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“Love! Love until the night collapses!": First Edition in English of The Heights of Macchu Picchu; Signed by Pablo Neruda
NERUDA, Pablo. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill..
The Heights of Macchu Picchu.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.
First edition in English of Neruda's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda on the front free endpaper. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill. Fine in a near fine dust price-clipped jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. A very sharp example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146102
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Rare Autograph Letter Signed by Ulysses S. Grant to Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Letter Signed.
1876.
Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of Ulysses S. Grant as President. Addressed to the Attorney General of the United States Edwards Pierrepont the letter reads, "Elizabeth, N.J. Sept. 2nd 1876 Dear Judge, While in Utica Judge Hunt spoke to me of the importance of appointing a member to Judge Woodruff at as early as a day as practicable on account of the great amount of business before the court. I do not know of any lawyer in the circuit to whom to tender the position when it should be Senator Edmunds and he I should dislike…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 101208
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"With Love to Jane": First Edition of Inside U.S.A.; Inscribed by John Gunther to his Wife Jane
GUNTHER, John.
Inside U.S.A.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1947.
First edition of this classic work, "riveting from start to finish" (Robert Gottlieb, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, pullout map. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife on the half-title page, "With love to Jane John May, 1947." The recipient, Jane Gunther was the recipient's wife. She became an editor at Duell, Sloan & Pearce, publishers. She traveled with him extensively and contributed to and helped edit his many books, including Inside Asia, Inside Africa and Inside Russia Today. Very good in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 148017
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"The smaller the unit of government and the more restricted the functions assigned government, the less likely it is that its actions will reflect special interests rather than the general interest": First Edition of Free to Choose; Inscribed by Milton and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.
First edition of Friedmans' persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the authors in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Gordon St. Angelo, a fellow fighter in the good cause Milton Friedman." Additionally signed and dated in the year of publication by Rose Friedman. The recipient, Gordon St. Angelo helped create a foundation with Milton and Rose Friedman to promote and help establish educational choice in America. He served as President & CEO of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation for…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 4174
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“Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade": First Edition of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles; Signed by Haruki Murakami and three times by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of Murakami's heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Haruki Murakami in English and in Japanese and additionally signed three times by the jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; once on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear jacket flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. A unique example.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 123311
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“There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves": First Edition of Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature; Signed by Him
RORTY, Richard.
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979.
First edition of this classic work of twentieth century philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Rorty on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. This is the first signed example we have seen or handled of this landmark work.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 84533
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“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water": Jaws; First Edition of Jaws; Finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by Peter Benchley
BENCHLEY, Peter.
Jaws.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974.
First edition of the author's classic work, basis for the cult film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw. 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 stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "For Sandra Clarke- with best wishes- Peter Benchley 10/29/81." In fine condition. An exceptional presentation,…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 147989
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First Edition of Murray Rothbard's Masterpiece The Ethics of Liberty; Signed by Him
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
The Ethics of Liberty.
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1982.
First edition of Rothbard's greatest contribution to the politics of freedom. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Murray N. Rothbard on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 120588
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First Edition of Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas; Signed by Her
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 from photographs. Inscribed by Gertrude Stein on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are uncommon.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 98248
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Rare Typed Letter Signed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.
Hyde Park Gat, London: 1949.
Rare typed letter signed by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill to a Lady Aberconway, likely Christobel Aberconway. Octavo, one page on Western letterhead, the letter reads in full, '28, Hyde Park Gate, London, S. W. 7. "3" March, 1949. "Madam Lady Aberconway," Thank you for your letter of February 28. Alas I have never made a painting or drawing of a cat, although I am very fond of them. So sorry I cannot help you as you suggest. I am much interested to read about your forthcoming 'Dictionary of Cat Lovers'. I am sure it will be a success.' Boldly…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146911
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Signed Limited Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We; in the original blue box with matching number
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
Signed limited edition of Lindbergh's autobiography, which provides the account of the life of one of the century's greatest adventurers, the first man to complete a solo non-stop transatlantic flight. One of 1000 numbered copies, this is number 97, signed by both Charles Lindbergh and the publisher on the limitation page. Octavo, half bound salmon paper covered boards, frontispiece with tissue-guard, 51 black and white plates, with the publisher's note laid in. Fine in the original glassine and in the original blue box with matching number. Introduction by Myron T. Herrick. One of the finest most preserved example possible.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 133274
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First Edition of As We Remember Joe; Inscribed by Robert Kennedy to Bill Walton
KENNEDY, John F.; Robert Kennedy.
As We Remember Joe.
Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1945.
First edition, second issue (of only 250 copies), of this tribute to the eldest of the Kennedy brothers. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Robert Kennedy on the front free endpaper, "For Bill Walton Bob Kennedy Christmas 1945." American journalist William Walton was a confidant of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy and played critical roles in managing the funeral and burial services of John F. Kennedy. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 69057
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First Edition of Drives and Puts in the original dust jacket; Inscribed by Walter Camp in the year of Publication
CAMP, Walter and Lilian Brooks.
Drives and Puts.
Boston: L.C. Page, 1899.
First edition of this collection of golf short stories by the father of American football. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of a woman golfer by H.C. Ireland, vignette on title page, top edge gilt. Inscribed by Walter Camp in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Louis, with my best wishes, Walter Camp. Xmas 99." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light wear and restoration to the extremities. Inscribed first editions in the original dust jacket are exceptionally rare.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 82458
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First edition of Ethics in Service; Signed by William Howard Taft
TAFT, William H.
Ethics in Service.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915.
First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Taft on the front free endpaper, "Sincerely yours William H. Taft." In very good condition.
Price: $4,400.00 Item Number: 114863
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"Time was not passing it was turning in a circle": One Hundred Years of Solitude; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Translator Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel .
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
New York: Barnes and Noble, 2011.
First edition of the Barnes and Noble edition of the Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in, illustrated. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. Boldly signed by both Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the translator Gregory Rabassa on half-title page. Illustrated by Cathie Bleck. A unique example.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 148031
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"One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results": First Edition of Optimum Theory of Money; Signed by Milton Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Optimum Quantity of Money and Other Essays.
New York: MacMillan, 1969.
First edition of this important collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. Fine in very good spine faded dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 4483
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“If you are a dreamer come in": Where the Sidewalk Ends; Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With Love Shel Silverstein." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 120856
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"This One in me knows the universe of the many": Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Rabindranath Tagore
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Creative Unity.
London: MacMillan & Company , 1925.
First edition, later printing. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Rabindranath Tagore Feb. 26, 1932." In very good condition with some wear to the extremities and to the side front panel. Books signed by Tagore are rare.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 22096
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Rare Houdini Picture Corporation Stock Certificate; signed by master illusionist Harry Houdini; with a rare Famous-Players-Lasky Promotional brochure for his greatest film, The Grim Game
HOUDINI, Harry.
Harry Houdini Signed Houdini Picture Corporation Stock Certificate.
New York: The Brown-Green Co, July 18, 1921.
Rare stock certificate signed by the world’s greatest escape artist, master illusionist Harry Houdini. One page, partially printed in brown and black ink with an embossed seal, the document is dated July 18, 1921 and certifies that George Popp hereby owns fifteen shares of the Capital Stock of Houdini Picture Corporation. Signed by Harry Houdini as President of the Corporation and countersigned by R.G. Risley as Treasurer. In near fine condition. With a rare Famous-Players-Lasky Promotional brochure for The Grim Game, Houdini's first full-length movie which is widely regarded as his best.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 128055
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"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration": Photograph of Thomas Edison in His Library; Signed by Him
EDISON, Thomas Alva.
Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.
Large signed photograph of Thomas Edison showing him in his library with hands clasped. Inscribed by Thomas Edison. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5. inches by 18.5 inches.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 53017