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Rare autograph note signed by Apollo Astronauts Ronald Evans, Gene Cernan, and John Young
CERNAN, Gene; Ron Evans; John Young.
Apollo Astronauts Signed Note.
Rare note signed by Apollo astronauts John Young (Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9), Ronald Evans (Apollo 17), and Gene Cernan (Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17). One page, signed by each astronaut. The note measures 7 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 13.25 inches by 11.25 inches.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 120894
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First Edition of Volume I of Andre L. Simon's The History of the Wine Trade in England; Inscribed by Him
SIMON, Andre L.
The History of the Wine Trade in England.
London: Wyman & Sons, 1906-07.
First edition of Simon's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Volumes I. Presentation copy, inscribed by Andre L. Simon opposite the title page, "With the author's Compliments Andre L. Simon 15/9/07 to S.C. Coggin Sept." In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 112957
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First Edition of Anatole France's Le Puits de Sainte Claire; Inscribed by Him
FRANCE, Anatole.
Le Puits de Sainte Claire.
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1895.
First edition of this novel by the Nobel Prize-winning French writer regarding tales based on Italian historical characters and events. Octavo, original printed wrappers and glassine wrapper, Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Fernand Calmettes son vieil ami Anatole France." The recipient, Fernand Calmettes was a writer and editor and contemporary of the author. Housed in a chemise and half morocco slipcase. Books signed and inscribed Anatole France are uncommon.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 82311
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"Because death belongs to all, so too should life": First Edition of Terra: Struggle of the Landless; Signed by Jose Saramago
SALGADO, Sebastiao; Preface by Jose Saramago.
Terra: Struggle of the Landless.
London: Phaidon Press, 1997.
First edition of one of the finest compilations of the works of Brazilian photojournalist and political activist, Sebastiao Salgado. Quarto, original gray cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago on the title page, who contributed the preface. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Poetry by Chico Buarque.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 147043
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another": Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved; Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
Early printing of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Gail Shaw Toni Morrison." Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 130799
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First Edition of William Golding's The Spire; Signed by Him
GOLDING, William.
The Spire.
London: Faber & Faber, 1964.
First British edition. Octavo, original cloth.Signed by William Golding on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing. A very bright copy.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 3353
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"Passions are likened best to pools and streams; the shallows murmur, but the deep are dumb": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's The Cascapedia Club; Inscribed by Him
GRISWOLD, Frank Gray.
The Cascapedia Club.
Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1920.
First edition of Griswold's guide to fishing the Great Cascapedia. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Percy R. Pyne 2nd from G. Gray Griswold 1921." In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 88022
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First edition of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Senator Larry Pressler
GORE, Al.
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
First edition, first printing of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For my friend and colleague Larry Pressler, with respect + best wishes, Al Gore." The recipient, Senator Larry Pressler served in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, representing South dakota. After completing his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, he joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant. He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144920
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First Edition of Brian Wilson's Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story; inscribed by him, Todd Gold, and Dr. Eugene Landy
WILSON, Brian with Todd Gold.
Wouldn’t It Be Nice: My Own Story.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.
First edition of Brian Wilson's candid autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Brian Wilson on the half-title page, "To Glen Brian Wilson", signed by Todd Gold on the title page and inscribed by Dr. Eugene Landy on the dedication page, "To Glenn Eugene E. Landy." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. American psychotherapist Dr. Eugene E. Landy was best known for his unconventional psychological treatments, especially for his treatment of Wilson in the 1970s and…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 119333
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First Edition of Hubert Selby's Last Exit To Brooklyn; Inscribed by Him
SELBY, Jr..
Last Exit To Brooklyn.
New York: The Grove Press , 1964.
First edition of Selby's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Glenn With All Best Wishes H. Selby Jr 6/22/91." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Cover design by Roy Kuhlman. An exceptional example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 51892
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"AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE FIELD OF ANTHROPOLOGY ON PAR WITH CHARLES DARWIN'S ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES": FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION OF COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA; SIGNED BY AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST MARGARET MEAD
MEAD, Margaret. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth in Western Civilisation.
New York: The New American Library of World Literature, Inc, 1949.
First paperback edition, first printing of Mead’s pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Margaret Meade November 1949." In near fine condition. Jacket design by Robert Jonas. Rare, particularly signed.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 117021
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First Edition of Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Thomas Schelling
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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For John Rogers I hope he enjoys this book as much as I enjoyed writing it Thomas Schelling." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144352
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First Edition of The Victim; Signed Twice by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
The Victim.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed twice by the author. Signed "good wishes Saul Bellow" on the title page and again on a notecard on the front free endpaper. Light rubbing, near fine in the original dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 1961
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“LIGHTHEARTED AND FUNNY… ONE BECOMES WHAT ONE BEHOLDS”: FIRST EDITION OF ADULT COMEDY ACTION DRAMA, SIGNED BY RICHARD PRINCE
PRINCE, Richard.
Adult Comedy Action Drama.
New York-Berlin-Zurich: Scalo Verlag, 1995.
First edition with 235 vibrant color images of his whimsical “postmodern landscape” (Roth). Quarto, original blue cloth. Signed by Richard Prince on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 2290
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"God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by the sun, and you learn only geography. Watch darkness claim it, and for a moment you may grasp why God had to create Satan--or man to create both": First Edition of Colin Fletcher's Thousand Mile Summer; Signed by Him
FLETCHER, Colin.
The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.
First edition of Fletcher's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on half title page, "For J.P. Cohn From Colin Fletcher." Also laid in is an autographed note signed, "Dear J.P.-- Fatefully-- because it was your suggestion in the first place that I approach the Chronicle. Best, Colin." Also laid in are two folded color brochures: The Man Who Walked Through Time with the author's printed Berkeley address label affixed and a note from author on novelty stationery, "Dear J.P.-- Just occurred to me that you might be…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 132615
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“I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real": First Edition of The Rum Diary; Signed by Hunter Thompson
THOMPSON, Hunter S.
The Rum Diary.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of Thompson's only published novel. Octavo, original black half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by Hunter S. Thompson. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Perr.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 147501
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First Edition of Andy Warhol's America; Signed by Him
WARHOL, Andy.
America.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First paperback printing of this photographic study of America in the eighties. Quarto original wrappers. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the front panel. In fine condition. Designed by Barbara Richter.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 142891
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First Edition of Prayer and Al-Islam; Inscribed by Muhammad Ali
ALI, Muhammad.
Prayer and Al-Islam.
Chicago: Muhammad Islamic Foundation, 1982.
First edition of this prayer book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the front free endpaper, "To Marc from Muhammad Ali 9-25-86." In fine condition.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 123489
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“I fell in love with literature and stayed lovesick all my life": First British Editions of The Coast of Utopia; Each volume is Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom.
The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Salvage, Voyage.
London: Faber & Faber, 2002.
First British editions of Stoppard's trilogy of plays, which focuses on the philosophical debates in pre-revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Each volume is signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 5537
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s On My Own; Inscribed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
On My Own: The Years Since The White House.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of Roosevelt's last book of autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Inscribed for V____ M_____ by Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Ben Feder.
Price: $875.00 Item Number: 92117