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“Adventure is just bad planning": Rare Signed Photograph of heroic expedition leader Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach both the North and South Poles
AMUNDSEN, Roald .
Roald Amundsen Signed Photograph.
Sepia tone photograph of heroic expedition leader Roald Amundsen in arctic gear. Boldly signed by Roald Amundsen on the lower right corner. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 7 inches by 10 inches. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 18.5 inches. Photographs signed by Amundsen are rare.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 64007
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"Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles": Toward Freedom: The Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru; signed by Jawaharlal Nehru and his sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and from the collection of actor and author Aly Wassil
NEHRU, Jawaharlal .
Toward Freedom: The Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru.
New York: The John Day Company, 1942.
Early printing of Nehru's classic autobiography, from the collection of actor and author Aly Wassil. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed on the front free endpaper by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, his sister, the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet portfolio, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and Wassil with his ownership signature and annotation, "Aly Wassil M.I.T. October 21, 1949." Born in Pakistan, Aly Wassil was a graduate of Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, and the author of several books including "The Wisdom of Christ," "Rubaiyat of Modern Man," "Song of the Saviour,"…
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 146425
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First edition of Ethics in Service; Signed by William Howard Taft
TAFT, William H.
Ethics in Service.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915.
First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Taft on the front free endpaper, "Sincerely yours William H. Taft." In very good condition.
Price: $4,400.00 Item Number: 114863
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Signed Limited First Columbian Edition and True First of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera; Signed by Him
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
El Amor en los Tiempos del Colera [Love in the Time of Cholera].
Bogota: Editorial Oveja Negra, 1985.
Signed limited first Columbian edition and true first which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $4,400.00 Item Number: 137639
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"By way of thanks, I wanted to introduce you to a truly great writer": Ethan Canin's The Palace Thief; signed by him and Jeff Bezos
CANIN, Ethan. [Jeff Bezos].
The Palace Thief.
New York: Random House, 1994.
Jeff Bezos' special thank-you print run of his favorite book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author and by Jeff Bezos on the title page. Laid in is a letter from Bezos on amazon.com letterhead which reads, "Dear Friend of Amazon.com, What can I say? It's been five years since we sold our first book, and when I think about those of you who've become out most loyal customers, I am intensely grateful. We needed you to trust us and be willing to try something new, and you did. Your word of mouth - good and bad - brought new…
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 123037
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First Edition of Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist; Signed by Warren Buffett and Roger Lowenstein
LOWENSTEIN, Roger (Warren E. Buffett).
Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist.
New York : Random House, 1995.
First edition of this landmark work on Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Warren Buffett on the half-title page. Also, inscribed by Roger Lowenstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 143134
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"Works of love are always works of joy": First Edition of Mother Teresa's Meditations From A Simple Path; Signed by Her
TERESA, Mother.
Meditations From A Simple Path.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of words by Mother Teresa. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "M Teresa MC." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua Archbishop of Philadelphia. Books signed by Mother Teresa are rare.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 133704
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"Tis I alone that can teach you to make warre, I know what the greatest conquerors knew and are": Rare first edition of this early English translation of Machiavelli's Florentine History
MACHIAVEL, Nicholas. [Niccolo Machiavelli].
The Florentine History in VIII. Books. Now Exactly Translated from the Italian.
London: Printed for Charles Harper and John Amery, 1674.
Rare first edition of this translation of Machiavelli's Florentine history. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with morocco spine label lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling, fleuron cornerpieces and elaborate blind stamping to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Machiavelli, rebacked. Ownership inscription. In near fine condition. Rare especially with the original frontispiece.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 122358
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Rare First Edition of Over Sea, Under Stone; Signed by Susan Cooper
COOPER, Susan.
Over Sea, Under Stone.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Margery Gill. Boldly by Susan Cooper on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket, stamp to the copyright page. Jacket design by Margery Gill. First editions are rare, especially signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 145793
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“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": Official NASA photograph of Neil Armstrong; signed by Him at the 1990 Doug Kingwood Celebrity Gala
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.
1990.
Official NASA Apollo 11 photograph of Neil Armstrong signed by him in-person at the 1990 Doug Kingwood Celebrity Classic Black Tie Gala; accompanied by the original gala program invitation and evening program. In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches. The program measures 7.5 inches by 10.75 inches.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 146035
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The Black Flame Trilogy: The Ordeal of Mansart; Mansart Builds A School; Worlds of Color; With Volume One inscribed by Du Bois to his neighbors and close friends
DU BOIS, W.E.B.
The Black Flame Trilogy: The Ordeal of Mansart; Mansart Builds A School; Worlds of Color.
New York : Mainstream Publishers , 1957-61.
First editions of each of novel in the author's acclaimed Black Flame trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to his close friends and neighbors Thomas and Patricia Bell in volume one. Each are near fine in a very good dust jackets. First editions are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 122355
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Rare First Edition Of Richard Yates Powerful First Novel Revolutionary Road; Inscribed And Dated By Him
YATES, Richard.
Revolutionary Road.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1961.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Richard Yates on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 41090
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“Governments don't produce economic growth people do”: First Edition of the 40th President of the United States Autobiography An American Life; Signed by Ronald and Nancy Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald [Nancy Reagan].
An American Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
First edition of the 40th President of the United States' memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Ronald and Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony, Inc. Rare and desirable signed by both the president and first lady.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 145667