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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 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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First edition of both volumes of Green, Schwarz, and Witten's Superstring Theory; from the library of Stephen Hawking
GREEN, Michael B.; John H. Schwarz and Edward Witten. [Stephen Hawking].
Superstring Theory.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
First edition of the fundamental text on superstring theory. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking. Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 119483
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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
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
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"AND FOR ALL I KNOW HE IS SITTING THERE STILL, UNDER HIS FAVORITE CORK TREE, SMELLING THE FLOWERS JUST QUIETLY" exceptionally rare FIRST EDITION, advance review copy OF THE STORY OF FERDINAND; signed by both Robert Lawson and Munro Leaf
LEAF, Munro; Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
The Story of Ferdinand.
New York: The Viking Press, 1936.
First edition, first printing, advance review copy of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic, one of the most popular and enduring children's books ever published. Octavo, original half tan cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Robert Lawson. Signed by both the author and illustrator opposite the title page, "Robert Lawson" "and Munro Leaf." From the library of American publisher Charles C. Fleming with a memorandum on his Whittet Printing Co. letterhead to the front free endpaper, stamped "Received Sep 23 1936 C.C.F." indicating that the book was received in the month of publication which is stated on the copyright page. The first…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 147285
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“DO NOT ALLOW DEFEAT TO EXTINGUISH YOUR DREAMS”: Signed Limited Edition of 41: A Portrait of My Father; Signed by Both George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush
BUSH, George W. & George H.W. Bush.
41: A Portrait of My Father.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2014.
Signed limited edition of President George W. Bush's "loving testimonial" to the life and legacy of his father, President George H.W. Bush. Octavo, original cloth, with 26 pages of color and black-and-white illustrations including two color frontispiece portraits. Signed by both George W. Bush. Fine in a fine slipcase. Rare signed by both Presidents.
Price: Item Number: 147441
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First Edition of John Glenn: A Memoir; Signed by Him
GLENN, John with Nick Taylor.
John Glenn: A Memoir.
New York: Bantam, 1999.
First edition of the autobiography of the first American to orbit the Earth. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Best wishes- John Glenn." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147442
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One of the greatest investment books of the 20th Century; Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits; Inscribed by Philip Fisher
FISHER, Philip A.
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1958.
First edition, early printing of Fisher's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Collett, Sincerely Philip A Fisher." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Jeremy C. Jenks. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 147443
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First Edition of The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis; Signed by Ben Bernanke
BERNANKE, Ben.
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Later printing of this collection of lectures given by the former chief of the Federal Reserve. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Best wishes Ben Bernanke." Also laid in is a signed business card from Bernanke. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147189
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FIRST EDITION OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S THE GREAT GATSBY
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
First edition, first state with "chatter" p.60, "northern" p.119, "sick in tired" p.205, and "Union Street station" p.211. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In fine condition. Fitzgerald's editor, Maxwell Perkins, and his friend and author Ring Lardner, both considered The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's most perfectly realized work of art. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 146089
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"Everything sounds big in the woods": First Edition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods; Signed by Him
BRYSON, Bill.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.
London: Doubleday, 1997.
First British edition and true first of this classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny hike of the Appalachian Trail” (The Washington Post). Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Conrad, Best wishes, Bill Bryson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Jerry Bauer. Jacket illustrations by David Cook.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147668
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First Edition of Jean de Brunhoff's Histoire de Babar le petit elephant; From the Library of Maurice Sendak
BRUNHOFF, Jean de; [Maurice Sendak].
Histoire de Babar le petit elephant. [The Story of Babar the Little Elephant].
Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1931.
First edition of the first book in de Brunhoff’s Babar the Elephant series in the original French; from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original half cloth over pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. In good condition with rubbing to the boards and light toning throughout. 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 Christian Andersen Award for Illustration in 1970, one…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 147153
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First Edition of Jean de Brunhoff's Babar and His Children; From the Library of Maurice Sendak
BRUNHOFF,.
Babar and His Children.
New York : Random House, 1968.
First American edition of this charming children's story; from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Translated from the French by Merle Haas. 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 Christian Andersen Award for Illustration in 1970, one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards in 2003, and the Laura Ingalls…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147130
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First Edition of George Lamming's The Emigrants
LAMMING, George.
The Emigrants.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1954.
First edition of the sequel to the author's debut autobiographical book In the Castle of My Skin. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Denis Williams.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 147449