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First edition of Heinrich Boll's Missing Persons and Other Essays; Inscribed by Leila Vennewitz in the year of publication
BOLL, Heinrich.
Missing Persons and Other Essays.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the translator in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To May and Peter, with love, Leila October '77." Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith K. Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jill Krementz.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122432
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"It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special": First edition of Oliver's Story; inscribed by Erich Segal
SEGAL, Erich.
Oliver’s Story.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977.
First edition of the dramatic sequel to Love Story, the basis for the 1978 film starring Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Regards- Erich Segal 9 June 1978." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Scott.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 143618
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Limited First Edition of Where I'm Calling From; Signed by Raymond Carver
CARVER, Raymond.
Where I’m Calling From: New & Selected Stories.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.
Signed limited first edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, bound in full publisher's morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, elaborate spiral gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, original silk ribbon tipped in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by Steve Johnson specially commissioned by The Franklin Library for this signed limited first edition. Privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society and personally signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In fine condition. Accompanied by a typed letter addressed from the publisher…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146628
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating; Signed by Her
GOODALL, Jane with Gary McAvoy and Gail Hudson.
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating.
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of "one of those rare, truly great books that can change the world" (John Robbins). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117849
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"FOR IN THE END, IS IT NOT FITTING THAT A BOOK ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD CLOSE BY STUDYING WHAT THE CONSTITUTION IS NOT ABOUT?" The 1979 Supplement to American Constitutional Law; inscribed by Laurence H. Tribe
TRIBE, Laurence H.
1979 Supplement to American Constitutional Law.
Mineola, New York: The Foundation Press, Inc, 1979.
The 1979 supplement to Tribe's American Constitutional Law. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes, Laurence Tribe 2/09." In near fine condition. Ownership name to the front panel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 118015
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“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories”: First Edition of White Teeth; Signed by Zadie Smith
SMITH, Zadie.
White Teeth.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition of "Zadie Smith's fizzing first novel" (Salman Rushdie). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Zadie Smith on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 3347
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First Edition of Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security; Signed by Peter Diamond
DIAMOND, Peter.
Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003.
First edition of these lectures by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114099
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First edition of Daniel Schorr's Come to Think of it; inscribed by him to American journalist Bill Safire
SCHORR, Daniel.
Come to Think of It: Notes on the End of the Millennium.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of Schorr's insightful analysis of of modern history. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Safires with admiration mingled with affection Dan." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128073
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First Edition of John le Carre's Mission Song; Signed by Him
LE CARRE, John.
Mission Song.
London: Viking, 2006.
First edition of this work by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131338
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First Vintage Books edition of Bob Colacello's Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
COLACELLO, Bob. [Andy Warhol] [William Safire].
Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up.
New York: Vintage Books, 2014.
First Vintage Books edition of "by far the best of Andy Warhol's portraits, including his own" (George Plimpton). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication, "To Bill Zwecker, with fondness, Bob Colacello 2014 Chicago." The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133037
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First Edition of A Time To Heal; Signed by President Gerald R. Ford
FORD, Gerald R.
A Time To Heal.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979.
First edition of the 38th president of the United States' autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Gerald R. Ford on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146040
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First Edition of The Elephant and the Flea; Inscribed by Charles Handy
HANDY, Charles.
The Elephant and the Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future.
London: Hutchinson, 2001.
First edition of this memoir by the eminent philosopher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Les Best wishes Charles Handy 2.11.01." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145494
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"TIME TO GET UP, FUNGUS MY DREARY, IT'S NEARLY DARK": First Edition of Raymond Briggs' Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book
BRIGGS, Raymond. Paper Engineer Ron Van Der Meer.
Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book.
London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, 1982.
First pop-up, or 'plop-up', edition of Briggs' well-known work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated with pop-ups engineered by Ron Van Der Meer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a pop-up opening door on the verso of the front panel in the year of publication, "For Eileen Ireland With Best Wishes from Raymond Briggs 29 September 1982." In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112501
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Tom Stoppard's On the Razzle; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
On the Razzle.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Pentagram.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128103
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First Edition of Orwell's Revenge. The 1984 Palimpsest; Inscribed by Peter Huber to William Safire
HUBER, Peter [William Safire].
Orwell’s Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest.
New York: The Free Press, 1994.
First edition of this work in which Huber discusses the compelling vision of Orwell's 1984. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bill Safire Peter Huber." Also laid in is a letter from The Manhattan Institute to William Safire. The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 143749
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First Edition of Matsushita Leadership; Signed by John Kotter
KOTTER, John P.
Matsushita Leadership: Lessons From the 20th Century’s Most Remarkable Entrepreneur.
New York : The Free Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by the best-selling author. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John P. Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Calvin Chu.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144882
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Never Panic Early; Signed by Astronaut Fred Haise
HAISE, Fred.
Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Books, 2022.
First edition, early printing of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper on a Smithsonian bookplate, "Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gary Tooth. Foreword by Gene Kranz.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146505
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First Edition of The Lufthansa Heist Behind the Six-Million-Dollar Cash Haul That Shook the World; Signed by Daniel Simone
HILL, Henry and Daniel Simone.
The Lufthansa Heist: Behind the Six-Million-Dollar Cash Haul That Shook the World.
Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2015.
First edition of this work regarding the famous Lufthansa Heist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "11/11/2015 All the Best Daniel Simone." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Linda R. Loiewski.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 124577
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First Edition of Burger’s Daughter; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Burger’s Daughter.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1964
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Dick Cavett's Brief Encounters; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
CAVETT, Dick. Foreword by Jimmy Fallon [William Safire].
Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
First edition, early printing of Cavett's engaging memoir. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Tom & Bill - Dick Cavett." The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs including…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133039
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"I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own": The Chosen; Signed by Chaim Potok
POTOK, Chaim.
The Chosen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the author's first book set in the mid-twentieth Century, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Chaim Potok. Fine in a fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 87977
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First Edition of Paul Theroux's Half Moon Street; Inscribed by him to Sally Soames
THEROUX, Paul.
Half Moon Street.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sally Soames with best wishes Paul Theroux." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research on…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 119623
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First edition of John Diamond's Because Cowards Get Cancer Too...; inscribed by him photojournalist Sally Soames
DIAMOND, John.
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too…
London: Vermilion, 1998.
First edition of Diamond's story of his battle with throat cancer. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To dearest Sally with thanks and - well you know. With love John Diamond." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 124373
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First Edition of Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth.
London: Faber and Faber, 1980.
First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover photograph by Bob Chase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128109
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First edition of Anita Shreve's Resistance; inscribed by her to Kenneth Burrows
SHREVE, Anita.
Resistance: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995.
First edition of this work by the author of The Pilot's Wife. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "March 28, 1995 For Ken, with thanks for your help in a different battle front Anita Shreve." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142738
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First Edition of Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of a Private Man; Inscribed by Wolfgang Stopler
STOPLER, Wofgang F.
Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of A Private Man.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.
First edition of this biography on Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wolfgang Ann Arbor, MI Dec. 12, 1994." From the library of noted economist Richard Musgrove. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 4401
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"Give a chunk to a monkey, give a chunk to a fighter": Later printing of Michael Rosen's Nuts About Nuts; Signed and dated by him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Sami Sweeten. .
Nuts About Nuts.
London: Diamond Books, 1999.
Early printing of British children's author Michael Rosen's illustrated book of poetry about nuts. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Michael Rosen on the verso of the front panel, "Hello Eileen, Michael Rosen was here." In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88125
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First Edition of Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story; Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal
WIESENTHAL, Simon.
Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.
First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110499
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First edition of A. Scott Berg's Kate Remembered; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
BERG, A. Scott.
Kate Remembered.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's biography of Katharine Hepburn. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Tom and Bill - the best reason I have to return to Chicago - with new and old affection, respectively Scott. July 2003 Chicago." The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133040
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First Edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's Captain Pantoja and the Special Service; Signed by Him
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1978.
First edition of this early novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Anita Lovitt. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Translated by George Kolovakos and Ronald Christ.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142083
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First Edition of Chris Bonington's Quest for Adventure: Ultimate Feats of Modern Exploration; Signed by Him; From the library of Fellow Adventurer Steve Fossett
BONINGTON, Chris.
Quest for Adventure: Remarkable Feats of Exploration and Adventure 1950-2000.
London: Casell and Company, 2000.
First edition of this work by Bonington. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Signed by Chris Bonington on the half-title page. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 111431
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First edition of The Moment of Truth; Signed by Alan Simpson
SIMPSON, Alan and Erskine Bowles.
The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
Washington, D.C: 2010.
First edition of Simpson and Bowles' final report on The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Alan Simpson on the half-title page, "Merry Christmas!! Alan Simpson." In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117683
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First Special 1993 Sponsor Edition of How I Played The Game; Signed by Byron Nelson
NELSON, Byron; Arnold Palmer.
How I Played the Game.
Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993.
First special 1993 Sponsor edition of Nelson’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original publisher's full forest green leatherette with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and photographic plates. One of one thousand one hundred copies signed by Byron Nelson on the semi-transparent flyleaf, this is number 58. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Accompanied by the original gilt engraved GTE Byron Nelson Classic metal clip bookmark.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146678
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First Edition of Jeane Kirkpatrick's The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State; Inscribed by Her to William Safire
KIRKPATRICK, Jeane J. [William Safire].
The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State and Other Surprises.
Washington, D.C: The AEI Press, 1990.
First edition of this work by Ambassador Kirkpatrick, who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire Columnist extraordinaire. With admiration and friendship. Jeane Kirkpatrick. December, 1990." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 127827
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First Edition of the Next Century; Inscribed and Dated by David Halberstam in the Year of publication
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Next Century.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991.
First edition of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "For Sandy and Virginia with love David Jan 1991." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144104
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Signed Limited Edition of James A. Michener's My Lost Mexico
MICHENER, James A.
My Lost Mexico.
Austin: The State House Press, 1992.
Signed limited edition of this novel by the award-winning author, one of 350 numbered copies, this is number 59. Octavo, original half cloth, with illustrations by the author. Signed by James A. Michener. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 119391
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First Edition of The Appointment; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Herta Muller
MULLER, Herta.
The Appointment.
New York: Metropolitan Books, 1997.
First edition of the Nobel Prize winning-author's gripping story of a Romanian women's daily life in a stagnated dictatorship. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Herta Muller on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Candell. Translated from German by Philip Boehm and Michael Hulse.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 902
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First edition of Cees Nooteboom's Roads to Santiago; Signed by Him
NOOTEBOOM, Cees.
Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Cees Nooteboom on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 5715
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First edition of John Diamond's Because Cowards Get Cancer Too...; Signed by him
DIAMOND, John.
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too…
London: Vermilion, 1998.
First edition of Diamond's story of his battle with throat cancer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Diamond on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Sally Soames.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 141524
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First Edition of Sonnets: 1889-1927; Signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson
ROBINSON, Edwin Arlington.
Sonnets: 1889-1927
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
First edition of this collection of sonnets from 1889 to 1927. Octavo, original half cloth with decorated boards. Boldly signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the half-title page. In near fine condition with some rubbing to the extremities and front panel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145427
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"Kabir says: Listen, my friend there is one thing in the world that satisfies, and that is a meeting with the guest": First edition of Robert Bly's The Kabir Book; inscribed by him
BLY, Robert.
The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir.
Boston: The Seventies Press, 1977.
First edition, review copy with the publisher's review slips laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Regan, Robert Bly." Bly has added a drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123768
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First Edition of The Golden Helix; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Arthur Kornberg
KORNBERG, Arthur.
The Golden Helix: Inside Biotech Ventures.
Dulles, Virginia: University Science Books, 1995.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "July 29, 2005 To Matthew Greetings! A Kornberg." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138915
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First Edition of The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader; Inscribed by Him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.
New York: The Modern Library, 1995.
First edition of this compilation of the works of Daniel Boorstin. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ray Grinold from Danel J. Boorstin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Roderick MacLeish.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100661
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First Edition of Tibet's Secret Mountain: The Triump of Sepu Kangri; Signed by Bonington and Clarke; From the library of fellow Adventurer Steve Fossett.
BONINGTON, Chris and Charles Clarke.
Tibet’s Secret Mountain: The Triump of Sepu Kangri.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 2000.
First edition of this work by Bonington and Clarke. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke on the title page. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 111347
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Henry Landau's All's Fair: The Story of the British Secret Service Behind the German Lines; Signed by Him
LANDAU, Henry.
All’s Fair. The Story of the British Secret Service Behind the German Lines.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1934.
Early printing of Landau's biography of his time in the British Secret Service. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Captain Henry Landau." Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Uncommon signed.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 83469
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First Edition of Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story; Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal
WIESENTHAL, Simon.
Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.
First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Joseph Lichten most cordially Simon Wiesenthal August 82." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147051
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First edition of We'll Laugh Again; inscribed by Art Buchwald to American Journalist William Safire
BUCHWALD, Art. [William Safire].
We’ll Laugh Again.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page, "Aug 22, 2002 To Bill, you were expecting "War and Peace?" Yours, Art Buchwald." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 127932
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Signed Limited Edition of Lillian Hellman's Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time
HELLMANN, Lillian.
Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1979.
Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Lillian Hellman. Fine in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133292
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"It was...unnecessary for me to fret about who the murderer was: Everybody was": First Edition of Imre Kertesz's The Union Jack; Signed by Him
KERTESZ, Imre.
The Union Jack.
New York: Melville House, 2009.
First edition of this novella by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. In fine condition. Translated by Tim Wilkinson.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1492
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First edition of D. J. Enright's Selected Poems; inscribed by him to legendary photojournalist Sally Soames
ENRIGHT, D. J.
Selected Poems 1990.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.
First edition of this collection containing many of Enright's finest poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title page, "For Sally Soames (& cameras) - Dennis Enright." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 124389
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First Edition of Nadine Gordimer's Six Feet of the Country; Signed by Her
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Six Feet of the Country.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1956.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142121
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First Edition of Charles Handy's The Elephant and the Flea; Inscribed by Him
HANDY, Charles.
The Elephant and the Flea.
London: Hutchinson, 2001.
First edition of this memoir by the eminent philosopher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Spiro Best wishes Charles Handy 23.11.01." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 71256
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Jimmie Stanley, Colin Fletcher 6/8/97." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100432
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First Edition of Walter Block's Legalize Blackmail; Signed by Him
BLOCK, Walter.
Legalize Blackmail.
Chalmette, Louisiana : Straylight Publishing, 2013.
First edition of this collection of classic essays. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper by Walter Block. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 137543
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Signed Limited First Edition of Thornton Wilder's The Angel That Troubled The Waters and Other Plays
WILDER, Thornton.
The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of this collection of three-minute plays by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. Imperial octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Wilder photographed by Doris Ulmann. One of seven-hundred and seventy-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 726. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145431
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138018
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First Edition of Ceremony And Other Poems; Inscribed by Richard Wilbur and also laid in a sonnet broadside from Charlee and Richard Wilbur.
WILBUR, Richard.
Ceremony And Other Poems.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Jane and motherhood Aff'y inscribed Dick Wilbur Cambridge May 51." Also laid in is a sonnet broadside from Charlee and Richard Wilbur. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146260
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First Edition of The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse; Inscribed by Richard Thompson Ford
FORD, Richard Thompson.
The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
First edition of this "sharp, nuanced, enlightening reflection on how America should confront its authentic legacy of racism . . . A sharp, nuanced yet stylish analysis" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Lisa Thanks for reading the book Richard Ford." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Aaron Artessa. Jacket illustration by Jean Tuttle.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 120633
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"When people show you who they are, it is your job to pay attention.": First Edition of You Love Me; Signed by Caroline Kepnes
KEPNES, Caroline.
You Love Me: A You Novel.
New York: Random House, 2021.
First edition of the third book in the best-selling 'You' series, which spawned the popular Netflix show by the same name starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Caroline Kepnes. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ella Laytham and Greg Mollica. Author photograph by Courtney Pugliese.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145435
