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First Edition of The End of Ideology; Inscribed by Daniel Bell to Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb
BELL, Daniel [Irving Kristol].
The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas In the Fifties.
Glencoe, Ill: The Free Press, 1960.
First edition of this landmark in American social thought. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Irving and Bea- Butforis - prim, prima with affection Dan - 2/12/60." The recipients were Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Bell's. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism." Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. Bell and Kristol were close friends, who jointly…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117637
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"We copy you down eagle!": Large black and white Apollo 11 Mission Control room photograph; signed by Charlie Duke and Fred Haise
DUKE, Charlie and Fred Haise.
Charlie Duke and Fred Haise Apollo 11 Mission Control Signed Photograph.
Large black and white photograph of Apollo 11 Mission Control Capsule Communicator Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, and James Lovell, boldly signed by Duke with his famous words, "We copy you down eagle!" Signed by Duke in full, '"We copy you down eagle!' Charlie Duke Apollo 11 CAPCOM July 20, 1969" and by Haise, "Mission Control during man's first lunar landing July 20, 1969 Fred Haise Apollo 11 BULMP." In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth group of astronauts. In 1969, he was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 10. He served…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135611
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First Edition of In Darkest Africa; Inscribed by Henry Stanley to His Biographer
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
London: Sampson, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers in pale green, frontispiece in each volume plus 36 plates, 3 folding maps (2 in color), and 150 woodcut illustrations. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper of volume one, "To Professor Blaikie of Edinburgh reciprocating with many thanks his late courtesy, July 3rd, 1890, London." The recipient, Dr. William Garden Blaikie was the author of the definitive biography of Dr. Livingstone: The Personal Life of David Livingstone, with materials chiefly from Livingstone’s unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the possession…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147833
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First Edition of Enrico Caruso's Caricatures; lengthily inscribed by him
CARUSO, Enrico.
Caricatures: In Quattro Parti.
New York: La Follia Di New York, 1908.
First edition of this compendium of Caruso's caricatures. Quarto, original publisher's half morocco with portrait label, illustrated with 150 pages of lithographed drawings. Presentation copy, with a full-page inscription by Caruso on the title page, "à mes amis Otto et Lina affectueusement Enrico Caruso London 1908". In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare, with no other inscribed copies having appeared at auction in the last 15 years. Caruso visited London only once in 1908 for the Royal Gala concert at the Royal Albert Hall on May 30th.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131641
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Rare First Edition of Art of Speculation; Signed by Philip Carret
CARRET, Philip L.
The Art of Speculation.
New York: Barron's, 1927.
First edition of the Wall Street legend's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Carret on the title page. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with some repair and tape. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 141467
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Long Walk to Freedom; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela To Ambassador Jean-Pierre Masset
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ambassador Jean-Pierre Masset of France. Compliments & best wishes. NMandela 29.1.96." The recipient, His Excellency Jean-Pierre Masset served as the French Ambassador to Pakistan from 1989 to 1993, a period of intense bilateral relations between France and Pakistan, marked by the state visit of President François Mitterrand, the first…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 89081
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's Twelve Poems; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
OLIVER, Mary.
Twelve Moons.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.
First edition of Mary Oliver's fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "June 22, 1979 Love to Ray and Nicky from Mary. Provincetown." The recipients were close friends of the author in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Char Lappan. Photograph by Molly Malone Cook. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 85561
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First edition of Greg Williams' Bond on Set: Filming 007 Casino Royale; signed by Daniel Craig, Eva Green and Martin Campbell
WILLIAMS, Greg. [Daniel Craig] [Ian Fleming].
Bond on Set: Filming 007 Casino Royale.
New York: DK Publishing, 2006.
First edition of the renowned photojournalist's work on the filming of Casino Royale, the highest-grossing James Bond film until the release of Skyfall in 2012. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed on the title page by Daniel Craig (James Bond), Eva Green (Vesper Lynd), Martin Campbell (the film's director), Mads Mikkelsen (villain Le Chiffre), and Caterina Murino (Solange Dimitrios). Accompanied by a signed limited edition vinyl of the Bond theme song "Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith and Johnny Napes (which made history by becoming the first ever James Bond theme song to reach #1 on the…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135774
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ROYAL 1961 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1961 Christmas Card.
1961.
Royal 1961 Christmas and New Year Card featuring an color plate of Peter Paul Rubens' The Holy Family with Saint Francis from the Royal Collection. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1963" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 8.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137892
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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Rare Original July 21st 1969 Delaware Evening Journal Front Page; Signed by legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Delaware Evening Journal.
Wilmington: Delaware Evening Journal, July 21, 1969.
Rare original Delaware Evening Journal featuring the headline "Eagle Jets Safely Off Moon; In Orbit for Rendezvous", a front page article on the Apollo 11 moon landing, and large photograph of Neil Armstrong collecting dirt on the lunar surface. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong on his photograph. Below the headline is Armstrong's famous quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Articles featured on the front page include, "Neil, Buzz Leave Prints on Moon", "Kennedy Charged in Crash", and "Luna 15 Lands On Moon, 500 Miles from LM." In very good condition. Double matted and framed.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 100158
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Le monde d'Albert Schweitzer; Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Albert Schweitzer
ANDERSON, Erica; Eugene Exman. [Albert Schweitzer].
Le Monde D’Albert Schweitzer.
Paris: A. Michel, 1955.
First edition of this work on the Nobel laureate. Quarto, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Schweitzer on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. Jean Marie Dubernard upon leaving Lambaréné with my good thoughts, Albert Schweitzer Lambaréné, 18 March 1957." Photographs by Erica Anderson. Text by Eugene Exman. Preface by Daniel Halevy. In near fine condition. Books signed by Schweitzer are rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 120738
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Rare First Edition of The History of Printing in America; Signed by Thomas’s grandson, Benjamin Franklin Thomas
THOMAS, Isaiah.
The History of Printing in America.
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1810.
First edition of this work by the famed printer. Octavo, bound in contemporary sheep, morocco spine labels, illustrated with five engraved plates (four folding). Gift inscription of Thomas's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Thomas, on each of the front free endpapers, as well as his signature on title page in first volume. Benjamin Franklin Thomas was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Grolier American 29; Howes T 168; Sabin 95495; Streeter 7:4176.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133261
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"Let Us Hope That The Best Important Achievement Of Atomic Energy Will Lie In Planetary Exploration, And Not In Human Destruction": First Edition of George Gamow's Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity; Inscribed by Him to Chester Nimitz
GAMOW, George [Chester Nimitz].
Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1946.
First edition of this work by the legendary physicist and cosmologist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To The Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Cordially From The Author G. Gamow." The recipient, Chester Nimitz was made Fleet Admiral in 1944 (a lifetime appointment) and was in charge of the United States Forces in the Pacific, and Commander of Operations including the first military use of atomic energy in warfare, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Near fine in very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 139841
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"And if I should live to be the The Last Leaf upon the tree in the Spring, Let them smile as I do now At the old forsaken bough Where I cling": First edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Last Leaf; inscribed by him to Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie Grant
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.
The Last Leaf. Poem. By Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press, 1886.
First edition of Holmes' classic poem. Folio, original publisher's half vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, top edge gilt, illustrated by George Wharton Edwards and F. Hopkinson Smith. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie Grant, "Oliver Wendell Holmes for Miss Nellie Grant" and additionally signed and inscribed by him on the second blank with a stanza from The Last Leaf, "And if I should live to be the The Last Leaf upon the tree in the Spring, Let them smile as I do now…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 138225
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"A significant work in the development of fantasy literature": Rare second edition of Under the Sunset; inscribed by Bram Stoker
STOKER, Bram.
Under The Sunset.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.
Rare second edition of Bram Stoker's first book. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Mrs. John Foord with grateful remembrance Bram Stoker New York 1884." The frontispiece and plates of the second edition were printed from wood engravings by Swain based on the engraved plates of the first edition, several of the illustrations in the text were redrawn and a number of new full-page illustrations inserted.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146259
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First Edition of Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig; boldly inscribed by him
KING-SMITH, Dick.
The Sheep-Pig.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983.
First edition, first issue of the basis for the Oscar-winning film 'Babe'. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Mary Rayner. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes - Dick King-Smith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary Rayner. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131618
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First edition of Brian Mulroney's Memoirs; inscribed by him to President Bill Clinton
MULRONEY, Brian [Bill Clinton].
Memoirs 1939-1993.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2007.
First edition of the 18th prime minister of Canada's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to the 42nd president of the United States Bill Clinton, "For Bill, with friendship, admiration, and respect, Brian Mulroney." Mulroney visited Clinton in June of 1993, only days before the end of his second term to discuss NAFTA and the development of a common solution to trade matters in Bosnia through the United Nations Security Council. Both Mulroney and Clinton introduced major international free trade agreements during their time in office; Mulroney introduced the Canada–United States Free…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96550
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“Freedom is often the first casualty of war": First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's El General en su Laberinto; Inscribed by Him to Close Friends
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
El General en su Laberinto. [The General in His Labyrinth].
Mexico: Editorial Diana, 1989.
First edition of this "fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man” (Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1990 with a drawing of a flower, "Una flor Para Juana, y un abrazo para Sergio en L.A. Gabo 90." 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…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133247
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First Edition of Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce; Signed by Hallie Q. Brown
BROWN, Hallie Q.
Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.
Xenia, OH: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1937.
First edition of this snapshot of early life at Wilberforce, Ohio by the legendary African-American educator and activist. Small octavo, original green pictorial cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs and etchings. Boldly signed by Hallie Q. Brown on the front pastedown. In near fine condition. Accompanied by two advertisements for this and one of Brown's other books. Books signed by Brown are exceptionally rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146641
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“In the end is the Word, and the Word is Man and the Word is with Men": First Edition of John Steinbeck's Nobel Lecture; Inscribed by Him
STEINBECK, John.
Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature.
New York: The Viking Press, 1962.
First edition of Steinbeck's Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original wrappres. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For the Waldmanns with pleasure John Steinbeck." Presented with original mailing envelope. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 122693
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Where the Sidewalk Ends, Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145319
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First Edition of Yukio Mishima's The Sound of Waves; Inscribed by Him
MISHIMA, Yukio.
The Sound of Waves.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.
First edition in English, preceding the British first by one year of "this classic work, its action might take place at any point across a thousand years" (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dorothy Norman with the author's best wishes Yukio Mishima at the X'mas time 1957." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Jose de Almeida. Translated by Meredith Weatherby. Drawings by Yoshinori Kinoshita. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131297
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Rare Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens to his close friend and financial adviser Thomas Mitton
DICKENS, Charles.
Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.
1844.
Rare autograph letter signed by great English novelist Charles Dickens. One page, octavo, folded, the letter reads, "Devonshire Terrace Eighteenth April 1844. My Dear Mitton, I am sorry to say that plan won't do. Because although Coutts’s were so prompt and polite last time, still they did say 'that it wasn’t the kind of note’ &c &c - as I wrote you at the time. Indeed, I remember to have often heard that they avoid discounting... I wish to Heaven you could think of any other way. I will come down today, between 2 and 3. I have not seen…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 132057
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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "hello! Michael Rosen." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. With the original ticket of the appearance of Rosen laid in. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142057
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First Edition of Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s; Signed by Him
WARHOL, Andy; David Whitney.
Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of Warhol's Portraits of the 1970s. Quarto, original half cloth, with Warhol's triple self-portrait, with 112 color illustrations of the artist's portraits. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Essay by Robert Rosenblum. Edited by David Whitney.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142806
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Signed Limited Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We; in the original blue box with matching number
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
Signed limited edition of Lindbergh's autobiography, which provides the account of the life of one of the century's greatest adventurers, the first man to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight. One of 1000 numbered copies, this is number 842, signed by both Charles Lindbergh and the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo, half bound salmon paper covered boards, frontispiece with tissue-guard, 51 black and white plates, with the publisher's note laid in. Fine in the original glassine and in the original blue box with matching number. Introduction by Myron T. Herrick. Rare in the original box.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 140383
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"one of the most precious jewels in the national heritage": Photograph of 10 Downing Street; Signed by six British prime ministers
EDWARD HEATH, Margaret Thatcher.
10 Downing Street Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of the 10 Downing Street doorway, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 65031
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"The hospitable soul makes me wiser and bolder by provocation": The Autograph Centenary edition of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson; one of 600 numbered copies containing a double sided manuscript in Emerson’s hand bound into vol. i
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson with a Biographical Introduction and Notes by Edward Waldo Emerson and a General Index.
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1903.
The Autograph Centenary edition of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of 600 numbered copies containing a double sided manuscript in Emerson’s hand bound into volume one. Octavo, 12 volumes, original publisher’s cloth with printed paper spine labels, illustrated with numerous mounted photogravures, frontispiece portrait of Emerson to Vol. I with lettered tissue guard. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the publisher and with an original double sided manuscript in Emerson’s hand bound into volume one, this is number 515. The manuscript leaf reads in full, "Will anyone question the will of an aristocracy? Not, whilst there is…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 144526
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"If you ever want to accumulate some capital of your own - speculate, don't invest": Wall Street 20th Century; signed by Gerald M. Loeb
EDITED BY JOHN ARTHUR NEUMARK. [GERALD M. LOEB],.
Wall Street 20th Century.
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Daily News, 1960.
Collection of fundamental articles related to 20th century Wall Street. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated with photographs and charts. Boldly signed by renowned Wall Street trader Gerald M. Loeb on the front panel who contributed the article 'A Challenge for the Ambitious.' Introductory letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower. Other contributors include: Benjamin Graham, Robert C. Riehle, Bernard M. Baruch, William D. Kerr, and Craig Severance. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by this Wall Street legend.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 108521
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First Edition of Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975; signed Twice Each by David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and James D. Watson
BALTIMORE, David; Renato Dulbecco; James D. Watson.
Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975.
New York: Elsevier, 1977.
First edition of this collection of lectures related to molecular biology delivered by Nobel Laureates between 1933 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the half-title page by David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and James D. Watson and by each at the first page of their contribution, for a total of six signatures. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 116314
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"When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object": First Edition of The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Inscribed by Milan Kundera with an original drawing
KUNDERA, Milan.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of Kundera's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Daniel Milan Kundera," with an original drawing of a hand attached to the end of the signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. Rare signed and inscribed and with an original drawing.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 147084
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FIRST EDITION OF SERGEANT YORK: HIS OWN LIFE STORY AND WAR DIARY; Alvin C. York's Personal Copy With His Corrections
YORK, Alvin C.
Sergeant York: The Story of His Life.
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928.
Alvin C. York's first edition copy of his autobiography, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original yellow cloth, frontispiece of a portrait of Alvin C. York, illustrated with eleven plates of black and white photographs. York's personal corrections penciled in throughout, including several notations on the front free endpaper asking the publisher to correct a list of pages, a canceled page affixed to p. 247, and several pages torn out. In very good condition, paperclip rusting to the front panel, stamp to the front free endpaper, "Please Return This Book Promptly to the…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145328
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"whom I protected from the angry wolves Saul Bellow": First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March; Inscribed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ann Englander whom I protected from the angry wolves Saul Bellow." Fine in a near fine price-clipped first-issue dust jacket with the John Steinbeck ad on the rear flap and no reviews. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 111689
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few": First edition, deluxe signed limited issue of So Few: A Folio Dedicated to All Who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain; one of only 401 numbered copies
PIERCE, Michael; John Golley; Roy Asser; Bill Gunston; Brian Masterton; AVM Freddie Hurrell.
…So Few. A Folio Dedicated to All Who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain 10th July – 31st October 1940.
London: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1990.
First edition, deluxe signed limited issue of this lavishly illustrated folio commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the distinguished RAF pilots who fought in it, the most crucial battle in British history. Quarto, original publisher's full crushed blue morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, inset embroidered RAF brevet to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 25 tissue-guarded color silhouette portraits of distinguished RAF pilots each signed by the featured pilot and artist Michael Pierce with his embossed stamp, additionally illustrated with numerous black-and-white and full color…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 139010
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First Edition of Patrick Leigh Fermor's The Traveller's Tree; Signed by Him
LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick.
The Traveller’s Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands.
London: John Murray, 1950.
First edition of Leigh Fermor's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrations by A. Costa.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 81193
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“I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice": First Edition of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox; Signed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Fantastic Mr. Fox.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.
First edition, early printing of Dahl's classic children's work in the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. Octavo, original beige cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Ryan Love Roald Dahl." Illustrated by Donald Chaffin. Jacket design by Donna Lampell. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, light offsetting to the front free endpaper.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 117828
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“Give up all hope, all illusion, all desire..I've tried. I've tried and still I desire": First Edition of Luke Rhinehart's The Dice Man; Inscribed by Him To Fellow Writer Peter Matthiessen
RHINEHART, Luke [George Cockcroft].
The Dice Man.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen on the half title page, "For Peter From a friend you should cherish, and from me. Luke Rhinehart." With Matthiessen's bookplate. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. An exceptional association copy, rare signed.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 44008
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"Tarzan of the Apes found many things to puzzle his young head": First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan; Inscribed by him to his brother-in-law Eddie Gilbert
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1919.
First edition of the sixth book in Burroughs' epic Tarzan series. Octavo, original orange cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Edward Gilbert Best Wishes Always, Edgar Rice Burroughs. The recipient, Edward Gilbert was the brother of Burroughs' second wife and silent film actress Florence Gilbert. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with some chipping and loss to the crown and foot of the spine. Rare and desirable signed by Burroughs.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 96781
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First Edition of John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Signed by Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush; Additionally Signed by Rudy Giuliani
KENNEDY, John F. [George H.W. Bush; George W. Bush; and Rudy Giuliani].
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Boldly signed by both Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on the front free endpaper. Upon the 50th Anniversary of the assassination, President George W. Bush commented, "Today we remember a dark episode in our Nation's history, and we remember the leader whose life was cut short 50 years ago. John F. Kennedy dedicated himself to public service, and his example moved Americans to do more for our country. He believed in the greatness of the United States and the righteousness…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 112452
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First Edition of James Redpath's A Guide to Hayti; Inscribed by Him
REDPATH, James.
A Guide to Hayti [Haiti].
Boston: Haytian Bureau of Emigration, 1861.
First edition of this classic work on Haiti. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To William Monteith from his friend. James Redpath." In very good condition. We have never seen another signed and inscribed example.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 134221