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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "hello! Michael Rosen." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. With the original ticket of the appearance of Rosen laid in. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142057
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"Thank you for your kind words. Am I in that bath or serenading from a distance?": First Edition of Beautiful Losers; Lengthily Inscribed by Leonard Cohen
COHEN, Leonard.
Beautiful Losers.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966.
First edition of Cohen's second and final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Susan Farrier MacKay, Thanks for your kind words. Am I in that bath or serenading from a distance? All good things to you Leonard Cohen Toronto November 18, 1992." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Harold Town. Jacket design by Frank Newfeld. With a letter from the recipient laid in mentioning how she sent a letter to Cohen fantasizing of sitting in a bubble bath, drinking champagne and listening to Cohen sing…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 124873
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Where the Sidewalk Ends, Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145319
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First Edition of You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown; Inscribed by Charles Schultz with a large Drawing of Charlie Brown
SCHULZ, Charles M.
You Don’t Look 35, Charlie Brown.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of Charlie Brown on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Front jacket photograph by Cynthia Farah. Jacket design by Robert Reed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146002
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First Edition of Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s; Signed by Him
WARHOL, Andy; David Whitney.
Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of Warhol's Portraits of the 1970s. Quarto, original half cloth, with Warhol's triple self-portrait, with 112 color illustrations of the artist's portraits. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Essay by Robert Rosenblum. Edited by David Whitney.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 142806
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"One of the most groundbreaking and influential novels of all time—and one of the best": First Edition of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Anthony Burgess
BURGESS, Anthony.
A Clockwork Orange.
London: William Heinemann, 1962.
First edition of Burgess' landmark 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. Boldly signed by Anthony Burgess on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146487
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“Live while you live, then die and be done with": Death Be Not Proud; Inscribed by John Gunther to His Wife
GUNTHER, John.
Death Be Not Proud.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.
First edition, later printing of this deeply moving book, a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy. Octavo, bound by the author in full morocco by "Kingsport Press," marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, cloth slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife in the year of publication, "This book belongs to Jane Perry Gunther given her this day- John New York February 1949." An exceptional association copy.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130415
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“Some men seem to know exactly where their opportunities lie; they break prisons and cross whole Siberias to pursue them. One room holds me": First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Matthew and Adrienne greetings and blessings (on your wedding) Saul Bellow." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 18037
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Rare 1963 Decca Records Publicity Card Signed by all five original members of The Rolling Stones
JAGGER, Mick; Keith Richards; Brian Jones; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts.
1963 Rolling Stones Signed Decca Records Publicity Card.
Decca Records, [1963].
Early Rolling Stones advertising card issued by Decca Records in promotion of the group's first two singles: "Come On" and "I Wanna Be Your Man." The front of the card features a photograph of all five original band members signed be each: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Billy Wyman. Additionally signed by Brian Jones' girlfriend at the time (and later, folk-rock star Donovan's wife), Linda Lawrence. The card measures 4 inches by 5 inches. Double matted and framed with both sides of the card visible. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16 inches. In near…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143818
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First Edition of The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by Pearl Buck
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. 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 on a page bound in, "To Kermit and Helen Fischer with deep appreciation, Pearl S. Buck Christmas 1958." In fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 143999
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"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey": One of 100 Sets of The Works of Lord Byron
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON],.
The Works of Lord Byron.
Boston: Francis A. Nicolls and Co, 1900.
The Edition des Amateurs, one of 100 copies signed by the editor of the complete works of Lord Byron. Octavo, 16 volumes. Bound in full contemporary morocco, elaborate tooling to the front and rear panels with central arms, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, frontispieces and plates each in three states. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 109282
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Rare First Edition of The History of Printing in America; Signed by Thomas’s grandson, Benjamin Franklin Thomas
THOMAS, Isaiah.
The History of Printing in America.
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1810.
First edition of this work by the famed printer. Octavo, bound in contemporary sheep, morocco spine labels, illustrated with five engraved plates (four folding). Gift inscription of Thomas's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Thomas, on each of the front free endpapers, as well as his signature on title page in first volume. Benjamin Franklin Thomas was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Grolier American 29; Howes T 168; Sabin 95495; Streeter 7:4176.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133261
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First Edition of The Missing Piece Meets the Big O; Warmly Inscribed by Shel Silverstein with a large Drawing
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.
First edition of this work of poetry by the author on The Giving Tree. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of a hand with a pen on the front free endpaper continuing to the front pastedown, "For Daniel With Love Shel Silverstein." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145791
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First Edition of Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce; Signed by Hallie Q. Brown
BROWN, Hallie Q.
Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.
Xenia, OH: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1937.
First edition of this snapshot of early life at Wilberforce, Ohio by the legendary African-American educator and activist. Small octavo, original green pictorial cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs and etchings. Boldly signed by Hallie Q. Brown on the front pastedown. In near fine condition. Accompanied by two advertisements for this and one of Brown's other books. Books signed by Brown are exceptionally rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146641
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“THOSE WHO HAVE EYES ON OUR MODERN WORLD WILL TAKE THIS AS A THRILLING INTRODUCTION TO THE MEN WHO SHAPE IT FOR US”: FIRST EDITION OF LEWIS W. HINE’S ICONIC BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY MEN AT WORK
HINE, Lewis W.
Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Men and Machines.
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1932.
First edition of Hine’s only book published in his lifetime, a landmark photobook in its celebration of “the dignity of labour and… the American skyscraper” (Parr & Badger). Small quarto, original green cloth, illustrated with 51 black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frederick A Blossom with many memories Feb. 21, 1933 Lewis W. Hine." The recipient, Frederick Blossom worked in the Patterson, New Jersey silk mills and was the union secretary. In very good condition with some toning and wear to the extremities.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96378
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Rare Original Silver Gelatin Print of Rabindranath Tagore; Signed by Him
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.
Rare original silver gelatin print of Nobel Prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore below the photograph. The entire piece measures 5 inches by 3 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 120647
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First edition of Clara Barton's The Story of My Childhood; inscribed by her to her lifelong companion, assistant and the first American Red Cross Field Agent, Julian Hubbell's niece Lena Hubbell Chamberlain
BARTON, Clara.
The Story of My Childhood.
New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1907.
First edition of the founder of the American Red Cross, American Civil War nurse Clara Barton's childhood memoirs. 12mo, original publisher's full red sheep with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece portrait of Barton. Presentation copy, inscribed by Barton on the half-title page, "To Lena Hubbell Chamberlin [sic], in the truth that maketh free. A simple story simply told, but such as it is will one dear Lena accept it with the heart hove of Clara Barton Glen Echo February 8th 1910." The recipient, Lena Hubbell Chamberlain, was the niece of Dr. Julian Hubbell, Barton's long time…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 122994
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"Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt": First Edition of Waiting For the Barbarians; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
Waiting for the Barbarians.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1980.
First British edition, preceding the South African first of this modern classic by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket without the usual sunning to the spine with a small closed tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 4295
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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Inscribed by Michael Rosen
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Michael Rosen on the title page, "Hello Eileen Michael Rosen was here Oct 4 1996." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 100832
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“What is most personal is most universal": First Edition of Carl Rogers' On Becoming a Person; Signed by Him
ROGERS, Carl R.
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic work by the most influential psychotherapist in history. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Carl Rogers 7/31/68." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 118203