the United States. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 117304
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Stamp Sheet Signed by President and First Lady Harry and Bess Truman
TRUMAN, Harry S. and Bess.
Harry and Bess Truman Signed Postage Stamps Sheet.
Complete 9 inches by 10 inches full sheet of fifty United States three-cent postage stamps depicting the White House and honoring the sesquicentennial of Washington D.C. Boldly signed by Harry and Bess Truman, “To Mike Zebniak From Harry Truman” and “Bess W. Truman”. Matted and framed the entire piece measures 17 inches by 18 inches.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 83451
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"The bravest man I ever knew was my father": First edition of The Quality of Courage; Warmly Inscribed by Mickey Mantle
MANTLE, Mickey.
The Quality of Courage.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of this early work by baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Murph and Joyce My Best Wishes Your Old Friend Mickey Mantle." Near fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket photograph by Fred Kaplan. Jacket design by Stoney Butchkes. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 145896
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First Edition of Winston Churchill's London To Ladysmith Via Pretoria
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.
London To Ladysmith Via Pretoria.
London: Longmans, Green, 1900.
First edition of Churchill’s fourth book and personal record of his impressions during the first five months of the Second Boer War. Octavo, in original cloth, with three folding maps (one printed in color). In very good condition, owner's small name. A nice example.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 140931
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Appointment Authorization Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Document.
City of Washington: 1907.
Document signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President. One page, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, embossed with the gold Postal Service "Pony Express" seal, the document is dated March 29, 1907, and appoints William J. Lachner as Postmaster at Baker City, Oregon. Signed at the conclusion by Theodore Roosevelt, and countersigned by George B. Cortelyou as Postmaster General. Gold foil seal remains affixed. The printed document reads in full: To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the Intelligence, Diligence and Discretion of William J. Lachner, I have Nominated, and, by…
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 146791
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"I will come again and conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can": First Edition of High Adventure; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, "E.P. Hillary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 140292
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First edition of The Living White House; signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and warmly inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson
AIKMAN, Lionelle. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Bruce Catton.
The Living White House.
Washington, D.C: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society Special Publications Division, 1966.
First edition of this beautiful pictorial history of the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Octavo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with numerous full page color photographs. One of 100 copies. Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson on the limitation page, "January 31, 1970 For Sarah and Lawrence Clay Maliek with the warm good wishes for all your days ahead Lady Bird" and signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, "Lyndon B. Johnson." In near fine condition…
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 139238
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"It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride toward the city of freedom": MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S STRIDE TOWARD FREEDOM: THE MONTGOMERY STORY; BOUND IN FULL MOROCCO BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
KING, Jr..
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1958.
First edition, early printing of Dr. Martin Luther King’s first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with 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. In fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 142687
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"Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him": First Edition of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock
GREENE, Graham.
Brighton Rock.
London: Heinemann, 1938.
First edition of Greene's chilling exposé of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,350.00 Item Number: 7206
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“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is": First edition of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Trilogy; inscribed by him
ADAMS, Douglas.
The Hitchhiker’s Trilogy: Omnibus Edition.
New York: Harmony Books, 1983.
First American edition of Adams' Hitchhiker's trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Neal Best wishes Douglas Adams." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket painting by Peter Cross. Jacket design by Ken Sansone.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142669
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Finely bound example of Arnold J. Cooley's Dictionary of the English Language
COOLEY, Arnold J.
A Dictionary of the English Language Exhibiting the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words According to the Prevailing Usage of Correct Writers and Speakers.
London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1861.
First edition of Cooley's Dictionary of the English language. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, black spine label, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Author's preface. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 92803
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"We hope it may while some hours away & that you are not tired with the subject": First Edition of Wilfrid Noyce's South Col: One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953; inscribed by him to Susan Hunt
NOYCE, Wilfrid; Foreword by Sir John Hunt.
South Col: One Man’s Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1954.
First edition of Noyce's firsthand account of the ascent of South Col. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photogravures and maps including frontispiece. Foreword by Sir John Hunt. Association copy, signed by Noyce on the title page and inscribed by him on the front free endpaper to Susan Hunt, "Susan Hunt, Specially - We hope it may while some hours away & that you are not tired with the subject. Rosemary & Wilf Jan 1955." The recipient, Susan Hunt, was the daughter of Sir John Hunt, the leader of the first expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 114308
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"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves": First Edition of High Adventure; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the title page, "E.P. Hillary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132749
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First Special Illustrator's edition of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln; one of only 75 numbered copies printed
TARBELL, Ida. [Abraham Lincoln].
The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished.
New York: The Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900.
First Special Illustrator's edition of the work that earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. Quarto, two volumes, half cloth over paper-covered boards, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln to each volume. One of only 75 numbered copies printed, this is number 51. In near fine condition. Rebacked. Housed in a custom slipcase. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131290
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Rare Typed Letter Signed by Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.
New York: February 8, 1899.
Theodore Roosevelt typed letter signed to Thomas T. Sherman. One page on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary, the letter reads, "Feby. 8th, 1899. Thomas T. Sherman, 52 Wall St., N.Y. City. My dear Mr. Sherman: - I have your letter of the 7thst in reference to General Varnum and assure you it will have my careful consideration. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt." In very good condition. Matted and framed. The letter measures 5.9 inches by 7.8 inches. The entire piece measures 11.9 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145340
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Rare Photograph of Andrew Mellon; Inscribed by Him and Elegantly Framed with an Allegheny Valley Street Railway Company Stock Certificate Issued to Him by His Brothers Richard and William Mellon
MELLON, Andrew; [Bachrach].
Andrew Mellon Photograph Signed [WITH] Signed Stock Certificate for the Allegheny Valley Street Company Issued to Him.
Pittsburgh: Allegheny Valley Street Railway Company, 1906.
Rare photograph of the commanding American banker Andrew Mellon. Octavo, black and white photogravure of Andrew Mellon, inscribed by him below his portrait, "To W. H. Thompson with my kind regards A. W. Mellon." The recipient "W. H. Thompson" may be either William Henry Thompson, a U.S. Senator from Nebraska, or William Howard Thompson, a U.S. Senator from Kansas. Additionally signed by the photographer in pencil at the lower right of the portrait, "Bachrach." Matted and framed with an informational placard and a stock certificate for the Allegheny Valley Street Railway Company. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146764
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First edition of William Hazlitt's Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters; From the Library of William Safire
HAZLITT, William.
Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters.
London: Printed for William Hone, 1819.
First edition of one of Hazlitt's most interesting collections, including his estimates and reviews of Southey as Laureate, of Coleridge, Burke, and Malthus (at length). Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew.…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 127349
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First Edition of Adam Smith's Paper Money; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
SMITH, Adam [George Goodman].
Paper Money.
New York: Summit Books, 1981.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "Fr Shecters-san! Thanks for all with best wishes Jerry 'Adam Smith' 2/2/81." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 112445
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"one of the seminal publications in the history of exploration": Richard Hakluyt's The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation
HAKLUYT, Richard.
The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation.
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons Publishers to the University, 1903-1904.
The Hakluyt Society Extra Series limited edition of Hakluyt's famed record of English voyages; one of the seminal publications in the history of exploration. Octavo, 12 volumes, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with numerous plates, folding maps, and facsimiles. One of one thousand copies printed on hand-made paper. In good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138424
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First Edition of George Kennan's Russia Leaves the War Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920; Inscribed by Him
KENNAN, George F.
Russia Leaves the War Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956.
First edition of this classic work, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in History, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the George Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Langrock's with best wishes George Kennan." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 85982
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"I feel great gratitude for being here- for being, rather, for there is no need to be oneself in the snow mountains in order to feel free": First Edition of The Snow Leopard; Signed by Peter Matthiessen
MATTHIESSEN, Peter.
The Snow Leopard.
New York: The Viking Press, 1978.
First edition of this classic work of modern nature writing. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by Peter Matthiessen on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by George B. Schaller. Maps by Paul J. Pugliese.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144012
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"A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants": Signed Limited Edition of Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
DURRELL, Lawrence.
The Alexandria Quartet. Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea.
London: Faber & Faber, 1962.
Signed limited first edition of Durrell's masterpiece, one of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Lawrence Durrell on the limitation page. Octavo, original orange cloth, hand-print design to upper board in black, yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. With the original acetate dust jacket, in the publisher's black and gold slipcase. Bookplate to the front pastedown of book collector Otis Skinner Blodget. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 97421
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"With gratitude and admiration from his friend": First Edition of Booth Mooney's The Lyndon Johnson Story; lengthily inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "To Ray Luhn with gratitude and admiration from his friend Lyndon B. Johnson." Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111067
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Rare First Edition of Annals of The Club. 1764-1914
Annals of The Club. 1764-1914.
London: Printed for The Club [by Horace Hart at the Oxford University Press, 1914.
First edition of this work on the Club in London. which was founded by Samuel Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and whose rolls would later include Oliver Goldsmith, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon and James Boswell. Quarto, original three quarters leather, gilt titles to the spine, nine plates. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 125191
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Rare example of Johnson's Civil War era Map of the state of Florida
JOHNSON, Alvin Jewett .
Johnson’s Map of Florida.
New York: A.J. Johnson, 1863.
Rare 19th century example of Johnson's famed Civil War era map of the state of Florida. One page, the hand-colored lithographic map depicts the state in full with color coding according to county in the midst of the American Civil War with references to towns, railroads, villages, depots, swamps, the territories of Native American tribes, forts and battle sites related to the Seminole Wars, Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades, Indian Hunting Grounds between Fort Poinsett and Key Biscayne Bay, Tampa Bay and the Okefenokee Swamp. Additionally notes the course of a proposed canal route leading from Tampa to the Atlantic and…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138227
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T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom; elaborately bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1949.
Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, frontispiece, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147244
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“Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized”: Limited Anniversary Edition of The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse
HARDY, Thomas.
The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]
London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1920.
The Anniversary edition of Thomas Hardy's complete works in prose and verse. Octavo, twenty-one volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spines, author's initials stamped in blind to the front panels, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with tissue-guarded photographs throughout, several pages uncut. One of one thousand two hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 108. In near fine condition, ownership signature to the front free endpaper of the first volume.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147341
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"But the particular circumstance of dreaming is that the dreamer is bereft of power": John Williams' first novel Nothing But the Night; Warmly Inscribed by Him
WILLIAMS, John.
Nothing But The Night.
Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1990.
First edition of the re-issue of John Williams' first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the month of publication, "For Bob and Margaret, with much love, for many years- John Williams Jan. 22, 1990." In near fine condition. Cover art by Donald Furst.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 122674
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Edmondo de Amicis' Spain and the Spaniards; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
AMICIS, Edmondo de; Translated by Stanley Rhoads Yarnall [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Spain and the Spaniards.
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co, 1895.
Early American edition of this exceptional piece of travel writing translated from the original Italian; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, two volumes, publisher's decorated boards, top edge gilt, original silk ribbons, frontispiece of The Immaculate Conception, by Murillo to Vol. I and the Fountain in the Court of Lions, Albambra to Vol. II, heavily illustrated with black and white photographs and a fold-out map of Spain and Portugal in the second volume. P.T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper of both volumes. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, crown and foot of…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145934
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"The bravest man I ever knew was my father": First edition of The Quality of Courage; Warmly Inscribed by Mickey Mantle
MANTLE, Mickey.
The Quality of Courage.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of this early work by baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Thanks Mickey Mantle." Near fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket photograph by Fred Kaplan. Jacket design by Stoney Butchkes. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146036
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"Warner Brothers' Towering Triumph": Rare collection of original Warner Bros. Pictures promotional materials for the 1949 film The Fountainhead
[RAND, Ayn].
The Fountainhead Warner Brothers Pictures Original 1949 Promotional Material Collection.
Warner Bros. Pictures, 1949.
Rare collection of Warner Brothers promotional materials for the 1949 film The Fountainhead, based on the bestselling novel by Ayn Rand and starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal. The collection includes a group of thirteen black and white film stills each approximately 8.25 inches by 10 inches; a Warner Bros. Campaign booklet with examples of advertisements, teasers, and one-column mats for newspaper prints; a poster for Mexican release Uno Contra Todos which measures 16.1 inches by 12.25 inches; a poster for Spanish release El Manantial which measures 26.75 inches by 37 inches; a set of six posters in multiple colors…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145460
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Rare autograph letter signed by Daniel Webster regarding opening of the American west
WEBSTER, Daniel.
Daniel Webster Autograph Letter Signed.
1836.
Rare autograph letter signed by one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, Daniel Webster written in anticipation of the opening of the American west. One page, folded, text in the hand of an amanuensis, the letter stipulates which types of land Webster and Perkins wish the recipient, Joseph R. Williams of Toledo, Ohio, to invest in with their $5,000 speculative fund. The reads in part, "Washington, 16 May 1836 Dear Sir, Mr. H. Perkins, Esq. of Boston, who is doubtless well known to you, at least by character and reputation, is now here. He and myself…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 124353