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“WHEN YOU COME TO A FORK IN THE ROAD, TAKE IT”: Signed Limited Edition of My Favorite Summer 1956; Signed by Mickey Mantle
MICKEY MANTLE & PHIL PEPE,.
My Favorite Summer 1956.
New York: Doubleday, 1991.
Signed limited first edition of this exciting baseball reminiscence by the legendary baseball player. Octavo, original leather, illustrated. Boldly signed by Mickey Mantle in gold ink on the front panel. In fine condition. Uncommon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 131304
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First Edition of Martin Gilbert's Churchill: A Life; Inscribed by Him
GILBERT, Martin.
Churchill: A Life.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991.
First edition of this "masterpiece of scholarship" (The Guardian). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To David A. Rezneck with the author's regards Martin Gilbert." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Karsh. Jacket design Raquel Jaramillo.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142433
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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 Jennifer all the best! P.J. O'Rourke 6/2/91." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133079
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First Edition of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Nadir Jose Saramago 10.28.2008." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140786
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Collection of Four Supreme Court Ruling Pamphlets; signed by justices Harry A. Blackmun, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and David Souter
BLACKMUN, Harry A.; Stephen Breyer; Elena Kagan; David Souter.
Supreme Court Justice Signed Pamphlet Collection.
Washington, D.C.: 1991-2015.
Rare collection of four typescript Supreme Court ruling pamphlets signed by Harry A. Blackmun (Diane Griffin v. United States: December 3, 1991), David Souter (William "Sky King v. St. Vincent's Hospital: December 16, 1991), Stephen Breyer (Kingsley v. Hendrickson et al: June 22, 2015), and Elena Kagan (Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment: June 22, 2015). In fine condition. A fine collection of signatures offering first-hand insight into each justice's manner of reasoning.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 122987
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First Edition of A Life of Picasso: Volume I 1881-1906; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully [Pablo Picasso].
A Life of Picasso: Volume I 1881-1906.
New York: Random House, 1991.
First edition of the first volume in Richardson’s four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original cream pictorial cloth, frontispiece portrait of Picasso in charcoal, illustrated with about 900 black and white drawings and paintings throughout. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rochelle Udell and Wynn Dan. Author photograph by David Bailey. Rare signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146213
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Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Harry Markowitz
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.
Portfolio Selection.
Cambridge: Blackwell, 1991.
Second edition of the economist's ground breaking work. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author, "Dear Mike: Thank you for your interest and attention. Best Wishes Harry Markowitz." In near fine condition, without the dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2688
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Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth; Inscribed by Richard Rorty
RORTY, Richard.
Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Later printing of these papers by the famed philosopher. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Richard Rorty on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144896
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Original Playbill from the May 1991 performance of The Caretaker; Signed by Harold Pinter, Colin Firth, and Donald Pleasence
PINTER, Harold.
Original The Caretaker Playbill.
London: Proscenium Publications, 1991.
Original Playbill from the May 1991 performance of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker performed at the Alhambra Theatre. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Rehearsal photographs by Ivan Kynci. Signed by Harold Pinter, Colin Firth, and Donald Pleasence. In near fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 88116
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SIGNED BY FIVE PRESIDENTS AND SIX FIRST LADIES
REAGAN, Ronald; Nancy Reagan; Lady Bird Johnson; Richard Nixon; Pat Nixon; Gerald Ford; Betty Ford; Jimmy Carter; Rosalynn Carter; George H. W. Bush; Barbara Bush.
Five Presidents and Six First Ladies Signed Photograph.
1991.
Rare color photograph taken upon the occasion of the opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on November 4, 1991. Mounted with a gilt presidential seal, the mount is signed by Lady Bird Johnson, Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Barbara Bush. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 16.5 inches.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 141058
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Illustrated Edition of The Discoverers; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin to his Neighbors in the Year of Publication
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to know his World and Himself.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1991.
First illustrated edition of this classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper in the year of publication of both volumes. Volume one's inscription reads "For Hope and Sam- good friends, good neighbors- with affection from Dan Oct. 14, 1991." Volume two's inscription reads, "For Hope and Sam- with affection over many years from Dan Oct. 14, 1991." Both volumes are in fine condition, as is the slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5026
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First Edition of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Jose Saramago 1.2006." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133715
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First Edition of Saul bellow's Something to Remember Me By; Inscribed by Him to Sally Soames
BELLOW, Saul.
Something to Remember Me By. Three Tales. The Bellarosa Connection, A Theft, Something To Remember Me By.
New York: The Viking Press, 1991.
First edition of this trio of short works by the Nobel laureate and “greatest writer of American prose of the twentieth century” (James Wood, The New Republic). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally Soames, Saul Bellow Chicago Oct 10 '91." 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…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 118778
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Rare first edition pamphlet of The Impact of War on Iraq; signed by Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician Martti Ahtisaari
AHTISAARI, Martti.
The Impact of War on Iraq: Report to the Secretary-General on Humanitarian Needs in Iraq in the Immediate Post-Crisis Environment by a Mission to the Area Led by Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management, Dated 20 March 1991.
Westfield, New Jersey: Open Magazine Pamphlet Series, 1991.
First edition of Pamphlet #7 of the Open Magazine Pamphlet Series; inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Finnish leader Martti Ahtisaari. Tall octavo, original wrapper, inscribed by Ahtisaari on the title page, "To John, Martti Ahtisaari." In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 117046
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First Edition of Brian Wilson's Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story; inscribed by him, Todd Gold, and Dr. Eugene Landy
WILSON, Brian with Todd Gold.
Wouldn’t It Be Nice: My Own Story.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.
First edition of Brian Wilson's candid autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Brian Wilson on the half-title page, "To Glen Brian Wilson", signed by Todd Gold on the title page and inscribed by Dr. Eugene Landy on the dedication page, "To Glenn Eugene E. Landy." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. American psychotherapist Dr. Eugene E. Landy was best known for his unconventional psychological treatments, especially for his treatment of Wilson in the 1970s and…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 119333
