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Rare Complete First edition set of William James' Naval History of Great Britain; with the quarto volume of tabular abstracts
JAMES, William.
The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793; to the Accession of George IV. In January 1820; With An Account of the Origin and Progressive Increase of The British Navy; Illustrated, From the Commencement of the Year 1793, by A Series of Tabular Abstracts, Contained in a Separate Quarto Volume.
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822.
First edition of James' naval history of Great Britain. Five octavo volumes and one quarto volume of tables bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, folding plate in volume I. Sabin 35720. In near fine condition. Uncommon.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130581
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First edition of William S. Burroughs' The Western Lands; inscribed by him to close friend Richard Dillon
BURROUGHS, William S.
The Western Lands.
New York: Viking, 1987.
First edition of the culminating book in the author's Cities trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For Richard Dillon all best for 1988 William S. Burroughs 10/20/87." The recipient, Richard Dillon is a poet and astrologer, who was living in Boulder at the same time as Burroughs and became friendly with him, Alan Davies, Anne Waldman and other Naropa luminaries. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Deborah Pinkney. With a National Arts Club tour flyer featuring…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 132374
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Mark and Delia Owens' Cry of the Kalahari; Inscribed by Both
OWENS, Mark and Delia.
Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa’s Last Great Wilderness.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, which ranks with "Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist" (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers by Lorraine Sneed, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the title page, "To Jo Best wishes always Delia Owens" and signed by Mark Owens. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133468
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First edition of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein's Allegro
RODGERS, Richard and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Allegro: A Musical Play.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
First edition of the book companion to Rodgers and Hammerstein's third collaboration for the stage. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Portrait of Hammerstein by Lupas.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 137245
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First Edition of Garry Wills' Pulitzer Prize-winning work Lincoln at Gettysburg; Inscribed by Him
WILLS, Garry.
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Re-Made America.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dick what fun, Garry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Original article regarding this title from the New York Times laid in.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133476
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"The book that launched the Beat Generation": First Edition of John Clellon Holmes' Go
HOLMES, John Clellon.
Go.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.
First edition of the novel that launched the Beat Generation's literary legacy and describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Neil Cassady and "one of the best novels about the Beat Generation...brilliant and important" (Los Angeles Free Press). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Helen Borten.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138914
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You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America's Most Beloved Neighbor
ROGER, Fred [Mr. McFeely].
You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America’s Most Beloved Neighbor.
New York: Viking, 1994.
First edition of this collection of quotes from Rogers' writings throughout his career. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mr. McFeely on the half-title page, "To Lori and Brian from Mr. McFeely Speedy Delivery 2009." Additionally laid in is a signed photograph, "To Brian, from Mr. McFeely Speedy Delivery 2009." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Walt Seng.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133480
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First Editions of The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
[JOHN F. KENNEDY],.
Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979.
First edition of the official multi-volume record on the assassination of President Kennedy. Octavo, 12 volumes. In fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133201
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"perhaps our best view of ancient Rome" Early English Edition of Livy's Masterpiece
LIVY,.
The Roman History Written in Latine by Titus Livius. With the Supplements Of the Learned John Freinshemius, and John Dujatius. From the Foundation of Rome to the middle of the Reign of Augustus. Faithfully done into English.
London: Awnsham Churchill, 1686.
An exceptional early English edition of Livy's classic Roman History. Folio, bound in period calf, illustrated with four plates, including frontispiece woodcut portraits of emperors and Hannibal, one two-page plate, and two maps of the early settlement of Rome. In very good condition, rebacked. A very sharp example.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 133257
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First edition of Lucy Madox Rossetti's Mrs. Shelley; extra illustrated and bound by Bayntun; with an autograph letter signed by Mary Shelley laid in
ROSSETTI, Lucy Madox. [Mary Shelley].
Mrs. Shelley.
London: W. H. Allen & Co, 1890.
First edition of Lucy Madox Rossetti's biography of Mary Shelley; extra-illustrated and with an autograph letter signed by Mary Shelley laid in. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, extra-illustrated with 77 engraved plates of portraits and views, 11 of which are hand-colored including a frontispiece portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley. With a fragment of an autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 133425
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Rare sammelband collection of four works related to the American Revolution; including Thomas Paine's Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North-America
RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas François; Thomas Paine; Daniel Leonard.
The Revolution in America. By the Abbe Raynal; A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North-America. In Which the Mistakes in the Abbe’s Account of the Revolution of America are Corrected and Cleared Up ; Massachusettensis: or a Series of Letters, Containing a Faithful State of Many Important and Striking Facts, which Laid the Foundation of the Present Troubles in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
London: Various Publishers, 1781-1786.
Rare sammelband collection of first and early English printings of treatises related to the American Revolutionary War, reflecting both Republican and Tory opinions. The collection includes a first English edition of The Revolution in America. By the Abbe Raynal [London: Printed for Lockyer Davis, Holborn, 1781]; a second English edition of Thomas Paine's A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North-America. In Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America are Corrected and Cleared Up [London: For C. Dilly, 1782]; a first edition in book form of Daniel Leonard's The North Briton,…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 133410
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"It's all about creation and surprise. It just needs to be appreciated and watered like flowers. You have to water flowers": FIrst Edition of Open Sky; Signed by Sonny Rollins
ROLLINS, Sonny; Eric Nisenson.
Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
First edition of this work on the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Sonny Rollins on the front free endpaper, "James- the Golden Rule works pretty good!! Sonny Rollins." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. Foreword by Sonny Rollins.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133491
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"This was the nursery book my mother read to me at age 1": First Edition of The Official System of Contract Bridge; Inscribed by Warren Buffett to his Bridge mentor
BUFFETT, Warren E.
The Official System of Contract Bridge, Simplified, Concise; the Official Book on the Official System.
New York: Produced by Bridge Headquarters, 1931.
First edition of this official Prohibition era manual to the game of contract bridge; warmly inscribed by Warren Buffett to his long-time bridge partner and close personal friend Sharon Osberg. Octavo, original cloth, inscribed by Buffett on the title page, "To Sharon - This was the nursery book my mother read to me at age 1. Unfortunately she emphasized Chapter 17. Love, Warren." Sharon Osberg is a close friend of both Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and has coached both on the game of bridge, for which she has won several championships and awards. Chapter 17, which Buffett here refers…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 133119
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First Edition of Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Eyeless in Gaza.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936.
First edition of Huxley's classic work, which many consider one of his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 133526
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Rare December 29, 1975 Time Magazine Cover featuring a portrait of Mother Teresa; inscribed by her
BOJAXHIU, Mary Teresa. [Mother Teresa].
Mother Teresa Signed Time Magazine Cover.
New York: Time, December 29, 1975.
Rare cover from the December 29, 1975 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Mother Teresa by Bob Peak and inscribed by her, "God bless you M Teresa MC." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed with the original transmittal envelope inserted into a pocket on the verso of the frame showing the printed Missionaries of Charity return address and postmarked Bronx, 3 April 1986. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133441
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"You have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing": First Edition of Tale of the Unknown Island; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose; Illustrated by Peter Sis.
Tale of the Unknown Island.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999.
First edition of Saramago’s classic short story. Octavo, original boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Layne Leary Jose Saramago 8.2005." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Sis. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 136579