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Black Feeling Black Talk Black Judgement; signed by Nikki Giovanni
GIOVANNI, Nikki.
Black Feeling Black Talk Black Judgement.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1970.
First edition, early printing of the award-winning poet's early collection or poetry. Octavo. original wrappers. Signed by the poet on the half-title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 135432
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“If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Islands In The Stream.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970.
First edition of Hemingway's autobiographical novel in three parts, published posthumously. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140288
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First Edition of Kate Millett's Sexual Politics; Inscribed by Her
MILLETT, Kate.
Sexual Politics: A Surprising Examination of Society’s Most Arbitrary Folly.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1970.
First edition of the author's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by Kate Millett on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket typography by Gina Rosencrantz.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 46008
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Rare Presidential Commission appointing Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Dimaggio as a member of the Conference on Physical Fitness and Sports; signed by President Richard Nixon
NIXON, Richard; Joe DiMaggio.
Joe DiMaggio Presidential Commission Signed by Richard Nixon.
Washington, D.C: 1970.
Rare Richard Nixon Presidential Commission appointing Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio as a "Member of the Conference on Physical Fitness and Sports." Dated September 25th, 1970 the appointment is signed by President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State William Rogers with the Presidential seal. Double matted and framed. In fine condition. From the personal collection of Joe DiMaggio. Included is letter of provenance from DiMaggio's estate signed by his two granddaughters. An exceptional association linking two American icons. Double matted and framed.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 95202
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"And they said one to another, behold, this dreamer cometh": First edition of William Bradford Huie's He Slew the Dreamer; Signed by Him
HUIE, William Bradford. [Martin Luther King.
He Slew the Dreamer: My Search, With James Earl Ray, For the Truth About the Murder of Martin Luther King.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1970.
First edition of the sensational journalist's report on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William Bradford Huie on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wenk/Schwartz.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 121041
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Portfolio Theory and and Capital Markets; Inscribed by William Sharpe to Paul Samuelson
SHARPE, William F. [Paul A. Samuelson].
Portfolio Theory & Capital Markets.
New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1970.
First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow Nobel Prize-winning author Paul Samuelson on the title page, "To Paul with my best regards Bill Sharpe." In very good condition. From the library of Paul Samuelson. An exceptional association linking these two giants in the field of economic sciences.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 125655
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First edition, association copy of American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy; inscribed by George Plimpton to Senator Ted Kennedy
PLIMPTON, George. [Editor]. Interviews by Jean Stein [Edward M. Kennedy].
American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1970.
First edition of this remarkable biography of Robert F. Kennedy, based on interviews by Jean Stein and edited by George Plimpton. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by George Plimpton on the front free endpaper to Robert Kennedy's youngest brother, Ted Kennedy, "To Senator Kennedy with great admiration and best wishes, George." The recipient, Ted Kennedy served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent political Kennedy family, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died.…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 142518
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First American Edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude; Lengthily inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First American edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, warmly and lengthily inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "Por la mas grande y guapa de todos las Beatrices listísimas, con un abrizo estrangulaon Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1971." Which translates into English as, "For the best, smartest, and most beautiful of all Beatrices, with a very tight hug Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1971." The recipient, Beatriz Alarcón, was a friend of Garcia Marquez's in Colombia. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the exclamation point at the end of the first…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 143912
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Dwight David Eisenhower Late a President of the United States Memorial Tributes Delivered in Congress; Signed by President Gerald Ford
FORD, Gerald R. [Dwight D. Eisenhower].
Dwight David Eisenhower: Late a President of the United States Memorial Tributes Delivered in Congress.
Washington, D.C: United States Government Printing Office, 1970.
First edition of this tribute to President Eisenhower, boldly signed by President Gerald R. Ford on the half-title page. Quarto, original boards, frontispiece of Eisenhower. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 129098
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"LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY": FIRST EDITION OF LOVE STORY; SIGNED BY ERICH SEGAL, ALI MACGRAW AND RYAN O'NEAL
SEGAL, Erich [Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal].
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition, early printing of the author's best-selling novel, a "sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental" work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role. The film is considered one of the most romantic by the…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 147308
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First American Edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First American edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the exclamation point at the end of the first paragraph on the front flap of the jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145926
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First Argentinian Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's first book La Hojarasca; Which introduced the World To Magical Realism; Signed by Him; From the Library of Gregory Rabassa
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
La Hojarasca.
Buenos Aires: Editorial Suamerica, 1970.
First Argentinian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the front free endpaper. From the library of Gregory Rabassa, with his signature. Rabassa was the translator of La Hojaraca into English and Cien Anos de Soledad, among others. He was a translator of the works of several major Latin American novelists, including Julio Cortázar, Jorge Amado and Gabriel García Márquez. On the advice of Cortázar, García Márquez waited three years for Rabassa to schedule translating One Hundred Years of Solitude. Garcia Marquez later declared Rabassa's translation to be superior to the Spanish original. In…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 60052
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First Edition of Albert Murray's Omni-Americans: New Perspectives on Black Experience and American Culture; Warmly Inscribed by Him
MURRAY, Albert.
Omni-Americans: New Perspectives on Black Experience and American Culture.
New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1970.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For my good friend Oliver Who will keep the faith Albert Murray." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Hess and/ or Antupit.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133165
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Paul Samuelson Photograph Signed to Meet the Press Moderator Lawrence Spivak
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
Paul A. Samuelson Signed Photograph.
1970.
Original photograph of Nobel Prize-winning economist. Signed by the author in the year of his being awarded the prize seated next to the moderator of Meet the Press Lawrence E. Spivak from December 20, 1970, "For Larry Spivak, Paul A. Samuelson, December 1970." In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 131396
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First Edition of Mr. Sammler’s Planet; Inscribed by Saul Bellow in the year of publication
BELLOW, Saul.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet.
New York: The Viking Press, 1970.
First edition of the author's third and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Elizabeth best wishes Saul Bellow Feb 25, '70." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamsom.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 131478
