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New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this “gorgeous read” (Stephen King). Octavo, original boards, patterned endpapers. Signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Translated by Lucia Graves.
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New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this “hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel” (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” The collector, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leadingContinue reading "I Am Charlotte Simmons."
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New York : Riverhead Books, 2004.
First edition of the famed architect’s autobiography. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Daniel Libeskind on the title page. Additionally signed twice by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front jacket panel and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2004.
First edition of this work by master story-teller, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Rick Atkinson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
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New York : Hill and Wang, 2004.
First edition of this compilation of the author’s classic Night Trilogy. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dean Nicastro.
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New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2004.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated autobiography of this golfing legend. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To George Best Wishes Arnold Palmer.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition, early printing of this landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, basis for the Award-winning Broadway play. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow on a bookplate to the half-title page and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda (who starred in the Broadway adaptation). Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by GabrieleContinue reading "Alexander Hamilton."
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Boston : Beacon Press, 2004.
First edition of this collection by the Pulitzer prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of this novel by the 2002 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Gall. Translated by Tim Wilkinson.
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New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this “hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel” (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the title page. Laid in is the original program for the book signing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
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Bingham Farms, Michigan : Premiere Publishing LLC, 2004.
First edition of this work dedicated to ‘golf’s crown jewel’: The Ryder Cup. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Dow Finsterwald on the title page, “To Robert: Hope you enjoy ‘Golf’s greatest event,’ Best Wishes, Dow Finsterwald Jr.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this fresh vision of Franklin’s life and reputation. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Charlie Thomas, with best wishes, Gordon S. Wood 6/4/04.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of President Clinton’s autobiography. Large octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Boldly signed in full on the title page by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2004.
First edition of Dylan’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Coco Shinomiya. PSA/DNA LOA and sticker to the title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery.
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London : Picador, 2004.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, “I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Rory Stewart.
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New York : Times Books, 2004.
First edition of this informative work on nuclear terrorism and how to prevent it. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Madeleine, With great admiration and hope G.” The recipient, MadeleineContinue reading "Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe."
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New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition, second printing of this bold analysis of modern America. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of Joan Didion with an autograph note on The Economist Group business letterhead signed and entirely in the hand of John Micklethwait, “Dear Joan, As promised (or threatened) here is a copy of my soon-to-be-released book onContinue reading "The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America."
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2004.
First edition of this collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s lyrics from 1962-2001, which contain his finest. Quarto, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the second free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Geoff Gans. Jacket photograph by Jerry Schatzberg. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshellContinue reading "Bob Dylan Lyrics: 1962-2001."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First edition of this “enormously impressive book” (The Weekly Standard). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs and 1 map. Boldly signed by David Fromkin. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney. Jacket photograph by Gavin Bond.
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Australia : Lonely Planet, 2004.
First edition of this wonderful work by the founder of Lonely Planet. Oblong quarto, original glossy boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by both Tony Wheeler and photographer Richard l’Anson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Harcourt, Inc, 2004.
First American edition of “one of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books”(The New Republic). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Amos Oz on a University of the Negev bookplate with a portrait of David Ben-Gurion. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine G. Mansour. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas DeContinue reading "A Tale of Love and Darkness."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Orhan Pamuk on the title page and three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd (on the title page, rear jacket flap and on the front panel). Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated by Maureen Freely.
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Boston : Little Brown & Company, 2004.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice.
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New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, basis for the Award-winning Broadway play. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda (who starred in the Broadway adaptation) on the title page. Fine in a very good jacket. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson.
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Biography and Autobiography
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