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“After a leisurely slide into second, Joe bounced to his feet, looked at Marichal, shrugged, smiled, and spread his arms as if to say, "You throw at me, I'll make you pay": First Edition of John Grisham's Calico Joe; Inscribed by Him
GRISHAM, John .
Calico Joe.
New York: Doubleday, 2012.
First edition of this novel which The Washington Post wrote, "knocks it out of the park." Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Michael Cole- Best Wishes John Grisham." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana. Author photograph by Jonas Karlsson.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 118914
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First Edition of James Watson's Girls, Genes, and Gamow; Signed by Him
WATSON, James D.
Girls, Genes, and Gamow.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of the "essential coda to The Double Helix” (The Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by James Watson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 122699
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First edition of Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman's Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy
GROSSMAN, Gene M. and Elhanan Helpman.
Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991.
First edition of the economists' groundbreaking work on trade theory. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Purnima Sahgal.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 128384
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First Edition of Louise Meriwether's Daddy Was A Number Runner
MERIWETHER, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin.
Daddy Was A Number Runner.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1970.
First edition of this modern classic “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem" (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by James Baldwin. Very good in a good dust jacket, name blacked out on the front pastedown and number to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Cuevas.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145875
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First Edition of Morley Cooper's Cruising to Florida Via the Intercoastal Waterway
COOPER, Morley.
Cruising to Florida Via the Intracoastal Waterway.
New York: Whittlesey House/ McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1946.
First edition of this early work on the intracoastal waterways. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 140263
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First edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Land of the Mist
DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
The Land of the Mist.
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd, [1926].
First edition of the third novel in the author's Professor Challenger series. Octavo, original publishers cloth. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 140202
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Johann Gottfried Herder's Ausgewahlte Dichtungen
HERDER, Johann Gottfried .
Herder’s Ausgewahlte Dichtungen.
Stuttgart: J. G. Gotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1874.
Rare 19th century printing of Herder's selected poems. Small octavo, original cloth. Text in German. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 128406
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First edition of H. A. Tapp's United Services College 1874-1911. A Short Account of Rudyard Kipling's Old School at Westward Ho! containing Rudyard Kipling’s The Song of the Exiles
TAPP, Major H. A. Preface by Major-General L. C. Dunsterville. [Rudyard Kipling].
United Services College 1874-1911. A Short Account of Rudyard Kipling’s Old School at Westward Ho!
Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd., [1933].
First edition of Tapp's history of Westward Ho! College with Kipling's The Song of the Exiles. Quarto, original boards with gilt titles to the front panel, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121048
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First Edition of The Salvation Army British Empire Exhibition Handbook
[KIPLING, Rudyard].
The Salvation Army British Empire Exhibition Handbook.
New York: St. Albans, 1924.
First edition of this article with this title. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Appearing on pp. 17-18 is a first appearance article by Rudyard Kipling titled Empire Building. It appeared in 1909 with no title and in 1913 with the title Give the Second Eleven a Chance. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. Stewart 722
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132448
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First Edition of Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras; Signed by Phil Pepe
FORD, Whitey with Phil Pepe; Foreword by Yogi Berra.
Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras.
Chicago: Triumph Books, 2001.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on the Yankees. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Phil Pepe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, sticker to the front panel. Foreword by Yogi Berra.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145762
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"The vultures. They take the low road. They may wear suits, be articulate": James B. Stewart's Disney War; Inscribed by Him
STEWART, James B.
Disney War.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
Early printing of this incredibly enthralling exposé on one of America's most powerful entertainment companies. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Fred, James B. Stewart." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147019
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"You know as well as you sit there that you'd put a pistol-ball into your brain if you had written my books!" First Edition of Henry James' The Lesson of the Master
JAMES, Henry.
The Lesson of the Master.
New York and London: Macmillan & Co, 1892.
First edition of this novella, which tells the story of a young writer, Paul Overt, who meets Henry St. George, a famous novelist Overt admires. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the title page. A very sharp example with the spine gilt fresh.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 78023
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Winston Churchill's Acclaimed autobiography A Roving Commission: My Early Life
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A Roving Commission: My Early Life.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941.
New American edition of Churchill’s acclaimed autobiography, recounting the first 25 years of his life. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Introduction by Dorothy Thompson. Good in a good dust jacket with chipping to the spine and extremities. Full-page gift inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145062
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First edition of Jack Valenti's Protect and Defend; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
VALENTI, Jack. [William Safire].
Protect and Defend.
New York: Doubleday, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf, "To Helen and Bill dear, dear loving friends. Read - enjoy! Jack Valenti." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and 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…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 133043
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"A wickedly gay and irrepressible book about a bishop, young love and a nudist colony": Thorne Smith's The Bishop's Jaegers
SMITH, Thorne.
The Bishop’s Jaegers.
Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1932.
First Sun Dial Press edition of Smith's wildly hilarious comic romp, preceded by the first edition published by Doubleday, Doran & Company in the same year. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by Roese. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 109968
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First Edition of Apocalypse Watch; Inscribed by Robert Ludlum
LUDLUM, Robert.
Apocalypse Watch.
New York: Bantam, 1995.
First edition of this work by the author of The Bourne Identity. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "For Peter Happy Birthday, Peter And my best Robert Ludlum 6.19.95." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 822