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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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First Edition of The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy; inscribed by Mario Cuomo to William Safire
CUOMO, Mario [William Safire].
The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1994.
First edition of the 52nd Governor of New York's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Bill Safire, One of our proud hoasts [sic] (but isn't there something wrong with that grammatically? Mario 1994." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He 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 Language” in…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 103423
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First Edition Henry James' The Question of our Speech From the Library of Carl Van Vechten
JAMES, Henry.
The Question of Speech and The Lessons of Balzac: Two Lectures.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905.
First edition of this publication of two notable speeches delivered by Henry James at Bryn Mawr College and the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia in 1905. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. From the library of Carl Van Vechten with his ownership signature to the front panel "Carl Van Vechten New York May 24 - 1919" and bookplate to the rear panel. Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and photographer, a major patron of the Harlem Renaissance, and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. In near fine condition. A unique example with noted provenance.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 80106
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Limited Edition Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail; Signed by Illustrator Thomas Hart Benton
PARKMAN, Francis. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton.
The Oregon Trail.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945.
Signed limited edition of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, pictorial title page, illustrated with numerous plates by Thomas Hart Benton. One of one thousand numbered copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the crown of the spine and a faint stain to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146546
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Uncorrected Proof of The Cage Keeper and Other Stories; Signed by Andre Dubus III
DUBUS III, Andre.
The Cage Keeper and Other Stories.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's first book, a well-received collection of stories. Octavo, original orange wrappers. Signed by Andre Dubus III on the title page. Review slip laid in. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 447
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"It is frankly devoted to man's crazy, triumphant return to the mud from which he came": First Edition of Charles Addams' Addams and Evil
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams]; Wolcott Gibbs.
Addams and Evil.
New York: Random House, 1947.
First edition of this classic collection of Addams’ cartoons. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Wolcott Gibbs.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147270
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First Edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Etc.
Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868.
First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Octavo, recased in the original publisher's dark green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with eighteen steel portraits, frontispiece portrait of Stowe. Second State with Frederick Douglass's name spelled correctly on the title page. BAL 19449. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142763
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"Robed with dark pines I saw beneath me spread Escorial's cloistered palace of the dead": First edition of John Addington Symonds' first published work The Escorial: A Prize Poem
SYMONDS, John Addington.
The Escorial. A Prize Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860.
Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860.
First edition of Symonds' first book, published when he was 20 years old. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 125596
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RARE FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM OF THE SCHOOL BUDGET; CONTAINING A LETTER FROM RUDYARD KIPLING AND CARICATURE OF HIM
KIPLING, Rudyard and Max Beerbohm.
The Budget: A Reprint of the Issues of May 14th and May 28th, 1898, Containing Contributions.
New York: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899.
First edition in book form of this small publication “published fortnightly by boys for boys” at the Horsmonden School Kent containing a letter from Rudyard Kipling with six “Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette” and a caricature of him by Max Beerbohm. 16mo, original half cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 123533
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Puzzles of the Black Widowers
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Puzzles of the Black Widowers: 12 More of the Master’s Best-Loved Mysteries.
New York: Doubleday, 1990.
First edition of the fifth book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Steinberg.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142339
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First edition of The Longevity Strategy; inscribed by David Mahoney to American journalist William Safire
MAHONEY, David and Richard Restak. Foreword by William Safire.
The Longevity Strategy: How to Live to 100 Using the Brain-Body Connection.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1998.
First edition of this "wise and compelling guide" (Stephen Covey). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by David Mahoney on the half-title page in the year of publication to William Safire, who contributed the foreword, "Feb 1998 To Bill not for what you are but for what you have made me. Gratefully, David." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew.…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135640
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First Edition of The Ink Truck; Signed by Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author William Kennedy
KENNEDY, William.
The Ink Truck.
New York: The Dial Press, 1969.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by William Kennedy on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 2622
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First Edition of The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast; finely bound in full polished calf
HALL, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast.
London: Arthur Hall, 1861.
First edition of Hall's description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138426
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First Edition of Leo Durocher's The Dodgers and Me: The Inside Story; Signed by Him
DUROCHER, Leo.
The Dodgers and Me: The Inside Story.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1948.
First edition of this work by the Hall of Famer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Leo Durocher on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121332
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First Edition of Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full; Inscribed by Him
WOLFE, Tom.
A Man In Full.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of this "masterpiece" (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe. Fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket art by Daniel Lee. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147378
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First Edition of Martin Mayer's The Bankers; Inscribed by Him
MAYER, Martin.
The Bankers.
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1974.
First edition of this exploration of the world of modern banking. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Charlie Malloy with regards and thanks- Martin Mayer." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 70059