Signed & Autographed Books

Kelly, Fred C.; Introduction by Orville Wright

The Wright Brothers.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943.

First edition of this classic American biography authorized by Orville Wright and long considered the definitive Wright biography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Orville Wright in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Edward with affectionate regards. Orville Wright May 4, 1943.” Near fineContinue reading "The Wright Brothers."

Asimov, Isaac

Life and Energy.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962.

First edition of Asimov’s work on the chemistry of life processes. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alex Gotfryd. Rare and desirable signed.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Cambridge : The Riverside Press, 1896.

The Large Paper Author’s Autograph edition of the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Octavo, 16 volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant pigskin with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Signed by Harriet Beecher Stowe on the limitation page ‘Specially For ThisContinue reading "The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe."

Asimov, Isaac

Casebook of the Black Widowers.

Garden City, NY : Published For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980.

First edition of the third book in Asimov’s Black Widowers series with the publisher’s “With Compliments of Doubleday & Company, Inc.” stamp to the pastedown. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio.

The Yogi and the Commissar.

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First Danube edition of this classic work by the author of Darkness at Noon. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Karl and Diane from Arthur.” The recipients were Karl Pribram and his wife Diane. Karl as a neurosurgeon and close friend of Koestler who did pioneering work on theContinue reading "The Yogi and the Commissar."

Didion, Joan

Salvador.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1983.

First edition of this classic work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

Styron, William

The Confessions of Nat Turner.

New York : Random House, 1967.

Signed limited first edition of Styron’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, one of only 500 signed examples. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase.

Lucas, Robert E

Collected Papers on Monetary Theory.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2013.

First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970″ (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Mark, with best wishes Robert E. Lucas Jr.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by TimContinue reading "Collected Papers on Monetary Theory."

Fleming, Ian

Casino Royale.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1953.

First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.

McCarthy, Cormac, Edward Dahlberg, Patrick Boyle, Kathleen Raine [Edited by Andrew Lytle]

The Sewanee Review, Volume 73, Number 2 (LXXIII; Spring 1965). [Includes The Dark Waters by Cormac McCarthy].

Sewanee, Tennessee : University of the South, 1965.

Rare journal which contains the first publication of Cormac McCarthy, The Dark Waters; an excerpt from his first novel The Orchard Keeper. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front panel. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed, we have never seen another one.

[Cunningham, Walter]

Walt Cunningham Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in Space Signed Photograph.

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Rare large format glossy photograph of the historic Apollo 7/S-IVB rendezvous in space signed by Apollo 7 Pilot Walter Cunningham, “S-IVB stage during rendezvous, Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 Pilot, October 11-22, 1968.” In near fine condition. The photograph measures 20 inches by 16 inches.

Heller, Joseph

Something Happened.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.

First edition of this classic work by the author of Catch-22. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Doreen Phelan, With pleasure + good wishes Joseph Heller 5/24/75 Ojai, Pal.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom halfContinue reading "Something Happened."

Porter, Katherine Anne

Ship of Fools.

Boston : Little Brown and Company, 1962.

First edition of this classic bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize winner which dramatizes the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s in a sweeping story of a transatlantic cruise featuring a cast of unforgettable characters. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Katherine Porter on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Ship of Fools."

McCarthy, Cormac

The Crossing.

New York : Vintage International, 1994.

First paperback edition of the second book in the author’s acclaimed Border Trilogy. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page, “For Randy, All best wishes, Cormac McCarthy.” In near fine condition. Cover design by Chip Kidd.

[Earhart, Amelia]

Amelia Earhart Signed Oldsmobile Girls Club Christmas Party Program.

[Lansing, Michigan] [1928].

Rare original program from the holiday luncheon held for female employees of Olds Motor Works held on December 19th 1928, signed by legendary aviator Amelia Earhart. Octavo, bound in handmade tissue paper with a red ribbon, illustrated with a tipped in portrait of Amelia Earhart. Signed by Earhart in pencil beneath her portrait. In veryContinue reading "Amelia Earhart Signed Oldsmobile Girls Club Christmas Party Program."

Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing, On The Rocks.

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First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page on the half-title page, “To Blanche Patch’s friend, Mrs. Frank Kinder, from G. Bernard Shaw 9th Nov. 1934.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom halfContinue reading "Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing, On The Rocks."

Kennedy, John F

The Strategy of Peace.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1960.

First edition of the selected foreign policy speeches and statements on defense, peace, and national security delivered by Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. From the library of John F. Kennedy with his ownership stamp to the half-title page, “Senator John F. Kennedy.” In near fine condition. Housed in a customContinue reading "The Strategy of Peace."

Triquarterly 48: Western Stories [Blood Meridian].

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Original Spring 1980 issue of TriQuarterly magazine containing the first excerpt from Cormac McCarthy’s classic Blood Meridian, this being chapter 12, with several textual differences from the 1985 first edition publication. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy at his appearance. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

Stokey, Nancy L.; Robert E. Lucas, Jr. with Edward C. Prescott

Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1999.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas on the front free endpaper, “For Mark- with best wishes- Robert E. Lucas Jr.” In near fine condition, small stamp to the front free endpaper.

Nehru, Jawaharlal

Inside America: A Voyage of Discovery.

New Dehli : National Book Stall, n/d.

First printing of this edition of this collection of speeches by Nehru in America. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Jawaharlal Nehru Dec 1956.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed, with none appearing at auction in the last 65 years.

McCarthy, Cormac

Outer Dark.

New York : Random House, 1968.

First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. A superior example.

Shaw, George Bernard

Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch.

London : Constable and Company, Ltd, 1921.

First edition of this collection of plays by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “To H.S.S from G.B.S 22nd June 1921.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. RareContinue reading "Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch."

Gosling, Sharon. Foreword by Patty Jenkins

Wonder Woman: the Art and Making of the Film.

London : Titan Books, 2017.

First edition of the complete behind-the-scenes story of Wonder Woman. Oblong quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashionContinue reading "Wonder Woman: the Art and Making of the Film."

McCarthy, Cormac

Suttree.

New York : Random House, 1979.

First edition of the author’s fourth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Barbara with love Cormac.” With a photograph laid in of McCarthy with his arms around the recipient and his then wife Ann Delisle. NearContinue reading "Suttree."