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New York : Pocket Books, 1991.
First edition of the first novel written by astronaut Scott Carpenter. Octavo, original half-cloth. Boldly signed by Scott Carpenter on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Myles Sprinzen.
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London : Harper Sport, 2007.
First edition, early printing of the F1 champion and legendary driver’s autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Lewis Hamilton on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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London : Harvill Secker, 2021.
Signed limited first edition of this alternate-history novel of the Americas and Europe. Octavo, original publishers red boards, all edges red. One of 250 numbered copies, this is number 176. Boldly signed by Laurent Binet on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
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New York : Crosby Gaige, 1928.
First limited edition of Woolf’s immensely popular feminist classic, one of only 800 copies signed by her in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece portrait of Orlando as a boy, illustrated with engravings. One of 800 numbered copies, this is number 512. Boldly signed byContinue reading "Orlando: A Biography."
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London : Chatto & Windus, [n.d.].
First edition, fourth impression of this charming children’s book by the author of Curious George, inscribed by Ian Fleming to his lover Clare Blanshard. Oblong octavo, original illustrated wrappers, tied gold thread binding, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ian Fleming on the verso of the front wrapper, “Clare, A Christmas thought from Ian.” The recipient,Continue reading "Zebrology."
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New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1960.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s classic work on how to discover life’s lessons. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Bob Robinson with good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt 1960.” Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Dr. DavidContinue reading "You Learn By Living."
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Rare print of Rudyard Kipling’s poem Being a Man, more commonly referred to as “If-“. One page, typed. Boldly signed by author Cormac McCarthy at the bottom right corner. Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023) was an American novelist whose stark prose and often violent themes earned him recognition as one of the most influential literary voices ofContinue reading "Being a Man [If-]."
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London : Hamish Hamilton, 1963.
First edition in English of Enzo Ferrari’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stirling Moss and Lewis Hamilton on the front free endpaper. These signatures were both obtained in person. Foreword by Stirling Moss. Edited by Richard Hough. Translated by Ivan Scott. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirableContinue reading "The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs."
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Washington, D.C : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989.
First edition of this commemorative book published in celebration of the twenty year anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 lunar mission. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs throughout. Boldly signed on the front cover by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. In fine condition. The piece measures 9 inches by 12 inches.Continue reading "The First Lunar Landing As Told by The Astronauts."
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Washington, D.C : Smithsonian Books, 2022.
First edition of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper on a Apollo XIII bookplate, “Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gary Tooth. ForewordContinue reading "Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey."
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New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988.
First edition of this comprehensive account of the NASA Apollo moon missions. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Shepard on the title page, “To LK and Bill – Alan Shepard.” Alan Shepard was one of NASA’s Mercury Seven—the first group of American astronauts selected in 1959 for Project Mercury, theContinue reading "For All Mankind."
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New York : Simon and Schuster, 1962.
First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain orange, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping. Jacket designContinue reading "We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves."
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Otley : Smith Settle, 2003.
Signed limited De Luxe edition of this practical angling book focused on fly fishing for trout in smaller streams and flowing rivers. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full goatskin with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with ten illustrations and tipped in prints.Continue reading "Brook and River Trouting."
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1876.
Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Quarto, one page, partially printed. The document reads in full, “I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the envelope of my letter to His Excellency Rafael Zaldivar, President ofContinue reading "Ulysses S. Grant Document Signed as President."
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Florida : Kennedy Space Center, 1971.
Rare original 1971 Apollo 14 launch day cover signed by Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott. Apollo 14 “Man on the Moon” envelope depicting an astronaut in his space suit walking on the moon, ink stamped by the official NASA postal station “Kennedy Space Center FL Jan 31, 1971 PM”, First Man on theContinue reading "Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.
Early edition of Theodore Roosevelt‘s biography of Oliver Cromwell. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inlay vignette stamped in gilt to the front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with black and white illustrations throughout. Boldly signed and dated by the author as president on the front freeContinue reading "Oliver Cromwell."
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London : Book Club Associates with Arthur Baker Limited, 1981.
Book club edition of Adams’ sequel to the The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Octavo, original green boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Best wishes Douglas Adams.” Additionally signed by four members of the original BBC radio cast (Mark Wing-Davey, Sandra Dickinson, Stephen Moore and David Tate) on rear pastedownContinue reading "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy."
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New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2002.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on courses designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus. Quarto, original boards, 164 illustrations, including 152 plates in full color, pictorial endpapers. Boldy signed by Jack Nicklaus at the bottom of the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Pete Dye.
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Rare photograph signed by moonwalkers Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke. Satin finish photograph of a lunar bootprint on the moon. Boldly signed by Bean in blue felt tip at the top left corner, “Alan Bean Apollo XII LMP Ocean of Storms 19 November 1969″; Mitchell in silver felt tip at the bottom left corner,Continue reading "Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke Signed Photograph."
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Modena : Privately Printed, 1979.
Rare original wax paper diagrams documenting the design evolution of the Ferrari Turbo 208 engine. Folded diagram sheet of the engine signed by Enzo Ferrari in purple ink from around 1979-80. Seven sheets, printed on wax paper. In very good condition. Accompanied by the original envelope. The pieces measure 19.5 inches by 13.75 inches, withContinue reading "Original Drawings of The Ferrari Turbo 208 Signed by Enzo Ferrari."
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New York : Penguin Books, 1987.
First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and author’s initials to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed byContinue reading "The Broom of the System."
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
First edition of the historian’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel Walker Howe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rachel Perkins. Uncommon signed.
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New York : Central Trust Company of New York, 1895.
Rare Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American financier and railroad executive E.H. Harriman. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certificate is dated December 19, 1895 and issues 100 shares of the Capital Stock in the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Co. to Harriman. The document readsContinue reading "Edward Henry Harriman Signed Stock Certificate for the Cedar Falls and Minnesota Railroad Company."
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New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc/Whitney Museum of American Art, 1977.
First edition of this comprehensive, insightful, and visually rich monograph on the influential American artist by famous author and art enthusiast Michael Crichton. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, profusely illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Jasper Johns on the front free endpaper, “Jasper Johns 19 Oct. ’78.” In fine condition. A Jasper Johns pamphlet dated 20Continue reading "Jasper Johns."
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