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Rare Eighteenth Century Map of China with Korea by renowned French geographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas [China].
La Chine avec La Coree et les Parties de la Tartarie. [Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Eighteenth Century Map of China with Korea and Parts of Tartary].
Paris: c. 1750.
Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Korea by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19.75 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137294
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“A conscience is the price of morality, and morality is the price of civilization": FIRST EDITION OF "PATRIOT GAMES": INSCRIBED BY TOM CLANCY
CLANCY, Tom.
Patriot Games.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Son's, 1987.
First edition of the author’s third novel, basis for the 1992 film starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer and James Earl Jones. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Brad Best Regards to you Tom Clancy." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137873
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Classic Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138165
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Signed Photograph of President Harry S. Truman
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman Signed Photograph.
1966.
Photograph of President Harry S. Truman having his arm raised at the 1947 Democratic National Convention. Inscribed by Truman, “To Joseph J. Fracelli, From Harry S. Truman, 12/7/66.” On the verso of the photograph bears a Harry S. Truman Library stamp. It measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 19073
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Rare original Paul A. Samuelson Research Memorandum
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
Market Mechanisms and Maximization, III: Dynamics and Linear Programming.
Santa Monica, California: The Rand Corporation, 1949.
Rare original research memorandum written by Paul A. Samuelson providing a simple introduction to the dynamic problems of maximizing as investigated by von Neumann and Dantzig. Octavo, 23 pages typescript on original Project Rand Research Memorandum letterhead. Assigned to Lt. R. S. Weinberg, USAF. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 88162
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's Impressions of America; one of only 50 copies printed
WILDE, Oscar.
Impressions of America.
Sunderland: Keystone Press, 1906.
First edition of Wilde's report on his lecture tour throughout America in 1882. Octavo, original stiff paper wrappers. One of fifty numbered copies, this is number 24. Very good with the majority of the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140212
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"The red sun seemed to tip one end of a pair of scales below the horizon, and simultaneously to lift an orange moon at the other": First Edition of Between the Woods and the Water; Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
Between the Woods and the Water.
London: John Murray, 1986.
First British edition of the author's second book in the author's trilogy that began with A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by John Craxton. A very sharp example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 40026
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"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody": First Edition of the death and life of great american cities
JACOBS, Jane.
The Death And Life of Great American Cities.
New York: Random House, 1961.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket light a few small closed tears. A very sharp example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146108
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Rare Original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' Stereograph Card; Produced By Historic Bennington Vermont Optical Company H.C. White
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Original Theodore Roosevelt ‘Perfec’ Stereograph Card.
Bennington, Vermont: H.C. White Co, 1902.
Rare original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' stereograph card featuring two views of Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The card measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96585
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First Edition of Helen Levitt's Crosstown; Signed by Her
LEVITT, Helen; Essay by Francine Prose.
Crosstown.
New York: Powerhouse, 2001.
First Edition of this handsome retrospective paying tribute the photographers work. Large quarto, original gray cloth with cover photographic plate, illustrated throughout. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 808
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First Edition of Frederic Remington's Pony Tracks
REMINGTON, Frederic.
Pony Tracks.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895.
First edition of Remington's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. In very good condition, bookplate. Howes R201; BAL 16489; Adams Herd 1878; Graff 3458. A nice example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125652
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First Edition of Fred D. Gray's Bus Ride To Justice; Inscribed by Him
GRAY, Fred D.
Bus Ride To Justice.
Montgomery, Al: Black Belt Press, 1995.
First edition of this Civil Rights icon's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Fred D. Gray Schaler Let us keep the legacy alive Fred D. Gray March 9, 1995." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Breuna Baine.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139681
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Finely Bound Example of Claudii Claudiani Opera
CLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS; NICOLAAS HEINSIUS; L'ANCIEN PIETER BURMAN,.
Claudii Claudiani Opera, Quae Exstant, Omnia Ad Membranarum Veterum Fidem Castigata.
Amstelaedami: Ex Officina Schouteniana, 1760.
Quarto, original vellum, gilt tooling and stamping to the front and rear panels and spine. In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 2821
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First Edition of Dark Green, Bright Red; Inscribed by Gore Vidal to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Dark Green, Bright Red.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950.
First edition of this “[w]ell-written work” (Kirkus). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Valerie from Gore, June 1954." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, which was laminated by Vidal. An exceptional association.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 126599
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"Once I started sorting out the stamps I had accumulated, I was hooked": Rare Original Issue of The Stamp Journal with Ayn Rand's Article Why I Like Stamp Collected
RAND, Ayn.
Stamp Journal: Why I Like Stamp Collecting.
New York: Minkus, 1971.
Original issue of the Stamp Journal with an article by the philosopher Ayn Rand, entitled Why I Like Stamp Collecting. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Vol. VI, No. 2 - 1971. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in Rand's honor in 1999. An uncommon piece by Rand.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 78006
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"America's most interesting city" Rare collection of New Orleans souvenir albums, pictorial travel brochures, and postcards
New Orleans Souvenir Album and Travel Brochure Collection.
Various, 1938-1960.
Rare collection of 5 souvenir albums and nine pictorial travel brochures printed between 1938 and 1960. The souvenir albums include a "Souvenir Condensed History of New Orleans for the Tourist" (c. 1955), a "Souvenir du Restaurant Antoine", "New Orleans, America's Most Interesting City", an early accordion-style pictorial album, and "Winter in New Orleans: Season 1908-1909" issued by the Southern Pacific Railway (1909). The brochures include a Louisiana Road Map issued by the Tourist Bureau of Baton Rouge, visitor's city guides, a 1938 Spring Fiesta brochure, a guide to Bellingrath Gardens, and a collection of original postcards from the Montenegro Hotel.…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 117352