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First Edition of A Magician Among the Spirits; Inscribed by Harry Houdini in the Year of Publication
HOUDINI, Harry.
A Magician Among the Spirits.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1924.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ben Burke Best wishes Houdini May 19/24." In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed as Houdini passed away shortly after publication.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 147702
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First Edition of Ludwig von Mises' Epistemological Problems of Economics; Signed by Him
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Epistemological Problems of Economics.
Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Co, 1960.
First edition in English of a “milestone” in Mises’ groundbreaking theory of human action, containing “his seminal philosophical and methodological” argument for the scope of economic science. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by Ludwig von Mises on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Translated by George Reisman.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 96745
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First Edition of Stable Money; Inscribed by Irving Fisher
FISHER, Irving.
Stable Money.
New York: Adelphi Publishers, 1934.
First edition of Fisher's classic treatise. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. Alden A. Potter with the compliments and good wishes of Irving Fisher November, 1941." Near fine in the rare dust jacket that has a small chip to the crown and light rubbing to the exterior. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 2825
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Rare Reconstruction Era Carte-de-visite of Confederate Commander Robert E. Lee; Signed by Him
LEE, Robert E.
Robert E. Lee Signed Carte-de-Visite.
Lexington, Va: Boude & Miley, [1869].
Rare Reconstruction era carte-de-visite portrait of former Confederate commander General Robert E. Lee in civilian attire, boldly signed "RE Lee." The carte-de-visite measures 2.5 inches by 4 inches with Boude & Miley's imprint on the verso. This striking postwar portrait of Lee was captured by photographer Michael Miley of Lexington, Virginia in 1869, perhaps less than a year prior to Lee's death on October 12, 1870. Following the conclusion of the American Civil War in 1865, Lee became president of Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia; in that position, he supported reconciliation between North and South.The…
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 140513
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"Once there was a little tree ... and she loved a little boy": The Giving Tree; Signed by Shel Silverstein with a Drawing
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
The Giving Tree.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.
Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein with an original drawing on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 144497
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First Edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's Queen Mary: A Drama; inscribed by him to his son Hallam Tennyson
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
Queen Mary: A Drama.
London: Henry S. King and Co, 1875.
First edition of the first book in Tennyson's historical trilogy. Small octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his son on the title page, "Hallam from A." Tennyson's eldest son Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson served as his father's personal secretary and served as his official biographer. His Tennyson: a Memoir was published in 1897 and he bequeathed many of his father's notebooks to Trinity College in 1924. A significant association copy.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 109503
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“Each moment is the fruit of forty thousand years": First Edition of Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
WOLFE, Thomas.
Look Homeward, Angel.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Mrs. Dorothy Mencher with kindest regards Thomas Wolfe Nov 8, 1929." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 136222
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"All things return, both sphere and mote, and I shall hear my bluebird's note, and dream the dream of Auburn dell": First Edition, first issue of Ralph Waldo Emerson's May-Day and Other Pieces; Signed by him
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
May-Day and Other Pieces.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867.
First edition, first issue of this collection of Emerson's later poems. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and botanical emblem to the front panel, top edge gilt. Signed by Emerson on the title page, "R.W. Emerson." In very good condition with rubbing to the crown of the spine and minor chipping to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 96771
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"The wind blows the plumtree branches, this way...that": First Edition of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Signed by Ken Kesey and Legendary Actor Kirk Douglas
KESEY, Ken [Kirk Douglas].
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
New York: The Viking Press, 1962.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Kirk Douglas on the half-title page. Douglas starred in the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as McMurphy. Additionally laid in is a note from Kesey which reads, "For Henry: The wind blows the plumtree branches, this way...that. Ken Kesey." Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 138471
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“Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again": Ernest Hemingway’s Classic Novel A Farewell To Arms; Inscribed by Him
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Farewell To Arms.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
First edition, early printing (November 1929) of this early Hemingway classic, which established him among the American masters. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To W. Ghow wishing him all good luck Ernest Hemingway." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 144247
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First Edition of Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford's Full Metal Jacket: The Screenplay; Signed by Hasford, Herr and three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd
KUBRICK, Stanley; Michael Herr; Gustav Hasford.
Full Metal Jacket: The Screenplay.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of this screenplay based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with stills from the movie. Boldly signed by Gustav Hasford and Michael Herr on the title page. Additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, title page and again on the rear panel. In near fine condition. Cover design by Chip Kidd. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 147259
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The Collected Papers of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Kenneth J. Arrow, Volumes 1-6; Each Signed by Him
ARROW, Kenneth J.
The Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1983-1985.
First editions of each volume in the Nobel Prize-winning economist's collected papers. Octavo, original cloth, 6 volumes. Each volume is signed "Best wishes Kenneth J. Arrow" on the front free endpaper. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Rare and desirable signed by Arrow.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 35011
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First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning author and screenwriter Harold Pinter
FITZGERALD, F. Scott [Harold Pinter].
The Last Tycoon. An Unfinished Novel. Together with The Great Gatsby and Selected Stories.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941.
First edition with the "A" and the publisher’s seal on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Harold Pinter, who wrote the screenplay to the 1976 film The Last Tycoon, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Robert DeNiro, Tony Curtis and Jack Nicholson. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Edmund Wilson. A unique example.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 126456
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SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF"S ON BEING ILL; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
WOOLF, Virginia.
On Being Ill.
London: Hogarth Press, 1930.
Signed limited first book edition of this meditation on the literary possibilities of illness, number 54 of 250 copies signed by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original half vellum and green silk boards, marbled endpapers. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $7,000.00 Item Number: 143661
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"THE ONLY MAN WHO NEVER MAKES MISTAKES IS THE MAN WHO NEVER DOES ANYTHING": Signed Limited First Edition of Theodore Roosevelt's African Game Trails; From the Library of Edward Laurence Doheny
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
African Game Trails. An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
Signed limited first edition of Theodore Roosevelt's classic work. Large octavo, two volumes, original three-quarter tan pigskin, illustrated with tissue-guarded photographs, photogravures, drawings and a map of the route Roosevelt took through Africa. One of only 500 copies signed by Theodore Roosevelt on the limitation page of Vol. I, this is number 57. Typed letter signed on White House stationary by Theodore Roosevelt to Hon. Francis Hendricks dated November 27 1902 adhered to the flyleaf of Vol. I. The letter reads in part, "I am in receipt of your favor of the 26th instant and should like to be present…
Price: $7,000.00 Item Number: 145331
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THE LIMITED AUTOGRAPH CENTENARY EDITION OF THE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo .
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1903.
Autograph Centenary edition with a double sided manuscript in Emerson’s hand bound into volume one. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in three quarters contemporary morocco over cloth, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Numerous mounted photogravure illustrations. One of 600 copies. In near fine condition.
Price: $7,000.00 Item Number: 104898
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First Edition of Berenice Abbott's Changing New York; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
ABBOTT, Berenice.
Changing New York.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939.
First edition stated on copyright page; first issue with blue topstain of Abbott's landmark work on New York. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with 97 halftone plates that display "the historical importance of the documentary mode… its power as a medium of personal expression" (Parr & Badger). Text by Elizabeth McCausland. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Susan Sherman With most cordial regards Berenice Abbott April 4, 1939." Some rubbing to the corners of the cloth, an excellent example in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Scarce and desirable,…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 57048
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"The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me": First Edition of Elie Wiesel’s Night; Signed by Him
WIESEL, Elie.
Night.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960.
First English edition of Nobel laureate Wiesel’s masterpiece, which precedes the first American edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Cowan. Foreword by Francois Mauriac. Translated from the French by Stella Rodway. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 135118
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First Edition of America’s Great Depression "a staple of modern economic literature"; Signed By Murray Rothbard
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
America’s Great Depression.
New York: MacMillan Company, 1973.
First edition of Rothbard's classic treatise on the 1930s Great Depression and its root causes. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Murray N. Rothbard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 23068
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"My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing": Autograph Transcription of classic American anthem My Country 'Tis of Thee; Hand-written and signed by lyricist Samuel Francis Smith
SMITH, Samuel Francis.
Autograph Transcription Signed of My Country ‘Tis of Thee.
Autograph transcription of the first four stanzas of the American patriotic song My Country 'Tis of Thee, which served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States before the official adoption of The Star Spangled Banner in 1931. Transcribed and signed by lyricist Samuel Francis Smith all in his hand, "My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From ev'ry mountainside, Let freedom ring! My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 82414