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First Edition of Values of Non-Atomic Games; Inscribed by Nobel Prize winning-economist Robert Aumann
AUMANN, Robert J. and Lloyd S. Shapley.
Values of Non-Atomic Games.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.
First edition of this "first class contribution to the field of game theory" (Oskar Morgenstern). Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Robert Aumann on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 45076
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FIrst edition of Ken Follett's A Place Called Freedom; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
A Place Called Freedom.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995.
First edition of Follett's New York Times bestseller. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Erica & Ken, with love Ken Follett." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. 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…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142627
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Autobiography My Story; Inscribed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the Golden Bear's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Doug Good Golfing Jack Nicklaus." Written with Ken Bowden. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146131
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First Edition of Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins; Signed by both Eric Kimmel and Illustrator Trina Schart Hyman
KIMMEL, Eric A.; Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.
New York: Holiday House, 1989.
First edition of this Caldecott Honor-winning classic. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, To Ann, Eric A. Kimmel." Additionally signed below by the illustrator "Trina Schart Hyman 1990." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 103993
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First Edition of Gary Player’s First Book; Signed Twice by Golfing Legend Gary Player
PLAYER, Gary .
Gary Player’s Golf Secrets.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1962.
First edition of Gary Player's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by Gary Player on the title page and additionally signed by Player on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a good dust jacket with a large chip to the rear panel.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 109227
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First Edition of Creating Winning Marketing Plans; Inscribed by Sidney Levy
LEVY, Sidney J.
Creating Winning Marketing Plans.
Chicago: Dartnell, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "For John Rogers, In appreciation of a Thoughtful Reader, Sidney J. Levy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114529
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Signed limited editions of Robert Graves' Beyond Giving, The Green Sailed Vessel, Timeless Meeting, and At The Gate
GRAVES, Robert.
Beyond Giving, The Green Sailed Vessel, Timeless Meeting, and At The Gate.
London: Privately Printed at the Stellar Press, 1969-1974.
Signed limited editions of four volumes of Graves' collected verse, written between 1969 and 1974. Octavo, four volumes, original stiff paper wrappers. Each volume is one of 500 numbered copies signed by Robert Graves. In near fine condition. An attractive collection.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 115104
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First Edition of Iris Chang's Thread of the Silkworm; Warmly Inscribed by her
CHANG, Iris.
Thread of the Silkworm.
New York: Basic Books, 1995.
First edition of the definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Wei-ling Dai, Best wishes and happy Chinese New Year! Iris Chang 2-17-96." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125008
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Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Economist James J. Heckman
HECKMAN, James J. and Alan Krueger.
Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2004.
First edition, early printing of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers with respect Jim Heckman 9/18/15." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138139
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's The Temptation To Do Good; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Temptation To Do Good.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this "convincing and haunting novel" (Publishers Weekly) by the father of modern management. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef. Author's photograph by Rob Lewine.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142036
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First edition of Ken Follett's The Third Twin; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
The Third Twin: A Novel.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1996.
First edition of Follett's New York Times bestseller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To Erica and Ken with love - Ken Follett." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. 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…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142322
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Limited Edition of Tristram; Signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson
ROBINSON, Edwin Arlington.
Tristram.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927.
Signed limited edition of this popular Pulitzer prize-winning Arthurian narrative poem. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, top edge gilt. One of three hundred and fifty copies signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the limitation page, this one is number 167. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. From the library of Frank Irving Fletcher, a prominent freelance copywriter of advertising who famously wrote in his autobiography 'Lucid Interval,' “The aim of modern advertising is not to make people think, but to save them the trouble and effort of thinking."
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145430
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"Now it is YOUR TURN! Be well, Be strong!": First Edition of Eating Dr. King's Dinner; Lengthily Inscribed by Chuck Fager
FAGER, Chuck.
Eating Dr. King’s Dinner: A Memoir of the Movement 1963-1966.
Fayetteville, North Carolina: Kimo Press, 2005.
First edition of this personal memoir of Civil Rights activism. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "Durham NC, 2023 For James, The narrative here concludes in early 1966. Chuck Fager. But fifty-plus years later, the story & the courageous black struggle goes on, in some ways as intense as ever. For young readers, these pages are not only history; they are also a call - Now it is YOUR TURN! Be well, Be strong!" In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146361
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Jacob A. Riis's The Making of an American; Rare Autograph Letter Signed by Him Tipped In
RIIS, Jacob.
The Making of An American. [WITH] Jacob A. Riis Autograph Letter Signed.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.
Early printing of this exceptional autobiography from the exceptional American reporter and reformer, Jacob A. Riis. Octavo, original blue ribbed cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded half-tone frontispiece portrait of Riis, top edge gilt illustrated with in-line and full-page half-tone drawings and photographs. In very good condtion with rubbing, bookplate of Walter Sondheim to the front pastedown. Rare autograph letter signed by the author, tipped in. Octavo, one page on Riis's personal stationary, signed by Riis and dated Oct 1903. In near fine condition with mail folds. Also tipped in is a magazine article on…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146700
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First Edition of Philip Roth's When She Was Good; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
When She Was Good.
New York: Random House, 1967.
First edition of Roth's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Christopher Lasch, with his name to the front free endpaper. Lasch was a historian, moralist, and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. Lasch sought to use history as a tool to awaken American society to the pervasiveness with which major institutions, public and private, were eroding the competence and independence of families and communities. He strove to create a historically informed social criticism that could teach Americans how to deal with rampant consumerism, proletarianization, and what he famously labeled the "culture…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 117571
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First edition of Carl Sandburg's Remembrance Rock; inscribed by him to American Journalist Bill Safire
SANDBURG, Carl.
Remembrance Rock.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948.
First trade edition of Sandburg's self-described "epic, weaving the mystery of the American Dream with the costly toil and bloody struggles that have gone to keep alive and carry further that Dream." Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the third free endpaper, "Bill Safire with respect and good wishes Carl Sandburg." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 127433
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First Edition of A Tribute to John F. Kennedy; Warmly Inscribed by Pierre Salinger to Actor Allan Sherman
SALINGER, Pierre [John F. Kennedy].
A Tribute to John F. Kennedy.
Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc, 1964.
First edition of this tribute to President Kennedy. Octavo, original boards, original slipcase, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Allan Sherman with the sincere appreciation of his friend and admirer Pierre Salinger." The recipient, Allan Sherman was actor, singer, producer and writer who became known as a song parodist in the early 1960s. His first album, My Son, the Folk Singer (1962), became the fastest-selling record album up to that time. His biggest hit was Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, a comic novelty recording in which a boy describes his summer camp experiences to the…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 134104
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“I don’t know anybody. I turn sentences around, and that’s it": First Edition of Philip Roth's The Ghost Writer; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
The Ghost Writer.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1979.
First edition of the author's first book in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 12037
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First Edition of Antarctica: A Call to Action; Inscribed by Sebastian Copeland
COPELAND, Sebastian; Foreword by Orlando Bloom.
Antarctica: A Call to Action.
San Rafael, CA: Earth Aware, 2008.
First edition of the inspiring sequel to 'Antarctica: The Global Warning.' Oblong duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with breathtaking high-resolution photographs by Sebastian Copeland throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "January 2009 To Linda, Sebastian Copeland." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Orlando Bloom.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146836
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First edition of Richard Ford's The Ultimate Good Luck; lengthily inscribed by him to photographer Sally Soames
FORD, Richard.
The Ultimate Good Luck.
London: Collins Harvill, 1989.
First edition of Ford's second published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to Sally Soames who contributed the author photograph for the dust jacket, "For Sally, Right! Better... Indeed. Genuine, ever complex... Richard Ford." 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…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 123277
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"It's Christmas! Sweet Christmas! The Happy day of Home": First edition of Joan Walsh Anglund's A Christmas Book; warmly inscribed by her
ANGLUND, Joan Walsh.
A Christmas Book.
New York: Random House, 1983.
First edition of the revered children's book author's charming children's tale. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Sarah, Merry Christmas 1983 - Joan Walsh Anglund." In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 123670
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"Poetry, A bridge hanging between history and truth."; First Edition of Vuelta; Inscribed by Octavio Paz to friend and fellow writer Sergio Munoz
PAZ, Octavio.
Vuelta.
Mexico: Editorial Seix Barral, S.A, 1976.
First edition of this collection of poems that were written between 1969 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page to his good friend, "A Sergio Muñoz Bata, cordialmente Octavio Paz." With Sergio Muñoz Bata's ownership inscription on the title page with the words Mexico 76. Sergio Muñoz Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published in 18 newspapers across 11 countries in the hemisphere. He is also both a former Los Angeles Times editorial board member and Executive Editor of La Opinión. In near fine condition. A wonderful association.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133281
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First Edition of Here is New York; Inscribed by Gilles Peress
PERESS, Gilles; Michael Schulan; Susan Meiselas; Jeff Mermelstein.
Here is New York.
New York: Scalo, 2002.
First edition of this work by the award-winning photographer. Thick oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, original slipcase. Inscribed by Gilless Peress. Illustrated with nearly 1000 full-color and black-and-white photographic plates with images by noted photographers such as Gilles Peress, Susan Meiselas and Jeff Mermelstein. Fine in a fine slipcase. Parr & Badger II, 232.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 972
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First Edition of Madeleine L'Engle's A Circle of Quiet; Inscribed by Her
L'ENGLE, Madeleine.
A Circle of Quiet.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1972.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Irene- joy in your own Circle- Madeleine L'Engle." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Charles Skaggs. First editions are uncommon signed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138849
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"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives": John Adams; Warmly Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "This first edition is for Adrienne and John- David McCullough." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144341
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“And men who do not expect to receive mercy eventually lose their inclination to grant it": First Edition of A Rumor of War; Signed by Philip Caputo
CAPUTO, Philip.
A Rumor of War.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.
First edition of this classic work, which the Los Angeles Times Book Review called "heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging. It belongs to the literature of men at war." Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Caputo on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Manny Haller. Author photograph by Mike Budrys.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146094
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William Cothren's History of Ancient Woodbury Vol. II; Inscribed by Roger M. Sherman to Ellen Sherman
COTHREN, William [William Tecumseh Sherman].
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1872, Including the Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlehem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and Middlebury.
Woodbury, Connecticut: William Cothren, 1872.
Second volume of the scarce 1872 edition of this history of Ancient Woodbury, the location of the Sherman family's initial establishment in early 1673; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, orange endpapers, frontispiece portrait of William Cothren, illustrated with engravings, tailpieces and embellished initials throughout. General Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed by Roger M. Sherman on the flyleaf to Ellen Sherman, "Mrs. General Sherman with the compliments of Roger M. Sherman." The recipient, Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145969
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FIRST EDITION OF THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY: Screenplay; Inscribed by Anthony Minghella
HIGHSMITH, Patricia.
The Talented Mr. Ripley.
New York: Hyperion Books , 1999.
First edition of the screenplay of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John, with best wishes, Anthony Minghella." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121468
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First Edition of THE GOD PARTICLE; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Leon Lederman to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lois Wille
LEDERMAN, Leon with Dick Teresi.
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To Wayne and Loise Wille We really miss you all. Enjoy! Leon Lederman." An excellent association, as one of the recipients, Loise Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142078
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First Edition of Howard Zinn's Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal; Signed by Him
ZINN, Howard.
Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1967.
First edition of Zinn's classic work arguing for withdrawal of military forces in Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Howard Zinn 2001." Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 100961
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"And so I am a revolutionary, and a most reluctant one": First Edition of The Reluctant Revolutionary; inscribed by Edward Teller
TELLER, Edward.
The Reluctant Revolutionary.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1960.
First edition of Teller's classic work on the role of the scientist in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author Edward Teller on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146178
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First Edition of When Bad Things Happen To Good People; Inscribed by Harold Kushner
KUSHNER, Harold S.
When Bad Things Happen To Good People.
New York: Schocken Books, 1981.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Judge Silber with my best wishes Rabbi Harold S. Kushner." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146450
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First edition of Allen Ginsberg's Collected Poems 1947-1980; Inscribed by Him to his Cousin
GINSBERG, Allen.
Collected Poems 1947-1980.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First Perennial Library edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original red wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to his cousin Gene Levy and his wife on the title page, "for Ed [sic] & Lorraine Levy from Allen Ginsberg February 22, 1989," and the opposite blank, "Shalom with thanks for Under The Bamboo Tree, Memphis Minnie, & your book on J.W. Johnson from Cousin Allen," above a hand-drawn doodle of a sun with initials "AH" in the center and a Star of David with a skull in the middle, holding a flower over crossbones. In very good condition.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146470
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"Wishing our country strength, wisdom and liberty": First Edition of Everything We Had; Lengthily signed by Al Santoli
SANTOLI, Al.
Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It.
New York: Random House, 1981.
First edition of this reminder of the Vietnam War in thirty-three reports from ordinary American soldiers. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Wishing our country strength, wisdom and liberty - Al Santoli." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Aulicino. Uncommon signed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146639
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“The White House had decided that the conduct of the press, not the conduct of the President’s men, was the issue": All the President's Men; Signed by Bob Woodward
BERNSTEIN, Carl & Bob Woodward.
All The President’s Men.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1989.
First Easton Press edition of this groundbreaking work in American journalism. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Bob Woodward on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147037
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"Photographing a cake can be art": First Edition of Still Life; Signed by Irving Penn
PENN, Irving.
Still Life.
New York: Bullfinch Press, 2001.
First edition of this collection of photographs. Tall quarto, original beige cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Irving Penn on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 4324
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Casebook of the Black Widowers; Inscribed by him
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Casebook of the Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY: Published For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980.
First edition of the third book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ken Isaac Asimov 16 Sep 84." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 143074
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First edition of Robert Parker's Burgundy: A Comprehensive Guide to the Producers Appellations and Wines; Signed by Him in the year of publication
PARKER, Robert M.
Burgundy: A Comprehensive Guide to the Producers, Appellations, and Wines.
New York: Simon and Shuster, 1990.
First edition of Parker's most ambitious and comprehensive work on Burgundy. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps by Jeanyee Wong and drawings by Christopher Wormell. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "10/4/90 To Tom Lovejoy- All the very best in wine and life Robert Parker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel & Scher.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 143776
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FIRST EDITION OF MY LIFE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
First edition of Coretta Scott King's autobiography, which recounts the history of the Civil Rights Movement and offers an inside look at Dr. King, his sermons and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "To Beatrice Thrope With best wished Coretta Scott King." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Reed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 90443
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"Ignorance, not sin, is what involves a person in suffering": First Edition of The Gnostic Gospels; Inscribed by Elaine Pagels
PAGELS, Elaine.
The Gnostic Gospels.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of the author's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147107