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First Edition of David Ben-Gurion's The Jews in Their Land
BEN-GURION, David.
The Jews in Their Land.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1966.
First edition of this finely illustrated work by David Ben-Gurion. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Shahn. Translated from the Hebrew by Modechai Nurock and Misha Louvish.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140977
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First edition of The Living White House; Warmly Inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson; With an original Bronzini Tie
AIKMAN, Lionelle. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Bruce Catton.
The Living White House.
Washington, D.C: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society Special Publications Division, 1966.
First edition of this beautiful pictorial history of the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with numerous full page color photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the President Johnson, "To Edward Dahut-with appreciation Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, Edward Dahut was the CEO of Bronzini Ltd., a prestigious men’s fashion house. Because President Johnson was a tall man, and wore Bronzini ties, the White House requested new ties cut to order. Dahut would send books of color swatches of designs for the line, normally given to Bronzini salesmen across the…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140981
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"The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself": First Edition of The Magus; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, John.
The Magus.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.
First edition of the author's most well-known work. 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. Signed by John Fowles on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 143508
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Last Analysis: A Play
BELLOW, Saul.
The Last Analysis: A Play.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1966.
First edition of the only play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alan Ball.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 34864
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First Edition of John Kenneth Galbraith's The New Industrial State; Inscribed by Him
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The New Industrial State.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.
First edition of this Galbraith landmark work. Octavo, original brown cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Larry Owens from John Kenneth Galbraith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows only the lightest of wear.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 91437
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First Edition of Rickenbacker: An Autobiography; Inscribed by Him and Douglas Campbell and Reed M. Chambers, members of his squadron
RICKENBACKER, Edward V. [Eddie].
Rickenbacker: An Autobiography.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1967.
First edition of the American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With our best wishes to our good friend 'Lt Stewart W. Massbrook Jr.' Eddie Rickenbacker 1890/1967." Additionally signed by Douglas Campbell and Reed M. Chambers, members of Rickenbacker's squadron. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144004
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First Edition of Carlos Fuentes' Cambio de piel; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to His Close Friend Sergio Munoz
FUENTES, Carlos.
Cambio de Piel. [A Change of Skin].
Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1967.
First edition of this work which defines existentially a collective Mexican consciousness by exploring and reinterpreting the country’s myths. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to his close friend Sergio Munoz on the front free endpaper, "A Sergio, companero en todas los barricadas, es tu invitacion a exlorar ris ___ - tematicamente el ruindo de la "muerte climatizada" seamos realistias: sonemos lo imposible un gran abrazo de Carlos London 1968." Fuentes met Munoz in Mexico in the 1960's when he was dating the daughter of Fuentes' first wife, actress Rita Macedo. Carlos and Sergio bonded one…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132766
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"When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive": First Edition of Jasper Johns
JOHNS, Jasper; Text by Max Kozloff.
Jasper Johns.
New York: Harry N. Abrams. Inc., Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this early monograph on the work of Jasper Johns. Large oblong quarto, original cloth, text with 142 plates, half tipped-in color. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144380
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Sarah Churchill's A Thread in the Tapestry; FINELY BOUND BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
CHURCHILL, Sarah [Winston S. Churchill].
A Thread in the Tapestry.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967.
First edition, early printing of the author's deeply moving eulogy of her father, Sir Winston Churchill. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139833
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Rare First Edition in Spanish of the Authors Masterpiece Cien Anos de Soledad; Inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the Year of Publication
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.
First edition of the author's masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Para Susi, con la amistad de Gabo 1967." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable in this condition and signed in the year of publication.
Price: $42,000.00 Item Number: 137469
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First Edition of Martin Luther's King Jr.'s Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?; inscribed by him
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of King's "last grand expression of his vision" (Cornel West). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. H.O. Wilson In appreciation for your great support Martin Luther King Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Jacket photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Bob Fitch. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $19,500.00 Item Number: 120468
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Signed Limited First Edition of William Styron's Classic The Confessions of Nat Turner
STYRON, William.
The Confessions of Nat Turner.
New York: Random House, 1967.
Signed limited first edition of Styron’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, one of only 500 signed examples. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142690
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"Waves can't be the god of the sport ... It has to be getting out in it that counts": First Edition of You Should Have Been Here An Hour Ago; Inscribed by Phil Edwards
EDWARDS, Phil with Bob Ottum.
You Should Have Been Here an Hour Ago: The Stoked Side of Surfing or How to Hang Ten Through Life and Stay Happy.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this classic profile of 'the surfer's surfer.' Octavo, original sky blue cloth, illustrated with full-page photographs. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the copyright page: "You should have been here .... Phil Edwards." Very good in a very good dust jacket, with dampstaining to the book. Jacket photograph by Lynn Pelham-Rapho-Guillumette. Photograph of Bob Ottum by Jerry Cooke.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145184