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London : Evveryman Chess , 2011-14.
First editions of each volume. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Each is signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Each are fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional set.
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New York : CBS Inc, 1984.
The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 on vinyl, signed by legendary composer John Williams. Double-folding album with art direction by Lane/Donald and stamped with the Official Olympiad Los Angeles music label. Boldly signed by John Williams on the front cover. John Williams composed the Olympic Fanfare and Theme for the 1984Continue reading "John Williams Signed Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984."
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New York : Cleveland International Records, 1977.
Meat Loaf’s debut studio album, released in 1977. Boldly signed by Meat Loaf on the front panel. In fine condition. Record included.
Read more![The Stark Reality of Responsibility. [WITH] Two Issues of Foreign Affairs: Loyal to a Fault? and America’s First Post-Cold War President. [AND] Theodore Sorensen Autograph Note Signed.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RRB-146701.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "The Stark Reality of Responsibility. [WITH] Two Issues of Foreign Affairs: Loyal to a Fault? and America's First Post-Cold War President. [AND] Theodore Sorensen Autograph Note Signed.")
Chicago : Americana House, 1952.
Limited first edition of Adlai Ewing Stevenson’s welcoming and acceptance addresses before the Democratic National Convention. Quarto, original publisher’s three quarter blue morocco over cloth with gilt titles to the spine, front panel stamped in gilt. One of one hundred copies printed on Maidstone hand-made paper and signed by the author on the half-title page.Continue reading "The Stark Reality of Responsibility. [WITH] Two Issues of Foreign Affairs: Loyal to a Fault? and America’s First Post-Cold War President. [AND] Theodore Sorensen Autograph Note Signed."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1955.
First edition, first issue with “shoo” for “shoot” on page 10 of the third novel in the James Bond series and what many critics to be his finest. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Henry Blofeld on front free endpaper. Blofeld is the son of Thomas Robert Calthorpe Blofeld (1903-1986) who attended Eton with Fleming andContinue reading "Moonraker."
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London : Faber & Faber, 1954.
First British edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, with some marginalia. Rare in the original jacket.
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Paris : Gallimard, 1947.
First edition of Camus’ short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism. Small octavo, original publisher’s green cloth stamped in black, blue, and gilt after a design of Mario Parassinos’. One of only nine-hundred and fifty numbered copies on alfa Cellunaf, this is number 878. In near fine condition. Housed in the original cardboardContinue reading "L’Exil et Le Royaume."
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New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1978.
First edition, second printing of Raskins’s Newbery Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Barbara Nelson Boom! Ellen Raskin 6.25.79.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Scarcely seen signed and inscribed.
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Paris : Gallimard, 1947.
First edition, Service de Presse-copy of Camus’ short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism, with “S P” perforated stamp at top of rear wrapper. Small octavo, original publisher’s stiff wrappers with titles in red and black. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “a M. Claude Leslise en sireneContinue reading "L’Exil et Le Royaume."
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Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed promotional of Infinite Jest laid in. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
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New York : Random House, 1943.
First edition of Dahl’s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walt Disney on the half-title page, “To Joan With Best Wishes Walt Disney.” In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the HarcourtContinue reading "The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story."
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New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.
Early printing of Orwell’s timeless allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the extremities, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket art by Art Brenner.
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New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1949.
First edition, second printing of this introductory volume on the properties of matter and their systematic interpretation by quantum mechanics. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with charts and graphs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stan in memory of a spectacular appreciation of the application of the theoryContinue reading "The Structure of Matter."
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New York : The Dial Press, 1963.
First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable, especiallyContinue reading "The Fire Next Time."
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1976.
First edition of Dawkins’ classic work. Octavo, black cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Dawkins and Desmond Morris on the title page. Morris was an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He was the author of the classic 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his televisionContinue reading "The Selfish Gene."
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London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1955.
First edition of Greene’s classic novel of exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Joseph from Graham Greene.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
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Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1960.
First edition of Teller’s classic work on the role of the scientist in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author Edward Teller on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example.
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New York : Random House, 1959.
First edition of the final novel in the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic The Snopes Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, “William Faulkner, Oxford Miss 22 Dec 1961.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.
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Sante Fe, NM : Arena Editions, 1999.
First edition of this classic monograph. Quarto, original leatherette cover. illustrated throughout. Elaborately signed and inscribed by Peter Beard in the year of publication, with his left hand imprint added. In fine condition, bookplate opposite the inscription. Preface by Peter T. Tunney and with an introduction by David Fahey. Essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.
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London : Hutchinson, 2001.
First edition of this memoir by the eminent philosopher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Les Best wishes Charles Handy 2.11.01.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
First edition of Kammer’s candid work on the gender gap. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who represents America’s best hope that one day before too long fathers will enjoy equal protection from and affirmative encouragement to overcome all barriers –Continue reading "Good Will Toward Men: Women Talk Candidly About the Balance of Power Between the Sexes."
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New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.
First American edition of Orwell’s timeless allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the extremities. Jacket art by Art Brenner.
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Color photograph of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Glossy color photograph of a bust portrait of His Holiness The Dalai Lama in scarlet monk’s robes, boldly signed by him. In very good condition with light creasing to the corner and a moderate crease across the center. The piece measures 7 inches by 5 inches.
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