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London : London Records, .
Roy Orbison‘s Oh, Pretty Woman compilation album. Inscribed by him on the back panel, “To Dorothy, Love Roy Orbison.” In very good condition. Original record included. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Del Rey, 1977.
First hardcover edition of Lucas’ Star Wars. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by George Lucas on the front free endpaper and by Alan Dean Foster on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Cover art by John Berkey. With the letter code of “S27” in the gutter of page 183. HousedContinue reading "Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker."
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Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Records, Inc, 1962.
First pressing of the classic first album of Peter, Paul, and Mary. Long play record, monophonic recording. Boldly signed by Peter Yarrow on in silver felt tip at the top of the front panel. In near fine condition. Original record included.
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Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1956.
First edition in book form of the famed actress’s ghostwritten piece for Pageant magazine, often considered the closest thing to an autobiographical work published during her lifetime. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 43 photographs. Signed by Marilyn Monroe on the front free endpaper. Although Monroe was an avid reader—as demonstrated by the celebrated 1999 Christie’sContinue reading "Will Acting Spoil Marilyn Monroe?"
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Surrey, England : Genesis Publications, 2014.
Signed limited edition of this curated photographic memoir from the drummer of the Beatles, Ringo Starr. Thick quarto, bound in three-quarters Italian leather with gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt decorations to the front panel, all edges gilt, illustrated with 250 rare and unseen photographs. One ofContinue reading "Photograph."
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1887.
The Federal edition, number one of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the publisher of the works of Benjamin Franklin. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in full calf, gilt titles to the spine, blue leather doublures framed by elaborate gilt tooling, complemented by matching blue moiré silk free endpapers raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated with engravedContinue reading "The Works of Benjamin Franklin."
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London : Arthur Barker, 1934 and 1936.
First editions of Graves’ classic “autobiography” of Claudius and its sequel. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. I, Claudius is signed by Derek Jacobi in pencil on the half-title page. Derek Jacobi’s performance in I, Claudius (BBC, 1976) was widely regarded as one of the most accomplished portrayals in television history, bringing remarkable depth and nuanceContinue reading "I, Claudius. [and] Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina."
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Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906.
The Riverside Press large paper edition of Goethe’s masterpiece, translated by Bayard Taylor. Quarto, four volumes finely bound in full contemporary black morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt ruling and decorations to the front and rear panels, giltContinue reading "Faust: A Tragedy."
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New York : Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1999-2007.
First American editions, mixed printings of six of the seven volumes in the Harry Potter series, excluding Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Octavo, original half cloth, six volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.
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London and Newcastle : The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited, c. 1875.
First edition of this magnificently illustrated and bound compendium of David Livingstone’s life and explorations. Folio, bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt titles and elaborate pictorial gilt decorations to the front and rear panels, engraved brass-mounted edges and double clasps toContinue reading "The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. Carefully Compiled From Reliable Sources."
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New York : Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1895-1906.
First editions of three popular titles in the Boone and Crockett Club series, edited by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter levant morocco over marbled boards by Adams bindery with gilt titles and decorations depicting a variety of big game animals to the spine in six compartments withinContinue reading "Hunting In Many Lands; American Big Game in Its Haunts; Trail and Camp-Fire: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club."
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New York : Carleton, 1862.
First American edition and first English translation of Hugo’s epic historical novel, published in the same year as the first French edition. Royal octavo, five volumes in one, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to theContinue reading "Les Miserables."
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New York : Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition, first issue of Mark Twain’s masterpiece with all of the agreed upon first issue points and including the extraordinary “bulging fly” illustration. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter brown morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, patterned endpapers, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. Copies of Huckleberry Finn were assembledContinue reading "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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New York : Exeter Books, 1986.
First edition of this work on the development of human space exploration during the first quarter-century of the space age. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with color photographs throughout. Boldly signed by over 100 astronauts from all of NASA’s storied programs: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and the Space Shuttle. Six of the original Mercury astronauts:Continue reading "The Astronauts: The First 25 Years of Manned Space Flight."
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: The Peter Gruber Foundation, .
Original offprint of Jerome J. Shestack’s Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front wrapper, “To Justice Ginsburg. Ah, would that we had leaders like you! With esteem, Jerry.” The recipient, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, served as an associate justice of the SupremeContinue reading "Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society."
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New York : The Basic Books, 1955.
First edition of this translation English of this cornerstone of psychoanalysis. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling 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 edgesContinue reading "The Interpretation of Dreams."
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New York : Random House, 1961.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the half-tilt page on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. An exceptional example.
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New York : New York University Law Review, 1992.
Original November 1992 offprint of the New York University Law Review containing David L. Shapiro’s Continuity and Change in Statutory Interpretation. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers, volume 67, number 5. Accompanied by a typed letter on Harvard Law School stationary laid in, inscribed and signed by David L. Shapiro to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The letter readsContinue reading "New York University Law Review: Continuity and Change in Statutory Interpretation."
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London : Printed for Edward Blount, 1623.
First edition in English of this seminal Spanish picaresque novel. Imperial octavo, written in English with a few leaves in Spanish, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, ruling to the front and rear panels stamped in blind, all edges speckled red, turn-insContinue reading "The Rogue: Or The Life of Guzman de Alfarache."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First American edition of the poet’s scarce first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Author photograph by Molly Malone Cook. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed and in this condition.
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Natal, South Africa : Durban Club, March 22, 1900.
Rare autograph letter signed by General William Arnold Eaton. Octavo, four pages on Durban Club stationary, the letter reads in part, “22 March 1900 My dear mama, I go back tomorrow to join the 19th…Churchill has promised me in this case to get me some job with the troops at the front, he is goingContinue reading "William Arnold Eaton Autograph Letter Signed."
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London : Macmillan & Company, 1919.
First British edition of the best-selling book that established John Maynard Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. Inscribed by John Neville Keynes on the front pastedown, “Dec. 1919 (from J.N.K.).” John Neville Keynes, was an English economist and philosopher best known for hisContinue reading "The Economic Consequences of the Peace."
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London : Hutchinson, 1967.
First edition of this posthumous collection of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s shorter works. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by his wife Ray Mitchell on the front free endpaper. From the library of bibliophile Seumas Stewart, a respected figure in the field of book collecting and bibliophilic writing, bestContinue reading "A Scots Hairst: Essays and Short Stories."
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New York : D.C. Comics, 2005.
First edition of the comic movie adaptation. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by director Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale on the front panel. In fine condition.
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