Brass printing block from Leighton - Gray's Poems
by [Leighton, John]
London: c. 1840s-1880s Brass printing block, likely intended as a spine title, with "Gray's Poems" in center, surrounded by simple ornamentation. Very good, with light rubbing to top and bottom edges. John Leighton (1822-1912) was one of the most prolific designers of the Victorian Era, having worked also as an illustrator and author. Over 400 bookbinding designs have been attributed to him, spanning the years 1845-1902. Many were made for the London bindery J. & J. Leighton, founded by... Read More
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Brass printing block from Leighton - Two ornamental Blocks
by [Leighton, John]
London: c. 1840s-1880s Two brass printing blocks: one ornamental vertical scroll, and one L-shaped corner piece featuring leaves. Vertical scroll very good with light rubbing, corner piece fair with indentation to lower portion. John Leighton (1822-1912) was one of the most prolific designers of the Victorian Era, having worked also as an illustrator and author. Over 400 bookbinding designs have been attributed to him, spanning the years 1845-1902. Many were made for the London bindery J. & J. Leighton,... Read More
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Brass printing block from Leighton - Shakespeare's Dramatic Works-Tilt's Edition
by [Leighton, John]
London: c. 1840s-1880s Brass printing block, likely intended as a cover title, with "Shakespeare's Dramatic Works" in center and "Tilt's Edition" at bottom, surrounded by ornamentation including an urn, a lyre, and floral scrolls. Very good, with a few scratches and small dents. John Leighton (1822-1912) was one of the most prolific designers of the Victorian Era, having worked also as an illustrator and author. Over 400 bookbinding designs have been attributed to him, spanning the years 1845-1902. Many... Read More
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[Lemon, Robert G.]; [Greenberg, Hank]. 1953 Uniform Player's Contract between Bob Lemon and the Cleveland Indians
by Lemon, Robert G. And Greenberg, Hank
1953 First edition. Signed by Lemon and countersigned by Indians GM Hank Greenberg in blue ink on p. 3. Original four-page "Uniform Player's Contract," printed in black with red heading on p. 1. About fine, with light horizontal tri-fold lines. Overall, a great piece, signed by two Hall of Famers. Legendary pitcher Bob Lemon (1920 - 2000) played his entire 15-year professional career with the Cleveland Indians. In 1953, the year of this contract, Lemon finished the season... Read More
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Signed Negro League Tribute to Leon Day Poster
by Lewis, Ron. [Day, Leon]
1995 Color lithographic poster. 30" x 24.25". One of 1,200 numbered copies, signed by artist Ron Lewis at lower right, and 20 former Negro League baseball stars, including: Buck Leonard, Bill Cash, Monte Irvin, Armando Vazquez, Josh Johnson, Joe Black, Warren Peace, Russell Awkward, Sam Jethrowe, Verdell Mathis, Max Manning, Wilmer Fields, Stanley Glenn, Gene Benson, Mahlon Duckett, Al Wilmore, Nap Gulley, Buck O'Neil, Edsall Walker, and Wilmer Harris. Includes letter of authenticity, signed by Mrs. Leon Day and Richard... Read More
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Dodsworth
by Lewis, Sinclair
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929 First edition, first printing in second state dust jacket, price intact. Publisher's dark blue cloth, stamped in orange; original salmon dust jacket, front panel and spine ruled in black and red, lettered in black. Near fine book, with small mark to spine label, light spotting to fore edge of text block, previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown, and previous owner’s inscription to front pastedown; very good dust jacket with light toning and some... Read More
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Gift from the Sea
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
New York: Pantheon, 1955 First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue cloth-backed tan paper-covered boards, with red shells and blue lettering to front board, and spine lettered in white; in its original pictorial blue, white, and yellow dust jacket designed by George W. Thomson, lettered in white and pink. Good book, with front free endpaper lacking (1-inch stub is present), light rubbing to spine, a hint of staining to front board, and top corners of boards worn to boards; good clipped... Read More
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Listen! the Wind
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow; [Lindbergh, Charles]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1938 With a Foreword & Maps by Charles Lindbergh. First UK edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Anne and Charles Lindbergh on half-title page, with "For Mr. and Mrs. Barlow / From Anne" in Anne's hand, and "and Charles Lindbergh / Illiec, 1938" in Charles' hand. Publisher's blue cloth, with front board and spine stamped in gilt, and pictorial map endpapers; in its original blue and silver dust jacket, designed with stars and... Read More
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Orchard Street
by Link, O. Winston
1949 (printed 1990) Gelatin silver photograph, 16 x 20 inches. 1949 (printed 1990). Signed by Link in pencil on the verso, copyright stamped to verso. Image depicts street vendors with awnings drawn, lined up along empty Orchard Street in New York City's Lower East Side. A bright print, fine condition. Matted in white, in a sleek black wood frame. Ogle Winston Link was an American photographer, best known for his railroad photography and as a pioneer of nighttime... Read More
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Les affaires, Qui Sont Aujourd'huy entre Les Maisons, De France et d'Austriche
by [French Literature]
Belgium: Louis Elzebier, 1648 First edition. Finely bound in mid-18th century brown calf, ruled in blind to boards and in gilt to spine with decorative floral tooling and a black leather spine label lettered in gilt, board edges tooled in blind, red text block edges, red marbled endpapers, two blue silk markers present. A very good copy with wear to extremities and front hinge cracked but holding, otherwise a beautiful copy with a clean interior. A non-fiction discourse on... Read More
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War of the Classes
by London, Jack
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905 First edition, first printing, with three pages of ads at rear. One of 2,530 copies. Publisher's maroon cloth, with front board ruled in blind, and spine lettered in gilt. Very good or better, with a touch of dimming to gilt, light toning to spine, light rubbing to spine ends, a tiny mark to front board, light spotting to text block edges, and light offsetting to endpapers. Overall, an attractive, crisp copy. BAL 11885. ... Read More
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The Faith of Men, and Other Stories
by London, Jack
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904 First edition, first issue, with two pages of ads at rear. Publisher's blue cloth, with tree branch and pinecones to front panel, front board lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt, and top edge gilt. Very good, with light toning to spine, light wear to spine ends and corners, gentle lean to spine, and very light soiling to some pages. Overall, a bright and handsome copy. BAL 11878. This short story collection... Read More
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New Zealand Alpine Club Himalayan Expedition (Letterhead Stationery)
by [Lowe, George]
Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Alpine Club, Inc., no date [circa 1954] From the library of mountaineer George Lowe. Single cream leaf, lettered in black. Fine, with only a hint of faint soling, otherwise clean and completely unused. A bright piece of New Zealand mountaineering ephemera. This piece of letterhead stationery is an example of the sheets used for the New Zealand Alpine Club's Himalayan Expedition to the Barun Valley in 1954. After the successful 1953 British Mount... Read More
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British-Soviet Pamirs Expedition, 1962 (Letterhead Stationery)
by [Lowe, George]
London: The Alpine Club, no date [circa 1962] From the library of mountaineer George Lowe. Single white leaf, lettered in black. Fine, with only some faint creasing to the extremities, otherwise clean and completely unused. A fresh piece of Himalayan mountaineering ephemera. This piece of letterhead stationery is an example of the sheets used for the 1962 British-Soviet Pamirs Expedition, a collaborative effort sported by the Alpine Club, the Scottish Mountaineering Club, and the Mountaineering Federation of the U.S.S.R.... Read More
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God's Grace
by Malamud, Bernard
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux., 1982 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy; signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication to close friend and Bennington College faculty colleague, Nicholas Delbanco. Near fine in a like jacket. In 1996 Delbanco published "Talking Horse: Bernard Malamud on Life and Work.". Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
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Signed Photo of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris
by [Mantle, Mickey]; [Maris, Roger]
Black and white photo. Signed by Maris and Mantle in blue pen. Photo of uniformed Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, holding bats. About fine, with just a tiny black dot to top white margin of photo. JSA authenticated (letter to be sent upon receipt from JSA). Overall, a pleasing photo signed by an iconic pair of Yankees teammates. Mantle and Maris were teammates on the Yankees from 1960 to 1966, earning the nickname the "M&M Boys." The... Read More
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My Favorite Summer 1956
by Mantle, Mickey; Pepe, Phil
New York: Doubleday, 1991 Limited first edition ("Collector Edition"). Signed by Mantle in gold marker at bottom of front board. Original publisher's navy blue morocco, with Mantle photo to front board, lettered and ruled in gilt. Fine book, with just a touch of fading to signature. With laid in Certificates of Authenticity from Howard's Sports Collectibles and Americana Memorabilia. Overall, a very sharp copy with no noticeable defects. My Favorite Summer 1956 is Mickey Mantle's autobiographical reflection of... Read More
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Color Photo Signed by Mickey Mantle
by [Mantle, Mickey]
Signed by Mantle in blue marker. Color photo depicting a uniformed and smiling Mickey Mantle leaning on a bat. Fine. Overall, a great, boldly signed photo. Mickey Mantle played his entire eighteen-year career with the New York Yankees, alongside other legendary players like Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, and Whitey Ford. Plagued by injuries throughout much of his career, Mantle nevertheless became an all-time great, winning three MVP awards (1956, 1957, 1962) and the Triple Crown in 1956. He... Read More
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Life Magazine July 30, 1965 (Mantle's Misery)
by [Mantle, Mickey]
[Chicago]: Time, Inc, 1965 July 30, 1965. Volume 59, No. 5. First edition. Signed by Mantle in blue marker on front wrapper: "Mickey Mantle / No. 7". Additionally signed "#7" on p. 49 on a photo of Mantle, presumably by Mantle. Publisher's wrappers, with "Mantle's Misery" heading and close-up photo of Mantle attributed to John Dominis to front wrapper, Life logo to top left of front wrapper, lettered in white. Near fine, with light edgewear to front wrapper, former owner's... Read More
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The Mick
by Mantle, Mickey; Gluck, Herb
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1985 First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Mantle on the title page. Publisher's black cloth-backed red paper-covered boards, with titles in silver foil to spine; in its original white dust jacket, with R. B. Boris' close-up photograph of Mantle's jersey to front panel, lettered in red and black. Very slight lean to spine, else fine book; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with a few small closed tears to head of spine... Read More
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My Favorite Summer 1956
by Mantle, Mickey; Pepe, Phil
New York: Doubleday, 1991 Limited first edition ("Collector Edition"). Signed by Mantle in gold marker on the front board, in the central gilt-ruled square. Additionally signed by Mantle's agent and romantic partner Greer Johnson in gold marker at the bottom of front board: "Greer Johnson Collection 14/129". With Greer Johnson Enterprises Corporate Seal embossed on title page, and "All American Authentication" and "GJC" authentication holograms. Publisher's navy blue morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt. About fine, with a couple of... Read More
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All My Octobers: My Memories of 12 World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball
by Mantle, Mickey; Herskowitz, Mickey
New York: HarperCollins, 1994 First edition, first printing. Signed by Mantle on half-title page. Publisher's navy cloth-backed white paper-covered boards, designed by Nancy Singer, with silver foil baseball to front board, and spine lettered in silver foil; in its original blue dust jacket designed by Joel Avirom and Jason Snyder, with depiction of Mantle at bat to front panel, lettered in red and white. Fine book, with two faint vertical lines of blue to rear board, as seen on other... Read More
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First Annual Roger Maris-Shanley Open Souvenir Program
by [Maris, Roger]; [Ford, Whitey (HOF)]
North Dakota: [s.n.], 1984 First edition. Signed on front wrapper by Maris, and signed inside by Whitey Ford, "Moose" Skowron, Bob Allison, and Ken Hunt on their respective profiles. Original white wrappers, with batting photo of Maris to front wrapper, priced $2.00, and lettered in black and red. About fine, with just some light toning and a hint of edgewear to wrappers. With JSA letter of authenticity. Overall, a lovely multi-signed copy. This program is for the... Read More
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![Roger Maris Baseball Inscribed to the New York Yankees' 1961 Team Photographer [with] Roger Maris' Batting Secrets](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/566/342/1294342566.0.l.jpg)
Roger Maris Baseball Inscribed to the New York Yankees' 1961 Team Photographer [with] Roger Maris' Batting Secrets
by Maris, Roger; Blumenthal, David
MacGregor: Regulation League wool center baseball, 1961 Signed and inscribed by Roger Maris to Yankees 1961 team photographer, David Blumenthal: "To Dave Blumenthal/ My Best Regards/ Roger Maris." In excellent condition with some very light soiling and a few minor smudges. [with] Blumenthal, David. Roger Maris' Batting Secrets. White Plains, NY: David Blumenthal Associates, Inc., 1961. First edition. 24pp., each leaf with a photograph of Maris in one of several stages performing a swing. A fine copy. ... Read More
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Signed Roger Maris Postcard
by [Maris, Roger]
Signed by Maris in blue pen to photo side. Original postcard with black and white photo of Maris in a batting stance. Fine, with no writing on the postcard. Encased in a Beckett slab. Roger Maris played 12 seasons of Major League Baseball from 1957-1968 with 4 different teams, most notably the New York Yankees. He's best remembered for his historic 1961 season in which he broke Babe Ruth's single season home run record with 61 home runs,... Read More
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