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Both First and Second Editions of the Golfer's Rubáiyát
BOYNTON, Henry Walcott.
Two Editions of the Golfer’s Rubaiyat.
Chicago/ New York: Herbert S. Stone/ Duffield, 1901, 1907.
Both the first and second editions of the Golfer's Rubaiyat. Octavo, original cloth, two volumes, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 75645
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First edition of Richard Sale's The Oscar; inscribed by him
SALE, Richard.
The Oscar.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.
First edition of the author and director's explosive novel, later adapted into the 1966 film of the same name starring Tony Bennet, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, and Frank Sinatra. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ysidra and Thelusa amigos viejos con amor Richard Sale." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Author photograph by Mary Loos.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 127539
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June 1967 Time Magazine Cover Signed by Israeli military commander Moshe Dayan
DAYAN, Moshe.
Moshe Dayan Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Chicago: Time Magazine, June 16. 1967.
Original cover from the June 16, 1967 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Moshe Dayan, signed by him, "M. Dayan." In near fine condition. Accompanied by a letter signed by Dayan's secretary on his Officer of the Minister of Defence letterheard dated August 14, 1967 returning the signed cover to collector Karl Peterson. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138437
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Signed Photograph of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
THE DALAI LAMA,.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Signed Photograph.
Color photograph of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, boldly signed by him. The photograph measures 5 inches by 3.5 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140093
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First Edition of Herbert Warren Wind's On the Tour with Harry Sprague; Inscribed by Him To Gene Sarazen
WIND, Herbert Warren. [Gene Sarazen].
On the Tour with Harry Sprague.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.
First edition of this work by America’s greatest golf writer cracks wise in this humorous peek inside the life and mind of an up-and-coming young pro. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with drawings. Association copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to Gene Sarazen, "For Gene Thanking you for my most recent pleasure at the Centenary British Open With all good wishes Herb Wind." The recipient Gene Sarazen was a professional golfer and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of five players (along with Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods) to win each of the four majors…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 104292
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First edition of Evita: The Legend of Eva Peron 1919-1952; inscribed by Tim Rice
WEBBER, Andrew Lloyd and Tim Rice.
Evita: The Legend of Eva Peron 1919-1952.
London: Elm Tree Books, 1978.
First edition of this illustrated companion to the 1979 Broadway production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Tim Rice on the title page, "Hello Richard all best Tim Rice." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 135264
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The Large Paper Edition of the novels of Tobias Smollett; Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press
SMOLLETT, Tobias.
The Novels of Tobias Smollett.
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1926.
The Large Paper edition of the novels of Tobias Smollett. Octavo, 8 volumes bound in three quarter morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, ribbons bound in, Illustrated with frontispieces and several inserted plates each with lettered tissue guard. In near fine condition. An attractive set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144984
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"I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court": First Edition of Out Of Order; Inscribed by Justice Sandra Day OConnor
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day.
Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court.
New York: Random House, 2013.
First edition of this collection of stories from the history of the Supreme Court by the first female justice. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Katharine Johnson with good wishes- Sandra Day O'Connor." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anna Bauer.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145918
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First Edition of Corporate Oligarch; Inscribed by David Finn to William Safire
FINN, David [William Safire].
Corporate Oligarch.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.
First edition of this classic work by the famed advertising executive. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire with warm regards David Finn." The recipient, 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 several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146176
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"with much admiration for his imaginative powers": Inscribed to the Nobel Prize-Winning author J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.] Jean-Pierre Durix.
Commonwealth: Essays and Studies, J.M. Coetzee, Waiting For the Barbarians.
Dijon, France: Editions Universitaires De Dijon, 1992.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic Waiting For the Barbarians. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "To J.M. Coetzee with much admiration for his imaginative powers. Jean-Pierre Durix 25 October 1999." In fine condition. From the library of J.M. Coetzee.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 43010
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First Edition of The China Diary; Signed by George H.W. Bush and Jeffrey Engel
BUSH, George H.W.; Edited by Jeffrey Engel.
The China Diary of George H. W. Bush: The Making of a Global President.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
First edition of Bush's diary, which he dictated while being de facto U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China in 1974–75. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by President George H.W. Bush and inscribed by the editor, Jeffrey Engel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144397
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Robert Trivers' The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism; inscribed by him
TRIVERS, Robert L.
The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism.
Cambridge, Mass.: Reprinted from The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1971.
First appearance of Trivers' enormously influential first published paper, written while he was still earning his PhD at Harvard under Bayr and Drury in which he coined the term "reciprocal altruism" as well as "delayed return altruism." Octavo, disbound from the original journal. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "To Jeff Kurland, a little something I thought you might enjoy. Bob." The recipient, Jeffrey A. Kurland, was a distinguished professor of biological anthropology and evolution at Penn State. In fine condition. With Kurland's Peabody Museum, Harvard University ownership stamp. Small tape repair to the front panel.…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136255
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Ida Cook's Autobiography We Followed the Stars; signed by her with both her given and pen name
COOK, Ida. [Mary Burchell].
We Followed Our Stars.
London: Mills & Boon Limited, 1956.
First Mills & Boon edition of the author's autobiography, first published in Great Britain in 1950 by Hamish Hamilton. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with both her given and pen name, "Ida Cook (Mary Burchell)." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Slattery. Books signed by Burchell are rare.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 115069
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"History will treat me right": First Edition of Ralph David Abernathy's And the Walls Came Tumbling Down; Signed by Him
ABERNATHY, Ralph David.
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989.
First edition of this work which "brings alive the history of the civil rights era. . . . Abernathy’s storytelling is gripping” (New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "God Bless You Ralph David Abernanthy10-16-89." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 117368
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First edition of A Big Life in Advertising; inscribed by Mary Wells Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Mary Wells.
A Big Life in Advertising.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of the candid autobiography of one of the most influential figures in advertising history. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 36 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Paul - Thank you for you great and charming ... xxx Mary Wells Lawrence." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146772
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“Every man and every living creature has a sacred right to the gladness of springtime": Leo Tolstoy's Resurrection
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Resurrection: A Novel.
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1905.
The complete and final revision of Tolstoy's final novel which outsold both Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with thirty-three illustrations by Pasternak including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Translated by Louise Maude. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 127992