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Rare second revised and enlarged edition of Giles' monumental Chinese-English Dictionary
GILES, Herbert A.
A Chinese-English Dictionary.
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, & Yokahama: Kelly & Walsh, Limited and London: Bernard Quaritch, 1912.
Finley bound second revised and enlarged edition of Giles' monumental work, the first Chinese–English encyclopedic dictionary published. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, rebacked, all edges marbled. The present enlarged edition contains the original 13,848 Chinese character head entries alphabetically collated by Beijing Mandarin pronunciation romanized in the Wade–Giles system with the addition of 67 entries and numerous usage examples. In very good condition. Exceptionally clean internally. A nice example of the most complete Chinese-English dictionary ever published.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138229
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"It always seems impossible until it's done": First Edition of Mandela: A Life; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Mandela: A Life.
Cape Town: Sunbird Publishers, 2007.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on the life of Nelson Mandela. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly inscribed and dated by Nelson Mandela on the front free endpaper. Preface by Adrian Hadland. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 67435
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Marcus Benjamin's Washington During War Time; Inscribed to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BENJAMIN, Marcus [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Washington During War Time: A Series of Papers Showing the Military, Political, and Social Phases During 1861 to 1865.
Washington City: Committee on Literature for the Encampment, 1902.
Official souvenir of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles, frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front flyleaf. Presentaton copy, inscribed to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, "Mr. P. T. Sherman, with cordial regards. From Thomas M. Stewart, Brigadier General, U. S. Army. December 25, 1905." In very good condition with light toning to the spine and front panel, closed tear to the front free endpaper. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 145745
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"No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done": Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-5 Experimental Research Plane
YEAGER, Chuck.
Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-5 Experimental Research Plane.
Display model of the Bell X-5 experimental research plane, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 8.5 inches in height, 13 inches in height and 8.5 inches in width. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 103598
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The Heart Has Its Reasons: The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor; Inscribed by Her to Ambassador Henry Taylor and with an original telegram
THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR,.
The Heart Has Its Reasons: The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor.
New York: David McKay Company, 1956.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Fay and Harry with my love and devoted friendship Wallis Windsor." With a Holiday Greetings from Western Union from Edward Wallis to the recipients laid in. The recipient, Henry Junior Taylor was an economist, author, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your Land and Mine, on which he was known for his conservative…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144117
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Large Signed Portrait of Woodrow Wilson; Signed by Him and the Artist Frederick Reynolds
WILSON, Woodrow; Frederick Reynolds.
Woodrow Wilson Signed Portrait.
Limited edition engraving by artist Frederick Reynolds, signed by both the artist and Woodrow Wilson, one of 300 numbered. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 24 inches. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 29015
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"The true natural rights of men, then, are equal justice, security of labor and property, the amenities of civilized institutions, and the benefits of orderly society": First edition of Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind
KIRK, Russell.
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953.
First edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chips to the spine. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132477
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First Edition of Pecora's Rare Work on Wall Street
PECORA, Ferdinand.
Wall Street Under Oath: The Story of Our Modern Money Changers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1939.
First edition of Pecora’s account of his role as chief counsel in the dramatic 1930s Senate hearings on Wall Street’s role in the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original blue cloth. In near fine condition, small name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132227
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Rare typed letter signed by Ronald Reagan as president to fellow American actor Charles Foy
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Typed Letter Signed.
1982.
Typed letter signed by Ronald Reagan as president. One page on Reagan's White House letterhead, the letter reads: February 3, 1982 Dear Sarah and Charlie: Please forgive this belated note to thank you and Ron for the terrific briefcase. It was a great Christmas present, and I really do appreciate your thoughtfulness. Many, many thanks for selecting this "piece of the West" for me. We had a wonderful holiday season and hope you did, too. Nancy joins me in wishing you all our very best for 1982. Sincerely, "Ron" Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foy 450 North Rossmore Los Angeles, California…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 133078
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"This country is, I once heard it put, absolutely lousy with greatness" with not only the greatest responsibilities but with the greatest oppurtunities ever known to man": First Edition of John Gunther's Inside U.S.A.; Signed by Him
GUNTHER, John.
Inside U.S.A.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1947.
First edition of this classic work, "riveting from start to finish" (Robert Gottlieb, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by John Gunther on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust price-clipped jacket. Signed first editions are exceptionally rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 134601
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First edition of M. A Racinet's masterpiece Le Costume Historique
RACINET, Auguste.
Le Costume Historique. Cinq Cents Planches, Trois Cents En Couleurs, or et Argent, Deux Cents en Camaieu.
Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot Et C, 1888.
First edition of Racinet's monumental work on the history of clothing which took 12 years to complete. Folio, six volumes bound in full buckram with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 500 plates including 300 chromolithographic plates in color decorated with gold and silver and 200 in monochrome. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135242
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First Edition of Nobel Prize Winning Economist's Thomas C. Schelling's First Book; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
National Income Behavior: An Introduction to Algebraic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily inscribed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Light rubbing to the bottom cloth, near fine in the rare dust jacket with light wear.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 25056
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Rare Trustee's Deed signed by famed American abolitionist Frederick Douglass
DOUGLASS, Frederick.
Frederick Douglass Document Signed.
July 6, 1881.
Rare Trustee's Deed signed by famed American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Manuscript document signed, "Fred'k Douglass, Recorder," three pages, 8 x 12.5 inches, July 6, 1881. Trustee's deed for a transaction between William Taylor Snyder and Nelson A. Ryon, signed on the docketing panel by Douglass as recorder of deeds, beneath a manuscript endorsement. Douglass served as the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia from 1881 to 1886. This role involved overseeing the recording of property deeds and other legal documents. His appointment to this position was a notable achievement, reflecting his prominence and the respect he had garnered…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146954
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Rare First Edition of Amartya Sen's Choice of Techniques; Inscribed by Him
SEN, Amartya Kumar.
Choice of Techniques: An Aspect of the Theory of Planned Economic Development.
Oxford: Basil Blackford, 1960.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's dissertation. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed on the title page by Amartya Sen to a fellow economist. In very good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 1049
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First Edition of Andrew Carnegie's The Empire of Business
CARNEGIE, Andrew.
The Empire of Business.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Carnegie. In good condition. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 42664
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First Edition of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Inscribed by Martin Sherwin and signed twice by Kai Bird
BIRD, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Martin Sherwin and signed by Kai Bird on the front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Kai Bird on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephanie Kloss.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147047
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Rare example of Johnson's Civil War era Map of the state of Florida
JOHNSON, Alvin Jewett and Ross C. Browning.
Johnson’s Map of Florida.
New York: A.J. Johnson, c. 1861.
Rare 19th century example of Johnson's famed Civil War era map of the state of Florida. One page, the hand-colored lithographic map depicts the state in full with color coding according to county in the midst of the American Civil War with references to towns, railroads, villages, depots, swamps, the territories of Native American tribes, forts and battle sites related to the Seminole Wars, Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades, Indian Hunting Grounds between Fort Poinsett and Key Biscayne Bay, Tampa Bay and the Okefenokee Swamp. Additionally notes the course of a proposed canal route leading from Tampa to the Atlantic and…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 138533
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Photograph of President Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson; Signed by Both
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird.
Signed Family Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Large photograph of President Lyndon and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and additionally inscribed by Lady Bird, as follows, "To Mary Lasker from her friends Lady Bird Johnson Christmas 1966. The recipient Mary Lasker was an American health activist and philanthropist, who worked to raise funds for medical research and founded the Lasker Foundation. She helped convince Eleanor Roosevelt to endorse Lyndon Johnson's efforts to become the 1960 Democratic nominee, and Lady Bird glowingly mentions Lasker in her book A White House Diary. Lasker was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 81062
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"I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory": First Edition of Rory Stewart's The Places In Between; Lengthily inscribed by Him
STEWART, Rory.
The Places In Between.
London: Picador, 2004.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, "I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Rory Stewart.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 91569
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"Regrets are illuminations come too late": First Edition of Joseph Campbell's Seminal Work; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
CAMPBELL, Joseph.
The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1949.
First edition of Joseph Campbell's magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated with 22 textual drawings, 12 plates, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 144386
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Rare Royal Appointment Signed by Queen Victoria
VICTORIA, Queen.
Queen Victoria Appointment Signed.
1842.
Rare signed signed by Queen Victoria on vellum, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 13 x 9, November 1, 1842. Queen Victoria appoints Archibald Richard Harene "to be Ensign in Our Ninety Seventh Regiment of Foot." Signed at the head by Queen Victoria. The affixed paper seal and blue ribbon are present. In very good condition. Double matted and framed, the document measures 13 inches by 9 inches. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 119348
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"With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your Country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration for myself, I bid you all an affectionate farewell": Rare Broadside of Robert E. Lee's Farewell Address
LEE, Robert E.
Robert E. Lee Farewell Address.
Boston: A. Hoen & Co, 1866.
Rare engraved broadside of General Robert E. Lee’s Farewell Address. A single leaf with a headpiece of General Lee, flanked by Confederate flags. In this speech, General Lee recounted his Farewell Address to the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865, the day after the surrender to General Grant. In an oval period frame.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 139247
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First Editions of Martin Shubik's The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions Volumes 1 &2; Inscribed by Him to Benoit Mandelbrot
SHUBIK, Martin [Benoit Mandelbrot].
The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.
First editions of Shubik's work regarding the theory of money. Octavo, 2 volumes. Association copies, both volumes are inscribed by Martin Shubik to Benoit Mandelbrot. Volume one is signed, "To Benoit and Aliette To old friends with best wishes Martin S. June 7, 2000. P.S. You made an error. You were going to get a free copy- if need you can assign it." Volume 2 is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Benoit and Aliette To old friends with best wishes Martin Shubik June 7, 2000." Mandelbrot writes, "The indispensable intermediary who started the process that…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 49001
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"The Leading And Most Persuasive Explanation of the worst economic Distaster In American History": First Edition of A Monetary History of the United States
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
A Monetary History of the United States: 1867-1960.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth. Review copy, with the slip adhered to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146725
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Rare Original Publisher's Morocco First Edition of Stanley's In Darkest Africa
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
First edition of Stanley's classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original publishers three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, three folding maps, with numerous illustrations. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 102433
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Finely Bound Example of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln
TARBELL, Ida M.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln.
New York: Lincoln History Society, 1909.
Bound set of Tarbell's classic biography of President Lincoln. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Lincoln to the front panel, frontispiece portraits, one in color, illustrated with reproductions of original paintings and photographs, marbled endpapers. In good condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 129092
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The Selected Works of John Lothrop Motley; finely bound
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.
The Selected Works of John Lothrop Motley: The Rise of the Dutch Republic; Life and Death of John Barneveld; The United Netherlands.
London: John Murray, 1903-1904.
Finely bound set of the selected works of John Lothrop Motley. Octavo, 9 volumes bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispece to each volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143815
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"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other": The personal Memoirs of General William T. Sherman; from the library of his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
SHERMAN, William T.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1891.
Early edition of this memoir from one of the most well regarded generals, “oft-consulted and much-quoted reminiscences ... Sherman wrote as he fought; dynamically and bluntly” (Nevins II, 89). Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of William T. Sherman, illustrated with folding maps in each volume, his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the exterior, splitting to the interior front hinge of both volumes. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman transferred his library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he died. Eleanor was the granddaughter of…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145721
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“DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created": First edition of The Road Ahead; Signed by Bill Gates
GATES, Bill.
The Road Ahead.
New York: The Viking Press, 1995.
First edition of Gates' modern classic work on the information age. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Bill Gates on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Laurie Rippon. With an interactive CD-ROM.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 117376
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"For in the end, is it not fitting that a book about the Constitution should close by studying what the Constitution is not about?" First Edition of American Constitutional Law; Lengthily Inscribed by Laurence Tribe
TRIBE, Laurence H.
American Constitutional Law.
New York: The Foundation Press, 1978.
First edition of the legal scholar's classic treatise on constitutional law. Quarto, original red boards. In near fine condition, issued without a dust jacket. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed the author on the front free endpaper, "For Adri- For in the end, is it not fitting that a book about the Constitution should close by studying what the Constitution is not about? Laurence H. Tribe June 2009." In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper, issued without a dust jacket.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 143896
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Authorization of Proclamation 364: Prohibiting the Hunting of Fur Seals; Signed by Grover Cleveland as President
CLEVELAND, Grover.
Grover Cleveland Proclamation Authorization Signed.
Washington, D.C: 1894.
Rare authorization of Proclamation 364: Prohibiting the Hunting of Fur Seals, an act designed to drastically limit the hunting of fur seals by both the United States and Great Britain in and around the Bering Sea; signed by Grover Cleveland as President. Octavo, one page on Executive Mansion letterhead, partially printed. The document is dated April 9, 1894 and directs the Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to "my proclamation of the Act of Congress approved the 6th instant, to give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration at…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146748
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"Life Is Not How Far You Travel, But What You Discover!": Rare Crescent Earth Photograph inscribed by Moonwalker Charlie Duke
DUKE, Charlie.
Charlie Duke Signed Crescent Earth Photograph.
Large satin-finish black and white photograph of a crescent earth rising over the lunar surface, signed by the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, Charlie Duke, in silver pen, "Life Is Not How Far You Travel, But What You Discover! Charlie Duke, Apollo LMP, Moonwalker." In fine condition. The photograph measures 12.5 inches by 17.75 inches.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145933
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Large original photograph signed by first ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalyn Carter, Betty Ford and Hillary Clinton
BUSH, Barbara; Nancy Reagan.
Five First Ladies Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph of First Ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalyn Carter, and Betty Ford. Signed by all four in addition to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is not pictured. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 15 inches. Elegantly presented.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 99836
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"Righteousness, Righteousness shalt thou pursue...": Rare Autograph Quote Signed by the 6th Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin
BEGIN, Menachem.
Menachem Begin Autograph Quote Signed.
Jerusalem: January 1985.
Rare autograph quote signed by Prime Minister Menachem Begin, excerpting his May 15th 1948 speech regarding Israel's independence. One page on 'Success Quotes' card stationary, the quote reads, "'Remember ye we were strangers in the land of Egypt' - this supreme rule must continually light our way in our relations with the strangers in our gates. Righteousness [sic], righteousness shalt thou pursue... (From the radio-broadcast on May 15th 1948, in the wake of the proclamation of Israel's Independence) Jerusalem Jan. 1985 M. Begin." In fine condition. The piece measures 7.125 inches by 3.75 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146685
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First edition of Tyranny of the Status Quo; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Tyranny of the Status Quo.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration’s attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a slightly toned spine. Jacket design by Lem Rauk/ Visible Ink. Jacket photography by Frank Castro and Associates. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 4646
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"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focuses mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth with title and front panel in gilt, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 134188
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First Edition of Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa.
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth.
New York: Lee & Low Books, 1997.
First edition of this collection of letters written to the mother of The Civil Rights movement and her responses. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "4/24/97 Rosa Parks." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tania Garcia. Jacket photograph by Mark T. Kerrin. Written with Gregory J. Reed. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 131103
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First Edition of Robert Baer's See No Evil; Inscribed by Him and signed by George Clooney and Matt Damon
BAER, Robert [George Clooney and Matt Damon].
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2002.
First edition of this memoir of one foot soldier’s career in the other cold war, the one against terrorist networks, basis for the 2005 film Syriana starring George Clooney and Matt Damon. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dagmar, Thanks for the encouragement. Cheers Bob Bauer WDC. 7.29.02." Additionally boldly signed by George Clooney and Matt Damon on the title page. Clooney won an Academy Award for his performance in Syriana. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 144086
