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First Edition of Herbert Hoover's The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson; Inscribed by Him
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Hugh Kelly with the good wishes of Herbert Hoover." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by H. Lawrence Hoffman. First editions are uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138559
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“People can't hear anything except when it's nonsense. Then they hear every word. If you try to talk sense, they think you don't mean it, or don't know anything anyway, or it's not true, or it's against religion": First Edition of Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of Fools; Signed by Her
PORTER, Katherine Anne.
Ship of Fools.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1962.
First edition of this classic bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize winner which dramatizes the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s in a sweeping story of a transatlantic cruise featuring a cast of unforgettable characters. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Katherine Porter on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rob Howard. Photograph of Katherine Anne Porter by Arthur B. Long. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell case.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142403
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Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth Rare with Original Dust Jacket; Signed by Vivien Leigh
WILDER, Thornton [Vivien Leigh].
The Skin of Our Teeth: Play in Three Acts.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942.
Early edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Octavo, original cloth and labels. Signed by actress Vivien Leigh on the front free endpaper. One of the most iconic actresses of the 20th century, known particularly for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 epic film 'Gone with the Wind,' Leigh was lauded for her talent in acting, winning multiple awards for Best Actress across her years in film. Leigh was already well-established by the time she accepted the role of Lily Sabina in Thornton Wilder's play, 'The Skin of Our Teeth,' which she performed in between work on 'Caesar and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145370
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"This is not another gospel, but the same ancient gospel rediscovered for today!": Hans Kung's On Being a Christian; Inscribed by Him
KUNG, Hans.
On Being A Christian.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1976.
First edition, early printing of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To my friend Matthew: confidence and courage! Hans Kung." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Translated by Edward Quinn.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 104732
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original Goodbye, Columbus LP; signed by Ali MacGraw, Richard Benjamin, and Jack Klugman
[ROTH, Philip; Ali MacGraw; Richard Benjamin; Jack Klugman].
Goodbye, Columbus: Music From the Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture.
Burbank and New York: Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc., 1969.
Rare original Goodbye, Columbus LP featuring music from the soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture based on the 1959 novella of the same name by Philip Roth. Signed on the front panel by actress Ali McGraw and actors Richard Benjamin and Jack Klugman. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124133
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First Edition of Helen Adam's Turn Again To Me and Other Poems; Signed by Her
ADAM, Helen.
Turn Again To Me and Other Poems.
New York: Kulchar Foundation, 1977.
First edition of the first book by Adam. Quarto, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "All good wishes Helen Adam." In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 127711
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First edition of Will Rogers' Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on The Peace Conference; signed by him
ROGERS, Will.
Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on The Peace Conference.
New York: Harper & Brothers: Publishers, 1919.
First edition of Will Rogers' first book. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Yours, Will Rogers." In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137393
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First Edition of The Cider House Rules; Warmly inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
The Cider House Rules.
New York: William Morrow , 1985.
First edition of Irving's sixth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rob with my appreciation John Irving." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the top edge. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145774
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First Edition of Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
GALLICO, Paul.
The Snow Goose.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.
First edition of this classic story, the moving wartime story of friendship and heroism, set against the dramatic backdrop of the World War II Battle of Dunkirk. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author a month prior to publication on the front free endpaper, "To Stuart Rose- Who has great patience with me- with my love- Paul Gallico March, 1941." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Cover art by George Salter.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110454
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Rare Signed Portrait of Canadian Golfer George Seymour Lyon; inscribed by him
LYON, George Seymour.
George Seymour Lyon Signed Portrait.
1931.
Rare half-tone portrait of Canadian golf legend George Lyon. Signed by Lyon, "Geo. S. Lyon." Period frame. The entire piece measures 8.25 inches by 5.75 inches. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 112303
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Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America; Signed by Aaron Copland
COPLAND, Aaron.
Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America.
New York: Whittlesey House, 1941.
Early printing of the composer's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Harold Moran Aaron Copland April 1944." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 116734
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First Edition of Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook; Inscribed by Julia Child
CHILD, Julia and Jacques Pepin.
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of this work by these two legendary chefs. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with 328 color photographs by Christopher Hirsheimer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-page, "To Naomi and Gil Julia Child." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147813
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First edition of James T. Farrell's Gas-House McGinty; inscribed by him to fellow great American author John Dos Passos
FARRELL, James T. [John Dos Passos].
Gas-House McGinty.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1933.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "John Dos Passos Cordially Jim Farrell." The recipient, American novelist John Dos Passos, is best known for his 1925 novel Manhattan Transfer as well as his notable U.S.A. Trilogy which consists of The 42nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932), and The Big Money (1936) and was ranked by the Modern Library in 1998 as 23rd of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Beyond his writing, Dos Passos is known for his shift in political views. Following his…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 125330
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"I ask you, how much beauty can a person bear? It is heavier than ugliness, even the burden of emptiness is nothing beside it": First Edition of Louise Gluck's The Triumph of Achilles; Inscribed by Her
GLUCK, Louise.
The Triumph of Achilles.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1985.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work, her most anthologized. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Meryl with good wishes Louise Glück." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138593
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First Edition of John Ashbery’s Pulitizer Prize-Winning Work; Signed by him
ASHBERY, John.
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.
New York: The Viking Press, 1975.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Michael Teague. Jacket design by Jacqueline Schuman. An exceptional example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110844
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First Edition of Frederick Buechner's The Book of Bebb; Signed by Him
BUECHNER, Frederick.
The Book of Bebb: Lion Country, Open Heart, Love Feast, Treasure Hunt.
New York: Atheneum, 1979.
First edition of the compilation of the four books that make up the Bebb Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Designed by Harry Ford.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133808
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First American Edition of The Interrogation; Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
The Interrogation.
New York: Atheneum, 1964.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the spine. Jacket design by Isadore Seltzer. Translated from the French by Daphne Woodward.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 1709
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First editions Ransom Riggs' The Miss Peregrine Series; Each Signed by him
RIGGS, Ransom.
The Miss Peregrine Series Including: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City, Library of Souls, Tales of the Peculiar, Map of Days, The Conference of the Birds.
New York : Random House, various dates.
First editions of the first six volumes in the author's acclaimed series. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Each are signed by Ransom Riggs on the half-title and title pages. Fine in fine dust jackets.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 128727
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First Edition of James Goldsmith's Counter Culture; Inscribed by Him to Economist Peter L. Bernstein
GOLDSMITH, James M. [Peter L. Bernstein].
Counter Culture.
London: W.H. Allen, 1985.
First edition of this work by Goldsmith. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Peter all best wishes Jimmy." The recipient Peter L. Bernstein, was a financial historian, economist and educator whose development and refinement of the efficient-market hypothesis made him one of the country's best known authorities in popularizing and presenting investment economics to the general public. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133538
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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