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Advanced Reading Copy of Blindness; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Blindness.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1997.
Advanced reading copy of the first edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Jose Saramago on the title page. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. In near fine condition. Front panel design by Claudine G. Mansour.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138043
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Signed Photograph of President Harry S. Truman
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman Signed Photograph.
1966.
Photograph of President Harry S. Truman having his arm raised at the 1947 Democratic National Convention. Inscribed by Truman, “To Joseph J. Fracelli, From Harry S. Truman, 12/7/66.” On the verso of the photograph bears a Harry S. Truman Library stamp. It measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 19073
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"Over the great world tragedy of today the star of Bethlehem shines with divine radiance and lights the way to a brighter day when peace and love shall reign forever": Rare First Edition of What Happened to Me; Lengthily Signed by Lasalle Corbell Pickett
PICKETT, Lasalle Corbell [George Pickett].
What Happened to Me.
New York: Brentano's, 1917.
First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 17, 1917. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, "Over the great world tragedy of today the star of Bethlehem shines with divine radiance and lights the way to a brighter day when peace and love shall reign forever - Faithfully from LaSalle Corbell Pickett." In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145582
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First Edition of American Architecture and Urbanism; Signed by Vincent Scully
SCULLY, Vincent.
American Architecture and Urbanism.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the Vincent Scully on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144272
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"Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation": Out of the Crisis; Lengthily Inscribed by W. Edwards Deming
DEMING, W. Edwards.
Out of the Crisis.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of W. Edwards Demings. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ms. Minato Asakawa. May your work in cross-cultural be successful, & may the 1990s bring you health & happiness. W. Edwards Deming 22 April 1990." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146267
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First Edition of West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition; Signed by Tom Wicker, Thomas Guinzburg, David Halberstam, and others
COWLEY, Robert; Thomas Guinzburg; Stephen Ambrose; William F. Buckley.
West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition.
New York : Warner Books, 2002.
First edition of this commemorative history of the famous military academy. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with over 400 photographs and drawings, including famous and rarely seen paintings, historic letters from cadets, treasured athletic memorabilia, and other artifacts. Signed by Tom Wicker, Thomas Guinzburg, David Halberstam, and one additional contributor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Accompanied by the original West Point 200th anniversary invitation which has been inscribed, "... you may get a second invite for it. See ya there, Rich."
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147325
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First Edition of Javier Marias' Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996.
First edition of this "brilliantly imagined novel" (La Vanguardia). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with two closed tears. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 2891
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes; inscribed by him
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.
First edition of Asimov's wonderfully woven, old-fashioned murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen Isaac Asimov." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Al Nagy.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142352
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"Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest": Rare First Edition of Gaia
LOVELOCK, James E.
Gaia: A New Look At Life on Earth.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Henri Rousseau. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146379
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First edition of Jack Schannep's Dow Theory for the 21st Century; inscribed by him
SCHANNEP, Jack.
Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators For Improving Your Investment Results.
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.
First edition of the investor's must-read on trading strategy. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, "Hope some of the ideas in this book will be helpful to you in your investment success Sincerely, Jack Schannep." In fine condition. Design by Loretta Leiva. Jacket photograph by Tommy Flynn.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 124830
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"To live effectively is to live with adequate information": First Edition of Norbert Wiener’s Autobiography; Signed by Him
WIENER, Norbert.
Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Weiner's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Norbert Weiner on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 3729
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"Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature": First Edition of Soul Mountain; Signed by Gao Xingjian
XINGJIAN, Gao.
Soul Mountain.
New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
First edition in English of the author's magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Mabel Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138016
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“CAPITALISM WITHOUT FAILURE IS LIKE RELIGION WITHOUT SIN”: FIRST EDITION OF ALLAN H. MELTZER'S WHY CAPITALISM?; INSCRIBED BY HIM
MELTZER, Allan H.
Why Capitalism?
New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
First edition of Meltzer's Why Capitalism? Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jack An old friend Best Wishes Allen Meltzer." Additionally signed by Meltzer on a book plate attached to the front free end paper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 43457
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Limited Edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyan; Signed by Writer and Publisher Elbert Hubbard
KHAYYAM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald; Elbert Hubbard.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop, 1899.
Signed limited edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with an Address by John Hay. Oblong octodecimo, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the front panel on a decorated morocco label, marbled endpapers, sparsely illustrated with decorative images and initials. One of nine hundred and twenty numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard on the limitation page, this is number 414. In very good condition, with some toning to the front and rear endleaves, previous owner calligraphic epitaph to the front flyleaf.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146603
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First Edition of A First Family of Tasajara; inscribed by Bret Harte
HARTE, Bret.
A First Family of Tasajara.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.
First edition of Harte's classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "with the best New Years greetings from Bret Harte London Jan. '92." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96090
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's A New Life; Inscribed by Him to his cousins
MALAMUD, Bernard.
A New Life.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.
First edition of Malamud's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Min and Marshall, In appreciation of your hospitality Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 119682
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"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know": First Modern Library Edition of James Salter's A Sport And A Pastime; Signed by Him
SALTER, James.
A Sport And A Pastime.
New York: The Modern Library, 1995.
Early printing of The Modern Library edition of this modern classic, hailed as a masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Howard Norman on the title page, "To Howard Norman James Salter." Most of Norman's short stories and novels are set in Canada's Maritime Provinces. He has written several translations of Algonquin, Cree, and Inuit folklore. His books have been translated into 12 languages. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 123919
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Leonard Cohen’s First Novel; Signed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
The Favourite Game.
London: Black Spring Press, 1996.
Later printing of Cohen's classic novel . Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the half-title page with his "Order of the Unified Heart" stamp below. In fine condition. Illustration by David Wood.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144295
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Second Novel: The Green House; Inscribed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John Mario Vargas Llosa." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144690
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Signed limited edition of The Prisoner of Heaven; one of 500 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Prisoner of Heaven.
Burton: Subterranean Press, 2014.
Signed limited edition of the third book in the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books' series. Octavo, original cloth. One of 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the limitation page, this is number 381. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket illustration and interior illustrations by Vincent Chong. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145036