Mandela, Nelson [Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk]
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
MacDonald Purnell, South Africa: 1994
- $12,500
First South African edition, early printing of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Clive Rudman, fulfillment and best wishes, Mandela 9.12.95." Additionally signed by Nobel Prize-winners Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by these three Nobel laureates. "The Nelson Mandela who emerges from his memoir is considerably more human than the icon of legend Mandela is, on the evidence of his amazing life, neither a messiah nor a moralist nor really a revolutionary but a pragmatist to the core, a shrewd balancer of honor and interests. He is, to use a word unhappily fallen into disrepute, a politician, though one distinguished from lesser practitioners of his calling mainly by his unwavering faith in his ultimate objective, ending white minority rule" (New York Times).
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First edition of this riveting work on the legendary scientist James D. Watson. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by James Watson and Francis Crick on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ron Monteleone. Rare and desirable signed by Watson and Crick. In its drama, Watson's life has rivaled the discovery of the structure of DNA. So intent on his research was this awkward, bumbling scholar that he would climb a drainpipe to sneak into a lab at night. Watson had a knack for selecting problems that would yield important scientific results, but did he pilfer? Did Rosalind Franklin originate crucial material? If so, why was she not included in the Nobel Prize? Baldwin, who had exceptional access to Watson and his family, conveys the elegance of science (the ``structure [of DNA] was too pretty not to be true''), describes diverse influences (birding, Arrowsmith, movies), and even gives advice (go to a college where others are brighter than you, to test your mettle). Voluminous detail on what, exactly, provided a lifetime's worth of inspiration broaden an intriguing picture of this intrepid competitor. Walking with the Wind. A Memoir of the Movement.
First edition of Congressman Lewis' pivotal account of the Civil Rights movement that transformed America. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 pages of black-and-white photographic illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "6-4-98 To Ruth, Keep the faith. Best Wishes, John Lewis." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Jacket photograph by Danny Lyon. Written with Michael D'Orso. In Walking with the Wind, Congressman John Lewis "evokes, with simplicity and passion, how the 1960s transformed the United States⦠In this powerful memoir (written with Michael D'Orso), Lewis provides a compelling account⦠rooted in his own history" (New York Times). "No other elected official in America embodies the grand legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., more than John Lewis. In other words, he is a national treasure" (Cornell West). "The brutal beatings he took at the Selma bridge, the Montgomery bus terminal and dozens of historic conflicts are vividly captured in Walking with the Wind" (Morris Dees, Southern Poverty Law Center). Widely heralded on publication, Lewis' dramatic memoir continues to stand as "the definitive account of the Civil Rights movement" (Washington Post). Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday.” [Original Edith Head Signed Costume Sketch].
Rare original sketch by Academy Award-winning costume designer Edith Head for the ball gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in her breakout role as Princess Ann in William Wyler's classic 1953 comedy, Roman Holiday. Design for Paramount Pictures,Âcirca 1953. Gouache sketch on paper with added white. Signed and annotated by the designer, "Audrey Hepburn in 'Roman Holiday' Edith Head." The dress appears in the opening scene of the film, when the Princess is shown in newsreels greeting and dancing with dignitaries at an official reception. According to an interview with Head broadcast just after the film's release, she made two regal costumes for the scene, one black gown and this silver brocade. Head explained that she ultimately chose the present silver dress because it was "a little more photographic, a little gayer." Head won her fifth of eight Academy Awards in costume design for her work on the film. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The sketch measures 20.75 inches by 14.25 inches. The entire piece measures 28.5 by 21.5 inches. Directed and produced by William Wyler, Roman Holiday opened the 14th Venice International Film Festival on August 20, 1953. The film featured Audrey Hepburn in her first starring role as Princess Ann, a European princess who escapes the reins of royalty and has a wild night out with an American newsman played by Gregory Peck. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film; it also received Academy Awards for Best Costume Design (Edith Head) and Best Story (Dalton Trumbo). New York Giants 1955 Team Signed Baseball.
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The Nimmo edition of Burtonâs monumental masterpiece. Octavo, four volumes bound in three quarter maroon crushed levant morocco over marbled boards by Bayntun with gilt titles and five raised bands to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with nineteen original etchings by Lalauze. One of 150 numbered copies printed on laid paper with proof etchings on Whatman paper, this is number 104. In good condition. The Alf Layla wa-Layla ("One Thousand Nights and a Night") have enchanted readers for centuries with shimmering visions of "a land of fable environment whose deserts and oases, bazaars and slums, jeweled caverns and minaret-topped edifices are immediately recognizable" (Clute & Grant, 51). Esteemed explorer and scholar Richard Burton translated and annotated the Arabian Nights, intending to create "a legacy to his countrymen, of whose imperial mission he was ever mindful, and to perpetuate the fruit of his own oriental experiences" (DNB). Hollywood Saga.
DeMille, William [Cecil B. DeMille] First edition of this biography of screenwriter and film director of William C. DeMille, older brother of Cecil B. DeMille, who started as a playwright before following his brother to Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Cecil B. DeMille on the frontispiece inscribed by William C. DeMille to Emma Obitz, his long-time housekeeper, dated Oct. 9, 1939, on the title page. ÂForeword by John Erskine. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Between 1914 and 1958, Cecille B. DeMille made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history. His films were distinguished by their epic scale and by his cinematic showmanship. His silent films included social dramas, comedies, Westerns, farces, morality plays, and historical pageants.- $1,250
- $1,250
The Virginian: A Horseman on the Plains.
Wister, Owen First edition of the first true fictional western ever written. Octavo, original tan cloth stamped in red, black and gilt, with eight full-page illustrations by Arthur Keller. In near fine condition. Owen Wisterâs novel of Wyoming cowpunchers âbecame one of the first mass-market bestsellers and stands as a defining text for Americaâs most durable heroâ" the cowboy⦠In a way, after The Virginian, there need never have been another western. In a way, there wasnâtâ (Harvard Magazine). It has been the basis for several films, most notably in 1929, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Gary Cooper as The Virginian.- $1,250
- $1,250
The Fountainhead Warner Brothers Pictures Original 1949 Lobby Card Collection.
[Rand, Ayn] Rare collection of eight original Warner Brothers promotional lobby cards for the 1949 film The Fountainhead, based on the bestselling novel by Ayn Rand and starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal. Each of the eight cards measures 11 inches by 14 inches and is numbered 49/330 in the lower right corner. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 48 inches by 32 inches. Directed by King Vidor, and starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, The Fountainhead premiered at Radio City Music Hall on July 2, 1949. For the film's Warner Hollywood Theatre premiere, Warner Bros. erected two banks of bleachers on Hollywood Boulevard to accommodate the expected mob of fans. Ayn Rand wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation herself, but later criticized the editing, production design and acting. Sales of Rand's novel increased following release and despite mixed critical reception at the time, the film has endured as a cultural touchstone, reflecting the enduring appeal of Rand's ideas and the ongoing relevance of her work in contemporary discourse on art, architecture, and individualism.- $3,000
- $3,000
The Bounty Trilogy: Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, Pitcairn’s Island.
Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall First editions of all three volumes of The Bounty Trilogy, based on the historical event of 1789 and adapted into the award-winning 1962 film starring Marlon Brando. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copies, each volume inscribed by James Norman Hall. Mutiny on the Bounty is inscribed by James Norman Hall on the half-title page, "For Charley + Theodora with warm regards James H. Hall." Men Against the Sea is inscribed on the second half-title page, "For Charley Codman from his friend James N. Hall. Pitcairn's Island is inscribed on the half-title page, "For Theodora Codman with warm regards James N. Hall." The recipients, American writers Charles R. andÂTheodora Larocque Codman notablyÂowned an extensive collectionÂof Gershwin materials now housed at University of Wisconsin Madison. Mutiny on the Bounty is very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry C. Pitz. Men Against the Sea is very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Alister Macdonald. Pitcairn's Island is very good in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry C. Pitz. Rare and desirable signed by Hall. "A model of meticulous research, realistic plotting and dialogue and romantic painterly description," Nordhoff and Hall's Mutiny On The Bounty was made into the MGM film of the same name in 1962"(ANB). Starring Marlon Brando and Richard Harris, the film enjoyed enormous popular and critical success and earned high praise for the "sheer magnitude of this enactment of on of the most famous mutinies" (New York Times). The first widescreen motion picture ever produced, Mutiny On The Bounty won numerous awards including seven Oscar nominations.- $5,000
- $5,000
Charlie Chaplin Signed Photograph.
Chaplin, Charlie Rare original sepia-toned photograph of a young Charlie Chaplin, signed, "With Love Charles Aug 26th 14." Signed along the left edge in white, "Witzel L.A." for the photographer Albert Witzel. Framed. The entire piece measures 9.5 inches by 7 inches. Rare and desirable. English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin became a worldwide icon in the era of silent film and is generally considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. Chaplin's career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977. His films are characterized by slapstick combined with pathos, typified in his screen persona "the Tramp's" struggles against adversity.- $2,200
- $2,200
Perelandra.
Lewis, C.S First edition of the second novel in Lewis' classic trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a portion of restoration to foot of spine, portion of restoration to head, affecting title, two small central points of restoration to spine, corners neatly restored, corner clipped with the original price of 8s. 6d showing. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. "Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy, of which Perelandra is the second volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus's The Plague and George Orwell's 1984 as a timely parable that has become timeless, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of the moral concerns. For the trilogy's central figure, C. S. Lewis created perhaps the most memorable character of his career, the brilliant, clear-eyed, and fiercely brave philologist Dr. Elwin Ransom. Appropriately, Lewis modeled Dr. Ransom after his dear friend J. R. R. Tolkien, for in the scope of its imaginative achievement and the totality of its vision of not one but two imaginary worlds, the Space Trilogy is rivaled in this century only by Tolkien's trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Readers who fall in love with Lewis's fantasy series The Chronicles of Namia as children unfailingly cherish his Space Trilogy as adults; it, too, brings to life strange and magical realms in which epic battles are fought between the forces of light and those of darkness. But in the many layers of its allegory, and the sophistication and piercing brilliance of its insights into the human condition, it occupies a place among the English language's most extraordinary works for any age, and for all time.- $1,250
- $1,250
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John Lennon: 1940-1980. [Richard Avedon Signed Portrait of John Lennon].
Avedon, Richard [John Lennon] Large format memorial poster of Richard Avedon's iconic black and white portrait of John Lennon, famously captured on August 11, 1967. Half-tone printed memorial poster issued in 1980, signed by Richard Avedon beneath the image. In fine condition. Framed. The entire piece measures 31 inches by 28 inches. Taken in London in August 1967, Richard Avedonâs studio portraits of the Beatles crystallized the groupâs image on the international stage in the year leading up to its disbanding. The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein commissioned Avedon to photograph the band members and design a set of posters that would visually capture the new psychedelic direction of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour. Avedon took a number of shots of the group on August 11, 1967, four of which were later adorned with psychedelic effects. In 1968, four of the more reserved black and white images from the photographerâs session with the band were collaged to make a 14 Ã 40 inch fold-out banner that was simultaneously published in Germanyâs Stern, Hollandâs Varagids, Englandâs Daily Express, and Americaâs Look. Cooler in tone and considerably grayer, the mass-produced collage complements the more graphic versions of the portraits that Avedon would edition with Schneider/Erdman, Inc., roughly two decades later.- $900
- $900
The Godfather Paramount Pictures Original Movie Poster.
[Coppola, Francis Ford; Mario Puzo] Rare Paramount Pictures movie poster for Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 epic American crime film The Godfather, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. Black-and-white poster with artwork by S. Neil Fujita, with code 72/54. The poster measures 40 inches by 30 inches. In near fine condition. A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and the powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor that was passed on from father to son. "A voyeur's dream, a skillful fantasy of violent personal power" (New York Times). It was made into the 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. It was the highest-grossing film of 1972 and was for a time the highest-grossing film ever made. It won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando) and Best Adapted Screenplay (for Puzo and Coppola). Its seven other Oscar nominations included Pacino, James Caan, and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor and Coppola for Best Director. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema and one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. It was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and is ranked the second-greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute. It was followed by sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990).- $850
- $850
Exit Ghost.
Roth, Philip [Milton Glaser] First edition of the author's final novel in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip RothÂon the title page. Additionally signed by artist Milton Glaser on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. â[Roth's] prose is as assured and inviting as ever. Exit Ghost delivers pages of great, sad power" (The Washington Post Book World).- $400
- $400
