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"with memories of our visit in Seattle of the most pleasant sorts": Martin Flavin's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Journey in the Dark; inscribed by Him
FLAVIN, Martin.
Journey in the Dark.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.
Early printing of this classic novel, which won 1943 Harper Prize and the 1944 Pulitzer Prize, which The New York Times called "a story of a boy from Iowa who becomes a business tycoon at the price of his integrity.” Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Ralph Potter with memories of our visit in Seattle of the most pleasant sorts Martin Flavin July 26 '57."Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 121299
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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; Inscribed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, bound in full morocco, marbled endpapers, slipcase, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in a contemporary hand, "To Muriel Brent-Smith E.P. Hillary." In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140999
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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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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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How To Be A Successful Executive
GETTY, J. Paul.
How To Be A Successful Executive.
New York: Playboy Press, 1971.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Additionally with a signed personal check, stamped and typed on Pacific Safety paper, made payable to the Irene Andres. for $36.17 on July 24, 1946. “Paid” hole-punching to the edge, signed “J. Paul Getty.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146195
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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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Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without a Country; lengthily inscribed by him
HALE, Edward Everett.
The Man Without a Country.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1898.
Early printing of Hale's classic short story. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, stamped bald eagle vignette to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "Charles Wolcott from Mrs. Hubbard with the best wishes of Edward E. Hale March 10, 1902." With a photograph of the author tipped in beneath the inscription. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 105108
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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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"WE WENT SLIPPING SILENTLY ALONG, BETWEEN THE GREEN AND FRAGRANT BANKS, WITH A SENSE OF PLEASURE AND CONTENTMENT THAT GREW AND GREW": FIRST EDITION OF MARK TWAIN'S A TRAMP ABROAD
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
A Tramp Abroad.
Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1880.
First edition of Twain's classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe, early issue with the portrait in BAL state B (no priority), frontispiece in the first state (captioned "Moses"), state A of the text block (no priority), and the cover stamping in state A. Octavo. 631, [1, ad] pages. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, with 328 illustrations by Walter Francis Brown, True Williams, W.W. Denslow. BAL 3386. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144227
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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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First Edition of Adam Smith's Paper Money; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Adam [George Goodman].
Paper Money.
New York: Summit Books, 1981.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine with a few closed tears.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 20005
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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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"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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"The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can't fool around": First edition of Groucho and Me; inscribed by Groucho Marx
MARX, Groucho.
Groucho and Me. The Autobiography of Groucho Marx by (of all people!) Groucho Marx.
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1959.
First edition of the autobiography of Groucho Marx. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Glenn from Groucho." Very good in the uncommon original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Lacking the front free endpaper and half-title page. Jacket design by Bevans, Marks & Barrow, Inc.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138618
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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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Lord George Campbell's Log-Letters From "The Challenger"; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting
CAMPBELL, George.
Log-Letters From “The Challenger.” [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Macmillan and Co, 1881.
Finely bound example of Campbell's account of the cruise of The Challenger. 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, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a maritime landscape. In good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138428
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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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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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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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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