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George Kennan's Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin; Inscribed by Him to Historian Arnold Krammer
KENNAN, George F.
Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961.
Early printing of this classic diplomatic history by one of the key architect of the United States' Cold War programs. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to historian Arnold Krammer, "For Professor Arnold Krammer with all best wishes George Kennan Princeton, May 27, 1971." The recipient, Arnold Krammer was a historian who specialized in German and United States history and a professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He was twice a Fulbright scholar in Germany in 1992-1993 and 2002-2003. He was the author of seven books, the most recent of which was War Crimes,…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 115459
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First edition of Marshall Loeb and William Safire's Plunging into Politics; from the library of William Safire
LOEB, Marshall and William Safire.
Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate of the National, State, of Local Level.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1964.
First edition of Safire and Loeb's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt. Safire's copy 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. He…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128605
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Confessions of An Advertising Man; Warmly Inscribed by David Ogilvy
OGILVY, David.
Confessions of an Advertising Man.
New York: Atheneum, 1963.
First edition, early printing of this seminal work on advertising. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Irving Lichter from your new partner David Ogilvy, January 1964." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. On the verso of the dust jacket there are "samples of David Ogilvy's wizardry," and it unfolds to reveal six advertisements he created.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140858
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Rare 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover Signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
Edmund Hillary Signed 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover.
Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2003.
Original May 2003 edition of The National Geographic Magazine cover signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers featuring a portrait of Hillary wearing a winter jacket. Signed by Hillary in black felt tip on the front panel, "Ed Hillary." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146008
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“experience nine times out of ten is merely stupidity hardened into habit": First Edition of Marjorie Morningstar; Signed by Herman Wouk
WOUK, Herman.
Marjorie Morningstar.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Herman Wouk on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by John Scotford. Jacket photograph by Richard Avedon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 110555
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First edition of Laurence Pomeroy's The Grand Prix Car 1906-1939
POMEROY, Laurence. Illustrated by L. C. Cresswell.
The Grand Prix Car: 1906-1939.
London: Motor Racing Publications Limited, 1949.
First edition of Pomeroy's classic Grand Prix racing reference book. Quarto, 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 by L. C. Cresswell. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139223
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Anthony Burgess Signed Vinyl Of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange
BURGESS, Anthony; Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972.
Original LP of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the front cover. In near fine condition. This is the first record we have seen signed by the creator of the classic novel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5645
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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 half-title page, "E.P. Hillary." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146311
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"Belongs in Every Golfer’s Library" (Tom Watson): First Edition of Golfing Great Byron Nelson's Winning Golf; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron.
Byron Nelson’s Winning Golf.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1946.
First edition of Nelson's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Foreword by Grantland Rice. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To G.R. Tate Best Wishes Byron Nelson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A superior example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146822
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"We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is": First Edition of Masters 1985; Boldly signed by Champion Bernhard Langer
LANGER, Bernhard.
Masters 1985.
Augusta National Club, 1985.
First edition of the Augusta publication of the 1985 Masters. Quarto, original boards, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Bernhard Langer on the half-title page. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135231
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"THE STORY OF MISES IN HIS ROLE AS ECONOMIST": FIRST EDITION OF ISRAEL M. KIRZNER'S LUDWIG VON MISES: A MAN AND HIS ECONOMICS; SIGNED BY ISRAEL KIRZNER
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Ludwig von Mises: The Man and His Economics.
Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 2001.
First edition of Kirzner's authoritative biography of Ludwig von Mises. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144496
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"From Apollo 8, good night, Merry Christmas and God bless all on Earth": Souvenir Apollo 8 Mission Report; Signed with a quote by Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Frank Borman Signed Apollo 8 Mission Report.
Houston, TX: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Manned Spacecraft Center, 1969.
Souvenir Apollo 8 Mission Report, describing the observations and objectives, trajectory, biomedical evaluations, and anomalies of the mission flight. Quarto, original wrappers, unbound. Signed on the front panel with a quote by Apollo astronaut Frank Borman from their famous Christmas broadcast from space, "From Apollo 8, good night, Merry Christmas and God bless all on Earth. Frank Borman Apollo 8 CDR." In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147240
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Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America; containing numerous maps including an early map of the undeveloped state of Florida
WALKER, R. J.; Jas. Shields.
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting The Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 8, 1845. Document No. 12, 29th Congress, 1st Session.
1845.
Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America. Octavo, disbound. Contains numerous folding maps and public surveys of Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, South Tennessee, Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama (showing Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek Cessions), and the State of Florida. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135884
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First Edition of Fred Schwed's Classic Where Are the Customers' Yachts; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
SCHWED, Fred; Illustrated by Peter Arno.
Where Are the Customers’ Yachts: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.
First edition of "one of the funniest books ever written about Wall Street" (The Washington Post). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Peter Arno. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chips and wear.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147035
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First Edition of Reykjavik: Results & Lessons; Signed by Mikhail Gorbachev
GORBACHEV, Mikhail.
Reykjavik: Results & Lessons.
Madison, Connecticut: Sphinx Press, Inc, 1987.
First edition of this collection of speeches and writings of the historic meeting in Reykjavik between Gorbachev and President Reagan. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 95984
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"All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they took photographs": First Edition of Pale Fire
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Pale Fire.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.
First edition of this “witty, ironic and complex tour de force” (Hart, 521). Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133621
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Apollo 14 Landing Site Oversized Photograph; Signed by Edgar Mitchell
MITCHELL, Edgar.
Edgar Mitchell Signed Apollo 14 Landing Site Oversized Photograph.
February 1971.
Poster-sized photograph of Edgar Mitchell standing on the lunar surface of the Fra Mauro formation, the future landing site of the Apollo 14 mission. Color photograph of Edgar Mitchell standing at the Apollo 14 landing site. Boldly signed in blue felt tip by Edgar Mitchell, "Edgar Mitchell Apollo 14 LPM Fra Mauro Base Feb 1971." In near fine condition. The piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145298
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First Edition of the Roots of Heaven; Signed by patrick Leigh Fermor
GARY, Romain (Patrick Leigh Fermor).
The Roots of Heaven.
London: Michael Joseph, 1958.
First edition in English of this novel, which was awarded France's Prix Goncourt in 1956. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the front free endpaper. Leigh Fermor co-wrote the screenplay for the 1958 film. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 47063
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First Edition of John Dos Passos' Nineteen-Nineteen
DOS PASSOS, John.
Nineteen-Nineteen [1919].
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.
First edition of the second novel in the author's U.S.A. trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy with the publisher's advance copy slip laid in dated March 10th 1932. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 90402
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"Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate": First Edition of William Kennedy’s Ironweed; Signed by Him
KENNEDY, William.
Ironweed.
New York: The Viking Press, 1983.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Boldly signed William Kennedy on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a fine dust jacket, offsetting to the title page. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140796