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Rare 1963 color photograph of the Project Mercury Astronauts; signed by GUS GRISSOM, JOHN GLENN, JR., GORDON COOPER, SCOTT CARPENTER, WALLY SCHIRRA, AND D.K. SLAYTON
CARPENTER, Scott; Gordon Cooper; John Glenn.
Project Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph.
[1963].
Chromogenic photograph of the Project Mercury astronauts, signed by six of the Mercury Seven. This informal group shot was taken at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston on October 21, 1963, during Look Magazine's photo coverage for the Mercury Seven's winning of the Robert J. Collier Trophy Award. Signed by Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Jr., Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, And D.K. Slayton. With an additional secretarial signature for Alan Shepherd. Matted and framed. In near fine condition. The photograph measures 13.5 inches by 10.75 inches. The entire piece measures 18.75 inches by 21.5 inches. A very sharp piece.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147686
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"THERE IS A POINT OF NO RETURN, UNREMARKED AT THE TIME, IN MOST LIVES": FIRST EDITION OF THE COMEDIANS; INSCRIBED BY GRAHAM GREENE
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Clive from Graham Greene." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 98568
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Rare First French Edition of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
PAINE, Thomas.
Droits de L’Homme; En Reponse a L’Attaque de M. Burke Sur La Revolution Francois. [Rights of Man: Part the First Being An Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attach on the French Revolution].
Chez F. Buisson: Paris, 1791.
First French edition of Thomas Paine's classic statement of faith in democracy and egalitarianism. Octavo, bound in contemporary one quarter calf over marbled boards. In very good condition. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 96176
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First Edition of The Conquest of Everest; Signed by three expedition members Edmund Hillary, George Lane and Charles Evans
HUNT, John; With a Chapter on the Final Assault by Edmund Hillary [Tenzing Norgay].
The Conquest of Everest.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1954.
First edition of this classic account of the first ascent of Mount Everest. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 8 pages of photographs in full color, and 48 pages in black and white, maps, sketches and drawings. Foreword by Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. Boldly signed by signed by three expedition members on the front endpaper, Edmund Hillary, George Lowe and Charles Evans. Additionally inscribed by Evans above the signatures, "To all the Edwards." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by these mountaineering legends.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147911
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The Political Works of Harold Joseph Laski; Uniformly Bound by Bayntun Riviere
LASKI, Harold Joseph.
The Political Works of Harold Joseph Laski.
London, New York, New Haven: GeorAllen & Unwin Ltd.; Harper & Brothers; Yale University Press , 1919-1941.
Finely bound collection of the political works of English political theorist and economist Harold Laski. Octavos, 22 volumes, uniformly bound by Bayntun Riviere Bindery in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Titles include Laski's well-known An Introduction to Politics, The State in Theory and Practice, The American Democracy, The Dangers of Obedience & Other Essays, and Studies in Law and Politics. In fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 90438
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First edition of The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon; elaborately bound
GIBBON, Edward.
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative by John Lord Sheffield.
London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796.
First edition of Gibbon’s memoirs, letters, and additional works, posthumously collected and published by his closest friend, John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, engraved frontispiece portrait of Gibbon. In near fine condition. A very attractive example of one of the first modern autobiographies published in the English language.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 135133
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Manuscript Edition of Albert J. Beveridge's Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1858
BEVERIDGE, Albert J. [Abraham Lincoln].
Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1858.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.
Limited manuscript edition of this complex and revealing biography of one of the most popular Presidents of the United States. Octavo, four volumes bound in the publisher's cherry-red three-quarter crushed morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, red silk ribbons tipped in, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln and additional tissue-guarded color plate views of the Lincoln Memorial to each volume, illustrated with thirty-two tissue-guarded plates and maps throughout, window-mounted leaf of the author's manuscript research notes adhered to the front flyleaf of Vol. I, some pages uncut,…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146970
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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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First Edition of Orville J. Victor's The History, Civil, Political & Military of the Southern Rebellion
VICTOR, Orville J.
The History, Civil, Political & Military of the Southern Rebellion, From its Incipient Stages to its Close.
New York: James D. Torrey, Publisher, [1861].
Complete first edition set of one of the earliest histories of the American Civil War. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher's full pebbled morocco decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated with steel engraved plates, additional vignette title pages. frontispieces, and maps. In good condition. A rare complete set, we have never seen another one.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133063
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The Harlequin edition of The Collected works of Max Beerbohm; elaborately bound by Henry Sotheran and Signed by Beerbohm
BEERBOHM, Max.
The Works of Max Beerbohm.
London: William Heinemann, 1922-1928.
The Harlequin edition of the collected works of Max Beerbohm. Octavo, ten volumes bound in three quarter calf by Henry Sotheran Ltd. with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. One of seven hundred and eighty sets signed by the author, of which seven hundred and fifty were for sale and thirty for presentation, this is number 780. In near fine condition. A lovely set in a unique binding.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145008
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Rare Early 19th century printing of Adam Smith's An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
SMITH, Adam.
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
London: Printed for J. Maynard, Panton Market, Haymarket; and F. Zinske, 448, Strand, 1811.
Early 19th century printing of Adam Smith's ground-breaking analysis of capitalist economics. Octavo, 3 volumes bound in three quarter diced calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very god condition. Bookplate to each pastedown, printed bookplate of "A.C. Eustace" pasted over previous owner's name to each title page and additional ownership inscription of A.C. Eustace to the first page of each Table of Contents. Embossed stamp "St. Anselm's College Manchester, N.H. 1889" to each title page.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 142658
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"ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST GRIPPING POLITICAL NOVELS OF OUR ERA": First Edition of Advise and Consent; Inscribed by Allen Drury to United States Senator Joseph S. Clark
DRURY, Allen.
Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Senator Clark with best regards Allen Drury." The recipient Joseph S. Clark, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1969. He previously served as the 116th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956. While in the Senate, Clark earned a reputation as a strong supporter of civil rights and congressional reform. He sponsored the Manpower Development and Training Act…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 29018
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Rare forty-five star American Flag; commemorating the statehood of OKLAHOMA
Forty-Five Star American Flag.
[c. 1896].
Rare forty-five star American Flag. The forty-five star American Flag was in use between July 4, 1896 when the state of Utah was admitted into the Union and July 3, 1908 when Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state. In near fine condition. The flag measures 58 inches by 114 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133095
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CHURCHILL'S OWN COPY of the FIRST SWEDISH EDITION of his famed work Step by Step; in the publisher's full morocco presentation binding
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Steg for Steg 1936-1939. [Step by Step 1936-1939]. [Winston Churchill’s Copy]
Stockholm: Skoglunds Bokforlag, 1939.
First Swedish edition and Churchill's own copy of the last book he published before the outbreak of the Second World War. Octavo, in the publisher's rare full morocco presentation binding by Nordiska Bokhandelns Bokbinderi with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original wrappers bound in. It is thought that Churchill's Swedish publishers, Messrs. Skoglund Bokforlag, normally sent him two specially bound copies of each title they published. It was his practice to…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146028
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First edition of The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism; inscribed by Karl Popper to Lionel Charles Robbins
POPPER, Karl and John C. Eccles.
The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism.
Berlin, New York, London: Springer-Verlag, 1977.
First edition of Popper and Eccles' groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by Karl Popper in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Lionel, with love from Karl 3rd November 1977." The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. He and Popper were colleagues for over twenty years and formed a strong inter-departmental alliance, fortified by their mutual friendship with Friedrich von Hayek. In a letter to Hayek on 20th October 1964, Popper wrote, "I should also mention that, through your…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 101425
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"The older the violin, the sweeter the music": First Editions of each novel in the Lonesome Dove Series; Each Signed by Larry McMurtry
MCMURTRY, Larry.
Lonesome Dove; Streets of Laredo; Dead Man’s Walk; Comanche Moon.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985-1997.
First editions of each novel in the author's Pulitzer-Prize Lonesome Dove series. Octavo, four volumes, original half cloth. Each are signed or inscribed by Larry McMurtry. Each are near near fine to fine in fine dust jackets. Jacket design by George Corsillo. Jacket painting by Shannon Stirnweis. An exceptional set, rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147371
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Rare original NASA Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual; signed by Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise
HAISE, Fred; Jim Lovell.
Jim Lovell and Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual.
Prepared for Launch Vehicle Operations by the Boeing Company Atlantic Test Center Saturn V - Launch Operations, March 10, 1970.
Rare NASA Apollo 13 Saturn V Launch Vehicle Emergency Procedure Manual signed by Apollo 13 Mission Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise. Quarto, original wrappers, contains approximately 150 pages of emergency procedures with several folding charts and diagrams at rear. Signed on the second title page, "Jim Lovell Apollo 13" and "Fred Haise Apollo 13." In near fine condition. A unique piece of NASA history.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146265
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Rare original photograph signed by both presidents Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Herbert Hoover.
Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover and Iowan Governor William Beardsley seated in an automobile which was part of the August 1954 Iowa State Fair Parade. Boldly signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover, and inscribed by Beardsley, "For the Ken Brownes, Wm. S. Beardsley,"Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Herbert Hoover dated April 25, 1960 and addressed to Kenneth Browne, "Dear Mr. Browne: I do appreciate your sending me that Indian version of the 23rd Psalm. It was most gracious of you. Yours faithfully, "Herbert Hoover." Both the photograph and letter are in near fine condition. Rare and desirable…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 92470
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Rare January 20, 1989 Inaugural Address; signed by President George Herbert Walker Bush with his rare full signature
BUSH, George Herbert Walker.
George H.W. Bush Signed Souvenir Inaugural Address.
Typed inaugural address signed by the 41st President of the United States with a rare full signature, "George Herbert Walker Bush." One page, typescript, the souvenir inaugural address measures 4.75 inches by 3.25 inches, signed at the conclusion with Bush's rare full signature, "George Herbert Walker Bush." The address reads in full, 'I, George Herbert Walker Bush, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.' Matted and framed with a…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145237
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First Edition of Bernard Darwin's A Friendly Round; Inscribed by Him
DARWIN, Bernard.
A Friendly Round.
London: Mills & Boon, 1922.
First edition of this collection of Darwin's golf columns from The London Times. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bernard Darwin on the front free endpaper, "To G.M. from the author with his best regards. Sept. 1922." It was customary for Darwin to sign "from the author", which denoted a personal affiliation with the recipient. Rare and desirable, signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 68590
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First edition of Joseph Priestley's A Familiar Introduction to the Study of Electricity
PRIESTLEY, Joseph.
A Familiar Introduction to the Study of Electricity.
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; T. Cadell, Sucessor to Mr. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Johnson, in Pater-Noster Row, 1768.
First edition of Priestley's beginner's introduction to The History and Present State of Electricity with Original Experiments; the first book published on the subject. Quarto, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards, illustrated with four plates. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133012
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1795 Edition of Letters From General Washington To Several Of His Friends, In June And July 1776; In Which is Set Forth an Interesting View of American Politics, at That All-Important Period
[WASHINGTON, George]; Benjamin Franklin Bache.
Letters From General Washington To Several Of His Friends, In June And July 1776; In Which is Set Forth an Interesting View of American Politics, at That All-Important Period.
Philadelphia: The Federal Press, 1795.
Rare 1795 printing of this piece of royalist propaganda. Octavo, bound in full calf 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, all edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of General George Washington. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities, toning to the front and rear free endpapers.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146670
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Rare Autograph Document Signed by Andrew Jackson as President
JACKSON, Andrew.
Andrew Jackson Autograph Document Signed.
December 6, 1830.
Rare Presidential Land Grant signed by Andrew Jackson as President and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Elijah Hayward. One page partially printed on vellum the document is dated November 11, 1830 and officially grants Scott Riggs a 72-acre land parcel in Springfield, Illinois. Signed at the conclusion "Andrew Jackson" and "Elijah Hayward" with the white paper paper seal to the lower left corner. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.5 by 13.5 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 104206
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First Edition Set of George Tucker's Life of Thomas Jefferson in Two Volumes
TUCKER, George; [Thomas Jefferson].
The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States; With Parts of His Correspondence Never Before Published, and Notices of his Opinions on Questions of Civil Government, National Policy, and Constitutional Law.
London: Charles Knight and Co, 1837.
First British edition of this classic biography of the United States' third president, published simultaneously with the American edition in Philadelphia. Royal octavo, original publisher's cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Thomas Jefferson to Vol. I, largely uncut. In very good condition with some sunning to the spine, bookplate to the front free endpaper of both volumes. Housed in two half morocco slipcases and chemises.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147403
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"Part of life's mystery depends on future possibilities": BUZZ ALDRIN LUNAR MODULE EAGLE OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY MICHAEL COLLINS
COLLINS, Michael.
Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Eagle Oversized Photograph.
Oversized photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin and the Lunar Module Eagle. Glossy color oversized photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin working next to the Lunar Module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission, with the Solar Wind Composition Experiment and the American flag visible to the left side. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins, "Michael Collins Apollo XI CMP." In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145781
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First Edition of John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer; in the rare original dust jacket
DOS PASSOS, John.
Manhattan Transfer.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1925.
First edition of Dos Passos' "novel of the very first importance...the dawn of a whole new school of writing" (Sinclair Lewis). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chips to the extremities. Scarce in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 95815
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Complete first edition set of Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet.; with The Jewel of the Crown; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
SCOTT, Paul.
The Raj Quartet. [The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils; Staying On].
London: Heinemann, 1966-1975.
Complete first edition set of "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction" (The Times). Octavo, 4 volumes, 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. An exceptional set.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 148004
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"Out of England's harbor, sailed a vessel proud on day, she was bound for New York City, so many miles away": Exceptionally Rare Collection of First Editions, Booklets, and Sheet Music dedicated to the ill-fated passengers of the RMS Titanic
PRATT, E. J..
Rare Titanic Collection.
Toronto: Various Publishers, 1912-1935.
Rare collection of first editions, pamphlets, and sheet music related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic, with a rare limited edition O.B.R. Kentucky Straight Bourbon 86-proof Whiskey 4/5 quart ceramic Titanic replica. The collections includes a first edition of E.J. Pratt's 'The Titanic' (Toronto: The Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1935) which is in near fine condition; a first edition of Mrs. Alma White's 'The Titanic Tragedy- God Speaking to the Nations' (New Jersey: The Pentecostal Union, 1913) which is in near fine condition; a later printing booklet of Caroline Bancroft's 'The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown' (Boulder: Johnson Publishing Co., 1963);…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 104582
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First Edition of Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers; Lengthily Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
MANN, Thomas.
Joseph and His Brothers.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
First American edition of Mann's first novel in his acclaimed tetralogy. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Lengthily inscribed in the year of publication by Thomas Mann. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and chipping to the extremities. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 83578
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Scarce Limited First Edition of Gontran de Poncins' Kabloona; signed by him
DE PONCINS, Gontran. In collaboration with Lewis Galantiere. Illustrated by the author.
Kabloona.
New York: Reynal, Hitchcock, Inc, 1941.
First limited edition of French adventurer Gontran de Poncins' classic account of his solo unsupported journey in the Canadian Arctic. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. One on only 550 copies, this is number 81. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Before I disappear for good!...I remain your friend, 'Eskimo Miki', de Poncins." With the original Publisher's Note laid in which explains, "The Vicomte Gontran de Poncins, author of KABLOONA, called out of the Arctic to join the colors of his country, disappeared in the debacle of the…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 95094
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"The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is at last published in panoramic, earth-shattering, hyper-hysterical format": First edition of The Illustrated Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Signed by Douglas Adams in the year of publication
ADAMS, Douglas.
The Illustrated Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994.
First illustrated edition of Adams' modern classic. Folio, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "Douglas Adams 22-9-94." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146617
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"Part of life's mystery depends on future possibilities": BUZZ ALDRIN lunar module PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY MICHAEL COLLINS
COLLINS, Michael.
Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Oversized Photograph.
Oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad. Glossy color oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad on the surface of the moon. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins, "Michael Collins Apollo XI CMP." In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145790
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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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"A monumental work that redefines political biography": First editions of each volume in Robert A Caro's ground-breaking biography of President Lyndon Johnson; each volume signed or inscribed by Caro
CARO, Robert A.
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path To Power, Means of Ascent, Master of the Senate, The Passage of Power.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982-2012.
First editions of each volume in Robert A Caro's ground-breaking biography of President Lyndon Johnson, each signed or inscribed by Caro. Octavo, original publisher's gilt-lettered cloth, illustrated with numerous photographs and maps. The Path To Power [1982] is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Joel - Precious friend. Robert A. Caro Oct. 9, 2012." Means of Ascent [1990] is signed by the author on the title page. Master of the Senate [2002] is signed by the author on the title page. The Passage of Power [2012] is signed by the author on the title…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147878
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FIRST EDITION OF MILTON FRIEDMAN’S MASTERPIECE: A THEORY OF THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
A Theory of the Consumption Function.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957.
First edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A superior example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 100964
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First edition of H.G. Wells' Things to Come; signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay
WELLS, H.G. [Derrick de Marnay].
Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”
London: The Cresset Press, 1935.
First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells' Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper. Derrick de Marnay starred as Richard Gordon in the acclaimed 1936 film adaptation, Things to Come, directed by William Cameron Menzies. In near fine condition. A very sharp and unique signed example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 143681
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Commemorative WWI Photographs of future 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Lake Torpedo Boat Company; Signed by Him While He Could Still Walk
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Commemorative WWI Lake Torpedo Boat Company Photographs.
Bridgeport, CT: Lake Torpedo Boat Co, c. May 20, 1918.
Rare vintage photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Navy, signed by him. Two gelatin silver photographs showing FDR on his May 20, 1918 visit to Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the first of Roosevelt seated next to various officials on the speaker's stand, and the second of Roosevelt and the same group of men walking past a building on the plant site. Signed by him on the lower right of the mat of each photograph, "Franklin D Roosevelt." Matted and framed with a manuscript caption, "Lake Torpedo Boat Co Bridgeport, Conn, May…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 147241
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Rare original photograph of the Bluebird K7 at record-breaking speed; inscribed by Donald Campbell
CAMPBELL, Donald.
Donald Campbell Signed Bluebird K7 Photograph.
[1960].
Sepia-tone photograph of the water speed record-breaking Bluebird K7 at speed inscribed by pilot Donald Campbell, "To G.M. Williams With best wishes from Donald Campbell." The recipient, Gwynn Mathews Williams, owned the Waterhead Filling Station on Lake Windermere, the largest natural lake in England where several water speed records were broken, from 1953 until the early 1960's. Accompanied by the original typed letter signed by Campbell. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 131544
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First Edition of "the Master of Modernism" Marcel Breuer's Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect; Inscribed by Him
BREUER, Marcel.
Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956.
First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To the Walter Paepcke with best regards, Marcel Breuer." The recipient, Walter Paepcke was an industrialist and philanthropist most noted for his founding of the Aspen Institute and the Aspen Skiing Company in the early 1950s, both of which helped transform the town of Aspen, Colorado into an international resort destination and popularize the sport of skiing in the United States. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Books signed and inscribed by Marcel Breuer are scarce.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 22041
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"THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SOCIAL SCIENCE TREATISE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY": First edition of John Maynard Keynes' The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.].
The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1936.
First edition of the economist’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 145812
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First edition of The Congressional Medal of Honor: The Names, The Deeds; signed by 30 recipients of the Medal of Honor and with 10 additional signed postcards
[RUDOLPH, Donald; Robert E. Simanek; John F. Baker; Ray Davis; Francis S. Currey; Charles A. MacGillivary; et al].
The Congressional Medal of Honor: The Names, The Deeds.
Forest Ranch, California: Sharp & Dunnigan Publications, 1984.
First edition of the complete record of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, from the Civil War through Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, signed by 30 recipients of the Medal of Honor on the half-title page and opposite the half-title including Joe Foss, Donald Rudolph, Robert E. Simanek, John F. Baker, Jr., Ray Davis, Francis S. Currey, Charles A. MacGillivary, James R. Hendrix, William Charette, Rodolfo P. Hernández, Joseph C. Rodriguez, Harvey C. Barnum, Jr., and Roger Donlon. Accompanied by 10 additional postcards signed by honorees including Lee Mize, William Westmoreland, Roy Benavidez, and others, as well as…
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 142565
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First edition of The Cross and the Switchblade; signed by Reverend David Wilkerson and Inscribed by Actor Pat Boone
WILKERSON, David with John & Elizabeth Sherrill. [Pat Boone].
The Cross and the Switchblade: A True Story of the Saving Power of Faith.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967.
First edition of the author's best-selling "modern day sequel to the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament" (Pat Boone). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by David Wilkerson on the half-title page and signed by American actor Pat Boone, who starred as Wilkerson in the 1970 film adaptation of the book, on the front free endpaper, "God bless James! Pat Boone John 1: 12,13." After reading a copy of the book he saw at an airport newsstand on the way to Mexico City, Pat Boone was immediately taken with it. He and an associate, Clint Davidson, took out an option…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137030
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"Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death": Original photograph signed by the father of rocket technology, Wernher von Braun
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph signed by German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner, "For "Busher" Bill affectionately Wernher von Braun." In very good condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136509
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“Remember this, if you can--there is nothing, nothing more precious than time": First Edition of The Caine Mutiny; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Herman Wouk
WOUK, Herman .
The Caine Mutiny.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951.
First edition of Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. 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 Herman Wouk on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147484
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"This is Houston. Say again, please...": color panoramic photo print of the revised trajectory of the Apollo 13 mission, inscribed by Apollo 13 Lunar Module pilot Fred Haise and flight controller Jack Lousma
HAISE, Fred and Jack Lousma.
Fred Haise and Jack Lousma Signed Apollo 13 Revised Trajectory Panoramic Print.
Semi-glossy color panoramic photo print of the revised trajectory of the Apollo 13 mission, signed by Apollo 13 Lunar Module pilot Fred Haise in silver ink, "Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP, 'Speed up to save 10 hours'" and "'The big bang," and additionally inscribed by flight controller Jack Lousma, "Jack Lousma, Apollo 13 CAPCOM," who adds above "This is Houston. Say again, please. Roger. Main B Undervolt." Lousma famously received the CAPCOM message "Houston, we've had a problem" message from Apollo 13. In fine condition. The print measures 23.25 inches by 10.75 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145825
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Autograph Letter signed by Greek Statesman Eleftherios Venizelos to American mining engineer and diplomat John Hays Hammond
VENIZELOS, Eleftherios.
Eleftherios Venizelos Autograph Letter Signed.
1922.
Autograph letter signed by "the maker of modern Greece," Eleftherios Venizelos. One page, typescript on Delegation Hellenique letterhead, the letter reads, "Lausanne, 7th December 1922 My dear Mr. Hammond, I thank you most cordially for your letter and wish to express to you the deep gratitude that I feel for the promptness with which you have do kindly undertaken to help us in this hour of trial and misfortune. I am indeed very sorry to hear that your daughter has been ill and hope that she has by this time completely recovered. My wife joins me in cordial greetings to…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 82459
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Eisenhower family photograph Signed by members of three generations of the Eisenhower family
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower; David Eisenhower.
Eisenhower Family Signed Photograph.
Photograph of the Eisenhower family, signed by Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower, their son and daughter-in-law and only grandchild. Inscribed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, "For Ken & Joyce Browne with best wishes Dwight D. Eisenhower," and signed, "Mamie Doud Eisenhower." Additionally inscribed by the Eisenhowers' eldest son John and his wife Barbara, "To the Brownes from Barbara and John Eisenhower" and signed by their son David Eisenhower. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.25 inches. Rare and desirable signed by members of three generations of the Eisenhower family.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95836
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“You cannot surprise an individual more than twice with the same marvel": First Edition, first state of Mark Twain’s Life On The Mississippi in the publisher's original full sheep
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Life On The Mississippi.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
First American edition, first state of this provocative portrait of the great Mississippi River with tailpiece of Twain in flames on p. 441 and “The St. Louis Hotel” caption on p. 443. Octavo, original publisher's deluxe full sheep with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition, rebacked. Uncommon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142314
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First Edition of So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano to Philip Roth
MODIANO, Patrick [Philip Roth].
So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood.
Boston/ New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
First edition in English of this haunting novel of suspense. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to fellow writer Philip Roth, "Pour Philip, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Moore. Translated from the French by Euan Cameron. From the library of Philip Roth. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117832
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"one of the most decorative maps of the Holy Land of the 17th century": Rare engraved hand-colored map of the Holy Land
[HONDIUS, Jodocus].
Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina [Holy Land Map].
Amsterdam: Blaeu, Willem, 1629.
Copper engraved, hand-colored map of one of the most decorative maps of the Holy Land of the 17th century. One page with hand-colored borders, the map depicts the tribes of Israel and the route the Israelites took from Egypt through Sinai into Canaan. In the sea there are three sea monsters, one of which has targeted a fishing vessel. The title cartouche is guarded by two dogs, draped with fruit, and flanked by Moses inscribing the ten commandments and a Jewish high priest. German text on the verso. In near fine condition with damp staining to the lower edge.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147519
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"We hear the ocean. Older seas and deserts give asylum, peace to each abortion and mistake. Lost in the Near Eastern dreck, the tyrant and tyrannicide lie like the bridegroom and the bride": First edition of Robert Lowell's Near The Ocean; inscribed by him
LOWELL, Robert.
Near The Ocean.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.
First Noonday printing of Lowell's renowned collection of poems, including his famous Waking Early on Sunday Morning. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Sebastiano In the time of my crisis Robert Lowell Jan. 6, 1976 Greenways Nur[s]ing Home Robert." In very good condition with a few holograph markings and notes including brief corrections on pages 35 and 40, owner's inscription covered with white paint on front inside cover. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 142550
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"one of the greatest investment books of the 20th Century"; Philip Fisher's Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
FISHER, Philip A.
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1958.
First edition, early printing of Fisher's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Foreword by Jeremy C. Jenks. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 148126
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"In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams": First Edition of the Author’s National Book Award-Winning Novel; Inscribed by Bernard Malamud to Close Friends Suzanne and Paul Shrag
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Fixer.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of the author's fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Susie and Paul with much affection Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud (brother of printmaker Karl Schrag). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light wear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 99846
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FIRST EDITIONS OF each volume in John Le Carre's Acclaimed Karla Trilogy; Smiley's People Lengthily inscribed by him
LE CARRE, John. [David Cornwell].
The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1980.
First editions of each title in the author’s acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Smiley’s People, "For Victor Ross with best wishes from John Le Carre - & with fraternal greetings! Hampstead 11 April 80." Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a first edition. The Honourable Schoolboy is a fourth impression and Smiley's People is a second impression. Each volume is fine to near fine in a fine to near fine dust jacket. Ownership name to Tinker Tailor. Rare and desirable with such a lengthy inscription…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137034
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"Here is how we work together": First Edition of My Years With General Motors; Warmly Inscribed by Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
SLOAN JR., Alfred P.
My Years With General Motors.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of Sloan's influential work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed in the year of publication by the author on the half-title page, "For my good friend Harry F. Barr 'Here is how we work together' With this goes my profound appreciation Alfred P. Sloan Jr. New York Dec 23 1964." The recipient, Harry Barr was engineer, inventor, automotive industry leader, and vice-president of General Motors engineering staff and a friend of Sloan's Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Edited by John McDonald with Catherine Stevens. First editions are uncommon, especially…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 137691
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Complete first edition set of Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet; each volume inscribed by British actor Charles Dance
SCOTT, Paul. [Charles Dance].
The Raj Quartet. [The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils, Staying On].
London: Heinemann, 1966-1975.
Complete first edition set of "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction" (The Times). Octavo, five volumes, original cloth. Presentation copies, each volume inscribed by British actor Charles Dance who featured in the televised version of The Jewel in the Crown on the front free endpaper, "For Charles Swynnerton from Charles Dance!" Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Larry Learmonth and Tom Simmonds. A very sharp set, uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144627
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The Spirit of St. Louis; Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
The Spirit of St. Louis.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.
First edition, early printing of Lindbergh's autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author a month before the date of publication on the title page, "To Andy Cain With best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh June 9, 1954." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147499
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Photograph Signed by Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower Signed Photograph.
Photograph of Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower, boldly signed by each, "Dwight D. Eisenhower", and signed, "Mamie Doud Eisenhower." Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 12.5 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 110337
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John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Signed by President George H.W. Bush
KENNEDY, John F. [George H.W. Bush].
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Boldly signed by President George H.W. Bush on the front free endpaper. Bush was the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and as Director of Central Intelligence. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Grushkin. Foreword by Allan Nevins.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 140792
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"I Was a Very Smart Child at the Age of Thirteen": First Edition of Mark Twain's Editorial Wild Oats; In the rare Original Dust jacket
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Editorial Wild Oats.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Rare in the original jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 68027