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Rare finely bound example of Detaille; inscribed by Edouard Detaille in French to Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
VACHON, Marius. [Edouard Detaille; Edward VIII Duke of Windsor].
Detaille.
Paris: A. Lahure, 1898.
Finely bound example of Vachon's biography of Detaille from the library of Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor. Folio, bound in three quarter morocco, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Edouard Detaille in French to Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor in the year of Detaille's death. The inscription translates as: "My Lord, In my Boulevard Malesherbes Studio, where his Majesty King Edward Vii and His Majesty King George have often come, your Royal Highness found himself at home. It is a great honor for me and also a great pleasure that I am happy to witness. Your Royal Highness, with the assurance…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 135461
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First Edition of Stable Money; the the original publishers slip signed by Irving Fisher
FISHER, Irving.
Stable Money.
New York: Adelphi Publishers, 1934.
First edition of Fisher's classic treatise. Octavo, original blue cloth. Laid in is the original publisher's slip which reads "In recognition of pioneer support of the movement for a Stable Measure of Value. Copy no. 660 of the first edition of Stable Money: A History of the Movement is inscribed to Fenton Lawson." The slip is signed by Irving Fisher. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 96551
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First Edition of Beverly Cleary's Henry and Ribsy; Signed by Her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Henry and Ribsy.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954.
First edition of the third book in Cleary's classic Henry Huggins series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Beverly Cleary on the title page. In very good condition. Illustrated by Lois Darling.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 10007
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Rare First Edition of Heinrich Harrer's Seven Years in Tibet; Signed by Him in English and in Tibetan
HARRER, Heinrich.
Seven Years in Tibet.
London: Rupert Davis, 1953.
First edition and first English translation preceding the American edition by one year of the author's classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Signed by Heinrich Harrer in English and Tibetan on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 132331
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First Edition of I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa; Inscribed by Charles Brandt and Signed by Al Pacino
BRANDT, Charles [Al Pacino].
I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa.
Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, 2004.
First edition of "the best Mafia book I ever read, and believe me, I read them all" (Steven Van Zandt), basis for the 2019 Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Brenda, Darryl tells me you're going to like this. Hope so. Warm regards, Charles Brandt." Additionally signed by Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino, who played Jimmy Hoffa in the film opposite the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chad Roberts. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147472
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"A milestone in the study of culture": First Edition of Triste Tropiques; Inscribed by Claude-Levi Strauss With a Large Drawing
LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude.
Tristes Tropiques.
New York: Atheneum , 1974.
First American edition of this translation, which is the first complete edition of Levi-Strauss' landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Patricia Anawalt who is interested in Indians and loves cats, with author's regards Claude Levi-Strauss." Levi-Strauss has added a large drawing of a cat below his inscription. The recipient, Patricia Anawalt was an anthropologist and authority on Mesoamerican ritual and attire, She wrote several books, including "The Worldwide History of Dress", which examined the costumes of a wide range of peoples, including Neolithic plant-fiber skirts, ancient Egyptian linen shifts and Mongolian shamanic…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 57044
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First Edition of John Dewey's Studies in Logical Theory; Inscribed by Him to Colleage Alfred Lloyd
DEWEY, John (Alfred H. Lloyd).
Studies in Logical Theory.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1903.
First edition of this collection of studies by Dewey. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Alfred H. Lloyd From John Dewey Oct. 12, 1903." Also, Dewey has signed Lloyd's name on the half-title page. Alfred H. Lloyd was a philosopher and close friend of Dewey's. In the preface to this work, Dewey thanks Lloyd for his inspiration. Dewey himself recruited Lloyd the University of Michigan's philosophy department, where Lloyd remained thereafter. In very good condition. An excellent association.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 77952
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"I am a Christian Because of Owen Meany": First Edition of A Prayer For Owen Meany; Warmly signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989.
First edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Warmly signed by the author on the title page, "Merry Christmas John Irving." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145910
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First Edition of Economics: Principles and Policy; Inscribed by William Baumol and Alan Blinder
BAUMOL, William J.and Alan S. Blinder.
Economics: Principles and Policy.
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1979.
First edition of this cornerstone of economics, which is now in its thirteenth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "For John Will B. and "With best wishes, A. Blinder 9/16/15." In near fine condition, sticker to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144390
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"Maybe I could grow me a bale to the acre, like Pa was always talking about doing": First Edition of Tobacco Road; Finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Erskine Caldwell
CALDWELL, Erskine .
Tobacco Road.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
First edition of Caldwell's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Erskine Caldwell on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147461
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“Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow": First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved; Inscribed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Debra Toni Morrison." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 132605
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"The Tin Drum Will Become One Of The Enduring Literary Works Of The Twentieth Century": Finely Bound First Edition Of The Tin Drum; Signed by Gunter Grass
GRASS, Gunter.
The Tin Drum.
New York: Pantheon, 1962.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic first novel. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, top edge gilt. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. Translated by Ralph Manheim. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 3796
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First edition of William Inge's A Loss of Roses; inscribed by him to actor Peter O'Toole
INGE, William. [Peter O'Toole].
A Loss of Roses: A New Play by William Inge.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of Inge's 1959 play, from the working library of legendary stage and screen actor Peter O'Toole. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Peter O'Toole Best wishes, Bill Inge." The recipient, Peter O'Toole, began his acting career in the 1950s, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company, before making his television debut in 1954. Based at the Bristol Old Vic from 1956 to 1958, he starred in numerous productions including King Lear (1956), The Recruiting Officer…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 123340
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First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers in the Rare Original Dust Jacket; Signed by Her
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Bread Givers: A Novel.
Doubleday, Page & Company: Garden City, NY, 1925.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Anzia Yezierska on the limitation page. Very good in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 84583
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"We must be careful not to discourage our twelve year olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations": First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from this work, "For John Rogers from Freeman Dyson We must be careful not to discourage our twelve year olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations see page 22." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow. A unique example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 111045
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“I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way...I can't apologize for that": Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple; with a rare promotional brochure from Steven Spielberg's 1985 film adaptation signed by Alice Walker
WALKER, Alice .
The Color Purple.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.
First edition, early printing of Walker's third novel, which made her the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. With a promotional brochure for the 1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg, signed by Alice Walker. [A Steven Spielberg Film: The Color Purple: Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize Winning Story. Warner Bros. Inc.: 1985]. Oblong octavo, original purple wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. In fine condition. A nice pairing.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146798
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"Oh baby you're the only thing in this whole world That's pure and good and right": Bat Out of Hell Album; Signed by Meat Loaf and four other musicians
ADAY, Michael Lee [Meat Loaf]; Edgar Winter; Todd Rundgren; Roger Powell; Kasim Sulton.
Meat Loaf Signed Bat Out of Hell Album.
New York: Cleveland International Records, 1977.
Meat Loaf's debut studio album, released in 1977. Boldly signed by Meat Loaf, Edgar Winter, Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell, and Kasim Sulton on the front panel. Each of the artists which appear here rocked in the same sphere with artist and producer Rundgren having production credits with multiple music albums including 'Bat Out of Hell,' Sulton performing bass and singing background vocals for Meat Loaf, and Winter playing saxophone on this explosive breakout album. In near fine condition. Record included.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147517
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"People are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions": First Edition of Edward L. Bernays' Biography of An Idea; signed by Him
BERNAYS, Edward L.
Biography of an Idea: Memoirs of Public Relations Counsel Edward L. Bernays.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965.
First edition of the father of public relations' biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Edward L. Bernays on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Alfred Zalon.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 49006
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"Ignorance, not sin, is what involves a person in suffering": First Edition of The Gnostic Gospels; Inscribed by Elaine Pagels to Fellow Writer Annie Dillard
PAGELS, Elaine [Annie Dillard].
The Gnostic Gospels.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of the author's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author to fellow writer Annie Dillard on the half-title page, "For Annie with best wishes from Elaine Pagels." The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and her books have been translated into at least ten languages. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari. From the…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 147309
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“Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory": First Edition of Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication and three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The Elephant Vanishes.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
First edition of this classic collection of stories, one of which was the basis for the 2018 acclaimed film Burning. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Karen Haruki Murakami (in both Japanese and English) 5/6/93 Princeton, NJ." Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, above Murakami's signature and on the jacket rear panel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 138128