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New York: Rizzoli Press, 2004.
First edition of this comprehensive work on the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid. Quarto, 4 volumes, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Zaha Hadid in all four of the volumes at Yale University. In fine condition. The original plastic case is in fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York: Archipelago Books,
First edition set of Knausgaard’s masterpiece My Struggle, with volume one a second edition, but first hardcover edition. Octavo, 6 volumes, original cloth. Each volume signed signed by Karl Ove Knausgaard on the title page. Volume one is signed by legendary artist Anselm Kiefer on the front free endpaper of volume one, who contributed theContinue reading "My Struggle Complete Set: Volumes I, II, III, IV, V & VI – A Death In the Family, A Man In Love, Boyhood Island, Dancing in the Dark, Some Rain Must Fall & The End."
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New York: Random House, 1980.
First edition of one of the best-selling science books ever published. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Carl Sagan on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino, jacket painting by Adolph Schaller. Uncommon signed.
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Washington, D.C: National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, 1966.
First edition of this early compilation of papers on Mars, signed by Carl Sagan. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by legendary astronomer on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
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London: Hodder & Stoughton,
A handsomely produced edition of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Quarto, original red pictorial cloth richly stamped in gilt, the front cover with a gilt silhouette medallion of David Copperfield, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with tipped-in colour plates by Frank Reynolds, including the frontispiece of Mr. Micawber. In very good conditionContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."
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Philadelphia: Printed by W. Dunlap, 1764.
Rare first edition of Franklin’s influential pamphlet arguing for the replacement of Pennsylvania’s proprietary government by direct royal rule. Octavo, bound in full red morocco, the spine lettered in gilt, with a woodcut device to the title and ornamental head- and tailpieces. Published anonymously in 1764, Cool Thoughts sets out Franklin’s case that the AssemblyContinue reading "Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation of Our Public Affairs."
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New York: Hill and Wang, 1972.
First edition of this compilation of the author’s classic Night Trilogy. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/ Doubleday, 1973.
First edition of this early work by the legendary astronomer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Carl Sagan on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Produced by Jerome Agel. Jacket painting by Jon Lomberg. Jacket typography by Jim McWilliams. Uncommon signed.
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New York: Philosophical Library, 1950.
First edition of Einstein’s collection of social science-related articles, addresses and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with bumping and chipping to the rear panel.
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1948.
First edition of this novel, which Green considered the finest of his books. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
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London: HarperCollins and Jonathan Cape, 1991.
The Limited Commemorative Edition of the works of Roald Dahl, one of only 500 numbered sets, published to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in half blue morocco over decorative paper-covered boards and gilt titles to the spines, each volume in a matching decorative-paper slipcase, the entire set housed inContinue reading "Roald Dahl: The Limited Commemorative Edition: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Danny the Champion of the World, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Twits, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The BFG, The Witches, Boy, Going Solo, Matilda, Esio Trot."
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New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2007.
First edition of the 35th Anniversary edition of this classic work, basis for the film, directed by Rob Reiner. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Goldman and director of the film Rob Reiner on the front free endpaper. Both signatures were obtained in person, Goldman at Yale University and Rob Reiner in Los Angeles.Continue reading "The Princess Bride. S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure."
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, Bill Kinsella and additionally signed by Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Costner. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Uncommon signedContinue reading "Shoeless Joe."
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Milwaukee, WI: Harley-Davidson Motor Co, Inc, [1970s].
First edition of this history of the legendary motorcycle company published by Harley-Davidson. Quarto, original brown pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed on the title page by both William H. Davidson and John A. Davidson. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed by both John and William Davidson, who bothContinue reading "The Story of Harley-Davidson."
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New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson. A very sharp example.
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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: Jonathan Cape, 1955.
First edition, first issue with “shoo” for “shoot” on page 10 of the third novel in the James Bond series and what many critics to be his finest. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a bright near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning and rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Kenneth Lewis.Continue reading "Moonraker."
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New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005.
First edition, second printing of Vonnegut’s final book, a collection of personal essays and speeches. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the limitations page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Kurt Vonnegut. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
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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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New York: P.F. Volland Company, 1932.
First edition of the fifteenth book in Johnny Gruelle’s beloved Raggedy Ann series. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, illustrated by the author in color. In very good condition, inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper.
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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 22 karat 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 edgesContinue reading "Midnight’s Children."
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New York: The Viking Press, 1947.
First edition of this classic story of simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo, original brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Boldly signed by John Steinbeck on the title page. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to the left on the rear panel. Drawings by JoseContinue reading "The Pearl."
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1942.
First Australian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth. Boldly signed by John Steinbeck on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and toning. Bookseller’s ticket to the front pastedown and bookseller’s stamp to the free endpaper. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity fromContinue reading "The Moon Is Down."
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus from the library of fellow novelist Peter Matthiessen. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page, “David Foster Wallace 2/96.” Additionally signed twice by dust jacket designer Steve Snider on the front panel and rearContinue reading "Infinite Jest: A Novel."
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Sagan, Carl. [Edited by Colin S. Pittendrigh, Wolf Vishniac, J.P.T. Pearman].
Franklin, Benjamin.
Goldman, William. [Rob Reiner].
Wallace, David Foster [Peter Matthiessen] [Steve Snider and Biz Stone].
