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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Screening History; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Screening History.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie, love, Gore Vidal." The recipient, Valerie Vidal was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lisa Clark. An exceptional association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126011
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First Edition of Daniel Boorstin's The Creators; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
BOOSTIN, Daniel J.
The Creators.
New York: Random House, 1992.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Ed Robertson from Daniel J. Boorstin Sept 24, 1992." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 132614
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First edition of In Search of America; signed and inscribed by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
JENNINGS, Peter and Todd Brewster.
In Search of America.
New York: Hyperion, 2002.
First edition of the bestselling authors' lavishly illustrated work exploring American identity from the country's foundation to present day. Quarto, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs edited by Vivette Porges. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "Rebecca You are on a great journey! & a great person P.J." and "Todd Brewster 9.26.02." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elton Robinson.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144820
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"The Sun's not eternal, That's why there's the blues": Allen Ginsberg's White Shroud 1980-1985; Inscribed by Him with a large drawing
GINSBERG, Allen.
White Shroud Poems 1980-1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
First Perennial Library edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original publisher's wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his cousin Gene Levy and his wife on title-page, "for Lorraine & Gene Levy from cousin (first) Allen Ginsberg February 4, 1989 Pittsburgh." Additionally inscribed on the opposite with a large hand-drawn illustration of a Bhudda-like figure surrounded by stars, a sun with initials "AH" at the center, and a skull holding a flower at the bottom. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146471
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First edition of John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man; signed by him
PERKINS, John.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2004.
First edition of Perkins' bestselling exposé. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by MBV Design.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124194
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First Edition of Hope For Animals and Their World; Signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard
GOODALL, Jane with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson.
Hope For Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
First edition of this work by this by Goodall. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jane Goodall on the half-title page and inscribed by the co-author on the title page, "For Mike- with hope Thane Maynard." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138447
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Uncorrected Proof of The Soul of a New Machine; Inscribed by Tracy Kidder
KIDDER, Tracy.
The Soul of a New Machine.
Boston: Atlantic, Little, Brown, 1981.
Uncorrected proof of Kidder's second book. Octavo, original wrappers. Inscribed by Tracy Kidder on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122
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First edition of The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller; inscribed by Erica Jong to her husband Ken Burrows
JONG, Erica.
The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1993.
First edition of Jong's appreciation of the life and legacy of Henry Miller. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication to her fourth husband, "For Ken The only husband I still liked after 4 years! (What a confession!) I love you, too - Erica 29 March 1993." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142504
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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 Budd Schulberg's The Harder They Fall; Inscribed by Him to Editor Herb Yellin
SCHULBERG, Budd.
The Harder They Fall.
New York: Random House, 1947.
First edition of Schulberg's second book, basis for the 1956 film directed by Mark Robson, featuring Humphrey Bogart's final film role. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Budd Schulberg on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Louis Glanzman.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 120678
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Cited by The Nobel Committee as the "Crown" of Boll's work; Group Portrait with Lady; Warmly inscribed by Him
BOLL, Heinrich.
Group Portrait with Lady.
New York: Avon Books, 1974.
Early printing of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Dr. P. Murray regards Heinrich Boll with thanks for your kind letter." Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122169
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"True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse”: Og Mandino's The Greatest Salesman In The World; Signed by Him
MANDINO, Og.
The Greatest Salesman In The World.
New York: Frederick Fell, Inc, 1973.
Early printing Mandino's classic work on salesmanship and success. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Og Mandino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142029
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“That my plans have lately gone somewhat awry is the sort of risk one must take if life is to be superb": First Edition of Gore Vidal's Myra Breckenridge; Signed by Him
VIDAL, Gore.
Myra Breckinridge.
Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1968.
First edition of this satirical novel by written in the form of a diary. Octavo, black cloth. Signed by Gore Vidal on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Photo courtesy of the Hotel Sahara. A very nice example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 98977
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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 Stories of Bernard Malamud; Inscribed by Malamud to Close Friends Suzanne and Paul Shrag
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Stories of Bernard Malamud.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul Old and dear friends- a long life in friendship Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. With a compliments of the author card laid in from the publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Photograph by Nancy Crampton. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 99856
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“There are no atheists in foxholes or ideologues in a financial crisis": First Edition of Too Big To Fail; Inscribed by Andrew Ross Sorkin and Gary Parr
SORKIN, Andrew Ross.
Too Big To Fail.
New York: The Viking Press, 2009.
First edition of Ross Sorkin's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ilya Andrew Ross Sorkin" and signed by Gary Parr. Gary Parr was Deputy Chairman and on the board of directors of Lazard, LLC. Prior to that, he was with Morgan Stanley as Vice Chairman, Head of Global Financial Institutions and Co-Head of the Global M&A Group. Label to the copyright page, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Heads of State.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 102768
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Limited Edition of The Prince of Pleasure; Signed by J.B. Priestley
PRIESTLEY, J.B.
The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811-20.
London: The Arcadia Press, 1970.
Signed limited edition of this social and political commentary on the Regency Period. Super octavo, bound in the original full crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, decorative gilt morocco inlays and gilt patterning to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustration of the Snuff-box believed to have been presented to the 1st Duke of Wellington by the Prince Regent on the verso of the frontispiece, frontispiece of The Prince Regent in Garter Robes by Sir Thomas Lawrence, generously illustrated with paintings,…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145562
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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