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"You have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing": First Edition of Tale of the Unknown Island; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose; Illustrated by Peter Sis.
Tale of the Unknown Island.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999.
First edition of Saramago’s classic short story. Octavo, original boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Layne Leary Jose Saramago 8.2005." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Sis. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 136579
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First Edition of William Goldman's Soldier in the Rain; Signed by Him
GOLDMAN, William.
Soldier in the Rain.
New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1960.
First edition of this novel which concerns the friendship between an Army Master Sergeant and a young country bumpkin buck sergeant. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Goldman on the title page. Near fine in avery good dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 78036
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First Edition of Lloyd George: A Diary; Inscribed by Frances Stevenson
STEVENSON, Frances; Edited by A. J. P. Taylor [David Lloyd George].
Lloyd George: A Diary
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1971.
First edition of the collection of Frances Stevenson's diaries. Octavo, original navy blue cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the half title page, "For dear Bob and Wanda with love and every good wish for the future from Frances Lloyd-George - August 1971." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145161
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First edition of George P. Shultz's Leaders and Followers in an age of Ambiguity; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
SHULTZ, George P. [William Safire].
Leaders and Followers in an Age of Ambiguity: The Charles C. Moskowitz Memorial Lectures.
New York: New York University Press, 1975.
First edition of the sixteenth book in the Charles C. Moskowitz Memorial Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire with my admiration for the quality of your thought... and the courage of your convictions and with many thanks for all your help and your friendship George P. Shultz." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968.…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133041
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Return to the Moon; inscribed by Harrison Schmitt
SCHMITT, Harrison. Foreword by Neil Armstrong.
Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space.
New York: Copernicus Books in Association with Praxis Publishing, 2006.
First edition, early printing of the author's visionary plan for humankind's future in space. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Louise and the future! Harrison H. Schmitt Apollo 17." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jordan Rosenbum.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147253
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First Edition of Adonis' Selected Poems; Signed and dated by Him in the Year of Publication
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY KHALED MATTAWA,.
Selected Poems.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.
First edition of the first major career-spanning collection of the poems of Adonis, widely acknowledged as the most important poet working in Arabic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by Adonis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Khaled Mattawa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138251
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First Edition of Philip Stern's The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
STERN, Philip M.
The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Arnoldo Luigi With abundant fondness from one who treasures their friendship Phil S. November, 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 143503
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“Hit ‘em first, and hit ‘em hard": First Edition of Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake LA Motta; Inscribed by Him
LA MOTTA, Jake; Chris Anderson and Sharon McGehee.
Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake La Motta.
Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1986.
First edition of the sequel to Raging Bull. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Harvey Jake La Motta Raging Bull." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Gaydos.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 134250
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“A CONSENSUS MEANS THAT EVERYONE AGREES TO SAY COLLECTIVELY WHAT NO ONE BELIEVES INDIVIDUALLY”: First Edition of The New Diplomacy; Inscribed by Abba Eban to Alan Dershowitz
EBAN, Abba [Alan Dershowitz].
The New Diplomacy: International Affairs in The Modern Age.
New York: Random House, 1983.
First edition of this work by Eban, inscribed by him to famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Alan Dershowitz in friendship Abba Eban." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of Alan Dershowitz.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 53046
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First Edition of Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul; Inscribed by N.T. Wright
WRIGHT, N.T.
Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013.
First edition of this important collection of Wright's most important and influential articles on Paul over the last 35 years. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Clayton Tom Wright." In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144174
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First Edition of The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century; Warmly Inscribed by Tony Judt
JUDT, Tony.
The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998.
First edition of this outstanding work on three great French intellectuals of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Alain- with respect and in friendship Tony April '99." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 146334
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First Edition of John Gregory Dunne's The Studio; Signed by Him
DUNNE, John Gregory.
The Studio.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free endpaper, "John G. Dunne 1968." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Dunne. Uncommon signed.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 116567
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First Edition of John Galsworthy's Swan Song; With an autographed Letter Signed Laid in
GALSWORTHY, John.
Swan Song.
London: William Heinemann, 1928.
First edition of this work in the Forsyte Chronicles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Galsworthy on a laid in letter dated 1920. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 120398
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A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
London: Picador, 1997.
First Picador edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Poulton. Foreword by Evelyn Waugh.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130563
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First Edition of Stirling Moss’s Book of Motor Sport; Signed by Him
MOSS, Stirling.
Stirling Moss’s Book of Motor Sport.
London: Cassell and Company, 1955.
First edition of Moss' classic book of motor sport. Octavo, original cloth, profusely illustrated. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Edited by Wayne Mineau. Foreword by Raymond Baxter. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144362
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First Edition of Thomas C. Schelling's Strategies of Commitment; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas C. Schelling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 77549
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First Edition of Kuki Gallman's Africa Nights; Signed by Her
GALLMANN, Kuki.
African Nights.
London: Viking, 1994.
First edition of the sequel to the author's I Dreamed of Africa. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Kuki Gallmann 1994." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131841
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First Edition of Miracle Maker: Selected Poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi; Signed by Him
AL-AZZAWI, Fadhil.
Miracle Maker: Selected Poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi.
Rochester: Boa Editions, 2003.
First edition of this collection of poems by the award-winning author. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "with my Love Fadhil Al-Azzawi and again below in Arabic. In near fine condition. Translated and with an introduction by Khaled Mattawa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138262
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Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Peter Diamond
DIAMOND, Peter and James A. Mirrlees.
The American Economic Review.
American Economic Review, 1971.
Octavo, original wrappers. Contains the well-known paper by Nobel Prize-winning economists, Peter Diamond and James Mirrlees, Optimal Taxation and Public Production II. Boldly signed by Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5732
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal; Inscribed by Him To His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal.
New York : Random House, 1992.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie love Gore." 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 fine dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 126598