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"I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking": First Edition of Breakfast of Champions; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of Vonnegut's classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth, with drawings by the author. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Giusti.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 134681
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First Edition of Daniel Libeskind's Breaking Ground; Signed by Him and twice by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
LIBESKIND, Daniel.
Breaking Ground.
New York: Riverhead Books, 2004.
First edition of the famed architect's autobiography. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Daniel Libeskind on the title page. Additionally signed twice by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front jacket panel and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122771
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First Edition of Breaking the Spell: Religion As A Natural Phenomenon; Inscribed by Daniel C. Dennett
DENNETT, Daniel C.
Breaking the Spell: Religion As A Natural Phenomenon.
New York: Viking, 2006.
First edition of this “crystal-clear, constantly engaging work” (Jared Diamond). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For Annie Daniel C. Dennett 3/6/23." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145504
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"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations; Signed by Him
DAYAN, Moshe.
Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
First edition of this work by Dayan. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony. From the library of Herbert A. Friedman with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. Friedman was a Reform rabbi who served as the CEO of the United Jewish Appeal and was the founding president of the Wexner Heritage Foundation. He inspired the Wexner Heritage Program seminars, which have now been educating Jewish community leaders for over two decades. He co-founded the foundation in 1985 with Leslie Wexner,…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133918
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First Edition of Roger D. Hunt and Jack R. Brown's Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue
HUNT, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown.
Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.
Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990.
First edition of Hunt and Brown's monumental compilation of biographical sketches of Union brevet brigadier generals in the Civil War. Quarto, original cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with portraits. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133074
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First American Edition of Brian Wildsmith's ABC; Signed by Him
WILDSMITH, Brian.
Brian Wildsmith’s ABC.
New York: Franklin Watts Inc, 1963.
First American edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed by Brian Wildsmith on the title page. Some rubbing to the bottom cloth and a bookplate to the inner front panel, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 29082
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“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all": First Edition of Brideshead Revisited; Signed by Evelyn Waugh
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Brideshead Revisited.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1945.
First edition of Waugh's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Evelyn Waugh on the title page. Waugh issued a pre-publication edition of the novel in a run of 50 copies. These were printed and specially bound to distribute among friends for Christmas and to solicit any revisions. Several changes were made as a result of his friends' comments, including suggested alterations by Fr. Martin D'Arcy, Cyril Connolly, and Nancy Mitford. A letter from Graham Greene, Waugh's friend and recipient of one of the 50 copies had indicated that Waugh may have only inscribed 19 of the 50 copies (Jeffrey…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 145489
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“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all": First Edition of Brideshead Revisited; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Brideshead Revisited.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1945.
First edition of Waugh's masterpiece. 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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Inscribed for John Maloney by Evelyn Waugh December 1959" on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147460
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First American trade edition of Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece Brideshead Revisited
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Brideshead Revisited.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946.
First American trade edition of Waugh's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Lester M. Peterson.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 124337
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Bridge to Terabithia; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
Early printing of the author's first Newbery-Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Kay, Katherine Paterson 10/16/93." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138127
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Bridge to Terabithia; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
Early printing of the author's first Newbery-Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Karen, Katherine Paterson 1/29/92." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137988
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"Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open": First Edition of Bridge to Terabithia; Lengthily Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
First edition of the author's first Newbery-Award winning classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For ___ ____- 'Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open.' Katherine Paterson 9/3/22 *From the movie script by David Paterson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 135413
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Bridge to Terabithia; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
Early printing of the author's first Newbery-Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Patti, Katherine Paterson 1/26/82." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122421
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"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow": First edition of Aldous Huxley's Brief Candles; Signed by Him
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Brief Candles.
New York: The Fountain Press, 1930.
First edition and signed limited edition of Huxley's fifth collection of short fiction. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the half-title page. In very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 143082
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First edition of Aldous Huxley's Brief Candles
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Brief Candles.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930.
First English edition of the author's fifth collection of short fiction. Octavo, original red boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145277
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Dick Cavett's Brief Encounters; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
CAVETT, Dick. Foreword by Jimmy Fallon [William Safire].
Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
First edition, early printing of Cavett's engaging memoir. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Tom & Bill - Dick Cavett." The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs including…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133039