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First Edition of A Magician Among the Spirits; Inscribed by Harry Houdini in the Year of Publication
HOUDINI, Harry.
A Magician Among the Spirits.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1924.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ben Burke Best wishes Houdini May 19/24." In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed as Houdini passed away shortly after publication.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 147702
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Rare Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill; Signed By Him and the Artist
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Churchill and Woodland Signed Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill.
1948.
Rare portrait of the Prime Minister of England. Pencil portrait of Sir Winston Churchill in his signature Homburg hat on sturdy buff wove paper. Boldly signed in ink by Churchill on the lower margin. Additionally signed and dated by the artist on the lower right, "Woodland 48." Triple matted and framed. In fine condition. The piece measures 27.33 inches by 32 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 147332
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Rare thirty-four star Civil War era American flag commemorating the statehood of Kansas
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,.
Thirty-Four Star American Flag.
c. 1861-1863.
Rare thirty-four star Civil War era American flag in use between January 29, 1861 when the state of Kansas was admitted into the Union as the 34th state and July 3, 1863 when West Virginia was admitted as the 35th state. Wool bunting, with 34 hand-sewn, single appliqued cotton stars unusually configured in 21010102 horizontal rows on wool bunting canton. The fly is constructed of 13 hand-sewn wool bunting stripes. The hoist is linen with six eyelet holes, with "S.D. Bailey 2 (9 or 4)th Ensign" written along the top edge, and a paper note attached to bottom corner that…
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 147929
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"Failure is not an option": Apollo 13 Photograph; Inscribed by Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot
KRANZ, Eugene and Seymour Liebergot.
Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.
April 13, 1970.
Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA's heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz, "Eugene F. Kranz, 'Flight,'" and Seymour Liebergot, "'Flight... we'd better think about gettin' in the LM.' 4/13/70, Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM." In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147224
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First Edition of George W. Catlin's The North American Indians
CATLIN, George W.
North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926.
First Grant edition of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's cloth with elaborately stamped in gilt, with 320 illustrations carefully engraved from the author's original paintings. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, light toning to the endpapers. An exceptional example with bright gilt decoration. Accompanied by an official Four Centuries of American Art First Day of Issue envelope featuring the author and Thomas Moran from 1998 and a card from the collection of Northern Natural Gas Company featuring a portrait of Mandan Chief, Four Bears, by Karl Bodmer.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 147335
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Count Corti's The Rise of the House of Rothschild and The Reign of the House of Rothschild; Finely Bound by Chas J. Sawyer and Truslove and Hanson
CORTI, Count [Rothschild].
The Rise of the House of Rothschild. [AND] The Reign of the House of Rothschild.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1928.
Finely bound pair of historical accounts on one of the most powerful families of the 19th century. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by Chas J. Sawyer and Truslove and Hanson with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within gilt raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels with an 'A' in gilt roundel to the front panel of the second volume, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with several black and white plates and a folding copy of the Genealogy of the Members of the…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147334
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First edition of Shooter; inscribed by David Hume Kennerly to Mayor Ed Koch
KENNERLY, David Hume [Ed Koch].
Shooter.
New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Small quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Mayor Koch, Cheers! David Kennerly Sept 25, 1979." The recipient, American politician Edward Irving Koch served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". The author of an ambitious public housing renewal program in his later years as mayor,…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 149876
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Eleanor Roosevelt’s This I Remember; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
This I Remember.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.
First edition, early printing of Eleanor Roosevelt’s wonderful autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 41 photographs of the Roosevelt family, including frontispiece of the First Lady. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper, with an inscription noting where this book was signed, bookplate. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 147705
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few": First edition of Winston Churchill's Famous Speech
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A Speech by The Prime Minister The Right Honourable Winston Churchill in the House of Commons August 20th, 1940.
London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, The Baynard Press, 1940.
First edition of one of Winston Churchill's most famous speeches. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 147703
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"Whose courage and brilliance are rarely equaled and never surpassed. With best birthday wishes": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Louis Begley's Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters; Inscribed by Bill Bader to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
BEGLEY, Louis; [Bill Bader] [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.
First edition of this case study on corruption in the justice system. Octavo, original publisher's boards. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Bader to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the front free endpaper, "March 2012. For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Whose courage and brilliance are rarely equaled and never surpassed. With best birthday wishes, - Bill Bader." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147322
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"To the Justice, With gratitude, respect, and affection": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Susan H. Williams' Constituting Equality; Inscribed by Williams to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WILLIAMS, Susan H. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Constituting Equality: Gender Equality and Comparative Constitutional Law.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
First edition of this interdisciplinary collection of essays on women's issues. Octavo, original publisher's boards. Association copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "To the Justice, With gratitude, respect, and affection. Susan." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on the name of famed 90s rapper The Notorious B.I.G.), Ginsburg was responsible for some…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147321
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First Edition of West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition; Signed by Tom Wicker, Thomas Guinzburg, David Halberstam, and others
COWLEY, Robert; Thomas Guinzburg; Stephen Ambrose; William F. Buckley.
West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition.
New York : Warner Books, 2002.
First edition of this commemorative history of the famous military academy. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with over 400 photographs and drawings, including famous and rarely seen paintings, historic letters from cadets, treasured athletic memorabilia, and other artifacts. Signed by Tom Wicker, Thomas Guinzburg, David Halberstam, and one additional contributor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Accompanied by the original West Point 200th anniversary invitation which has been inscribed, "... you may get a second invite for it. See ya there, Rich."
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147325
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First Edition of Elegy on the Death of CÉsar ChÁvez; Inscribed by Rudolfo Anaya
ANAYA, Rudolfo; Gaspar Enriquez.
Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez.
El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2000.
First edition of this powerful tribute to the labor and civil rights activist César Chávez. Oblong octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, "Nancy. Rudolfo Anaya." Near fine in a very good dust jacket in the unique reversible dust jacket with a timeline of the life of César Chávez. Illustrated by Gaspar Enriquez.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147330
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New York: An Illustrated History; Inscribed by Ric Burns and James Sanders
BURNS, Ric; James Sanders; Lisa Ades.
New York: An Illustrated History.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
The expanded edition of this landmark illustrated history of the city that never sleeps. Quarto, original cloth, heavily illustrated with more than 600 images in color and black and white. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the authors on the half-title page, "For Reagan - with boundless gratitude and appreciation for you extraordinary support & belief in this project! 12/13/21 Ric Burns, J Sanders." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jenny Carrow.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147324
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The Complete and Rare First American Edition Set of Harold MacMillan's Memoirs; Signed by Harold Macmillan
MACMILLAN, Harold.
The Complete Harold MacMillan Memoirs. [The Winds of Change 1914-1939, 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, The Past Masters: Politics and Politicians 1906-1939].
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966-75.
First editions of each volume in Harold Macmillan’s memoirs. Octavo, seven volumes, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of 'Winds of Change,' "For Faye Bozin from Harold Macmillan." Additionally signed by Macmillan on the title page of 'Pointing the Way' and 'The Past Masters.' Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 147300
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“IT IS MY PLAN TO CREATE A CITY THAT IS DIRECT AND SIMPLE... TO LEAVE OUT ALL THAT IS UGLY, TO ELIMINATE THE UNNECESSARY, AND TO GIVE FLORIDA AND THE NATION A RESORT CITY AS PERFECT AS STUDY AND IDEALS CAN MAKE IT”: FIRST EDITION OF FLORIDA ARCHITECTURE OF ADDISON MIZNER
MIZNER, Addison; Introduction by Ida M. Tarbell.
Florida Architecture of Addison Mizner.
New York: William Helburn, Inc, 1928.
First edition of this scarce monograph on the works of Addison Mizner, with 185 striking large folio photogravures of Mizner’s iconic Florida buildings. Folio, original orange buckram over marbled boards, with printed paper label on spine, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 185 black and white photogravure plates. In near fine condition with only light rubbing. Introduction by Ida M. Tarbell. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147924
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"One of the 100 best books of any kind of the 20th century": First Edition of the author's Masterpiece The Origins of Totalitarianism; Inscribed by Hannah Arendt
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Origins of Totalitarianism.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951.
First edition of this masterpiece, by one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Hannah Arendt on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
Price: $28,000.00 Item Number: 147887
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First Edition of Kenneth Arrow’s First Book Social Choice and Individual Values; Signed by Him
ARROW, Kenneth J.
Social Choice and Individual Values.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles and frontispiece in gilt. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes Kenneth A. Arrow." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147898
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First Edition of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's General Sherman in the Last Year of the Civil War
SHERMAN, Philemon Tecumseh [William Tecumseh Sherman].
General Sherman in the Last Year of the Civil War: An Address Delivered at the Thirty-eighth Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at St. Louis, Missouri.
New York: Robert Grier Cooke, 1908.
First edition of this biographical address of the author's father, delivered at the Thirty-eighth reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Octavo, original wrappers. Author's card tipped in, "With the Compliments of the Author 15 William Street, New York City." In near fine condition with a few small losses to the extremities of the wrappers. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145970
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William Cothren's History of Ancient Woodbury Vol. II; Inscribed by Roger M. Sherman to Ellen Sherman
COTHREN, William [William Tecumseh Sherman].
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1872, Including the Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlehem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and Middlebury.
Woodbury, Connecticut: William Cothren, 1872.
Second volume of the scarce 1872 edition of this history of Ancient Woodbury, the location of the Sherman family's initial establishment in early 1673; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, orange endpapers, frontispiece portrait of William Cothren, illustrated with engravings, tailpieces and embellished initials throughout. General Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed by Roger M. Sherman on the flyleaf to Ellen Sherman, "Mrs. General Sherman with the compliments of Roger M. Sherman." The recipient, Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145969
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Rare First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery. An Autobiography; signed by him on a tipped-in letter
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Up From Slavery. An Autobiography.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1901.
First edition of Booker T. Washington's landmark biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. With a portion of a typed letter signed by Booker T. Washington tipped in to the pastedown. In near fine condition. A very nice example.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 137020
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"It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountain top and pointed the way": Signed Limited First Edition of Barack Obama's A Promised Land
OBAMA, Barack.
A Promised Land.
New York: Crown, 2020.
Signed limited first edition of this riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase. Unopened and sealed in the original shrinkwrap.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147171
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The Spirit of St. Louis; Warmly Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh; In exceptional condition
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, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To J. Carlton Ward, Jr. With deep appreciation Charles A. Lindbergh." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147812
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"For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing": First Edition of Simon Wiesenthal's Murderers Among Us
WIESENTHAL, Simon; Joseph Wechsberg.
Murderers Among Us: The Wiesenthal Memoirs.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.
First edition of Simon Wiesenthal's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Joseph Wechsberg. Jacket design by Leonard Leoni. Jacket photo by Lester Krauss.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 147288