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"Make your theories fit your facts, not your facts your theories": First Edition of Dickson G. Watts Classic Thoughts on Life; Signed by Him
WATTS, Dickson G.
Thoughts on Life.
Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1899.
First edition. Small octavo, original cloth. Signed by Dickson G. Watts on the title page. In good condition, with some wear to the cloth.This is the first Watts signature we have encountered. Rare.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 4486
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First Edition of Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975; signed Twice Each by David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and James D. Watson
BALTIMORE, David; Renato Dulbecco; James D. Watson.
Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975.
New York: Elsevier, 1977.
First edition of this collection of lectures related to molecular biology delivered by Nobel Laureates between 1933 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the half-title page by David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and James D. Watson and by each at the first page of their contribution, for a total of six signatures. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 116314
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"If you ever want to accumulate some capital of your own - speculate, don't invest": Wall Street 20th Century; signed by Gerald M. Loeb
EDITED BY JOHN ARTHUR NEUMARK. [GERALD M. LOEB],.
Wall Street 20th Century.
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Daily News, 1960.
Collection of fundamental articles related to 20th century Wall Street. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated with photographs and charts. Boldly signed by renowned Wall Street trader Gerald M. Loeb on the front panel who contributed the article 'A Challenge for the Ambitious.' Introductory letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower. Other contributors include: Benjamin Graham, Robert C. Riehle, Bernard M. Baruch, William D. Kerr, and Craig Severance. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by this Wall Street legend.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 108521
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"one of the most precious jewels in the national heritage": Photograph of 10 Downing Street; Signed by six British prime ministers
EDWARD HEATH, Margaret Thatcher.
10 Downing Street Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of the 10 Downing Street doorway, signed by six British prime ministers: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17 inches. A rare and desirable piece of history.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 65031
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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others": First Edition of Charlene Smith's Mandela; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel
SMITH, Charlene; Desmond Tutu; [Nelson Mandela]; [Graca Machel].
Mandela.
London: Johnnic / Struik, 1999.
First edition of this exceptional biography of South Africa's most influential leaders, signed for a flight attendant of President Nelson Mandela's flight crew en route to a UN general assembly in New York. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed opposite the dedication page in Mandela's hand and Michal's signature in her hand, "To Danie, Best wishes to a remarkably warm person, "G. Machel" and "N. Mandela, 22-8-99." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A rare dual-signed book from the former president and first lady of South Africa.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 147323
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few": First edition, deluxe signed limited issue of So Few: A Folio Dedicated to All Who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain; one of only 401 numbered copies
PIERCE, Michael; John Golley; Roy Asser; Bill Gunston; Brian Masterton; AVM Freddie Hurrell.
…So Few. A Folio Dedicated to All Who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain 10th July – 31st October 1940.
London: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1990.
First edition, deluxe signed limited issue of this lavishly illustrated folio commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the distinguished RAF pilots who fought in it, the most crucial battle in British history. Quarto, original publisher's full crushed blue morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, inset embroidered RAF brevet to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 25 tissue-guarded color silhouette portraits of distinguished RAF pilots each signed by the featured pilot and artist Michael Pierce with his embossed stamp, additionally illustrated with numerous black-and-white and full color…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 139010
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First Edition, Presentation copy of The Land of Midian (Revisited); Inscribed by Richard F. Burton
BURTON, Richard F.
The Land of Midian (Revisited).
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1879.
First edition of the sequel to Burton's The Gold Mines Of Midian (1878), describing Burton's second expedition through Midian in northwest Arabia. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black pictorial decorations to the front panel, beveled edges, black endpapers, illustrated with folding lithographic map of the land of Midian with water printed in blue in Vol. I, 6 chromolithographic plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, 10 wood-engraved plates, and numerous additional illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page of Vol.…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145223
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First Edition of Fifi; Inscribed by Ludwig Bemelmans with a large drawing of Fifi the Dog
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Fifi.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.
First edition of this children's story. Thin quarto, original illustrated boards, color illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "For Elinor Green Ludwig Bemelmans" with a large charming drawing of the titular 'Fifi'. The recipient, Elinor Green, was the promotions director at Simon and Schuster in the 1940s, and married Merle Miller in 1948. Unsurprisingly, they divorced after 4 years, but remained friends. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice association.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 146782
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First Edition of DNA Pioneer: James Watson and the Double Helix; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist's James Watson and Francis Crick
BALDWIN, Joyce [James D. Watson and Francis Crick].
DNA Pioneer: James Watson and the Double Helix.
New York: Walker and Company, 1994.
First edition of this riveting work on the legendary scientist James D. Watson. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by James Watson and Francis Crick on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ron Monteleone. Rare and desirable signed by Watson and Crick.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 145786
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"whom I protected from the angry wolves Saul Bellow": First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March; Inscribed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ann Englander whom I protected from the angry wolves Saul Bellow." Fine in a near fine price-clipped first-issue dust jacket with the John Steinbeck ad on the rear flap and no reviews. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 111689
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“I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice": First Edition of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox; Signed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Fantastic Mr. Fox.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.
First edition, early printing of Dahl's classic children's work in the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. Octavo, original beige cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Ryan Love Roald Dahl." Illustrated by Donald Chaffin. Jacket design by Donna Lampell. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, light offsetting to the front free endpaper.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 117828
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First Edition of James Redpath's A Guide to Hayti; Inscribed by Him
REDPATH, James.
A Guide to Hayti [Haiti].
Boston: Haytian Bureau of Emigration, 1861.
First edition of this classic work on Haiti. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To William Monteith from his friend. James Redpath." In very good condition. We have never seen another signed and inscribed example.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 134221
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“Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?”: Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back; Both Signed by P.L. Travers
TRAVERS, P.L.
Mary Poppins. [AND] Mary Poppins Comes Back.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936.
Later printings of this children's classic and its sequel. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, top stain navy blue, illustrated with 27 line cuts and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard in Mary Poppins, 44 line cuts and chapter tailpieces in Mary Poppins Comes Back. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper of each volume. In near fine condition, with an ownership inscription to the front pastedown of both volumes. Housed in a pictorial slipcase. Rare signed.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 147246
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"CARRYING HIS SEDITIOUS PICTURES AS IF THEY WERE DIAMONDS": FIRST EDITION OF HOUSE OF BONDAGE; SIGNED BY Joseph Lelyveld
COLE, Ernest; Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld; Text by Thomas Flaherty.
House of Bondage: A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today.
New York: : Random House, 1967.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by both "Ernest Cole" and Pulitzer Prize-winning author "Joseph Lelyveld 9.18.14" on the title page. Introduction by Joseph Lelyveld. Text written with Thomas Flaherty. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 127758
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FIRST EDITION OF NELL DORR'S MOTHER AND CHILD; INSCRIBED BY HER TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY
DORR, Nell. [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].
Mother and Child.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954.
First edition of Nell Dorr’s personal and moving photobook. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Jacqueline Kennedy who speaks to the world in the common language of Mother and child. Mine is just one of the grateful hearts. Nell Dorr. March second 1961." When John F. Kennedy was sworn in as president on January 20, 1961, 31-year-old Jacqueline Kennedy became the third youngest First Lady in American history. As a presidential couple, the Kennedys differed from the Eisenhowers by their relative youth and their relationship…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 139615
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Presentation copy of William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic; from the library of Robert Louis Stevenson; inscribed to him by the author and with Stevenson's bookplate signed by his stepdaughter Isobel Strong
IRELAND, Alexander. [Robert Louis Stevenson].
William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic.
London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co, 1889.
Robert Louis Stevenson's first edition copy of the writings of one of his favorite prose writers, William Hazlitt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, botanical gilt vignette to the front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hazlitt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert Louis Stevenson on the half-title page, "To Robert Louis Stevenson Esq with Alex Ireland's cordial regards & remembrances Southport 9 Leicester St. October 2, 1889." With Stevenson's Vailima bookplate to the pastedown which is singed by Stevensons stepdaughter Isobel Strong. In good condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $3,750.00 Item Number: 104876
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"There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe it": First Edition of David Foster Wallace’s First Novel, The Broom of the System; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Him
WALLACE, David Foster.
The Broom of the System.
New York: Penguin Books, 1987.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and author's initials to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,600.00 Item Number: 146609
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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 William Howard Taft on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $3,600.00 Item Number: 146513
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From the library of Stephen Hawking
SCHATZMAN, Evry (editor).
Cargèse Lectures in Physics, Volume Six.
New York : Gordon and Breach, 1973.
First edition of this work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 115754
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Signed Photograph of Rabindranath Tagore
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.
1921.
Photograph of Nobel Prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore. Signed and dated on the photograph, "Rabindranath Tagore Jul. 22, 1921." Double-matted and framed. The photograph measures 3.5 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 18.25 inches. Photographs signed by Tagore rare.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 33058