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New York : Harper Collins, 2010.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Harper Lee on the front free endpaper, “With best wishes, Harper Lee.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Shirley Smith.
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Large original photograph of Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Di Maggio in full New York Yankees pinstripe uniform, posed with a bat on his shoulder. Boldly signed by DiMaggio in blue felt tip. In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
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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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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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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
First edition of this classic collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of fellow author Cormac McCarthy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. McCarthy has been widely praised as not only a disciple of Faulkner, but his literary heir. Both authors’ biblically influenced prose formed the basis of a largeContinue reading "From Death To Morning."
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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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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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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.
First edition of America’s foremost wine connoisseur’s comprehensive guide to the wines of France. Octavo, original half cloth, with 8 pages of photographs and 22 maps. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Ian White who was able to see at Chat. Prieure-L that the 1980’s will be quite promising. Best wishes,Continue reading "Alexis Lichine’s Guide to the Wines and Vineyards of France."
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New York : Harcourt Brace, 1927.
First edition, second issue of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s controversial bestseller and basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with chips and wear.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1969.
First edition of Acheson’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Adolfo Alessandrini fellow author and colleague in the field of foreign affairs, with the best wishes of Dean Acheson October 1969.” Very good in a very good dustContinue reading "Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department."
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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 : Simon and Schuster, 1975.
First edition of this bestselling feminist classic that revolutionized the way we think about rape, as a historical phenomenon and as an urgent crisis, named by the New York Public Library’s 100 Books of the Century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Dorothy In Sisterhood, SusanContinue reading "Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape."
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New York : Harcourt Brace, 1951.
First edition of this masterpiece, by one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Hannah Arendt on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. ExceptionallyContinue reading "The Origins of Totalitarianism."
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San Francisco : City Lights Books, 1965.
Fourth edition of this significant collection of poems—including the title piece, part lamentation for his mother, part protest of American society. Duodecimo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Gerry Davis in thanks for clarity of Pat photo is a reality kick coast to coast –Continue reading "Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960."
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New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of the Jack Kerouac’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Jack Kerouac To Judge Eno- belated Thanks for driving me home in your Buick in ’32, and for your friendship to my father-.” The recipient, Judge Eno was the father of Kerouac’sContinue reading "The Town and the City."
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Berlin : Rowohlt, 1989.
First edition of this work by the legendary Czech poet and politician. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Vaclav Havel on the title page with a drawing of a heart. In near fine condition.
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Frankfurt : Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1989.
Early printing of this work by the legendary Czech poet and politician. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Vaclav Havel with a drawing of a heart. In near fine condition.
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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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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1975.
First edition of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, “To Jim Dyer best personal wishes viva la causa! Cesar Chavez 2-21-76 San Antonio Mission, Calif.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Cesar Chavez. Autobiography of La Causa."
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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 : 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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Baldwin, James; Malcolm X; Martin Luther King, Jr; Kenneth B. Clark
Hall, Craig; Linden Gross; Mark Zandi [Madeleine K. Albright]
Dean, James
