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Finely bound example of Alain-René Lesage's famous 18th century novel History of Gil Blas De Santillane
LESAGE, Alain-René.
Histoire De Gil Blas De Santillane, Par Lesage.
Paris: De L'Imprimerie De Didot Jeune, n.d.
Finely bound example of Lesage's famed picaresque novel. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings by the best artists of Paris. In fine condition. A beautiful set.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145006
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"NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THIS LABEL ON THE BATTLE": Mark Twain's Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches; from the library of American journalist William Safire
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches by Mark Twain.
New York: Slote, Woodman & Co., 1878.
First edition, second issue of Twain's collection of short stories with the author's name in facsimile autograph, undecorated cream end-papers, and second state scrap book illustration to the rear paste down. BAL 3378. Small octavo, original green cloth stamped in black with gilt titles to the spine. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 127364
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First Edition of John Gunther's Inside Europe Today; Signed by Him
GUNTHER, John.
Inside Europe Today.
New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1961.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by John Gunther on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. A very sharp example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 134399
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The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System; Signed by Economists Robert J. Shiller, John Campbell, Kenneth R. French and Frederic S. Mishkin
FRENCH, Kenneth R.; Martin N. Baily; John Y. Campbell; Robert Shiller.
The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.
First edition of this "excellent primer on the workings and failures of today's sophisticated financial system" (Alan Greenspan). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Robert J. Shiller, John Campbell, Kenneth R. French and Frederic S. Mishkin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114879
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John F. Kennedy Official Presidential Matchbook
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Official Presidential Matchbook.
C. 1961-1963.
John F. Kennedy official presidential matchbook. Official presidential matchbook, printed with John F. Kennedy's name on the front and the presidential seal on the rear, stapled and unopened with original matches. The piece measures 1.9 inches by 2.1 inches.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145325
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Limited Edition of The Dictionary of Garden Plants; Signed by Roy Hay and Patrick M. Synge
HAY, Roy and Patrick M. Synge.
The Dictionary of Garden Plants in Colour with House and Greenhouse Plants.
London: The Arcadia Press, 1970.
Signed limited edition of this photographic plant dictionary. Quarto, bound in the original full crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, decorative gilt morocco inlays and gilt patterning to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, generously illustrated with over 2,000 full-color photographs of alpine and rock gardens, annuals and biennials, greenhouse and house, bulbs, perennial, trees and shrubs, and climbers and conifers. One of only two hundred and sixty-five copies signed by the authors on the limitation page, this is number 53.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145563
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Limited Edition de Luxe of Frank Samuel Child's An Old New England Town; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
CHILD, Frank Samuel [William Tecumseh Sherman].
An Old New England Town: Sketches of Life, Scenery, Character.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.
Limited edition de Luxe of this sketch of Old New England towns; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling in six compartments within gilt raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Judge Roger M. Sherman, illustrated with tissue-guarded black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper. One of three hundred copies, this is number 146. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146273
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Jacob A. Riis's The Making of an American; Rare Autograph Letter Signed by Him Tipped In
RIIS, Jacob.
The Making of An American. [WITH] Jacob A. Riis Autograph Letter Signed.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.
Early printing of this exceptional autobiography from the exceptional American reporter and reformer, Jacob A. Riis. Octavo, original blue ribbed cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded half-tone frontispiece portrait of Riis, top edge gilt illustrated with in-line and full-page half-tone drawings and photographs. In very good condtion with rubbing, bookplate of Walter Sondheim to the front pastedown. Rare autograph letter signed by the author, tipped in. Octavo, one page on Riis's personal stationary, signed by Riis and dated Oct 1903. In near fine condition with mail folds. Also tipped in is a magazine article on…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146700
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First edition of Richard Ford's The Ultimate Good Luck; lengthily inscribed by him to photographer Sally Soames
FORD, Richard.
The Ultimate Good Luck.
London: Collins Harvill, 1989.
First edition of Ford's second published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to Sally Soames who contributed the author photograph for the dust jacket, "For Sally, Right! Better... Indeed. Genuine, ever complex... Richard Ford." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 123277
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"IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF ACCLIMATISATION FOR FROST-BITE, HUNGER, WEARINESS AND OTHER DISCOMFORTS…": FIRST EDITION OF EDWARD SHACKLETON’S ARCTIC JOURNEYS
SHACKLETON, Edward.
Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.
First edition of Shackleton's expedition, illustrated with 45 photographic prints, in-text illustrations, and five maps, including one folding map at rear. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket, which is in good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136763
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First edition of Peter Diamond's A Search-Equilibrium Approach to the Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Wicksell Lectures, 1982; signed by him
DIAMOND, Peter.
A Search-Equilibrium Approach to the Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Wicksell Lectures, 1982.
Cambridge: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984.
First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Diamond at the 1982 Wicksell lectures. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114504
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First edition of George A. Henty's Beric the Briton: The Story of the Roman Invasion
HENTY, George A. [G.A.].
Beric the Briton: The Story of the Roman Invasion.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. Parkinson. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 122962
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First edition of Pete Hamill's The Invisible City: A New York Sketchbook; signed by him
HAMILL, Pete.
The Invisible City: A New York Sketchbook.
New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of the author's classic collection of sketches encapsulating the essence of New York. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Susan Stillman. Signed by Pete Hamill on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket illustration by Susan Stillman. Author photograph by Brian Hamill.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124308
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First Edition of 3 by Irving; Inscribed by John Irving To Editor David Kent
IRVING, John.
3 By Irving: Setting Free the Bears; The Water-Method Man; The 158-Pound Marriage.
New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of this compilation of the author's first three novels. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his editor David Kent, "For David Kent John Irving with my admiration and affection." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Introduction by Terrence Des Pres.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 37055
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"The best way to predict the future is to create it": First Edition of Peter Drucker's Adventures of a Bystander; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Adventures of a Bystander.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979.
First edition of Drucker's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 72052