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Rare collection of Oskar Schindler immigration documents and legal certificates; with an original photograph annotated by him
SCHINDLER, Oskar.
Oskar Schindler Document Collection.
Rare collection of original documents primarily obtained by Oskar and Emilie Schindler in preparation for their post-WWII emigration to Argentina in 1949. The collection includes a color photograph of Schindler seated on a couch annotated by him on the verso, "1957 in Amerika", an Italian emigration certificate dated September 1949 authorizing Emilie Schindler to travel from Italy to Argentina, two boarding cards dated October 4, 1949 listing Oskar and Emilie Schindler as passengers aboard the Campagnia Genovese d'Armamento traveling from Genoa to Buenos Aires, legal certificates stating the Emilie had no criminal record, and a medical card for Emilie Schindler…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 118106
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First Edition of A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House; Inscribed by Arthur Schlesinger
SCHLESINGER, Arthur M.
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy In the White House.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First edition of the historian's classic work on the Kennedy administration's first thousand days. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ben with regards Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144340
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First Edition of How Google Works; Signed by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
SCHMIDT, Eric and Jonathan Rosenberg.
How Google Works.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
First edition of this "informative and creatively multilayered Google guidebook from the businessman's perspective" (Kirkus). Octavo, original boards. Signed by both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jonathan Jarvis. Written with Alan Eagle. Foreword by Larry Page.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 117377
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First Edition of Marc Chagall: Die großen graphischen Zyklen; Signed by Marc Chagall
SCHMIED, Wieland; [Marc Chagall].
Marc Chagall.
Salzburg: Galerie Welz, 1976.
First edition of this collection of work by a major artist of early modernism, with introduction by Weiland Schmied. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, frontispiece self-portrait of Marc Chagall, illustrated with penciled and painted drawings. Boldly signed by Marc Chagall on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146245
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First edition of Return to the Moon; inscribed by Harrison Schmitt
SCHMITT, Harrison. Foreword by Neil Armstrong.
Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space.
New York: Copernicus Books in Association with Praxis Publishing, 2006.
First edition of the author's visionary plan for humankind's future in space. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bob Harrison Schmitt Apollo 17." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jordan Rosenbum.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144631
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From the Library of Stephen Hawking
SCHMUTZER, E. [Stephen Hawking].
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation . . Jena, 14-19 July 1980.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
First edition of this work on relativity and gravitation. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 119378
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First edition of Arthur Schnitzler's Casanova's Homecoming
SCHNITZLER, Arthur.
Casanova’s Homecoming.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947.
First edition of of Schnitzler's famous novella. Quarto, original boards. In near fine condition. Numbered 96 of 1499 examples. Artwork by Rockwell Kent.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 137532
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First Edition of Taxes and Business Strategy; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Myron S. Scholes
SCHOLES, Myron S. and Mark A. Wolfson.
Taxes and Business Strategy. A Planning Approach.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1992.
First edition of this classic work, now in it's sixth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "_____ Good luck in all of your endeavors Myron S. Scholes 6/12/10." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117632
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First edition of Daniel Schorr's Come to Think of it; inscribed by him to American journalist Bill Safire
SCHORR, Daniel.
Come to Think of It: Notes on the End of the Millennium.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of Schorr's insightful analysis of of modern history. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Safires with admiration mingled with affection Dan." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128073
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First Edition of Jonathan Schorr's Hard Lessons with Autographed Letter; FROM THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN JOURNALIST WILLIAM SAFIRE
SCHORR, Jonathan [William Safire].
Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School.
New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.
First edition of this journalistic analysis of charter school life from the library of American journalist William Safire. Octavo, original half cloth. Autographed letter to American journalist William Safire laid in. As thanks for his thoughtful announcement in the word column, the note reads in part, "I am touched by the effort and generosity that went into the plug you gave my book. I hope you know what an enormous difference it makes in the trajectory of the book's life. I'll not soon forget this kindness." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Jonathan Schorr. Jacket…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145238
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“Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe”: First Edition of Sybil; Inscribed by Flora Rheta Schreiber
SCHREIBER, Flora Rheta.
Sybil.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1973.
First edition of the engrossing true story, basis for the classic film. Octavo, original textured imitation leather boards, illustrated with photographs of paintings and pencil drawings by Sybil and her personalities. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Aug 28, 1973 To Hal - whom I honor, respect and thank for my opportunity to do a rounded show - all best - Flora Rheta Schreiber." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Edmondson. Author photograph by Abner Symons. First edition examples of 'Sybil' signed by the author are scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145145
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“Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it—but there is": Rare First Edition of Olive Schreiner's The Story of an African Farm
SCHREINER, Olive [as Ralph Iron].
The Story of an African Farm: A Novel.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1883.
First edition of this highspot of African literature. Octavo, original olive cloth, 2 volumes. Published under the pseudonym 'Ralph Iron'. The entire printing of this first edition has been estimated to be about 300 copies. and most were destined to libraries. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially in the original cloth.
Price: $8,500.00 Item Number: 30040
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“Experience teaches us in a millennium what passion teaches us in an hour": Rare First Edition of Olive Schreiner's The Story of an African Farm; From the library of Sir Lionel Phillips
SCHREINER, Olive [as Ralph Iron].
The Story of an African Farm: A Novel.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1883.
First edition of this highspot of African literature. Octavo, 2 volumes bound in three quarters contemporary morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Published under the pseudonym 'Ralph Iron', the entire printing of this first edition has been estimated to be about 300 copies and most were destined to libraries. From the library of British-born South African financier, mining magnate and politician Sir Lionel Phillips with his bookplates to the pastedowns. Lionel and Florence Phillips left South Africa a major legacy through their art collections.…
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 118143
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First edition of Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
SCHRöDINGER, Erwin.
What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell.
Cambridge: University Press, 1944.
Rare first edition of this collection of lectures by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist in which he presents the early theoretical description of the storage of genetic information cited by Crick and Watson as a source of inspiration for their initial research into the discovery of DNA. Small octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with a small stain to the front panel.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 119034
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“They looked at each other until they weren't acquaintances any longer": First Edition of What Makes Sammy Run; Inscribed by Budd Schulberg in the year of publication
SCHULBERG, Budd.
What Makes Sammy Run?
New York: Random House, 1941.
First edition of what many consider one of the most important novels on Hollywood and the film industry. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Julian Johnson with respect and fond regards, Budd. March 29, 1941." The recipient, Julian Johnson was the head story editor for 20th Century Fox studios in the 1930s. Fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the rear panel with the blurbs by F. Scott Fitzgerald and John O'Hara. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A nice association.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 89545
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First Edition of Budd Schulberg's Some Faces in the Crowd; Inscribed by Him to Hollywood producer, director Jerry Wald
SCHULBERG, Budd.
Some Faces In the Crowd.
New York: Random House, 1953.
First edition of this collection of short stories, including the story Your Arkansas Traveler, which was the basis for the film A Face in the Crowd. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Hollywood producer, director and screenwriter Jerry Wald, "For Jerry, with my admiration and warm regards Budd March 15, 1954." An exceptional association copy; Schulberg acknowledged late in his career that Wald was one of his inspirations for the composite character Sammy Glick in his 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket by Riki Levinson. From the…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 75877