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"The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again": First Edition of Cry The Beloved Country; Signed by Alan Paton in the Year of Publication
PATON, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.
First American edition of Paton's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Alan Paton Johannesburg May 27, 1948." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare and desirable signed in the year of publication.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 43091
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First edition of Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo; signed by Him
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
The Rose Tattoo.
New York: New Directions, 1951.
First edition of one of Williams' most beautiful and powerful plays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 143108
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First Edition of The Panic In Needle Park; Signed by Joan Didion and Al Pacino
MILLS, James [Joan Didion and Al Pacino].
The Panic In Needle Park.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of this work basis for the classic 1971 film starring Al Pacino, with the screenplay written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion and Academy-Award winning actor Al Pacino on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 118864
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"we were each other, we were each other, not that it mattered much in the long run but what else mattered as much": First Edition of the author’s first book run river; Signed by Joan Didion
DIDION, Joan.
Run River.
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1963.
First edition of the Didion’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anthony Post. A nice example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140695
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First Edition of Biden's Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics; Inscribed by Him
BIDEN, Joe.
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.
New York: Random House, 2007.
First edition of “this compelling personal story” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title page, "Thank you for supporting Delaware Technical Community College Joe Biden 1.16.08." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,950.00 Item Number: 117321
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First Edition of A Pictorial History of the Negro in America; Signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer
HUGHES, Langston and Milton Meltzer.
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 140222
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First Modern Library Edition of Seven Gothic Tales; Signed by Isak Dinesen
DINESEN, Isak [Karen Blixen].
Seven Gothic Tales.
New York: The Modern Library , 1934.
First Modern Library edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Isak Dinesen 8.3.1959." From the library of Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies' Home Journal for almost 27 years, from 1935 through 1962, including the golden years of the magazine. Time magazine wrote upon their 1962 retirement, the Goulds took an undistinguished journal in a field that "took the patronizing view that a woman's interests were largely confined to the home" and led by "Beatrice's sure feeling for the emancipated…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145980
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One of 50 Copies of Evelyn Waugh's The Holy Places; Signed by Him and illustrator Reynolds Stone
WAUGH, Evelyn; Illustrated by Reynolds Stone.
The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone.
New York and London: The Queen Anne Press; The British Book Centre, 1953.
Signed limited issue, number 23 of 50 specially bound copies, signed by both the author and illustrator Reynolds Stone, from a total edition of 1,000 copies. Quarto, original red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gray endpapers, top edge gilt. Frontispiece woodcut and title page printed in brown, 3 further woodcuts in text printed in black. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 71894
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"LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY": LOVE STORY; SIGNED BY ERICH SEGAL, ALI MACGRAW AND RYAN O'NEAL
SEGAL, Erich.
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition, early printing of the author's best-selling novel, a "sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental" work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role. The film is considered one of the most romantic by the…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145831
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First Edition of A Pictorial History of the Negro in America; Lengthily Inscribed by Langston Hughes
HUGHES, Langston and Milton Meltzer.
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Especially for Laura and Louise Fields, as a gift at Christmas from Mabel Smythe- Sincerely, Langston Hughes New York 1957." In near fine condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 135491
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“Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious": Signed Limited Edition of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman
LEE, Harper.
Go Set A Watchman.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.
Signed limited edition of the author's second novel. Octavo. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition with the original shipping carton.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 7352
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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others": First Edition of Prisoner In The Garden; Signed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Prisoner In The Garden.
New York: The Viking Press, 2006.
First edition of this work dedicated to Mandela's archive. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela on the title page in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 851
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First Edition of Stephen King's Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah.
Hampton Falls, NH: Donald Grant, 2004.
First trade edition of King's sixth installment in his acclaimed Dark Tower Series. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Darrel Anderson.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 144596
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First Edition of The Dark Half; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen .
The Dark Half.
New York: The Viking Press, 1989.
First edition of this novel by the author of The Shining. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Front jacket photograph by Geoffrey Gove. Photograph of King by Tabitha King.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146044
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Signed Limited Edition of Pablo Neruda's We Are Many
NERUDA, Pablo.
We Are Many.
Cape Coliard Press, 1967.
Signed limited edition, one of only 100 examples, this is number 65. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with a cut-out by Jim Dine. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda and the translator Alistair Reid. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Alistair Reid. Photographs by Hans Ehrmann.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 133314
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"A lake is a pond is a river": First Edition of Luke Rhinehart's The Dice Man; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
RHINEHART, Luke [George Cockcroft].
The Dice Man.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Andy 'A lake is a pond is a river.' Luke Rhinehart." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 143807
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"A STATE OF JOY AND LAUGHTER": Signed Limited First EDITION OF JACQUELINE AND LEE BOUVIER'S ONE SPECIAL SUMMER
BOUVIER, Jacqueline and Lee [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].
One Special Summer.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974.
Signed limited first edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. One of five hundred copies signed by the authors on the limitation page. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 147187
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author at his home on the half-title page, "Ayot St Lawrence 5th Oct. 1934 Dear Dr. Shaw This afternoon is impossible: as you see, I am out of reach. I shall be in London tomorrow. If you ring up Whitehall 3160 my secretary may be able to fix up a meeting for us. faithfully G. Bernard Shaw.' Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 131696
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"The Things that make us happy make us wise": Rare First Hardcover Edition of Little, Big; Signed by John Crowley
CROWLEY, John.
Little, Big.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.
First hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John- The things that make us happy make us wise John Crowley." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Pat Doyle. Photograph of the author by Richard Sutor. A very sharp example of this work.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 1471
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First American edition of Thomas Mann's Joseph in Egypt; inscribed by him to Carl H. Pforzheimer
MANN, Thomas.
Joseph in Egypt.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938.
First American edition of the third installment of Mann's four-part novel retelling the vast saga of Genesis, which Mann considered his greatest work. Octavo, 2 volumes, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Herr Pforzheimer, herrlich dankbar fur schonste, reichste Gastfreundschaft" which translates as "thankful for a beautiful summer day in his wonderful estate." The recipient, Carl H. Pforzheimer was a founder of the American Stock Exchange and amassed a large fortune on Wall Street as a specialist in Standard Oil stock. He was an avid collector of rare books and manuscripts and built the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 96001