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First Edition of Terry Southern's Blue Movie; inscribed by Him
SOUTHERN, Terry.
Blue Movie.
New York: New American Library, 1971.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Harry with all best wishes Terry Southern." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121449
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First Edition of The Theory of Island Biogeography; Signed by Edward O. Wilson
WILSON, Edward O. & Robert H. MacArthur.
The Theory of Island Biogeography.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133504
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"And he did bring them. It took a number of years, but one by one, he brought them here. Except for his father. That old man died where he was born": First Edition of Elia Kazan's America America; Signed by him and actor Stathis Giallelis,
KAZAN, Elia.
America America.
New York: Stein and Day, 1962.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1963 film starring Stathis Giallelis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To June Elia Kazan" and below by actor Stathis Giallelis. Introduction by S.N. Behrman. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Abram Rudisill.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138692
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Keith Stephens from Peter F. Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 26011
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“And he, he himself...the Grinch...carved the roast-beast!”: Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas; signed by the director of the popular 2000 film adaptation Ron Howard and several members of the cast
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel] [Ron Howard].
How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
New York: Random House, 1985.
Later printing of one of the most celebrated and memorable Christmas stories of all time, signed by several members of the 2000 film. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Signed by several members of the 2000 film cast including director Ron Howard, Jeffrey Tambor (Mayor Augustus Maywho), Molly Shannon (Betty Lou Who), and Christine Baranski (Martha May Whovier). Directed by Ron Howard, How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 17, 2000. The film spent four weeks as the #1 film in the United States and grossed $345.8 million worldwide, making it the…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142655
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First Edition of Economist on Wall Street; Inscribed by Peter Bernstein to His Sister Aline Bernstein Saarinen
BERNSTEIN, Peter.
Economist on Wall Street: Notes on the Sanctity of Gold, the Value of Money, the Security of Investments, and Other Delusions.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970.
First edition of this classic collection of early Bernstein writings. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to the author's sister, "For Aline - With all my love - Peter." The recipient, Aline Bernstein Saarinen was a well-known critic of art and architecture in the United States, an author and a television journalist, who married the architect Eero Saarinen. She was given the International Award for Best Foreign Criticism at the Venice Biennale in 1951. She received the Frank Jewett Mather Award for best newspaper art criticism in 1953, and the American Federation of Arts Award for best…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115722
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Charming Pre Fixe menu signed by great tenor Enrico Caruso with a self-caricature
CARUSO, Enrico.
Enrico Caruso Signed Pri Fixe Menu.
1890.
French pri fixe menu signed and dated by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, "Enrico Caruso New York 9/12/90," Caruso has also added a large self-caricature to the verso of the menu. One page, printed and illustrated in color. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 117751
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First Edition of Bob Woodward's Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom; Signed by Him and Alan Greenspan
WOODWARD, Bob [Alan Greenspan].
Maestro: Greenspan’s Fed and the American Boom.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
First edition of the definitive biography on the former chairman of The Federal Chairman by the author of All the President's Men. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed "Bob Woodward 3/31/2012 on the title page. Additionally signed by Alan Greenspan on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino. We have never seen another example signed by both Woodward and Greenspan.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133825
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“Saving and pinching to get married, you're losing the best time of your life": First Edition of Muriel Spark's The Ballad of Peckham Rye; Signed by Her
SPARK, Muriel.
The Ballad of Peckham Rye.
London: Macmillan, 1960.
First edition of this satirical gem from the “master of malice and mayhem” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears to the extremities. Jacket design by Victor Reinganum.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 59022
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Inscribed to H.G. Wells
WEST, Geoffrey [H.G. Wells].
The Problem of Arnold Bennett.
London: Joiner and Steele, 1932.
First edition of this work, inscribed to H.G. Wells. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to H. G. Wells by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication, "H. G. Wells, gratefully from the author, Geoffrey West. November 1932." West was also the author of H. G. Wells: A Bibliography, H. G. Wells: A Critical Biography. Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the library of H.G. Wells. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 116936
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First Edition of One Fine Day; Signed by Nonny Hogrogian with an original drawing
HOGROGIAN, Nonny.
One Fine Day.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971.
First edition of this classic work, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1972. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author with a drawing of a fox on the half-title page, "With pleasure from Nonny Hogrogian." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and wear. Also laid in is a 12 line autographed letter signed. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143374
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's El Otono del Patriarca; Signed by Him and Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1975.
First Argentine edition of this "majestic, superb...a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant" (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the translator Gregory Rabassa on the front free endpaper. Rabassa translated this novel into English. In very good condition, name to the title page.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119741
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First Edition of Pickles to Pittsburgh; Signed by Judi and Ron Barrett with an original drawing
BARRETT, Judi and Ron.
Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
New York: Antheneum Books For Young Readers, 1997.
First edition of the charming sequel to the classic Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Oblong quarto, illustrated. Boldly signed by both the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper, "Judi Barrett" and Ron Barrett" who has drawn a giant pickle. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147847
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"First off, I am 35 years old, I am divorced, and I live in a van down by the river": Rare black and white photograph signed by legendary American comedian Chris Farley
[FARLEY, Chris].
Chris Farley Signed Photograph.
Black and white headshot signed by American actor and comedian Chris Farley. Signed by Farley in gold ink. In fine condition. Farley signatures are uncommon.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 126559
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"Linking three militant English suffragettes": First edition of Gertrude Baillie-Weaver's The Life of Emily Davison; from the collection of Emily Duval with her ownership inscription
COLMORE, G. [Gertrude Baillie-Weaver; Emily Duval].
The Life of Emily Davison.
Kingsway, W.C.: The Woman's Press, 1913.
First edition of Gertrude Colmore's brief biography of Emily Wilding Davison. Octavo, original publisher's wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Davison. Association copy, from the library of fellow English suffragette Emily Duval with her ownership inscription, "Emily D. Duvall Given to her by Mrs. Green Dec. 17th 1913." Like Davison, Emily Duval was a militant petitioner in the fight for women's voting rights and was imprisoned several times. Publishing as Gertrude Colmore, American writer and suffragist Gertrude Baillie-Weaver was active when the suffragettes were most militant. In 1911, she published her best-known work, Suffragette Sally, which furthered the cause of the women’s movement…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 135208
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First Edition of Javier Marias’ first novel Los Dominios del Lobo; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Los Dominios del Lobo.
Barcelona: Edhasa, 1971.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 994
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First Edition of John Milnor's From the Differentiable Viewpoint; Signed by Him
MILNOR, John W.
From the Differentiable Viewpoint.
Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1965.
First edition of this work by the famed mathematician. Octavo, original. Boldly signed by John Milnor on the title page. Based on notes by David W. Weaver. Fine in the original glassine jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 141351
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First Spanish Edition of Cosmos; Warmly Inscribed by Carl Sagan to His Secretary
SAGAN, Carl.
Cosmos.
Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, 1980.
First Spanish edition of one of the best-selling science books ever published. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Por Cara Shirley Con amore y admiracion Carl." The recipient was Shirley Arden, who was the executive secretary to Sagan and close friends of Sagan. She was fluent in Spanish and had worked as a bilingual secretary at the United Nations on the Atoms for Peace conference in the 1950s. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 54017
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First Edition of Hollywood Saga; Signed by Both Cecil B. Demille and William C. Demille
DEMILLE, William [Cecil B. DeMille].
Hollywood Saga.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939.
First edition of this biography of screenwriter and film director of William C. DeMille, older brother of Cecil B. DeMille, who started as a playwright before following his brother to Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Cecil B. DeMille on the frontispiece inscribed by William C. DeMille to Emma Obitz, his long-time housekeeper, dated Oct. 9, 1939, on the title page. Foreword by John Erskine. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145796
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First Edition of Thomas J. Sargent's Macroeconomic Theory; Inscribed by Him
SARGENT, Thomas J.
Macroeconomic Theory.
New York: Academic Press, 1979.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To James Best wishes, Thomas J. Sargent." In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 106789