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"With kindest regards and happy memories of a most important day in the history of the U.S.A": Harry Truman signed photograph
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman Signed Photograph.
1957.
Large black and white photograph of the Senate Committee investigation headed by Harry Truman into the $40 million contract for wartime planes with Howard Hughes and Henry J. Kaiser, lengthily inscribed by Truman, "To my good friend and Committee Councilor Charles Patrick Clark, with kindest regards and happy memories of a most important day in the history of the U.S.A. Harry Truman, Chm, Independence, Mar. 15, '57." To the sides of the inscription Truman has listed those in attendance. In near fine condition. The photograph measures 13.5 inches by 10.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 94776
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Uncorrected Proofs of the Works of Steven Millhauser; Each Volume Signed by Him
MILLHAUSER, Steven.
Steven Millhauser Collection: Edwin Mullhouse, Portrait of A Romantic, In The Penny Arcade, From the Realm of Morpheus, The Barnum Museum, Little Kingdoms, Martin Dressler, The Knife Thrower, Enchanted Night, The King in the Tree, Dangerous Laughter.
New York: 1972-2008.
Uncorrected proofs of the first editions of the first eleven books by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven Millhauser. Octavo, 11 volumes, original wrappers as issued. Each are in near fine to fine condition. Each volume is signed by Steven Millhauser. An uncommon set of proofs.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 1330
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Rare Original Script of Saving Private Ryan; signed by Robert Rodat and Matt Damon
RODAT, Robert [Matt Damon].
Saving Private Ryan: Original Shooting Script.
Los Angeles: Hohman Maybank Lieb, 1996.
Rare original shooting script of the Academy Award-winning film, starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tim Sizemore and Edward Burns. Quarto, original wrappers. Boldly signed by screenwriter Robert Rodat and Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box depicting the silhouette of a soldier. Rare.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 140017
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First Edition of The Strategy of Conflict; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas Schelling
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
The Strategy of Conflict.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960.
First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Roger Jan 75 Tom Schelling." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear to the extremities.
Price: $3,400.00 Item Number: 89467
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"What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes": First Edition of Harry Houdini's The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin; Signed by Him
HOUDINI, Harry.
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.
New York: The Publishers Printing Co, 1908.
First edition of this work by Houdini regarding his one-time idol. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Houdini, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Harry Houdini on the front free endpaper. Bookplate to the front pastedown, in near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 99655
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First Edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's Queen Mary: A Drama; Signed by Him
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
Queen Mary: A Drama.
London: Henry S. King and Co, 1875.
First edition, first issue of the first book in Tennyson's historical trilogy with “behled” on page 126. Small octavo, bound in full red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, double gilt ruled, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Association copy, signed by Alfred Tennyson on the title page with Ellen Terry's inscription below, "From her loving Ellen Terry" and below that "Her old friend, Henry Irving." The recipient, Sir Henry Irving performed in and produced the the first production of Queen Mary at the Lyceum Theatre in April of 1876. The book was…
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 95173
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"Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real": First Edition of The Border Trilogy; Inscribed by Cormac McCarthy
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2008.
First edition of McCarthy's classic trilogy, appearing here in one volume for the first time. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author, "For Tom and Corinne All the best Your friend Cormac." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Mario Ettlinger. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 145835
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Rare signed limited edition of David Bowie's Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust; signed by him and photographer Mick Rock
BOWIE, David. Photographs and Captions by Mick Rock.
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2002.
First edition, signed limited issue of this profusely illustrated homage to one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, David Bowie. Folio, original quarter leathers over illustrated boards, photographic endpapers, all edges silver, illustrated with photographs by Mick Rock. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock, this is number 683. Housed in the original publisher's decorative lidded box. In fine condition.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 138421
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First Edition of Mollie Fancher; Signed by Her
DAILEY, Abram H. [Mollie Fancher].
Mollie Fancher: the Brooklyn Enigma. An Authentic Statement of Facts in the Life of Mary J. Fancher, The Psychological Marvel of the Nineteenth Century.
Brooklyn: Eagle Book Printing Dept, 1894.
First edition of this work on Mollie Fancher. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Mollie Fancher on the title page. In very good condition. Books signed by Fancher are rare.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 129342
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Rare Signed Brigham Young Document
YOUNG, Brigham.
Brigham Young Signed Document.
Salt Lake City: 1872.
Brigham Young signed document as President of the Utah Central Railroad Company, ordering the treasurer of the UCRC to pay $13 to C.W. Penrose, with Penrose's signature on verso. The entire piece measures 8 inches by 3.8 inches.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 123738
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First Edition of The Ginger Man; Signed by J.P. Donleavy; From the Library of Publisher Seymour Lawrence
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955.
First edition, first issue with the words, Special Volume, Francs: 1.500 to the rear panel. Small octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Washington D.C. March 1994 J.P. Donleavy." In fine condition. From the library of Donleavy's publisher Seymour Lawrence. Introduction by Arland Ussher. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 110478
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": Roald Dahl's BFG; Inscribed by Him and signed by Famed illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Love Doug Roald Dahl 1984." Additionally signed by Quentin Blake below. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 142114
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First Editions of George Santayana's Realms of Being; Each Signed by Him
SANTAYANA, George.
Realms of Being. [The Realm of Essence, The Realm of Matter, The Realm of Truth].
London: Constable, 1928-37.
First editions of the first three volumes of the author's classic work. Octavo, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed by George Santayana on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 130543
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First edition of Albert Camus' Les Justes [The Just Assassins]; inscribed by him to Jean de Bosschère
CAMUS, Albert.
Les Justes: Piece en Cinq Actes. [The Just Assassins: A Play in Five Acts].
Paris: Gallimard, 1950.
First edition, early printing of Camus' classic examination of the moral issues associated with murder and terrorism. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Jean de Bosschère [crossing through "Les"] an nom des que vous no sommes sens tes cordialement Albert Camus." The recipient, Jean de Bosschère lived for most of the 20th century between London and France, and illustrated his own works as well as the works of Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, and the classical works of Aristophanes, Ovid, Strato and Apuleius. He published his own works of poetry, and in 1952…
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 137191
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“ROUND AND ROUND WE SPIN, WITH FEET OF LEAD AND WINGS OF TIN”: FIRST EDITION OF CAT’S CRADLE; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY AND SIGNED BY KURT VONNEGUT
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Cat’s Cradle.
New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1963.
First edition of Vonnegut’s classic satire of the clash between science and religion in the nuclear age. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut in a page bound in, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation, uncommon signed.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 146009
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"Wishing you safe travels on your journey through the woods": First Edition of Into the Woods; Inscribed by Stephen Sondheim with a drawing of a musical notation
SONDHEIM, Stephen; James Lapine; Adapted and Illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Into The Woods.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1989.
First edition of this classic work, the basis for the Broadway musical and subsequent film. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page, "To Harold Merry, with best wishes from Stephen Sondheim 1/12/89." Sondheim has also added a drawing of a musical notation with the lyrics, "Mother cannot guide you..." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Hudson Talbott. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 124779
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"The greatest Lady of This Century in whom Africa has found a friend in deed": First Edition of Ojike's My Africa; Inscribed by Him to Eleanor Roosevelt
OJIKE, Mbonu [Eleanor Roosevelt].
My Africa.
New York: The John Day Company, 1946.
First edition of this work by the Nigerian novelist and nationalist, inscribed by him to Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Eleanor Roosevelt The greatest Lady of this Century in whom Africa has found a friend in deed. Mbonu Ojike." Bookplate of Eleanor Roosevelt, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Pearl S. Buck. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 102465
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"The herculean task of the United States Government today is to take care that its citizens have the necessities of life" Veto Message of PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; SIGNED BY HIM
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Veto message on the Adjusted Compensation Act, 1935: Address of the President of the United States in the House of Representatives, Delivered May 22, 1935.
Washington, D.C.: United States Government, 1935.
Speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. Signed by Roosevelt at the conclusion of his speech. In near fine condition with light wear. Rare.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 4680
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"Everybody must have a fantasy": The Philosophy of Andy Warhol; Signed Twice by Warhol with a drawing
WARHOL, Andy.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again).
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
First edition, early printing of this work by Warhol. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed in green by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed by Warhol on the title page, "To Bob & son Andy Warhol," with a drawing of a can of Campbell's Pea Soup can. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Herb Lubalin. Jacket photograph by Philippe Halsman.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 146539
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First edition of The Lost World; signed by Michael Crichton and three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd and with an original drawing
CRICHTON, Michael.
The Lost World.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
First edition of Crichton's sequel to Jurassic Park. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Michael Crichton on the half-title page, "To Mrs. Pat Lisahie Best wishes Michael Crichton" and Chip Kidd Additionally signed by Chip Kidd with an original drawing mimicking the dust jacket art which he designed on the title page. Additionally signed by Kidd on the rear flap of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 146453