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"There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe it": First Edition of David Foster Wallace’s First Novel, The Broom of the System; Signed by Him and three times by illustrator Lon Kirschner who has added an original illustration
WALLACE, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
New York: The Viking Press, 1987.
First paperback edition (issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition) of the author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Additionally signed three times by the illustrator Lon Kirschner, on the front panel, rear panel and on the title page with an added original illustration. In fine condition. Illustration on the front panel by Lon Kirschner. An unique example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124672
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"In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams": First Edition of the Author’s National Book Award-Winning Novel; Inscribed by Bernard Malamud to Close Friends Suzanne and Paul Shrag
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Fixer.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of the author's fourth novel, which went on to win the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Susie and Paul with much affection Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud (brother of printmaker Karl Schrag). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light wear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 99846
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Signed Limited First Edition of John le Carré's Our Kind of Traitor; Together with the Bound Text of His Address Given at the Oxford Literary Festival March 2010
CARRE, John le.
Our Kind of Traitor and An Address Given at the Oxford Literary Festival March 2010.
London: Viking and London Review Bookshop, 2010.
Signed limited first edition of this thrilling novel which was the inspiration for the 2016 film by the same name starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis and Alicia von Rittberg, together with the bound text of the author's address at the Oxford Literary Festival on 24th March 2010. Octavo, original publisher's morocco-backed half cloth with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt. One of only twenty-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number iii. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase. Copies from this smaller limitation with the…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145764
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First Edition of Bertrand Russell's My Philosophical Development; Signed by Him
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
My Philosophical Development.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1959.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author in which he summarizes his philosophical beliefs and explains how they changed during his life. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117453
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Rare original Capricorn One shooting script; inscribed by Peter Hyams
HYAMS, Peter.
Capricorn One Original Shooting Script.
ITC Entertainment, Inc., 1976.
Rare original shooting script from from the 1978 science fiction thriller Capricorn One. Quarto, original leatherette wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the writer/director on the title page, "To ____ Many thanks. Peter Hyams. P.S. Where did you find this?" In very good condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124688
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“MOTHER OF GOD,” HE SAID, “IS THIS THE END OF RICO”: FIRST EDITION OF W.R. BURNETT'S LITTLE CAESAR; INSCRIBED BY HIM
BURNETT, W.R.
Little Caesar.
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929.
First edition of Burnett's classic novel, which has inspired generations of gangster films. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Mrs. Brown with best wishes of W.R. Burnett." In near fine condition with light rubbing, clipping of a picture of the author and his wife to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom clamshell box. First editions of Little Caesar signed and inscribed are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 59019
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Paul Bocuse's La Cuisine du Marche: en hommage a Alfred Guerot; inscribed by Paul Bocuse to FELLOW LEGENDARY FRENCH CHEF JEAN VERGNES
BOCUSE, Paul [Jean Vergnes].
La Cuisine du Marche: en hommage a Alfred Guerot.
Paris: Flammarion, 1976.
First edition of Bocuse's classic work on French cuisine. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half title page, "A Mon Ami Jean Vergnes ambassadeur de las cuisine Francoise aux U.S.A. Paul Bocuse N.Y. 1977." The recipient, Jean Vergnes, was a classically trained and highly acclaimed French chef, best-known as the co-founder of the famed Manhattan eatery Le Cirque, which opened in 1974. Vergnes had a major influence on American restaurant culture for more than four decades. He began his career working as a chef at various top restaurants in Paris during…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144237
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"Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore": First Edition of Beautiful Losers; Inscribed by Leonard Cohen
COHEN, Leonard.
Beautiful Losers.
New York: The Viking Press, 1966.
First edition of Cohen's second and final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Matthew all the best Leonard Cohen 2008." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Gilda Kuhlman.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 94686
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“Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen": Signed Limited Edition of W. Somerset Maugham's The Razor’s Edge
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
The Razor’s Edge: A Novel.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1944.
Signed limited first and true first edition of Maugham’s masterpiece, published prior to both the American and English trade edition. Octavo, original publisher's red buckram, black leather spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. One of seven hundred fifty numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 501. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146255
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First Edition of this Classic in Scientific Literature Adaptation and Natural Selection; Signed by Richard Dawkins
WILLIAMS, George C. [Richard Dawkins].
Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critic of Some Current Evolutionary Thought.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Dawkins on the half-title page. Many aspects of this book were popularized by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. Both volumes instrumental in introducing the gene's-eye view to evolutionary biology. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name and bookplate. Rare and desirable signed by one of the leading scientists of the twentieth century.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 112392
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Long Walk to Freedom; Warmly Inscribed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson .
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Austin Christmas Compliments and best wishes NMandela 10.6.95." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132402
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First Edition of Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man; Signed by Legendary Champion Bill Russell and Twice by Taylor Branch
RUSSELL, Bill and Taylor Branch.
Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of this powerful memoir by the legendary champion and civil rights advocate. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed the author and co-author Taylor Branch on the front free endpaper, "Bill Russell #6." Additionally lengthily inscribed by Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author Taylor Branch on the title page. Also laid in is a certificate of authenticity signed in Russell's hand "William F. Russell." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by The Artworks. Jacket photograph by Bob Peterson. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 134622
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"People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it": First Edition of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Stephen King’s First Book Carrie; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Carrie.
England: PS Publishing, 2014.
First edition of the 40th Anniversary edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated glossy boards, original slipcase. Although not called for signed by Stephen King on the title page. Signed by Glenn Chadbourne, James Lovegrove and Kim Newman. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in fine condition. Illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne; Introduction by Glenn Chadbourne and the preface by Kim Newman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123034
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Rare Original Photograph inscribed by journalist and explorer Henry M. Stanley
STANLEY, Henry M.
Henry M. Stanley Photograph Signed.
Rare original photograph inscribed by journalist and explorer Henry M. Stanley. Inscribed by Stanley in the upper right corner of the photograph, "Yours faithfully, Henry M. Stanley 1907." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 11.5 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 100192
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"In the twentieth century, the influence of Robert Moses on the cities of America was greater than that of any other person": First Edition of The Power Broker; Inscribed By Robert A. Caro and with a card signed by Caro
CARO, Robert A.
The Power Broker.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Richard from Robert A. Caro." Also laid in is a signed card from Robert A. Caro from the East Rockaway Library Board and the Cultural Arts Council, dated November 7, 1974. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146799
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First Edition of Heinlein's The Man Who Sold the Moon; Signed twice by Him and the Publisher
HEINLEIN, Robert A.
The Man Who Sold the Moon: Harriman and the Escape from Earth to the Moon!
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950.
First edition of this classic work by the author of Stranger in a Strange Land. Octavo, original cloth, chronological chart on endpapers, with the publisher's printed label "Future History, 1951-2600 A.D." on the bottom of the front and rear free endpapers, as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page and again signed in full on the title page, "From one Bob to another! R.A.H." Additionally inscribed by the publisher on the half-title page in the year of publication, "8/30/50 To Bob Cook- With the best wishes of the Publisher Melvin Korshak." Near fine in a near…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117457
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"Love? First give justice! There's nothing above! And then you may love!": In This Our World; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Copy
GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins [Stetson].
In This Our World.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899.
Second edition of Gilman's first collection of poetry, coupled with almost eighty previously uncollected pieces. Duodecimo, enclosed in a handsewn black silk cover, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Gilman. Inscribed by Gilman on the front free endpaper, "Charlotte Perkins Stetson Her copy!" In good condition with detached binding, some pages in the front and rear loose, closed tears to the hinges of the silk cover, gift inscription in the year of publication on the front free endpaper above Gilman's inscription, "Presented by M. Maynard for Xmas 1899," some poems dated in pencil, loss to the frontispiece tissue-guard. Accompanied by an autograph…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146575
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“For a little while when we were lovers I breathed the air from the high places where love comes from, and I can't no more come down": Rare First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Hungry Hearts; Signed by Her
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Hungry Hearts.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
First edition of Anzia Yezierska's rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Anzia Yezierska on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a trace of edge wear in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears to the extremities. Rare signed and especially so in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 42019
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Autographed Letter Signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Autographed Signed Letter.
1864.
Autograph letter signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The letter reads, "Concord 8 Feb. 1864 Dear Mrs. Botta, In obedience to your request sent to me through my daughter, I enclose this paper. Yours faithfully, R.W. Emerson." Double matted and framed with a photograph of Emerson. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17.5 inches. A very attractive piece.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 64045
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Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower; Signed by Her
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Parable of the Sower.
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993.
Early printing of this classic post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from the award-winning author which "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stark Design. Interior design by Marcy Kass. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123464
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First American Edition of Helena; Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh to Fellow Novelist Jim Powers
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Helena.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
First American edition of what the author always described as his best work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend, fellow Catholic and novelist J.F. Powers on the front free endpaper, "For Jim Powers with warm regards from Evelyn Waugh." Jim Powers was a novelist and short-story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic priests in the Midwest. Writing about Powers's first collection of stories, "Prince of Darkness," Evelyn Waugh said that he "is almost unique in his country as a lay writer…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 2807
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First Edition of The Undoing Project; Signed by Michael Lewis and Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daniel Kahneman
LEWIS, Michael [Daniel Kahneman].
The Undoing Project.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Lewis on the title page and by Nobel Prize-winning economist and subject, "Best wishes! Daniel Kahneman" on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Rare and desirable signed by both Lewis and Kahneman.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138129
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First Edition of The Power Broker; Inscribed By Robert Caro In the Year of Publication
CARO, Robert A.
The Power Broker.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For David Tolmach- For auld lang syne Robert A. Caro November 7, 1974." The recipient and the author were friends in New York. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141799
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First Edition of Suzuki Beane; Signed by Sandra Scoppettone
SCOPPETTONE, Sandra; Drawings by Louise Fitzhugh.
Suzuki Beane.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic children's book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, drawings by Louise Fitzhugh. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page "My name is Suzuki Beane Sandra Scoppettone." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, signed examples exceptionally so.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144579
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"Stand by your stocks as long as the fundamental story of the company hasn’t changed”: First Edition of One Up On Wall Street; Inscribed by Peter Lynch
LYNCH, Peter with John Rothchild.
One Up On Wall Street.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
First edition of this classic volume on investing; one of the all-time best-selling books in the field. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "Bill Garfield 3/1/89 May your stocks go as straight as your sloop when you are on a run Peter Lynch." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with John Rothchild. Jacket design by Barry Littman. Jacket photograph by Larry Maglott.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 42755
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"words are magical in the way they affect the minds of those who use them": Signed Limited Edition of Aldous Huxley's Words and Their Meanings; One of only 100 examples
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Words and Their Meanings.
Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, 1940.
Signed limited edition, one of 100 numbered examples. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Aldous Huxley and additionally by the publisher, "To my constant friend James Blake from Jake." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. This is Huxley's smallest limited edition, rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133128
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"Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive " First Edition of The Affluent Society; Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Affluent Society.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.
First edition of the economist's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Laid in this book is an autographed signed letter to Mr. James English, President of The Connecticut Trust Company dated December 19, 1966. Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket with light wear. A very sharp example of this book.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3855
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“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming": First Edition of Donna Tartt's The Secret History; Signed by Her and Four Times by Legendary Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
TARTT, Donna.
The Secret History.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of this contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller...absolutely chilling" (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Donna Tartt on the half-title page. Additionally signed four times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel book, on the front panel of the dust jacket, on the half-title page and rear panel of the jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Barbara De Wilde. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145993
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"Part of life's mystery depends on future possibilities": Saturn V S-IC First Stage Separation PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY MICHAEL COLLINS
COLLINS, Michael.
Michael Collins Signed Saturn V First Stage Separation Oversized Photograph.
Oversized photograph of a Saturn V S-IC first stage separation, boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins, "Michael Collins Apollo XI CMP." The Apollo 11 first stage separation occurred at an altitude of about 38 miles, some 55 miles downrange from Cape Kennedy. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145782
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"Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death": Original photograph signed by the father of rocket technology, Wernher von Braun
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph signed by German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner, "For "Busher" Bill affectionately Wernher von Braun." In very good condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136509
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First Edition of Freeman Dyson's Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics; Inscribed by Him to Edward O. Wilson
DYSON, Freeman [Edward O. Wilson].
Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics.
New York: W.A. Benjamin, 1966.
First edition of this work by the famed physicist. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Edward Best wishes Freeman Dyson." The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist and writer. Wilson has been called "the father of sociobiology" and "the father of biodiversity" for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. In very good condition, with Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper. An exceptional association, linking these two great minds of the twentieth century.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138193
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First Edition of So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano to Philip Roth
MODIANO, Patrick [Philip Roth].
So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood.
Boston/ New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
First edition in English of this haunting novel of suspense. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to fellow writer Philip Roth, "Pour Philip, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Moore. Translated from the French by Euan Cameron. From the library of Philip Roth. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117832
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"the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen": Photograph by Gutzon Borglum of the Bust of Lincoln; Signed by Him
BORGLUM, Gutzon (Abraham Lincoln).
Gutzon Borglum Signed Photograph of a Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
1907.
Photograph signed and dated "Gutzon Borglum 1907." The photograph taken by Borglum shows his marble bust of Abraham Lincoln. On February 6, 1908, the President's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, wrote to Borglum regarding the bust as, "the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen." The sculpture is on display in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol Building. A typed Lincoln quotation pasted to mount at lower left. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 87608
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“If it is not beautiful for someone, it does not exist": First Edition of The Recognitions; Signed by William Gaddis
GADDIS, William.
The Recognitions.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Thick octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Gaddis on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144184
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Original Hilary Knight Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration
KNIGHT, Hilary.
Hilary Knight Original Christian LaCroix Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated models from Armani, Dior, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix and Ricardo Tischi. In an envelope affixed to the rear of the framed piece is the original tissue guard featuring an inscription in Knight's hand, "Jan 24 5pm Christian LaCroix Ecole Nationale 14 Rue Bonaparte" and an arrow pointing to the gold glitter beneath the model's feet, "actual gold dust used on the runway." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95330
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"With love to you, on Washington's birthday": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s India and the Awakening East; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the half-title page, "Eleanor Roosevelt with love to you, on Washington's birthday Fer. 22, 1954 Vernon." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 110954
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First edition of Mary Howitt's Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden
HOWITT, Margaret. [Fredrika Bremer].
Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden.
London: Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, 1866.
First edition of Howitt's work on the twelve months she spent with close friend and writer Fredrika Bremer. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, tipped in tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Bremer with an inscription from her to Howitt in facsimile. In very good condition. Scarce with only one other copy traced at auction. Bookplate.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124150
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First Edition of Captain Basil Hall's Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828; Inscribed by Him to Lady Holland
HALL, Captain Basil.
Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828.
Edinburgh: Cadell and Co, 1829.
First edition of this important work. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, volume one with the foldout map of the United States as far west as the Arkansas Territory and a part of Texas. Volume three contains a foldout chart of statistical data on the population and size each state, and on the United States government's finances. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page of volume one, "Lady Holland with the author's compliments." The recipient, Lady Holland was an English political hostess and the wife of Whig politician Henry…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 128562
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"You know my services are always at your disposal": Rare Autograph Letter from the Great Architect Stanford White
WHITE, Stanford.
Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed by architect Stanford White. It reads, "To [Marie] Anais [Casey], believed to have been romantically involved with White by his biographer, Aline B. Saarinen. With a typewritten letter signed from Saarinen to Casey’s daughter requesting additional background information on her mother’s affair with White. The handwritten letter reads, "My dear dear Anais What do you mean? You know my services are always at your disposal- but in such a case as this I should feel very badly indeed if you did not consider what I have done for you as a labor of love & I am…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3779
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Rare Columbia University Alumni Banquet Program; signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Columbia University Banquet Program.
Cincinatti: Columbia University Alumni Club of Cincinatti, 1949.
Rare Columbia University Alumni Banquet program signed by the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Large octavo, the program was printed for the Regional Columbia University Alumni Banquet held at the Netherland Plaza Hotel on November 22, 1949. Signed by Eisenhower on the front panel of the program. Eisenhower served as president of Columbia University after World War II, a position he held from 1948 to 1953. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 121022
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First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Noticia de un Secuestro; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to Close Friends
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Noticia de un Secuestro [News of a Kidnapping]
Mexico: Editorial Diana, 1996.
First edition of this work of nonfiction by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Para Juana y Sergio, en la linea contra la Helius - Burlon; y Le amistad de siempre, Gabo 96." The recipient, Sergio Muñoz Bata and his wife Juana, were close friends of Marquez. They met in 1964 in Mexico City in the home of author Carlos Fuentes, who often hosted a literary open house or "salon" on Sundays. At the time, Marquez was largely unknown to the literary world…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132317
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First Edition of the Author’s Prophetic Book The Coming of Post Industrial Society; Inscribed by Daniel Bell in the year of Publication to Sociologist David Riesman
BELL, Daniel.
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
New York: Basic Books, 1973.
First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Dave and Evie Riesman, with regard, Dan Bell Chilmark, July 12, 1973." David Riesman was a Harvard sociologist, known for his classic work The Lonely Crowd, which is considered a landmark study of American character. An outstanding association linking these two academician giants of the twentieth century. Some spotting to the page…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 18062
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First Edition of Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady; Inscribed by Cecil Beaton and with an autographed letter signed
BEATON, Cecil.
Cecil Beaton’s Fair Lady.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
First edition of Beaton's Fair Lady, a witty compilation of his personal diary entries recorded while managing the costume and set design of the 1957 Warner Brothers film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Elaine and Arthur Cohen my favorite publishers with thanks and admiration from Cecil." The recipients, Arthur and Elaine Lustig Cohen, were a publisher and graphic artist, respectively. With an autograph letter signed from Beaton to Arthur Cohen on New York’s St. Regis Hotel stationery laid in. Near fine in a near…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141409
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"The perfect book" (Alice Walker): Rare first edition of Mules and Men; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Mules and Men.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935.
First edition of Hurston's classic work, "the most engaging, genuine, and skillfully written book in the field of folklore" (Alan Lomax). Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Introduction by Franz Boas. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141719
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles and Screenwriter Harold Pinter
FOWLES, John [Harold Pinter].
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by both John Fowles and Harold Pinter on the title page. Pinter wrote the screenplay for the 1981 film bearing the same name. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. An excellent near fine example in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams. Rare and desirable signed by both Fowles and Pinter.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 91873
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"But the journey would have been better if Beatrice and Bruce had been there": First Editions of the author’s Masterpiece; Warmly Inscribed by Rebecca West to the Editors of the Ladies Home Journal
WEST, Rebecca.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941.
First American editions of Rebecca West's masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "But the journey would have been better if Beatrice and Bruce had been there. Rebecca West 1962." The recipients, Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies' Home Journal for almost 27 years, from 1935 through 1962, including the golden years of the magazine. Time magazine wrote upon their 1962 retirement, the Goulds took an undistinguished journal in a field that "took the patronizing view that a woman's interests were largely confined…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145979
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"The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day": CHUCK YEAGER BELL X-1 SPEED OF SOUND SIGNED AUTO ROCKET
YEAGER, Chuck.
Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-1 Speed of Sound Auto Rocket.
Model of the Bell X-1, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 14 inches in length, 10 inches in height and 11 inches in width. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 100398
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“Remember this, if you can--there is nothing, nothing more precious than time": First Edition of The Caine Mutiny; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Herman Wouk
WOUK, Herman .
The Caine Mutiny.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951.
First edition of Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Herman Wouk on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147484
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Rare photograph of the First Lady of Argentina Eva Perón; Inscribed by Her
PERóN, Eva.
Eva Perón Signed Photograph.
Rare photographic portrait of the First Lady of Argentina Eva Perón, signed and inscribed, "Para el Senor Kenneth H. Browne con afecto Eva Peron." Double matted and framed. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 15.5 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119773
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First Edition of Pat Frank's Classic Science Fiction Novel Mr. Adam; Inscribed by Him
FRANK, Pat.
Mr. Adam.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1946.
First edition of the author's classic first novel, which has went on to sell over two million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Cynthia - With best regards, Pat Frank, Tarrytown, '47". Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 122192
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Aldous Huxley's The Art of Seeing; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Art of Seeing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942.
First edition, early printing of this classic work which details Huxley's experience with and views on the controversial Bates method, which according to him improved his eyesight. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 139661
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Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2000; with the 1998 issue inscribed by Clinton to his director of the United States Information Agency Joseph Duffey
CLINTON, Bill. [William Jefferson].
Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2000.
Washington: The White House, 1993-2000.
Presentation edition of this selection of speeches delivered by President Bill Clinton. Quarto, 8 volumes, original publisher's half morocco over paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Each volume is one of a limited number of numbered copies. The December 1998 issue is a presentation copy, inscribed by Clinton on the title page, "To Joe Duffy with thanks Bill Clinton Christmas 1998." The recipient, Joseph Duffey was selected by Clinton to serve as the director of the United States Information Agency in 1993. In 1970, Duffey ran for the U.S. Senate in 1970 as a prominent anti-Vietnam War candidate;…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 142751
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“THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE FIGURE IN JEWISH LIFE”: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF CHAIM WEIZMANN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY TRIAL AND ERROR
WEIZMANN, Chaim.
Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 500 copies signed by Chaim Weizmann, this is number 255. Octavo, 2 volumes, frontispiece of Weizmann in volume one. Fine in good dust jackets. With the original sales slip from 1949 laid in. Uncommon in the original dust jackets.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 134759
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Signed Limited Edition of The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats; Additionally inscribed by the editor Russell Alspach
YEATS, W.B.
The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957.
Signed limited edition, one of 825 numbered copies signed by W.B. Yeats, this is number 231 of this classic collection of poetry by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth, original slipcase. Edited by Peter Allt and Russell Alspach. Additionally inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "To Bob Steele high regards Russell Alspach." Fine in the original slipcase, which is in near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 140884
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Rare General George B. McClellan Signed Carte-de-Visite
MCCLELLAN, George B.
George B. McClellan Signed Carte-de-Visite.
1963.
Carte-de-visite of General George McClellan. Boldly signed, "George B. McClellan Maj Gen USA." In near fine condition. It measures 4 inches by 2.5 inches. Rare.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 117491
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"You talkin' to me?": Glossy color photograph of the iconic Columbia Pictures Taxi Driver movie poster; signed by Martin Scorsese, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Cybil Shepherd and others
SCORSESE, Martin; Jodie Foster; Albert Brooks; Peter Boyle; Cybil Shepherd; Vincent Argo; Paul Schrader; Robert De Niro.
Taxi Driver Signed Movie Poster Photograph.
Glossy color photograph of the iconic Columbia Pictures Taxi Driver movie poster signed by Martin Scorsese, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle, Cybil Shepherd, Vincent Argo, and screenwriter Paul Schrader. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. A desirable assemblage of autographs from Scorsese's seminal film.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 146305
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“I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy": Signed Limited First Edition of Simone de Beauvoir's The Mandarins
DE BEAUVOIR, Simone.
The Mandarins.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956.
Signed limited edition and first English edition of the novel for which de Beauvoir won the Prix Goncourt, awarded to the best and most imaginative prose work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Simone de Beauvoir. Fine in a near fine dust original glassine jacket in the original slipcase. Translated from the French by Leonard M. Friedman. Rare in this condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 137901
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"Doesn't bend like Piccadilly, or end abruptly like the Rue de la Paix": FIRST EDITION OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT'S NOVEL PARK AVENUE; SIGNED BY HIM
VANDERBILT, Jr.
Park Avenue.
New York: The Macaulay Company Publishers, 1930.
First edition of Vanderbilt's intimate portrait of the luxurious jazz era Park Avenue lifestyle. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 142172
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's The Assistant; Inscribed by him to his cousins once removed
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Assistant.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
First edition of Malamud's second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, Marshall Malament's sons, "To Joel and David with every good wish Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 112915
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"It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you": First Edition of Sula; Signed by Toni Morrison
MORRISON, Toni.
Sula.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 141498