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First editions of all three volumes of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car; with Adventure Number One signed by Roald Dahl and Adventure Number Three from the collection of Harry Saltzman
FLEMING, Ian. [Roald Dahl].
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car.
1964-65: Jonathan Cape Ltd, London.
First editions of all three volumes of Fleming's rare children's novel. Octavo, three volumes, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by John Burningham. Adventure Number One is signed by Roald Dahl who co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film adaptation opposite the half-title page, very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Adventure Number Two is very good in a very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Adventure Number Three is from the collection of Harry Saltzman, who co-produced the first nine James Bond films with Albert R. Broccoli. Housed in a custom green cloth slipcase. Rare…
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 146992
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Photograph of Stephen King; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Stephen King Signed Photograph.
March 14, 1993.
Photograph of Stephen King, the “king of horror”, boldly signed by him. Octavo, one page, glossy color photograph of Stephen King, boldly signed and dated by him in black felt tip, "Stephen King 3/14/93." In near fine condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 146561
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"nothing could be more delightful than to live in solitude, and enjoy the spectacle of nature, and sometimes read some book or other": Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls
GOGOL, Nikolai V.
Dead Souls.
London: Vizetelly & Co., n.d..
Finely bound example of Gogol's masterwork, “the first novel from which the world began to form its ideas of 19th-century Russia” (Hornstein, 139). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132581
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Scarce Printing of David Ben-Gurinon's The Yishuv and the Zionist Struggle Now
BEN-GURION, David.
The Yishuv and the Zionist Struggle Now.
Jerusalem: [Hashiloah Printing Press], April 1947.
Scarce printing of this address, delivered by David Ben-Gurion at the Session of the Vaad Leumi held in Jerusalem on April 1, 1947. Thin octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with light toning to the first and last few leaves, institutional stamps to the title page. Rare.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 146792
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Rare Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Mezzotint Portrait of Izaak Walton
ARLENT-EDWARDS, Samuel .
Samuel Arlent-Edwards Signed Izaak Walton Mezzotint Portrait.
c. 1898.
Rare mezzotint print of Samuel Arlent-Edwards' portrait of Izaak Walton, inscribed by the artist. Folio, color mezzotint. Inscribed by Samuel Arlent-Edwards in the lower right corner, "Engraved and printed in color at one printing without retouching Samuel Arlent-Edwards." In very good condition. The print measures 14.75 inches by 12 inches. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 132607
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Lord Balfour's Speech In The House of Commons on Women's Suffrage
BALFOUR, Arthur James.
Speech In The House of Commons on Women’s Suffrage.
London: Published by The Central Society For Women's Suffrage, [c.1892].
Rare printing of Lord Balfour's speech supporting the Women's Franchise Bill, which proposed extending the parliamentary vote to women. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 135551
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First Edition of Poets from the North of Ireland; Signed by Seamus Heaney
HEANEY, Seamus.
Poets from the North of Ireland.
1979: Blackstaff Press, Belfast.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Edited by Frank Ormsby.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 141441
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"The craft that we call modern, the crimes that we call new, John Bunyan had 'em typed and filed in sixteen eighty-two": First separate edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Holy War
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Holy War.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, [1917].
First separate British edition of Kipling's homage to John Bunyan which first appeared in Land and Water Magazine, December 1917, printed by Methuen and Co. to secure copyright protection. Small octavo, original wrappers with elaborate woodcut borders to the front panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A superior example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 121059
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's Those Other Animals
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Those Other Animals.
London: Henry and Co., [1891].
First edition of one of the more uncommon Henty titles. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, with twenty two illustrations by Harrison Weir. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123098
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First edition of Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1941; signed by John M. Erskine
[ERSKINE, J. M.].
Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1941.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, n.d. [1941].
First edition of the history of The Commercial Bank of Scotland. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of General Manager John M. Erskine. Signed by Erskine beneath his portrait, "J.M. Erskine 27/1/42." Fine in the original dust jacket which is in near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124099
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Rare original December 24, 1973 Time Magazine Cover; Signed by Henry Kissinger
KISSINGER, Henry A.
Henry Kissinger Signed Time Magazine Cover.
December 24, 1973.
Original cover from the December 24, 1973 issue of Time Magazine featuring a caricature of Henry Kissinger, signed by him. Quarto, original illustrated front wrapper. In very good condition with fold creases.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145306
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Rare first edition of Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago 1857-1907
HARPER, William Hudson and Charles H. Ravell.
Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago 1857-1907.
np: The Merchants' Loan and Trust Company, nd.
First edition of one of the earliest works on the history of banking in Chicago. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 124773
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Framed Photograph of Apollo 8 'Earthrise' Signed by Frank Borman, James Lovell, and Bill Anders and Presented to Alan Bean by the Apollo 8 Crew; Additionally Inscribed by Alan Bean
BORMAN, Frank; James Lovell; William [Bill Anders]; Alan Bean.
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and Bill Anders Photograph Signed to Alan Bean.
December 1968.
Photograph of the iconic Apollo 8 'Earthrise,' given to Alan Bean and his family upon Apollo 8's return. Glossy color photograph of the Apollo 8 'Earthrise,' inscribed in black felt tip by Bill Anders, "To the Ragsdales, A Beautiful View of Our Home, Bill Anders," signed on the mount by the entire Apollo 8 crew, additionally signed and inscribed on the mount by Alan Bean, "Presented by the Apollo 8 crew, Frank, Jim & Bill, to Sue and me just after their return from the Moon, in December 1968, Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut." In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 20.5 inches by 16.5…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 145393
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Rare Engraved Hand-Colored Map of the Holy Land by Dutch Cartographer Jan Jansson
JANSSON, Jan.
Iudaeae seu Terrae Israelis Tabula Geographica in qua Locorum in Veteri et Novo Testamento celebratissimorum Situs accurate descripti arte facta a Tilemanno Stella Sigenesi [Holy Land Map].
Amsterdam: c. 1680.
Hand-colored engraved map of Judea, or the Land of Israel. One page, the map shows Judea with borders in color. The hand-colored title cartouche is flanked by Moses with the Ten Commandments on the left and the Jewish prophet Aaron with his jeweled breastplate and censer on the right. In the opposite corner, another cartouche depicts two spies carrying a branch of grapes from the Valley of Eshkol. In near fine condition with loss to the top corner. The piece measures 18 inches by 14 inches. An exceptional map, suitable for framing.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145576
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The Official Set of Copyright Cards of The Jungle Pictures by Stuart Tresilian from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling
TRESILIAN, Stuart. [Rudyard Kipling].
The Official Set of Copyright Cards of The Jungle Pictures by Stuart Tresilian from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling.
London: Issued by The Boy Scouts Association, n.d..
Rare official collection of copyright illustration cards from Rudyard Kipling's All the Mowgli Stories. Octavo, the envelope includes 8 full color illustrations cards. The cards are in near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126993
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; with 12 remarkably intricate full color plates illustrated by Edmund Dulac
FITZGERALD, Edward. With illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1920.
Magnificent edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, title page on Japanese vellum, with 12 full color plates tipped with tissue guards. In fine condition. A nice presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 126161