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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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"For Teddy Kollek who inspired this book and without whom 'A Will to Survive' would never have been written": First edition of A Will to Survive; warmly inscribed by John Philips to the mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kolleck who contributed the book's afterword
PHILLIPS, John. Foreword by Golda Meir. Afterword by Teddy Kollek.
A Will To Survive. Israel: The Faces of Terror 1948 The Faces of Hope Today.
New York: The Dial Press/James Wade, 1977.
First edition of the renowned photojournalist's remarkable portrait of the people of Israel. Quarto, original wrappers, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Foreword by Golda Meir. Afterword by Teddy Kollek. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Teddy Kollek, who contributed the afterword, in the year of publication, "For Teddy Kollek who inspired this book and without whom 'A Will to Survive' would never have been written. With sincere best wishes John Phillips Jerusalem April.21.77." The recipient, Teddy Kollek, was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993 and founded the Jerusalem Foundation…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 119901
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First edition, advance review copy of Llyod Lewis's Captain Sam Grant; from the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Herbert Donald
LEWIS, Lloyd. [David Herbert Donald].
Captain Sam Grant.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
First edition, advance review copy of Lewis' great biography of American Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant, with the publisher's review slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald with three drafts of a review of the book by Donald's mentor and the director of his dissertation at the University of Illinois, John Randall, laid in.; one with hand-written annotations. American historian David Herbert Donald is best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography two times for his biographies of Charles Sumner and Thomas…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136237
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First Edition of My Years With General Motors; Signed by Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
SLOAN JR., Alfred P.
My Years With General Motors.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of Sloan's influential work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alfred P. Sloan Jr. on an bookplate to the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Edited by John McDonald with Catherine Stevens. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136414
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Scarce Printing of Three Historical Memoranda
Historical Memoranda. I. The Number and Density of the Population of Ancient Palestine. II. The Jewish Population in Palestine from the Fall of the Jewish State to the Beginning of Zionist Pioneering. III. The Waves of Jewish Migration into Palestine (640-1882).
Jerusalem: [General Council (Vaad Leumi) of the Jewish Community of Palestine], 1947.
Scarce printing of this historical record. Octavo, original wrappers, rebacked, illustrated with five folding lithographed maps. In good condition with toning to the front and rear panels, first and last leaves, white marking to the spine, institutional stamps to the title page, final leaf, and final map.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146805
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First American Edition of Ernest Shackleton's South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition: 1914-1917
SHACKLETON, Ernest.
South. The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition: 1914-1917.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1920.
First American edition of Shackleton’s own account of his ill-fated expedition, with folding map at rear, in-text maps and illustrations, and 88 plates, most after photographs by Frank Hurley. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth, color frontispiece, numerous plates, large folding map, errata slip. In near fine condition, bookplate. A very sharp example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142888
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First Edition of Corporate Oligarch; Inscribed by David Finn to William Safire
FINN, David [William Safire].
Corporate Oligarch.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.
First edition of this classic work by the famed advertising executive. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire with warm regards David Finn." The recipient, 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…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146176
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Original Blue Prints for Coal Mines
1910 Unique Study of the Engineering and Design of Coal Mines, 19 pp. Blue Prints, Five Original Photographs.
1910.
On 13 x 8.5 inch blueprint sheets, riveted together at top, 19 blue print sheets and 5 mounted and captioned photos. The sheets are surveys of different collieries and mines, with examples from existing places: Pittston, PA, Georges Creek, MA, long wall mining at the Eileen Mine in Grundy County, IL, conveyor arrangements at Vintondale, PA, longwall at Grande Combe, France, square work at Staffordshire, engineering innovations at Serampore Colliery in Bengal India, longwall at Northumberland, "new method" of longwall mining using a Mickley conveyor (which was first introduced in 1908), Pewabic Mine at Iron Mountain, MI, the Baltic Mine…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 100759
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First Edition of Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey; Signed by Ali and Photographer Howard L. Bingham in the year of publication
ALI, Muhammad.
Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this photographic record of Muhammad Ali's career. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with numerous photographs by Howard L. Bingham of or concerning Muhammad Ali. Signed by both Muhammad Ali and photographer Howard L. Bingham on the title page in the year of publication, "Howard L. Bingham 10-5-93" and "Muhammad Ali 10-5-93." Introductions by Muhammad and Lonni Ali, Bill & Camille Cosby, Jim Murray, Gordon Parks, George Plimpton, Alvin F. Poussaint, Budd Schulberg, Ralph Wiley, and A.S. "Doc" Young. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Littman.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144185
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“Without attention, the human sense of wonder and the holy will stir occasionally, but to become a steady flame it must be tended": First Edition of the Religions of Man; Inscribed by Huston Smith
SMITH, Huston.
The Religions of Man.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of the author's masterpiece and one of the most widely used college textbooks on comparative religion. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Huston Smith on the half title page. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare and desirable signed by Huston Smith.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 1350
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Inscribed Photograph of Chief Justice Warren Burger to Chief Judge of the Second Court of Appeals Irving Kaufman
BURGER, Warren E.; Irving Kaufman.
Warren E. Burger Signed Photograph.
Signed black and white photograph of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. It is inscribed, "For the Honorable Irving R. Kaufman colleague and stalwart ally in the judicial vineyard With best wishes Warren E Burger." The recipient, Irving Kaufman was the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, and was awarded the Presidential medal of Freedom in 1987 by President Reagan "for his exemplary service to our country, his work as chairman of the President's commission on organized crime and his multifaceted efforts to promote an understanding of the law and our legal…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 38011
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"What did all this have to do with doing business?": First Edition of Barbarians At The Gate; Lengthily Signed by Co-Author John Helyar
BURROUGH, Bryan and John Helyar.
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1990.
First edition of this business classic. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Lengthily signed by co-author John Helyar on the half-title page as follows, "What did all this have to do with doing business? John Helyar." This is the final line of this title. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 119559
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First Edition of James M. McPherson's Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction; Inscribed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
First edition of this classic work, now in its fourth edition. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 71 photographs and 37 maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "To Rebecca and Clarke Sherman Best wishes from James McPherson March 28, 1991." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by James M. Wall.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137392
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First Edition of Financial Economics: Essays in Honor of Paul Cootner; Signed by William Sharpe and Robert Solow
SHARPE, William F. and Cathryn M. Cootner[Robert S. Solow].
Financial Economics: Essays in Honor of Paul Cootner.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1982.
First edition of this collection of essays in honor of the famed economist. Quarto, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economists William Sharpe and Robert Solow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 143055
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First Edition of The Mafia Conspiracy; Inscribed by John Scarne in the year of publication
SCARNE, John.
The Mafia Conspiracy.
North Bergen, NJ: Scarne Enterprises, 1976.
First edition of this interesting overview of the Mafia. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Walter and Litzka Gibson Best Wishes John Scarne 5/4/76." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145645
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First edition of Henry Porter's Lies, Damned Lies and Some Exclusives; inscribed by him to photographer Sally Soames
PORTER, Henry.
Lies, Damned Lies and Some Exclusives.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1984.
First edition of Porter's revealing exposé of the Fleet Street Press. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Sally Soames who contributed the author photograph to the dust jacket, "To the best photographer that I know with belated love and gratitude. Henry Porter 14.6.91." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev,…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 120450
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"This is not another gospel, but the same ancient gospel rediscovered for today!": Hans Kung's On Being a Christian; Inscribed by Him
KUNG, Hans.
On Being A Christian.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1976.
First edition, early printing of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To my friend Matthew: confidence and courage! Hans Kung." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Translated by Edward Quinn.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 104732
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"To Robertson Davies with warm regards from one of your devoted fans": Truman; Inscribed by David McCullough to fellow writer Robertson Davies
MCCULLOUGH, David.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Early printing of the historian's first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Robertson Davies, "To Robertson Davies with warm regards from one of your devoted fans David McCullough (by way of David Ken, who started me on the path with Fifth Business Martha's Vineyard 1993." Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 117749
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"To help the boys and girls of America to know the boys and girls of Britain, their allies in the building of the future": Rare collection of ten issues of Britain Junior
Britain Junior.
New York: British Information Services, 1944-1945.
Rare collection of ten issues of Britain Junior, issued by the British Ministry of Information in wartime England. Quarto, ten issues, illustrated with photographs. In fine condition. Uncommon.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 125390
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LIMITED SPONSOR'S EDITION OF JOHN MARSHALL’S LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON; SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR PHILEMON TECUMSEH SHERMAN
MARSHALL, John [George Washington].
The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States.
New York: WM. H. Wise & Co, 1925.
Sponsor's edition of Marshall’s magisterial biography of Washington; specially prepared for Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, five volumes bound in full leatherette, tissue-guarded frontispieces in each volume, illustrated with several tissue-guarded plates in each volume. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities and spine of each volume. 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…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145735