Showing items 5256-5280 of 5444
New York : Warner Books, 1985.
First edition of this work in the author’s classic Fletch series. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gregory McDonald on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the bottom.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
First edition, second printing of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Gordon Wood on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Continuum, 2004.
First edition of British jazz pianist George Shearing’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Helene and Bill – Not it’s my turn! Affectionately, George Shearing.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960Continue reading "Lullaby of Birdland."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
First American edition of this historical novel that reimagines the life of the exotic dancer and courtesan Mata Hari. Boldly signed by Paulo Coelho on the second front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry. Jacket design by Stephanie Ross. Author photograph by Xavier Gonzales.
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Crew portrait of astronaut Frank Borman. Semi-glossy photograph of Borman wearing a suit and posing next to a model United States spacecraft. Boldly signed by Borman in black felt tip. In near fine condition with a small area of discoloration to Borman‘s left arm. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
First edition of the moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Lee with best wishes JWebb.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Laid is the original signing brochure for the reading.
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London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.
First edition of this “exciting spy story” (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition, later printing of this National Book Award winning biography of Thomas Jefferson. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Clayton Williams Best Wishes, Joseph J Ellis Deerfield, MD October 1999.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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London : Penguin/ Viking, 2013.
First British edition of this New York Times bestselling spy thriller. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the limitations page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
First edition of this innovative study which reveals how and why capitalist institutions were created and the moral, economic and legal assumptions behind them. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Marilyn With best wishes Paul.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hart McLeod.
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New York : A Golf Digest Book, 1986.
First edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Andy Myer. Boldly signed by Sam Snead on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Jerry Tarde.
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New York : Random House, 1995.
Signed limited edition by James Michener. Octavo, original cloth. Number 391 of 500 copies. Fine in a fine slipcase, still in the original shrinkwrap.
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New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910.
First limited edition of this list of first editions in book form and of first printings in periodicals. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with paper titles to the spine, top edge gilt. One of 500 numbered copies, this is number 154. Boldly signed by compiler Merle Johnson and the publisher Harper & Brothers on the limitationsContinue reading "A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain: Samuel Langhorne Clemens."
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Munchen : Carl Friedrich von Siemans Stiftung, 2001.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In near fine condition.
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Florence : G. Orioli, 1929.
Signed limited edition of this work, one of 475 numbered copies, this is number 272. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
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San Francisco : Harper Collins, 1999.
First edition of this work by theologians Borg and Wright. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Borg on the front free endpaper prior to publication, “Dec. ’98 To Maren, From one who knows yours parents, and with best wishes. Marcus Borg.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Tuscon : Dennis McMillan Publications, 2000.
First edition and publisher’s presentation copy of Phillip’s debut novel. Octavo, bound in the original quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. Dust jacket and interior artwork by Michael Kellner. Signed and dated by the author on the limitation page, “Scott Phillips 11/11/00” and with an original drawing of a meltingContinue reading "The Ice Harvest."
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New Jersey : Amadeus Press, 2006.
First edition of this compilation of writings by the famed composer. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the composer John Adams on the title page.
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Cambridge : Harvard Business School, 2002.
Early printing of this organizational work by Kotter. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Tim John Kotter.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
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New York : The Citadel Press, 1971.
First edition of the prolific American Marxist historian’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Jan 1972 For Mrs. Janette Harris – with warmest regards & best wishes, Herbert Aptheker.” The recipient, Janette Harris was a fellow social rights activist who was expelled from Southern UniversityContinue reading "Afro American History: The Modern Era. A Pioneering Chronicle of the Black People in Twentieth-Century America."
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New York : Basic Books, 1974.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding The Great Society. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Review copy with the slip laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998.
First edition of this personal account of modern Conservatives in government. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “Alan Clark 22 IX.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author’s memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Matthew Adam Zagajewski Boston, October 2004.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc J. Cohen. Translated by Clare Cavanagh.
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New York : Harper & Row, 1982.
First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Economics and Finance
Economics and Finance
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