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First edition of Billy Hayes' Midnight Express; signed by Academy Award-winning Screenplay writer Oliver Stone
HAYES, Billy with William Hoffer. [Oliver Stone].
Midnight Express.
New York: Thomas Congdon Books/E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1977.
First edition of Hayes' classic true story of survival and escape. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. Stone adapted the memoir into a screenplay for the 1978 film adaptation for which he won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alfred Manso.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140323
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"It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special": First edition of Oliver's Story; inscribed by Erich Segal to Paul Bartel and Signed by Actor Ryan O'Neal
SEGAL, Erich [Ryan O'Neal].
Oliver’s Story.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977.
First edition of the dramatic sequel to Love Story, the basis for the 1978 film starring Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Paul Bartel Regards- Erich Segal 19 June 1978." Additionally signed by actor Ryan O'Neal on the half-title page. The recipient, Paul Bartel was a director, actor and the creator of such films as Eating Raoul, Death Race 2000, Lust in the Dust, among others. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Scott.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145784
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"There's no greater pleasure than to talk over the big things with a believer": First Edition of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination; Signed by Him
WILDER, Thornton.
Heaven’s My Destination.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.
First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 43869
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Rare 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover Signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
Edmund Hillary Signed 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover.
Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2003.
Original May 2003 edition of The National Geographic Magazine cover signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers featuring a portrait of Hillary wearing a winter jacket. Signed by Hillary in black felt tip on the front panel, "Ed Hillary." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146008
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First Edition of James R. McDonough's Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MCDONOUGH, James R.
Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat.
Navato, CA: Presidio Press, 1985.
First edition of this classic memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Orrie Moon, With respect and appreciation for your service to our nation in World War II. James R. McDonough." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120907
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First Edition of Sex and the City: The Movie; Inscribed by Sarah Jessica Parker to Andre Leon Talley
SOHN, Amy; Introduction by Sarah Jessica Parker.
Sex and the City: The Movie.
New York: Harper Collins, 2008.
First edition of this work on the first movie of Sex and the City. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by Sarah Jessica Parker on the half-title page, "To Andre- All my love Sarah." The recipient, Andre Leon Talley is fashion journalist, and the former creative director and American editor-at-large of Vogue magazine. He was the magazine's fashion news director from 1983 to 1987 and then its creative director from 1988 to 1995. Introduction by Sarah Jessica Parker. Introduction by Michael Patrick King. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128767
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First Edition of Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay; Signed by Larry McMurtry, Annie Proulx and Diana Ossana
PROULX, Annie; Larry McMurtry; Diana Ossana.
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay.
New York: Scribner, 2005.
First Scribner trade edition of this collection of essays on the process of adapting the critically acclaimed story for film, signed by all three contributors. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Larry McMurtry, Annie Proulx, and warmly inscribed by Diana Ossana. Story by Annie Proulx. Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. Uncommon signed by all three contributors.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139493
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First Edition of The White House: an Historic Guide; Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson to Close Friend and Confidant of the Kennedy's Bill Walton
JOHNSON, Lady Bird.
The White House: An Historic Guide.
Washington, DC: White House Historical Association, 1964.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on The White House. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson on the title page, "To Bill Walton with appreciation Lady Bird Johnson February 17, 1965." The recipient William Walton was a painter and confidant of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, and chaired the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1963 to 1971. In near fine condition. A nice association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 69056
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First edition of How It Is; signed by Samuel Beckett
BECKETT, Samuel.
How It Is.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1964.
First American edition of this existential novel by the author of Waiting for Godot. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page. Translated from the French by the author. From the library of translator and playwright John Franceschina. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Tape remnants to the front free endpaper and title page. Jacket design by Roy Kuhlman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 143924
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“He’s part Old Yeller,” she said. “And he was the best one of the bunch": Old Yeller; Inscribed by Fred Gipson
GIPSON, Fred.
Old Yeller.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition, early printing of this timeless classic, one of the most beloved children’s books ever written. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Carl Burger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to Clay Michael Cooke- Fred Gipson." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145664
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First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Freeman Dyson on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120637
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First Edition of Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey; Signed by Howard Raiffa
LUCE, R. Duncan and Howard Raiffa.
Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publishers, 1957.
First edition of this classic introduction to game theory. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Howard Raiffa on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137439
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"Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return": First French Edition of J.M.G. Le Clezio's Desert; Signed by Him
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
Desert.
Paris: Gallimard, 1980.
First French edition of what many consider the author's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. In very good condition with some shelf wear and toning to the extremities.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5402
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First Edition of Kate Millett's Sexual Politics; Inscribed by Her
MILLETT, Kate.
Sexual Politics: A Surprising Examination of Society’s Most Arbitrary Folly.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1970.
First edition of the author's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by Kate Millett on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket typography by Gina Rosencrantz.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 46008
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First Edition of The Music of Life; Inscribed by Denis Noble; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
NOBLE, Denis.
The Music of Life.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
First edition of this work by the award-winning physiologist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Hall with the compliments of the author, and in celebration of OE friendship June 2006 Denis Noble." Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brill. Jacket illustration by Hideharu Naito.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142042
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First Edition of Reykjavik: Results & Lessons; Signed by Mikhail Gorbachev
GORBACHEV, Mikhail.
Reykjavik: Results & Lessons.
Madison, Connecticut: Sphinx Press, Inc, 1987.
First edition of this collection of speeches and writings of the historic meeting in Reykjavik between Gorbachev and President Reagan. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 95984
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First Edition of Beyond the Melting Pot; Inscribed by Daniel Patrick Moynihan to Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb
GLAZER, Nathan and Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press and Harvard University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, "perhaps the most perceptive inquiry into American minorities ever made” (Richard Rovere). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed and dated by Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Irving and Bea- With Great Respect Daniel Aug 1963." The recipients, Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Moynihan. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the “godfather of neoconservatism.” Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118618
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Inscribed by Chess Grandmaster Larry Evans to United States Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson
EVANS, Larry & Tom Wiswell.
Championship Chess and Checkers for All.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1953.
First edition of this work by the chess grandmaster. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Larry Evans on the front free endpaper, "To Ambassador Thompson Best wishes Larry Evans March, 1956." The recipient Llewellyn Thompson was a United States diplomat. He served in Sri Lanka, Austria, and, for a lengthy period, in the Soviet Union where his tenure saw some of the most significant events of the Cold War. He was a key advisor to President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A 2019 assessment described him as " arguably the most influential figure who ever advised U.S. presidents about policy toward the Soviet Union…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3981
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First Edition of Thomas Schelling's Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's important compilation of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 75689
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“My war is not as simple as yours was, Father": First Edition of James Webb's Fields of Fire; Warmly Inscribed by Him
WEBB, James.
Fields of Fire: A Novel.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1978.
First edition of "the finest of the Vietnam novels" (Tom Wolfe). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Captain Roger C. Patton- with thanks for your own Marine Corps service. Semper F- Jim Webb January 1979." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Hal Siegel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118899