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Ayn Rand. SIGNED.
Atlas Shrugged
.
Random House, 1957. First edition, first printing stated.
Signed by the author
on the half-title page. Publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear; jacket somewhat worn, else very good condition.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92134 | Nov 7, 2013
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Karel Capek. Two Science Fiction Classics.
Intimate Things
is a first American edition;
R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
is a later American edition in a first issue dust jacket (priced $1.50, with the correct three reviews on the rear panel (Heywood Broun; New York Globe; George Jean Nathan), and the statement "In this edition, R.U.R. is published as / Vol. I of the Theatre Guild Library" on the rear panel, as well). Publisher's bindings and dust jackets. Front hinge of
R. U. R.
partially detached. The dust jacket of
R. U. R.
has some chipping, a few short tears, a long split to one of the spine folds, a horizontal tear across the spine, and some tape repairs to the verso of the jacket. It is rare in any condition.
Intimate Things
: very good.
R. U. R.
: fair.
R. U. R.
is famous for introducing the word "robot" to the English language. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92037 | Nov 7, 2013
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Lieut. Alvarado M. Fuller
. A. D. 2000.
Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers, 1890. First American edition. Octavo. 415 pages plus advertisement. B&W illustrations throughout. Publisher's blue cloth and gilt titles. Corners and edges rubbed and bumped, else very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92060 | Nov 7, 2013
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[Nelson Mandela]. Mac Maharaj and Ahmed Kathrada, editorial consultants. SIGNED BY MANDELA.
Mandela. The Authorized Portrait
.
Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, [2006]. First American edition, first printing.
Signed and dated in the year of publication by Mandela
on the title page. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Minor edge wear to dj, else fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92228 | Nov 7, 2013
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Gerald S. Doorly.
The Voyages of the 'Morning'
.
Smith, Elder & Co., 1916. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Publisher's original cloth. Very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92201 | Nov 7, 2013
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[Horror and Supernatural]. Two Books of Classic Horror Fiction,
including:
The Bride of Frankenstein
and
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Various publishers and dates. Both in publisher's binding with mild shelfwear and toned pages. Very good.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92100 | Nov 7, 2013
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Alfred Eisenstaedt. INSCRIBED.
Witness to Our Time
.
The Viking Press.
Inscribed and signed
by the author. Dust jacket. Near fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92206 | Nov 7, 2013
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Stephen E. Ambrose. WITH LONG INSCRIPTION TO GEORGE AND ELEANOR McGOVERN.
Undaunted Courage. Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
.
Simon & Schuster, 1996. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf. Maps. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket. With a few underlined passages, presumably done by McGovern, else fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92175 | Nov 7, 2013
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Lawrence Durrell. SIGNED.
Mountolive
.
Faber and Faber, 1958. First English edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Modest shelf wear to boards; jacket chipped along the edges, else very good condition.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92052 | Nov 7, 2013
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Tennessee Williams. Inscribed copy of poem.
1982. Fold lines. Very good.
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| Lot: 92017 | Nov 7, 2013
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Mark Twain.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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New York: Charles Webster, 1885. First edition, later issue. Publisher's green cloth. Noticeable wear and fading to the binding. Foxing and some minor staining to the text. Good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92152 | Nov 7, 2013
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[George Washington].
The Writings of George Washington
.
Russell, Odiorne, and Metcalf, 1835. Volumes two, three, eight, nine, and ten. Toned. Light waterstaining. All near very good or better.
(Total: 5 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92288 | Nov 7, 2013
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[Photography]. Annie Leibovitz Photographic Print
Signed.
1986. Measuring 20" x 28", this fantastic portrait of David Byrne, lead singer of The Talking Heads, features Byrne in a bow tie wearing a suit jacket of leaves and tree trunk pants by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, who signs in ink below the image.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92011 | Nov 7, 2013
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Charles Bukowski. SIGNED. UNCORRECTED MANUSCRIPT.
Hollywood
.
Black Sparrow Press, 1989. Signed on the title page. Spiral bound with clear plastic protectors. Very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92025 | Nov 7, 2013
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Thomas Harris. SIGNED.
The Silence of the Lambs
.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1988]. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author
on the title page. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Minor edge wear to the jacket, else fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92092 | Nov 7, 2013
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Robert A. Heinlein. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. A Comedy of Manners
.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. Limited to 350 hand-numbered copies signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth and slipcase. Near fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92094 | Nov 7, 2013
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Berenice Abbott. INSCRIBED.
Photographs
.
Horizon Press, 1970. Inscribed and signed by the author. Dust jacket. Fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92173 | Nov 7, 2013
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Colin Powell. INSCRIBED TO GEORGE McGOVERN.
My American Journey
.
Random House, 1995. First edition. Inscribed to George McGovern on the FFEP. Illustrated. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket. Slightly bumped corners, else fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92260 | Nov 7, 2013
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Günter Grass. SIGNED.
The Tin Drum
.
Pantheon Books, 1962. Book Club Edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Publisher's original cloth and price-clipped dust jacket. Binding shaken and a bit slanted, else very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92073 | Nov 7, 2013
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[Ronald Reagan]. SIGNED.
Ronald Reagan: 40th President of the United States
.
International Communication Agency, [nd, circa 1981].
Signed by Reagan
on the front cover. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Minor edge wear, rubbing, and creasing. Very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92013 | Nov 7, 2013
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Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The Gods of Mars
.
A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918. First edition. Frontispiece by Frank E. Schoonover. Publisher's original cloth. Very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92029 | Nov 7, 2013
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William Golding. INSCRIBED.
Free Fall
.
Faber and Faber, 1959. Inscribed and signed by the author. Dust jacket. Light spots of staining to the page edges. Very good.
From the collection of Rolland Comstock.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92072 | Nov 7, 2013
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George H. W. Bush. SIGNED.
All the Best, George Bush. My Life in Letters and Other Writings
.
A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner, 1999. First edition. Signed on the title page. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket. Near fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92189 | Nov 7, 2013
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Erle Stanley Gardner. INSCRIBED.
The Case of the Crooked Candle
.
Morrow, 1944. Victory edition.
Inscribed and signed by the author
on the front free endpaper. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Considerable chipping and splitting to the jacket. A very good book in a fair jacket. From the collection of Hedwig "Hedy" Antonia Roripaugh, who worked as a secretary and assistant for mystery writer Earle Stanley Gardner, at his Rancho Paisano near Temecula California, from around 1946 until the mid 1960s.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92063 | Nov 7, 2013
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Sir Richard F. Burton.
A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome.
London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. Memorial edition. Two octavo volumes. Publisher's black cloth with decorative gilt engraving. Minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners. Top edges stained red. Very good.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92187 | Nov 7, 2013
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Michael Herr. SIGNED.
Dispatches
.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Publisher's original binding and price-clipped dust jacket. Long gift inscription on the half-title page, else very good condition.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92214 | Nov 7, 2013
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[George Barrie, publisher].
The Army and Navy of the United States
, Parts I-III.
George Barrie: Philadelphia, 1890. Elephant folio. With numerous mounted engraved illustrations (all color lithographs lacking). This is the limited subscriber's edition numbered 159 of 500 copies. Publisher's original half-vellum over marbled boards. All pages laid-in. Sold for the superb mounted illustrations which are in very good condition. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92236 | Nov 7, 2013
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[Antique Maps] Lot of 12 Antique Maps Featuring Mainly Western Hemisphere Countries.
Various sizes from 5" x 8" to 10" x 12", in landscape and portrait formats. All examples disbound from larger atlases. The paper is toned with some old smoothed fold creases, and chipping along the edges, else good condition. Perfect for framing and decoration.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92323 | Nov 7, 2013
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John Fowles Inscribed Typescript Signed.
One page, 8.5" x 11". The English author (1926-2005) here inscribes a portion of chapter one from his 1969 novel, "The French Lieutenant's Woman": "
Best wishes / John Fowles / 8 May 1991
." Folds, else fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92002 | Nov 7, 2013
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Isaac Bashevis Singer, author and Maurice Sendak, illustrator. SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK.
Zlateh the Goat
.
Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966. First edition. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. Publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92143 | Nov 7, 2013
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Louise Fitzhugh. INSCRIBED.
Harriet the Spy
.
Harper Row, 1964. Inscribed and signed by the author. Dust jacket. Near fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92058 | Nov 7, 2013
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Harrington Hext.
Number 87
.
New York: Macmillan, 1922. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Rubbing and bumping to corners. Several tears in dust jacket. Pages tones. Good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92096 | Nov 7, 2013
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Robert C. Kain. INSCRIBED.
In the Valley of the Little Big Horn.
The 7th and the Sioux
. Newfane, Vermont: Published by the Author, 1969. First edition.
Inscribed and signed by the author
on the ffep. Publisher's buckram. Minor edge wear. Very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92219 | Nov 7, 2013
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J. G. Wood
. The Natural History of Man; Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Uncivilized Races of Man
.
George Routledge and Sons, 1868. In four volumes. Bookplate. Minor shelfwear. Scattered spots of foxing. Very good. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92295 | Nov 7, 2013
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Charles Addams. SIGNED.
Creature Comforts
.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1981]. First edition, first printing.
Signed by Addams on second free endpaper.
Quarto. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Jacket shows mild sunning to spine and small tears to edges, else fine.
From the Collection of Judith Adelman.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92019 | Nov 7, 2013
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V. S. Naipaul. SIGNED.
A Bend in the River
.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Foxing to the endpapers; jacket stained, else about very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92125 | Nov 7, 2013
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Kay Nielsen, illustrator.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales From the North
.
George H. Doran Company, [n.d., circa 1925]. Twenty-four mounted plates. Publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Contemporary gift inscription on the FFEP. Modest wear, else very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92127 | Nov 7, 2013
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Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly
.
John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. In two volumes. Toned; scattered foxing. The spine on both volumes is cocked with moderate wear. Good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92150 | Nov 7, 2013
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[African-American Poetry]. Albery A. Whitman.
The Rape of Florida
.
St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1884. Publisher's binding. Over-opened at ffep. Corners edges bumped and rubbed. Pages toned. Overall very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92171 | Nov 7, 2013
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Frederick Hill Meserve and Carl Sandburg. SIGNED.
The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln
.
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. First edition. Signed by the authors. Dust jacket. Untrimmed edges. Very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92234 | Nov 7, 2013
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[Erle Stanley Gardner]. A. A. Fair. INSCRIBED.
Traps Need Fresh Bait
.
Morrow, 1967. First edition.
Inscribed and signed by the author
on the ffep. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Fine. From the collection of Hedwig "Hedy" Antonia Roripaugh, who worked as a secretary and assistant for mystery writer Earle Stanley Gardner, at his Rancho Paisano near Temecula California, from around 1946 until the mid 1960s.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92069 | Nov 7, 2013
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H. P. Lovecraft.
Dreams and Fancies
.
Arkham House, 1962. First edition. Publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Near fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92113 | Nov 7, 2013
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Jose Saramago. SIGNED. The Cave.
New York et al.: Harcourt, 2002. First American edition, first printing.
Signed and dated by the author
on the title page. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Fine.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92137 | Nov 7, 2013
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A. Delano.
Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings
.
Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. Scattered foxing and light toning. Slight shelfwear. Very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92198 | Nov 7, 2013
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Oliver Goldsmith.
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature.
London: Blackie and Son, 1857. Octavo. 664 pp.
Heavily illustrated with hand-colored engraved plates.
Contemporary half leather with rubbing and scuffing. Marbled edges and endpapers. Foxing and toning throughout. Volume two front hinge and spine starting. A good set.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92211 | Nov 7, 2013
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Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The Master Mind of Mars
.
A. C. McClurg & Co., 1928. First edition. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's original cloth and in a Grosset & Dunlap dust jacket. Former owner's name on the front pastedown; pages slightly toned; jacket tape reinforced at the spine ends, else very good.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92031 | Nov 7, 2013
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W. Winterbotham.
An Historical, Geographical, and Philosophical View of the Chinese Empire
.
Re-printed for Richard Lee, 1796. Areas of foxing scattered throughout. Rear hinge is cracked. Boards show some shelfwear.
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92294 | Nov 7, 2013
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Zane Grey. Three First Editions.
Harper: 1955-1963. Publisher's cloth and dust jackets. Some wear and tear to the djs. Very good overall. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201345
| Lot: 92081 | Nov 7, 2013
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