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Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels' Vaclav Havel; Signed by Him
HAVEL, Vaclav.
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels.
Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1989.
Early printing of this work by the legendary Czech poet and politician. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Vaclav Havel with a drawing of a heart. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 141282
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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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First Edition of Reflections and Observations: Inscribed by Denton Cooley
COOLEY, Denton A.
Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley.
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays which illuminates, with brilliant insight, our contemporary world of medicine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "12-7-84 To Robert White with best wishes! Denton A. Cooley MD." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities and hinges of the dust jacket. Collected by Marianne Kneipp. Foreword by Arthur Hailey.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147027
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First Edition of Vidal in Venice; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Vidal in Venice.
New York : Summit Books, 1985.
First edition of this wonderful overview of Venice. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie from 1/2 brother Gore Vidal." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Karen Katz. Edited by George Armstrong. Photographs by Tore Gill. An exceptional association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126474
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first edition of Ken Tate's New Classicists: Ken Tate Architect, Selected Houses Volume One; with a rare portrait signed by him tipped in
TATE, Ken with Oscar Riera Ojeda.
New Classicists: Ken Tate Architect, Selected Houses. Volume One.
Mulgrave: Images Publishing, 2003.
First and only edition of the first volume in Tate's monograph series. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. With a rare portrait of Tate signed by him tipped in to the pastedown of the accompanying custom clamshell box. Unopened in the original shrink wrap.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 127014
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First 50th anniversary edition of The Tin Drum; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
Boston & New York: Harcourt Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
First edition of the fiftieth anniversary edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. Translated by Breon Mitchell. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Gunter Grass. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan. Author photograph by Hans Grunert.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142683
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First edition of Janet and Isaac Asimov's Norby and The Queen's Necklace; signed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Janet and Isaac.
Norby and The Queen’s Necklace.
New York: Walker and Company, 1986.
First edition of the fifth book in the Asimovs' Norby series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Laurie McBarnette. Jacket illustration by Richard Rehbein.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142934
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First Edition of In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story; Signed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story.
Wisconsin: Shadow Mountain, 2010.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 143615
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First Edition of Corporate Culture and Performance; Signed by John Kotter
KOTTER, John P. and James L. Heskett.
Corporate Culture and Performance.
New York: The Free Press, 1992.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by REM Studio. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145992
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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 of The Warmth of Other Suns; Signed and dated by Isabel Wilkerson
WILKERSON, Isabel.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s First Great Migration.
New York: Random House, 2010.
First edition of this work which won National Book Critics Circle Award, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Isabel Wilkerson Feb. 1, 2011." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Daniel Rembert.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147077
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First Edition of John Updike's The Afterlife; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Novelist Erica Jong and signed Three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
UPDIKE, John [Erica Jong].
The Afterlife.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Erica J. These stories are more Jungian than Jongian, but then I'm older that you Best, John U." Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer, on the front panel with the words, "I apologize Chip Kidd" (this is referencing his dislike for the jacket), on the front free endpaper with a humorous inscription and again on the rear panel jacket. The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142974
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First Edition of In Praise of Doubt; Inscribed by Peter Berger
BERGER, Peter and Anton Zijderveld.
In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic.
New York: Harper Collins, 2009.
First edition of this "book of great practical wisdom by authors who have profound insight into the intellectual dynamics governing contemporary life" (Dallas Willard). Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Berger on the front free endpaper, "For Christal, from Peter Berger." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 41764
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"I am the Wild West, no show about it. I was one of the people who kept it wild": First Edition of Buffalo Girls; Signed by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
MCMURTRY, Larry.
Buffalo Girls.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry on the title page and the dedicatee "Best wishes Diana Ossana" on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Wendell Minor. Uncommon signed by both McMurtry and Ossana.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146185
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First Edition of Jonathan Lethem's Gun, with Occasional Music; Warmly Inscribed by Him
LETHEM, Jonathan.
Gun, with Occasional Music.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1994.
First edition of the author's first novel which won The Locus Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sin- Bookseller to Bookseller- "Artist?" to "Artist?" Jonathan." The recipient, Sin Soracco is the author of the noir classics Low Bite and Edge City. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michael Koelsch. Jacket design by Michael Koelsch and Steven Cooley.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 123214
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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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"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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"ONE OF THE HEROIC FIGURES OF OUR TIME" (ROBERT F. KENNEDY): 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, early printing of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, "To Peter Carlson, best wishes Cesar Chavez 4/25/84." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jacques E. Levy.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147948
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First Edition of Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century; Warmly Inscribed by Alvin and Heidi Toffler
TOFFLER, Alvin.
Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century.
New York: Bantam Books, 1990.
First edition of this work by the author of Future Shock. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Sergio and the Munoz Family With warmth and respect from Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 132352
