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“The past is reinvented and becomes the future. But the lineage is everything": Signed Limited Edition of Music by Philip Glass
GLASS, Philip.
Music by Philip Glass.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
Signed limited edition, one of 250 numbered copies. Octavo, original leather, in the original slipcase. Fine in a fine slipcase. With the musical score laid in, as issued. Signed by Philip Glass on the limitation page. Edited and with supplementary material by Robert T. Jones.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 109279
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First Doubleday edition of The Official Warren Commission Report on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy; signed by Warren Commission member Gerald Ford
NIZER, Louis [Analysis and Commentary]. Historical Afterword by Bruce Catton. [Gerald R. Ford].
The Official Warren Commission Report on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964.
First edition prepared by Doubleday & Company, Inc. reproducing the official Government report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with frontispiece portrait of President John F. Kennedy, photographs, documents and a street plan. Signed by Gerald R. Ford on the front free endpaper. Gerald Ford was one of the seven members of the Warren Commission, the special task force appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29, 1963 to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy. Ford was assigned to prepare a biography of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. He and Earl Warren also interviewed Jack…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146343
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First Edition of Jose Saramago's A Bagagem Do Viajante: Cronicas; Inscribed by Him
SARAMAGO, Jose.
A Bagagem Do Viajante: Cronicas.
Lisboa: Ed. Futura, 1973.
First edition of this early collection of essays by the future Nobel Prize- winning author. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Inscribed and dated by Jose Saramago.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1334
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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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"Good Appetite good cooking from an old friend": First Edition of James Beard's Theory & Practice of Good Cooking; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BEARD, James.
James Beard’s Theory and Practice of Good Cooking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of this classic work, which compiles 300 recipes by the dean of American cooking. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Karl W. Stueklen. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good Appetite good cooking For Esther from an old friend James Beard." Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139445
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First Edition of Charles Webb's The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker; Signed by Him and Lead Actor in the Film Richard Benjamin and Executive Producer Larry Turman
WEBB, Charles [Richard Benjamin.
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1970.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 1971 film starring Richard Benjamin and Joanna Shimkus, directed by Larry Turman. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, "1/30/70 To Pat with love, Charles" and additionally signed by actor Richard Benjamin and by director and executive producer Larry Turman on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Milton Charles. A unique example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140423
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“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies":; First Portuguese edition of Voltaire's Tragedies: Sofonisba, Mariamne, and Orestes
VOLTAIRE (AROUET, François-Marie).
Sofonisba, Mariamne, Orestes: Tragedia de Mr. de Voltaire: Traduzida Em Portuguez.
Lisboa: Na Officina de Simao Thaddeo Ferreira, 1790.
First Portuguese edition of Voltaire's three tragedies translated into Portuguese. Octavo, bound in full period calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red spine label, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 88112
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"Time to get up, Fungus my dreary, it's nearly dark": First edition of Fungus the Bogeyman; Signed by Raymond Briggs
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Fungus the Bogeyman.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
First edition of illustrator Raymond Briggs' classic work. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, "Raymond Briggs 21 April 1981." In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89018
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First Edition of Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore's Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die; Signed by Roger Moore
MOORE, Roger.
Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore’s Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die.
London: Pan Books, 1973.
First British edition of Moore’s diary regarding the making of Live and Let Die. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Roger Moore on the title page. In near fine condition. Photographs by Luisa Moore.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133641
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Rare 1890 printing of George Hess's History of the Antietam National Cemetery
HESS, George.
History of the Antietam National Cemetery and A Descriptive List of All the Union Soldiers Buried Therein: Together with the Ceremonies of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons in Laying the Corner-Stone of the Soldier Monument, September 17th, 1867.
Harrisburg, PA.: Daily Independent Print, 1890.
Rare second printing of Captain George Hess's history of the Antietam National Cemetery, first published in Baltimore by J.W. Woods in 1869. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In good condition. Scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 132984
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First Edition of John Kotter's The General Managers; Signed by Him
KOTTER, John P.
The General Managers.
New York: The Free Press, 1986.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Kotter on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sam Salant.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134592
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First Edition of The Art of Drowning; Inscribed by Billy Collins
COLLINS, Billy.
The Art of Drowning.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.
First edition of this early work by Collins. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen whose poetry rocks. Billy." The recipient Stephen Perry was a poet and friend of the Collins. In fine condition. No dust jacket was issued for this first edition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 104532
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“I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals": First Edition of on off the fairway a pictorial autobiography; Signed by Jack Nicklaus
NICKLAUS, Jack.
On & Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
First edition of this work by the golfing legend. Quarto, original half-cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author opposite the half-title page, "Best Regards Jack Nicklaus." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145802
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"If I've inspired you, now you've inspired me": First Edition of John Rothchild's A Fool and His Money; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
ROTHCHILD, John.
A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor.
New York: Viking, 1988.
First edition of "the funniest book about investing ever written" (New York Post). Octavo, original half coth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Dear John, If I've inspired you, now you've inspired me. Best wishes, John Rothchild." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Rafal Olbinski.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 102598
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"There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one": FIRST EDITION OF HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS; Lengthily SIGNED BY JULIA ALVAREZ
ALVAREZ, Julia.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Press, 1991.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "May you enjoy my book- There are still times I wake up at three o'clock in the morning... to write books like this one, Julia Alvarez." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Paul Munck. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108779
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Finely Bound Example of Hermann Oldenberg's Buddha
OLDENBERG, Hermann.
Buddha.
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904.
Finely bound example of the German scholar of Indiology's influential study on Buddhism based on the Pali texts. Octavo, bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco by the Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribners Sons with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, title page in red and black. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145240