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London : Unicorn, 2022.
First edition of this illustrated memoir by a master of portraiture. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. In fine condition.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
First edition, early printing of the economist’s classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, no dust jacket was issued. In near fine condition.
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London : Hodder and Stoughton LTD, 1929.
First edition of this classic adventure thriller. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, illustrated with a map. In near fine condition.
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Shanghai : Kelly & Walsh/ Printed and Published for the Shanghai Municipal Council, 1921.
First edition of this early comprehensive English-language account of Shanghai’s transformation from a regional port into a major international city. Royal octavo, original publisher’s black cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of a folding plate of “The Bund”, illustrated with numerous black and white plates and folding maps. In nearContinue reading "The History of Shanghai."
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New York : Scribner, 2006.
First edition of this novel by the author of Carrie. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.
First edition of this sharply observed contemporary American novel of the modern West. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket design and illustration by Fred Marcellino. Author photograph by Bruce Weber.
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New York : Armistad, 2007.
First edition of this early Obama biography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama in person in Keene, New Hampshire in full on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. We have never seen another full signature in this title.
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London : Robt. Riviere & Son, LTD, 1928.
Special edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with paper titles to the spine, printed on Studio hand-made paper, reprinted from Fitzgerald’s translation published in 1859. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
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London : Pluto Press, 1978.
First edition of this satirical work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Dario Fo on the half-title page. In good condition, with notes and highlighting. Adapted Robert Walker and Bill Colvill. Translated by Lino Pertile.
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 1981.
First edition of this classic collection of writings by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Christopher- with my best wishes- Robert E. Lucas Jr.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael McPherson.
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Jack Kerouac’s personally owned Hermes 3000 typewriter user’s manual and repair slip, which he used to compose most of his 1968 autobiographical novel Vanity of Duluoz. The manual is rectangular duodecimo, nine pages with a fold-out specification diagram, detailing machine preparation, general typing rules, maintenance, changing the ribbon, and the tabulator. The repair slip, issuedContinue reading "Jack Kerouac’s Personally Owned Hermes 3000 Typewriter Manual and Repair Slip."
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London : Printed and Sold By All the Booksellers, 1792.
Rare early printing of Thomas Paine’s landmark work. Duodecimo, bound in half-calf over cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within tooled bands, morocco spine label, all edges stained red. In near fine condition with some light toning to the text.
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.
Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s American big game epic. Octavo, bound in three-quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine in two compartments in raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece, withContinue reading "The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle."
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New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934.
First American edition of this children’s classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 27 line cuts (13 full-page) and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard. Boldly signed by P.L. Travers on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a small repair to the spine. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of the author’s first collection of children’s poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. With a signed slip of paper boldly signed by Shel Silverstein laid in. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Rare Official National League baseball signed by 25 members of the 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers. Signed by Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Andy Pafko, Carol Erskine, Ralph Branca, and George Pfister. The signatures of Chuck Dressen, Pee Wee Reese, Dick Williams, Duke Snider, Billy Loes, and Preacher Roe have been deemed clubhouse versions. In fineContinue reading "1952 Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball."
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London : J.M. Dent, 1980.
First edition of the author’s classic novel and one that has went on to sell over 10 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Robin Jacques. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Jamie Lynne Reid Banks ‘But what shall I do with the cupboard? Omri asked desperately ‘LeaveContinue reading "The Indian In The Cupboard."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.
First edition of this collection of short stories by the National Book-Award winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Stone on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
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London : Collins, 1958.
First edition of the first book in the Paddington series. 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. SignedContinue reading "A Bear Called Paddington."
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Rare original engraving of the Supreme Court signed by eight Supreme Court justices. Boldly signed by Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor. Thurgood Marshall is autopen. In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches byContinue reading "Supreme Court Justices Signed Engraving."
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Washington, D.C : Created by the 1981 Inaugural Book Committee, 1981.
First limited edition of this commemorative publication documenting the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan. Quarto, original red leather with gilt titles to the spine, gilt stamped vignette of the presidential seal to the front panel, gilt stamped vignette of the inauguration seal to the rear panel, gilt stamped with the names of the recipients toContinue reading "A Great New Beginning: The 1981 Inaugural Story."
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Washington, D.C : United States Government Printing Office, 1961-1966.
First editions of the complete set of Truman’s papers from 1945-1953. Imperial octavo, eight volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, frontispieces. Presentation copy, inscribed by President Truman in the fifth volume 1949 on the half-title page, “Kindest regards to Georgia & Andy Gray, from Harry S. Truman, 3-2-65.” The recipient, Georgia NeeseContinue reading "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 Volumes I – VIII Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the Presidents."
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New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow author Peter Matthiessen, “For Peter Thank you! with warm regards Louis Menand.” From the library of National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. TheContinue reading "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America."
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London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry, 1791.
First edition, first issue of both volumes of the most celebrated biography in the English language, which was published on May 16, 1791 in a print run of only 1,750 copies. Quarto, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson, engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua ReynoldsContinue reading "The Life of Johnson."
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Roosevelt, Theodore
Robinson, Jackie; Roy Campanella; Gil Hodges; Andy Pafko; Carol Erskine; Ralph Branca; George Pfister; et al
Burger, Warren E.; William J. Brennan Jr.; Byron R. White; Harry A. Blackmun; Lewis F. Powell; William H. Rehnquist; John Pail Stevens; Sandra Day O'Connor
[Reagan, Ronald; Nancy Reagan]
Truman, Harry S. [Georgia Neese Clark Gray]
Menand, Louis [Peter Matthiessen]
