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New York : Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1965.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1967 film starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy and Lou Antonio. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Donn Pearce on the front free endpaper and signed by actor Lou Antonio on the half-title page, “Lou Antonio ‘Koko’ Stay Cool Matthew.” Near fine in a near fine dustContinue reading "Cool Hand Luke."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1974.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of two of George Bernard Shaw’s classic plays. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by illustrator Clarke Hutton on the colophon page atContinue reading "Pygmalion and Candida."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1958.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Thomas Hardy’s fourth published novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters modern morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated with black and white wood engravings. Boldly signed by illustrator Agnes MillerContinue reading "Far From The Madding Crowd."
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London : Longmans, Green and Co, 1929.
First British illustrated edition of the author’s masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Morrell with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, pictorial front panel in gilt with gilt title, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece,Continue reading "The Bridge of San Luis Rey."
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London : Longmans, Green and Co, 1928.
Signed limited edition of this collection of three-minute plays by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. Imperial octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt ruling to the front panel, top edge gilt, original silk ribbon laid-in, color frontispiece of a scene from the title play tipped in. One of two-hundred andContinue reading "The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays."
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New York : The Heritage Press, 1960.
The Heritage Press edition of H.G. Wells semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, with color illustrations throughout. In fine condition. Introduction by Norman H. Strouse. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
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Washington : Combat Forces Press, 1952.
First edition of this authoritative account of U.S. Marine aviation in the Pacific Theater. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles and the marine corps emblem stamped in blue on the spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 64 pages of black and white photographs, drawings, and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed “To Larry” and signed on the titleContinue reading "History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II."
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London : Macmillan and Co, 1869.
First edition of one of the greatest travel narratives of the nineteenth century and one of the most important early contributions to the theory of evolution. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s gilt-decorated green cloth with gilt central vignette of an orangutan to each front panel, tissue-guarded wood-engraved frontispiece to each volume, pictorial vignette to eachContinue reading "The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature."
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New York : The Heritage Press, 1939.
The Heritage Press edition of collection of satirical tales. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations. In fine condition. Translated into modern English by Jacques Le Clercq. Illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff.
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New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1966.
First edition of the author’s Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel, basis for the Oscar award-winning movie adaptation Charly. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, who has transcribed the opening paragraph as follows, “My name is Charlie Gordon I werk at Donners bakery store – Daniel Keyes.” Additionally signed again byContinue reading "Flowers for Algernon."
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London : Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941-1946.
First editions of each volume of Churchill’s collected War Speeches, with Into Battle in the first state lacking page numbers on pp. 78 and 294. Octavo, 7 volumes, original publisher’s cloth with spines lettered in gilt, illustrated with 50 half-tone photographic plates, including frontispiece to each volume. Woods A66(a), A89, A114. Each volume is near fineContinue reading "Winston Churchill’s War Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory, Secret Session Speeches."
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Washington, D.C : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975.
First edition of this profusely illustrated collection of essays documenting NASA’s Apollo Missions. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs, charts, and maps. Boldly signed by thirty astronauts on the title page and facing page, including: Alan Bean, Karol J. Bobko, Vance Brand, Jerry Carr, Gene Cernan, Bob Crippen, Walter Cunningham, Joe Engle,Continue reading "Apollo Expeditions to the Moon."
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1813 : Vitarelli, Venezia.
Finely bound 19th century Venetian printing of Boccaccio’s masterpiece. 12mo, five volumes bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, ribbons bound in,Continue reading "Il Decameron Di Messer Giovanni Boccacci, Tratto dall’ ottimo Testo scritto Da Francesco D’Amaretto Mannelli Sull’Originale Dell’Autor."
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: United Synagogue of America, 1951.
First edition of this charming picture book celebrating the Shabbat, with early illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the title page. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Leonard Weisgard, Art Consultant. In very good condition. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
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Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Kate Bilott ‘The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of destruction.’ Willie Seabrook.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930.
First edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, giltContinue reading "Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years."
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London : Luzac & Co, 1910.
First complete English translation of arguably the best twentieth-century translation of Sun Tzu’s seminal work on military strategy, preceded only by the first translation into French of 1772 by French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, and partial translation into English by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop of 1905. Royal octavo, original printed yellow wrappers boundContinue reading "Sun Tzu on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World, Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Critical Notes."
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New York : Pantheon Books, 1950.
First edition of this selection of Christmas songs from the world famous Trapp family singers. Oblong octavo, original pictorial half-cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp and her six children Maria Franziska, Agathe, Werner, Hedwig, Johannes, and Eleonore. Additionally signed by priest, conductor, and arranger FranzContinue reading "The Trapp-Family Book of Christmas Songs."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
First edition with “A – P” on the copyright page of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes to Arnold Kohen, Richard Wright, 3/5/40.” Very good in a very good second issue price-clipped dust jacket, second issue binding.
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New York : The Heritage Press, 1965.
The Heritage Press edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark historical romance. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, illustarted with color lithographs. In fine condition. Introduction by G.B. Stern. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Ward was a pioneeringContinue reading "The Master of Ballantrae."
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London : Bloomsbury, 1997.
First paperback edition of the rarest book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. First printing with “First published in Great Britain in 1997”, the full number line “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”, “Joanne Rowling” for “J.K.Continue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."
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Philadelphia : Centennial Board of Finance, 1877.
Rare Centennial International Exhibition lithographic capital stock certificate. Elephant folio, one page, the certificate is dated April 24, 1877 and grants one share of stock in the Centennial Board Finance to Cornelius C. Felton, illustrated with impressive engraved vignettes of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a Native American mourning the progress of industrialization, RomanContinue reading "Centennial International Exhibition Capital Stock Certificate."
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Norwalk, CT : The Easton Press, 2002.
Signed limited first edition of this modern classic, basis for one of the most iconic films of the twentieth century, starring Tom Hanks. Octavo, elaborately bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, watered silk moire endpapers, silk bookmark. Boldly signed by Winston Groom andContinue reading "Forrest Gump."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942.
First edition of Basso’s classic Southern novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Norman MaClean – Who can probably find in some of the details – with best wishes of Hamilton Basso Oct. 25, 1942.” The recipient, fellow American author NormanContinue reading "Sun in Capricorn."
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Edited by Edgar M. Cortright. [Alan Shepard; Deke Slayton; Walter Cunningham; et al]
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Sun Tzu. Translated by Lionel Giles
Selected and Arranged by Franz Wasner [Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp, et al]
Felton, Cornelius C.; [Fred Fraley]; [Ino Welsh]
