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"Who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Elizabeth M. Schneider's Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking; Inscribed by Schneider to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
SCHNEIDER, Elizabeth M. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
First edition of this seminal work in feminist legal activism. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "November 2000. For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire. With warm regards, Liz Schneider." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147156
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First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
RAND, Ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition, first printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146542
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Rare Stock Certificate for the Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Company; Endorsed and Signed by Andrew Mellon
MELLON, Andrew.
Andrew Mellon Signed Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Company Stock Certificate.
Philadelphia: American Bank Note Co, 1890.
Rare Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Company stock certificate endorsed by the commanding American banker Andrew Mellon. Oblong quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certificate is dated April 10, 1890 and issues 21 shares of the Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Company stock to A.W. Mellon. Signed by Mellon on the verso, "A.W. Mellon." In near fine condition with a vertical crease and signature cancellation hole punches along the bottom edge. Matted and framed with a portrait of Mellon and an informational placard. The piece measures 17.5 inches by 28 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146771
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"A man on his way to death cannot be helped": First Edition of Them; Inscribed by Joyce Carol Oates to Fellow Writer Annie Dillard
OATES, Joyce Carol [Annie Dillard].
Them.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1969.
First edition of the third in Oates' Wonderland Quartet and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Annie - with best wishes - Joyce Carol Oates 7 Sept. 2022." 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.…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 146934
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First Edition of Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow; Signed by Yuval Noah Harari
HARRARI, Yuval Noah .
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.
London: Harvill Secker, 2016.
First edition of this "remarkable book, full of insights and thoughtful reinterpretations of what we thought we knew about ourselves and our history” (The Guardian). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Yuval Noah Harrari. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Dean.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147021
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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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Apollo 13 Photograph; Signed by Apollo 13 Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise
HAISE, Fred.
Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Photograph.
1970.
Rare photograph of the Apollo 13 service module. Small quarto, color satin-finish photograph of the crippled Apollo 13 service module floating in space. Boldly signed by Fred Haise, "Our view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module! Fred Haise, LMP, 4/17/70." In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147067
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"Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me": First Edition of Kurt Vonnegut's Jailbird
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Jailbird.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1979.
First edition of Vonnegut's "Watergate novel." Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Jill Krementz.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146652
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"The vultures. They take the low road. They may wear suits, be articulate": James B. Stewart's Disney War; Inscribed by Him
STEWART, James B.
Disney War.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
Early printing of this incredibly enthralling exposé on one of America's most powerful entertainment companies. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Fred, James B. Stewart." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147019
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Louis Fisher's The Politics of Executive Privilege; Inscribed by Fisher to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
FISHER, Louis [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The Politics of Executive Privilege.
Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2004.
First edition of this discussion of constitutional principles and political settlements. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Best regards, Lou Fisher." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on the name of famed 90s rapper The Notorious B.I.G.), Ginsburg was responsible for some of the…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147159
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First Edition of Jean de Brunhoff's Le Chateau de Babar; Inscribed by the author to Maurice Sendak with an Original Babar Drawing
BRUNHOFF, Jean de; [Maurice Sendak].
Le Chateau de Babar.
Paris: Hachette, 1961.
First edition of this winsome children's story in the original French, from the library of Maurice Sendak. Folio, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "A Maurice Sendak amicoleures Laurent de Brunhoff," with a drawing of one of Babar's children peeking out from behind a gardener elephant. Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is often hailed as “the Picasso of children’s books.” He has produced more than 85 books which have populated children’s imaginations for years. For his contributions to children’s literature, Sendak received the third biennial Hans…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 147137
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First Edition of Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Dwight Williams' The Way of the Explorer; Inscribed by Edgar Mitchell
MITCHELL, Edgar with Dwight Williams.
The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical World.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.
First edition of this engrossing evaluation of the contributions of space exploration to the future by the sixth man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Dr. Edgar Mitchell on the title page, "To Bud Best wishes Edgar Mitchell." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom McKeveny.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147174
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First edition of To Rule the Night; inscribed by Jim Irwin
IRWIN, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr.
To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1973.
First edition, early printing of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Diana. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147173
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"I am certain, if everyone could see the Earth floating just outside their windows, every day would be #EarthDay. There are few things more fragile or more beautiful than Earth": Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey; Inscribed by Astronaut Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition, early printing of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For David A. Stanfield, with all good wishes - Michael Collins." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147170
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"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes": Complete First Edition Set of Marlborough: His Life and Times; vol. I signed by Winston Churchill in the Year of Publication
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough: His Life and Times.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933-38.
First editions of Churchill's magisterial biography of his notable ancestor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. Boldly signed and dated by Winston Churchill in the year of publication on the front free endpaper of vol. I, "Winston S. Churchill Nov. 1933." Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jackets. Volume 3 in a price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 144235
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First Edition of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise; with a typed letter signed by Fitzgerald’s legendary editor Maxwell Perkins
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
This Side of Paradise.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.
First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald's first novel, with an initial print run of only 3,000 copies. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. With a rare typed letter signed by by Fitzgerald’s legendary editor, Maxwell Perkins, laid in. One page, typescript, on Perkins' Charles Scribner's Sons Publishers letterhead, the letter reads in full, 'August 10, 1937 Dear Mr. Kozlenko: I think the idea you outline in your of August 7th for an anthology of on act plays is a good one. I'd like to see you at any time convenient to talk it over. The…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 147295