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First Edition of The Blood of Adonis; Inscribed by both Adonis and the Translator Samuel Hazo
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY SAMUEL HAZO,.
The Blood of Adonis.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.
First edition of the poet's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by both the poet Adonis and by the translator, Samuel Hazo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 1544
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First Edition of Jurgen Habermas' Knowledge and Human Interests; Signed by Him and Daniel Bell
HABERMAS, Jurgen [Daniel Bell].
Knowledge and Human Interests.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1971.
First edition in English of Habermas' classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Jurgen Habermas on the front free endpaper. Sociologist Daniel Bell's copy, with his signature and his extensive notes throughout. Translated by Jeremy J. Shapiro. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket desiged by Richard C. Bartlett.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 49027
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"Tune in, freak out, get beaten": First Edition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery and Signed by Hunter S. Thompson
THOMPSON, Hunter S.; Illustrations by Ralph Steadman.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream.
New York: Random House, 1971.
First edition of Thompson's classic second book. Octavo, original bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated. Boldly signed by Hunter S. Thompson with the added words "Thank You" bound in. Silver titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges silver. In fine condition. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147464
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ'S NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
No One Writes to the Colonel.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971.
First English edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Toni Evora. Translated by J.S. Bernstein.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136357
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's The Tenants; Warmly Inscribed by Him to his cousins
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Tenants.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.
First edition of Malamud's sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Minnie and Marshall With affection Bern." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Jacket photograph by Janna Malamud.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 112806
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First Edition of Terry Southern's Blue Movie; inscribed by Him
SOUTHERN, Terry.
Blue Movie.
New York: New American Library, 1971.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Harry with all best wishes Terry Southern." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121449
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FIRST EDITION OF LUCAS SAMARAS’ FIRST BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY; INSCRIBED BY HIM TO LES NAVARRE
SAMARAS, Lucas.
Samaras Album.
New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art and Pace Editions, 1971.
First edition of Samaras’ multimedia self-portrait, featuring a self-interview, autobiography, and hundreds of Polaroid images, both black-and-white and in color. Large quarto, original embossed pictorial cloth, mounted cover photograph. Association copy, inscribed by Lucas Samaras to Les Navarre on the title page. Navarre was the director of the Harry Abrams Art Gallery and a close friend of the artist. In fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 1371
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First Edition of The Education of A Tennis Player; Inscribed by Tennis Great Rod Laver
LAVER, Rod with Bud Collins.
The Education of a Tennis Player.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971.
First edition of the tennis great's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by Rod Laver on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 70031
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First Edition of If They Come in the Morning; Inscribed by Angela Davis
DAVIS, Angela Y; John Abt; Franklin Alexander; Kendra Alexander; Bettina Aptheker; James Baldwin; Margaret Burnham; Robert Chrisman; John Clutchette; Fleeta Drumgo; Ericka Huggins; Robert Kaufman; George Jackson; Fania Davis Jordan; Ruchell Magee; Howard Moore Jr; Huey P. Newton; Eve Pell; Bobby Seale; The Soledad Brothers; Foreward by Julian Bond.
If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance.
New York: The Third Press, 1971.
First edition of this bold collection of essays written by victims of political imprisonment. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Annie, Best, Y. D. - 4/23." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara Kohn Isaac. Author photograph by Stephen Shames.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145168
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“THE DAY OF THE JACKAL WAS OVER”: FIRST EDITION OF THE DAY OF THE JACKAL; INSCRIBED BY FREDERICK FORSYTH IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION
FORSYTH, Frederick.
The Day of the Jackal.
London: Hutchinson, 1971.
First British edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, "For Dick and Ruth Epps with warmest regards, from Fredie Forsyth 16.6.71." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds and Trevor Vertigan. Uncommon signed and inscribed in the year of publication.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 131329
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"In Forgetting, they were trying to remember": First Edition of The Exorcist; Signed by William Peter Blatty and Actress Kitty Winn
BLATTY, William Peter.
The Exorcist.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.
First edition of Blatty's landmark horror novel, basis for the 1973 film. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Peter Blatty and actress Kitty Winn, who starred in the film on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Frederick Cantor. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed the author and Winn.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147119
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First Edition of Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta; Signed by Mother Teresa
MUGGERIDGE, Malcom [Mother Teresa].
Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1971.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed on the front free endpaper, "God bless you Mother Teresa MC." Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Books signed by Mother Teresa are exceptionally scarce.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 146189
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First edition of Herbert Aptheker's Afro American History: The Modern Era; inscribed by him
APTHEKER, Herbert.
Afro American History: The Modern Era. A Pioneering Chronicle of the Black People in Twentieth-Century America.
New York: The Citadel Press, 1971.
First edition of the prolific American Marxist historian's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Jan 1972 For Mrs. Janette Harris - with warmest regards & best wishes, Herbert Aptheker." The recipient, Janette Harris was a fellow social rights activist who was expelled from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she and five other students were arrested for attempting to desegregate an all-White lunch counter. She went on to serve as a campaign manager for the Carter-Mondale reelection campaign, research associate for the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life…
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 134261
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First Edition of Addie Pray; Signed by Ryan O'Neal
BROWN, Joe David [Ryan O'Neal].
Addie Pray.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1973 film Paper Moon starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actor Ryan O'Neal on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roger Hane. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 141312
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First Edition of Harry Crews' Karate Is a Thing of the Spirit; Inscribed by Him to his Bibliographer
CREWS, Harry.
Karate Is a Thing of the Spirit.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of the author's classic fourth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Michael-- Good and dear friend--All good things in your life Harry Crews July 75 Gainsville, Fl." The recipient, Michael Hargraves was a close friend of the Crews and author of Harry Crews A Bibliography. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Terry M. Fehr. Author photograph by Tom Kennedy. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142087
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First edition of John Le Carre's The Naive and Sentimental Lover; signed by him
LE CARRE, John.
The Naïve and Sentimental Lover.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.
First edition of le Carré's classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Geddes. An exceptional example.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 146204