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First Edition of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam; Warmly Inscribed by Neil Sheehan
SHEEHAN, Neil.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of the definitive Vietnam War exposé which won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Dec. 4, 1988 To Tom Griffin, With Best Wishes, Neil Sheehan." Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Sposato.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140223
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“Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality": First Edition of Short History of Nearly Everything; Signed by Bill Bryson
BRYSON, Bill.
A Short History of Nearly Everything.
New York: Broadway Books, 2003.
First edition of this work "destined to become a modern classic of science writing”(The New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Bill Bryson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jamie Keenan.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147496
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Finely Bound Set of The Life of Samuel Johnson
BOSWELL, James.
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1891.
Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in three quarters red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 2542
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Finely bound set of Martha Walker Freer's The Married Life of Anne of Austria and The Regency of Anne of Austria
FREER, Martha Walker.
The Married Life of Anne of Austria, Queen of France, Mother of Louis XIV, and Don Sebastian, King of Portugal [with] The Regency of Anne of Austria, Queen Regency of France, Mother of Louis XIV.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865-1866.
Finely bound set of Freer's authoritative biography of Anne of Austria. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portraits of Queen Anne. The Regency is a first edition; The Married Life is a second edition. In very good condition. Bookplates.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139016
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First Edition of Reflections and Observations: Inscribed by Denton Cooley to his Nephew
COOLEY, Denton A.
Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley.
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays which illuminates, with brilliant insight, our contemporary world of medicine. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to his nephew, "12-7-84 To Talbot With deep affection and best wishes "Uncle Denton." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Collected by Marianne Kneipp. Foreword by Arthur Hailey.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146303
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Finely bound First and limited deluxe Confraternity edition of the New Testament
The New Testament of Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ.
Paterson, New Jersey: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1941.
First and limited deluxe Confraternity edition of the New Testament. Quarto, bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles and gilt morocco doublures, watered silk endleaves. One of one thousand numbered copies, this is number 592. In fine condition without wear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119406
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Whatever Was, Was Right; Inscribed by Lynn Thorndike
THORDIKE, Lynn .
Whatever Was, Was Right.
American Historical Review, 1956.
First separate edition of the Presidential address read at the annual dinner of the American Historical Association, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "To Dr. H. Justin Ross from Lynn Thorndike." In very good condition, one page of underlining. Books signed by Thorndike are rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129202
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First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Working With The Hands
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Working With The Hands.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, tissue guard. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133459
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First Edition of The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer; Signed by Siddhartha Mukherjee
MUKHERJEE, Siddhartha.
The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.
New York: Scribner, 2010.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic work, which was named one of the New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Siddhartha Mukherjee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, publishers flaw to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Rex Bonomelli. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146323
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First edition of Opinions of Women on Women's Suffrage
Opinions of Women on Women’s Suffrage.
London: Central Committee of the National Society For Women's Suffrage, 1879.
First edition of this collection of Opinions on Women's Suffrage, compiled by the Central Committee of the National Society For Women's Suffrage and containing the opinions of English women in official positions, scientific and political careers, and principals of colleges and high schools among others. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135724
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Rare finely bound example of John Dunton's Letters From New-England
DUNTON, John.
John Dunton’s Letters From New-England.
Boston: Printed For the Society, 1867.
The Prince Society edition of Dunton's letters from New England. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. One of twenty numbered copies printed on large paper, this is number 5. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135164
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Rare 18th Century Map of Florida, Louisiana, and Neighboring Countries by famed French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.
Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins. [18th Century Map of Florida, Louisiana, and Neighboring Countries. To be used in the General History of Travel].
Jean-Francois de La Harpe, 1757.
Rare 18th century engraved map of North America by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page, hand-colored, the map shows the French territory of Louisiane and Florida. Labelled cities and regions include St. Augustine, Savannah, New Orleans, Santa Fe, Toronto, Detroit, Mobile, Pensacola, New Mexico, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Topographical features include Lakes Michigan, Erie, and Superior, the Savannah, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers, and the Appalachian Mountains. Bellin also labels the locations of various Native tribes such as the Cherokees, Osages, and Apaches, as well as locations of major forts. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138434
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“In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence": The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong; Lengthily Inscribed by Laurence Peter
PETER, Laurence J. and Raymond Hull.
The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1969.
First edition, early printing of this classic #1 New York Times bestseller that answers the age-old question: Why is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant? Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Gerald and Marie Underwood, Best wishes and please avoid the final placement syndrome Laurence J. Peter." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front pastedown. Jacket design by S.A. Summit. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142463
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Rare first edition of Mary Phillips' The Militant Suffrage Campaign in Perspective
PHILLIPS, Mary.
The Militant Suffrage Campaign in Perspective.
London: Latimer Trend & Co, [1957].
Rare first edition of Mary Phillips' personal account of the militant suffragette movement. Octavo, original wrappers. Foreword by the Right Hon. Lord Pethick-Lawrence. Mary Elizabeth Phillips joined the radical Women's Social & Political Union in 1907 and established a Glasgow branch of the WSPU. In March 1908 she was sentenced to six weeks in Holloway Prison following a demonstration outside the House of Commons. She remains the longest prison serving suffragette. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135293
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First Edition of The Visions of Peace; Inscribed by Nobel Laureates Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Desmond Tutu
MAGUIRE, Mairead Corrigan; Preface by the Dalai Lama; Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland.
New York: Orbis, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel laureate. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Adrienne, Peace to you. Love Mairead 2.8.2005." Also inscribed to the same recipient by Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu; who contributed the foreword. Also laid in is a pamphlet inscribed by Maguire, A Letter to My Son Luke. In fine condition. Uncommon especially signed by both these Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 831
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First Edition of George Soros' The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered; Signed by Him
SOROS, George.
The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered.
New York: Public Affairs, 1998.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by George Soros on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 78960
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First edition of Frederick W. Pethick Lawrence's Women's Fight For The Vote
PETHICK LAWRENCE, Frederick W.
Women’s Fight For The Vote.
London: The Woman's Press, [1910].
First edition of the definitive collection Pethick Lawrence's articles promoting Women's Suffrage. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135198
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First Edition of What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr; Inscribed by Lerone Bennett to Singer Al Green
KING, Martin Luther] Lerone Bennett.
What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc, 1964.
First edition of this early biography on Dr. King. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Al Green, With good wishes Lerone Bennett, Jr." The recipient, Al Green, is a singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With an introduction by Benjamin E. Mays. Jacket design…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145770
