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“ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT TREATISES ON WAR THAT HAS EVER BEEN WRITTEN”: COMPLETE FIRST EDITION SET OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S THE WORLD CRISIS; SIGNED BY CHURCHILL IN VOLUME I and with an autograph note signed by Jack Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The World Crisis 1911-1914; The World Crisis 1915; The World Crisis 1916-1918 Part One and Part Two; The World Crisis. The Aftermath; The World Crisis. The Eastern Front.
London: Thornton Butterfield, 1923-31.
Complete first edition set of Churchill's important history of World War I, with the first volume signed by Churchill and an autograph note signed by Jack Churchill. Octavo, six volumes, original publisher's dark blue cloth, illustrated with numerous plans and folding maps. Vol. I second state, the others first state. Volume I is boldly signed by the author on the preliminary blank, "Winston S. Churchill 1925." Vol. VI with a loosely inserted note in Jack Churchill's hand, "The first chapters will interest you. J.S.C." Each volume is in near fine condition. Volumes I-V in dust jackets (correct for the issue…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 144259
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"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever": First edition of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia
JEFFERSON, Thomas.
Notes on the State of Virginia.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Prichard and Hall, 1788.
Rare first American edition of the most important book published in America before 1800 and the only full-length book published by Jefferson during his lifetime. Octavo, bound in full contemporary sheep, rebacked retaining the original spine with gilt ruling and morocco spine label lettered in gilt, full-page "Eye-Draught of Madison's Cave" woodcut, folding letterpress table of the Indian tribes of Virginia, letterpress tables in text, 4 pages of advertisements. In very good condition with rubbing and wear, early ownership name to title page. Bookplate of William Fletcher Boogher to the pastedown.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 149308
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Rare first edition of Fernando Colombo's account of his father Christopher Columbus's fourth and final voyage
COLOMBO, Fernando. [Ferdinand Columbus]. [Christopher Columbus].
Historie Del. S.D. Fernando Colombo; Nelle quali s’ha particolare, & vera relatione della vita, & de’ fatti dell’ Ammiraglio D. Christoforo Colombo, suo padre. [Histories of Ferdinand Columbus; In which is a particular and true account of the life and deeds of Admiral D. Christopher Columbus, his father
Venice: Appresso Francesco de' Franceschi Sanese, 1571.
First edition of "the only source of information upon many events in the life of Columbus” (Church), written by his second son. Duodecimo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, elaborately scrolled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition with toning to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 149120
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Rare First Latin Edition of Galileo Galilei's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems; the summation of his astronomical thought and the work which directly precipitated his 1663 trial
GALILEI, Galileo. Translated by Matthias Berneger.
Systema Cosmicum, Authore Galilaeo Galilaei… in quo Quatuor Dialogis, de Duobus Maximus Mundi Systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano. [Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems].
Strassburg: Impensis Elzeviriorum, Typis Davidis Hautti, 1635.
First Latin edition of the Dialogo, the summation of Galileo's astronomical thought and the work which directly precipitated his 1663 trial and judgement for heresy. Preceded only by the first Italian edition, published in Florence in 1632. Quarto, bound in full red Jansenist morocco by Marius Michel with gilt titles and five raised bands to the spine, double gilt ruled turn-ins and elaborately gilt ruled and scrolled inner dentelles stamp-signed by Michel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Additional engraved title page depicting a dialogue between Aristotle, Ptolemy and Copernicus, engraved portrait of Galileo by Jacob van der Heyden, errata leaf.…
Price: $22,500.00 Item Number: 149168
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First Edition of War Memoirs; Signed by David Lloyd George
GEORGE, David Lloyd.
War Memoirs of David Lloyd George.
London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1933.
First edition of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's war memoirs. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher's cloth, black top stain, illustrated with photographs, political comics, and maps. Boldly signed by David Lloyd George on the front free endpaper of the first volume. With the author's compliments slip tipped in to the front pastedown. Tipped in errata slip present. In very good condition. Portion clipped from the front free endpaper of vol. III. Bookseller ticket to the rear panel of the second volume. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145159
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"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil": First Editions of The Works of Hannah Arendt; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Works of Hannah Arendt. Including [The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, Between Past and Future, On Revolution, Eichmann in Jerusalem, Men In Dark Times, On Revolution].
New York : .
First editions of the works of Hannah Arendt. Octavo, 7 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. An exceptional set.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 149569
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First Edition of Citizens Divided; inscribed by Robert C. Post to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
POST, Robert C. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Citizens Divided: Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2014.
First edition of this critique on campaign finance regulations. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "To Justice Ginsburg - with deep admiration and appreciation Rob." American 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 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White, Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 148140
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Historiesch Verhaal; Early example in Dutch of Jonathan Edwards' biography of american missionary David Brainerd; the most reprinted of all of Edwards' works
EDWARDS, Jonathan.
Historisch Verhaal: An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend David Brainerd.
The Netherlands: T'Utrecht, 1756.
Early example of "one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians" American theologian Jonathan Edwards' biography of Reverend David Brainerd. Title reads in full: An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honorable Society in Scotland, for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a Church of Christian Indians in New Jersey. Octavo, bound in quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments in raised bands, blue speckled edges, translated to Dutch. David Brainerd was a missionary to Native Americans in colonial…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147984
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"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived": Machiavel's Florentine History
MACHIAVEL, Nicholas [Machavielli].
Machiavel’s Florentine History.
London: Charles Harper and John Amery, 1674.
Rare second English edition of Machiavelli s Florentine History, the first edition to appear after Thomas Bedingfield s translation in 1595 of this political and historical account of Florence. Sextodecimo, bound in full leather, morocco spine label gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the panels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, frontispiece. In very good condition.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 149757
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"To President William H. Taft with the highest appreciation of Booker T. Washington": First edition, association copy of The Story of the Negro; inscribed by Booker T. Washington to William Howard Taft as his advisor in the first year of Taft's presidency
WASHINGTON, Booker T. [William Howard Taft].
The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery and The Negro as a Freeman.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.
First edition, association copy of Booker T. Washington's significant history of Americans of African descent, inscribed by him to William Howard Taft as his advisor in the first year of Taft's presidency. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded photographic frontispiece portrait of Booker T. Washington by George G. Rockwood. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of in the year of publication and first year of Taft's presidency in volume 1, "To President William H. Taft with the highest appreciation of Booker T. Washington Tuskegee,…
Price: $28,000.00 Item Number: 149850
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"To my friend Jean With great respect for your leadership and service to Canada": First Edition of A World Transformed; inscribed by President George Bush to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
BUSH, George H.W. & Scowcroft.
A World Transformed.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
First edition of this stimulating reflection on American foreign policy during the Bush administration. Octavo, original half-cloth. Association copy, inscribed by President George H.W. Bush to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the half-title page, "To my friend Jean With great respect for your leadership and service to Canada George Bush 6-5-99." Jean Chrétien served as the 20th Prime Minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003, leading the country through a period of economic growth and political stability. Known for his populist style and strong federalist stance, Chrétien played a key role in opposing Quebec separatism and was instrumental in…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 148258
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First Edition of Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?; Inscribed by Rev. Fredrick Douglass Kirkpatrick
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of King's "last grand expression of his vision" (Cornel West). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Association copy, warmly inscribed by an associate of King Jr., Rev. Fredrick Douglass Kirkpatrick on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend Brother Edd Goodman From Rev. F. D. Kirkpatrick Happy Fellowship." Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick was a civil rights activist, minister, and musician who played a notable role in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As a close ally of King, Kirkpatrick contributed to the movement…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 148272
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Rare Italian Marble Bust of Dante Alighieri
[DANTE ALIGHIERI],.
Dante Alighieri Italian Marble Bust.
Rare Italian marble bust of Dante Alighieri mounted on a stack of his own books, 'Divina Commedia.' In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 11.75 inches by 22.5 inches.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 148254
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First Edition of Dreams From My Father; Signed by Barack Obama
OBAMA, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1995.
First edition of this memoir by the 44th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Schiff. Jacket art by Steven Dana. Author photograph by Warren Browne.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 149487
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Rare First Edition of A Voice from the South
COOPER, Anna Julia.
A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South.
Xenia, Ohio: The Aldine Printing House, 1892.
First edition of this powerful seminal work by one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, a few small losses to the front free endpaper, and toning. Exceptionally rare.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 148252
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"There is no better exercise for the would-be artist than to study and devour a picture, and then, without looking at it again, to attempt the next day to reproduce it": First Edition of Winston S. Churchill's Painting As A Pastime; Finely Bound by the Bayntun Bindery
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Painting As A Pastime.
London: Oldham Press Limited/Ernest Benn Limited, 1948.
First edition of this collection of Churchill's brilliant essays on hobbies and painting. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 149813
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First Edition of The Teachings of Don Juan; inscribed by Carlos Castaneda
CASTANEDA, Carlos.
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968.
First edition of this classic account of spiritual knowledge in the West. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For James Shipounoff with best wishes Carlos Castaneda." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 148250
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“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought": First Edition of The Philosopher's Magnum Opus A Theory of Justice; Signed by John Rawls
RAWLS, John.
A Theory of Justice.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Rawls on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Books signed by Rawls are rare.
Price: $22,000.00 Item Number: 148130
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First Edition of Sarah Deer's The Beginning and End of Rape; inscribed by Judge Myron H. Bright to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
DEER, Sarah [Ruth Bader Ginsburg] [Judge Myron H. Bright].
The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
First edition of this collection of powerful essays. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Judge Myron H. Bright on the title page to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a protector of civil rights for all. From her friend, Judge Myron H. Bright." In 2004, Judge Bright accompanied U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband Martin Ginsburg as Juris in Residence. American 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 and was responsible for some…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 148145
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"To Mrs. Parks, I'm in debts to ya": Portrait of "The Godfather of Soul"; inscribed by James Brown to Rosa Parks
BROWN, James [Rosa Parks].
Portrait of James Brown.
c. 2000.
Portrait of "The Godfather of Soul" inscribed twice by James Brown to Civil Rights legend Rosa Parks. Digital color portrait of James Brown. Inscribed twice, first on the lower margin in black ballpoint, "My best, I Feel Good, James Brown," and second to the left in black felt tip to Rosa Parks, "To Mrs. Parks, I'm in debts to ya. James." Framed and attached to a foam board. In near fine condition. From the collection of attorney Gregory J. Reed, who is credited as the co-author of Parks's 1994 memoir "Quiet Strength." An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 148228
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"Trust in the Lord and do good": Harriet Beecher Stowe's The Chimney-Corner; Lengthily signed by Her
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
The Chimney-Corner.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888.
Later printing of this classic collection of essays which deals primarily with women's issues, such as property rights, voting and education in post-Civil War America. Octavo, original publisher's full cloth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Trust in the Lord and do good. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford March 1893." In near fine condition with light rubbing to the front and back panel. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 149908
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First Edition of Young's Rommel; From the Library of Legendary Writer Raymond Chandler
YOUNG, Desmond [Raymond Chandler].
Rommel.
London: Collins, 1950.
First edition of this seminal biography that examines the life and military career of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, from the library of Raymond Chandler with his ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original publisher's full cloth. Raymond Chandler was a novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 149311
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"Keep the joy of loving God in the Poor and share this joy with others, God bless you": Photograph of Mother Teresa; Signed by her
MOTHER TERESA,.
Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.
1984.
Rare photograph portrait of Mother Teresa boldly signed, "God bless you M. Teresa mc." In fine condition. The piece measures 5.75 inches by 4 inches.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 147487
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Rare Pair of French Bronze Models of Guillaume Coustou's Marly Horses
Pair of French Bronze Models of Marly Horses.
Bronze sculpture models of French Marly horses. Two bronze sculptures of rearing horses with their grooms modeled after Guillaume Coustou's horse statues for the Château de Marly. In fine condition. The pieces measure 12 inches by 16 inches. A handsome example.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 148155
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Rare Engraved Hand-Colored Map of the Holy Land by German Cartographer Johann Baptist Homann
HOMANN, Johann Baptist.
Iudaea seu Palaestina ob Sacratissima Redemtoris Vestigia Hodie Dicta Terra Sancta Prout olim in Duodecim Tribus Divisa Separatis ab Invicem Regnis Iuda et Israel expressis insuper VI ultimi temporis ejusdem Terra Provinciis collecta ex Tabulis Guil Sansony Christ Regis Geogr. [Holy Land Map].
Nuremburg: c. 1707.
Hand-colored engraved map of the Promised Land divided among the 12 tribes of Israel. One page with hand-colored borders, the map shows the tribes of Israel in color. The hand-colored title cartouche depicts Moses receiving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai with other scenes from Exodus in the background. In the opposite corner, another cartouche depicts Moses and Aaron who point to an inset map of the wanderings of the Israelites from Egypt through Sinai and into Canaan. In fine condition with an antiquarian notation to the upper right corner and minimal toning to the margins. The piece measures 19.5…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145574
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French Foreign Policy Collection; inscribed by Hubert Védrine to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
VéDRINE, Hubert [Madeleine Albright].
Hubert Védrine French Foreign Policy Collection.
Fayard; Brookings Institution Press, 1996-2021.
Collection of nine works from the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Hubert Védrine, from the library of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The works include: Les Mondes de Francois Mitterrand [1996], Les Cartes de la France [2000], France in an Age of Globalization [2001], Face a l'Hyoer-Puissance Textes et Discours 1995-2003 [2003], Continuer l'Histoire [2007], Rapport pour le President de la Republique sur la France et la Mondialisation [2007], Comptes a Rebours [2018], Et Apres? [2020], Dictionnaire Amoureux de la Geopolitique [2021]. Octavo, original wrappers, eight works in French and one work in English, bookplate to the front…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147905
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Scarce Printing of the Palestine Blue Book 1932
Palestine: Blue Book 1932.
Jerusalem: Printing and Stationary Office, 1932.
Original printing of this record of the movement of money in Palestine during the calendar year of 1932. Quarto, original wrappers, rebacked, illustrated with tables. In good condition with rubbing, dampstaining, and a few losses to the extremities, dampstaining, institutional stamps to the title page and rear free endpaper.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146826
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“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price": First Edition of The Fun of It; Signed by Amelia Earhart
EARHART, Amelia.
The Fun of It.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.
First edition of Earhart's account of her childhood, her fascination with aviation, and her life through her 1932 flight across the Atlantic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout, with the original record in the rear pastedown. Boldly signed by Amelia Earhart on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $7,000.00 Item Number: 149914
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First Edition of The Vanishing Face of Gaia; Signed by James Lovelock
LOVELOCK, James.
The Vanishing Face of Gaia.
New York: Basic Books, 2009.
First edition of this work by the famed scientist. Octavo, half cloth. Boldly signed by James Lovelock on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pracher Designs.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146482
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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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"Whose path in the law has been responsible for much that is worth Celebrating in our courthouses": First Edition of Celebrating the Courthouse; Lengthily inscribed to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
FLANDERS, Steven [Ruth Bader Ginsburg] Foreword by Stephen Breyer.
Celebrating the Courthouse: A Guide for Architects, Their Clients, and the Public.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of this exploration of the architectural, historical, and civic significance of courthouses. Quarto, original publisher's boards, illustrated with photographs throughout. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by contributor Douglas P. Woodlock on the front free endpaper recto, "26 January 2007, To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Whose path in the law has been responsible for much that is worth Celebrating in our courthouses. Douglas P. Woodlock, U.S.D.J." Judge Douglas P. Woodlock serves as a Judge for the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Judge Woodlock contributed chapter six of the present work, "Drawing Meaning from the Heart of the Courthouse." American…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 148154
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Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches; Signed by Sir Winston Churchill's grandson Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill’s Speeches.
London: Pimlico, 2003.
First edition, third printing of this collection of Sir Winston Churchill's speeches, personally selected by his grandson Winston S. Churchill, the editor. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Winston S. Churchill on the epigraph page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 148113
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Rare tool that built the atomic bomb; inspection mirror used by Oppenheimer's foreman Gus Schultz at Los Alamos during the Manhattan project; with rare photograph of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud signed by Paul Tibbets and George Caron
SCHULTZ, Gus; Paul Tibbets; George Caron; J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Inspection Mirror That Built the Atomic Bomb Used By Oppenheimer’s Foreman Gus Schultz. [with] Paul Tibbets and George Caron Signed Photograph.
Los Alamos, New Mexico: c. 1943-1945.
Inspection mirror used in the construction of the atomic bomb by Gus Schultz, foreman of the drafting room and machine shop at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Schultz was a key member of J. Robert Oppenheimer's team, earning high praise from Oppenheimer himself. The mirror was essential for use in hard to see areas, allowing for the user to look into an obstructed space without the need to dissemble parts. In fine condition. The tool measures 8.5 inches. Accompanied with a distinctive photograph of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud by two crew members of the Enola Gay. Black and white…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 148078
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First Edition of Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe; Inscribed by Graham Allison to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
ALLISON, Graham [Madeleine K. Albright].
Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe.
New York: Times Books, 2004.
First edition of this informative work on nuclear terrorism and how to prevent it. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Madeleine, With great admiration and hope G." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147591
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“ECONOMIC FREEDOM IS AN INDISPENSABLE MEANS TOWARD THE ACHIEVEMENT OF POLITICAL FREEDOM”: Rare First Edition of Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom; With An Autographed Notecard Laid In
FRIEDMAN, Milton; With the Assistance of Rose Friedman.
Capitalism And Freedom.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.
First edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear with a laid in signature of Milton Friedman. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 148398
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Rare Photographic Print of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud; signed by Enola Gay crew members Paul Tibbets and Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
TIBBETS, Paul; Theodore Van Kirk.
Paul Tibbets and Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk Signed Photographic Print.
1945.
Distinctive photograph of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud signed by two crew members of the Enola Gay. Black and white photographic print of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud captured just after the release of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb. Boldly signed in silver felt tip by, "Paul W. Tibbets Pilot B29 Enola Gay 6 Aug. 1945," and black ball point by, "Dutch Van Kirk Navigator - Enola Gay Hiroshima - 6 Aug. 1945." In fine condition. The photographic print measures 8.5 inches by 11 inches.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147781
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“MONEY CAN CONSISTENTLY BY MADE THROUGH INTELLIGENT, LONG-TERM INVESTING”: First Edition of Philip A. Fisher's Conservative Investors Sleep Well
FISHER, Philip A.
Conservative Investors Sleep Well.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1975.
First edition of Philip Fisher's third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 148127
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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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First Edition of MacKay’s Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
MACKAY, Charles.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
London: Richard Bentley, 1841.
First edition of this classic study of crowd psychology, a compilation of human folly throughout the ages. Octavo, three volumes, bound in three-quarters half crushed green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within gilt raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, green cloth endpapers, frontispieces. In near fine condition, plate to the front pastedown. A very sharp example.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 148124
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The Cigar Companion; Signed by the Legendary Marvin Shanken
SHANKEN, Marvin R.
The Cigar Companion.
Philadelphia: Running Press, 1995.
First edition of this work by the legendary Marvin Shanken, who introduced countless cigar smokers to the world. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Marvin Shanken on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147311