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New York : Ballantine Books, 1974.
First edition, second printing of this illustrated work by Salvador Dali. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with 40 glossy color plates. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Salvador Dali in black felt tip on the verso of the front cover and half-title page with his enormous signature and a large drawing of a woman’s head wearingContinue reading "Dali."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.
First edition, first issue with the six line colophon on the last page. First-issue dust jacket, without the ISBN number on the rear panel. Octavo, original red cloth. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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London : Orion Children's Books, 2013.
Exclusive signed first edition of the third novel for younger readers from the author of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’. Octavo, original cloth. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author on the title page with the publisher’s embossed limitation stamp, this is number 82. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. CoverContinue reading "The Watcher in the Shadows."
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London : William Heinemann, 1950.
First edition of Priestley’s works on realism with elements of psychological insight and social critique. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front free endpaper: “Raymond Chandler 6005 Camino de la Costa La Jolla, California OCT 13 1949.” Raymond Chandler was a pivotal figure in 20th-centuryContinue reading "The Plays of J.B. Priestley: Volume III."
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Rare Lively Center official baseball signed by legends Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, and Clyde King. In very good condition. Housed in a custom acrylic display case.
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London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830.
The second and best edition of this firsthand account of Native American traditions and folklore. Duodecimo, three volumes bound in contemporary three quarter green morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, beautifully etched frontispieces by W. H. Brooke in each volume, illustrated withContinue reading "Traditions of the North American Indians: Being a Second and Revised Edition of ‘Tales of an Indian Camp’."
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Boston : The Beacon Press, 1963.
First edition of this collection of interviews done by Kenneth B. Clark. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the front panel. With a talk with Kenneth B. Clark and with a note about the interviewsContinue reading "The Negro Protest."
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London : From the Congregation, April 1922.
Rare 20th century elaborately illuminated address to Percy L. Pewtress Esq. organist at Lee Chapel 1883 – 1922. Octavo, bound in full green morocco by G. E. Strong, Lee, S.E. with gilt fleur-de-lis and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, central lozenge with monogram “P.L.P.” to the front panel surrounded byContinue reading "An Address To Percy L. Pewtress Esq. Organist at Lee Chapel 1883 – 1922."
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New York : Savio Republic, 2019.
First edition of this work about entrepreneurship in the United States. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To Madeleine, With great respect for all you do to make the world a better place. All the best, Craig Hall.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the firstContinue reading "Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups."
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New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.
First edition of this posthumous collection of twenty essays. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece facsimile of “The Last Words That Conrad Wrote.” Near fine in the original dust jacket with the portrait of Conrad and large ad for Kipling’s works to the verso.
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London : Bernard Quaritch, 1879.
Finely bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, bound in full green crushed morocco with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt borders with red inlay flowers to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and innerContinue reading "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám; and the Salámán and Ábsál of Jámí; Rendered Into English Verse."
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London : Printed for J. Bew, 1783.
Rare first edition in English of the author’s classic work. Duodecimo, 2 volumes, bound in three-quarters contemporary calfskin over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, morocco spine labels. In very good condition, signatures to the front pastedowns.
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Pennsylvania : New Directions, 1949.
First edition of this seminal work of Italian literature. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Ernest Hemingway. Translated by Wilfrid David.
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954.
First edition of these humorous pieces chosen from all of Robert Benchley’s writings. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with unique drawings by Gluyas Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : Springer-Verlag, 1986.
First edition of this accessible and striking art-and-science collaboration. Square quarto, original pictorial black cloth, illustrated throughout with 16 new prints by Warhol created for this book. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Text by Kurt Benirschke.
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Fairmount, Indiana : Published by the Journalism Department, 1949.
Rare original 1949 Black and Gold Fairmount High School yearbook signed by James Dean. Imperial octavo, original gold faux-leather embossed binding with “Black & Gold ’49”, title page vignette, frontispiece, unpaginated, with black and white photographs throughout. Signed by James Dean in pencil above his photograph on The Debate Club page. By all accounts, theContinue reading "James Dean Signed 1949 Black and Gold Fairmount High School Yearbook."
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London : J. M. Dent & Co, 1909.
Fourth edition of this classic collection of poetry. Octavo, two volumes, tissue-guarded frontispieces. Typed poem titled “The Tryst” by Katharine Lee Bates and signed by her laid in on the front free endpaper, with her ownership signature and plates to the front pastedowns. Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929) was an American poet, professor, and writer bestContinue reading "Poems, Dialogues In Verse, and Epigrams: In Two Volumes."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969.
First edition of this journal of international affairs. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policyContinue reading "Ambassador’s Journal."
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London : Faber and Faber, 1958.
First edition of this classic prose monologue. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, stitched pamphlet. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Samuel Beckett to his favorite American director, Alan Schneider, “for Alan with love from Sam.” The recipient, Alan Schneider (1917–1984), was a major American theatre director whose more than one hundred productions made him a crucial mediatorContinue reading "From An Abandoned Work."
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Montana : Hyman Products, Inc, 1989.
Rare authentic cut from the Berlin Wall. Fragmented piece of the Berlin Wall within a soft pouch, with an informative booklet. Boldly signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa on the verso. Lech Wałęsa is a Polish labor leader and statesman who co-founded Solidarity, the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc, whichContinue reading "The Berlin Wall: An Historical Artifact."
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New York : United Artists, 1971.
Don McLean’s personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971 to his former sister-in-law. A 12-inch vinyl test pressing with paper labels on both sides and the album itself etched with the word “Peace” and codes “UAS-5535A” and “UAS – 5535B”. Signed by Don McLean on both paper labels, and datedContinue reading "Don McLean: American Pie."
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New York : Pantheon Books, 1977.
First American edition of Bocuse’s classic work on French cuisine. Quarto, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Paul Bocuse on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Colette Rossant. Edited by Lorraine Davis. Jacket front and back photos by Jean-Pierre Chatelin. Rare and desirableContinue reading "Paul Bocuse’s French Cooking."
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New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1974.
The New Concise Nal Edition of this lavishly illustrated work by Salvador Dali. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, with 98 illustrations in both black and white and color interspersed with text. Boldly signed and dated by Dali in thick felt tip purple marker on the verso of the front cover and the front free endpaper withContinue reading "Dali…Dali…Dali…"
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition of this classic work, which ranks with “Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers by Lorraine Sneed, illustrated with color photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mark Owens and signed by Delia Owens on the title page, “For Sandra and EldonContinue reading "Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa’s Last Great Wilderness."
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