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First Edition of Joseph Conrad's Tales of Hearsay
CONRAD, Joseph.
Tales of Hearsay.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925.
First American edition of the first and last short stories Joseph Conrad wrote. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147463
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Rare original oil map of eastland Cosden Oil and Gas Company in central texas
BENEAR, M. A..
Eastland Cosden Oil and Gas Company Oil Map.
Eastland, TX: 1919.
Rare original oil map of the Cosden Oil and Gas Company in Eastland, Texas. Cadastral oil map of the central Texas county west-southwest of Ft. Worth, showing land ownership, oil, and mineral claims, scale of 1 inch = 4000 feet, legend of symbols designating oil and gas exploitation: Location; Rig Up; Drilling; Producing Well; Gas Well; Dry Hole; Abandoned. Signed "Proper of M.A. Benear" in the upper right corner. In very good condition with slight creasing and light rubbing to the extremities. No additional copies that we know of.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147521
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"Stay Groovy": Rare Vintage 1960s 'Electric Last Minute' poster; inscribed by Jimi Hendrix
HENDRIX, Jimi.
Jimi Hendrix Signed Experience Poster.
c. 1968.
Vintage c. 1968 'Electric Last Minute' poster of Jimi Hendrix from Eye Magazine, boldly signed and inscribed, "Stay Groovy, Jimi Hendrix," "Cheers, Noel Redding," and "Mitch." Matted and framed. The poster measure 18.5 inches by 23.5 inches. The entire piece measures 24 inches by 28.5 inches. In very good to fine condition, with folding and tape along the intersecting folds. With a letter of provenance statement from the original recipient, noting that the autographs were acquired at the Col Ballroom in Davenport, Iowa, on August 11, 1968.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 145803
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Rare Signed Limited Naval Aviation in Space Print; Signed by Nine Astronauts including Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Wally Schirra and Alan Shepard
ARMSTRONG, Neil; John Glenn; Wally Schirra; Alan Shepard; Gene Cernan; Jim Lovell; Rick Hauck; Pete Conrad; Jack Lousma.
Naval Aviation in Space Signed Print.
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, 1989.
Signed limited Naval Aviation in Space print, one of 1000 copies signed by Neil Armstrong and eight other astronauts representing all of NASA’s space programs, including: Alan Shepard (first American in Space and Apollo 14 Commander/moonwalker); Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11 Commander and first moonwalker); Pete Conrad (Commander of Gemini, Apollo 12 moonwalker, and Skylab missions); Jack Lousma (Skylab astronaut); John Glenn (first American to orbit the earth); Gene Cernan (Commander of Apollo 17 and the Last man on the Moon); Jim Lovell (Commander of Apollo 8, the first flight to/around the moon); Wally Schirra (the only astronaut to fly in…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 147600
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past": First Editions of the Novels of George Orwell; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
ORWELL, George.
The Novels of George Orwell: Including, Burmese Days; A Clergyman’s Daughter; Animal Farm; Nineteen Eighty-Four; Coming Up For Air; Keeping the Aspidistra Flying.
London: Various Publishers, 1934-56.
First editions of the novels of George Orwell. Octavo, 6 volumes, 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. An exceptional set, rare and desirable.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 147631
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Photographic Print of Father Damian De Veuster; Signed by Mother Teresa
MOTHER TERESA,.
Mother Teresa Signed Photograph.
Photographic print of Father Damian de Veuster, recognized for his ministry to people with leprosy and venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Black and white photographic portrait of Father Damian De Veuster, boldly signed by Mother Teresa, "God bless you M Teresa mc." In fine condition with a very faint horizontal crease. The piece measures 8.5 inches by 12.5 inches. An uncommon autographed photo. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146846
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First Edition of Powers of Mind; Signed by Adam Smith
SMITH, Adam.
Powers of Mind.
New York: Random House, 1975.
First edition of this work by the author of The Money Game. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Adam Smith on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a note from Ziff-Davis Publications.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147662
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"This country is, I once heard it put, absolutely lousy with greatness" with not only the greatest responsibilities but with the greatest oppurtunities ever known to man": First Edition of Inside U.S.A.; Signed by John Gunther
GUNTHER, John.
Inside U.S.A.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1947.
First edition of this classic work, "riveting from start to finish" (Robert Gottlieb, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, pullout map. Boldly signed by John Gunther on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust price-clipped jacket. Signed first editions are exceptionally rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 134601
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Official NASA Photograph of the Jetstream over Egypt; Signed by Astronauts James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, Buzz and James Lovell.
James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin Signed Jetstream Photograph.
Rare official NASA photograph of the jetstream over Egypt. Oversized, color semi-glossy photograph of the jetstream high over the Sahara Desert and Nile River, with the Red Sea and the Sinai Peninsula visible in the background. Boldly signed on the mount by "James Lovell Gemini 12" and "Buzz Aldrin." Mounted. In fine condition. The piece measures 16 inches by 20 inches. From the personal collection of NASA employee John ‘Pete’ Peterson, who served in various capacities of media relations at NASA and the Manned Spacecraft Center from about 1961 to about 1973. He first served as the head of News…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147294
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“I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk... food, for me, has always been an adventure": Kitchen Confidential; Signed by Anthony Bourdain
BOURDAIN, Anthony.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2000.
First edition, third printing of the legendary chef's bestselling memoir and first work of non-fiction. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Anthony Bourdain on the title page in a contemporary full signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Notice 51.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 147538
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“I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination": The Left Hand of Darkness; Inscribed by Ursula Le Guin
LE GUIN, Ursula K. [LeGuin].
The Left Hand of Darkness.
New York: Walker & Company, 1969.
Early printing of the author's Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel. Octavo, original gray cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "For Louise with best wishes Ursula Le Guin 5/III/88." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lena Fong Lueg. Jacket illustration by Jack Gaughan. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 147540
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“The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us": First Edition of the Making of Jurassic Park; Signed twice by legendary Designer CHIP KIDD and with a large illustration by Him
SHAY, Don and Jody Duncan [Michael Crichton and Chip Kidd].
The Making of Jurassic Park: An Adventure 65 Million Years in the Making.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.
First edition of Crichton's gripping, bestselling scientific thriller. Quarto, original half cloth. Boldly signed by legendary designer Chip Kidd with a large original drawing of the iconic dust jacket dinosaur by him on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Additionally signed by Chip Kidd on the front jacket panel. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147541
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First Edition of Evelyn Waugh's Black Mischief; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Black Mischief.
London: 1932, Chapman & Hall.
First edition of "one of the century's great masters of the twentieth century" third novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, frontispiece, 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.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 147543
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First edition of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Scoop.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1933.
First edition of Waugh's classic satire of sensationalist journalism. 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. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147547
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March: Book One and Book Two; Signed by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
LEWIS, John. Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell.
March: Book One and Book Two
Marietta: Top Shelf Productions, 2014-2015.
Early printing of the first book and first edition of the second book in John Lewis and Andrew Aydin’s March trilogy. Octavo, two volumes, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by John Lewis and co-author Andrew Aydin on the opening page of each volume. In fine condition. Designed by Chris Ross and Nate Powell.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147090
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First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Vegetable; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
First edition of what Fitzgerald called, "undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket illustration by John Held, Jr. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 147548