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First edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores; inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government.
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.
First edition of O'Rourke's international best-seller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Paul P.J. O'Rourke 6/5/92." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141051
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First Edition of Wrinkles in Time; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist George Smoot
SMOOT, George and Keay Davidson.
Wrinkles in Time.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993.
First edition of the story of "the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time" (Stephen Hawking). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs and 50 line drawings. Inscribed by Smoot on the half-title page, "For John There is something about looking at the night sky that makes a person wonder Best Wishes George Smoot." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 62011
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First edition of Mark Twain's The American Claimant
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
The American Claimant.
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892.
First edition of Twain's comedy of mistaken identities with the publication date on both the title and copyright page. BAL 3434. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, frontispiece and 25 in-text illustrations by Dan Beard. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137138
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“Power does not alter a man's character. It merely reveals it": First Edition of Terra Nostra; Signed by Carlos Fuentes
FUENTES, Carlos.
Terra Nostra.
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1976.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows just the lightest of wear. Signed and dated by Carlos Fuentes. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 1325
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First edition of Kirk Douglas' Autobiography The Ragman's Son; inscribed by him to photographer Sally Soames
DOUGLAS, Kirk.
The Ragman’s Son: An Autobiography.
London: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
First edition of Kirk Douglas' insightful autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by him in the year of publication on the title page "To Sally - who never gets enough! - I hope I gave you what you want - affectionately, Kirk Douglas - 1988." 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…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 123711
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First Edition of Ernest Seton-Thompson's Lives of the Hunted; Inscribed by Him
SETON-THOMPSON, Ernest.
Lives of the Hunted.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, with over 200 drawings. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To S.D. Green with best wishes of Ernest Seton-Thompson." Seton Thompson has added a drawing of a bear paw. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 79038
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“Start with the end in mind": First Edition of The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
COVEY, Stephen R.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
First edition of this best-selling work, which has went on to sell more than 25 million copies. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Barry Littmann.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133401
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First edition of Albin Lesky's Greek Tragic Poetry; from the library of English classicist Bernard Knox with his ownership signature
LESKY, Albin. Translated by Matthew Dillon. [Bernard Knox].
Greek Tragic Poetry.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972.
First edition in English of Lesky's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the United States federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 134264
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The Incredible Giants
MEANY, Tom [Leo Durocher].
The Incredible Giants.
New York : A.S. Barnes and Company, 1955.
First edition of this work on the Giants. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my old pal, Al, Tom Meany." Additionally signed by baseball hall of famer Leo Durocher on the title page. Durocher was nicknamedLeo the Lip and Lippy, was a professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,008 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history. Durocher still ranks tenth in career wins by a manager. Near…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 120627
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First Edition of Wodehouse On Golf; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
Wodehouse On Golf.
New York: Doubleday, Doran& Co., Inc, 1940.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by Wodehouse. Octavo, original cloth. Contemporary name to the front free endpaper, very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 83456
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“When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you": The Power of Positive Thinking; Warmly Inscribed by Norman Vincent Peale
VINCENT PEALE, Norman.
The Power of Positive Thinking.
New York: Foundation For Christian Living, 1956.
Early printing of Norman Vincent Peale's enduring classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dr. Richard Shaw who with his great skill demonstrated the ideas in the book- Norman Vincent Peale 10/6/89." In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133991
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"And they said one to another, behold, this dreamer cometh": First edition of William Bradford Huie's He Slew the Dreamer; Signed by Him
HUIE, William Bradford. [Martin Luther King.
He Slew the Dreamer: My Search, With James Earl Ray, For the Truth About the Murder of Martin Luther King.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1970.
First edition of the sensational journalist's report on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William Bradford Huie on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wenk/Schwartz.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 121041