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“That is all you can think of: what people will say! One goes from one end of the world to the other to hear the same story. Does it matter what people say?”: First Edition of Nectar In a Sieve; Inscribed by Kamala Markandaya
MARKANDAYA, Kamala.
Nectar In a Sieve.
London: Putnam, 1954.
First Edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes and love, Kamala Markandaya January 1955." Some tape removal to the front endpaper, else near fine in a very good dust jacket with some of the usual wear and tear. Overall a nice copy of this classic; this is the first example of this title we have seen signed or inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 855
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“YOU TRIP OVER A WORD WHILE CARRYING A TRAY OF VOCABULARY OUT TO THE POOL ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT BROKEN GLASS IS A GOOD TOPIC”: First Edition of Billy Collins' The Apple That Astonished Paris; Inscribed by Him
COLLINS, Billy.
The Apple That Astonished Paris.
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1988.
First edition of this early collection of poems by award-winning poet. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Billy Collins on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 12017
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First edition of Glenn Miller's Method For Orchestral Arranging; Signed by him
MILLER, Glenn.
Glenn Miller’s Method For Orchestral Arranging.
New York: Mutual Music Society, 1943.
First edition of the great swing-era American jazz musician's guide to orchestral arranging. Royal octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Sincerely Glenn Miller." In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141030
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“A picture means I know where I was every minute. That’s why I take pictures. It’s a visual diary": First Edition of Andy Warhol's Exposures; Signed by Andy Warhol
WARHOL, Andy.
Andy Warhol’s Exposures.
New York: Andy Warhol Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1979.
First edition of Warhol’s candid and engaging photobook. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145778
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First Edition of Tennessee Williams Summer and Smoke; Signed by Him
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
Summer and Smoke.
New York: New Directions, 1948.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145444
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First Edition of Simple Speaks His Mind; Inscribed by Langston Hughes to Rev. Charles Sumner Lee
HUGHES, Langston.
Simple Speaks His Mind.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950; [1951].
First edition of the first book in Hughes’ “Simple” series. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, gray top stain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed especially for Rev. Charles Sumner Lee with the good wishes of Langston Hughes. Camden, 29 April 1951." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147216
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First Edition of Helen Levitt's Second Book In the Street; Signed by Her
LEVITT, Helen; Essays by Robert Coles.
In the Street.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1987.
First edition of the photographer's second major photobook. Quarto, original cloth. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Not to be confused with the more common paperback edition. Helen Levitt and the author James Agee first collaborated in 1945 on a documentary film set in Harlem, called "In the Street." Psychologist Robert Coles contributed the essays to this volume.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 810
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First Edition of Alvin Plantinga's The Nature of Necessity; Signed by Him
PLANTINGA, Alvin.
The Nature of Necessity.
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1974.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alvin Plantinga on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139212
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Long Autographed Letter Signed by Chief Justice Warren Burger to Irving Kaufman
BURGER, Warren.
Warren Burger Signed Letter To Irving Kaufman.
1969.
Autographed signed letter from Chief Justice Warren Burger to the Chief Judge of the Second Court of Appeals Irving Kaufman on The Supreme Court letterhead. The letter reads, "Dear Irving, Today is a significant milestone in your fine judicial career and an important one in the Judiciary because of that fact. Few judges brought to their work the rich background of scholarship and broad experience in practice and the trial bench as you did. I wish for you- and for all of us- that you will have good health and many more years of service in the courts. Cordially Warren…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 38008
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First Edition of Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas
STOKEY, Nancy L.; Robert E. Lucas.
Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas on the front free endpaper, "For Mark- with best wishes- Robert E. Lucas Jr." In near fine condition, small stamp to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142699
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First Edition of A Tiger By the Tail; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
A Tiger by the Tail: The Keynesian Legacy of Inflation.
San Francisco : Cato Institute , 1979.
First edition of this collection of writings on Keynesian economics by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To George Meyer with best wishes 1-12-82 F.A. Hayek." Compiled and introduced by Sudha R. Shenoy. With a foreword by Leland B. Yeager. In fine condition. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 77024
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"Look. Slowly. With the room and the music just so": Deluxe First Edition of The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook; Signed by George Walker, Norman Ravvin, and Tom Smart
WALKER, George A; with Introduction by Norman Ravvin and Conclusion by Tom Smart [Leonard Cohen].
The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook.
Toronto: Privately Printed, 2014.
Deluxe first edition of this biography of author, poet, and singer song-writer Leonard Cohen in wood engravings. Octavo, original black cloth with a wood-engraved cover label portrait of Cohen to the front panel, illustrated with eighty wood engravings on 250 gm Rising Stonehenge 100% rag archival paper chronologizing the life of Leonard Cohen by George Walker. One of eighty copies produced in commemoration of Cohen's 80th birthday and signed by the engraver at the end of the preface, this is number 48. Additionally signed by the author of the introduction, 'Image, Words, Music,' and the author of the conclusion, 'Taming…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145481
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"You got eyes": Robert Frank's The Americans; Signed by Him
FRANK, Robert; Introduction by Jack Kerouac.
The Americans.
Germany: Steidl/ Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 2008.
First 50th Anniversary edition of the photographer's classic work. Oblong quarto, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Robert Frank on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146143
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"We gain knowledge of our place in the universe not only from science but also from history, art and literature": First Edition of Dreams and Sky; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Dreams of Earth and Sky.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2015.
First edition of this sequel to Dyson's 2006 The Scientist as Rebel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the half-title page with the following line from this work, "We gain knowledge of our place in the universe not only from science but also from history, art and literature. Freeman Dyson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Johnston. A unique example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 110448
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First Edition of Shirley Ann Grau's Masterwork The Keepers of the House; Signed by Her
GRAU, Shirley An.
The Keepers of the House.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Shirley Ann Grau on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 116739
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First Edition of Philip Johnson: Makers of Contemporary Architecture; Warmly inscribed by him and with two autographed letters signed and three typed letters signed
JACOBUS, John M. [Philip Johnson].
Philip Johnson: Makers of Contemporary Architecture.
New York: George Braziller, 1962.
First edition of this work on the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rosalind Greene Who gave me warmth and courage when both were most horribly lacking - in fondest memory. Philip Johnson." Two autographed letters signed and three typed letters signed from Johnson totally five pages loosely inserted along with assorted magazine and newspaper articles. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lustig and Reich.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132908
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“If you can describe something, you must take responsability for it": First Edition of Joseph McElroy's Women and Men; Signed by Him
MCELROY, Joseph.
Women and Men.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of this modern classic compared with Joyce's Ulysses. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph McElroy on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket illustration and design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 138905
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Inscribed by Both Patrick Leigh Fermor and George Psychoundakis
LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick; George Psychoundakis.
George Psychoundakis: A Letter to C.A. Trypanis.
Athens: The American College of Greece, 1999.
First edition of this work by the author of A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by both Patrick Leigh Fermor and George Psychoundakis to John Leatham, who contributed the introduction to this volume. Additionally signed by Leigh Fermor on another page. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 3911
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"Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day": First Edition of Bellow's Seize the Day; Inscribed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Seize the Day.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Gabels with best wishes from an old exile to Evanston Saul Bellow." The recipients were close friends of Bellow's while he was a student at Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors and earned bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and sociology. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Jacket design by Bill English. Association copies of Seize the Day are uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 84225
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Rare original photograph of great tenor Enrico Caruso; warmly inscribed by him to Italian football star Ettore Fontana
CARUSO, Enrico.
Enrico Caruso Signed Photograph.
Rare original sepia toned photograph of famed tenor Enrico Caruso, inscribed by him on the mount to football star Ettore Fontana in Italian, "Al carissimo amico Ettore Fontana Sinceramente Enrico Caruso New York, 1907." In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 15.5 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117974
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Message of the President of the United States, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Seventieth Congress
COOLIDGE, Calvin.
Message of the President of the United States, Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Seventieth Congress.
Chicago: Government Printing Office, 1928.
First edition of this address given by President Coolidge. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Calvin Coolidge. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 119471
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First Edition of Juan Manuel Fangio: World Champion; Signed by Him
MOLTER, Gunther [Juan Manuel Fangio].
Juan Manuel Fangio: World Champion.
First edition of this work on the legendary driver. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Juan Manuel Fangio on the dedication page. From the library of motor journalist Barry Lake with his signature to the title page. Translated by Charles Meisl. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Books signed by Fangio are rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133143
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"With best wishes for a pleasant trip, success, and luck. Hope to see you soon. Love, Mary": Hemingway: The Viking Portable Library; Warmly Inscribed by Mary Hemingway
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. [Mary Hemingway].
Hemingway: The Viking Portable Library.
New York: The Viking Press, 1944.
First edition, early printing of this compilation of Hemingway's works. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Mary Hemingway on the front free endpaper, "23 June 1947 Dear Nina, With best wishes for a pleasant trip, success, and luck. Hope to see you soon. Love, Mary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Edited by Malcolm Cowley. We have never seen another signed and inscribed example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135292
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William M. Thackeray Autograph Letter Signed to Lady John Russell
THACKERAY, William M.
William M. Thackeray Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed by William M. Thackeray to Lady John Russell, wife of the Prime Minister. One page, the letter reads, "I have an engagement contracted 3 weeks ago unfortunately, or I should have had the greatest pleasure in coming to Richmond on Friday." Matted and framed with two engravings, one of Thackeray and the other of Colonel Newcome (a character from Thackeray's 'The Newcomers'). In very good condition with toning to the letter and very light folds. The entire piece measures 17.5 inches by 10.25 inches. A charming presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145284
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry to Academy Award-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson
GEHRY, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the architect on the half-title page, "To Frank Pierson Frank O. Gehry." The recipient Frank Pierson was a renowned Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon (along with the Academy-nominated Cat Ballou and Cool Hand Luke), director, and President of both the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines,…
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 99727
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"I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood": Rebecca West's Masterpiece; Inscribed by the author in volume one
WEST, Rebecca.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
London: Macmillan, 1941.
First edition, second printing of Rebecca West's masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "With all wishes to Kathleen Flint from Rebecca West- 1943." Both volumes are in very good condition, recipient's name to the front free endpaper. Scarce and desirable signed by West.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 129759
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"But I wanted to say- this is the point of it. Remember it happy; the sun in your eyes": First Edition of Nicholas Mosley's Accident; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MOSLEY, Nicholas.
Accident.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on title page, "For William with all very best wishes from Nicholas Moseley November 2008 'But I wanted to say- this is the point of it. Remember it happy; the sun in your eyes.'" Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear. Jacket design by John Woodcock.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 114589
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Stamp Sheet Signed by President and First Lady Harry and Bess Truman
TRUMAN, Harry S. and Bess.
Harry and Bess Truman Signed Postage Stamps Sheet.
Complete 9 inches by 10 inches full sheet of fifty United States three-cent postage stamps depicting the White House and honoring the sesquicentennial of Washington D.C. Boldly signed by Harry and Bess Truman, “To Mike Zebniak From Harry Truman” and “Bess W. Truman”. Matted and framed the entire piece measures 17 inches by 18 inches.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 83451
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First Edition of Statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin; Inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson
JOHNSON, Lyndon B.
Statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, Erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol Building at Washington.
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1905.
First edition of this work on the statues of Sam Houston and Stephen Austin. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon Johnson on the front pastedown, "To B. J. Hanacik, from his congressman, Lyndon B. Johnson, April 10, 1938." In near fine condition.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 125327
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"Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?": First Edition of Exodus; Inscribed by Leon Uris
URIS, Leon.
Exodus: A Novel of Israel.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Lois Shapiro Shalom Leon Uris." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket drawing by Harlan Krakowitz. Signed first editions of Exodus are uncommon.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 108911
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"The bravest man I ever knew was my father": First edition of The Quality of Courage; Warmly Inscribed by Mickey Mantle
MANTLE, Mickey.
The Quality of Courage.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of this early work by baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Murph and Joyce My Best Wishes Your Old Friend Mickey Mantle." Near fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket photograph by Fred Kaplan. Jacket design by Stoney Butchkes. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 145896
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"For in the end, is it not fitting that a book about the Constitution should close by studying what the Constitution is not about?" First Edition of American Constitutional Law; Lengthily Inscribed by Laurence Tribe
TRIBE, Laurence H.
American Constitutional Law.
New York: The Foundation Press, 1978.
First edition of the legal scholar's classic treatise on constitutional law. Quarto, original red boards. In near fine condition, issued without a dust jacket. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed the author opposite the title page, "July 1979 For Macy Shaffner- In hopeful allliance- and with all best wishes, Larry Tribe." In near fine condition, name of the recipient to the front pastedown, issued without a dust jacket.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 144164
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Rare original photograph inscribed by both Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson
TRUMAN, Harry S. and Adlai Stevenson.
Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of American statesmen Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson. Inscribed by Harry Truman, "Kind regards to Ken Browne, Harry Truman" and by Stevenson, "For Ken Browne with best wishes Adlai S. Stevenson." Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 99835
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Rare postcard signed by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso
CARUSO, Enrico.
Enrico Caruso Signed Postcard.
1906.
Rare postcard signed by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. One page with the Hotel Cecil, London coat of arms, the post card is addressed to Miss Nelly Bachman in Caruso's hand and signed by him on the verso, "Enrico Caruso London 1906." Caruso has added a self-caricature beneath his inscription. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 117755
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"The previously untold stories of a group of true-life heroes": First Edition of The Green Berets; Inscribed by Robin Moore in the Year of Publication
MOORE, Robin.
The Green Berets.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1965.
First edition of this monumental work, basis for the classic film starring John Wayne. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Chick and Mary Edgarton Best wishes Robin Moore Concord 15 May 1965." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Harsh/ Finegold. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 147494
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First edition of The Living White House; signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and warmly inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson
AIKMAN, Lionelle. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Bruce Catton.
The Living White House.
Washington, D.C: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society Special Publications Division, 1966.
First edition of this beautiful pictorial history of the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Octavo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with numerous full page color photographs. One of 100 copies. Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson on the limitation page, "January 31, 1970 For Sarah and Lawrence Clay Maliek with the warm good wishes for all your days ahead Lady Bird" and signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, "Lyndon B. Johnson." In near fine condition…
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 139238
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First Edition of Stephen King's Bag of Bones; Inscribed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Bag of Bones.
New York: Scribners, 1998.
First edition of this work which won the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, the 1999 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1999 Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Patricia- Stephen King." Near fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 142294
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“You could find beauty nearly anywhere if you stopped to look for it": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S CAREER OF EVIL; SIGNED BY J.K. ROWLING
GALBRAITH, Robert.
Career of Evil.
London: Sphere, 2015.
First edition of the third novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rowling on the title page “Robert Galbraith” and with Rowling’s hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nico Taylor.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 127383
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"IF YOU DON'T DO YOUR PART, DON'T BLAME GOD": FIRST EDITION OF THE REAL BILLY SUNDAY; SIGNED BY BILLY SUNDAY
BROWN, Elijah P. [Billy Sunday].
The Real Billy Sunday: The Life and Work of Rev. William Ashley Sunday, D.D.
Dayton, Ohio: The Otterbein Press, 1914.
First edition of Brown's biography of renowned American evangelist, Billy Sunday. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Sunday, illustrated. Boldly signed by Sunday on the front free endpaper, "W.A. Sunday Psalm 34." In near fine condition. Books signed by Sunday are uncommon.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 124135
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"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America": First Edition of Between Hope and History Inscribed By President Clinton to United Nations Ambassador Bill Richardson
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson] [Bill Richardson].
Between Hope and History.
New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1996.
First edition of this work by President Clinton. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Bill Richardson with thanks Bill Clinton 9-7-96." The recipient, Bill Richardson served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary under the Clinton administration. Richardson became a member of the Democratic leadership as a deputy majority whip, where he became friends with Clinton after they worked closely on several issues. For his work as a back channel to Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexico's president at the time of the negotiations, he…
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 146659
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First Edition of Willie Mays: My Life In And Out of Baseball; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by the Baseball Legend
MAYS, Willie.
Willie Mays: My Life In And Out of Baseball.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1966.
First edition of this early autobiography by Mays. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. 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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "To Don Best Wishes Willie Mays" on a page bound in. In fine condition. Written with Charles Einstein. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 147503
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“Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on": It Can't Happen Here; Warmly Inscribed by Sinclair Lewis
LEWIS, Sinclair.
It Can’t Happen Here.
Garden City, NY: The Sun Dial Press, Inc, 1935.
First edition, early printing of Lewis' later masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front pastedown and front free endpaper, "In mem. Prodigal Parents To Frances Whiting from a humble reader of this noble volume Sinclair Lewis, Stockbridge May 20, 1937." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 145659
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“The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny": Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose; Signed by the Nobel Prize-winning Economist
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.
First edition, early printing of Friedmans' persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mary Strong, Milton Friedman." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 133804
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“A man must earn his daily bread by some means some-where, and if his bread fails to nourish his soul, at least his body will be nourished while his soul suffers": First American Edition of Baltasar and Blimunda; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Baltasar and Blimunda.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1987.
First American edition of Saramago's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, "Para Gus cordialmente Jose Saramago 13.5.2005." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Giotto. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 133494
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First Edition of Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters; Signed by President Barack Obama
OBAMA, Barack.
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
First edition of this work by President Obama, which delivers a tender, beautiful letter to his daughters in this powerful picture book illustrated by award-winner Loren Long. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Loren Long. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 144139
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First Edition of Lynne Reid Banks' The Indian In The Cupboard; Signed by her and illustrator Brock Cole
BANKS, Lynne Reid; Illustrated by Brock Cole.
The Indian In The Cupboard.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1980.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Brock Cole. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Andrew - Best wishes, Lynne Reid Banks Dorset, UK Sept. 2008." Additionally signed by the illustrator Brock Cole on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Robert Sabin. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by both Banks and Cole.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 121662
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“There is nothing healthier for a man than to walk on his own two legs": First Edition of Baltasar and Blimunda; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Baltasar and Blimunda.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1987.
First American edition of Saramago's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, "To Harold Jose Saramago 29.10.2008." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket art by Giotto. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 100019
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"the greatest musical figure who has lived in this century": Richard Strauss Signed Program
STRAUSS, Richard.
Richard Strauss Signed Program.
1925.
Richard Strauss signed program. The program was for a concert by the Dusseldorf City Orchestra and Richard Strauss, held April 30, 1925. The program measures 6.5 inches by 8.75 inches. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph of Strauss. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 65034
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"Okay. Right now Houston, the voltage is- is looking good, and we had a pretty large bang associated with the CAUTION & WARNING there: And as I recall, MAIN B was the one that had had an amp spike on it once before!": Apollo 13 Module Oversized Photograph; Lengthily Signed by Fred Haise
HAISE, Fred.
Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Module Oversized Photograph.
April 14, 1970.
Oversized photograph of the Apollo 13 Module. Black and white photograph of the Apollo 13 Module. Lenghthily signed by Fred Haise with a quote from his conversation with Capsule Communicator Jack Lousma. The full inscription reads, "Okay. Right now Houston, the voltage is- is looking good, and we had a pretty large bang associated with the CAUTION & WARNING there: And as I recall, MAIN B was the one that had had an amp spike on it once before! Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP April 14, 1970." In fine condition. The piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 145293
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First Edition of Roger Kahn's Joe & Marilyn: A Memory of Love; Signed by Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Di Maggio
KAHN, Roger; [Joe Di Maggio].
Joe & Marilyn: A Memory of Love.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1986.
First edition of the full, unobscured story of Mr. and Mrs. America. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece portrait of Joe and Marilyn on their wedding day. Boldly signed by Joe Di Maggio on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Terry Fehr. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 147083
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“Amateur psychiatric prognosis can be fascinating when there is absolutely nothing else to do”: First Edition of Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CONDON, Richard.
The Manchurian Candidate.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1959.
First edition of this brilliant, controversial novel, basis for the 1962 film adaptation, which has been called “the most chilling piece of cold war paranoia ever committed to film” (New York Times). 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. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 143983
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First Edition of Baltasar and Blimunda; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Baltasar and Blimunda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First British edition of Saramago's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Harold with best wishes Jose Saramago 29.10.2008." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Rosemary Woods. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 140911
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"Let us love without hate among those who hate"; First Edition of The Front Runner; Warmly Inscribed by Patricia Nell Warren
WARREN, Patricia Nell.
The Front Runner.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the first contemporary gay novel to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John- Let us love without hate among those who hate. Love Patricia Nell Warren." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Tinker.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 129832
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"I will come again and conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can": First Edition of High Adventure; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, "E.P. Hillary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 140292
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"Who has been at the center of many of the events that have shaped our times. It has been an honor to know and photograph you on your march through history. I'm presuming that there will be quite a few more 'Photo Ops' in your future - count me in on a few of them!": First Edition of Photo Op; Inscribed by David Hume Kennerly to General Colin Powell
KENNERLY, David Hume [Colin Powell].
Photo Op.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1995.
First edition of this collection of photographs which capture, firsthand, groundbreaking events in modern history. Quarto, original cloth, generously illustrated with photographs throughout. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half title page, "To Gen. Colin Powell, Who has been at the center of many of the events that have shaped our times. It has been an honor to know and photograph you on your march through history. I'm presuming that there will be quite a few more 'Photo Ops' in your future - count me in on a few of them! Cheers…
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 146674
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Signed Limited Edition of John Buchan's A History of the Great War
BUCHAN, John.
A History of the Great War.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922.
Signed limited edition of Buchan's classic work, one of 500 numbered examples. Octavo, 8 volumes. Signed by John Buchan. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 125029
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Rare autograph note signed by American abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Autograph Note.
Rare autograph note signed by American abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. The note reads, "Yours Truly Harriet Beecher Stowe April 19 1892." In fine condition. Double matted and framed with a portrait of the author. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 12 inches.
Price: $1,350.00 Item Number: 95228
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First Edition of Naguib Mahfouz's Arabian Nights And Days; Signed by Him
MAHFOUZ, Naguib.
Arabian Nights And Days.
New York: Doubleday, 1995.
First edition of this novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author who refashions the classic tales of Scheherazade into a novel written in his own imaginative, spellbinding style. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Naguib Mahfouz on the title page. Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice.
Price: $1,350.00 Item Number: 272
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First Edition of Baltasar and Blimunda; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Baltasar and Blimunda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First British edition of Saramago's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Doris Jose Saramago 29.10.2008." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Rosemary Woods. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $1,300.00 Item Number: 140898
