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First Edition of The Boys of Summer; Signed by Roger Kahn
KAHN, Roger.
The Boys of Summer.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1972.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roger Kahn on title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147029
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First Edition of I am Charlotte Simmons; Inscribed by Tom Wolfe to Fellow Writer Henry Marks
WOLFE, Tom.
I Am Charlotte Simmons.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this "hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel" (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Henry Marks my fellow Rolling Stoner. Tom Wolfe." The recipient, Henry Marks was a Rolling Stone writer and colleague of Wolfe's. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell. A nice association.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140245
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First edition of Ken Follett's Lie Down with Lions; inscribed by him to Kenneth Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken.
Lie Down With Lions.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1986.
First edition of Follett's riveting New York Times Best Seller. Octavo, original half-cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ken, with fond regards from Ken." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142243
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First signed limited edition of American Pastoral; privately printed and signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
American Pastoral.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1997.
First signed limited edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original publisher's full leather elaborately stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated. Signed by Philip Roth on the limitation page. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143164
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"Everything sounds big in the woods": First Edition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods; Signed by Him
BRYSON, Bill.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.
New York : Broadway Books, 1998.
First edition of this classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny hike of the Appalachian Trail” (The Washington Post). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Bill Bryson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Art Wolfe/ Tony Stone. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. With a photograph of laid in of Bryson signing this book.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125678
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“Everything is possible, even the impossible.": The deluxe novelization of Disney's Mary Poppins Returns; signed by Legendary Actress Angela Lansbury
TRAVERS, P.L.. Adapted by Kathy McCullough. Screenplay by David Magee. [Angela Lansbury].
Mary Poppins Returns.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018.
First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park. The part was written to be a cameo role for Julie Andrews who portrayed Mary Poppins in the original film, but she turned the role down as she felt her presence would unfairly take attention away from Emily Blunt. In fine…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138522
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First Edition of Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life; Inscribed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
TALEB, Nassim Nicholas.
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life.
New York: Random House, 2018.
First edition of this work by the author of Black Swan. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Thanks for the nice arguments. Best. Nassim." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Eric White.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139104
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"This is Oliva. she is good at a lot of things": Ian Falconer's Olivia; Warmly Inscribed by Ian Falconer and With a Large Drawing
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia.
New York: Atheneum Books, 2000.
First edition, later printing of the author's first book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Olivia opposite the title page, "For ROSALIE! Love OLIVIA and Ian Falconer." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144355
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Rare typed letter and autograph postcard collection signed by Kenneth Roberts
ROBERTS, Kenneth.
Kenneth Roberts Signed Letter Collection.
Collection of typed letters signed by American author Kenneth Roberts. The collection includes two typed letters signed by Roberts and addressed to Malcolm Decker dated May 21, 1937 and May 16, 1946. Additionally included are two signed postcards signed by Roberts. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 114028
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Margaret Mead's From the South Seas; Inscribed by Her
MEAD, Margaret.
From the South Seas: Studies of Adolescence and Sex in Primitive Societies.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939.
First edition, third printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Hardin S. Rarny Margaret Mead May 6, 1946." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143499
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First Edition of Countdown; Inscribed by Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Countdown.
New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.
First edition of the astronaut's classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Marge and Bill With Friendship and very Best Wishes! Frank Borman." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Written with Robert J. Serling.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143859
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Rare Original September 20, 1982 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin
BEGIN, Menachem.
Menachem Begin Signed Time Magazine Cover.
N.p., 1982.
Rare Time Magazine cover from the September 20, 1982 issue. Quarto, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Prime Minister Menachem Begin painted by Daniel Bennett Schwartz. Signed by Begin at the middle left on his portrait, "M. Begin." In near fine condition. Accompanied by a typed slip which states, "With the Compliments of the Prime Minister's Bureau."
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146658
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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 Walker Gorman 'Do the right thing' Fred D. Gray 9/26/99." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Breuna Baine.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133615
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"with sincere gratitude" First Edition of James Truslow Adams' The Epic of America; Warmly Inscribed by Him
ADAMS, John Truslow.
The Epic of America.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947.
Early printing of the work which introduced the term "American dream" into the lexicon and the "single best volume of American history" (Allan Nevins). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dr. D. B. Hardenbergh with sincere gratitude from James Truslow Adams. 9a and 9. It was the Bible Matthew chap 18 verses 12 & 13!!" In near fine condition. Illustrated by M.J. Gallagher. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138046
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First Edition of A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House; Inscribed by Arthur Schlesinger
SCHLESINGER, Arthur M.
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy In the White House.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First edition of the historian's classic work on the Kennedy administration's first thousand days. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ben with regards Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144340
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First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Door Into The Dark; Signed by Him
HEANEY, Seamus.
Door Into The Dark.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969.
First American edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 151
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“Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it": First Edition of Jazz; Signed by the Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison
MORRISON, Toni.
Jazz.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of the author's classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139772
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First Edition of Salman Rushdie's East, West; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Novelist Erica Jong
RUSHDIE, Salman [Erica Jong].
East, West.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1994.
First edition of this work by the Booker Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Erica with love Salman Rushdie 5 Sep 94." The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s and encapsulated the movement’s redefinition…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142970
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First Edition of Bocuse's Regional French Cooking; Inscribed by Legendary Chef Paul Bocuse
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Dietmar Frege. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Tom avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse 12.02.2005." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142156
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“No commander was ever privileged to lead a finer force; no commander ever derived greater inspiration from the performance of his troops”: Rare Final Report of General John J. Pershing; Signed by Him
PERSHING, General John J.
Final Report of Gen. John J. Pershing Commander-In-Chief American Expeditionary Forces.
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1920.
First edition of this final military report from the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with sixteen folding plates of maps, diagrams, and charts. Boldly signed by General John J. Pershing on the title page. In very good condition with light wear to the extremities and a chip to the spine. Rare signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145457
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott .
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1987.
First edition of this classic collection of the words of Dr. King, selected by Coretta Scott King. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. & Mrs. Charles Martin with love and warmest good wishes, Coretta Scott King," beneath Florine B. Martin's mail address label. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146270
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FELIX FRANKFURTER
FRANKFURTER, Felix.
Felix Frankfurter Typed Letter Signed.
Rare typed letter signed by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. One page, typescript on Frankfurter’s Supreme Court letterhead, the letter is dated February 1, 1941 and reads, 'Dear Judge McAllister: I appreciate the charm of your letter even though you response is out of all proportion to the accurate prose on my part which stimulated you to write. I hope the eventuality comes off but if it doesn’t it is a source of comfort to me that you have the wisdom of not having your heart set on these things. Nothing seems to me more foolish in this world than…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 114058
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Signed by Eric Carle
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
New York: Philomel, 1987.
Later printing of Carle's classic book, which has sold over 30 million copies. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147373
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First edition of Landmark Papers in Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
SOLOW, Robert M.
Landmark Papers in Economic Growth.
Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.
First edition of this collection of writings by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. In fine condition, issued without a dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 37017