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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 : Thomas J. Crowell & Co, 1886.
First edition in English of Tolstoy’s masterpiece with all the points of first issue: sheets bulk to 35 mm, floral patterned endpapers, “13 Astor Place” on title page, no front adverts, and 5 pp. of rear adverts not listing Russian titles. Octavo, original cloth, with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel,Continue reading "Anna Karenina."
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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1899.
The Wessex edition of Thomas Hardy’s works. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in the original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spines, floral details stamped in blind to the spines and front panels, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with a map of The Wessex at the rear of each volume. InContinue reading "The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]"
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United Kingdom : Viking an Imprint of Penguin Books, 2022.
First edition of this military history of the prisoners in Colditz Castle during World War II. Octavo, original publisher’s black cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed and dated by Ben Macintyre in the year of publication, “Ben Macintyre 14/9/22.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 1992.
Signed limited first edition of this classic work, basis for the film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges gilt, watered silk moire endpapers, with a silk bookmark bound in. Boldly signed by Bill Kinsella andContinue reading "Shoeless Joe. [Field of Dreams]."
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Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922.
First edition, first printing of Joyce’s masterpiece, one of 750 numbered copies printed on handmade paper from a total edition of 1000 copies, this is number 909. Thick quarto, bound in full morocco by Baker Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling toContinue reading "Ulysses."
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Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922.
First edition, first printing of Joyce’s masterpiece, one of 750 numbered copies printed on handmade paper from a total edition of 1000 copies, this is number 909. Thick quarto, bound full morocco by Baker Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to theContinue reading "Ulysses."
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1948.
First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alan Paton on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed.
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San Diego : Applewood Books, 2017.
Finely bound example of the Constitution of the United States. Small octavo, bound in full leatherette, illustrated endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Charlie Kirk on the front free endpaper. Kirk signed this in Palm Beach in December of 2024. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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San Diego : Applewood Books, 2017.
Finely bound example of the Constitution of the United States. Small octavo, bound in full leatherette, illustrated endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Charlie Kirk on the front free endpaper. Kirk signed this in Palm Beach in December of 2024. In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Harcourt, Inc., 2007.
First edition of the 35th Anniversary edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Goldman on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Larry Rostant. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.
First edition of this landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, basis for the Award-winning Broadway play. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda (who starred in the Broadway adaptation) on the title page. Fine in a very good jacket. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson.
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London : [Printed by Thomas Dawson] For John Harison and Thomas Man, 1580.
Scarce first edition in English of this collection of John Calvin’s sermons. Octavo, bound in full levant morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling and central gilt arabesques to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, wide typographical borderContinue reading "Two and twentie Sermons of Maister John Calvin. In which Sermons is most religiously handled, the hundredth and nineteenth Psalme of David, by eight verses aparte according to the Hebrewe alphabet."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rachel Carson on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example, desirable signed and inscribed.
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941.
First edition with the Scribner’s A and the publisher’s seal on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, 22 karat gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt stamped to the front panel, gilt innerContinue reading "The Last Tycoon. An Unfinished Novel. Together with The Great Gatsby and Selected Stories."
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1989.
First edition, early printing of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Kathleen Thanks for the interview! Michael Lewis.” Fine in a near fineprice-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Andrew M. Newman Graphic Design Inc. Jacket illustration by Vint Lawrence. An exceptionalContinue reading "Liar’s Poker."
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London : Oxford University Press, 1943.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, which discusses Milton’s Paradise Lost. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, 22 karat gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt signature to the front panel, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentellesContinue reading "A Preface to Paradise Lost."
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2012-20.
First editions of each of Toll’s classic trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original boards, illustrated. Each volume is signed Ian Toll. Fine in fine dust jackets.
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London : Messrs. Fores, 1887.
Finely bound edition of this series of stories, sketches and songs, descriptive of fishing, hunting, golf, yachting, fishing and with experiences in the field and on the course. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. IllustratedContinue reading "All Round Sport with Fish, Fur, and Feather, Also Adventures On The Turf and The Road, In The Hunting and Cricket Fields, and Over Yachting Courses, Links, and Curling Ponds."
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Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1852.
Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, floral border details stamped in blind. From the library of President Millard Fillmore with his ownership signature to the pastedown of the front panel and dated by him, “MillardContinue reading "History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol I."
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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, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by James Jones. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by SKA. Jacket photograph by Pat Maestro. An exceptionally bright example.
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New York : Bantam Books, 1988.
First edition of Yeager’s second autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper “To Ed Hershler Good Hunting Chuck Yeager and additionally signed by legendary pilot Bud Anderson. The recipient Ed Hershler was Governor of Wyoming. Near fine in aContinue reading "Press On! Further Adventures in the Good Life."
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Rare Indo-Persian khanjar, a 20th century curved dagger, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. The khanjar has decorative wooden and metal inlays and intricate detailing to the handle and sheath, with etchings to the blade. Ulysses S. Grant, a close friend of Sherman’s, went on a “World Tour”Continue reading "General Sherman’s Indo-Persian Khanjar."
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June 30, 1886.
First mortgage bond of the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company in the amount of $1000, signed on the reverse by J. P. Morgan and H. C. Fahnestock as trustees. Unaccomplished and bound at the left edge with five pages of the original coupons, with 199 of 200 still present. In fine condition.
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