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First Editions of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Beloved Trilogy; Each Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved Trilogy: Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First editions of the Nobel Prize-winning author's Beloved trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison in each volume. Each are fine in a fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 140955
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First edition of Henry Laurence Gantt's Industrial Leadership; inscribed by him to American labor activist John P. Frey
GANTT, H.L. [Henry Laurence].
Industrial Leadership: Addresses Delivered in the Page Lecture Series, 1915, Before the Senior Class of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1916.
First edition of Gantt's classic work on the principles of industrial leadership and vocational training, one of 1500 copies printed. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Mr. J. P. Frey compliments of HL Gantt Feb 8/16." The recipient, John Philip Frey was a labor activist and president of the American Federation of Labor's Metal Trades Department during a crucial period in American labor history. In 1918, Frey became chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research, helping to raise money and incorporate the organization in 1920.…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 142852
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"Uptown or downtown? I am": First Edition of Luke Rhinehart's The Dice Man; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
RHINEHART, Luke [George Cockcroft].
The Dice Man.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John- 'Uptown or downtown? I am...' Luke Rhinehart Nov 9, 2015." The inscription refers to the final line of this novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 124924
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Autographed Check From Amelia Earhart to Her Husband
EARHART, Amelia.
Amelia Earhart Signed Check.
Signed personal check from Amelia Earhart dated December 20, 1932 payable to her husband George Palmer Putnam for $250, which measures 2.5 inches by 7.5 inches. Double-matted and framed with a sheet music cover honoring Earhart. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 18 inches, with a window in the backing for viewing Putnam's signature.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 39022
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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale": First Edition of The Last Unicorn; Signed by Peter Beagle
BEAGLE, Peter S.
The Last Unicorn.
New York: The Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of Beagle's classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter S. Beagle on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some restoration to the back panel. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 147133
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First Edition of Henry Clews Recollections About Wall Street; Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street; Inscribed by Him
CLEWS, Henry.
Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.
New York: Irving Publishing Company, 1888.
First edition of Clews' classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "___ ______ with the compliments of Henry Clews N.Y. May 3rd, 95." In very good condition with some of the usual rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 46042
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First Edition of The Tin Drum; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Gunter Grass
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1962.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, gilt stamped to the front panel mimicking the original jacket artwork by Grass. Boldly signed by Gunter Grass on half-title page. In fine condition. Translated by Ralph Manheim. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 143646
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Original Hilary Knight Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration
KNIGHT, Hilary.
Hilary Knight Original Vanity Fair Watercolor Illustration.
Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated models from Armani, Dior, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix and Riccardo Tischi. The present illustration features model Maria Carla, Givenchy designer Riccardo Tischi's muse. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17 inches.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 95328
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"IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, WE ARE ALL TERMINAL CASES": FIRST EDITION OF JOHN IRVING’S CLASSIC WORK THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP; LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY HIM
IRVING, John.
The World According to Garp.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978.
First edition of Irving's fourth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page in a contemporary hand, "For John another world according to a water-method man, John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leo Manso. A warm inscription linking Irving's second and fourth novel, the latter proving to be his breakthrough work.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 15003
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First Edition of Advise and Consent; Inscribed by Allen Drury to United States Senator Richard Byrd
DRURY, Allen.
Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Senator Byrd with friendship and best regards Allen Drury." The recipient, Richard Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd also served as a U.S. Representative for six years, from 1953 until 1959. He remains the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history; he was the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress until surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan; he was the last remaining member of…
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 119883
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collection of seven Supreme Court ruling pamphlets signed by Sandra Day O'Connor, Harry Blackmun, Anthony Kennedy, William H. Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas and Byron White
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day; Harry Blackmun.
Supreme Court Justice Signed Pamphlet Collection.
Rare collection of seven Supreme Court ruling pamphlets signed by Sandra Day O'Connor, Harry Blackmun, Anthony Kennedy, William H. Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas and Byron White. In fine condition. Cases include: Simon & Schuster Inc, v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board (regarding New York's "Son of Sam" law) signed by Sandra Day O'Connor, Christine Franklin v. Gwinnet County Public Schools and William Prescott signed by Byron White, Michael Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc. signed by William H. Rehnquist, and Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Cleopatra Haslip signed by Harry S. Blackman. In fine condition. A unique collection.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 110586
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“Human action is purposeful behavior": First Edition of Ludwig Von Mises' Human Action: A Treatise On Economics; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.
London: William Hodge and Company Limited, 1949.
First edition of von Mises' magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 146867
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“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish": The Translator's Own Copy of the First Edition of The Tragedies of Euripides
EURIPIDES; TRANSLATED BY ROBERT POTTER,.
The Tragedies of Euripides.
London: J. Dodsley, 1783.
First translation of Euripides into English, translated by Robert Potter, from his own library. Octavo, two volumes, bound in contemporary leather, engraved frontispiece to volume I, list of subscribers. The translator's own copy with his inscription, "From the Library of the Rev Robert Potter, M.A., Rector of Lowestoft from 1789 to 1804" to volume one of the front pastedown. Robert Potter was a poet and translator, completed his translation of Euripides in 1783. He established the convention of using blank verse for Greek hexameters and rhymed verse for choruses. In good condition. Rare and desirable, with exceptional provenance.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 135391
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First Edition The Road; Signed by Cormac McCarthy on a Bookplate, and three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
The Road.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
First edition of McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a post-apocalyptic world, a work of “stunning, savage beauty,” adapted to the screen in 2009 starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on a laid in bookplate. Signed by jacket designer Chip Kidd three times; on the front panel, the front free endpaper and on the rear panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 139588
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Complete final edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Great Boer War; inscribed by him
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
The Great Boer War.
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1903.
Complete final edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's work on the Boer War, which he revised sixteen times throughout the course of the war. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, all edges uncut, folding maps and advertisements in rear. Signed by the author on the title page, "From Arthur Conan Doyle. Undershaw Aug 18/07." In very good condition with professional restoration to the title page, rebacked. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 96130
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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin; Signed by him
CHAPLIN, Charlie.
Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin. Signed by Chaplin beneath his portrait, "Faithfully Chas Chaplin." In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 7 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14.5 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 95208
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Rare Land Grant Issued to Early Mormon Convert Charles B. Modesitt; Signed by Andrew Jackson as President
JACKSON, Andrew.
Andrew Jackson Signed Land Grant for Vigo County, Indiana, for Charles B. Modesitt.
City of Washington: General Land Office, 1830.
Rare Presidential Land Grant signed by Andrew Jackson as President. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the document is dated January 4, 1830 and grants a quarter of land in Vigo County, Indiana to Charles B. Modesitt. The recipient, Charles Burns Modesitt, was a physician and businessman and one of the first settlers of Vigo County. He became an early adherent of the Church of Latter Day Saints beginning in 1838. Matted and framed. In very good condition. The piece measures 22.6 inches by 18.3 inches.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 146758
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“I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk... food, for me, has always been an adventure": Kitchen Confidential; Signed by Anthony Bourdain
BOURDAIN, Anthony.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2000.
First edition, third printing of the legendary chef's bestselling memoir and first work of non-fiction. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Anthony Bourdain on the title page in a contemporary full signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Notice 51.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 147538
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I Am Prepared to Die; Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
I Am Prepared to Die.
Kent: A.G. Bishop & Sons, Ltd, c. 1965.
Second edition of Mandela's Rivonia Speech. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated on the front panel, "NMandela 25.3.05." In fine condition.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 125089
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First Edition of The Crucible; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Arthur Miller
MILLER, Arthur.
The Crucible.
New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of this central work in the canon of American drama. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by Arthur Miller on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 142667
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First Edition of The Dark Half; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen .
The Dark Half.
New York: The Viking Press, 1989.
First edition of this novel by the author of The Shining. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Front jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. Photograph of King by Tabitha King.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 144694
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s India and the Awakening East; Inscribed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Warmly inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 12046
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“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's UN: Today and Tomorrow; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor and William DeWitt.
UN: Today and Tomorrow.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of this work on the United Nations by the former First Lady. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to the extremities. Rare signed.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 22053
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Rare original photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin; Signed by him
CHAPLIN, Charlie.
Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.
1914.
Rare original sepia-toned photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin, signed, "With Love Charles Aug 26th 14." Signed along the left edge in white, "Witzel L.A." for the photographer Albert Witzel. Framed. The entire piece measures 9.5 inches by 7 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 145797
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"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s This Is My Story; Signed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
This Is My Story.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's first autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Small bookplate to the front pastedown, near fine in a bright near fine with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 21057
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First Edition of Partners: The United Nations and Youth; Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor & Helen Ferris.
Partners: The United Nations and Youth.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950.
First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page, "For Marjorie friedgood with good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 62052
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First Edition of Jazzlife; Inscribed by Legendary Photographer William Claxton
CLAXTON, William and Berendt.
Jazzlife [Jazz Life].
Offenburg: Burda Druck und Verlag, 1961.
First edition of Claxton’s seminal photobook on jazz. Quarto, original black cloth, pictorial front endpapers. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer on the half-title page, "For _______, William Claxton." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 393
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First Edition of Meaning and the Moral Sciences; Signed by Hilary Putnam
PUTNAM, Hilary [Daniel Bell].
Meaning and the Moral Sciences.
London: 1978.
First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Hilary Putnam on the front free endpaper. From the library of Harvard colleague Daniel Bell, with his signature above Putnam's. A nice association linking these two giants of their respective fields.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 19096
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Inaugural Invitation Signed by President George Bush, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
BUSH, George H.W.; Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
President George Bush, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Signed 1989 Inaugural Invitation.
President George H.W. Bush, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Signed 1989 Inaugural Invitation. 8.5" x 11"; Washington, D.C.; with First Day Cancellation stamp dated January 20, 1989. Invitation to the inauguration of George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle. Signed by President George H.W. Bush, William H. Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor. Justice Rehnquist swore in President Bush, and Justice O'Connor swore in the Vice President Quayle. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 74988
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FIRST EDITION OF THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT’S CLASSIC PLAY; SIGNED BY HAROLD PINTER
PINTER, Harold.
The Birthday Party.
London: Methuen & Co, 1960.
First edition of Pinter's modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Harold Pinter on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 3718
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First Edition of Bertrand Russell's Marriage and Morals; Signed by Him
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
Marriage and Morals.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929.
First edition of this work by Russell, in which he questions the Victorian notions of morality regarding sex and marriage. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 117490
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First Edition of Lawrence Durrell's Clea; Inscribed by Him
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Clea.
London: Faber & Faber , 1969.
First edition of the author's final novel in his classic Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Inscribed for Lewis Lawrence Durrell." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 124897
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Classic Work You Learn By Living; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
You Learn By Living.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1960.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's classic work on how to discover life's lessons. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a previous inscription to the half-title page in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 50001
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Rare photograph of Baseball Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle; Signed by both
DI MAGGIO, Joe and Mickey Mantle.
Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph of American baseball legends Joe Di Maggio and Mickey Mantle in New York Yankees uniform. Boldly signed by both Di Maggio and Mantle. In fine condition with a PSA/DNA authentication label adhered to the lower right corner. The entire piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 146708
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Signed Limited Edition of Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Eyeless In Gaza.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1927.
Signed limited edition of what is considered by many to be Huxley's definitive work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Number 85 of 200 numbered copies, signed by Aldous Huxley. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136196
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"In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts": First Editions of each volume in Harold Macmillan's memoirs; Each Signed by Him
MACMILLAN, Harold.
Harold Macmillan’s Memoirs: Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955; Riding the Storm, 1956-1959; Pointing the Way, 1959-1961; At the End of the Day, 1961-1963.
London: Macmillan, 1965-73.
First editions of each volume in Harold Macmillan's memoirs, each signed by him. Octavo, six volumes, illustrated. Each volume is signed by Harold MacMillan on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Complete signed sets are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 91420
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First Edition of Spartacus; Signed by Howard Fast and Kirk Douglas
FAST, Howard [Kirk Douglas].
Spartacus.
New York: Published by the Author, 1951.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Howard Fast and Kirk Douglas on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Charles White. A very sharp example, rare signed by both Fast and Douglas.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145927
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"The strange thing was there were times she felt she liked him very much": First Edition of Bernard Malamud's Assistant; Signed by him
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Assistant.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
First edition of Malamud's second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Bernard Malamud on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a chip to the crown of the spine. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 100488