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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 Haruki Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage; Signed by Him and Three times by Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
First edition of this “piercing and compact story about friendship and loneliness" (St. Louis Dispatch). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the half-title page and three times by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, on the front panel, half-title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Binding and jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123828
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First edition of Richard Sale's The Oscar; inscribed by him
SALE, Richard.
The Oscar.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.
First edition of the author and director's explosive novel, later adapted into the 1966 film of the same name starring Tony Bennet, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, and Frank Sinatra. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ysidra and Thelusa amigos viejos con amor Richard Sale." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Author photograph by Mary Loos.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 127539
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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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“I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see": First Edition of Blindness; inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Blindness.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Saul Jose Saramago 29.10.2008." Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine Guerguerian. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146522
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First Edition of Organizational Psychology; inscribed by Edgar H. Schein with a quote from the book
SCHEIN, Edgar H.
Organizational Psychology.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1965.
First edition of Schein's work on organizational dynamics and psychology. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "The argument is that systems work better if their parts are in good communication with each other, are committed and are creative and flexible.' True then, still true now. All the best to John: E.H. Schein March 29, 2015." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110438
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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 Stephen Vizinczey's In Praise of Older Women; Warmly Inscribed by Him
VIZINCZEY, Stephen.
In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of András Vajda.
Toronto: Contemporary Canada Press, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Richard Needham, hoping he'll enjoy it as much as I do his column Stephen Vizinczey." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Jenson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 128915
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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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Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Saul Bellow and Editor James Wood
BELLOW, Saul.
Bellow: Novels 1944-1953: Dangling Man, The Victim, The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Library of America, 2003.
First edition of the Library of America release of the author's first three novels. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Signed by both Saul Bellow and James Wood on the title page. James Wood served as editor. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare signed as the author was aged at this point and did not attend booksignings for the release of this edition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 12036
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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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First Edition of Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook; Signed by both Julia Child and Jacques Pepin
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. Signed by both Julia Child and Jacques Pepin on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147276
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First Edition of Mae West's Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It; inscribed by her
WEST, Mae.
Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1959.
First edition of Mae West's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill with heartfelt and deep admiration for all the things we've shared - Mae - Come on up and..." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137558
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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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"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; Signed 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. Boldly signed by Louise Glück on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137436
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FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOAN DIDION and John Gregory Dunne: FIRST EDITION OF The Hornes: An American Family; inscribed by Gail Lumet Buckley to Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
BUCKLEY, Gail Lumet.
The Hornes: An American Family.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of this history of the Horne dynasty, spanning eight generations. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joan + John - With best wishes - Gail June, 1986." The recipients, American journalists Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne met in the late 1950s when Didion was working for Vogue. They were soon married and both picked up writing work from book publishers and magazines, traveled together on journalism assignments, and established a working pattern that served for the next 40 years. They had a constant advising, consulting, and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 141137
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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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“We are each the authors of our own lives": Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance; Lenthily Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
BRADFORD, Barbara Taylor.
A Woman of Substance.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1979.
First edition, early printing of the author's classic first book, a dazzling saga of a woman who dared to dream―and to triumph against all odds. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "September 1979 This book is for the talented and creative Luis- With the admiration of, and the many wishes of the author Barbara Taylor Bradford." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Fred Marcellino. Jacket typography by Al Nagy. Author photograph by Alex Gotfryd. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147361
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First Edition of Stranger Come Home; Warmly Inscribed by William Shirer
SHIRER, William L.
Stranger Come Home.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Nelia Gardner White -in admiration Bill Shirer 1954." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Vivian Berman. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147679
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First Edition of Wall Street and the Wilds; Lengthily Inscribed by A.W. Dimock
DIMOCK, Anthony W.
Wall Street and the Wilds.
New York: Outing Company, 1915.
First edition of Dimock's autobiography, including his great success in cornering the gold market, also hunting grizzly bear, buffalo, deer, waterfowl, early wildlife photography, and some mention of fishing for tarpon, trout and salmon. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to a family member, "To Susan Whitney Dimock Dear Mrs. Dimock As the shadows lengthen the thoughts turn often to the friends of long ago, and my memory vibrates to the mention of the name of Henry Dimock Most sincerely yours Anthony W. Dimock The…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 46768