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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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New York : Harcourt, In, 2002.
First edition of Scott Carpenter’s compelling autobiography. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Scott Carpenter on the title page, “Scott Carpenter Aurora 7.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews.
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Modena : Privately Printed, 1979.
Rare original wax paper diagrams that tell the design evolution of the Ferrari Turbo 208 engine. Folded diagram sheet of the engine signed by Enzo Ferrari in his signature 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 byContinue reading "Original Drawings of The Ferrari Turbo 208 Signed by Enzo Ferrari."
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London : William Kimber, 1978.
First edition of the racing legend’s account of his time with Ferrari. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Niki Lauda on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London : John Murray, 1909.
First editions of Young’s authoritative history of the Medici, extra-illustrated with 91 plates, 20 in color. Octavo, four volumes bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-insContinue reading "The Medici."
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New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1891.
First edition of this memoir by one of the most well-regarded generals, “oft-consulted and much-quoted reminiscences… Sherman wrote as he fought; dynamically and bluntly” (Nevins II, 89). Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s green cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of William T. Sherman, illustrated with folding maps in each volume. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster &Continue reading "Memoirs of General William T. Sherman."
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Modena : Privately Printed, 1974.
Early printing of this classic work on Ferrari. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Enzo Ferrari on the dedication page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1935.
First trade edition of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with photogravures and folding maps. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with sunning to the spine, a few chips and short closed tears to the dust jacket with neat tissue repair to verso.
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New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.
First edition of Simon Wiesenthal’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Simon Wiesenthal on the title page. Ticket to a Wiesenthal lecture attached to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Joseph Wechsberg. Jacket design by Leonard Leoni. Jacket photo by Lester Krauss.Continue reading "Murderers Among Us: The Wiesenthal Memoirs."
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the editor on the title page, “For Justice Ginsburg – with deepest respect, admiration, & gratitude, In sisterhood, Elizabeth Ann Bartlett.” From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and juristContinue reading "Sarah Grimké: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and Other Essays."
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New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
First edition of Earhart’s classic dramatic chronicle. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 61 black-and-white photographic plates, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Amelia Earhart on the verso of the frontispiece, “For Earnestine Fishbaugh. Amelia Earhart.” The recipient, Earnestine Fishbaugh was the daughter of noted Hollywood physician, Dr. Ernest C. Fishbaugh. Accompanied by a laid in note fromContinue reading "20 Hrs. and 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story."
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New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1867.
First edition of this record of personal recollections during the Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, floral detailing stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations and decorations. In very good condition.
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Sixteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Latin work on the downfalls of powerful or famous historical and biblical figures. Duodecimo, written in Italian, bound in full vellum, woodcut chapter decorations. Translated and expanded by Giuseppe Betussi of Bassano. In very good condition with light toning and soiling.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1990.
First edition of the 40th President of the United States’ memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Winnie- With Best Wishes. Ronald Reagan Feb. 9- 1991” and signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa. Lech Wałęsa is a Polish labor leader and statesman whoContinue reading "An American Life."
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New York : Armistad, 2007.
First edition of this early Obama biography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama in person in Keene, New Hampshire in full on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. We have never seen another full signature in this title.
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New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.
First Doubleday printing of Tarbell’s collected Billy Brown stories, first published by McClure in 1907. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892.
First edition, later printings of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, two volumes, original green cloth with title and front panel in gilt, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. InContinue reading "Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant."
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New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.
Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Roosevelt’s stories of sport hunting on the Northern Cattle Plains. Octavo, bound in three quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine in two compartments in raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbonContinue reading "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains."
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New York : Crown Publishers, 2010.
First edition of George W. Bush’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by George W. Bush and Henry Kissinger on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W.G. Cookman. Henry Kissinger was a diplomat and political scientist who served as the 56th United States secretary of stateContinue reading "Decision Points."
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London : Hamish Hamilton, 1963.
First edition in English of Enzo Ferrari’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Enzo Ferrari on a laid in Ferrari card with the original envelope and additionally signed by Stirling Moss on the front free endpaper. Foreword by Stirling Moss. Edited by Richard Hough. Translated by Ivan Scott. Near fine in a near fineContinue reading "The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs."
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