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First Edition of Gustav Hasford's The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam; Inscribed by Him with a Full Page Inscription in the month of Publication
HASFORD, Gustav.
The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam.
New York: Bantam Books, 1990.
First edition of the author's sequel to The Short-Timers, basis for the film Full Metal Jacket. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a full page inscription in the year of publication, "Gustav Hasford For My good friends Jeff and Jacquie from Uncle Gus San Diego March, 1990." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Cover art by Dru Blair.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110439
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"MR. GORBACHEV TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!": First Edition of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev's The Quest For Peace
REAGAN, Ronald and Mikhail Gorbachev.
In Quest of Peace.
Hamburg, West Germany: MCS Medien Creativ Service, 1990.
First edition of this lavishly illustrated tribute to Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev's negotiations during the Cold War. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with numerous color photographs. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 139024
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few": First edition, deluxe signed limited issue of So Few: A Folio Dedicated to All Who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain; one of only 401 numbered copies
PIERCE, Michael; John Golley; Roy Asser; Bill Gunston; Brian Masterton; AVM Freddie Hurrell.
…So Few. A Folio Dedicated to All Who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain 10th July – 31st October 1940.
London: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1990.
First edition, deluxe signed limited issue of this lavishly illustrated folio commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the distinguished RAF pilots who fought in it, the most crucial battle in British history. Quarto, original publisher's full crushed blue morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, inset embroidered RAF brevet to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 25 tissue-guarded color silhouette portraits of distinguished RAF pilots each signed by the featured pilot and artist Michael Pierce with his embossed stamp, additionally illustrated with numerous black-and-white and full color…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 139010
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"I was born to a vocation to bear witness to the great mysteries": First edition of Ararat; inscribed by Louise Glück to fellow poet Stuart Dischell
GLUCK, Louise.
Ararat.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the poet opposite the half-title page, "For Stuart I look forward to your new work, I wish you all good fortune - Louise." The recipient, Stuart Dischell is a fellow poet and friend of Gluck. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Näher.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124951
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First Edition of Hide & Seek; Lengthily Inscribed by Ian Rankin
RANKIN, Ian.
Hide & Seek.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Signed by author who has added the last lines of this work as follows, "He brought out a metal detector bin from beneath the desk, dropped the photographs into it, and lit the match, holding it over the bin, as he had done so many times before. Ian Rankin" Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 997
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"as entertaining to the eye and the imagination as a Beatles album is to the ear": First Edition of Alan Aldridge's The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics
ALDRIDGE, Alan.
The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1990.
First edition of the only major published collection of illustrated Beatles lyrics. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with lavish, full-color illustrations by a host of internationally renowned artists with specially commissioned photographs featured on almost every page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145102
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"Talking, when you think about it, is a very strange business indeed": First Edition of Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue
BRYSON, Bill.
The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990.
First edition of this remarkable history of the English language from the author of 'The Lost Continent.' Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello. Jacket painting by Tom Carry. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 145214
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MEIER, Richard.
Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1979 – 1989.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990.
First Edition of this monograph of the architects projects compiled from the late 1970's to the 1980's. Inscribed and dated by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $470.00 Item Number: 874
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"Art is language of the entire human personality": First Editions of Each Volume in the Authors Acclaimed Cairo Trilogy; Each Volume Signed by Naguib Mahfouz
MAHFOUZ, Naguib.
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street.
New York: Doubleday, 1990-1992.
First American editions of author's most well known work; a trilogy originally published in Egypt in the 1950's and which garnered him the Nobel Prize in literature decades later in 1988. Octavo, 3 volumes, original half cloth. Each volume was signed by Naguib Mahfouz at the Shepheard Hotel in Cairo in 2006. All three are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket designs by Carin Goldberg. Translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Books signed by Mahfouz are rare as he left Egypt only…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 274
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First Edition of Fudge-A-Mania; Inscribed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
Fudge-A-Mania.
New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1990.
First edition of this work in the author's classic Fudge series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Linda Love, Judy Blume Oct. 1993." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Sue Truesdell.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144223
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"For Erica Jong, one more trip to the intersection of id and superego": First Edition of Rabbit at Rest; Inscribed by John Updike to Fellow Novelist Erica Jong
UPDIKE, John [Erica Jong].
Rabbit At Rest.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Erica Jong, one more trip to the intersection of id and superego. All best, John." The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 142983
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First Edition of John Kotter's Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management; Inscribed by Him
KOTTER, John P.
A Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management.
New York: The Free Press, 1990.
First edition of this insightful book on leadership. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Richard Miller With Best Regards, John Kotter 7/91." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W. Scot Carouge.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 106426
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Inscribed by Robert Pinsky to the Writer Bob Richardson
PINSKY, Robert.
The Want Bone.
New York: Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to writer Robert Richardson, "Very good wishes and admiration to Bob Richardson Robert Pinsky." With writer Annie Dillard’s bookplate. The recipient is the husband of Annie Dillard. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 4422
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First edition of D. J. Enright's Selected Poems; inscribed by him to legendary photojournalist Sally Soames
ENRIGHT, D. J.
Selected Poems 1990.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.
First edition of this collection containing many of Enright's finest poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title page, "For Sally Soames (& cameras) - Dennis Enright." 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…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 124389
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“Ants are everywhere and deserve our attention": FIRST EDITION OF THE ANTS; SIGNED BY EDWARD O. WILSON WITH A DRAWING OF AN ANT
WILSON, Edward O. & Bert Holldobler.
Ants.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press/ Harvard University Press, 1990.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson who has added a drawing of an ant on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 132446