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Nobel Prize Books & Ephemera
Autograph Letter Signed
by ZEEMAN, Pieter (1865-1943)
Amsterdam, 1915. unbound. very good(+). Very scarce World War I A.L.S. on his personal correspondence card, with political content, 5.25" x 4", Amsterdam, November 15th 1915, in German (translated), to radical Dutch poet and writer Nico Van Suchtelen, in full: "In reply to your message and circular letter. I must inform you that I oppose to take a seat in the 'Committee of Propaganda and to co-sign the circular letter." *We are able to locate additional correspondence between...
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$850.00
![Gitandzhali. Zhertvennye pesnopeniia [Gitanjali]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/947/726/886726947.0.b.jpg)
Gitandzhali. Zhertvennye pesnopeniia [Gitanjali]
by Tagore Rabindranath
Tagore Rabindranath. Gitandzhali.Zhertvennye pesnopeniia [Gitanjali]N.A. Pusheshnikov – translation. Edited by Ivan Bunin.Moscow, Knigoizdatelstvo pisatelei v Moskve, 1914.First edition of this translation.OCLC locates one copy only, in Israel, Stanford University has second edition of the translation.
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$590.00
TAR BABY
by MORRISON, Toni
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. The Nobel Prize winner's fourth book.
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$62.50
BELLS IN WINTER
by MILOSZ, Czeslaw
New York: The Ecco Press, (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the Nobel Prize winning poet "To William Meredith/Czeslaw Milosz." A Review Copy with a photograph of the author laid in.
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$625.00
Independent People: An Epic
by Halldor Laxness
Laxness, Halldor Independent People: An Epic. Copyright 1946, Alfred A. Knopf.Translated from he Icelandic by J A Thompson. RARE/SCARCE. Very Good Condition/ Good original blue dust jacket. Summary: "Independent People, by Nobel Laureate Halldor Laxness, is the story of Bjartur of Summerhouses, a poor sheep farmer in rural Iceland, who, in his desire to live independently, endures a life of poverty and hardship and, as a single father, engages in a constant struggle for survival." USED. BCE. 470 pages. 5...
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$81.95
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. "Turnabout," Film Contract for Distribution Rights
by FAULKNER, WILLIAM
WILLIAM FAULKNER, Film Contract Signed for his first story-to-screen adaptation, "Turnabout," two 4to pp, New York, March 23, 1959. Faulkner's signed contract transferred distribution rights for the film based on Faulkner's story, "Turnabout" to the Loew's Corporation. "By an assignment dated September 26, 1932, I conveyed to William B. Hawks all rights of every kind... in my story... TURNABOUT, published in the March 5, 1932 issue of the Saturday Evening Post and registered for copyright... On November...
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$8360.00
Del Minoa al Bidasoa; Notas una Vagabundaje
by Cela, Camilo Jose
Barcelona: Noguer, 1952. First edition. Wraps. Slight wear and a touch of tanning at edges, very good, uncut.. Large 8vo, 275pp, original wrappers. Engraved vignette by Teodoro Miciano. One of 55 numbered copies in the limited issue of Cela's first book of travel-writing. This is a presentation copy,incribed by Cela at the colophon: "A Robert Schiller, con mi abrazo de su amigo, Camilo Jose Cela, Palma de Mallorca, otoño del 58." Cela received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1989.
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$1250.00
Kristin Lavransbatter (the Nobel Prize Edition), the Bridal Wreath; the Mistress of Husaby; the Cross
by Undset, Sigrid
New York: Knopf, 1929. Octavo. Nobel prize edition. Nearly 1100 pages. Translated from the Norwegian by Charles Archer. This remarkable work is called the great trilogy of medieval Norway. Sigrid Undset portrays against a rich background of pageantry, the complete life-history of Kristin Lavransdatter from early childhood to old age. Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1928. Bound in a green flexible cloth lettered in gilt, spine gilt with title blocked in black, corners lightly bumped, in unclipped dust...
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$175.00
![Otello, Venetsianskii Mavr [The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/641/353/902353641.0.b.jpg)
Otello, Venetsianskii Mavr [The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice]
by Shakespeare William
Translation by Boris Pasternak. Cover by N. Il'in.
Moskva, GIKhL, 1945.
Limited to 25 000 copies.
Second edition of Otello in Pasternak's translation.
First edition was glassprinting and unofficial, limited to 300 copies. It's practically unobtainable.
This translation was intended for production in the Small Theatre [Malyi Theatre] in Moscow, 'which put spurs to me and hurried up'. Pasternak finished the translation in July 1944. Olga Freudenberg, philologist and Pasternak's cousin, wrote that he... Read more about this item
Moskva, GIKhL, 1945.
Limited to 25 000 copies.
Second edition of Otello in Pasternak's translation.
First edition was glassprinting and unofficial, limited to 300 copies. It's practically unobtainable.
This translation was intended for production in the Small Theatre [Malyi Theatre] in Moscow, 'which put spurs to me and hurried up'. Pasternak finished the translation in July 1944. Olga Freudenberg, philologist and Pasternak's cousin, wrote that he... Read more about this item
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$330.00
Typed Letter Signed in German
by HESSE, Herman (1877 - 1962)
Bern, 1917. unbound. 1 page on "Deutsche Kriegsgefangenen-Fursorge Bern" letterhead, 11 x 8.5 inches, Bern, June 22, 1917. Signed in full by the Nobel Prize-winning author, thanking a donor for his contribution to prison libraries, in part: "...Lassen Sie mich Ihnen. auch im Namen der Gefangen, dafur den herzlichsten Dank Sagen!..." Partial tears along the folds; edges chipped. Otherwise, good condition.<br/><br/>
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$500.00
Babbitt
by Lewis, Sinclair
209LewisBabbittRed Sinclair Lewis. Babbitt. Copyright 1922. No other info appears on the copyright page. Harcourt Brace, NY. This is an undated Harbrace reissue edition, circa 1936 Printed from First Edition second issue plates with the correction of "Lyte" for "Purdy" on p. 49, line 4. USED. VG/Good-. Dark red boards and original maroon dust. Quite rare thus. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. 401 pages.
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$249.95
FAULKNER, WILLIAM. Original sketch in a Typed Letter Signed about sailing
by FAULKNER, WILLIAM
Faulkner 's long and detailed interest in sailing is reflected in this unusual and rare letter written about 1948, shortly before he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He likely wrote from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner discusses the changes he wants for his small sloop and illustrates how he wanted to refit the sails. After offering his own ideas, he asks for advice from his corespondent, Eric James Devine. Faulkner sketches the "New Sail" he wants for his boat and explains that, "a Navy bloke"...
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$10450.00
SIGHT AND TOUCH
by PAZ, Octavio (BALTHUS)
[New York]: Limited Editions Club, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good folding box with dampstaining. Balthus. Nearly square large folio (22" x 24") bound with a tan goatskin spine and linen boards. Illustrated with three large multicolor woodcuts by Balthus printed on handmade Japanese paper and tipped in. This poem, presented in Spanish, French, and English, is dedicated to the artist. Copy #5 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist and by the Nobel Laureate author.
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$2500.00
Flaws in the Glass. A Self-Portrait
by White, Patrick
London: Jonathan Cape. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Previous owner has glued related newspaper clippings to front pastedown, half-title page and rear endpapers. 260 pages. Patrick White's image of himself - as reflected in the glass. Robust, professional...
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Pylon
by Faulkner, William
WILLIAM FAULKNER! Stated Second Issue, 2nd Printing Thus. NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. Faulkner, William: PYLON. Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing 1935, Smith & Haas, NY. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE DUST JACKET. RARE SASCHA MAURER COVER ART. ART DECO. Used. Very Good-/ Very Good- Blue cloth, \ The second printing (stated). In second issue dust jacket (blank rear panel and flap. Faulkner's tale of the exciting, dangerous, and short-lived, sport of airplane "barnstorming". Set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Original...
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$649.89
Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid In Nature Vol. 172, No. 4382, October 24, 1953, Pp. 759-762
by Wilkins, M.H.F., Seeds, W.E., Stokes, A.R. and Wilson, H.R
London. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Octavo. IN: NATURE, volume 172, No. 4382; October 24, 1953, pp. 759-762. Original printed wrappers. Wilkins, along with Watson & Crick, received the Nobel Prize in 1962 for his x-ray diffraction studies of the DNA molecule, which revealed its double-helix structure. The present paper is a follow-up to the paper by Wilkins, Stokes and Wilson (Nature vol. 171, April, 1953, 737), which accompanied Watson & Crick's now famous announcement of DNA...
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$350.00
Kristin (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)
by Sigrid Undset (author); Laurence W. Beilenson (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on Sigrid Undset's 1920 trilogy "Kristin Lavransdatter." The trilogy is the story of Kristin, a Norwegian living during the Middle Ages, the daughter of an affluent father, who, in difficult times, often found solace in her Catholicism. The popularity, as well as its accurate descriptions of Medieval life led to Undset being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Set in Norway. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, with...
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$200.00
Original photograph of Saul Bellow, 1976
by Saul Bellow (subject)
N.p.: Rex Features, 1976. Vintage photograph of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning writer Saul Bellow sitting at his desk in 1976. 10 x 8 inches. Manuscript ink annotations on the top margin, noting Bellow's name, the year, and the name of photograph agency Rex Features, else Near Fine.
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$350.00
The Nobel Century
by Geeslin, Campbell (Managing Editor); Preface by Stig Ramel;Introduction by Asa Briggs
London: Chapmans. 1991. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Remainder mark to base. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 280 pages. The definitive book on the world's greatest prize - The Nobel Prize. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$20.00
Till Eulenspiegel; Des grossen Kampffliegers, Landfahrers, Gauklers und Magiers Abenteuer, Streiche, Gaukeleien, Geschichte und Träume
by Hauptmann, Gerhart
Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Fine in original clear plastic wrapper. 4to, 302pp; original pictorial linen. Handsome production, designed and with cover illustration by E.R. Weiss.
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$175.00
Selman Waksman: Discoverer of a Wonder Drug 1943." Autobiographaical Typed Document Signed and two typed letters signed on the development of antibiotics
by WAKSMAN, SELMAN
WAKSMAN, SELMAN. Typed Document SIGNED, 4 separate 4to pages, ca 1971; Two Typed Letters SIGNED , on Rutgers University stationery, each 4to, August 1, 1966, and October 1, 1971. "Selman Waksman: Discoverer of a Wonder Drug 1943," referring to his discovery of Antibiotics, is the title of the typed document containing the draft of biographical information which he generously corrected. The draft was for the book, "The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize," (Tina Levitan, 1960 First edition)....
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$3190.00
THE HISTORY OF A FAMOUS NOVEL
by [SHAW, George Bernard] LOEWENSTEIN, F. E
London: Privately Printed, 1946. First Edition. wraps. Slight soiling to covers. Very Good to Near Fine. Printed wraps. Laurence B311. A twenty-page pamphlet limited to 500 copies printed for the author that includes three paragraphs by Shaw not previously published.
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$31.30
World Light
by Laxness, Halldor
Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo. 521(2) pages. Translated into English by Magnus Magnusson. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. The narrative of World Light is based on the life story of an Icelandic folk poet who died after a great poverty and hardship. A very good translation of Magnus Magnusson. The author was born in Reykjavik in 1902 and was known for his fervent Catholicism which he abandoned as he developed leftist sympathies. Bound in...
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$185.00
IMPRISONMENT
by SHAW, George Bernard
New York: Brentano's, (1924) [1925]. First Edition. Wraps. About Fine. Printed yellow wrappers. First Separate Edition, with material not in previous editions. Laurence A174a. Issued by the Department of Christian Social Service of the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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$31.30
INNOCENT ERENDIRA and Other Stories
by GARCIA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel
New York: Harper & Row, (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page "Gabriel" and dated "92" with a small ORIGINAL DRAWING of a bird. An attractive and authentic example.
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$2187.50
