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First Edition, First printing of Atlas Shrugged; Signed by Ayn Rand and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
RAND, Ayn.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition, first printing of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the half-title page. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 151876
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“See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places": First Edition of Snow Crash; Signed by Neal Stephenson and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
STEPHENSON, Neal.
Snow Crash.
New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
First edition of this “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Neal Stephenson on a page bound in. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 151811
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“Society is unconcerned with the aftermath of sensation”: First Edition of John Le Carré’s First Book Call For The Dead; Signed by Him and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
LE CARRE, John.
Call For The Dead.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1961.
First edition of the author's first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by John Le Carré on a page bound in. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 151968
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“The basic purpose of art is not to teach, but to show—to hold up to man a concretized image of his nature and his place in the universe": First Edition of The Romantic Manifesto; Signed by Ayn Rand and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
RAND, Ayn.
The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature.
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1969.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding the nature of art. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on a page bound in. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 151966
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Custom Full Morocco Clamshell Box by The Harcourt Bindery for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
[FITZGERALD, F. Scott].
The Great Gatsby Clamshell Box.
Custom full morocco clamshell box hand made by The Harcourt Bindery to house a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Pictorial clamshell box with gilt titles and an onlay of the woman from the original dust jacket to the front panel. In fine condition. An exquisite presentation.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 150365
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"What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same": First Edition of Midnight’s Children; Signed by Salman Rushdie and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
RUSHDIE, Salman.
Midnight’s Children.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
First American edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Salman Rushdie on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 151813
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First Edition of Ira Levin's Masterpiece Rosemary's Baby; Inscribed by Him and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
LEVIN, Ira.
Rosemary’s Baby.
New York: Random House, 1967.
First edition of this influential horror classic, which helped launch the "horror boom." Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "6/10/76 To Lenny, with thanks and best wishes, Ira Levin." In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,450.00 Item Number: 150653
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Rare First Edition of Samuel Wylie Crawford's Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
CRAWFORD, Samuel Wylie.
Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter 1860-1861.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.
Rare first edition of this classic work on the genesis of The Civil War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, plans, and map. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain, together with his business partner (and niece's husband) Charles Webster, initially to publish Twain's own works, beginning with Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1885. That same year, Twain secured the contract to publish Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs - a runaway success that launched the firm into producing the memoirs of other leading Civil War generals. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 152286
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First Edition of Anthony McCarten's Darkest Hour; Signed by Academy Award-Winning Actor Gary Oldman and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
MCCARTEN, Anthony [Winston S. Churchill] [Gary Oldman].
Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink.
New York: Harper / An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.
First edition of this work detailing Winston Churchill’s first 25 days as Prime Minister in May 1940, basis for the Academy Award-winning film bearing the same name. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Academy Award-winning actor Gary Oldman on the half-title page. The book was adapted into a film of the same name, produced by Working Title Films and distributed by Focus Features. At the center of the film is Gary Oldman's portrayal of Churchill, which stands as one of the most celebrated performances in recent cinema history: Oldman spent over 200 hours in prosthetic makeup and smoked over 400 cigars during filming, and his total physical and psychological immersion in the role produced what critics across the board recognized as a career-defining achievement. Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus reads that the film is held together by Oldman's electrifying performance, which brings Winston Churchill to life even when the movie's narrative falters, and Rolling Stone's Peter Travers wrote simply: get busy engraving Oldman's ...
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 151812
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"and he slung the pack of toys over his shoulder and got into the chimney": First edition of L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus; finely bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery
BAUM, L. Frank.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902.
First edition of this Christmas classic with the first state headings "Book First, Book Second and Book Third." Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery wit gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Six full color plates and illustrations throughout by Mary Cowles Clark. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142836
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First Edition of From Here to Eternity; Inscribed by James Jones and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
JONES, James.
From Here to Eternity.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.
First edition of the author's first book, one of the great novels of World War II. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "For Bob and Alice once again! Thanks, James Jones." In fine condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 150656
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First Edition of the Highly Influential Beat Classic The Dharma Bums; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
KEROUAC, Jack.
The Dharma Bums.
New York: The Viking Press, 1958.
First edition of this semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrated. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 151810
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"Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world": First Edition of The Babe Ruth Story; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
RUTH, Babe.
The Babe Ruth Story.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1948.
First edition of Babe Ruth's autobiography. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with 49 black-and-white photographs. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 152122
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“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on": First Edition of John F. Kennedy's Why England Slept; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
KENNEDY, John F.
Why England Slept.
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.
First edition of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 152125
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First Edition of the Library of America Compilations of the Works of Fiction of Zora Neale Hurston; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Novels and Stories: Jonah’s Gourd Vine, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Moses Man of the Mountain, Seraph on the Suwanee, and Selected Stories.
New York: Library of America, 1995.
First edition of the Library of America compilations of the works fiction of Zora Neale Hurston. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition. Edited by Cheryl A. Wall.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 151803
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First Edition of The Education of a Golfer; Inscribed by Sam Snead and Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
SNEAD, Sam; Al Stump.
The Education of a Golfer.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.
First edition of this work by the legendary golfer, who became golf's biggest money winner. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend Fred Burns. Fred I appreciate your sincerity. Always Sam." In fine condition. Written with Al Stump.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 151880
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First Edition of The Optimist's Daughter; Signed by Eudora Welty and Finely Bound The Harcourt Bindery
WELTY, Eudora.
The Optimist’s Daughter.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Eudora Welty on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 151398
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“And if all that is meaningless, I want to be cured Of a craving for something I cannot find And of the shame of never finding it": First edition of T.S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
ELIOT, T.S.
The Cocktail Party.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950.
First edition of the most popular of Eliot's seven plays published during his lifetime. First issue with "here" for "her" on page 29, line 1. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 152121
