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"I always proudly said 'I am a Baptist and a Democrat' ": First Edition of Rebekah Baines Johnson's A Family Album; inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson to white house correspondent jack horner
JOHNSON, Rebekah Baines. Introduction by Lyndon B. Johnson.
A Family Album.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965.
First edition of this work documenting Lyndon B. Johnson's family tree, prepared for him by his mother as a Christmas present to her son. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Introduction by Lyndon Baines Johnson. Association copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the dedication page, "To Jack and Leota Horner from your friend and admirer Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, White House Correspondent Garnett D. Jack Horner, served as President of the White House Correspondents Association and covered Presidents from FDR to Gerald Ford. President Johnson often invited favored reporters to the LBJ Ranch, including Horner on multiple occasions throughout…
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 110560
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First Edition of Ellen Raskin's Figgs and Phantoms; Warmly Inscribed by Her
RASKIN, Ellen.
Figgs and Phantoms.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the author's Newbery Honor book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Norine - My best booster & good friend, Thanks for everything - Ellen Raskin." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some small closed tears to the rear panel.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 96261
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First Edition of Orhan Pamuk's The Red-Haired Woman; Signed by Him and three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
PAMUK, Orhan.
The Red-Haired Woman.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, .
First edition of this "intriguing modern take on the Oedipus story" (The Herald, London). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Orhan Pamuk on the title page. Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, title page and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated by Ekin Oklap.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 123836
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First Edition of Amarya Sen's The Argumentative Indian; Inscribed by Him
SEN, Amartya.
The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
First edition of this collection of writings on Indian culture compiled by Amartya Sen; the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Cris, Best wishes Amartya Sen." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anna Bauer. Jacket art by Kailash Raj. Author photograph by Jon Chase.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 137438
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Photograph of Milton Friedman; Signed by Him
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
Milton Friedman Signed Photograph.
1980.
Black and white photograph of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. Inscribed and dated by Milton Friedman in 1980 on the lower right. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 20008
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Das Gartenfest, Die Benachrichtigung's Signed by Vaclav Havel
HAVEL, Vaclav.
Das Gartenfest, Die Benachrichtigung.
Berlin: Rowohlt, 1989.
First edition of this work by the legendary Czech poet and politician. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Vaclav Havel on the title page with a drawing of a heart. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 141284
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First Edition of Fanny at Chez Panisse: A Child's Restaurant Adventures With 46 Recipes; Inscribed by Alice Waters and Ann Arnold with a sketch
WATERS, Alice with Bob Carrau and Patricia Curtan.
Fanny at Chez Panisse: A Child’s Restaurant Adventures With 46 Recipes.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this children's book by the creator of Chez Panisse. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Lindsay, Alice Waters." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page with a drawing of herself holding flowers and pointing at the inscription, "With greetings from the illustrator Ann Arnold." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145492
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First Edition of The Films of Kirk Douglas; Signed by Him
THOMAS, Tony [Kirk Douglas].
The Films of Kirk Douglas.
Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, 1972.
First edition of this work on the legendary actor Kirk Douglas. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout with over 400 photographs. Boldly signed by Kirk Douglas on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. With an introduction by Vincente Minnelli.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 110148
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“First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered": First Edition of Station Eleven; Signed by Emily St. John Mandel
MANDEL, Emily St. John.
Station Eleven.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
First edition of this iconic novel, basis for the post-apocalyptic dystopian fiction television miniseries created by Patrick Somerville. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Emily St. John Mandel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket Jacket design by Abby Weintraub.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147032
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First Edition I Remember Distinctly: A Family Album of the American People, 1918-1941; Signed by Both Frederick Lewis Allen and Agnes Rogers
LEWIS ALLEN, Frederick; Agnes Rogers.
I Remember Distinctly: A Family Album of the American People, 1918-1941.
New York: : Harper & Brother Publishers, 1947.
First edition of this illustrated work of the American people in the early twentieth century. Quarto, original illustrated cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors, "For Dick Lounsbury with the best wishes of the assemblers: Agnes Rogers" and also signed by Frederick Lewis Allen. In very good condition with The Knickerbocker Club stamp in a good dust jacket with wear and tear. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 45091
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First Edition of Kofi Annan's We The Peoples: A UN for the 21st Century; Inscribed by Him to John Whitehead
ANNAN, Kofi.
We The Peoples: A UN for the 21st Century.
Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2014.
First edition of this work, in which Annan writes about the lessons of history he learned during his service as Secretary-General. Octavo, original boards. Edited by Edward Mortimer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to John Whitehead and his wife, "To John and Cynthia With friendship and much affection Kofi Annan 27-10-14." John Whitehead was a banker and civil servant, and a board member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and, until his resignation in May 2006, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In April 1985, Whitehead was asked to become Deputy Secretary of State,…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 59016
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First Edition of The Education of A Tennis Player; Inscribed by Tennis Great Rod Laver
LAVER, Rod with Bud Collins.
The Education of a Tennis Player.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971.
First edition of the tennis great's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by Rod Laver on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 70031
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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale": First Edition of The Last Unicorn; Signed by Peter S. Beagle
BEAGLE, Peter S. with Peter B. Gillis; Art by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon.
The Last Unicorn.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2011.
First edition of the graphic novel adaptation of Beagle’s classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon. Boldly signed by Peter S. Beagle on the front end paper. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147091
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First Edition of Loeb and Safire's Plunging Into Politics; Warmly Inscribed by Marshall Loeb
LOEB, Marshall and William Safire.
Plunging Into Politics.
New York: David McKay Company, 1964.
First edition of Safire and Loeb’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To the Langs, Who have done more for me than they shall ever know. Marshall November, 1964." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by A/D Associates.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 130822
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First Edition of Frederick Turner's Spirit of Place; inscribed by him to Elaine Steinbeck
TURNER, Frederick. [Elaine Steinbeck].
Spirit of Place: The Making of an American Literary Landscape.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1989.
First edition of the award-winning author's work on the great American novelists; from the library of Elaine Steinbeck. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Elaine Steinbeck - such a pleasure to meet & talk with - Sincerely, Frederick Turner." With the original typed transmittal letter signed by Turner and addressed to Elaine reminding her of their meeting at a party in Key West and commenting about the chapter on her late husband in the present volume. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Christine Taylor.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 131433
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First edition of La Voluntad y La Fortuna; inscribed by Carlos Fuentes
FUENTES, Carlos.
La Voluntad y La Fortuna. [Destiny and Desire].
Ciudad de México: Santillana Ediciones Generales (Alfaguara), 2008.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to his close friend Sergio Munoz. Fuentes met Munoz in Mexico in the 1960’s when he was dating the daughter of Fuentes’ first wife, actress Rita Macedo. Carlos and Sergio bonded one night as they discussed the merits of one of Balzac’s novels. From there, they continued to be very close friends over the years, seeing films together, discussing literature, politics, art, and music, and enjoying food, wine, and life. Sergio Muñoz Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 133440
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Through A Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe; Signed by Her
GOODALL, Jane.
Through A Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990.
First edition of this “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania" (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper and note to the title page where this was signed. Jacket design by Lucy Bartholomay. Jacket photograph by Gerry Ellis. Rear Jacket photograph by Ken Regan.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138182
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First Edition of Richard S. West Jr.'s The Second Admiral; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
WEST JR, Richard S. [William T. Sherman].
The Second Admiral: A Life of David Dixon Porter 1813-1891.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1937.
First edition of this biography of one of the most distinguished admirals in the history of the U. S. Navy; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Admiral David Nixon Porter, illustrated with photographs, maps, and engravings. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership signature. In near fine condition. 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…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145739
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"Wishing our country strength, wisdom and liberty": First Edition of Everything We Had; Warmly Inscribed by Al Santoli
SANTOLI, Al.
Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It.
New York: Random House, 1981.
First edition of this reminder of the Vietnam War in thirty-three reports from ordinary American soldiers. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dan & Michele Memory is our victory. Al Santoli." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Aulicino. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146841
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First edition of On Directing Film; Warmly inscribed by David Mamet in the year of publication
MAMET, David.
On Directing Film.
New York: Viking, 1991.
First edition of Mamet's insightful guide to directing. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Glenn - Thank you for your support of my work. I appreciate it very much. David Mamet 27 F. 91 Book Soup." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design Neil Stuart. Back jacket photograph by Mike Hausman.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 119879