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"Author of this author, generous critic, and loyal helper, who reads my books more often than anyone else": First Edition of Portrait of A Romantic; Inscribed by Steven Millhauser to His Mother
MILLHAUSER, Steven.
Portrait of a Romantic.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Mother on the front free endpaper, "For Mom, author of this author, generous critic, and loyal helper, who reads my books more often than anyone else Steven." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146451
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"Failure is not an option": Apollo 13 Photograph; Inscribed by Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot
KRANZ, Eugene and Seymour Liebergot.
Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.
April 13, 1970.
Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA's heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz, "Eugene F. Kranz, 'Flight,'" and Seymour Liebergot, "'Flight... we'd better think about gettin' in the LM.' 4/13/70, Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM." In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147224
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First Edition of Schirra's Space; Inscribed by Captain Wally M. Schirra, Jr. and Jack Lousma; Signed by Mario Runco, Bill Shepherd, Bill Readdy, and Alan Shepard
SCHIRRA, Captain Walter M. Jr [Wally]; Richard N. Billings; Jack Lousma; Mario Runco; Bill Shepherd; Bill Readdy; Alan Shepard.
Schirra’s Space.
Boston: Quinlan Press, 1988.
First edition of this revealing autobiography of Captain Walter M. Schirra, Jr. Octavo, original blue boards, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Wally Schirra and Jack Lousma on the front free endpaper and also signed by astronauts Mario Runco, Bill Shepherd, Bill Readdy, and Alan Shepard. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Hannus Design Associates and front jacket painting by Robert Peak.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147678
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"With Love and affection": First Edition of Sidney Poitier's This Life; Inscribed by Him to Screenwriter Charles Blackwell
POITIER, Sidney.
This Life.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
First edition of this work by the Academy Award-winning actor. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mr and Mrs Charles Blackwell With Love and affection Sidney Poitier." The recipient, Charles Blackwell wrote the screenplay for the film A Piece of the Action, starring Poitier and James Earl Jones. Blackwell was nominated for the Tony Award twice. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Carnase. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126051
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"Being right was largely a matter of explanations": First Edition of Mr. Sammler’s Planet; Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 184
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First American Edition of Vassilis Vassilikos' Z; Warmly Inscribed by Him
VASSILIKOS, Vassilis.
Z.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First American edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For George with my friendship, Vassilis Vassilikos." Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light wear. Jacket design by Enrico Arno. Translated from the Greek by Marilyn Calmann.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1164
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First Edition of Javier Marias' Tu rostro mañana; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Tu rostro mañana: 1 Fiebre y lanza.
Madrid: Alfaguara, 2002.
First Spanish edition and true first of the first novel in the author's acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138042
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First Edition of Carlos Ruiz Zafron's The Shadow of the Wind; Signed by Him
ZAFRON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Shadow of the Wind.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this "gorgeous read" (Stephen King). Octavo, original boards, patterned endpapers. Signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143007
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First Edition of The path to Power; signed by Margaret Thatcher
THATCHER, Margaret.
The Path to Power.
London: Harper Collins Publishers , 1995.
Signed limited first edition, one of 175 examples of Thatcher's best-selling memoir, covering her life from her birth in 1925 until she became Prime Minister in 1979. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Margaret Thatcher. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147433
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First Edition of Roald Dahl's Going Solo; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Going Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.
First edition of this classic autobiographical account of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Michael Love Roald Dahl 15/12/86." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Julie Tennent. Author's photograph by Sophie Baker.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135871
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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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First Edition of Paddington Takes The Test; Signed by Michael Bond
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Takes The Test.
London: Collins, 1979.
First edition of the eleventh book in the Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Michael Bond on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 48019
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"Hope this will extend your pleasure of reading on the war": First Edition of WWII; Lengthily Inscribed by James Jones
JONES, James.
WWII.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1975.
First edition of this personal account of the Second World War from a soldier's perspective. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with news prints, political cartoons, charcoal drawings, and paintings compiled by Art Weithas, award-winning art director of Yank magazine, the weekly magazine for the American G.I. during WWII. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Dr Gert Wallac MD, Hope this will extend your pleasure of reading on the war. All Best, James Jones." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Portrait of the author by Howard Brodie.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145363
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"ONE OF THE HEROIC FIGURES OF OUR TIME" (ROBERT F. KENNEDY): FIRST EDITION OF CESAR CHAVEZ, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LA CAUSA; INSCRIBED BY CHÁVEZ
[CHAVEZ, Cesar] Jacques E. Levy.
Cesar Chavez. Autobiography of La Causa.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1975.
First edition of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, "To Marian Schroeder personal best wishes on this Christmas season Peace Cesar Chavez 12/15/78 LA PAZ." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jacques E. Levy.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126731
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"Good Appetite good cooking from an old friend": First Edition of James Beard's Theory & Practice of Good Cooking; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BEARD, James.
James Beard’s Theory and Practice of Good Cooking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of this classic work, which compiles 300 recipes by the dean of American cooking. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Karl W. Stueklen. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good Appetite good cooking For Esther from an old friend James Beard." Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139445
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Original theatrical poster from the Broadway Performance of Joan Didion's A Year of Magical Thinking; signed by Joan Didion and actress Vanessa Redgrave
DIDION, Joan. [Vanessa Redgrave].
The Year of Magical Thinking: A Play by Joan Didion Signed Theatrical Poster.
New York: Prof. D.R. McClennahan, 2006.
Original theatrical poster from Vanessa Redgrave's performance of Didion's 2005 best-selling memoir at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. Signed by Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave on the lower portion of the poster. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143250
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First Edition of The Washington Senators; Inscribed by Shirley Povich and Additionally Signed by four members of the 1954 and 1955 Senators and two professional affiliates of the team
POVICH, Shirley [Eddie Yost.
The Washington Senators.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.
First edition of this informal history of one of the oldest baseball teams in the United States. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To John Howard Shirley Povich." Additionally signed by members of the 1954 and 1955 Senators Eddie Yost, Bob Porterfield, Jim Busby, and Chuck Stobbs on the front free endpaper above the signatures of Calvin Griffith (Hall of Fame 2010) and Bob Wolff. Signed a second time by Calvin Griffith beneath his photo between pages 86 and 87. Griffith, nephew of longtime Washington…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146647
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First edition of John Milnor's Singular Points of Complex Hypersurfaces; signed by him
MILNOR, John.
Annals of Mathematics Studies No. 61: Singular Points of Complex Hypersurfaces.
Princeton, New Jersey: Annals of Mathematics Studies Princeton University Press, 1968.
First edition of Milnor's manuscript studying singular points of complex hypersurfaces. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page. In fine condition. Uncommon signed by Milnor.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144342