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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 Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur; inscribed by Him
HYMAN, Sydney [Marriner S. Eccles].
Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur and Public Servant.
Stanford: Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1976.
First edition of this work on the former head of the former Federal Reserve. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Gordon Sorensen with highest regards from Marriner Eccles." Foreword by G.L. Bach. In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed as Eccles passed away a year after publication.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 120723
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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 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
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“Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television”: Rare Artist's Sketch of Woody Allen; Signed by Woody Allen
SOCCI, P.B. (Woody Allen).
Woody Allen Signed Sketch.
Rare graphite artist's sketch of American director and comedian Wood Allen. Signed by Woody Allen in the upper left corner of the sketch. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches. A unique example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 89099
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First Edition of A Fresh Start for America; Signed by President George W. Bush
BUSH, George W.
A Fresh Start for America: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush.
Austin, TX: Bush for President, Inc, 1999.
First edition of this collection of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly signed by President George W. Bush on the front cover. In near fine condition, note to the front pastedown, "signed 1-11-2000."
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147236
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First edition of Shackleton Baileys Cicero; FROM THE LIBRARY OF ENGLISH CLASSICIST BERNARD KNOX WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE
BAILEY, D. R. Shackleton. [Bernard Knox].
Cicero.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.
First American edition of Baileys classic work on Cicero. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government’s highest honor for achievement in the humanities. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 134285
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First Edition of Five Chiefs; A Supreme Court Memoir; Signed by Justice John Paul Stevens
STEVENS, John Paul .
Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir.
New York: Little Brown and Company, 2011.
First edition of this memoir from Justice John Paul Stevens. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by John Paul Stevens on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Allison J. Warner. Uncommon signed in the actual book, as most examples are signed bookplates.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 139184
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Signed Photograph of Potter Stewart to Fellow Justice Irving Kaufman
STEWART, Potter.
Potter Stewart Signed Photograph.
Signed photograph from Potter Stewart to Irving Kaufman. "For Irving R. Kaufman, With the best wishes and high regard of his friend Potter Stewart." The recipient, Irving Kaufman was the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, and was awarded the Presidential medal of Freedom in 1987 by President Reagan “for his exemplary service to our country, his work as chairman of the President’s commission on organized crime and his multifacted efforts to promote an understanding of the law and our legal tradition." He awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 50026
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First Edition of William Lloyd Garrison on Non-Resistance; Inscribed by the Co-Founder of the NAACP Fanny Garrison Villard
VILLARD, Fanny Garrison .
William Lloyd Garrison on Non-Resistance. Together with a Personal Sketch By His Daughter Fanny Garrison Villard and a Tribute by Leo Tolstoi.
The Nations Press Printing Co, 1924.
First edition of this tribute to the prominent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Mildred L. Wood May 30, 1925 From Mrs. Villard." Fanny Garrison Villard was a co-founder (with her son) of the NAACP and active in women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the daughter of prominent publisher and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and the wife of railroad tycoon Henry Villard. In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 81133
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First Edition of The Century; Signed by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
JENNINGS, Peter and Todd Brewster.
The Century.
New York: Doubleday, 1998.
First edition of this historic overview of the twentieth century. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by both authors, Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144008
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First Edition of The World Cup Murder; Signed by Pele and Herbert Resnicow
PELE,.
The World Cup Murder.
New York: Wynwood Press, 1988.
First edition of this fictional work by one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both authors on the half-title page, "All the best Pele" and "Herbert Resnicow." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket cover illustration by Edward C. Carenza. Written with Herbert Resnicow.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144205
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First Edition of Desmond Morris' The Human Zoo; Inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
MORRIS, Desmond.
The Human Zoo.
Toronto: Clark, Irwin & Company Limited , 1969.
First edition of this work, which examines how the biological nature of the human species has shaped the character of the cultures of the contemporary world. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Edward Glover Best wishes Desmond Morris." The recipient Edward Glover was a British psychoanalyst, whose lasting achievements in the combined field of psychotherapy and criminology – aside from his clinical work and extensive publications – are his roles as: co-founder of the Psychopathic Clinic and the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency, joint founder of The British Journal of Criminology – he was co-editor until his…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 96342
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"PERHAPS, ONE DAY, YOU WILL VISIT AFRICA AND MEET WILD CHIMPANZEES. I HOPE SO": First Edition of Through a Window: Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe; Signed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane.
Through a Window: Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990.
First English edition of this “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania” (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original green boards, illustrated with photographs and a map of chimpanzee habitats in Africa. Signed by Jane Goodall on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145364
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario; Warmly inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
First edition of this autobiographical work. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Fuller on the front free endpaper, "To: Harriet Nichols In warmest friendship Bucky Buckminster Fuller." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kadi Tint. Documented and edited by Robert Snyder.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124719
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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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Nine Bad Shots of Golf and What To Do About Them; Warmly Inscribed by Jim Dante
DANTE, Jim and Leo Diegel with Collaboration with Len Elliot .
Nine Bad Shots of Golf and What To Do About Them.
New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947.
First edition, later printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To: Julian Lovitt Here's hoping you improve your game. Golfingly Jim Dante 4/24/48." Light rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 38032
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First Edition of Travers and Rice's The Winning Shot; From the library of Golf Course Architect Albert W. Tillinghast
TRAVERS, Jerome D. and Grantland Rice.
The Winning Shot.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1915.
First edition of this early work by Travers and Rice, "one of the first golf books to carry Mr. Rice's name" (Murdoch 784). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of Albert W. Tillinghast, with his handwritten inventory card laid in. Tillinghast was a golf course architect and one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. A nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 87998
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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
