Soul on Fire
by CLEAVER Eldridge
1978. First Edition. Signed. CLEAVER, Eldridge. Soul on Fire. Waco, Texas: Word Books, (1978). Octavo, original black paper boards, original dust jacket. $1100.First edition of the revolutionary Black Panther's 1978 autobiography, looking back on his life in the decade since Soul on Ice (1968), inscribed by him in the year of publication, ""For M , Who worked hard to set our launching in motion. Right On! Eldridge Cleaver 9/18/78.""Eldridge Cleaver broke with the Black Panthers in the early 1970s.... Read More
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Photograph inscribed
by ROOSEVELT Eleanor
1944. Signed. ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. Photograph inscribed. Washington, D.C., circa 1941. Vintage gelatin silver print (8 by 10 inches), inscribed on print recto. $1700.Vintage gelatin silver print of Eleanor Roosevelt, circa 1941, an official White House photographic portrait by Bachrach that features the First Lady in a black evening gown, seated before a desk that displays a framed photograph of FDR, inscribed by her in the upper right of print recto, ""To E with affectionate good wishes, Eleanor Roosevelt,"" with... Read More
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This I Remember
by ROOSEVELT Eleanor
1949. First Edition. Signed. ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. This I Remember. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1949). Large octavo, original blue cloth, paper spine label, original acetate, original slipcase. $2800.Signed limited first edition, number 720 of only 1000 copies printed on special paper and signed by Eleanor Roosevelt.""Franklin often used me to get the reflection of other people's thinking,"" wrote Eleanor Roosevelt, ""because he knew I made it a point to see and talk with a variety of people."" This fascinating... Read More
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Works
by GLASGOW Ellen
1938. First Edition. Signed. GLASGOW, Ellen. Works. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Twelve volumes. Tall octavo, original half vellum gilt, burgundy morocco spine labels, top edges gilt, uncut, original glassine dust wrappers, original slipcases. $2600.Limited ""Virginia Edition"" of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern novelist's collected works, number 196 of only 810 sets signed by Glasgow in Volume I, with biographical frontispieces in each volume, in handsome publisher's binding.""Born into an aristocratic Virginia family, the young Glasgow rebelled against the... Read More
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Luck on the Wing
by HASLETT Elmer
1920. First Edition. Signed. HASLETT, Elmer. Luck on the Wing. Thirteen Stories of a Sky Spy. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1920). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $1500.First edition, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, ""To Harryand may he always have 'luck on the wing""and off. Elmer Haslett. May 27, 1920.""""The work of a successful aerial observation officer in the great war has never been described with such humor or with such light-hearted jollity as... Read More
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Living My Life
by GOLDMAN Emma
1931. First Edition. GOLDMAN, Emma. Living My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Two volumes. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jackets, Vol. II original glassine. $3500.First edition of the famous radical's autobiography, with frontispiece portraits and eleven additional photogravures of Goldman, fellow anarchist Alexander Berkman and others, in very rare original dust jackets.""For nearly 30 years, Emma Goldman had taunted conservative Americans with her outspoken attacks on government, big business and war. Her name became a household... Read More
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Very Hungry Caterpillar
by CARLE Eric
1969. First Edition. CARLE, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York and Cleveland: World Publishing, (1969). Oblong quarto, original pictorial boards and endpapers, original dust jacket. $12,000.First edition of Carle's most famous children's book.Carle described the inception of The Very Hungry Caterpillar: ""I playfully punched a hole into a stack of papers. I thought, a bookworm at work! Not enough for a book, but, nevertheless, a beginning."" Of its remarkable success, he said, ""My editor, my friends, my family,... Read More
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Very Hungry Caterpillar. Poster
by CARLE Eric
1994. First Edition. Signed. CARLE, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Poster. (New York): Philomel, 1999. Poster measures 18 by 18 inches; framed, entire piece measures 20 by 20 inches. $2800.Poster celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Carle's classic work, inscribed by him, ""For Charlene Gates, Eric Carle.""""Carle was one of the first illustrators intrigued with the idea of introducing natural science concepts to young children. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has remained in print attesting to its popularity [Carle has written,]... Read More
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Watch Out! A Giant!
by CARLE Eric
1978. First Edition. Signed. CARLE, Eric. Watch Out! A Giant! Cleveland and New York: Collins World, 1978. Quarto, original pictorial boards. $950.First edition, inscribed on the half title by the author/illustrator, ""Love, Eric Carle.""""Beautiful pictures, easy words, and lots of action make this a delight for any child just learning to read. Ingeniously die-cut pages add to the fun of t deliciously scary (but not too frightening) story with a cozily happy ending."" Issued without a dust jacket. One... Read More
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Very Long Train
by CARLE Eric
1972. First Edition. Signed. CARLE, Eric. A Very Long Train. A Folding Book. New York: Thomas Crowell, [1972]. Oblong octavo, original stiff board folded accordion-style, original acetate sleeve. $1800.First edition of this colorful folding book, with illustrations by Carle on one side creating one long image when fully unfolded, signed by him next to the locomotive in the first panel.""A colorful train full of lively animals, birds, and other interesting creatures also contains a small child's first adventures in... Read More
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Typed letter signed
by HEMINGWAY Ernest
1949. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Typed letter twice signed ""Papa"" to Peter Viertel. Finca Vigia, Cuba, 29 September 1949. Quarto, two sheets of Hemingway's ""Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba"" stationery, each leaf measuring 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches, typed in black ink, single-spaced, on one side of each leaf for two full pages of typed text, heavily annotated in pen by Hemingway. $25,000.Extraordinary typed and heavily annotated letter from Hemingway in Cuba to friend and fellow author and screenwriter... Read More
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Mourning Becomes Electra
by O'NEILL Eugene
1931. First Edition. Signed. O'NEILL, Eugene. Mourning Becomes Electra. New York: Horace Liveright, (1931). Tall octavo, original full Japan vellum gilt, black morocco spine label, uncut. Housed in a custom slipcase. $1650.Signed limited first edition, number 180 of only 550 copies signed by ONeill, with eight facsimile leaves of ONeills notes on the play in a special pocket at the rear of the book.""Mourning Becomes Electra is in many respects O'Neill's most successful work. It transposes the events of... Read More
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Loved One
by WAUGH Evelyn
1948. First Edition. WAUGH, Evelyn. The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. (London): Chapman & Hall, [1948]. Octavo, original green cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. $2500.Signed limited large-paper first book edition, presentation copy, number 20 of only 250 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh and illustrator Stuart Boyle, additionally inscribed by Waugh on the limitation page: ""Miss Kay Collins's copy.""""In 1947 Waugh visited Hollywood to discuss the proposed film of Brideshead Revisited. No film was ever made because he refused to... Read More
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Love Among the Ruins
by WAUGH Evelyn
1953. First Edition. Signed. WAUGH, Evelyn. Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future. London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. Slim octavo, original gilt-stamped red cloth, uncut, original glassine. $1500.Signed limited first edition, number 214 of only 350 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh.""Love Among the Ruins is a nasty little tale set in a dystopia of the near future, interesting as a reflection of the author's prejudices, his hatred of 'progress,' of politicians, psychoanalysis, abstract art, functional architecture,... Read More
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Loved One
by WAUGH Evelyn
1948. First Edition. Signed. WAUGH, Evelyn. The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. (London): Chapman & Hall, [1948]. Octavo, original green cloth, top edge gilt, uncut, original printed glassine. $2800.Signed limited large-paper first book edition, presentation copy, number 74 of only 250 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh and illustrator Stuart Boyle, additionally inscribed by Waugh on the limitation page: ""Mr. M. Man's copy."" In the rare and fragile original printed glassine wrapper.""In 1947 Waugh visited Hollywood to discuss the proposed... Read More
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Love Among the Ruins
by WAUGH Evelyn
1953. First Edition. Signed. WAUGH, Evelyn. Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future. London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. Slim octavo, original gilt-stamped red cloth, uncut, original printed glassine. $1500.Signed limited first edition, number 109 of only 350 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh.""Love Among the Ruins is a nasty little tale set in a dystopia of the near future, interesting as a reflection of the author's prejudices, his hatred of 'progress,' of politicians, psychoanalysis, abstract art, functional... Read More
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Works
by HEMANS Felicia
1857. HEMANS, Felicia. The Works of Mrs. Hemans; with a Memoir of Her Life, by Her Sister. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1854-61. Seven volumes. Small octavo, contemporary full tan calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, red and brown morocco spine labels, marbled boards and edges. $1200.Beautifully bound set of Hemans' works, including a memoir by her sister.Felicia Hemans was admired by Byron, the Countess of Blessington, and other notables of the day. ""Her poems are stamped... Read More
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Red Rover
by COOPER James Fenimore
1827. First Edition. (COOPER, James Fenimore). The Red Rover, a Tale. By the Author of The Pilot, etc., etc. Paris: Hector Bossange, 1827. Three volumes. Small octavo, early full black polished calf, gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges. $6800.First edition, published in Paris during Cooper's extended visit to France, preceding both the English and American editions, of Coopers eighth novel, a maritime adventure, handsomely bound.In the 1820s Cooper established himself as the leading American novelist with the... Read More
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Pathfinder: Or, The Inland Sea
by COOPER James Fenimore
1840. First Edition. COOPER, James Fenimore. The Pathfinder: Or, The Inland Sea. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. Two volumes. Octavo, original plum cloth, original paper spine labels. $3000.First American edition, first issue, of the fourth Leatherstocking Tale, scarce in original cloth. Published just weeks after the English edition.""Cooper had already established himself as America's most prolific and successful author to date our first important novelist"" (Winterich, 9). The Pathfinder, which recounts Natty Bumppo's adventures during the French and Indian... Read More
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Precaution, a Novel
by COOPER James Fenimore
1820. First Edition. COOPER, James Fenimore. Precaution, a Novel. New York: A.T. Goodrich, 1820. Two volumes. Small octavo, 20th-century full brown morocco gilt, marbled endpapers. $5500.First edition of Cooper's first novel, published anonymously, handsomely bound by Bennett.""Playfully challenged by his wife's cousin to write a better book than one he was reading aloud, Cooper, after a false start, produced Precaution (1820), an imitation of an English novel of manners, which brought him to the attention of the New York... Read More
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Wall Street Under Oath
by PECORA Ferdinand
1939. First Edition. PECORA, Ferdinand. Wall Street Under Oath. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1939). Octavo, original blue cloth. $3200.First edition of Pecora's electrifying account of his key role as chief counsel in the dramatic 1930s Senate hearings on Wall Street's role in the 1929 Stock Market Crash, hearings that, in Pecora's own words, ""cast a vivid light upon the uninhabited mores and methods of Wall Street,"" ranked with Watergate in their impact, laying the groundwork for long term... Read More
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Illuminations
by RIMBAUD Arthur LEGER Fernand
1949. Signed. (LÉGER, Fernand) (MILLER, Henry) RIMBAUD, Arthur. Les Illuminations. Lithographies Originales de Fernand Leger. Lausanne: Grosclaude, Editions des Gaules, (1949). Folio (10 by 13 inches), contemporary full brown morocco, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, original printed paper wrappers bound in. Housed in matching leather-edged marbled slipcase. $4200.Lovely signed limited illustrated edition of one of Rimbaud's most important works, with 15 splendid original full-page lithographs by Fernand Léger12 vividly hand-colored using the pochoir techniqueone of only 275... Read More
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Panorama de Constantinople
by FETTEL C.J.
1890. (CONSTANTINOPLE) (ISTANBUL) FETTEL, Constantine J. Panorama de Constantinople [cover title]. (Constantinople: C.J. Fettel, 1882). Oblong folio (15 by 13 inches), original half red morocco, gilt-decorated red cloth, accordion-fold (leporello) panorama of ten vintage albumen prints (each measures 10-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, for a total panoramic view of 8-3/4 feet); mounted on card stock, with cloth hinges. $3500.Rare exceptionally large photographic panorama of Constantinople from 1882, by Constantine J. Fettel, with ten mounted vintage albumen prints linked together to... Read More
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Finley vs. Walls. Papers in the Case
by FINLEY Jesse J. WALLS Josiah T.
1876. First Edition. WALLS, Josiah T., FINLEY, Jesse J. Finley vs. Walls. Papers in the Case of Jesse J. Finley vs Josiah T. Walls, Second Congressional District of Florida. (Washington, (D.C.): Government Printing Office, 1876). Octavo, recent full speckled sheep gilt, red morocco spine label; pp. 196. $3800.First edition of the official printing of the House of Representative record in an opponent's dispute over the election of Josiah Walls to the 44th Congress, with Walls, born enslaved and a... Read More
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Official Super Bowl XXV Game Program
by FOOTBALL
1991. First Edition. Signed. (FOOTBALL). Official Super Bowl XXV Game Program. New York: National Football League Properties, 1991. Octavo, original printed paper wrappers. $2500.The official Super Bowl XXV game program, autographed by eight Giants players and two Bills: Mark Bavaro, Lawrence Taylor, Sean Landeta, Rodney Hampton, Andre Reed, Howard Cross, Stephen Baker, Carl Banks, Pepper Johnson and Scott Norwood, whose field goal attempt to win the game was wide right.Packed with articles, statistics and photographs, this program was signed... Read More
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