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First Edition of Joe Pistone and Charles Brandt's Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business; Inscribed by Joe Pistone
PISTONE, Joe and Charles Brandt.
Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business.
Philadelphia: Running Press, 2007.
First edition of this account of the FBI agent's undercover operation. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Joe Pistone (Donnie Brasco) on the title page, "Howard Best Wishes Regards Joe Pistone Donnie Brascoe." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147903
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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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"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody": First Edition of the death and life of great american cities
JACOBS, Jane.
The Death And Life of Great American Cities.
New York: Random House, 1961.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket light a few small closed tears. A very sharp example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146108
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First Edition of Thomas H. Sherman's Twenty Years with James G. Blaine; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
SHERMAN, Thomas H.; with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler [William T. Sherman].
Twenty Years with James G. Blaine: Reminiscences by His Private Secretary.
New York: The Grafton Press, 1928.
First edition of this biography of American statesman, Republican politician, and Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, from the observations of his private secretary; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of James G. Blaine, illustrated with black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. In near fine condition. 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…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145741
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Rare Supreme Court Ruling Document; signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
BURGER, Warren E.
Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document.
Washington, D.C.: June 11, 1986.
Rare typescript Supreme Court ruling document signed by the 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren E. Burger. Two pages, typescript, signed by Burger on the first page. Decided on July 11, 1986, the document offers Burger's opinion in the Richard Thornburgh, et al., Appellants v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. regarding the legality of a minor seeking an abortion without parental consent. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 122766
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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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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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Doctor Absalom Baird's Authentic Letters and Papers; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BAIRD, Absalom [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Copies of Authentic Letters and Papers Throwing Some Light on the History of Doctor Absalom Baird of the Army of the Revolution Who Died at Washington, Pennsylvania in 1805 Likewise Referring to His Associates.
Pittsburgh: Reed & Witting, Press, 1909.
Scarce early 20th century primary account of the history and politics of revolutionary Pennsylvania, printed solely for their preservation among the author's descendants; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with rubbing and a few losses to the extremities and rear panel, some creasing to the front panel, and toning to p. 14 and 15 where a newsclipping of 'Out of My Mind To the Freshmen' by Katharine Brush is laid in. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145937
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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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"Is it true? Have we really been there?": First Edition of Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya
BENUZZI, Felice.
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure.
London: William Kimber, 1952.
First edition in English of this mountaineering classic recounting the 1943 attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya. Octavo, original cloth, map endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the crown and overall wear, tape repair to the verso. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 42030
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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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"It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve, but if need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die": First Edition of Nelson Mandela's No Easy Walk To Freedom
MANDELA, Nelson.
No Easy Walk To Freedom: Articles, Speeches, and Trial Addresses.
New York: Basic Books Inc., Publishers, 1965.
First edition of Nelson Mandela's classic account of the struggle against South Africa's apartheid system. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Parke P. Bowman. Introduction by Oliver Tambo. Edited by Ruth First. Rare and desirable.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144890
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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. 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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Rare Original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' Stereograph Card; Produced By Historic Bennington Vermont Optical Company H.C. White
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Original Theodore Roosevelt ‘Perfec’ Stereograph Card.
Bennington, Vermont: H.C. White Co, 1902.
Rare original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' stereograph card featuring two views of Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The card measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96585
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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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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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"I'm afraid to die, that's my trouble": First Edition of Chester Himes' If He Hollers Let Him Go
HIMES, Chester.
If He Hollers Let Him Go.
London: The Falcon Press, 1947.
First English edition of the author's first book dealing with prejudice shipyard workers during WWII. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147268
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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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Rare Eighteenth Century Map of China with Korea by renowned French geographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas [China].
La Chine avec La Coree et les Parties de la Tartarie. [Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Eighteenth Century Map of China with Korea and Parts of Tartary].
Paris: c. 1750.
Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Korea by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.75 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137294
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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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First edition of George Cornewall Lewis' An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion; from the library of famed American journalist William Safire
LEWIS, George Cornewall.
An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion.
London: John W. Parker, 1849.
First edition of Cornewall Lewis' classic work of political philosophy. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of American journalist William Safire, although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 134128
