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Rare 1957 financial statement signed by both Hollywood Icon Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller
MONROE, Marilyn and Arthur Miller.
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Signed Financial Statement.
Rare original 1957 Woodbury Savings Bank financial statement signed by both Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller in the beginning of their five-year marriage. One page, partially printed, the statement is dated September 9, 1957 and lists the couple's joint annual income as $50,000+, total expenses as $30,000+ or -, and amount of life insurance as $50,000+. The preparer has also listed Monroe as self-employed and President of Marilyn Monroe Production with a suit pending against the company as a corporation. Monroe and Miller's ages are also listed respectively as 31 and 41. Signed at the conclusion of the document, "Arthur…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 114025
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Rare second edition of Debtor and Creditor Made Easie; one of the earliest accounting books for a general audience published in English
MONTEAGE, Stephen.
Debtor and Creditor Made Easie: Or, a Short Instruction for the attaining the Right Use of Accounts after the Best Method used by Merchants.
London: Printed by John Richardson for Ben. Billingsley, 1682.
Second edition of this rare accounting book; one of the earliest in published in English for a general audience. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, woodcut frontispiece portrait of the author within a rich botanical border. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 103485
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first edition of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of the Island
MONTGOMERY, L. M.
Anne of the Island.
Boston: The Page Company, 1915.
First edition, first printing of the third title in Montgomery's beloved Anne of Green Gables series with all first issue points including stated first impression on copyright page, 1915 date in roman numerals on title page. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and mounted cover illustration in color by H. Weston Taylor, 16 pages of publisher’s advertisements bound at rear. Near fine in a later issue dust jacket with a few small closed tears.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 135042
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"I suppose we'll get used to being grown-up in time": first edition of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of the Island; In the Exceptionally rare Dust Jacket
MONTGOMERY, L. M..
Anne of the Island.
Boston: The Page Company, 1915.
First edition, first printing of the third title in Montgomery's beloved Anne of Green Gables series with all first issue points including stated first impression on copyright page, 1915 date in roman numerals on title page, correct dust jacket blurbs and price ($1.25). Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and mounted cover illustration in color by H. Weston Taylor, 16 pages of publisher’s advertisements bound at rear. Fine in the scarce original dust jacket with a small chip to the spine. Exceptionally rare and desirable. Copies of this title in the original dust jacket are of the utmost…
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 130579
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First British Edition of Anne of Windy Willow; In the Rare Original Dust jacket
MONTGOMERY, L.M.
Anne of Windy Willows (Anne of Windy Poplars).
London: George G. Harrap, 1936.
First British edition of this novel in Montgomery's acclaimed Anne series. Octavo, original blue cloth. Light wear, else fine in the original dust jacket with some chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 892
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"With gratitude and admiration from his friend": First Edition of Booth Mooney's The Lyndon Johnson Story; lengthily inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "To Ray Luhn with gratitude and admiration from his friend Lyndon B. Johnson." Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111067
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"For Murray Milner, outstanding public servant, from his friend": First Edition of Booth Mooney's The Lyndon Johnson Story; lengthily inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "For Murray Milner, outstanding public servant, from his friend, Lyndon B. Johnson." Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117422
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"To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard": First Edition of The Lyndon Johnson Story; inscribed by Lyndon Johnson to his vice president Hubert Humphrey
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson [Hubert Humphrey].
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., served as Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey took office on January 20, 1965, ending the 14-month vacancy of the Vice President of the United States, which had remained empty when then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the Presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 140814
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Rare First Edition Confederate Record of laws passed pertaining to recently freed slaves at the General Assembly of Alabama, Held in the City of Montgomery, Commencing on the Second Monday in January 1861
MOORE, Andrew.
Acts of the Called Session of the General Assembly of Alabama, Held in the City of Montgomery, Commencing on the Second Monday in January 1861.
Montgomery, Alabama: Shorter & Reid, State Printers, 1861.
Rare first edition of this Confederate imprint recording new laws and regulations pertaining to freed slaves. Octavo, bound in period quarter calf over boards, red morocco spine label with gilt titles. In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 96174
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"Just follow along, okay?": First edition of Brian Moore's Cold Heaven
MOORE, Brian.
Cold Heaven.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
First edition of Moore's supernatural thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Hans Wendler. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 126409
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First edition of Brian Moore's No Other Life; inscribed by him to famed photographer Sally Soames
MOORE, Brian.
No Other Life.
London: Bloomsbury, 1993.
First edition of the award-winning novelist's gripping drama. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally Soames L'Image B S Moore." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research on her…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 126419
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"And I'm moved by an impulse - the impulse of spring is in my feet": First Edition of George Moore's Memoirs of My Dead Life
MOORE, George.
Memoirs Of My Dead Life.
London: William Heinemann, 1906.
First edition of the first great modern Irish novelist's memoirs. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 109792
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"Theodore Roosevelt was intensely human. He was dynamic but not sacrosanct": First edition of J. Hampton Moore's Roosevelt and the Old Guard; in the rare original dust jacket
MOORE, J. Hampton.
Roosevelt and the Old Guard.
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company Publishers, 1925.
First edition of J. Hampton Moore's intimate biographical portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with engravings and line drawings by C.K. Berryman including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 103580
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"The previously untold stories of a group of true-life heroes": First Edition of Robin Moore's The Green Berets
MOORE, Robin.
The Green Berets.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1965.
First edition of this monumental work, basis for the classic film starring John Wayne. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Harsh/ Finegold.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 147175
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"The previously untold stories of a group of true-life heroes": First Edition of The Green Berets; Inscribed by Robin Moore in the Year of Publication
MOORE, Robin.
The Green Berets.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1965.
First edition of this monumental work, basis for the classic film starring John Wayne. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Chick and Mary Edgarton Best wishes Robin Moore Concord 15 May 1965." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Harsh/ Finegold. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 147494
