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New York : The Viking Press, 1939.
First edition of this pivotal Pulitzer prize-winning novel, with “First Published in April 1939” on the copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, pictorial endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Housed in a custom half moroccoContinue reading "The Grapes of Wrath."
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Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963.
First edition of this autobiography of Edward Steichen, documenting his pioneering career as one of the 20th century’s most influential photographers. Square quarto, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 249 black-and-white plates, including still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Association copy, inscribed by Edward Steichen onContinue reading "A Life in Photography."
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Rare original Batman sketch signed by cartoonist and co-creator Bob Kane. One page, heavyweight off-white cardstock, in fine point black marker. Sketch of Batman in his superhero suit and wearing his iconic bat cowl. Boldly signed by Bob Kane underneath. In fine condition. The piece measures 5.25 inches by 7.5 inches.
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London : Tilt and Bogue, 1842.
First edition of George Cruikshank‘s Omnibus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Wood of London with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and floral detailing to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with an engravedContinue reading "George Cruikshank’s Omnibus."
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London : Faber & Faber, 1967.
First paperback edition (issued simultaneously in hardback) of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Academy Award-winning actor Gary Oldman on the front free endpaper. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) is the sole directorial effort of Sir Tom Stoppard, who adapted his own celebrated 1966 absurdist play for the screen, reasoning, asContinue reading "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.
First edition of Benjamin Graham’s seminal work on investing, widely regarded as one of the most influential works on value investing ever written, with the code D-Y on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket with $3.50 price and “Editor of Barron’s” to the front flap. AssociationContinue reading "The Intelligent Investor."
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San Francisco : Harper Collins, 1993.
First edition in English of Coelho’s classic work, which has been translated into over 70 languages. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Henry, love is the guide and the road, Paulo Coelho.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michele Wetherbee. Translated by AlanContinue reading "The Alchemist."
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New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936 and 1939.
First edition of this comprehensive academic work on the cultural, social, and economic evolution of the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. Octavo, two volumes, cartographic and pictorial endpapers, frontispieces, illustrated with photographs and maps. In very good condition, inscriptions to the front free endpapers and annotations.
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1928.
First edition, second printing of this comprehensive, accessible survey of Roman history from the city’s founding to the late Empire. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with maps. In very good condition, signature to the front pastedown.
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New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1891.
First edition of this classic historical biography detailing Julius Caesar’s life, political rise, and military career. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, floral endapers, linen repairs at hinges, with illustrations and maps. In very good condition, bookplate to the front free endpaper, University Club stamps to the second free endpaper and title page.
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Danbury, New Hampshire : Addison House, 1978.
First edition of this autobiography of Lotte Jacobi, exploring her journey from running a premier Berlin studio to becoming a renowned photographer of cultural icons in New York. Square quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with a curated selection of her iconic portraits and photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the book’s designer Carl Zahn on theContinue reading "Lotte Jacobi."
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New York : The Library of America, 2000.
First edition of the Library of America compilations of the works fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald from 1920-1922. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, pictorial endpapers, silk ribbon bound in. Signed by Jackson R. Bryer on the colophon. Bryer is a Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Maryland and the co-founder and president ofContinue reading "F. Scott Fitzgerald. Novels and Stories 1920-1922: This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, The Beautiful and Damned, and Tales of the Jazz Age."
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Prints of Beethoven‘s belles. Three reproduction prints of Beethoven‘s belles, two in color, framed together as one. Matted and framed with gilt to the cut edges of the mat. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.75 inches by 14.75 inches.
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New York : William Morrow and Company, 1936.
First edition of this classic yachting work, a richly illustrated history of major blue-water yacht races from 1866 to 1935, chronicling the development of competitive ocean racing and the personalities, vessels, and maritime traditions that shaped the sport. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth stamped in blind and gilt, frontispiece by Morris Rosenfeld, illustrated with track chartsContinue reading "Ocean Racing: The Great Blue-Water Yacht Races 1866-1935."
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London : Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1936.
First edition of this tale of poison. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Nina Miller Davidson. Scarce in the rare original dust jacket.
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Dallas, Texas : Matt Holt Books, 2023.
First edition of renowned musician, musical director, and rock star Mark Rivera’s revealing memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by Mark Rivera on the half-title page with a modern peace sign. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brigid Pearson.
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Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, 2009.
First edition, second printing of the 50th anniversary edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Bullen. Accompanied by an autograph note initialed by the author on their personalized stationery laid in.
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c. 1960.
Rare photograph of a North American X-15 aircraft signed by Neil Armstrong and Robert White. Color matte photograph of Neil Armstrong, fellow-test pilot Robert White, and four others posing in front of a North American X-15 aircraft. Boldly signed along the lower margin below their figures “Neil Armstrong” and “Robert M. White,” respectively. The groupContinue reading "Neil Armstrong and Robert White Signed Photograph."
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London : Heinemann, 1970.
First British edition of this gripping tale of corporate intrigue and visceral peril set in the gold mines of southern Africa, which established the template for Wilbur Smith’s best selling adventure novels. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light soiling. Dust jacket designContinue reading "Gold Mine."
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New York : Random House, 1935.
Deluxe limited edition of Porgy and Bess, number 55 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Folio, original full red morocco, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
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London : Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2021.
First edition of this heartwarming holiday fantasy. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt Christmas decorations to the front and rear panels, illustrated endpapers, with black-and-white illustrations throughout. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. With Rowling’s official hologram sticker to the verso of the front free endpaper. Near fine in a nearContinue reading "The Christmas Pig."
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Ashland, OR : Black Stone Publishing, 2026.
Advanced reading copy of the first edition of this science fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “For Matthew – With every good wish – Alan Dean Foster 4/26.” In fine condition. Cover andContinue reading "Lost on Paradise."
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Rare autograph note signed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to fellow basketball player Bill Walton. Duodecimo, note card featuring a color design of the player shooting a basketball on the recto and a black and white design of the player with a basketball in hand on the verso. Inscribed on the verso by Abdul-Jabbar in blue ballpoint,Continue reading "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Autograph Note Signed."
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New York : Columbia University Press, 1964.
Rare May 1964 issue of Columbia Review, personally owned by Columbia University alum and Beatnik writer, Jack Kerouac. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, volume XLIV number 2, illustrated, with the original U.S. retail price of $1 listed on the inside of the front cover. Featuring poetry, short stories, essays, and cartoons from majority Columbia University contributors.Continue reading "1964 Columbia Review."
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Hartford : Published by Silas Andrus, 1823.
Rare first edition of Putnam’s work dedicated to American naval heroes of the Revolutionary War including James Monroe, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown. Rare.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page and additionally by legendary designer Milton Glaser on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Rare and desirable.
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New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.
First edition of Walker’s classic third novel, in which she became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Alice Walker on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds.
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1916.
First edition of this classic collection of 320 poems by Tagore. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece in color by Willy Pogany, gilt decorative borders to each page. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the front free endpaper. Near fine in the originalContinue reading "Stray Birds."
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Rare photograph of an artist’s conception of the Apollo 8 mission signed by Frank Borman. Satin-finish photograph depicting an “artist’s concept… of a phase of the scheduled Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission…” in which panels are jettisoned. Boldly signed by Borman in black felt tip to the bottom left. In fine condition. Official NASA photographContinue reading "Frank Borman Signed “Apollo 8 Mission – Artist Conception” Photograph."
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Philadelphia : Published for Birch and Small, 1811.
Scarce first separate American edition of Cervantes’ classic novel. Duodecimo, four volumes bound in full contemporary mottled calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spines. Smollett’s English translation was first published in America in Philadelphia in John Conrad & Co.’s Select Novels series in 1803 (Vols. X-XIII), this is the first separate edition publishedContinue reading "The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote."
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London : Tabart and Co., 1809.
Second edition of this satirical work, with beautiful color plates. Octodecimo, contemporary calf bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine, with 23 of 24 hand-colored plates with The Knight missing as is common for this title. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown and ownership inscription toContinue reading "A Book Explaining the Ranks and Dignities of British Society: Intended Chiefly for the Instruction of Young Persons."
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2002.
First edition of this New York Times bestselling author’s debut novel. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Alice Sebold on the title page. Additionally signed twice by jacket designer Yoori Kim; on the front panel and the rear jacket flap of this unforgettable jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by YooriContinue reading "The Lovely Bones."
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London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875.
First edition in English in book form of the first volume of Verne’s Mysterious Island trilogy, preceding the Scribner Armstrong’s first American edition. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Accompanied by an autograph note signed by Verne and dated the year he published “Two Years’ Vacation” his SouthContinue reading "The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds."
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New York : Harper Business, 2001.
First edition of this analysis on how companies transition from mediocre performance to sustained greatness. Octavo, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with graphs and diagrams. Boldly signed on a Mayfield Partners bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper by Jim Collins. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai.
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New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
First edition of tenth anniversary edition of Walker’s third novel, in which she became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Alice Walker on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Jacket illustration by Joan Eda.
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Columbus, Ohio : Mid Coast Marketing, 1998.
First edition of Tibbets’ account of the bombing of Hiroshima. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by pilot Paul Tibbets and navigator Dutch Van Kirk beneath their respective image preceding the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable.
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New York : Signet, 1969.
First edition of the complete script, with a selection of black white and color stills, interviews and articles. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. Lengthily inscribed by Dennis Hopper on the verso of the front cover, “To the best of the best internal view I’ve ever had That’s the best man…Love Thanks and Hate IndifferenceContinue reading "Easy Rider."
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New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
First edition of this powerful work, basis for the 1999 film starring Robin Williams. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Academy-Award winning actor Robin Williams on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast. Translated by Melvin Kornfeld. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Warner Books, 1982.
First edition of this work which recollects Nixon’s memories of leaders such as Churchill, de Gaulle and Khrushchev. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 32 photographs. Boldly signed by both Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger on the half-title page. Henry Kissinger served as a National Security Adviser under Nixon. Kissinger pioneered the policy of détenteContinue reading "Leaders: Profiles and Reminisces of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World."
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: Temple Black , 2013.
Temple Black’s printing of this role of media in shaping the public perception of Croatia. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. Bookplate to the front pastedown from ‘The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright’. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the firstContinue reading "Media Events That Shaped The New Croatia: Reflections on a Successful UN Mission."
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New York : Simon and Schuster, 1961.
First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph Heller and the actors of the film Alan Arkin, Bob Newhart, Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss. The 1970 film adaptation of Catch-22, directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Buck Henry, stands as one of the most ambitiously castContinue reading "Catch-22."
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New York : Vantage Press, 1989.
First edition of this memoir detailing the author’s life from the Russian Revolution to the Gorbachev era. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed in Russian by Nicholas V. Pervushin on the front free endpaper and dated 1991. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1935.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Joyce’s landmark Ulysses, widely recognized as the first illustrated edition. Large quarto, original gilt-stamped pictorial brown cloth, with 26 illustrations. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 1,476. Boldly signed by Henri Matisse in pencil on the colophon page at the rear. In near fine condition.Continue reading "Ulysses."
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Paris : Jean Hugues, 1959.
Definitive limited edition of this 12th-century Anglo-Norman poem about the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult. Duodecimo, written in French, bound in three-quarters bordeaux morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. OneContinue reading "La Folie Tristan."
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New York : Random House, 1972.
First edition of this exploration of Hasidism, focusing on the tales, legends, and portraits of its 18th and 19th-century masters. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain maroon, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page and signed in English and Hebrew, “For Maurine and Stanley Kessler – in these daysContinue reading "Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1942.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. The first edition has a large period between “talk” and “this” on page 112, line 11. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front andContinue reading "The Moon Is Down."
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New York : A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1990.
First edition of the first book in the acclaimed Wheel of Time series. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with two maps. Boldly signed by Robert Jordan on the title page. This is the hybrid issue, one of a small number of wrappered copies that were rebound by the publishers into boards after theContinue reading "The Eye of the World."
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Boston : Beacon Press, 1959.
First edition in English of Frankl’s classic work, which was later titled Man’s Search For Meaning in 1962. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. Both Frankl and Wiesel survived Auschwitz, and both spent the rest of their lives transmuting that survival into somethingContinue reading "From Death-Camp To Existentialism [Man’s Search For Meaning]."
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