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Signed Limited Edition of Rackham's The King of the Golden River
RUSKIN, John. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The King of the Golden River.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1932.
Signed limited edition. Octavo, original limp vellum, gilt titles and decoration to front cover, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, color frontispiece and three plates, illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Signed by Arthur Rackham, one of 570 copies of which 550 were for sale, this is number 549. Near fine in the the rare original slipcase, bookplate.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117643
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"Nothing promises pleasure more readily that the words 'freshly baked'": First edition of Baking With Julia; signed by Julia Child and Dorie Greenspan
CHILD, Julia and Dorie Greenspan.
Baking With Julia.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1996.
First edition of Child's baking cookbook, based on her PBS series Baking With Julia. Quarto, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Judy Julia Child" and signed by Dorie Greenspan below. Greenspan is the author of cookbooks. The New York Times called her a "culinary guru" in 2004. Jacket design by Vertigo Design, NYC. Jacket photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147381
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"Everything sounds big in the woods": First Edition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods; Signed by Him
BRYSON, Bill.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.
New York : Broadway Books, 1998.
First edition of this classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny hike of the Appalachian Trail” (The Washington Post). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Bill Bryson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Art Wolfe/ Tony Stone. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. With a photograph of laid in of Bryson signing this book.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125678
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First Edition of Honor Thy Father; Inscribed by Gay Talese
TALESE, Gay.
Honor Thy Father.
New York: World Publishing, 1971.
First edition of Talese's classic true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime family. Octavo, original boards, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Inscribed by the author to Rod McKuen, "For Rod With my very best - from one of his admirers- Gay Talese September 1971." Rod McKuen was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of recordings, which included popular music, spoken word poetry, film soundtracks and classical music. He earned two Academy Award nominations…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 63039
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First Edition of William F. Sharpe's Introduction To Managerial Economics; Signed by Him
SHARPE, William F.
Introduction To Managerial Economics.
New York and London: Columbia University Press , 1973.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William F. Sharpe on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 112354
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Elaine Steinbeck's French-English English-French Dictionary; signed and dated by her in Paris in 1954
EDITED BY ERNEST A. BAKER. [JOHN STEINBECK; ELAINE STEINBECK],.
Cassell’s French-English English-French Dictionary.
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1953.
Early printing of Cassell's French-English English-French Dictionary from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine Steinbeck. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Steinbeck’s wife, Elaine Steinbeck, on the front free endpaper, "Elaine Steinbeck Paris 1954." In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 114936
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First Edition of The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild; Signed by Niall Ferguson
FERGUSON, Niall.
The House of Rothschild. The World’s Banker 1849-1999.
New York: Viking, 1999.
First edition of the Ferguson's monumental history of the Rothschilds. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gail Belenson.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147603
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First Edition of Philip Roth's The Prague Orgy; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
Prague Orgy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.
First edition of this novella by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lilly Lee.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 12005
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First Edition of Walter Cunningham's The All-American Boys; Signed by Him
CUNNINGHAM, Walter.
The All-American Boys.
New York: Macdonald and Co, 1977.
First edition of "the best of all the astronaut books" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Walter Cunningham on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, owner name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Robert Silverman. Written with the assistance of Mickey Herskowitz.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142901
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First Edition of Soul Clap Hands and Sing; Signed by Paule Marshall in the Year of Publication
MARSHALL, Paule.
Soul Clap Hands and Sing.
New York: Atheneum, 1961.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication, "Paule Marshall Dec. 1961." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Foster.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144354
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"Objectivity of whatever kind is not the test of reality. It is just one way of understanding reality": First Edition of The View From Nowhere; Signed by Thomas Nagel
NAGEL, Thomas.
The View From Nowhere.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
First edition of this philosophical work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Thomas Nagel New York March 24, 2016." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Ownership signature from the year of publication to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Egon Lauterberg. Jacket painting, 'The Large Enclosure Near Dresden,' by Caspar David Friedrich.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145276
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First Edition of Volume One of the Papers of Mathematician Peter Lax; Inscribed by Him
LAX, Peter.
Peter Lax Selected Papers. Volume 1.
Springer: New York, 2005.
First edition of volume one of the selected papers of mathematician Peter Lax. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Roger with best regards Peter D. Lax." In near fine condition. Edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 100027
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott .
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1987.
First edition of this classic collection of the words of Dr. King, selected by Coretta Scott King. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. & Mrs. Charles Martin with love and warmest good wishes, Coretta Scott King," beneath Florine B. Martin's mail address label. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146270
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"They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity": First Edition of The Things They Carried; Signed by Tim O’Brien
O'BRIEN, Tim.
The Things They Carried.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin/ Seymour Lawrence, 1990.
First edition of the author's classic fifth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Peace. Tim O'Brien." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147312
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First edition of Evan Hunter's The Blackboard Jungle; Signed by Him
HUNTER, Evan. [Ed McBain].
The Blackboard Jungle.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954.
First edition of the author's definitive 1954 novel dealing with juvenile crime and the New York City public school system, adapted into the award-winning film of the same name. Octavo, original publisher's half grey cloth over red boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fraument. Author photograph by P. Charbonnet. Uncommon signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137332
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First Edition of Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station; Inscribed by Him
LERNER, Ben.
Leaving the Atocha Station.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2011.
First edition of the Lerner's first novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Ben Lerner on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 62014
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"Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us!": First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Lengthily Inscribed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books, 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily and warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "6/18/92 To John Petty, Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us! With great respect and friendship Paul." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144897
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Pierre-André Gargaz's A Project of Universal and Perpetual Peace; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
GARGAZ, Pierre-André [William Tecumseh Sherman].
A Project of Universal and Perpetual Peace.
New York: George Simpson Eddy, 1922.
Early edition of this treatise on universal peace; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Small octavo, original half cloth, uncut, illustrated with documents in facsimile. P.T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. In near fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase which is in very good condition with slight rubbing to the extremities. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P.T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145879
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First Edition of Joe Pistone and Charles Brandt's Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business; Inscribed by Joe Pistone
PISTONE, Joe and Charles Brandt.
Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business.
Philadelphia: Running Press, 2007.
First edition of this account of the FBI agent's undercover operation. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Joe Pistone (Donnie Brasco) on the half-title page, "Art Happy Birthday Best Joe P." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147108
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First Edition of N.T. Wright's The Original Jesus; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, N.T. [Tom].
The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman's Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this work on Jesus by the renowned theologian. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by N.T. Wright on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 2366