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New York: Random House, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octodecimo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Very good in a very good dust. First editions are rare, especially signed.
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London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1930.
First edition of the second volume in Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket.
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New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of Liam O’Brien’s hit Broadway comedy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs of the original production. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed to him by two members of the original cast on the verso of the dedication page: Una Merkel, who played Aunt Jane Pennypacker, “To Alan, with deepest affection, Una,” and Glenn Anders,Continue reading "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker."
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New York: Random House, 1959.
First edition of this groundbreaking play, the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed and dated by Lorraine Hansberry on the front free endpaper. Early in April 1963, Hansberry was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was in and out of University HospitalContinue reading "A Raisin In the Sun."
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New York: Philosophical Library, 1950.
First edition of Einstein’s collection of social science-related articles, addresses and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with bumping and chipping to the rear panel.
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London: Siegle, Hill & Co., 1911.
Signed limited edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, reproduced in color from the manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe. Quarto, in the publisher’s original elaborately decorated full vellum, the front panel elaborately stamped in gilt with a peacock motif, gilt titles and a floral motif to the spine, brown giltContinue reading "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."
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Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1947.
First edition of the pioneering radio and television cooking personality Ida Bailey Allen’s guide to pressure cooking, inscribed by her. Octavo, original red gingham cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Cordially, Ida Bailey Allen.” Gathering 750 recipes and menus for the pressure cooker. Near fine in the rare original dustContinue reading "Pressure Cooking."
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New York: Standard Oil Trust, 1888.
Rare Standard Oil Trust stock certificate signed by both John D. Rockefeller and Henry Morrison Flagler. Partially printed document signed “J.D. Rockefeller” as President and “H.M. Flagler” as Secretary, numbered A1241 and dated the 9th of July, 1888, at the City of New York. A certificate for one hundred shares in Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust,Continue reading "John D. Rockefeller and Henry Morrison Flagler Signed Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate."
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London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1801.
First edition of one of the great narratives of North American exploration, a presentation copy inscribed by the author. Quarto, contemporary streaked calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled edges, engraved frontispiece portrait ofContinue reading "Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America."
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London: 1992-2002.
A remarkable collection of signed lithographs after the watercolours of King Charles III, produced during his years as Prince of Wales, together with related printer’s material and catalogues. A devoted amateur watercolourist, Charles allowed limited-edition lithographs of his paintings to be published from 1990 to raise funds for his charities, the prints struck by theContinue reading "Collection of Signed Lithographs by King Charles III."
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Madrid: Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1782.
Illustrated Ibarra edition of Cervantes’ masterpiece “which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English” (Bloom). Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full red morocco by Derome le jeune with gilt titles and tooling to the spines in six compartments within gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling with gilt armorial crests to the front and rearContinue reading "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha: Nueva Edicion, Corregida Por La Real Academia Española."
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910.
First edition, early printing of Muir’s beloved story of the little dog Stickeen and his perilous crossing of an Alaskan glacier. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. A.R. Sargent, with sincere regard, John Muir, June 7, 1911.” The recipient, Maria Cecelia de Acosta Sargent,Continue reading "Stickeen."
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Madrid: Viuda de Joaquin Ibarra, 1793.
First edition of the official Spanish account of the second expedition sent to complete the survey of the Strait of Magellan, printed by the celebrated press of the widow of Joaquín Ibarra. Quarto, written in Spanish, bound in contemporary tree calf, the spine gilt with a red morocco lettering piece, with folding engraved charts. CarriedContinue reading "Apendice a la Relacion del Viage al Magallanes."
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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1938.
First edition of this important collection of Churchill’s speeches. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Very good in a good dust jacket with toning and losses to the spine of the jacket and extremities.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of the twelfth novel of Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth, green patterned endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the half-title. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. A sharp example.
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1999.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 2001 Ridley Scott directed film starring Academy-Award-winning actors Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman, with a screenplay by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman and Steve Zaillian on the title page. Each signature was obtainedContinue reading "Hannibal."
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
First edition, first issue of Thackeray’s masterpiece. Octavo, handsomely bound in three-quarters morocco over green cloth boards with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges marbled, illustrated by the author. In very good condition.
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New York: The Monacelli Press, 2006.
First edition of this acclaimed fifth volume on the architectural history of New York. Thick quarto, original cloth, with over 1,800 color illustrations. Association copy, inscribed by Robert A.M. Stern to Chuck Close on the half-title page, “Robert A.M. Stern for Chuck Close 2010.” Chuck Close was an American painter and photographer renowned for hisContinue reading "New York 2000: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Bicentennial and the Millennium."
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
First edition, early printing of “the best history of oil ever written” (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Alita Paine, with congratulations on the 100th anniversary, appreciation for all your efforts – and allContinue reading "The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money, and Power."
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.
First edition of MacLeish’s verse drama. Octavo, original cloth-backed boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the director of the play on the front free endpaper, facing the dedication to the Greek poet George Seferis, “Dear Alan! This play (if you will acknowledge it) is so much yours that it seems ridiculous to ‘inscribe’Continue reading "Herakles."
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New York: Bradbury Press, 1970.
First edition of this landmark novel in the history of young adult literature. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Judy Blume on the second endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Eros Keith. First editions are rare, especially desirable signed.
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New York: Random House, 2007.
First edition, early printing of this work concentrating on outlier events. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the title page, “To Dave (congratulate Dana for her intuition). Nassim.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Thomas Beck Stvan. Jacket art by Photodisk/ Getty Images.
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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1949.
First edition of the pioneering anthropologist Cora Du Bois’s Social Forces in Southeast Asia, a remarkable association copy inscribed by her to her wartime colleagues and lifelong friends Julia and Paul Child. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed in pencil by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Julie and Paul – from CoraContinue reading "Social Forces in Southeast Asia."
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New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922.
First edition, second impression of the most influential poem of the twentieth century, with the ‘a’ dropped from “mountain” on page 41, and “water” with the ‘a’ on page 22. Octavo, original flexible black cloth lettered in gilt. One of 1000 numbered copies of the first edition, this is number 560.This first book edition wasContinue reading "The Waste Land."
Read more O'Brien, Liam [Alan Schneider; Una Merkel; Glenn Anders].
Fitzgerald, Edward. [Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe].
[Rockefeller, John D.; Henry Morrison Flagler].
Mackenzie, Alexander.
King Charles III. [HRH The Prince of Wales].
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.
Churchill, Winston S.
Stern, Robert A.M.; David Fishman; Jacob Tilove. [Chuck Close].
