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First Edition of Habermas' Theory and Practice; Inscribed by Him
HABERMAS, Jurgen.
Theory and Practice.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1973.
First edition in English of the philosopher's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by "For John Roper Jurgen Habermas." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard C. Bartlett.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117642
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First edition of Mary Howitt's Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden
HOWITT, Margaret. [Fredrika Bremer].
Twelve Months with Fredrika Bremer in Sweden.
London: Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, 1866.
First edition of Howitt's work on the twelve months she spent with close friend and writer Fredrika Bremer. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, tipped in tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Bremer with an inscription from her to Howitt in facsimile. In very good condition. Scarce with only one other copy traced at auction. Bookplate.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 124150
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"Don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by": First edition of Colin Higgins' Harold and Maude; signed by him and legendary singer Cat Stevens
HIGGINS, Colin. [Cat Stevens].
Harold and Maude.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971.
First edition of the classic 1971 American coming-of-age dark comedy–drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Colin Higgins [on the front free endpaper] and singer-songwriter Cat Stevens [on the front pastedown]. The music in Harold and Maude was composed and performed by Cat Stevens. He had been suggested by Elton John to do the music after John had dropped out of the project. Stevens composed two original songs for the film, "Don't Be Shy" and "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" and performed instrumental and alternative versions of the previously…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 133160
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First Edition of Freeman Dyson's Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics; Inscribed by Him to Edward O. Wilson
DYSON, Freeman [Edward O. Wilson].
Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics.
New York: W.A. Benjamin, 1966.
First edition of this work by the famed physicist. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Edward Best wishes Freeman Dyson." The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist and writer. Wilson has been called "the father of sociobiology" and "the father of biodiversity" for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. In very good condition, with Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper. An exceptional association, linking these two great minds of the twentieth century.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138193
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First Edition of George Schuyler's Slaves Today. A Story of Liberia; Inscribed by Him
SCHUYLER, George S.
Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931.
First edition of "the first novel about Africa written by an African American" (Aric Putnam). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To William M. Stein from George S. Schuyler January 10,1932." In very good condition. Laid in is an original program from 1938 Charter Day at Howard University.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 125792
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Signed Limited First edition of Louise Gluck's FIrstborn
GLUCK, Louise.
Firstborn.
Oxford: Anvil Press Poetry, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet's first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Louise Gluck on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136043
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"The perfect book" (Alice Walker): Rare first edition of Mules and Men; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Mules and Men.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935.
First edition of Hurston's classic work, "the most engaging, genuine, and skillfully written book in the field of folklore" (Alan Lomax). Octavo, original cloth, with 10 illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Introduction by Franz Boas. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 141719
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Rare Signed Photograph of Alfred P. Sloan
SLOAN, Alfred P.
Alfred P. Sloan Signed Photograph.
Photograph of legendary executive Alfred Sloan, boldly signed, "Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., May 1 , 1937." Framed in a custom gilt stamped morocco frame. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 16.5 inches. Photographs signed by Sloan are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 82378
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Rare first edition, presentation copy of L'Hotel du Nord; inscribed by Eugène Dabit
DABIT, Eugene.
L’Hotel du Nord.
Paris: Robert Denoël, 1929.
First edition of the author's immensely popular novel. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Valmard with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers and additional patterned silk endleaves, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by Valmard, with two illustrations signed by Dabit mounted to the front and rear pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Bernard Steele. Hors commerce copy, from a total edition of 250 numbered copies. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase. Rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144043
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Michael Jordan's For the Love of the Game; Inscribed by Him
JORDAN, Michael.
For the Love of the Game.
Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "To Bill Happy 50th Birthday Hope you make it to 50 more Michael Jordan." From the collection of Bill Zwecker, the former longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. Beginning his journalism career in the 1980s, Zwecker is an industry veteran who has interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. This was a gift to Zwecker for his 50th birthday from Michael Jordan. With a framed collage of Zwecker and Jordan at the annual Chicago Celebrity Softball Game in 1992. It was taken the first time Michael…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 131781
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles and Screenwriter Harold Pinter
FOWLES, John [Harold Pinter].
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by both John Fowles and Harold Pinter on the title page. Pinter wrote the screenplay for the 1981 film bearing the same name. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. An excellent near fine example in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams. Rare and desirable signed by both Fowles and Pinter.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 91873
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"This is Houston. Say again, please...": color panoramic photo print of the revised trajectory of the Apollo 13 mission, inscribed by Apollo 13 Lunar Module pilot Fred Haise and flight controller Jack Lousma
HAISE, Fred and Jack Lousma.
Fred Haise and Jack Lousma Signed Apollo 13 Revised Trajectory Panoramic Print.
Semi-glossy color panoramic photo print of the revised trajectory of the Apollo 13 mission, signed by Apollo 13 Lunar Module pilot Fred Haise in silver ink, "Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP, 'Speed up to save 10 hours'" and "'The big bang," and additionally inscribed by flight controller Jack Lousma, "Jack Lousma, Apollo 13 CAPCOM," who adds above "This is Houston. Say again, please. Roger. Main B Undervolt." Lousma famously received the CAPCOM message "Houston, we've had a problem" message from Apollo 13. In fine condition. The print measures 23.25 inches by 10.75 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145825
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Rare Original Photograph inscribed by journalist and explorer Henry M. Stanley
STANLEY, Henry M.
Henry M. Stanley Photograph Signed.
Rare original photograph inscribed by journalist and explorer Henry M. Stanley. Inscribed by Stanley in the upper right corner of the photograph, "Yours faithfully, Henry M. Stanley 1907." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 11.5 inches by 10 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 100192
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"Love? First give justice! There's nothing above! And then you may love!": In This Our World; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Copy
GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins [Stetson].
In This Our World.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899.
Second edition of Gilman's first collection of poetry, coupled with almost eighty previously uncollected pieces. Duodecimo, enclosed in a handsewn black silk cover, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Gilman. Inscribed by Gilman on the front free endpaper, "Charlotte Perkins Stetson Her copy!" In good condition with detached binding, some pages in the front and rear loose, closed tears to the hinges of the silk cover, gift inscription in the year of publication on the front free endpaper above Gilman's inscription, "Presented by M. Maynard for Xmas 1899," some poems dated in pencil, loss to the frontispiece tissue-guard. Accompanied by an autograph…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146575
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“She was buried in his flesh. She throbbed in the beat of his pulses. She was wine in his blood, a music in his heart": First Modern Library Edition of Look Homeward, Angel; Inscribed by Thomas Wolfe
WOLFE, Thomas.
Look Homeward, Angel.
New York: The Modern Library, 1934.
First Modern Library edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Beryl Burk, with best wishes Thomas Wolfe Oct. 30, 1935." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 127273
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"Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death": Original photograph signed by the father of rocket technology, Wernher von Braun
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph signed by German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner, "For "Busher" Bill affectionately Wernher von Braun." In very good condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136509
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First Edition of Robert Solow's Capital Theory and the Rate of Return; Inscribed by Him
SOLOW, Robert M.
Capital Theory and the Rate of Return.
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1963.
First edition of the Nobel prize-winning economist's De Vries Lectures on economics. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Solow on the title page. In near fine condition, name on the front free endpaper.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 46014
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“Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property": Emma Goldman's Anarchism and Other Essays; Signed by Her
GOLDMAN, Emma.
Anarchism and Other Essays.
New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911.
Second revised edition of Goldman's most important collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Goldman. Boldly signed by Emma Goldman on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. With biographical sketch by Hippolyte Havel. Books signed by Goldman are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144296
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ROYAL CHRISTMAS CARD Signed by King Charles III and PRINCESS DIANA
DIANA, Princess of Wales; King Charles III.
Princess Diana and King Charles III Signed Christmas Card.
1983.
Royal 1983 Christmas card bearing two royal seals and an original color photograph of Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and the young Princes William. Signed by Prince Charles (King Charles III), "from Charles and" signed by Princess Diana, "Diana." In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145672
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"With love to you, on Washington's birthday": First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s India and the Awakening East; Signed by Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the half-title page, "Eleanor Roosevelt with love to you, on Washington's birthday Fer. 22, 1954 Vernon." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 110954