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"From within the earth's bitter disgrace, coldness and barrenness my friend the moon rises: she is beautiful tonight, but when is she not beautiful?": First Edition of Poems 1962-2012; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Author Louise Gluck
GLUCK, Louise.
Poems 1962-2012.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
First edition of this collection of poems by the Nobel Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed Louise Gluck on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gretchen Achilles.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146120
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Robert Trivers' The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism; inscribed by him
TRIVERS, Robert L.
The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism.
Cambridge, Mass.: Reprinted from The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1971.
First appearance of Trivers' enormously influential first published paper, written while he was still earning his PhD at Harvard under Bayr and Drury in which he coined the term "reciprocal altruism" as well as "delayed return altruism." Octavo, disbound from the original journal. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "To Jeff Kurland, a little something I thought you might enjoy. Bob." The recipient, Jeffrey A. Kurland, was a distinguished professor of biological anthropology and evolution at Penn State. In fine condition. With Kurland's Peabody Museum, Harvard University ownership stamp. Small tape repair to the front panel.…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136255
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Uncorrected Proof of Saramago's The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Signed by Him
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
Uncorrected proof of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original blue wrappers. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 2631
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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 Gustav Hasford's The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam; Inscribed by Him with a Full Page Inscription in the month of Publication
HASFORD, Gustav.
The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam.
New York: Bantam Books, 1990.
First edition of the author's sequel to The Short-Timers, basis for the film Full Metal Jacket. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a full page inscription in the month of publication, "To My Friend Gene- One Jarhead to Another- from Gustav USMC RTD. Gustave Hasford San Clemente Jan. 9, 1990." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Cover art by Dru Blair.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 109631
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"To Robertson Davies with warm regards from one of your devoted fans": Truman; Inscribed by David McCullough to fellow writer Robertson Davies
MCCULLOUGH, David.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Early printing of the historian's first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Robertson Davies, "To Robertson Davies with warm regards from one of your devoted fans David McCullough (by way of David Ken, who started me on the path with Fifth Business Martha's Vineyard 1993." Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 117749
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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 Up From Liberalism; Signed by William F. Buckley
BUCKLEY, William F.
Up From Liberalism.
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William F. Buckley on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by John Dos Passos. Uncommon, signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 130002
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Rare Winter 1958 Edition of The Tamarack Review Issue Six; Signed by Leonard Cohen
COHEN, Nathan; Ringuet; F. E. Sparshott; Mary McAlpine; John Sutherland; A. J. M. Smith; Louis Dudek; Diana Goldsborough; Murdo Mackinnon; Ronald Bates; Leonard Cohen; Beatrice Corrigan; Robert McCormack; F. R. Scott; Louis de Niverville.
The Tamarack Review Issue Six: Winter 1958.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1958.
First edition of this mixed-genre Canadian literary magazine. Octavo, original blue pictorial wrappers, illustrated. Signed and dated by Leonard Cohen on the table of contents, "Leonard Cohen 2002." Scarce early Cohen appearance from 1958 when he was 24 years old. Four of his poems are included, some of which do not appear elsewhere: 'Before the Story;' 'Poem for Marc Chagall;' 'Gift;' and 'Bait.' Also present are works by teacher and poet Louis Dudek who was the first influential teacher of Cohen at McGill University in Montreal, who encouraged Cohen to be a poet. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145368
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First Edition of Market Structure and Foreign Trade; Inscribed by Paul Krugman to Fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow
HELPMAN, Elhanan and Paul R. Krugman [Kenneth J. Arrow].
Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and the International Economy.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1985.
First edition of this work important work on foreign trade. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Krugman to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow on the title page, "For Ken Paul K." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Angelynn Grant. From the library of Kenneth Arrow.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 105886
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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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"For Madeleine Albright - Whose encouragement and support have meant so much to me...and who understands so well that communist countries do have domestic politics": First edition of China: Fragile Superpower; Inscribed by Susan L. Shirk to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
SHIRK, Susan L. [Madeleine K. Albright].
China: Fragile Superpower.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
First edition of this rare glimpse inside Chinese politics. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs and maps, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "April 11, 2007 For Madeleine Albright - Whose encouragement and support have meant so much to me...and who understands so well that communist countries do have domestic politics Susan Shirk." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147586
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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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"Let justice be done, though the heavens fall": First Edition of Oliver Stone's JFK: The Documented Screenplay; Signed by Him
STONE, Oliver and Zachary Sklar.
JFK: The Documented Screenplay.
New York: Applause Books, 1992.
First edition of this work which was the basis for the award-winning film. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133276
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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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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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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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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 Ralph Nading Hill's Robert Fulton and the Steamboat; signed by the 40th president of the United States Ronald Reagan
HILL, Ralph Nading. [Ronald Reagan].
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat.
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the author's compelling work on the inventor of the world's first commercially successful steamboat. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Lee Ames. Signed by Ronald Reagan on the half-title page. Ronald Wilson Reagan served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975. When Reagan left office in 1989, he held an approval rating of 68%, matching those of Franklin…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137258
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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