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First Edition of Langston Hughes' Troubled Island. An Opera in Three Acts; Signed by Him
HUGHES, Langston and William Grant Still.
Troubled Island. An Opera in Three Acts.
New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1949.
First edition of the first grand opera composed by an African American to be produced by a major company. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes on the title page. In very good condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140395
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First Edition of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam; Warmly Inscribed by Neil Sheehan
SHEEHAN, Neil.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of the definitive Vietnam War exposé which won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Dec. 4, 1988 To Tom Griffin, With Best Wishes, Neil Sheehan." Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Sposato.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140223
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“Every healthy person must have a goal in life and that life must have content": First Edition in English of The Nobel Prize-winning author Herman Hesse's The Prodigy; Lengthily Inscribed by the Translator
HESSE, Herman; Translated by W.J. Strachan.
The Prodigy.
London: Peter Owen and The Vision Press, 1957.
First edition in English of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by W.J. Strachan. Inscribed by the translator W.J. Strachan on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Pat Cullen who will appreciate that this sad tale has not lost its point even today- affectionately from Walker August 1957 Also in gratitude for advice in some royalty points." Also, signed by Strachan on the title page. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 32054
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First Edition of Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience; Signed by Ben Bernanke and Frederic Mishkin
BERNANKE, Ben S; Thomas Laubach; Frederic S. Mishkin and Adam S. Posen.
Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.
First edition of this ground breaking study. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Ben Bernanke and Frederic Mishkin on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 44019
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"A girl's fair face and charm of manner lured me from hanging around under the Irish tri-colour and the red banner of Labour": First Edition of Windfalls; Inscribed by Sean O'Casey to his Friend Dr. Joe Cummins
O'CASEY, Sean.
Windfalls: Stories, Poems, and Plays.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1934.
First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dr. J.D. Cummins, (Joe) from his old ___ Sean O'Casey With undiminished affection London Jan. 1935." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 105844
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First Edition of Donald's Lincoln's Herndon; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DONALD, David.
Lincoln’s Herndon.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
First edition of the Pulitzer-Prize historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Ann and Mary Ann Schmidt from Marion Bonzi with the best wishes of the author, David Donald Christmas 1948." On page 11, she is mentioned as "Expertly and meticulously she has read the book both in manuscript and in proof. Her passion for accuracy has saved me from a score of errors." Bonzi was instrumental in a number of heavyweight scholarly productions. Two years after this inscription she married Lincoln historian…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118772
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"Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking": First Edition; Inscribed by Bernard M. Baruch
BARUCH, Bernard M.
American Industry In The War.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1941.
First edition of this work by the Wall Street legend. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelf wear. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To S.R. Fueller Jr. Who is again carrying his share of the load but with a tougher job with regards and admiration Bernard M. Baruch 1941." Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3744
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First Edition of George Soros' The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered; Signed by Him
SOROS, George.
The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered.
New York: Public Affairs, 1998.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by George Soros on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 78960
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First Edition of Cass Timberlane; Signed by Sinclair Lewis
LEWIS, Sinclair.
Cass Timberlane.
New York: Random House, 1945.
First edition of this work, basis for the 1947 classic film directed by George Sidney and starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Sinclair Lewis. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the extremities.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146020
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First Edition of The Art of Drowning; Inscribed by Billy Collins
COLLINS, Billy.
The Art of Drowning.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.
First edition of this early work by Collins. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen whose poetry rocks. Billy." The recipient Stephen Perry was a poet and friend of the Collins. In fine condition. No dust jacket was issued for this first edition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 104532
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First Edition of Advances In Game Theory; Signed by Mathematician W.H. Fleming
EDITED BY M. DRESHER; L.S. SHAPLEY; A.W. TUCKER [W.H. FLEMING],.
Advances In Game Theory.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.
First edition of collection of papers on game theory. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by mathematician W.H. Fleming on the title page, next to his name. Wendell Helms Fleming was a mathematician, specializing in geometrical analysis and stochastic differential equations. Fleming received in 1951 his PhD under Laurence Chisholm Young at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a thesis entitled Boundary and related notions for generalized parametric surfaces. Fleming was a professor at Brown University, where he retired in 2009 as professor emeritus. Fleming was with Herbert Federer a pioneer of geometric measure theory. Later in his career, he worked on stochastic processes, stochastic differential equations and their applications in control theory.…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146321
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"I hope you will never live to see such a crisis as brought this book into Being": Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without a Country; lengthily inscribed by him
HALE, Edward Everett.
The Man Without a Country.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1898.
Early printing of Hale's classic short story. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, stamped bald eagle vignette to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the free endpaper, "My Dear Julius I hope you will never live to see such a crisis as brought this book into Being Edward E. Hale." In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 112426
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FIRST EDITION OF THE UNEXPURGATED CODE: A COMPLETE MANUAL OF SURVIVAL & MANNERS; Inscribed by J.P. Donleavy to his Publisher Seymour Lawrence
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival & Manners.
New York: Seymour Lawrence Book/ Delacorte Press, 1975.
First edition of this humorous collection of writings from the author of The Ginger Man. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his publisher Seymour Lawrence, "10:30 A.M. South Wing, Levington Park October 4, 1975 To Seymour Lawrence J.P. Donleavy who anticipated action." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Braswell. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3969
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First Edition of Weegee's People; Inscribed by Him
WEEGEE,.
Weegee’s People.
New York: Essential Books/ Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1956.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To Sam Clemente Weegee 1956." An excellent near fine example with the original very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 19034
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"Best African Wishes": I Married Adventure; Inscribed by Osa Johnson
JOHNSON, Osa.
I Married Adventure: The Life and Adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1940.
First edition of Johnson's classic work. Octavo, original striped cloth, photographic endpapers illustrated with 83 aquatone illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Esther Bates With my very best African wishes. Affectionately Osa Johnson." Near fine in a good dust jacket with chips and wear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143893
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's The Judgment of Paris; Signed by Him
VIDAL, Gore.
The Judgment of Paris.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1952.
First edition of this classic coming of age story. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by George Salter. Rare in this condition and signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 92437
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First Edition of Read My Lips No New Taxes; Signed by Ostrander and President George Bush
OSTRANDER, Dan; Foreword by George Bush.
“Read My Lips No New Taxes.”
Oroville, California: Butte College Press, 1999.
First edition of this work on the Bush administration. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dan Ostrander and President George Bush on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Patty Melron. Uncommon signed by President Bush.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 76955
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“The past is reinvented and becomes the future. But the lineage is everything": Signed Limited Edition of Music by Philip Glass
GLASS, Philip.
Music by Philip Glass.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
Signed limited edition, one of 250 numbered copies. Octavo, original leather, in the original slipcase. Fine in a fine slipcase. With the musical score laid in, as issued. Signed by Philip Glass on the limitation page. Edited and with supplementary material by Robert T. Jones.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 109279
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First Edition of Roberto Bolano's 2666; Signed by Translator Natasha Wimmer
BOLANO, Roberto.
2666.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
First edition of the author's masterpiece published posthumously in English, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the translator Natasha Wimmer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charlotte Strick.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146350
