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First Edition of The Samuelson Sampler; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Economist Paul A. Samuelson
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
The Samuelson Sampler.
Glen Ridge, New Jersey: Thomas Horton and Company, 1973.
First edition of this collection of writings by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original blue cloth. In very good condition. Signed and dated by Paul Samuelson on the title page.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 2261
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First Edition of Robert Skidelsky's John Maynard Keynes: Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920; Inscribed by Him
SKIDELSKY, Robert.
John Maynard Keynes: Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920.
London: Macmillan, 1983.
First edition of the first volume in the author's acclaimed biography of Keynes. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 131748
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FIRST EDITION OF EDNA FERBER'S CLASSIC WORK GIANT; SIGNED BY HER
FERBER, Edna.
Giant.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1952.
First edition of this "powerful story...truly as big as its subject" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edna Ferber. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Fred McCarroll.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 114531
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"It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountain top and pointed the way": Signed Limited First Edition of Barack Obama's A Promised Land
OBAMA, Barack.
A Promised Land.
New York: Crown, 2020.
Signed limited first edition of this riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase. Unopened and sealed in the original shrinkwrap.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147171
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1914; Inscribed by Him
SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander (Solzhenitzyn).
August 1914.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972.
Early printing of the Solzhenitsyn's epic novel of Russian history. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design Guy Fleming. Translated by Michael Glenny.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 131734
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First Edition of Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe; Warmly Inscribed by Her in the year of publication
FLAGG, Fannie.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
New York: Random House, 1987.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Nov. 1987 For Mia- Best Wishes from "Susie Sweetwater" Fannie Flagg." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133206
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First Edition of Forgotten Flies; Signed by Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sils
SCHMOOKLER, Paul and Ingrid V. Sils.
Forgotten Flies.
Millis, MA: The Complete Sportsman, 1999.
First edition of this tribute to the humble craft of American fly tying. Folio, original black cloth, illustrated with full color paintings and photographs taken by the authors throughout. Boldly signed by Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sils on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147042
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First Edition of Godspell: New Testament Selections on Which the Musical is Based; Signed by Musical Theater Composer Steven Schwartz
SCHWARTZ, Steven; John Michael Tebelak.
Godspell: New Testaments Sections on Which the Musical is Based.
New York: The British and Foreign Bible Society in association with Collins Fontana Books, 1966.
First edition of this collection of gospels in Today's English Version used in Godspell the Musical by Stephen Schwartz and John Michael Tebelak as played at Wyndham's Theatre, London. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen Schwartz on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare, especially signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147245
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First Edition of The Lake: A Play in Three Acts; Inscribed by Legendary Actress Katharine Hepburn
MASSINGHAM, Dorothy. In Conjuction with Murray MacDonald [Katharine Hepburn].
The Lake: A Play in Three Acts.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, raised bands, speckled edges. Presentation copy, inscribed by Katherine Hepburn who starred in the first Broadway production, "To Richard Aldrich Katharine Hepburn." With Richard Aldrich's Casa de Aldrich armorial bookplate on free front endpaper. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by Hepburn.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147963
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First Edition of Wole Soyinka's A Dance of the Forests; Signed by Him
SOYINKA, Wole.
A Dance of the Forests.
London: Oxford University Press, 1963.
First edition of Soyinka's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by Wole Soyinka on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123932
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Joseph Heller’s Copy of The Handbook of English and The Random House Handbook
HELLER, Joseph.
Harbrace Handbook of English and The Random House Handbook.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941.
Joseph Heller’s copies of The Handbook of English, with his signature. Octavo, 2 volumes, original boards. From the library of Joseph Heller.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 3735
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"very sincerely yours, rudyard kipling": Rudyard Kipling Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Morgan Crofton
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Morgan Crofton.
1898.
Single page, folded into quarters on custom writing paper from The Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa with "The Vineyard, Newlands, ____ 189_" printed at the header. "Ap. 12, 1898. Dear Morgan Crofton: We are in the last agonies of packing today but I hope to have the honour of calling on the general before 12: so Tomorrow. I am most sorry to have missed him this visit. Very sincerely yours, Rudyard Kipling." Written to British Army officer Sir Morgan George Crofton during Kipling's first winter holiday in South Africa during which he was welcomed by a number of…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 35017
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First Edition of The China Diary; Signed by George H.W. Bush and Jeffrey Engel
BUSH, George H.W.; Edited by Jeffrey Engel.
The China Diary of George H. W. Bush: The Making of a Global President.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
First edition of Bush's diary, which he dictated while being de facto U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China in 1974–75. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by President George H.W. Bush and inscribed by the editor, Jeffrey Engel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144397
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First edition of Donald Knuth's Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About; Inscribed by Him
KNUTH, Donald E.
Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About.
Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language, 2001.
First edition of this collection of lectures, by the legendary computer scientist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "Best wishes, Bill! Don Knuth." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146716
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Rare Taj Mahal Postcard Signed by Jawaharlal Nehru
NEHRU, Jawaharlal.
Jawaharlal Nehru Postcard Signed.
Dariba, Delhi: Lal Chand & Sons, Photographers, n.d.
Rare autograph postcard signed by the first prime minister of India. Octodecimo, Lal Chand & Sons postcard featuring a photograph of the Taj Garden Agra from General View. Signed by Jawaharlal Nehru on the righthand side. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146905
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"For Teddy Kollek who inspired this book and without whom 'A Will to Survive' would never have been written": First edition of A Will to Survive; warmly inscribed by John Philips to the mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kolleck who contributed the book's afterword
PHILLIPS, John. Foreword by Golda Meir. Afterword by Teddy Kollek.
A Will To Survive. Israel: The Faces of Terror 1948 The Faces of Hope Today.
New York: The Dial Press/James Wade, 1977.
First edition of the renowned photojournalist's remarkable portrait of the people of Israel. Quarto, original wrappers, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Foreword by Golda Meir. Afterword by Teddy Kollek. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Teddy Kollek, who contributed the afterword, in the year of publication, "For Teddy Kollek who inspired this book and without whom 'A Will to Survive' would never have been written. With sincere best wishes John Phillips Jerusalem April.21.77." The recipient, Teddy Kollek, was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993 and founded the Jerusalem Foundation…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 119901
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First edition of Evita: The Legend of Eva Peron 1919-1952; inscribed by Tim Rice
WEBBER, Andrew Lloyd and Tim Rice.
Evita: The Legend of Eva Peron 1919-1952.
London: Elm Tree Books, 1978.
First edition of this illustrated companion to the 1979 Broadway production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Tim Rice on the title page, "Hello Richard all best Tim Rice." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 135264
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First Edition of Bill Owens' Suburbia; Inscribed by Him
OWENS, Bill.
Suburbia.
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, 1973.
First Edition. Oblong quarto, original photographic stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed by Bill Owens on the front free endpaper, "For Dave Bill Owens Can you avoid Suburbia." In very good condition. Laid in is the photographer's business card.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 948
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First Edition of Diana Vreeland's Allure; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
VREELAND, Diana .
Allure.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980.
First edition of this classic work which features images such luminaries as Maria Callas, Gertrude Stein, and Marilyn Monroe shot by photographers such as Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, and Richard Avedon. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Lydia- I am so happy you like my book- So So much Love- Diana 1980." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Christopher Hemphill.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 139121
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First Edition of A Treasury of Great Recipes; Warmly Signed by Vincent Price
PRICE, Mary and Vincent.
A Treasury of Great Recipes.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965.
First edition of this classic cookbook, which gives a detailed portrait of world famous restaurants that includes menus, pictures and recipes. Folio, padded copper leatherette with gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial endpapers, silk bookmark. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the authors, "Bon Appetit Mary and Vincent Price." Edited by Darlene Geis. Recipes tested by Ann Seranne. Designed by Arthur Hawkins. Introduction by Cleveland Amory. In near fine condition, with the original acetate jacket. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140903