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First edition of One City; signed by J.K. Rowling, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and Irvine Welsh
RANKIN, Ian; Alexander McCall Smith; Irvine Welsh. Introduction by J. K. Rowling.
One City.
Edinburgh: Polygon, 2005.
First edition of this collection initiated by four of Edinburgh's most famous authors to benefit One City Trust, a charity committed to tackling social injustice and inequality in Edinburgh. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. One of 150 numbered copies signed by J.K. Rowling, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and Irvine Welsh on the half-title page, this is number 100. Introduction by J. K. Rowling. Foreword by Rt Hon. Lesley Hinds. Near fine in the original slipcase which is in fine condition.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 124173
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"Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle cats come one come all: the jellicle moon is shining bright- jellicles come to the jellicle ball": Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats; Inscribed by T.S. Eliot
ELIOT, T.S.
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1960.
Later printing of Eliot's beloved collection of whimsical feline poems which served as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 megamusical phenomenon Cats. Octavo, original yellow pictorial cloth, illustrated by T. S. Eliot. Association copy, inscribed by the author to portrait painter Sir Gerald Kelly on the front free endpaper, "For Gerald Kelly with the warm regards & admiration of the author of these verses and the illustrator, T.S. Eliot (O.P.)" Eliot and the recipient, Gerard Kelly, struck up a close friendship back in the early 1920s, and in 1960 Kelly was commissioned to paint a portrait of Eliot, which…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 145467
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"Once there was a little tree ... and she loved a little boy": The Giving Tree; Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
The Giving Tree.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscription to the half-title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147387
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"For Ruth, Who has taught me so much about these issues - and so much else. With deepest admiration and respect": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Deborah L. Rhode's Speaking of Sex; Inscribed by Rhode to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
RHODE, Deborah L. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
First edition of this analysis of sex and gender-based inequality in the United States. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ruth, Who has taught me so much about these issues - and so much else. With deepest admiration and respect, Deborah." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147158
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"Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart": The works of Washington Irving: The author's autograph edition
IRVING, Washington.
The Works of Washington Irving: The Autograph Edition [The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Rip Van Winkle].
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895–97.
The Works of Washington Irving: The Author's Autograph edition. Octavo, 40 volumes, uniformly bound in full morocco by the Knickerbocker Press, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with suede doublures and endleaves. One of 500 sets, this set contains a page of original manuscript by Irving tipped in to volume one of The Alhambra. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 86738
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“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found": First Edition of John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley; Inscribed by Him
STEINBECK, John.
Travels with Charley.
New York: The Viking Press, 1962.
First edition of Steinbeck’s beloved cross-country narrative. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Freeman. Photographs of Steinbeck by Hans Namuth. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 142958
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First Edition of Berger and Luckmann's The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge; Inscribed by both Berger and Luckmann
BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann.
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1966.
First edition of one of the most important sociological texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "For Hansfried, Peter and Thom L." The recipient, Hansfried Kellner was a sociologist and colleague of Peter Berger. They co-wrote two successful books together, Sociology Reinterpreted and The Homeless Mind. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives. First editions are rare, especially with such an association.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 65056
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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view": Rare First Book club edition of To Kill A Mockingbird; Signed by Harper Lee
LEE, Harper.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.
First book club edition (published the same year as the first edition) of Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author, "With all good wishes, Harper Lee" on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Photograph of Lee on the back panel by Truman Capote. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147955
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The Theory of Economic Development; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
SCHUMPETER, Joseph A. [Robert M. Solow].
The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936.
First edition of what many scholars believe to be Schumpeter's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist and student of Joseph Schumpeter, Robert Solow on the front free endpaper, with the inscription which reads, "I sat in Schumpeter's lectures just about 70 years ago. The best of what I remember is in the middle chapters of this book. Robert Solow 5/10/06." Solow in reviewing Schumpeter's work said, "In my view--and that of most contemporary economists, I believe--Schumpeter's most original and most lastingly significant book was Theory of Economic Development, which appeared in 1911 (and was translated into English…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 63014
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"Thank you for all your help in making this book possible": First Edition of Philip Fisher's highly regarded Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks; Inscribed by Him
FISHER, Philip A.
Paths To Wealth Through Common Stocks.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960.
First edition of Fisher's second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free end paper, "Thank you for all your help in making this book possible, Mrs. Nel Pozo Sincerely Phil Fisher." The recipient was an assistant to the author who helped Fisher with this book. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Most desirable inscribed example of this investment classic.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 4682
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“You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back": First Edition of Giovanni's Room; Signed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
Giovanni’s Room.
New York: The Dial Press, 1956.
First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch a shelfwear. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 140400
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“Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you”: Signed Limited First Edition of Kahlil Gibran's Sand and Foam
GIBRAN, Kahlil.
Sand and Foam: A Book of Aphorisms.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.
Signed limited edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth over marbled boards, number 33 of 95 copies, signed by Kahlil Gibran. Illustrated with seven drawings by the author. In near fine condition.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 131582
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Ken Gormley's The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History; Inscribed by Bill Bader to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
GORMLEY, Ken; [Bill Bader] [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History.
New York: New York University Press, 2016.
First edition of this "fluidly fashioned collection of essays about how the roster of American presidents shaped the executive duties as defined in the Constitution" (Kirkus Reviews). Octavo, original half cloth, original red silk ribbon, illustrated with black and white images. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Bader on the front free endpaper, "For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with great admiration and best wishes, - Bill Bader, 12 April, 2016." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 146581
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First Edition of In the Heart of the Country; Inscribed by J.M. Coetzee to his Wife
COETZEE, J.M.
In the Heart of the Country.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1977.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his first wife, “Philippe- Love from John.” Philippa Jubber and John Maxwell Coetzee were married in 1963. They had two children, Nicolas (1966–1989) and Gisela (b. 1968). In 1965 Coetzee entered the graduate school of the University of Texas at Austin, and in 1968 graduated with a PhD in English, linguistics, and Germanic languages. His doctoral dissertation was on the early fiction of Samuel Beckett. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147975
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"She knows everything about the plaza": First edition of Kay Thompson's Eloise; Signed by Her and illustrator Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955.
First edition of the first book in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. Quartos, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by both the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper, "Kay Thompson AND HILARY KNIGHT WITH ME, ELOISE!" Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed by both Thompson and Knight.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 133814
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Rare baseball signed by President Richard Nixon; from the collection of Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio
NIXON, Richard (Joe DiMaggio).
Richard Nixon Autographed Baseball Presented to Joe DiMaggio.
Rawlings Official Ball National League, .
Rare baseball signed by President Richard Nixon on the sweetspot. From the personal collection of Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio. Accompanied by an original black and white photograph of DiMaggio and Nixon shaking hands in the White House, also from DiMaggio's personal collection. In near fine condition. Included is letter of provenance from DiMaggio’s estate signed by his two granddaughters. An exceptional association linking two American icons.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 95226
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"Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them": Carson McCuller's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; With a Note Signed by Her
MCCULLERS, Carson.
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940.
First edition, first printing with the date of 1940 on the title page of the author's first novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. With a note laid in from the author which reads, "With all good wishes from Carson McCullers Thanks for the good time at the Inn." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light professional restoration. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very sharp example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 138095
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First British Edition of The Wild Palms; Signed by William Faulkner
FAULKNER, William.
The Wild Palms.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1939.
First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's grandly inventive, heart-stopping classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "William Faulkner New York 3 March 1953." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed with no other inscribed British edition ever appearing at auction.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 144096
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First Edition of Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello; Inscribed with a painting by Orson Welles
MAC LIAMMOIR, Michael; Preface by Orson Welles.
Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello.
London: Methuen, 1952.
First edition of this work on the film Othello. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Welles as Othello. Association copy, inscribed by Orson Welles and with a painting (self-portrait) done by him across the front endpaper and the front pastedown of a self-portrait of Welles in black, purple and yellow paint and is inscribed "For Lennie with much love and a tiny pinch of salt Orson." The recipient, New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons was an early champion of Welles and the two were close friends for decades. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable with such…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 43050