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The Salon edition of Gustave Flaubert's A Simple Heart
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
A Simple Heart.
Paris: Societe des Beaux Arts, n.d. [ca. 1895].
The limited Salon edition of Flaubert's classic novella. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling with red morocco onlays to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, with tissue-guarded illustrations by Emile Adan. Limited to five hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 152. Preface by A. de Claye. In near fine condition with rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139337
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FIRST EDITION OF NABOKOV'S THE ORIGINAL OF LAURA (DYING IS FUN); SIGNED BY DMITRI NABOKOV AND THREE TIMES BY DESIGNER CHIP KIDD
NABOKOV, Vladimir; Introduction by Dmitri Nabokov.
The Original of Laura (Dying is Fun): A Novel in Fragments.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
First edition of Nabokov's final and incomplete novel which he was in the process of writing at the time of his death in 1977. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. Signed by Dmitri Nabokov on the title page and additionally signed three times by the jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the title page, front panel and on the rear flap of the jacket. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the original index cards that comprised the unfinished manuscript with accompanying printed annotations. Introduction by Dmitri Nabokov. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140672
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"And say simply Very simply With hope Good morning": First Edition of The Inaugural Poem; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya [Bill Clinton].
On the Pulse of Morning: The Inaugural Poem.
New York: Random House, 1993.
First edition of the poem that Maya Angelou read at the Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton on January 20, 1993. Small octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "____ ____ Joy Maya Angelou." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3972
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First Edition of Weegee's People; Inscribed by Him
WEEGEE,.
Weegee’s People.
New York: Essential Books/ Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1956.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To Sam Clemente Weegee 1956." An excellent near fine example with the original very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 19034
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"Every one wanted to say so much that no one said anything in particular": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan, 1897.
First edition of Kipling’s richly detailed tale of American deep-sea fishing, with frontispiece and 21 illustrations by I.W. Taber. Octavo, original blue cloth elegantly stamped in gilt. In near fine condition with light shelfwear. Pictorial bookplate of L.A. Shilcof to the pastedown. A sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144073
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Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc's Dictionnaire Raisonne de Mobilier Francais de L'Epoque Carlovingienne a La Renaissance
VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugene-Emmanuel.
Dictionnaire Raisonne de Mobilier Francais de L’Epoque Carlovingienne a La Renaissance. [Dictionary of French Furniture from the Carlovingian Period to the Renaissance].
Paris: Librairie Centrale d'Architecture, n.d.
Finely bound example of Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc's authoritative resource on the evolution of furniture styles in France from the Carolingian Period to the Renaissance. Royal octavo, 6 volumes bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated with numerous plates and text illustrations. In near fine condition. A very nice example of this standard reference.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144610
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First edition of Henry Adams' A Letter to American Teachers of History; signed by him
ADAMS, Henry.
A Letter to American Teachers of History.
Washington, D.C.: Privately Printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co. Baltimore, 1910.
First edition of Adams' classic treatise on education. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Henry Adams at the conclusion of the introduction. From the library of Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. was an American scientist and physician. He discovered that streptococcus can cause rheumatic fever and nephritic syndrome, for which, he received the Lasker Award. He was a longtime professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In near fine condition. Bookplate. A nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131944
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First Edition of The Restless Wave; Signed by Senator John McCain
MCCAIN, John and Mark Salter.
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.
First edition of this political memoir from Senator McCain, an American hero who reflects on his life and what matters most. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John McCain on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Rare and desirable signed as this memoir was published in May 2018 and Senator McCain passed away in August of the same year.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145522
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"This book is offered to those women on the fighting line who have had the courage to face ridicule, and the wit to turn the laugh upon their enemies by their indifference to derision": Rare first edition of Constance Smedley's Woman: A Few Shrieks!
X. [SMEDLEY, Constance]; Appendix by Mrs. Philip Snowden [Ethel Snowden].
Woman: A Few Shrieks!
Letchworth Herts: Garden City Press , [1907].
First edition of Constance Smedley's rare feminist tract, published under the pseudonym X and with an appendix by Ethel Snowden. Octavo, original cloth, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Appendix by Ethel Snowden. In good condition. Stamps throughout including to the front and rear panels and top edge. Bookplates to the pastedown.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134985
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Rare Map of Florida
Colton’s Map of Florida.
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1868.
Rare 19th century printing of Colton's map of Florida. One page, the lithographed map shows a detailed view of the state of Florida with an inset of the southern portion and the Keys. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 35.5 inches by 25.5 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138647
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Rare original program invitation from the 1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program
AXELROD, Julius; Adolf Butenandt; Gerald Edelman; Ernst Otto Fischer; Werner Forssmann; Alfred Hershey; Bernard Katz; Feodor Lynen; Rudolf Mössbauer; Severo Ochoa; Lars Onsager.
1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program.
Einladung: Tagung der Preistrager fur Medizin, 1975.
Rare original program invitation from the 1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by 11 Nobel Laureates in Physics or Medicine, including: Julius Axelrod, Adolf Butenandt, Gerald Edelman, Ernst Otto Fischer, Werner Forssmann, Alfred Hershey, Bernard Katz, Feodor Lynen, Rudolf Mössbauer, Severo Ochoa, and Lars Onsager. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115948
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Richard Yates' Young Hearts Crying; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
YATES, Richard.
Young Hearts Crying.
New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1984.
First edition, early printing of this classic work by "one of the most important and influential writers of the second half of the century” (Robert Stone). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ellen Quinn Assuming she will agree this isn't much of a book, and with best wishes anyway, Dick Yates 2/13/88 (with a drawing of a heart)." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jeffrey Adams. Jacket design by Richard Rossiter.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139289
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First edition of Hamlin Garland's Main-Travelled Roads; inscribed by him
GARLAND, Hamlin.
Main-Travelled Roads.
Boston: Arena Publishing Company, 1891.
First edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free patterned endpaper, "To my friend Hird whose encouragement was so timely. With fraternal best wishes. Hamlin Garland Boston June 9/91." In very good condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139642
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First Edition of Hilary Putnam's Renewing Philosophy; Inscribed by Him
PUTNAM, Hilary.
Renewing Philosophy.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Hilary Putnam on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 15027
