They are man’s memory and his aspiration,
The link between his present and his past,
The tools he builds with.”
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Buzz Aldin (1930-).Encounter With Tiber signed by Buzz Aldrin.Book Description: Warner Books, 1996. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. This book has been SIGNED by the legendary NASA astronaut on the title page as Buzz Aldrin. Price intact on the jacket flap. A book of science fiction penned by Aldrin. Literature, Pulitzer; This book is in fine condition. Dust jacket is in fine condition.Aldrin has helped create a stunning, possibly prophetic novel of the future of space exploration.Price:$195.00
James Bradley. Signed copy of Book Flags of Our Fathers about the battle for Iwo Jima and the famous flag raising photograph. Very scarce in signed format. Book is the basis of the movie of the same name that will be released soon and which is directed by Clint Eastwood.Book in excellent condition with jacket.Price:$295.00. William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008). William F. Buckley who was as close to a true Renaisance Man as we will ever know. His passing recently left a void in American letters and we all miss him. Among his many writings was the series of seven Blackford Oakes spy novels the tite of which were : Saving the Queen, Stained Glass, High Jinx, Maro Polo If You Can, See You Later Alligator, Mongoose R.I.P.,The Story of Henri Tod.Offered here is the first novel in the popular Blackford Oakes Series,Saving the Queen.Book Description: Doubleday, New York, 1976. Hard Cover. Book Condition: BOOK NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET FINE, not clipped, price $7.95. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR , For----Cordially, Wm. F. Buckley. A very clean, attractive copy with a bright dustjacket in new, glossy brodart. NOT price clipped. No previous owner markings. First printing. First Blackford Oates CIA novel by Buckley. Scarce, signed copy of author's first novel. Handsome, collectible copy.Price: $395.00 William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008).Blackford Oakes Collection. William F. Buckley, Jr. who was as close to a true Renaissance Man as we will ever know. His passing recently left a void in American letters and we all miss him. Among his many writings was the series of seven Blackford Oakes spy novels the title of which were : Saving the Queen, Stained Glass, High Jinx, Maro Polo If You Can, See You Later Alligator, Mongoose R.I.P.,The Story of Henri Tod, Whos On First. Offered here is the collection of all eight novels. The books are in fine condition and all have nice dust wrappers. All are signed in variuous forms of his signature in red ink by William F. Buckley, Jr.. The rarest of these novels is Saving the Queen and that is described in detail in a seperate listing.Almost all of the books could be described exactly as that item is described-fine condition wioth an intact jacket in fine condition.The Saving the Queen novel in fine condition and signed lists at one dealer for over $600.00.Price: $850.00 William F. Buckley, Jr.(1925-). One of his classics from Bradford Oakes series of spy novels. First, First in fine condition with an intact dust jacket. Price:$50.00 Barbara Bush (1925-). Her book Memoir, signed on a bookplate Barabara Bush. Book in excellent condition with a dust wrapper.Price: $175.00 Jimmy Carter (1924-). This offering is a special leather bound edition of Carter's book Keeping Faith. It is # 531 of an adition of 2500 which was published by Bantam. It is in prisitne condition and would be a great addition to any Presidential signed book collection. It is signed Jimmy Carter. Price:$OLD Whittaker Chambers (1901-1961) . This offering is a signed First Edition of Witness with a nice dust jacket. The book Witness in First Edition with an intact dust jacket is extremely scarce. A week ago a signed copy in poor condition sold for $950.00 on ABE in less than a week.This copy is only the second signed copy of this book we have seen in years. Book Description: Random House, New York, 1952. Hard Cover. Stated first edition; octavo; 808 pp (including index), book in overall good condition. Dust jacket condition good plus and not price clipped with original price of $5.00 on jacket.Price:$950.00 John Cheever (1912-1982)- A signed First Edition copy of his classic novel, Bullett Park. Signed by the author as John Cheever. Book in good to fine condition.$125.00. Tom Clancy (b.1947) Great American author.Signed copy of his second book Red Storm Rising.Signed Tom Clancy. Price: $SOLD TOM CLANCY. (1947-). Book Description: Annapolis,MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984, Annapolis,MD, 1984. Brown Cloth. Book Condition: Almost like new. Dust Jacket Condition:Excellent-like new. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. True first edition, first printing: no price on dj, 18 lines of text on copyright page with no mention of printing, 6 blurbs on rear flap with Clive Cussler as no 3 and ending with Stansfeld Turner.Book is signed, First edition! To Stan Ryson, Best Wishes, Tom Clancy. PRICE:$1200.00 Clinton, William Jefferson (1946). The 42nd President of the United States. His autobiography, My Life signed Bill Clinton. First Edition with intact dust jacket.Like new.Price:$375.00
Dwight David (Ike) Eisenhower (1890-1969). Eisenhower was a general, a leader in WWIIand 34th President of the US among his many accomplishments. This offering is a special Limited Edition (# 771/1500) of his book Mandate for Change which is signed Dwight D. Eisenhower. Price: $1495.00
Robert Gallo, M.D. (1937). Rare book Virus Hunting, AidsCancer & The Human Retrovirus:A Story of Scientific Discovery which is signed and inscribed by Bob Gallo. Gallo should have been awarded the Nobel Prize a long time ago and probably would have if it were not for the antics of some members of our govenment.Price:$275.00 Barry M, Goldwater (1909-1998). This book, The Conscience of a Conservative, expresses the thoughts and ideas of the founder of the modern conservative movement in America. This RARE BOOK is signed boldly Barry Goldwater. Price: $OLD Barry M. Goldwater (1909-1998). His autobiography Goldwater.This book is really worth a reader's time irrespective of your poliitcs. In this book Goldwater tells his own story and lays bare some of the scoundrels he had to deal with in the course of his U.S. Senate career.In pristine condition and signed in sharpie Barry Goldwater. Price:$OLD
Hayek, Fredrich A.(1899-1992). The Road to Serfdom by Hayek is one of the greatest econmomic treatises ever written. The Road to Serfdom was published in 1944 and reprinted 17 times that year. Hayek won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1974. The book, which is a later printing by the University of Chicago Press, it is in excellent condition and has a dust jacket. It is signed--- To (name) with best wishes F.A. Hayek.Price: $OLD Henry Kissinger (1923- ). A pair of signed Limited Edition (1500) signed Kissinger books.The pair of books are in pristine condition and both have slipcases that are unblemished. Both are are part of the Limited Edition of 1500 and both are signed and numbered. Book Description: Little Brown & Co: Boston., 1982. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25, 1283 w/ index, coversclean and unworn and slip case like new "Special Edition," LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES, BOTH BOOKS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, HENRY KISSINGER.The second book The White House Years is exactly as described for Years of Upheava. Price::$550.00 Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008).Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-- -2008) KG, ONZ. Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt.This feat immortalized the name of Hillary in world history and mountaineering. Following his ascent of Everest he devoted much of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he founded. Through his efforts many schools and hospitals were built in this remote region of the Himalayas.With time and modern equipment it is now rather commonplace for climbers to achieve the same thing.Book Description: Doubleday, London, 1999. Hard Cover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New.Not Price Clipped First U.K. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autobiography by the first man to scale Mount Everest. Mylar d/j protector. 309pp, index, 16pp of colour photos, 16 pp of b/w photos. Book signed on title page E.P. Hillary as shown. Price:$345.00 Stephen King 1947). This listing is a First Edition of his novel Misery signed and inscribed by Stephen King.The book has an intact dust wrapper and it is in pristine condition. Price:$950.00 Edward Koch (1924-). This is a signed First Edition of Mayor Koch's book Mayor. Signed and inscribed by Koch as To Paul Happy Birthday Ed Koch 4/21/84 . Price:$75.00 Helen Keller. Book Description: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1941. Hardcover. Book, octavo size. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair plus toGood. Price intact-$1.00. Let Us Have Faith. Signed and Inscribed by Helen Keller on the first page as shown in her characteristic block printing using pencil.. Green covers show with some wear wear. Dustjacket does show moderate wear and tear around the edges with some chipping. but has been placed in a mylar cover for added protection. A rare collectible copy. Two similar books listed for sale on thye internet are priced at $800.00 and $1,000.00 respectively.Price: $595.00 McCarthy, Eugene J. (1916-2005). Mc Carthy will always be remembered for his challenge to Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War. His book Frontiers in American Democracy is signed and inscribed thus To DeWitt Wallace, with best Wishes Eugene Mccarthy. Price: $75.00 Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower(1948-). The title of the book is Pat Nixon:The Untold Story.The book is signed on a Nixon Library museum store bookplate by Pat Nixon .The book is in excellent condition. Price:$150.00 John F. Kennedy (1917-1961).The Rarest Kennedy Book. As We Remember Joe. Privately Printed by Cambridge, MA. University Press. 1945. [published date: 1945] Hardcover First Edition. Edited by John F. Kennedy. Size:9.25 in. x 6.12 in.. The title page is printed entirely in black.The First Edition has a set of red pilot's wings below the title on the title page as shown below. One of 250 copies of this issue. The book is signed and inscribed To Theresa with best wishes John Kennedy. With numerous photographs throughout, including a full-page frontispiece photo of a smiling Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., U.S.N.R. July 25, 1915--August 12, 1944.Also found on pages 72 and 73 are full page images of Joe's Navy Cross and the medal citation (below). The condition is G+ and the book covers are finely woven burgundy cloth stamped brightly in gold on the spine and the front boards. Some rubbing to cover and spine as shown but the gold printing is intact.Virtually clean and tight throughout.No tears, other names written in, etc. With photos of letters, articles, and Joe"s Navy Cross on plates in the rear of the book (image below) as mentioned.Price:$7500.00 Henry Kissinger (1923-).The pair of books are in pristine condition and both have slipcases that are unblemished. Both are are part of the Limited Edition of 1500 and both are signed and numbered. Book Description: Little Brown & Co: Boston., 1982. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25, 1283 w/ index, coversclean and unworn and slip case like new "Special Edition," LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, HENRY KISSINGER.The second book The White House Years is exactly as described for Years of Upheaval. Price:$550.0
Edwin Meese(1913 ). With Reagan:The Inside Story. Published by Regerny in 1992. The book is an insightful look at Ronald Reagan by the former Attorney General. It is inscribed and signed Edwin Meese III . Price: $50.00
Richard Nixon (1913-1995). A First edition of No More Vietnams (Arbor House 1985) about The Vietnam Era and its aftermath by a man who helped make that history. Many of the points in this book are applicable to our world today even with an enemy far different than the Soviets.$350.00 Richard Nixon (1913-1995). Nixon was a prolific writer and This listing is one of his best, The Real War.In this book Nixon made the prediction about how and why we would win the Cold War.Beautiful condition and the book is signed and inscribed on a bookplate for this book by Richard Nixon. Price:$225.00
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004). This is a copy of Reagan's autobiograpy An American Life. The book is in pristine condition and is signed Ronald Reagan. Price:$795.00 Ronald Reagan (1911-2004). This book is a collection of Reagan's speeches given during his political career. The book is in pristine condition. The Book is signed and inscribed--To---With Very Best Wishes. Ronald Reagan, December 27, 1989. Price:$895.00. Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004). Reagan was 40th President of the United States and Governor of California. This listing is one of Reagan's rarest books, Where is The Rest of Me and it is signed and inscribed by Ronald Reagan. Price:$OLD
[TITANIC] Booth, John and Coughlan, Sean. Titanic-Signals of Disaster.Book Description: 1993 White Star Publications, 1993. This book is one of a SIGNED and NUMBERED, LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. These recently discovered and previously unpublished wireless messages offer an unadulterated transcript of events, almost a running commentary, of life on board the "TITANIC" before and after disaster struck. The harrowing hours of her sinking, the calls for help and the race to rescue survivors speak of both hope and despair, providing a poignant record of how the "TITANIC", the icon of the Gilded Age, turned to rust. First edition. Signed by both authors. Mint in Mint dj. 12x8. 184pp. Frontis photo of a young Mr Marconi aboard the SS Lucania in 1903. Price:$345.00
Bill Russell. Book Hiis book Russell Rules which was written by the great Celtic center.Signed and inscribed To Richard, Best Wishes Bill Russell. Book is in pristine condition with an intact dust jacket. As all sports fans know, Russell's autograph is very difficult to obtain. Issac Bashevis Singer (1902-1990).Signed and illustrated Special Edition copy of The Golem.This offering is the earliest English languauge edition of The Golem published in 1982 by Farrar Strauss Giroux, New York. It is a First Limited Edition, First printing and has a beautiful slipcase and the book is signed both by Singer, Isaac B. Singer and the illustrator Uri Shulevitz. The book and slipcase are in as new condition.This story was first published in Yiddish in 1969, and was translated into English by the author in 1982 under the title The Golem. A golem is a magical creature out of Jewish mythology. He's made of clay, and imbued with life through Cabbalistic magic and/or divine intervention to assist the Jewish people in a time of need. This version of the golem myth is presented as a children's story, althoughit is a blood-and-guts versions of the popular fairy tales. The persecution of the Jews is told bluntly, and the absurdity of the false accusations and sham trials is made obvious to all. But persecution is only one of the many themes here. All the best children's literature is the stuff that adults won't tire of easily. The Golem is no exception. Read it for yourself first and decide if it's suitable bed-time reading for the little ones, or if it would just involve too many parenthetical explanations on your part. In any case, you won't be sorry you read it.Price:$475.00 Margaret Thatcher (1925-). First Edition, First Printing of her Collected Speeches. Book insuperb condition with intact dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Margaret Thatcher. Price:$326.00. Paul W. Tibbets. Signed book Flight of The Enola Gay.Book Description: Buckeye Aviation Book Company, Reynoldsburg, OH, 1989. Soft Bright Yellow Cover. Book Condition: Pristine. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. Tibbets goes through his training in the military, talks about test flying the B-47, and how dropping the bomb on Hiroshima has affected he and his crew. Included are photographs and an index. This copy is very clean and is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the dedication page as To Luke Potter, With Best Regards, Paul W. Tibbets 2-17-90. Paul Tibbets a great American Hero died in 2007. The book is also signed by the Co-pilot (Tom Ferrebee) and navigator of the Enola Gay (Theodore Van Kirk).Price: $275.00
John Hoyer Updike(1932). Pulitzer Prize winning novel Rabbit is Rich. First Edition in superb condition. Sighned with best wishes, John Updike.. Price:$200.00 Kurt Vonnegut (1912-2007). Signed copy of Palm Sunday.Book Description: Delacorte Press, New York, 1981. Cloth. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing (Stated on copyright page). 330 page. An autobiographical collage by the renowned author of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE and GALAPAGOS. SIGNED and DATED BY KURT VONNEGUT ON F.E.P., Kurt Vonnegut 11/11/87. One of 69,500 copies issued. A near as new copy with a not clipped pictorial dust jacket protected with mylar sleeve. Fully bound in fresh brown clothed boards blocked in gild. The fine dust jacket is illustrated with a portrait of Kurt Vonnegut and his dog. .Gift Quality and/or Collectible. Hard Cover. Difficult to find in this condition.Price: $295.00 Clifton White (with William Gill). This book, Suite 3505:The Story of the Draft Goldwater Movement, details the very beginning of the modern conservative movement. It is in excellent condition and it is signed and inscibed by Clif White. Price: $95.00 James D. Watson (b.1927).This book, The Double Helix, contains the personal recollections of James Watson concerning the discovery of the structure oif DNA. Of course, Waton was a central figure in this discovery along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins. This discovery is arguably the most important advance in medicine and biology of the last century. The avalanche of new knowledge that has flowed from the work of Watson has impacted everything from molecular biology to the treatment of a variety of diseases including human cancers.The book is in good condition with a dust jacket that is chipped a little but not price clipped.It is a First Edition, Fifth printing-1968. I did an extensive internet search and this signed book is the only example I could find for sale. It is signed on the first blank fly leaf as James D. Watson in his characteristic tiny script.Price:$OLD James D. Watson (1928). First Edition in unread condition of his book Genes Girls and Gamow that is signed and inscribed To Wendy from Jim Watson. The story of scientific progress in molecular biology following the discovery of the struacture of DNA. Price: $425.00 James D.Watson (1928). Inspiring Science:Jim Watson and the Age of DNA ed. by Inglis,Sambrook and Witkowaski. A collection of original scientific papers and essays of rememberance to honor James Watson for the discovery of the structure of DNA.. The book is signed by James Watson. Price: $295.00 Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989). This offering is Warren's essay delivered on the occasion of Jefferson Davis having his citizenship restored 90 years after his death. The small book is in excellent condition with an intact dust wrapper. It is signed in fountain pen Robert Penn Warren. Price: $225. Tom Wolfe (1931-) A beautiful signed and inscribed copy of Bonfire of the Vanities. A First Edition, Fourth printing in pristine condition. Price SOLD
Edwin B. Coddington. Coddington's book The Gettysburg Campaign:A Study In Command is the definitive book on the battle. It is a first edition and the book is in superb condition.Price:SOLD Evan Connell. Son Of The Morning Star. This is the classic tale of the Battle of the Big Horn and the final days of George Armstron Custer. It is considered to be the very best book on the subject. It isvery scarce in excellent condition with an intact dust jacket.The condition more than warrants the asking price.Price: $125.00 William Faulkner (1879-1962). As any book lover-collector knows, this book is one of Faulkner's classic and is what every collector seeks-First Edittion, First Printing of Faulkner's The Reivers.Book and jacket in fine condition.Price: $750.00 William Faulkner (1897-1962). One of his greatest novels A Fabel. First Edition, First Printing, Random House 1954.This book is in fine condition with an intact dust jacket not price clipped. This book is a very special find in this condition and it is priced well under the market given its condition. Price: $OLD William Faulkner (1897-1962). A beautiful book that is a First Edition, First Printing of Falkner's novel Flags In The Dust . The book is in fine condition with an intact unclipped dust jacket.Faulkner books in this condition are now difficult to find. Price:$OLD [F. Scott Fitzgerald]. Book Description: Princeton University Press, 1919. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Includes poems by John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson (Jr.), as well as Henry Chapin and Van Dyke who wrote the Preface, but also three poems by student (Class of 1918) F. Scott Fitzgerald, his first appearance in print, though the name shown is T. Scott Fitzgerald, through a typographical error.Olive green cloth, with some slight browning ad mottling.Pages show normal aging typical of a book almost a hundred years old.Overall remarkable condition. 179 pages, top-edge gilt slightly worn, contents very fine. Unusual item for Fitzgerald lovers and scholars. A rather remarkable find because of its condition.Price on Request. Ernest Hemingway (1889-1961). Near fine First Edition, First printing of Across the River and Into The Trees.Price:$550.00 Ernest Hemmingway (1899-1961).Book description: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner"s Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket 1970 First Edition; First Printing Hard Cover A beautiful copy of this First Edition/First Printing copy (A-9.70[V]- see insert above) in Fine condition in its original green cloth, stamped in gilt and black in alike dust jacket .A most handsome collectible. A novel in three parts tracing the life of Thomas Hudson: "Bimini" is the story of a young Hudson entertaining his three sons at his island retreat -- and his loneliness when they leave. "Cuba" is Hudson"s clandestine war efforts, the death of his son as a pilot and his chance encounter with his first wife, the love of his life. "At Sea" is an older Hudson commanding a pursuit of German U-boat survivors, the survivors die and Hudson is wounded. Hemingway"s last novel, posthumously published by Mary Hemingway. In the dedication, she states that "the book is all Ernest"s. We have added nothing to it. " Charles Scribner"s Sons US. Price:$375.00 Ernest Hemingway (1889-1961). Near fine First Edition, First state of The Fifth Column and Four Unpublished Stories of The Spanish Civil War.Book fine as is dust jacket but dj clipped.These stories served as the basis for his great novel For Whom The Bell Tolls. Price:$350.00 Ernest Hemingway(1889-1961 ). First Edition, First Printing of his famous novel For Whom The Bells Toll. In excellent condition with original and intact dust jacket.Price:$2250.00 Stephen King (1947-). A great American author who has written so much that is considered great and entertaing literature. However, one of his works stands apart nd that is The Shining which became even mor well known when it was made into the movie of the same name starring Jack Nicholson. This offering is a First Edition, First Printing of the novel and it is in near perfect conditiuon. Very, very scarce in this condition. Price:$1250.00 John F. Kennedy (1917-1961). This book, Why England Slept was written by the future president while at Harvard and therefore was his frst book. It is a First Edition with an original dust jacket.Price:$895.00 Dumas Malone. (1892-1986).Noted biographer of Thomas Jefferson. His complete 6 vol. set Jefferson and His Time. First Edition.Books in very good condition.Wonderful reference books.Price:$100.00
George Orwell (1903-1950). A beautiful copy, First American Edition with original dj of Orwell's classic novel Animal Farm.Very scarce First in this condition.Price:$450.00 Carl Sandberg (1878-1967). Carl Sanberg's classic books Abraham Lincoln The War Years (First, First 4 vol.) and Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years (2 vol) in a boxed 6 volume set. Very scarce set of works on Lincoln's life.For the Lincoln buff or scholar. Price:$OLD |
