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"Maybe you could show me how to let go, Lower my guard, Learn to be free. Maybe if you whistle, Whistle for me": First Edition of Anyone Can Whistle; Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim
LAURENTS, Arthur & Stephen Sondheim.
Anyone Can Whistle: A Musical Fable.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine bright jacket without the fading usually encountered with the spine.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 762
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"I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate": First Editions of Each Novel in John Updike’s Rabbit Quartet; Each Signed by Him
UPDIKE, John.
Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; Licks of Love.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960-2000.
First editions of each volume in the Rabbit quartet. Octavos, 5 volumes, original half cloth. Each volume signed by John Updike. Each volume is near fine to fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional signed set.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 121353
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First Edition of R. Buckminster Fuller's Nine Chains To The Moon; Inscribed by him
FULLER, R. Buckminster .
Nine Chains to the Moon.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Fuller's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the front pastedown, "To Rog and K With dearest love Bucky." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 124952
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“No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body": First edition of Margaret Sanger's My Fight For Birth Control; signed by her and in the scarce original dust jacket
SANGER, Margaret.
My Fight For Birth Control.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1931.
First edition of Sanger's remarkable first autobiography with the publisher's device to the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with twenty black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Margaret Sanger on the front free endpaper. Very good in the scarce first issue dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 129460
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Large Paper Copy of John Muir's The Cruise of the Corwin; One of Five Hundred and Fifty Copies; In the Exceptionally Rare Dust Jacket
MUIR, John.
The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 In Search of De Long and the Jeannette.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.
First edition, large paper copy, one of five hundred and fifty copies, this is number 260. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by William Frederic Badè. Illustrated with plates from photographs and from sketches by Muir. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Kimes 348; BAL 14775
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 97365
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“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions": Rare third edition of The Morals of Confucius A Chinese Philosopher
CONFUCIUS,.
The Morals of Confucius A Chinese Philosopher, Who flourished above Five hundred Years before the Coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Being one of the Choicest Pieces of Learning Remaining in the Nation.
London: Printed for F. Fayram at the South Entrance into the Royal Exchange, 1724.
Rare third edition in English of The Morals of Confucius, the first published work to introduce English readers to Confucianism. Small octavo, bound in full period or period-style speckled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled red. Small bookplates to the pastedown. Stated second edition, though actually the third edition (a reissue of the edition of 1706, with a cancel title page). In very good condition. All early editions are very…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 138719
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Rare Original Photograph of Lotus' Colin Chapman; Signed by Him
CHAPMAN, Colin.
Colin Chapman Signed Lotus Photograph.
Photograph depicting the Gold Leaf Team Lotus transporter in the paddock of the 1968 German GP, boldly signed by Colin Chapman. Team principal Colin Chapman can be seen speaking to Keith Duckworth and Emerson’s 49B is on axle stands in the foreground. From the collection of BRDC chairman and racing driver Peter Stubberfield. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed as Chapman passed away at the age of 54.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140276
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First edition of Le Coq de Villeray's response to Voltaire’s Letters Concerning the English Nation
VILLERAY, Le Coq de [Voltaire].
Reponse ou Critique des Lettres Philosophiques De Monsieur de Voltaire (Response and Critique of the Philosophical Letters of Mr. Voltaire).
Basle: Chez Christophe Revis, 1735.
First edition of Le Coq de Villeray's response to Voltaire’s Letters Concerning the English Nation, published in 1733. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, gilt title to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 82395
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First Edition of Rawlings' Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel The Yearling; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan.
The Yearling.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Mark David Corser with good wishes Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings April 1938." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed, especially in the year of publication.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 116898
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"No man is beaten until he knows and admits he is beaten, and that I will never know nor admit": First Edition of All Aboard for Ararat; Inscribed by H.G. Wells
WELLS, H.G.
All Aboard for Ararat.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1940.
First edition of the last of Wells' utopian novels. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "One single cabin ticket for Mrs. Wollcombe, 3 Weymouth Mews, to Ararat H.G. Wells." Near fine in a very good just jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon in the original dust jacket and inscribed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 144321
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"Warner Brothers' Towering Triumph": Rare collection of original Warner Bros. Pictures promotional lobby cards for the 1949 film The Fountainhead
[RAND, Ayn].
The Fountainhead Warner Brothers Pictures Original 1949 Lobby Card Collection.
Warner Bros. Pictures, 1949.
Rare collection of eight original Warner Brothers promotional lobby cards for the 1949 film The Fountainhead, based on the bestselling novel by Ayn Rand and starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal. Each of the eight cards measures 11 inches by 14 inches and is numbered 49/330 in the lower right corner. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 48 inches by 32 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 145618
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First edition of The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon; elaborately bound
GIBBON, Edward.
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative by John Lord Sheffield.
London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796.
First edition of Gibbon’s memoirs, letters, and additional works, posthumously collected and published by his closest friend, John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, engraved frontispiece portrait of Gibbon. In near fine condition. A very attractive example of one of the first modern autobiographies published in the English language.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 135133
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Rare first edition of Theodor Herzl's Philosophische Erzählungen
HERZL, Theodor.
Philosophische Erzählungen. [Philosophical Narratives].
Berlin: Verlag con Gebruder Paetel, 1900.
First edition of this collection of seventeen narratives written by Herzl during his years as a correspondent for the Viennese Neue Freie Presse. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over embossed boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, patterned endpapers, all edges red. In very good condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 143199
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"THERE IS A POINT OF NO RETURN, UNREMARKED AT THE TIME, IN MOST LIVES": FIRST EDITION OF THE COMEDIANS; INSCRIBED BY GRAHAM GREENE
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Charles from Graham Greene." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 131681
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"Face an audience as frequently as you can and you will soon stop shying": First edition of Dale Carnegie's First Book: The Art of Public Speaking;
CARNEGEY (CARNEGIE), Dale and J. Berg Esenwein.
The Art of Public Speaking: An Inspirational Working Handbook of Instruction For All Who Would Become Efficient Public Speakers.
Springfield: Home Correspondence School, 1915.
First edition of Carnegie's pioneering work which would become the predecessor to countless self-improvement books. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt. Co-author Dale Carnegy would later change the spelling of his surname to Carnegie to associate himself in the eyes of the public with American business tycoon Andrew Carnegie, to whom he was not related. In near fine condition Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 95246
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Large Collection of Britain in Pictures; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
EDITED BY TURNER, W.J. [Bernard Darwin.
Britain in Pictures.
London: Collins, 1940s.
First and early editions of these works on Britain. Octavo, original cloth, approximately 125 volumes, color and monochrome illustrations. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 133214