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First edition of The Constant Gardener; signed by John le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Constant Gardener.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001.
First edition of the author's classic spy thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Christine Rodin. Author photograph by Simone Casetta.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 146443
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"It's a pleasure to inscribe a book to such an ambassador of literature. You're welcome in my posse anyday": First Edition of The Orphan Master's Son; Lengthily Inscribed by Adam Johnson
JOHNSON, Adam.
The Orphan Master’s Son.
New York: Random House, 2012.
First edition of this emotionally rousing novel, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Johanna, It's a pleasure to inscribe a book to such an ambassador of literature. You're welcome in my posse anyday. Yours, Adam Johnson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Buckley.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 147177
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First Edition of And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation; Inscribed by Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
KAMARA-UMUNNA, Agnes Fallah; Emily Holland [Madeleine K. Albright].
And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation.
New York: Hyperion, 2011.
First edition of this memoir about the devastation of the Liberia civil war and its rise out of the ashes. Octavo, original publisher's boards, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To former secretary of state Madeleine Albright Best Regards Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna... 03/02/2016." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East…
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 147576
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"Here, at home inside a Jane Austen novel, I passed my college weekends, carving Sunday roasts and getting the station wagon serviced, explaining the double finesse in bridge, lacing up ice skates, sharing by radio the fall of Paris and the night bombings of London. . . having fallen not just in love but into a family": First Edition of Roger Angell's autobiography; Signed by Him
ANGELL, Roger.
Let Me Finish.
New York: Harcourt, 2006.
First edition of Angell's autobiography of his early years growing up in New York. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Roger Angell on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cooley Design Lab.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 7412
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First edition of Cornel West's Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism; Inscribed by him
WEST, Cornel.
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this contemporary classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Sis' Elizabeth, Stay Strong! Love, Cornel West." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 146863
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First Edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Storyteller: A Novel; Signed by Him
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Storyteller: A Novel.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989.
First edition of this "brilliant novel" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Mark Sturgeon. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer. Translated by Helen Lane.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 142072
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First Edition of Ron Chernow's Grant; Signed by Him
CHERNOW, Ron.
Grant.
New York: Penguin Press, 2017.
First edition of this award-winning biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow on a Penguin Press bookplate to the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Evan Gaffney. Author photograph by Beowulf Sheehan.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 146292
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; Signed by Eric Carle
JR MARTIN BILL, Eric Carle.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991.
Later printing of this Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Quarto, original publisher's pictorial boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Eric Carle.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 149071
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"Man, when reduced to nothing, or in other words a survivor, is not tragic but comic, because he has no fate": First Edition of Liquidation; Signed by Imre Kertesz
KERTESZ, Imre.
Liquidation.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of this novel by the 2002 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Gall. Translated by Tim Wilkinson.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 697
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First Edition of On the Other Hand: A Life Story; Signed by Fay Wray
WRAY, Fay.
On the Other Hand: A Life Story.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.
First edition of the definitive autobiography of the Hollywood starlet. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with numerous photographs. Signed by Fay Wray on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 137379
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First Edition of What is Realism?; Signed by J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
What Is Realism.
Bennington, VT: Bennington College Chapbooks, 1997.
First edition of this essay by J.M. Coetzee. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Coetzee. Fine in wrappers.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 1366
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"Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write": First Edition of What is considered Ruth Rendell’s Greatest Works A Judgement in Stone
RENDELL, Ruth.
A Judgement in Stone.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 4619
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's Pictures of Fidelman; Inscribed by Him to Close Friends
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969.
First edition of Malamud's fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul Old dear good friends with affection Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Catherine Smolich. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 93878
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First Edition of Codex; Signed by Peter Eisenman
EISENMAN, Peter.
Codex: The City of Culture of Galicia.
New York: Monacelli Press, 2005.
First edition of this work by Eisenman. Oblong quarto, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. In fine condition. Signed by Peter Eisenman on the half-title page.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 1420
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First edition of Cornel West's Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism; Inscribed by him
WEST, Cornel.
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this contemporary classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Sis' Julie Jerome, Stay Strong Love, Cornel West." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 146136
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Alexis Lichine's New Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits; Inscribed by Him
LICHINE, Alexis.
Alexis Lichine’s New Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.
Early printing of the revised edition of this comprehensive guide to wines and spirits. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dan Chapin best wishes Alexis Lichine on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R. Scuddellari. In collaboration with William Fifield and with the assistance of Jonathan Bartlett, Jane Stockwood, and John Laird.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 76091
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First Edition of Renewing America's Purpose; Signed by President George W. Bush
BUSH, George W.
Renewing America’s Purpose: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush July 1999-July 2000.
Austin, TX: Republican National Committee / Bush for President, Inc, 2000.
First edition of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly signed by President George W. Bush in a contemporary signature on the cover. In near fine condition.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 147230
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"Take dead aim for the pin": First Edition of Tom Kite's A Fairway to Heaven: My Lessons From Harvey Penick On Golf And Life; Inscribed by Him
KITE, Tom.
A Fairway to Heaven: My Lessons From Harvey Penick On Golf And Life.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997.
First edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Harry- Best of luck with your golf Tom Kite." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bradford Foltz. Written with Mickey Herskowitz.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 129108
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First edition of Jack Valenti's Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches; inscribed to him by William Safire
VALENTI, Jack [William Safire].
Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1982.
First edition of Jack Valenti's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bill Safire Thanks for your embrace - with the loving good wishes of Jack Valenti." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 135441
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First Edition of David Fromkin's Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?; Signed by Him
FROMKIN, David.
Europe’s Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of this "enormously impressive book" (The Weekly Standard). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs and 1 map. Boldly signed by David Fromkin. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney. Jacket photograph by Gavin Bond.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 138439