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"It is said that men condemned to death are subject to sudden moments of elation; as if, like moths in the fire, their destruction were coincidental with attainment": First Edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; In Exceptional Condition
LE CARRE, John.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of the le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146385
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Rare Centennial International Exposition Stock Certificate; Handsomely Matted and Framed
FELTON, Cornelius C.; [Fred Fraley]; [Ino Welsh].
Centennial International Exhibition Capital Stock Certificate.
Philadelphia: Centennial Board of Finance, 1877.
Rare Centennial International Exhibition lithographic capital stock certificate. Elephant folio, one page, the certificate is dated April 24, 1877 and grants one share of stock in the Centennial Board Finance to Cornelius C. Felton, illustrated with impressive engraved vignettes of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a Native American mourning the progress of industrialization, Roman busts of Presidents Washington and Grant, Lady Liberty, and various scenes of historical and cultural relevance. The recipient of this stock certificate Cornelius Conway Felton, is likely the nephew of Cornelius C. Felton, one-time regent of the Smithsonian Institution and President of Harvard University. In…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146769
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"In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts": First Editions of each volume in Harold Macmillan's memoirs; Each Signed by Him
MACMILLAN, Harold.
Harold Macmillan’s Memoirs: Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955; Riding the Storm, 1956-1959; Pointing the Way, 1959-1961; At the End of the Day, 1961-1963.
London: Macmillan, 1965-73.
First editions of each volume in Harold Macmillan's memoirs, each signed by him. Octavo, six volumes, illustrated. Each volume is signed by Harold MacMillan on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Complete signed sets are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 91420
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Rare signature of legendary mountaineer Edmund Hillary; framed with Yousuf Karsh's iconic portrait of him
HILLARY, Edmund. [Yousuf Karsh].
Edmund Hillary Signature and Yousuf Karsh Portrait.
1953.
Rare notecard signed by Edmund Hillary who on May 29, 1953, along with Tenzing Norgay, became the first climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of the ninth British expedition led by John Hunt. Boldly signed by Hillary on a notecard less than six weeks after his successful ascent of Mt. Everest, "E. P. Hillary, July 5th 1953." The 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest was the eighth in 30 years to attempt Everest. On May 29th, 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay at last stood at the summit; it was a culminating moment…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137381
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"He described the night vividly, the endless hours, the bombers thundering low over the storms of fire": First Edition of James Salter’s The Hunters; Signed by Him
SALTER, James.
The Hunters.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of the author’s first novel and landmark in the literature of war. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by James Salter on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Bill English. Signed first editions are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 117479
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The Presidents' Edition of the University Library of Autobiography: Including All The Great Autobiographies
University Library of Autobiography: Including All The Great Autobiographies and the Autobiographical Data Left by the World’s Famous Men and Women.
The National Alumni, 1918.
The Presidents' edition of the University Library of Autobiography, including self-narratives of political figures and authors through the ages, beginning with King Sargon of Babylon and ending with Leo Tolstoy and Oscar Wilde. Octavo, 15 volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with tissued-guarded portraits of each featured historical figure. One of one thousand and fifty numbered and registered copies of the Presidents' edition, this is number 698, registered to Evelyn and Warren Winkelstein. In very good condition. A very…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144625
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First Edition of Irving Stone's Lust For Life; Signed by Him and by Kirk Douglas
STONE, Irving [Kirk Douglas].
Lust For Life.
New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1934.
First edition of this classic, bestselling biographical novel of Vincent Van Gogh. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rachel Ann Starr With my best wishes Irving Stone." Additionally signed by actor Kirk Douglas, who starred as Van Gogh in the 1956 film. Bookplate of the recipient, some rubbing and wear to the cloth in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. Rare and desirable signed by both Stone and Douglas.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 110767
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First edition, first issue of Mark Twain's King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
King Leopold’s Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule.
1905: The P. R. Warren Co, Boston, Massachusetts.
First edition, first issue of Twain's work of political satire harshly condemning King Leopold's rule over the Congo Free State. Small octavo, original wrappers as issued. In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth and chemise case with a second edition third printing of the pamphlet which contains the publisher's later advisory, "The publishers desire to state that Mr. Clemens declines to accept any pecuniary return from this booklet, as it is his wish that all proceeds of sales above the cost of publication shall be used in furthering the effort for relief of the people of the Congo State.…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 95339
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"This book of her great uncle in admiration of her scientific achievements from her Grandfather": First edition of Heinrich von Hayek's Die Menschliche Lunge; inscribed by Friedrich August von Hayek to his grandaughter
HAYEK, Heinrich von. [Friedrich August von Hayek].
Die Menschliche Lunge. [The Human Lung].
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1953.
First edition of Heinrich von Hayek's work on the human lung. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with diagrams throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Friedrich August von Hayek on the front free endpaper, "To Ann, this book of her great uncle in admiration of her scientific achievements from her Grandfather Feb. 21, 1985." Born in Vienna, Nobel Prize-winning political philosopher Friedrich August von Hayek was the oldest of three brothers, Heinrich (1900–1969) and Erich (1904–1986), who were one-and-a-half and five years younger than him. The present volume was his brother Heinrich's major contribution to the study of human anatomy, which Friedrich inscribed…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 107542
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First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Signed by Robert Venturi with a drawing
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. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi who has added a drawing of his mother's house on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133609
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Inscribed Presentation Copy of Henry Clews Recollections About Wall Street; Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street
CLEWS, Henry.
Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.
New York: Irving Publishing Co, 1888.
First edition of Clews' classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "___ ______ with the compliments of Henry Clews Oct. 25, 95." In very good condition with some of the usual rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 46052
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Rare First Edition of Harry Vardon's Progressive Golf
VARDON, Harry.
Progressive Golf.
London: Hutchinson & Company, 1920.
First edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrated with several folding plates from action-shot photographs. . Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips to the spine. First editions in the original dust jackets are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 13012
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“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free”: Photograph of Clarence Darrow; Inscribed by Him
DARROW, Clarence.
Clarence Darrow Signed Photograph.
Original photograph of prominent American attorney and civil libertarian Clarence Darrow. Signed by Darrow on the lower right-hand corner of the photograph four years after the historic Scopes Monkey Trial, "Clarence Darrow with best wishes to his friend Donald Gallagher Chicago March 14th 1929." Matted and framed the entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 84255
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"Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman": First edition of Scott's Last Expedition
SCOTT, Robert Falcon.
Scott’s Last Expedition.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913.
First edition of Scott’s diaries from his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with 18 color plates, eight folding maps (one color), and over 250 other illustrations and folding panoramas. In very good condition. A bright example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 129351
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"If my father had been an American, and my mother British, instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own": First edition of Churchill's December 26th 1941 speech delivered before the United States Congress
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
An Address by The Rt. Hon Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain December 26th 1941.
Stamford Connecticut: The Overbrook Press, 1942.
Rare first edition of Churchill's historic address delivered before Congress on December 26th 1941. Octavo, original boards. One of on thousand copies printed. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 131554
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"The music of 'Led Zeppelin I' had blown me away and so on spec, I mocked up a fold-out design for the second album and took it to Led Zeppelin's manager": Led Zeppelin II; Lengthily Signed by David Juniper and Frank Borman
JUNIPER, David; Frank Borman; [Led Zeppelin].
David Juniper and Frank Borman Inscribed Led Zeppelin II.
Burbank, CA: Atlantic Recording Corporation, 2014.
Led Zeppelin's second album, first released in 1969. Double-folding album with designs by cover artist David Juniper. Inscribed by David Juniper on the front panel, "The music of 'Led Zeppelin I' had blown me away and so on spec, I mocked up a fold-out design for the second album and took it to Led Zeppelin's manager David Juniper - designer of the cover art for 'Led Zeppelin II.'" Additionally inscribed by Frank Borman on the front panel, "Not Neil Armstrong! Frank Borman Apollo 8 CDR." American aeronautical engineer and NASA astronaut Frank Borman was the commander of Apollo 8, the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145289
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"It is this theme, co-operation in industry, that I desire to develop": Rare first edition of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s The Personal Relation in Industry; in the rare original dust jacket
ROCKEFELLER JR., John D.
The Personal Relation in Industry.
New York: Boni and Liveright, Inc, 1923.
First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; an important contribution to the field of industrial relations. Octavo, original scarlet cloth, uncut leaves as issued. Publisher's advertisement for Edward L. Bernays' Crystallizing Public Opinion on the rear flap of the dust jacket. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some light wear to the crown and foot of the spine, bookplate. Rare in this condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 89089
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“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself": Signed Limited Edition of Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Point Counter Point.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Huxley's classic satiric novel, one of 256 numbered copies, this is number 254. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130871
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First edition of The Works of Benjamin Franklin; compiled by Jared Sparks
SPARKS, Jared. [Benjamin Franklin].
The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and A Life of the Author.
Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1840.
First edition of Jared Sparks' authoritative compilation of Franklin's works and letters. Octavo, ten volumes bound in full contemporary polished calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Franklin, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141375
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First Edition of John Searle's Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language; Inscribed by Him
SEARLE, John.
Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
First edition of "one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of language in recent decades" (The Philosophical Quarterly). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his brother and sister-in-law on the front free endpaper, "For Bill and Kathy from John with best wishes." The recipient William Searle was Professor Emeritus of the English Department of the University of Pittsburgh. Both were heavily involved in Free Speech Movement in Berkeley in the 1960s. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by R.B. Kitaj.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 86359