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"Earthrise, Christmas 1968": Official NASA Apollo 8 'Earthrise' Photograph Signed by James Lovell and Frank Borman
LOVELL, James and Frank Borman.
James Lovell and Frank Borman Inscribed ‘Earthrise’ NASA Photograph.
1968.
Official NASA photograph of 'Earthrise.' Glossy, color photograph of the Earth as seen from space by the Apollo 8 crew after performing lunar orbit insertion burn, NASA caption text and Kodak watermarks to the verso of the photograph, signed by Frank Borman in silver ink, "Frank Borman Apollo 8 CDR," and James Lovell, "James Lovell Apollo 8 CMP," who additionally signed "Earthrise, Christmas 1968" above his signature. In fine condition with fading to the NASA text on the verso. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 145373
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"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls": Rare Signed Limited Edition of Picasso de 1916 a 1961; Signed by both Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau and containing 22 original lithographs by Picasso
PICASSO, Pablo and Jean Cocteau.
Picasso de 1916 a 1961.
Monaco: Editions du Rocher, 1962.
Signed limited folio edition of original lithographs by Pablo Picasso reproducing his major works between 1916 and 1961, and produced by Jean Cocteau upon the occasion of Picasso's 80th birthday. One of only 199 copies signed by both Picasso and Cocteau, this is number 46. Folio, loose leaves as issued in the original pictorial wrappers, lithographic frontispiece and 22 original lithographs by Picasso, 6 of which are full page and 2 of which are double-page. In fine condition. Housed in the original vellum-backed portfolio with gilt titles to the spine and original slipcase. Rare and desirable linking two great artists…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 94703
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"Along with most of my fellow fliers, I believed that aviation had a brilliant future. Now we live, today, in our dreams of yesterday; and, living in those dreams, we dream again": The Spirit of St. Louis; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
The Spirit of St. Louis.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.
First edition, early printing of Lindbergh's autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146307
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Limited Edition de Luxe of Frank Samuel Child's An Old New England Town; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
CHILD, Frank Samuel [William Tecumseh Sherman].
An Old New England Town: Sketches of Life, Scenery, Character.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.
Limited edition de Luxe of this sketch of Old New England towns; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling in six compartments within gilt raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Judge Roger M. Sherman, illustrated with tissue-guarded black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper. One of three hundred copies, this is number 146. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146273
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First Edition of Why We Can't Wait; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KING, Jr..
Why We Can’t Wait.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.
First edition of Dr. King's third book, including his reflections on his 1963 Birmingham campaign. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146312
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First Edition of A Life In Our Times; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
A Life In Our Times.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981.
First edition of Galbraith's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine, autographed sticker to the front panel.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146272
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott .
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1987.
First edition of this classic collection of the words of Dr. King, selected by Coretta Scott King. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. & Mrs. Charles Martin with love and warmest good wishes, Coretta Scott King," beneath Florine B. Martin's mail address label. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146270
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"Part of life's mystery depends on future possibilities": BUZZ ALDRIN lunar module PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY MICHAEL COLLINS
COLLINS, Michael.
Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Oversized Photograph.
Oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad. Glossy color oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad on the surface of the moon. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins, "Michael Collins Apollo XI CMP." In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145790
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"Part of life's mystery depends on future possibilities": BUZZ ALDRIN LUNAR MODULE EAGLE OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY MICHAEL COLLINS
COLLINS, Michael.
Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Eagle Oversized Photograph.
Oversized photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin and the Lunar Module Eagle. Glossy color oversized photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin working next to the Lunar Module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission, with the Solar Wind Composition Experiment and the American flag visible to the left side. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins, "Michael Collins Apollo XI CMP." In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145781
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First Edition of A Beruházások Matematikai Programozása [Mathematical Programming of Investments]; Inscribed by János Kornai
KORNAI, János.
A Beruházások Matematikai Programozása. [Mathematical Programming of Investments].
Budapest: Közgazdasági és Jogi Könyvkiadó, 1962.
First edition of this economic work. Octavo, original light blue cloth, illustrated with graphs and a folding chart at the rear. Presentation copy, inscribed in Hungarian by the author on the title page. In very good condition with some sunning to the spine and a single page detached. A rare example. WorldCat locates nine copies in total: three apiece in Hungary and the US, two in Germany, and one in Switzerland.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146268
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Rare First Editions Of Mastering The Art Of French Cooking Volumes 1 & 2; Both volumes signed by Julia Child and volume one is signed by Simone Beck
CHILD, Julia; Simone Beck; Louisette Bertholle.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volumes 1 & 2.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961-70.
First editions of both volumes of this classic cook book. Quarto, 2 volumes, original illustrated boards. Volume one is boldly signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the title page. Volume two is signed by Julia Child on the title page. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Drawings by Paul Child. Typography, binding and jacket design by Warren Chappell. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional set, rare signed in both volumes and in this condition.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 146310
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First Edition of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Scherz, List und Rache [Jest, Cunning, and Revenge]
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von.
Scherz, List und Rache. [Jest, Cunning, and Revenge].
Leipzig: Bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1790.
First edition of this libretto in the original German. Octodecimo, in wrappers. In near fine condition with very light toning. Housed in a custom folding chemise and half cloth case. Rare.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145573
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Rare 19th century autograph album containing the signatures of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, Rutherford B. Hayes, and numerous governors, senators, and cabinet members
[LINCOLN, Abraham; James Buchanan; Ulysses S. Grant; Rutherford B. Hayes; Andrew Johnson; Franklin Pierce.
Presidential Autograph Album Containing the Signatures of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant and Others.
[1877-1880].
Unique 19th-century autograph album containing the signatures of six American presidents, fifteen senators, several cabinet members, and governors including Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, James Buchanan, and Franklin Pierce. Narrow quarto, bound in one quarter period dark brown cloth over stiff marbled wrappers, the autograph album is a repurposed 19th-century caucus record, dating from ca. 1870. The caucus book is alphabetically tab-indexed and filled out in ink, voters are tracked by their name with caucus results appearing in the back. Although this is labeled “Ward 5” in the first page, the term "Ward" was flexible in its usage. This could…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 146562
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"Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings": First Edition of George Eliot's Silas Marner; In the Rare and Preferred Carter's A Publisher's Binding
ELIOT, George.
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.
First edition of Eliot's third novel, widley praised as her greatest in the preferred Carter's binding "A." Octavo, original embossed russet cloth (Carter's binding "A") with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, recased, pale yellow endpapers, Blackwood and Carlyle advertisements at rear which only appear in some copies. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146538
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“A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnanimity": First Edition of Frederick Douglass' My Bondage and Freedom
DOUGLASS, Frederick .
My Bondage and Freedom.
New York & Auburn: Miller, Orton, & Mulligan, 1855.
Rare first edition of Douglass' second autobiography. Octavo, original publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with three engraved plates including tissued-engraved frontispiece from the classic daguerreotype of Douglass engraved by John Chester Buttre. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities, toning to the frontispiece and its tissue-guard. A very nice example, rare in the original publisher's cloth which is completely free of restoration or repairs.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 146541
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Pierre-André Gargaz's A Project of Universal and Perpetual Peace; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
GARGAZ, Pierre-André [William Tecumseh Sherman].
A Project of Universal and Perpetual Peace.
New York: George Simpson Eddy, 1922.
Early edition of this treatise on universal peace; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Small octavo, original half cloth, uncut, illustrated with documents in facsimile. P.T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. In near fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase which is in very good condition with slight rubbing to the extremities. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P.T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145879