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"Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do": First Edition of Carson Anne's Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
CARSON, Anne.
Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
First edition of “this amazing love story” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 146927
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"In nature nothing exists alone": Silent Spring; Signed by Edward O. Wilson
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
New York: Mariner Books, 2002.
Early printing of the 40th anniversary edition author's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Afterword by Edward O. Wilson. Introduction by Linda Lear. In fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137514
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; Finely Bound
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 140434
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144688
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145502
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, small ownership label to the front pastedown. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146417
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First Edition of Rachel Carson's Under the Sea-Wind
CARSON, Rachel L.
Under the Sea-Wind.
London: Staples Press Limited, 1952.
First British edition of Carson's first book and her personal favorite. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Rare.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125649
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“The sediments are a sort of epic poem of the earth": Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us; Inscribed by Him
CARSON, Rachel L.
The Sea Around Us.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1951.
First edition, early printing of Carson's classic second book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Inscribed for Ruth Y. Whyte with my best wishes. Rachel L. Carson." Near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Drawings by Katherine L. Howe.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 133801
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": FIRST EDITION OF KEEPING FAITH; INSCRIBED BY JIMMY CARTER TO LLOYD BENTSEN
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
First edition of the 39th President of the United States' memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by President Carter to former four-term United States Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen on a Presidential bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper, "To Lloyd Bentsen J. Carter." The recipient, Lloyd Millard Bentsen, ran as the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket and served as the the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton. As a primary architect of the Clinton economic plan, Bentsen contributed to a $500 billion reduction in the…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 119599
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": FIRST EDITION OF KEEPING FAITH; SIGNED BY JIMMY CARTER AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAROLD BROWN
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
First edition of the 39th President of the United States' memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jimmy Carter and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown on the title page. Brown was the U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force. In the last stages of the Cold War, as Secretary of Defense, he set the groundwork for the Camp David accords. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132220
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138018
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First Edition of Living Faith; Inscribed by Former President Jimmy Carter to General Colin Powell
CARTER, Jimmy [Colin Powell].
Living Faith.
New York: Times Books, 1996.
First edition of this biographical look at the life of a former United States President through a lens of faith and Scripture. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Jimmy Carter on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Powell Jimmy Carter." The recipient, General Colin Powell was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who was the first Black secretary of state. After Powell's resignation from his tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1993, President Clinton sent the newly-retired Powell, together with former President Jimmy Carter and Senator Sam Nunn, to visit…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146675
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Color photograph signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and President Jimmy Carter
CARTER, Jimmy and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Jimmy Carter Signed Photograph.
Color photograph of His Holiness the Dalai Lama warmly shaking the hand of President Jimmy Carter in 2002, signed by both. The two leaders met in 2002 and later 2005 during the American Himalayan Foundation’s annual dinner at San Francisco. Carter publicly expressed admiration several times for the Dalai Lama’s advocacy of peace and compassion as the voice of Tibet in the midst of decades of conflict with China. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 137343
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Photograph signed by President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Menachem Begin
CARTER, Jimmy and Menachem Begin.
Photograph Signed by Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin.
Photograph signed by President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Menachem Begin on the front panel. The photograph is of Carter and Begin in The White House with their cabinets. The photograph is stamped on the rear panel, "Official Photograph, The White House." Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 13 inches. In fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123824
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First Edition of The International Bill of Human Rights; Signed by Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari
CARTER, Jimmy; Martti Ahtisaari .
The International Bill of Human Rights.
Glen Allen: Entwhistle Books, 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari, To John Martti Ahtisaari Mattias. In fine condition. Foreword by Jimmy Carter. Afterword by Adolfo Perez Esquivel. Introduction by Tom J. Farer.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133644
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First Edition of The Sixteenth Round; Lenghtily Inscribed by Rubin Hurricane Carter and Signed by Bob Dylan
CARTER, Rubin "Hurricane" [Bob Dylan].
The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472.
New York: Viking Press, 1974.
First edition of this exceedingly powerful account of 'Hurricane' Carter's battle with the American legal system. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "June 1st 1975 M'Lady Roberta Felson: Now the reason why I used the sub-title of 'M'Lady' - is because you have got to be a Queen ... because your husband, Milt, is definitely a King! And on this - the Queen's once-a-year birthday - the entire Carter-clan wishes you the very best of everything that this wonderful life has to offer. So from me to you - although I…
Price: $18,500.00 Item Number: 146630