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First Edition of Felix Salten's Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family; Inscribed by Him
SALTEN, Felix.
Bambi’s Children: The Story of a Forest Family.
Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1939.
First edition of this classic work, the sequel to Bambi. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Erna Pinner. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Charles Felix Salten." The recipient, Charles Austin Perry, was an Episcopal clergyman and longtime Provost of the Washington National Cathedral. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, bookplate of the recipient. Translated by Barthold Fles. Edited by R. Sugden Tilley. Books signed by Salten are exceptionally rare.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 131302
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"There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a good strong arm.' (Law VI)": First Edition of The House of God; Lengthily Signed by Samuel Shem
SHEM, Samuel.
The House of God.
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1978.
First edition of one of the most important medical novels ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on title page, "To my dear reader of this rare 1st edition at age 40 this year. 'There is no body cavity that cannot be reached with a number fourteen needle and a good strong arm.' (Law VI) Shem 8/28/18." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Larry Noble. First editions are rare, especially signed with such a lengthy inscription.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145884
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": First Edition of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire; Signed by J. K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
First edition of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 146932
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“It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act”: First Edition of "of this classic account of the human tendency to follow orders" Obedience To Authority; Inscribed by Stanley Milgram
MILGRAM, Stanley.
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stanley Milgram on the front free endpaper, "To Nat with warm regards, Stanley." The recipient was a student at Yale University of Milgram's. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 18064
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W.E.B. Du Bois Self-proclaimed magnum opus Black Reconstruction in America; signed by him
DU BOIS, W.E.B.
Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880.
New York: S.A. Russell Company, 1956.
First Harbor Scholars' Classics edition of Du Bois' self-proclaimed magnum opus which challenged the standard academic view and helped spark "the long attempt to rescue black history in America." Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 135136
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Rare complete first edition, presentation copy set of The Bounty Trilogy; each volume inscribed by James Norman Hall to fellow authors Charles R. and Theodora Larocque Codman
NORDHOFF, Charles and James Norman Hall.
The Bounty Trilogy: Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, Pitcairn’s Island.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1932-34.
First editions of all three volumes of The Bounty Trilogy, based on the historical event of 1789 and adapted into the award-winning 1962 film starring Marlon Brando. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copies, each volume inscribed by James Norman Hall. Mutiny on the Bounty is inscribed by James Norman Hall on the half-title page, "For Charley + Theodora with warm regards James H. Hall." Men Against the Sea is inscribed on the second half-title page, "For Charley Codman from his friend James N. Hall. Pitcairn's Island is inscribed on the half-title page, "For Theodora Codman with warm regards…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145233
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Richard Posner's groundbreaking work Economic Analysis of Law; From the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
POSNER, Richard [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Economic Analysis of Law.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977.
Second edition, early printing of the author's groundbreaking work, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original cloth. American 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 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White, Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 146017
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Nobel Prize-Winning Author Pearl S. Buck's Copy of The Holy Bible; Lengthily Inscribed by Her
[BUCK, Pearl S.].
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Former Tongues; And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty’s Special Command.
London: The British & Foreign Bible Society/Cambridge University Press, 1928.
Early 20th century Bible. Octavo, original publisher's limp black crushed morocco-textured wraps, all edges gilt. Signed and dated by the masterful writer and novelist Pearl S. Buck on the verso of the front free endpaper, "Pearl S. Buck 1928." Additionally lengthily inscribed and dated by Buck on the front flyleaf with a 28-line quote from the end of Fannie Stearns Davis's short story, 'A Possession,' beginning at "Then presently" and ending at "much to know." Signed bookplate from Buck's daughter to the rear pastedown, "This book is from the library of my mother, Pearl S. Buck. Jean Walsh Lippincott." In…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 146078
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First Edition of Victor Wallace Germains' The Truth About Kitchener; inscribed by him to Winston Churchill and with Churchill's bookplate and pencil markings
GERMAINS, Victor Wallace [Winston S. Churchill].
The Truth About Kitchener. To Which is Appended a Letter From General Von Ludendorff.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1925.
First edition of Germains' defense of Kitchener's role in the First World War, from the library of Winston S. Churchill. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Rt Hon. Winston Churchill. from the Author V. W. Germains 23/2/27." Germains' defense of Lord Kitchener contains a critical analysis of the failure of the Dardanelles campaign, in which he criticizes Churchill, stating, "Much of the ill-natured criticism passed upon the War Office in connection with the failure to relieve Antwerp would seem to be due to the spectacular manner in which Mr. Winston Churchill chose to…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 138052
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“The pursuit of truth, not of facts, is the business of fiction": First Edition of Oakley Hall's Warlock; Inscribed by Him to Historian and Friend Jim Dunham
HALL, Oakley.
Warlock.
New York: The Viking Press, 1958.
First edition of this classic of American West literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jim Dunham with best wishes Oakley Hall UCI 89." The recipient, Jim Dunham was a historian and friend of the authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Egri and Evelyn Curro. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed by the author.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 140967
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Rare Sigmund Freud Offprint Die medizin der gegenwart in selbstdarstellungen; Inscribed by Him to His Niece
FREUD, Sigmund.
Die Medizin der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen.
Leipzig: Felix Meiner, 1925.
First offprint edition of this work by Freud. Octavo, original wrappers, frontispiece of Freud. Association copy, inscribed by Freud to his niece Lucy Wiener on the front panel, "onkel Sigm." In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 102984
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FROM THE LIBRARY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG: FIRST EDITION OF Greed and Glory on Wall Street; SIGNED BY KEN AULETTA
AULETTA, Ken. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman.
New York: Random House, 1986.
First edition of this account of the Lehman Brother takeover, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth. Signed by Ken Auletta on the front free endpaper. From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. American 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 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White,…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 146519
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“He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf": First Edition of Len Deighton's The Ipcress File; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
DEIGHTON, Len.
The Ipcress File.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962.
First British edition of Deighton's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 131328
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FIRST EDITION OF GERTRUDE STEIN'S THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS; INSCRIBED BY HER TO AURELIA HENRY REINHARDT
STEIN, Gertrude.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933.
First edition of Gertrude Stein’s most famous work; one of the richest biographies ever written. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a full page inscription, "For Amelia Henry Reinhardt, ...it was in Oakland which is not near San Fernando and not at Pleasant Hill Gertrude Stein." The recipient, Aurelia Isabel Henry Reinhardt, was an American educator, activist, and prominent member and leader of numerous organizations. She was active in numerous local, national, and international organizations, lecturing and writing on topics including international cooperation, suffrage, and women's rights and was appointed…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 118746
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“He’s part Old Yeller,” she said. “And he was the best one of the bunch": First Edition of this Children's Classic Old Yeller; Inscribed by Fred Gipson
GIPSON, Fred.
Old Yeller.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition of this timeless classic, one of the most beloved children’s books ever written. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Carl Burger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Wayne Wilkins with warm regards- Fred Gipson." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 142011
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"Who combines all the advantages of a philosophical worldliness and a worldly philosophy": First Edition of The Worldy Philosophers; Inscribed by Robert Heilbroner To Aline Bernstein Saarinen In the Year of Publication
HEILBRONER, Robert L.
The Worldly Philosophers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.
First edition of this bestselling classic, which has went on to sell more than 4 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Aline - Who combines all the advantages of a philosophical worldliness and a worldly philosophy. Fondly Bob Heilbroner Oct. 4, 1953." The recipient, Aline Bernstein Saarinen was a well-known critic of art and architecture in the United States, an author and a television journalist, who married the architect Eero Saarinen. She was given the International Award for Best Foreign Criticism at the Venice…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 115615
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"a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power" First Edition of A House For Mr. Biswas; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
A House For Mr. Biswas.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with a small chip to the foot of the spine and some light wear. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 92563
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"To my dearest Claire- Who was there at Zuckerman's birth and has helped me see him through his fury": First Edition of The Anatomy Lesson; Inscribed by Philip Roth to His Wife Claire Bloom
ROTH, Philip.
The Anatomy Lesson.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1983.
First edition of the third novel from Roth to feature Nathan Zuckerman as the main character. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Roth to his wife Claire Bloom on the title page, "To my dearest Claire- Who was there at Zuckerman's birth and has helped me see him through his fury. My love and my love and my love P. Oct. 1, '83." Roth first met Bloom in 1966, when they were both in earlier relationships. "To have such a mind as Philip Roth's fixed on your every word and gesture is both daunting and extremely flattering", she recalled of this first…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 84755
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First Edition of Leon Trotsky's The Third International after Lenin; Inscribed by Him
TROTSKY, Leon.
The Third International After Lenin.
New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1936.
First edition of this collection of writings and speeches by Trotsky. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Comrade Max Sterling fraternally Leon Trotsky 8/7 1936 Weksel (Norway)." After being exiled from the Soviet Union, Trotsky lived in a number of places, Norway among them. The Norwegian Labor Party, which rose to power in 1935, had had previous affiliations with the Communist International and the Second International, prompting Trotsky to seek and obtain a visa from Oslo. Bookplate to the front pastedown, very good in a very…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 97388
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Collection of Presidential Letters from the Collection of Joe DiMaggio; including letters signed by Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford, an Clint Eastwood
DIMAGGIO, Joe. [Bill Clinton; Gerald Ford; Ronald Reagan and Clint Eastwood].
Joe Dimaggio Presidential Letter Collection.
Rare collection of letters and invitations sent by three United States Presidents to baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. The letters include a typewritten letter from President Bill Clinton wishing DiMaggio a happy 80th birthday, signed by Clinton; and letter on American Academy of Achievement letterhead from President Gerald R. Ford inviting DiMaggio to be a guest of honor at the 28th annual Salute to Excellence weekend program in June 1989, signed by Gerald Ford and Clint Eastwood; and an invitation to a luncheon held on Thursday, November 10, 1988 from President and Mrs. Reagan. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 105698