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First Edition of Favorite Psalms; Inscribed by John Stott
STOTT, John.
Favorite Psalms: Selected and Expounded by John Stott.
Chicago: Moody Press, 1988.
First edition of this collection of Psalms chosen by the legendary John Stott. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jan with best wishes John Stott Jan 1990." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146119
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First Edition of Paule Marshall's Soul Clap Hands and Sing; Signed by Her
MARSHALL, Paule.
Soul Clap Hands and Sing.
New York: Atheneum, 1961.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Paule Marshall on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Foster.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 129197
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First Edition of Philip Roth's The Prague Orgy; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
Prague Orgy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.
First edition of this novella by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lilly Lee.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 12005
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First Edition of Honor Thy Father; Inscribed by Gay Talese
TALESE, Gay.
Honor Thy Father.
New York: World Publishing, 1971.
First edition of Talese's classic true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime family. Octavo, original boards, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Inscribed by the author to Rod McKuen, "For Rod With my very best - from one of his admirers- Gay Talese September 1971." Rod McKuen was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of recordings, which included popular music, spoken word poetry, film soundtracks and classical music. He earned two Academy Award nominations…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 63039
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“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman": Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex; Signed by Her
DE BEAUVOIR, Simone.
The Second Sex.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979.
First Franklin Library edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panel, all edges gilt, raised bands, silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir. Translated by H.M. Parshley. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 105112
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Original Playbill of Fiddler on the Roof; Inscribed by Sheldon Harnick
STEIN, Joseph.
Fiddler on the Roof.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1964.
Original playbill of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the front panel, "For Peter: Sheldon Harnick 12/16/15." In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 112721
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“FREEDOM IS OFTEN THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR": FIRST EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY EDITION OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ'S THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH; SIGNED BY HIM
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
The General in His Labyrinth: A Novel.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2004.
First Everyman's Library edition of this “fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man” (Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Translated and introduced by Edith Grossman. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Arici Graziano. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde and Abby Weintraub.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137055
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First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Door Into The Dark; Signed by Him
HEANEY, Seamus.
Door Into The Dark.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1969.
First American edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 151
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First Edition of A Suitable Boy; Signed by Vikram Seth
SETH, Vikram.
A Suitable Boy.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Vikram Seth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Honi Werner.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143819
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First Edition of Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station; Inscribed by Him
LERNER, Ben.
Leaving the Atocha Station.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2011.
First edition of the Lerner's first novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Ben Lerner on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 62014
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First Edition of Walter Cunningham's The All-American Boys; Signed by Him
CUNNINGHAM, Walter.
The All-American Boys.
New York: Macdonald and Co, 1977.
First edition of "the best of all the astronaut books" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Walter Cunningham on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, owner name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Robert Silverman. Written with the assistance of Mickey Herskowitz.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142901
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First Edition of Victor Bayley's House of Hatred; With Two Autographed Letters Signed
BAYLEY, Victor.
House of Hatred.
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1935.
First edition of this novel of adventure set in Calcutta and the North-West Frontier along the borders of China and Russia. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Laid in are two autographed letters signed by Victor Bayley.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 122434
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First Edition of N.T. Wright's The Original Jesus; Signed by Him
WRIGHT, N.T. [Tom].
The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman's Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this work on Jesus by the renowned theologian. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by N.T. Wright on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 2366
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First Edition of Spenser Wilkinson's The Rise of General Bonaparte; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
WILKINSON, Spenser [Napoleon and William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Rise of General Bonaparte.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1930.
First edition of this history of French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte. Octavo, original navy blue cloth, frontispiece of General Bonaparte at Arcole, illustrated with several maps; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman with his bookplate adhered to the front pastedown, gift inscription to Sherman on the title page, "P. T. S. from G. D. March 1931." In very good condition with toning to the rear panel, front and rear pastedown, front and rear free endpaper. General William Tecumseh Sherman's son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145726
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First edition of Charles Causley's Farewell, Aggie Weston; inscribed by him and with an autograph letter signed by him laid in
CAUSLEY, Charles.
Farewell, Aggie Weston.
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1951.
First edition of Causley's first collection of poems. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "for Philip Abrams from Charles Causley November 1953." With the original autograph transmittal letter signed by and entirely in the hand of the author tipped in. In very good condition. Rare, particularly inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 128138
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Wall Street; Signed by Oliver Stone
LIPPER, Kenneth. Based On The Original Screenplay by Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser.
Wall Street.
New York: Berkley Books, 1988.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone by on the title page. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, dampstaining.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147112
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First Edition of the Complete Works of Frank O. Gehry; Signed by Him
GEHRY, Frank O.; Francesco Dal Co; Kurt W. Forster.
Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works.
New York: Electra, 2003.
First paperback edition. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition. Signed by Frank Gehry on the title page.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 1392
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First Edition of Soul Clap Hands and Sing; Signed by Paule Marshall in the Year of Publication
MARSHALL, Paule.
Soul Clap Hands and Sing.
New York: Atheneum, 1961.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication, "Paule Marshall Dec. 1961." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Foster.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144354
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First Edition of Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Mavericks; Inscribed by Muriel Siebert
SIEBERT, Muriel.
Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Maverick.
New York: The Free Press, 2002.
First edition of this autobiography by Siebert, who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member firms. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Marie I hope you enjoy my book Mickie Siebert." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Wu. Written with Aimee Lee Ball. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145714
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First Edition of Stirling Moss’s Book of Motor Sport; Signed by Him
MOSS, Stirling.
Stirling Moss’s Book of Motor Sport.
London: Cassell and Company, 1955.
First edition of Moss' classic book of motor sport. Octavo, original cloth, profusely illustrated. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Edited by Wayne Mineau. Foreword by Raymond Baxter. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 116912
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First Edition of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace; inscribed by her to Erica Jong
ATWOOD, Margaret [Erica Jong].
Alias Grace.
London: Bloomsbury, 1996.
First edition of Atwood's Canadian Giller Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Erica - with thanks and many spiritual + actual handstands + hugs over the years Peggy Atwood." The recipient, Erica 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 by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142631
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"Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us!": First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Lengthily Inscribed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books, 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily and warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "6/18/92 To John Petty, Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us! With great respect and friendship Paul." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144897
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First edition of Chin Yang Lee's The Flower Drum Song; inscribed by him and in the rare original dust jacket
LEE, Chin Yang.
The Flower Drum Song.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
First edition of Chin Yang Lee's best known work which inspired both the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and 1961 Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Foster.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 96009
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"An important contribution to the record of world exploration": First Edition of John Grierson's Sir Hubert Wilkins: Enigma of Exploration
GRIERSON, John.
Sir Hubert Wilkins: Enigma of Exploration.
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1960.
First edition of John Grierson's biography of fellow Arctic pioneer Sir Hubert Wilkins. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "to my distinguished Namesake from John Grierson 5.10.60." 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…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 111212
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"Israel is the light of a New dawn. As in ancient days, she is again a bridge from the world of darkness to a world of light": First Edition of Leon Uris' Exodus Revisited; Signed by Him
URIS, Leon; Photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis .
Exodus Revisited.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.
First edition of this monograph of photographs of Uris' visit to Israel. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marcia and David Straus Shalom Leon Uris." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Project coordination by Ilan Hartuv.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133903
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First Edition of Volume One of the Papers of Mathematician Peter Lax; Inscribed by Him
LAX, Peter.
Peter Lax Selected Papers. Volume 1.
Springer: New York, 2005.
First edition of volume one of the selected papers of mathematician Peter Lax. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Roger with best regards Peter D. Lax." In near fine condition. Edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 100027
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First Edition of The Boys of Summer; Signed by Roger Kahn
KAHN, Roger.
The Boys of Summer.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1972.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roger Kahn on title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147029
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First Edition of Ko Un's Little Pilgrim: A Novel; Signed by Him
UN, Ko.
Little Pilgrim: A Novel.
Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2005.
First edition of this story of Sudhana's passage to enlightenment. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by Ko Un in English and in Korean. In fine condition. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize and Young-Moo Kim.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 62021
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"Objectivity of whatever kind is not the test of reality. It is just one way of understanding reality": First Edition of The View From Nowhere; Signed by Thomas Nagel
NAGEL, Thomas.
The View From Nowhere.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
First edition of this philosophical work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Thomas Nagel New York March 24, 2016." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Ownership signature from the year of publication to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Egon Lauterberg. Jacket painting, 'The Large Enclosure Near Dresden,' by Caspar David Friedrich.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145276
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"On a gorgeous sunny winter's day in Cornwall": A Page From The Constant Gardener; Annotated by John LE CARRÉ
LE CARRÉ, John.
John le Carré Annotated Page From The Constant Gardener.
November 12, 2020.
Rare annotated page from the author's classic spy thriller. Octavo, one page on the first page of Chapter 19 of 'The Constant Gardener,' annotated by the author around the chapter heading, "John le Carré - on a gorgeous sunny winter's day in Cornwall, 12 Nov 2020." In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146559
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First Edition of Bocuse's Regional French Cooking; Inscribed by Legendary Chef Paul Bocuse in the year of publication
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Pour Peter et Nancy avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse Las Vegas - 19-10-91." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143359
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First Edition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Dearly Beloved; Inscribed by her to her secretary and close friend Ruth Thompson
LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow.
Dearly Beloved.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962.
First edition of the author's classic bestselling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Ruth with love from Anne May, 1962." The recipient, Ruth Thompson was a close friend of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's. Thompson was a babysitter and personal secretary for the Lindberghs in the 1940s. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 48732
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“Truth without love is too hard; love without truth is too soft": First Edition of Authentic Christianity; Warmly Inscribed by John Stott
STOTT, John .
Authentic Christianity: From the Writings of John Stott.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.
First edition of this collection of writings from the legendary John Stott. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Janet with gratitude for your support of the Langham Foundation John Stott Feb 96." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Timothy Dudley Smith.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146124
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First Edition of William F. Sharpe's Introduction To Managerial Economics; Signed by Him
SHARPE, William F.
Introduction To Managerial Economics.
New York and London: Columbia University Press , 1973.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William F. Sharpe on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 112354
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Rare Original September 20, 1982 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin
BEGIN, Menachem.
Menachem Begin Signed Time Magazine Cover.
N.p., 1982.
Rare Time Magazine cover from the September 20, 1982 issue. Quarto, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Prime Minister Menachem Begin painted by Daniel Bennett Schwartz. Signed by Begin at the middle left on his portrait, "M. Begin." In near fine condition. Accompanied by a typed slip which states, "With the Compliments of the Prime Minister's Bureau."
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146658
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Elaine Steinbeck's French-English English-French Dictionary; signed and dated by her in Paris in 1954
EDITED BY ERNEST A. BAKER. [JOHN STEINBECK; ELAINE STEINBECK],.
Cassell’s French-English English-French Dictionary.
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1953.
Early printing of Cassell's French-English English-French Dictionary from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine Steinbeck. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Steinbeck’s wife, Elaine Steinbeck, on the front free endpaper, "Elaine Steinbeck Paris 1954." In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 114936
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First Edition of Life Upon These Shores; Inscribed by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Signed Three Times by Legendary Jacket designer Chip Kidd
GATES JR., Henry Louis.
Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History 1513-2008.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
First edition of this voluminous work of African American history. Square quarto, original boards, illustrated with over 700 full-color images. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For James with best wishes Henry Louis Gates Jr." Additionally signed three times by legendary dust jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the title page and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147096
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Rare original photograph of internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET; inscribed by him
KLEINROCK, Leonard.
Leonard Kleinrock Signed Photograph.
Large format color photograph of American computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET, the forerunner to the Internet. Inscribed by him, "To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock." In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117384
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FIRST EDITION OF JAMES HERRIOT'S THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL; SIGNED BY HIM
HERRIOT, James.
The Lord God Made Them All.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981.
First edition of this installment in Herriot’s true-life-saga as a veterinarian in the Yorkshire countryside. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by James Herriot on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Bob Chronister. Author photograph by Chris Krugs.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 135493
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First Edition of WestWorld; Signed by Legendary Actor Richard Benjamin
CRICHTON, Michael [Richard Benjamin].
Westworld.
New York: Bantam Books, 1974.
First edition of this work written and directed by Michael Crichton, starring Yul Brenner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by actor Richard Benjamin on the title page. In very good condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140046