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1) Seligman Solomon Society - Alumni of the Hebrew Orphan Society

New York, 1937. Faux, blindstamped leather, gilt. '1887-fiftieth annaversary-1937' . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by with Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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2) Hope and History: Making Peace in Ireland
Adams, Gerry

Hope and History: Making Peace in Ireland
Dingle, Co Kerry: Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd, 2004. Signed by Gerry Adams. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket [as issued]. Illus. by with photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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3) Happy Days
Alexander, Shana

New York: Doubleday, 1995. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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4) Muhammad Ali: A Thirty Year Journey
Ali, Muhammad; Howard L. Bingham

Muhammad Ali: A Thirty Year Journey
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Inscribed By Muhammad Ali and Howard Bingham. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by With Photos. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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5) Paula
Allende, Isobel

New York: Harper Collins, 1994. First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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6) Twenty Letters To A Friend
Alliluyeva, Svetlana

Twenty Letters To A Friend
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Discreet name stamp at top of ffe. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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7) Wanderers All
Armstrong, Gregory

New York: Harper & Row, 1977. VG+ in a jacket with a few tears.. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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8) The Story of George Washington Carver
Arna Bontemps

New York: Grosset & Dunlop [Signature Books], 1954. Signed By Arna Bontemps . Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Harper Johnson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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9) Adventures of a Novelist
Atherton, Gertrude

Adventures of a Novelist
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932. Signed by Gertrude Atherton . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Nearly Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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10) Country Gentleman
Atkins, Chet

Country Gentleman
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1974. Inscribed By Chet Atkins. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by With Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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11) A VILLAGE BY THE SEA --THE STORY OF DEGANIA
BARATZ, JOSEPH

Tel Aviv: Ichud Habonim, 1960. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE . ILLUSTRATED. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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12) Leopold The Unloved King of the Belgians and of Wealth
Bauer, Ludwig

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1935. First US. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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13) Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm, Max

New York: E.P. Dutton. Owner bp on fr. pd.. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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14) Seven Men
Beerbohm, Max

New York, NY, U.S.A.: A.A. Knopf, 1920. Illustrated. Owner bp on fr. pd.. First Trade. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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15) Lytton Strachey
Beerbohm, Max

New York: A.A. Knopf, 1943. The Rede Lecture of 1943. Owner bpon fr. pd. First US. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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16) Lytton Strachey
Beerbohm, Max

London: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1943. Owner bp on inside fr wrap.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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17) Up from Slavery
Booker T Washington

New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1901. PO owner name, place & date [1909] in a neat hand, on half title page. Tight, bright, and square copy with just a hint of softening at the extremities.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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18) Religio Medici
Browne, Sir Thomas

New York: Brentano's. 1/2 leather & gilt. TEG. Bound by Stikeman for Scribner's. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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19) Kafka Was the Rage
Broyard, Anatole

New York: Crown Pub., 1993. First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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20) Leaving Home
Buchwald, Art

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. SIGNED bookplate on half title.. Signed by Author. Paper Covered Bds. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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21) THESE RESTLESS HEADS
CABELL, JAMES BRANCH

NY: The Literary Guild, 1932. 2 VOLS.INCLUDING BIO OF JBC.BY CARL VAN DOREN VG+ SPLIT SLIPCASE. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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22) Cagney By Cagney
Cagney, James

Cagney By Cagney
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Montclair Savings Bank Teller's receipt belonging to the person for whom Cagney signed this book.. Inscribed James Cagney. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by with Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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23) Thoreau
Canby, Henry Seidel

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1939. SIGNED limited edition. 1 of 265. Illustrated. VG+ in a good slipcase biography / New England. Signed By Henry Seidel Canby. Signed Limited First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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24) The Years of Lyndon Johnson - Three Volumes
Caro, Robert A

New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1982. Volume 1"The Path To Power", signed on the title page,1983 printing. Volume 2 "Means of Ascent", signed on the half title page, First Edition. Volume 3, "Master Of The Senate", signed on the half title page. First Edition, p.o .stamp on ffe. . Signed by Robert Caro . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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25) James Gibbons Huneker
Casseres, James De

New York: Joseph Lawren, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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26) John Paul Jones / Of Naval Fame / a Character of the Revolution
Charles Walter Brown

Chicago: M. A. Donahue & Co., 1902. Inscribed By Charles Walter Brown . No Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Nearly Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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27) That Singular Person Called Lear
Chitty, Susan

New York: Atheneum, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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28) Summer of Deliverance
Christopher Dickey

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Signed by Christopher Dickey. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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29) The View from Eighty
Cowley, Malcolm

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1980. Inscribed by Malcolm Cowley. Signed by Malcolm Cowley. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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30) Private Correspondence of
Cowper, William Esq

Philadelphia: E.Littell et. al., 1824. leather cvd. bds. spine rubbed . First Edition. Full-Leather. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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31) A Swinger of Birches- A Portrait Of Robert Frost
Cox, Sidney

NY: NYU Press, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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32) The Many Lives Of Elton John
Crimp, Susan & Patricia Burstein

New York: Carol Pub. Group, 1992. 'advance edited manuscript...' clearly an editor's copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof. more information

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33) The Green Years
Cronin, A.J

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1944. vg in a chipped dw. Precedes English edition.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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34) Moira Shearer / Portrait Of A Dancer
Crowle, Pigeon

London: Faber & Faber, 1949. Signed By Moira Shearer . First Edition. Hard Cover. Nearly Very Good/Good Only. Illus. by Photos. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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35) Hollywood in a Suitcase
Davis, Sammy Jr

Hollywood in a Suitcase
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1980. Signed Sammy Davis. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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36) Letters Of Eugenie De Guerin
De Guerin, Eugenie & G.S. Trebutien [ed]

London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1866. Binding by Arthur Colley. 1/2 blue morocco w. gilt Teg. Marbled eps.. First Edition [?]. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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37) Joe Dimaggio: An Informal Biography
Dimaggio, Joe; George De Gregorio

Joe Dimaggio: An Informal Biography
NJ: Townhouse Pub, 1990. Signed By Joe Dimaggio. First Townhouse Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket [As Issued]. Illus. by with photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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38) The World's Lincoln
Drinkwater, John

New York: Bowling Green Press, 1928. parchment backed bds.; type set by bertha goudy; type design by fred goudy; press and binding by wm. rudge;. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press / Ex-Library. more information

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39) Frida Kahlo
Drucker, Malka

New York: Bantam Books, 1991. Introduction by Laurie Anderson. [not present] . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof. more information

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40) Reflections of a Lunar Voyager
Duke, Charles M. Jr

No Place: No Pub., 2002. Charles M. Duke Jr. - A Moonwalker, Astronaut. This is a single sheet titled "Reflections of a Lunar Voyager" on Duke's personal letterhead, 8.5 x 11.25, dated May 2002, signed Charles M. Duke Jr. Apollo 16 Moonwalker. Duke, in his own hand, tells the story of his lunar mission. A truly special NASA / Moonwalker item worthy of any collection. Excellent condition. Displayed in a beautiful 11"x14" mahagony showcase.. Signed by Charles Duke Jr. . Fine/No Jacket. more information

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41) I Write As I Please
Duranty, Walter

New York: Halcyon House, 1937. 8vo Good+ non fic russia/ Journalism. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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42) This I Remember
Eleanor Roosevelt

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Typed presentation, signed in ink, tipped in at the front free endpaper. Signed By Eleanor Roosevelt. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Illustated with Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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43) Epstein An Autobiography
Epstein, Jacob

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1955. Inscribed Jacob Epstein. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by with Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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44) Memoir In The Middle Of A Journey
Fane, Julian

London: H. Hamilton & St. George Press, 1971. 8vo. VG+ literary memoirs/ joyce cary/ violet schiff. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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45) The Wheat and the Chaff
Francois Mitterrand

New York: Seaver Books , 1982. Signed by Francois Mitterrand . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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46) Heat: My Life on and Off the Diamond
Gooden, Dwight; Klapisch, Bob

Heat: My Life on and Off the Diamond
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1999. Inscribed By Dwight Gooden. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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47) Peeling the Onion
Grass, Gunter

New York: Harcourt Inc., 2007. Signed Gunter Grass. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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48) The Early Years of the Prince Consort
Grey, Lieut.-Gen. C

New York: Harper & Bros., 1867. . Green Cl./ Gilt Beveled bds. Frontis w/ tissue Corners bumped. A bit shaken.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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49) Savage Messiah
H. S. Ede

New York: A.A. Knopf, 1931. Precedes Literary Guild edition.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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50) Color Blind A White Woman Looks At The Negro
Halsey, Margret

New York: Simon & Shuster, 1946. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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