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First Edition of John Kenneth Galbraith's The New Industrial State; Signed by Him
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The New Industrial State.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.
First edition of this Galbraith landmark work. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows only the lightest of wear. A very sharp example of this economic highspot.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 1499
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Signed limited edition print commemorating Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's summit of Mount Everest; signed by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers
HILLARY, Edmund; Tenzing Norgay; James Lumbers.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed “Hillary Conquers Everest May 29, 1953” Print.
Toronto: Newport Edition Limited, 1992.
Limited edition color lithograph commemorating one of the great achievements of human stamina and will: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's summit of Mount Everest. One page, the color lithograph is signed by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers. One of 1953 numbered copies this is number 771. In fine condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 139714
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"This First Edition...with warm regards": First Edition of David McCullough’s National Book Award-Winning Work The Path Between the Seas; Warmly Inscribed by Him
MCCULLOUGH, David.
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.
First edition of the author's National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with two detailed maps and 80 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "This first edition is for Bette and John with warm regards David McCullough Hillsdale College 2006." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Rosalee McCullough.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 117653
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First Edition of Fred D. Gray's Bus Ride To Justice; Inscribed by Him
GRAY, Fred D.
Bus Ride To Justice.
Montgomery, Al: Black Belt Press, 1995.
First edition of this Civil Rights icon's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Fred D. Gray Schaler Let us keep the legacy alive Fred D. Gray March 9, 1995." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Breuna Baine.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139681
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First Edition of Philip Stern's The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
STERN, Philip M.
The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Joan and Arthur Gardner With the warmest and fondest wishes of their friend Phil S. November, 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 143398
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"Pretty well the last word on the subject" First Edition of the Author’s Classic Work; Manias, Panics, and Crashes
KINDLEBERGER, Charles P.
Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises.
New York: Basic Books, 1978.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre. Uncommon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146114
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"Over the great world tragedy of today the star of Bethlehem shines with divine radiance and lights the way to a brighter day when peace and love shall reign forever": Rare First Edition of What Happened to Me; Lengthily Signed by Lasalle Corbell Pickett
PICKETT, Lasalle Corbell [George Pickett].
What Happened to Me.
New York: Brentano's, 1917.
First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 17, 1917. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, "Over the great world tragedy of today the star of Bethlehem shines with divine radiance and lights the way to a brighter day when peace and love shall reign forever - Faithfully from LaSalle Corbell Pickett." In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145582
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First Edition of Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire; Signed by Jan Morris
MORRIS, James [Jan].
Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire.
London: Faber & Faber, 1968.
First British edition of the author's second volume in the acclaimed Pax Britannica Trilogy. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 3164
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"Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation": Out of the Crisis; Lengthily Inscribed by W. Edwards Deming
DEMING, W. Edwards.
Out of the Crisis.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of W. Edwards Demings. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ms. Minato Asakawa. May your work in cross-cultural be successful, & may the 1990s bring you health & happiness. W. Edwards Deming 22 April 1990." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146267
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Rare photograph signed by THE PILOT OF THE ENOLA GAY, PAUL TIBBETS
TIBBETS, Paul W.
Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph.
Rare black and white photograph of the pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets. Signed and dated by Tibbets, "Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 AUG 1945." The entire piece measures 10 by 8 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 115643
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"America's most interesting city" Rare collection of New Orleans souvenir albums, pictorial travel brochures, and postcards
New Orleans Souvenir Album and Travel Brochure Collection.
Various, 1938-1960.
Rare collection of 5 souvenir albums and nine pictorial travel brochures printed between 1938 and 1960. The souvenir albums include a "Souvenir Condensed History of New Orleans for the Tourist" (c. 1955), a "Souvenir du Restaurant Antoine", "New Orleans, America's Most Interesting City", an early accordion-style pictorial album, and "Winter in New Orleans: Season 1908-1909" issued by the Southern Pacific Railway (1909). The brochures include a Louisiana Road Map issued by the Tourist Bureau of Baton Rouge, visitor's city guides, a 1938 Spring Fiesta brochure, a guide to Bellingrath Gardens, and a collection of original postcards from the Montenegro Hotel.…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 117352
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Rare First edition of Mark Mills Pomeroy's The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party
POMEROY, M. M.
The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party.
New York: M. M. Pomeroy, 1868.
First edition of Pomeroy's scathing satirical biography of Union Army General Benjamin Butler. 12mo, engraved illustrated title page. Lacking the front wrapper. In very good condition. Very rare.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139376
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"Once I started sorting out the stamps I had accumulated, I was hooked": Rare Original Issue of The Stamp Journal with Ayn Rand's Article Why I Like Stamp Collected
RAND, Ayn.
Stamp Journal: Why I Like Stamp Collecting.
New York: Minkus, 1971.
Original issue of the Stamp Journal with an article by the philosopher Ayn Rand, entitled Why I Like Stamp Collecting. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Vol. VI, No. 2 - 1971. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in Rand's honor in 1999. An uncommon piece by Rand.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 78006
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"To live effectively is to live with adequate information": First Edition of Norbert Wiener’s Autobiography; Signed by Him
WIENER, Norbert.
Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Weiner's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Norbert Weiner on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 3729
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Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn
JOCELYN, Nathaniel and Simeon Smith.
Asia. [Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia].
c. 1825.
Rare hand-colored engraved map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137394
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First Edition of Buzz Aldrin's No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon; Signed by Him
ALDRIN, Buzz.
No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon.
Washington, D.C: National Geographic, 2016.
First edition of this work which "recounts life lessons learned from his historic Apollo 11 moonwalk in 1969 and beyond” (Kirkus Reviews.) Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Jonathan Halling. Cover illustration by Jamie Noguchi. Written with Ken Abraham.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 136203
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First Edition of J. R Perkins' Trails, Rails and War; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
PERKINS, J. R. [William T. Sherman].
Trails, Rails and War: The Life of General G. M. Dodge.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929.
First edition of this biography of Union Army officer and railroad executive, General Grenville Mellen Dodge; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of General G. M. Dodge at seventy, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on a note laid in, wishing the recipient a merry Christmas and prosperous New Year. P. T. Sherman's bookplate adhered to the front free endpaper with his ownership signature to the half title page. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the spine and front panel. General William Tecumseh Sherman's son P. T.…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145733
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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 Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance; The author's Copy
BESCHLOSS, Michael R.
Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980.
First edition of the historian's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Michael Beschloss' personal copy with his name to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward P. Diehl. Foreword by James MacGregor Burns. From the library of Beschloss.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 112673
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Signed Photograph of President Harry S. Truman
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman Signed Photograph.
1966.
Photograph of President Harry S. Truman having his arm raised at the 1947 Democratic National Convention. Inscribed by Truman, “To Joseph J. Fracelli, From Harry S. Truman, 12/7/66.” On the verso of the photograph bears a Harry S. Truman Library stamp. It measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 19073