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EACH OF BOB WOODWARD'S FOUR VOLUMES DOCUMENTING THE GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENCY, INSCRIBED BY HIM TO GENERAL COLIN POWELL
WOODWARD, Bob [Colin Powell].
Bush at War, Plan of Attack, State of Denial, and The War Within: A Secret White House History.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002-2008.
First editions of each volume, inscribed by Woodward to Colin Powell. Octavo, 4 volumes, original boards, illustrated. Bush at War is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Secretary Powell Very Respectfully Bob Woodward." Plan of Attack is signed by Bob Woodward on the front free endpaper. State of Denial is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Powell Best Wishes Bob." The War Within is inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Powell Volume IV Warmest regards Bob Woodward." Each are near fine to fine in near fine dust jackets. From the library of Colin Powell.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 140438
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First Editions of Rudyard Kipling's The First and Second Jungle Books
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan, 1894-95.
First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. A sharp example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 143467
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Rare December 29, 1975 Time Magazine Cover featuring a portrait of Mother Teresa; inscribed by her
BOJAXHIU, Mary Teresa. [Mother Teresa].
Mother Teresa Signed Time Magazine Cover.
New York: Time, December 29, 1975.
Rare cover from the December 29, 1975 issue of Time Magazine featuring a portrait of Mother Teresa by Bob Peak and inscribed by her, "God bless you M Teresa MC." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed with the original transmittal envelope inserted into a pocket on the verso of the frame showing the printed Missionaries of Charity return address and postmarked Bronx, 3 April 1986. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 14 inches.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133441
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First Edition of Francis Parkman's The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life
PARKMAN, Francis.
The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.
New York: George R. Putnam, 1849.
First edition, first issue of Parkman's classic account of his journey across North America on the Oregon Trail in the scarce original cloth, one of 1,000 copies issued in March 1849 (Howes, 97). Octavo, original cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles in sans-serif font to the spine, tissue guarded tinted lithographic frontispiece and vignette half title by Felix Octavius Carr Darley, with the ad leaf preceding the frontispiece present. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. From the libraries of famed bibliophile Joseph Halle Schaffner with his bookplate to the pastedown and newspaper publisher…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 117084
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"Who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Elizabeth M. Schneider's Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking; Inscribed by Schneider to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
SCHNEIDER, Elizabeth M. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
First edition of this seminal work in feminist legal activism. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "November 2000. For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire. With warm regards, Liz Schneider." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147156
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Finely Bound First Edition of Fads and Fancies
MANN, William d'Alton.
Fads and Fancies of Representative Americans at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Being a Portrayal of their Tastes, Diversions and Achievements.
New York: Town Topics Publishing Company, 1905.
First edition of this lavishly published work regarding New York's wealthy society at the time, including names such as John Jacob Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan and Henry Huntington. Folio, original full green morocco, elaborate tooling to the spine, front and back panels, green silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt. Illustrated hundreds of photogravures, all edges gilt. Signed by William Mann, the publisher of Town Topics. Includes sketches of Astor, Pell, Yerkes, Stanford White, Flagler, Schwab, Depew, C.P. Huntington, H.E. Huntington, Chanler, Cleveland, Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, Foxhall Keene, and many others. In fine condition. Housed in rare original felt-lined wooden…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 129391
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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 Edition of W.D. Gann's The Tunnel Thru the Air; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
GANN, William Delbert [W.D.].
The Tunnel Thru The Air or Looking Back from 1940.
New York: Financial Guardian Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition of this work by the legendary investor. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Robert Rend With all good wishes for the success of his new book sincerely W.D. Gann May 12, 1942." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the spine. Books signed and inscribed by W.D. Gann are rare.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 7387
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Official NBA Spalding Basketball; Signed by 13 Members of the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls Team, Including Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Scotty Pippen
JORDAN, Michael; Scotty Pippen; Steve Kerr; et al.
1997-98 Chicago Bulls Team Signed NBA Basketball.
Official NBA Spalding Basketball, boldly signed by 13 members of the 1997-98 NBA Champion Chicago Bulls including Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Scotty Pippen. Additionally accompanied by a James Spence Letter of Authentication. Housed in a custom acrylic case. This extremely rare multi-signed basketball signifies the end of the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990's and marks the conclusion of the legendary Michael Jordan's tenure with the team, leaving a significant impact on both the sport and the world.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145461
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First Editions of Joseph Campbell's Mythology Quartet; Warmly Inscribed by Him in each volume
CAMPBELL, Joseph.
Masks Of God Mythology Set: Primitive Mythology; Oriental Mythology; Occidental Mythology; Creative Mythology.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959-68.
First editions of each volume in the author's classic quartet which explores the roots of mythology. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copies, each volume is inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Elda and Irving with love and admiration Joseph Campbell." The recipients were close friends of Campbell's who made several documentaries in which Campbell was featured. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. The author's portrait has been clipped from the rear flaps of Masks Of God and Occidental Mythology. Jacket design by Frank Wilimczyk. A…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 136191
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Rare Signed Portrait of Ludwig Von Mises
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Ludwig Von Mises Signed Portrait.
1971.
Portrait of the influential Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises. Boldly signed, “August 27, 1971 Ludwig Mises.” The portrait measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 16.5 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 62034
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Rare First Edition, First Issue of Charles Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities
DICKENS, Charles.
A Tale of Two Cities.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859.
First edition, first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 130399
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Signed Limited Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad; Finely Bound
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Works of Joseph Conrad: Signed Limited Edition [Including Almayer’s Folly; An Outcast of the Islands; The Nigger of the Narcissus; Heart of Darkness; Lord Jim; Nostromo; The Secret Agent; Under Western Eyes].
London: William Heinemann, 1921-1927.
Signed limited edition of the complete works of Joseph Conrad, signed by Joseph Conrad on the limitation-page of Volume I. Octavo, 20 volumes, finely bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. One of 780 copies signed by Conrad. In near fine condition. A nice set.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 10004
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First Edition of Maurice Allais' Magnum Opus Economie & Interet; Inscribed by Him; From the Library of Kenneth Arrow
ALLAIS, Maurice (Kenneth J. Arrow).
Economie & Interet.
Paris: Imprimerie National, 1947.
First edition of Allais' groundbreaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Maurice Allais on the title page of volume one. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, with his name in each volume. In near fine condition with light shelfwear, minor mending to the first few pages of volume one. A nice association linking these two Nobel Prize winning-economists and giants of twentieth century economics.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 16078
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Fine nineteenth century oil painting of a View of the Birthplace of George Washington
[CHAPMAN, John Gadsby; George Washington].
View of the Birthplace of George Washington.
Rare nineteenth century oil painting after John Gadsby Chapman (New York/Italy, 1808-1889) depicting the birthplace of President George Washington in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Oil on canvas, the painting depicts the inlet of the Potomac River which divides the site of the Washington family home at Pope's Creek Plantation in the foreground from the Maryland shore and farmyard visible in the distance. A stone marker in the extreme foreground reads: "Here on the 22 February AD 1732 Geo Washington was Born." Likely an early copy of the engraving after John Gadsby Chapman's painting of the same scene, now in the collection…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145244
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"THE FIRST CASUAL PORTRAIT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT": Rare casual color portrait of the 1977 Burger Court; signed by nine supreme court justices
BURGER, Warren; John Paul Stevens; Lewis F. Powell Jr.; Harry A. Blackmun; William H. Rehnquist; Thurgood Marshall; Warren E. Burger; Wm J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart; Byron R. White.
Warren E. Burger Supreme Court Signed Photograph.
c. 1977.
Large color photograph of the Burger Court, signed by nine justices and referred to as "first casual portrait of the US Supreme Court." The full color photo print of the famed photograph taken on January 10, 1977 of the 9 US Supreme Court justices casually sitting or leaning on a set of library tables is signed in the lower margin, "John Paul Stevens," "Lewis F. Powell, Jr.," "Harry A. Blackmun," "William H. Rehnquist," "Thurgood Marshall," "Warren E. Burger," Wm J. Brennan, Jr.," "Potter Stewart," and "Byron R. White." The image measures 17 inches by 11.25 inches. The entire piece measures 20…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145513