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MATCHLESS, UNread Stated First Edition (Fourth printing) of Dr. Krauthammer's collection of essays in Library-Quality condition. Opened only by Dr. Krauthammer to sign directly to the front flyleaf, NOT signed on a bookplate. Accompanied by 2 original photographs of Dr. Krauthammer at the signing. Book #P2320. $975. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

Does Communist China lie? Inscribed to Ronald Reagan by the author. A fine First Edition copy of Ta Ta, Tan Tan [Fight fight, talk talk] in a gently chipped jacket. The inscription to President Reagan reads "To Ronald Reagan--who is wise enough to fight for freedom lest he loses it! With best wishes" Accompanying the book is a copy of the Nov. 1963 of Ayn Rand's periodical The Objectivist Newsletter, in which the book is favorably reviewed. Book #P5a111. $550. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Roger Daltry, one of only 500 copies Numbered/Slipcased Limited First Edition of his memoirs in spectacular, highly collectible, unread condition. "You'll never make anything of your life, Daltrey," promises Mr. Kibblewhite, nemesis-like, as he expels 15-year-old Roger Daltrey from Acton County Grammar in West London. Sixty years later, with the title of his new memoir, Daltrey offers a tip of the hat. Or a middle finger. Same thing, at this distance" (New York Times). A beautiful copy, #71 of 500. Book #Cv2202. $600. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Thomas EDISON. Large Photograph Signed with Edison's celebrated umbrella flourish and Inscribed to cinema pioneer George Kleine. Bust portrait by Bachrach, showing Edison in prestigious profile. Inscribed in the blank lower margin. Additionally signed and dated ("[19]24") at lower right by photographer Bachrach, whose studio has produced portraits of Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Eleanor Roosevelt and more. 15 3/4 x9 3/4 inches; minor creases at upper left, No soiling. Np, circa 1924. A wonderful portrait of "The Wizard of Menlo Park," often credited with the creation of the industrial research laboratory. Book #Cv2104. $3900. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Thomas Jefferson. "Upon the whole, I consider the fisheries of the utmost importance to America, and her natural right thereto so clear and evident, that it does not admit of a debate, and to surrender them is a species of treason for which no punishment is too severe" (Thomas Paine, 1779). SIGNED by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, Philadelphia, 16 February 1792: "An Act concerning certain Fisheries of the United States, and for the Regulation and Government of the Fishermen employed therein." Three pages (383 x 242 mm) on a bifolium, the act approved 16 February 1792. Leaves separated at central fold, light browning at edges, some very faint marginal spotting, horizontal fold-creases reinforced and lightly discolored, with a couple short marginal separations. On February 3, 1792 the Committee of the Whole began consideration of the bill for encouragement of the cod fisheries. As passed by the Senate, the first section of the bill replaced the existing drawback (of the import duty on… Read More

First Edition/First Printing of Hazlitt's great novel, originally published as "The Great Idea" by Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1951 (New York, NY). In Time Will Run Back, Hazlitt envisions a future in which the communists won and have been in power for more than 100 years. All traces and artifacts of the ancient capitalist world have been wiped out. Hazlitt himself acknowledged his novel bears some similarities to 1984 (published two years earlier, which he hadn't read). He explained that authors like Orwell, Aldous Huxley (and his Brave New World) and he were: "plagiarizing from the actual nightmare created by Lenin, Hitler and Stalin….All the writers had done was to add a few logical extensions not yet generally foreseen." Toning to endpapers in very scarce complete unclipped jacket with small chips to edgewear. Book #vC2334. $295. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand and other legends and landmarks.

SIGNED and boldly Inscribed by Harper Lee to Barbara Lee, striking provenance: To Kill a Mockingbird. Plus, Barbara's letter to Harper Lee, with Harper Lee's Autograph letter in response to Barbara SIGNED by Harper Lee! HarperCollins, [1995]. First printing Thirty-fifth anniversary edition. Autograph note signed by Lee on verso of original fan letter. Octavo. [x], 323, [3, blank] pages. Publisher's quarter black cloth over black paper covered boards, spine lettered in bronze, dust jacket. Very Fine. First Printing of the Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Edition of Lee's timeless To Kill a Mockingbird, in positively UNread, utterly Flawless condition inscribed to "Barbara Lee." Accompanying this Library Quality copy is Harper Lee's handwritten response to a letter from Barbara asking Harper for her signature in the book. Harper asks where Barbara obtained the book and if she (Barbara) paid the published price of $19.00 [sic] for it. Harper Lee's letter is dated September 28, 1997 and includes her Monroeville… Read More

A card signed and dated in English by legendary Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), as "Leo Tolstoy / 1 March 1910." The card is displayed beneath the celebrated image of the bearded author, half-length portrait, facing front, arms folded, dressed in a peasant's tunic, engraved by T. Johnson, photogravure by Sherer, Nabgoltz & Co., Moscow. The signed card is lightly toned, with isolated, barely noticeable small faded water spots mentioned for accuracy. Else near fine. Matted and framed behind glass. Not examined out of frame. The size of the signed card is 3.75" x 2.25." Minor surface loss to the frame, particularly to the bottom corners. The overall frame size is 10.5" x 15.5" x 1." Accompanied by two Certificates of Authenticity from R&R Enterprises Autograph Auctions (Amherst, New Hampshire.) At the time of Tolstoy's bold, dated signature, he was not only Russia's greatest living writer, but a revered religious figure as well---more highly beloved than the Tsar. Only months later in October,… Read More

SIGNED and Inscribed by Ullman: "All the best--Tracey Ullman" An unread First Edition soft cover copy of Tracey's hilarious character constructions, opened only for Tracey to sign. Book #v5b155. $48. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED and Inscribed to the staff of Good Morning America after a TV interview with the author, this is a fine, unread copy of the author's defense of OJ Simpson, claiming that only white racism led to his arrest and prosecution. A Fine copy with a slight bend in glossy wraps. Book #C5b114. $33. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

"I've either got to be a writer or I fail." As New SIGNED (without personalization) First Edition of Vachss' Two Trains in Library Quality Gift condition. Often considered Vachss' take on Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest, reimagining Hammett's concept of a small American city torn between several corrupt forces, with the protagonist acting as the fuse that sets the events in violent motion. Of this novel, Vachss told NY Mag: "It s the sum total of everything that I learned over all these years. Without question I've either got to be a writer or I fail." A beautiful signed First edition copy. Book #5vb251n. $36. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

Typed Letter Signed, explaining Atlas Shrugged: "This is precisely the manner in which capitalism was defeated by altruism--as I have shown you in ATLAS SHRUGGED. Remember that the morality presented in ATLAS SHRUGGED is new, unprecedented and radically opposed to all the traditional versions of morality. You cannot expect it to be accepted by everyone at once." Typed Letter Signed by Ayn Rand, to a college student, pointing out how her novel, Atlas Shrugged, illustrates the impracticality and immorality of collectivism, explaining that modern philosophy is the cause of the broken spirit of students today, encouraging her to learn to defend the "right ideas" and persuade others in order to build an "intellectual Renaissance," and enclosing a brochure concerning the lectures of objectivist Nathaniel Branden [not present]. 2 pages, 4to, personal stationery, written on separate sheets; horizontal folds. With the original envelope. New York, 28 June 1960. Unparalled Ayn Rand, explaining some of the… Read More

SIGNED by Helen Keller, a framed one-page typed lyrical letter describing her radiant joy riding in an automobile for the first time. This most unusual letter introduces us to the lighter side of Helen Keller, describing an adventure with the confident, benevolent, joyous self-flaunting of a child. "Thanks to your wonderful machine, which brought me home so swiftly on a star-lit night that I felt like an enchanted princess riding on the back of one of the winged horses of Fairyland. I love the fresh, cool night air on my face and the teasing wind in my hair. The peace and silence of the summer night was like a benediction upon our spirits." She concludes this unique letter with a reference to Annie Sullivan, ("Mrs. Macy") with whom Keller lived from 1904-1917. Slight dampstain at lower right margin, else fine. Frame has soiling. Item measures 9.5" x 7.75" Rare, joyous Helen Keller, the "enchanted princess"! Book #C2a001. $1500. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science..

F. Scott Fitzgerald Typed Letter Signed with handwritten addendum, December 26th, 1939, one year almost to the day before his death. F. Scott Fitzgerald, cash-strapped near the end of his life, pleads with his landlord "with somewhat bowed shoulders" for a reduction in rent, expressing hope that a Hollywood studio will employ him soon. "Things look a little brighter. My health is better and I really think I am going to work at the studios within a week. All this illness has, however, put me in debt and it may be some months before I am straightened out." In 1920, three days after publication, the entire first printing of F Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise, all 3000 copies, sold. Riding the crest of his brisk sales and enthusiastic reviews, Fitzgerald propelled himself further into the financial and cultural elite with The Beautiful and the Damned (1922), and achieved immortality with The Great Gatsby (1925). His private life with his wife Zelda captivated his engrossed readers as much as his… Read More

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Two page letter to Marcella Bannett Rabwin of Selznick International Pictures, Oct 14, 1937, signed "Ayn." Rand begins with some personal reflections; then she discusses at length the"progress"of the Broadway production of her first, somewhat autobiographical novel We the Living. According to Rand, Jerome Meyer, the plays original producer, "dropped his option on it recently, and for a very sad reason: he is afraid of producing an anti-Soviet play.I am somewhat indignant about it because it appears as if the Reds have established a nice little censorship [in Hollywood] of their own, and it is very hard to get ahead with anything anti-Communistic." Broadway/film legend George Abbott eventually took over production, and the play was released under the title "The Unconquered." It closed after six performances. The letter's recipient was full time Executive Assistant to David O Selznick in the 1930-s and 40-s, including during the making of Gone with the Wind. She appeared as… Read More

SIGNED by Otto Frank, a Fine Typed Letter, addressed to "Frau Losa," chosen to translate Ernst Schnabel's book: Anne Frank: A Portrait in Courage, which documents Anne Frank's history after her arrest in Amsterdam. Frank's Letter discusses his efforts to arouse interests in the Anne Frank Foundation, Amsterdam. The Letter is unique as it is dated "20.4.1959" the date of Hitler's 70th birth anniversary. In Fine condition with two binder holes not affecting text. Mr Frank appears to have underlined the titles of some newspapers he recommends to Frau Losa. Book #3113. $1500. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science

"Mar-a-Lago -- there's no place like it." A Rare TLS With Bold Full Name Signature. SIGNED Typed Letter on "The Trump Organization" letterhead, New York, NY, dated "May 13, 2009," written to Mr. Jerry Camarillo Dunn Jr., a longtime writer for National Geographic who sent Trump a copy of his signed book "My Favorite Place on Earth." Signed as "Donald J. Trump" with his iconic signature. In fine condition, with expected folds from mailing. The TLS measures 8.5" x 10.75." Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. In full: "Dear Mr. Dunn, I have received the signed copy of your book, My Favorite Place on Earth. It looks like a fascinating read and I look forward to spending time reviewing it. I agree that readers will enjoy visiting Mar - a - Lago -- there's no place like it. Thank you for thinking of me. Wishing you continued and great success, Sincerely, Donald J. Trump." Mar-a-Lago, a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, is the official residence of Donald J Trump, the 45th… Read More

SIGNED on title page by the author, an As New First Edition copy of Hosseini's third bestseller in a beautiful As New jacket. A father's decision to sell his three-year-old daughter to a childless couple in Kabul ties the various narratives of the novel together. You won't find a better signed copy! Book #Pv3352. $58. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

As New, highly collectible SIGNED First Edition copy of LL Cool J's children's book which invites children into the world of reading. Contains UNopened "Rap and Read" CD. Obtained in person, so I saw the man sign. Illustrated by JibJab Media. Book #Pv5a225. $75. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.