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UNmatched Sagan value! First Edition of Sagan's essays originally published in The Atlantic Monthly (1974-79) in bright, complete UNclipped jacket with only the most minor chipping at edges. Inscribed by Sagan on the Half-title "For -- With best wishes and warm regards. Carl Sagan" Scarce signed Sagan, particularly so in this condition. Book #P2378. $750. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED without personalization by Sendak on Title Page. Stated First American Edition. Seven Little Monsters served as the basis for the Canadian-Chinese television production of the same name (2000-2007). Price in tact on cover. A very nearly fine copy with some toning to edges. Scarce signed Sendak. Book #P2134. $288. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED/Inscribed by Shaw, affirming this "the first edition in book form." Very rare First Edition Association Copy of Shaw's novel, An Unsocial Socialist. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1887. Octavo, original scarlet cloth. Housed in custom cloth slipcase by Brentano, famed NYC Fifth Ave bookstore with Brentano's original description laid in..Shaw began his literary career by ghosting music criticism and writing unsuccessful novels, of which this is the fifth written and the first published. "During his first nine years in London Shaw calculated that he earned less than 10 pounds by his pen" (Drabble, 892). An Unsocial Socialist was serialized in To-Day ("Monthly Magazine of Scientific Socialism"), with no payment to Shaw, between March and December, 1884. First state, with "Cashel Byron's Profession etc etc" printed on title page. This copy inscribed by Shaw to his first bibliographer, Maurice Holmes. Inscription in full reads: "4 Whitehall Court, London, SWI 23rd November 1928. Dear… Read More

First Edition of the collected, highly celebrated prefaces to his plays by George Bernard Shaw, from Major Barbara and Mrs. Warren's Profession to Saint Joan and Pygmalion. These prefaces, Shaw writes, are "quite journalistic in character, and cover a period of nearly thirty years." Shaw continues: "You may well ask me why I took the trouble to write them. I can only reply that I do not know. There was no why about it: I had to: that is all." A solidly pleasing copy in the original dust jacket with some edgewear and a few chips. Book #Cv2231. $75. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED on cover by Gene Simmons, presented here is his story of personal achievement and his support for freedom and capitalism. An unread First Edition copy. You'll never see a finer one! Book #Pv5b109. $88. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

"this book of which I m so proud" (Frank Sinatra, Inscribed 1971). SIGNED CUSTOM Leather-bound 'Senate Filibuster for Frank' honoring Sinatra's unparalleled place as "the greatest entertainer the United States has ever had." ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES CUSTOM DESIGNED/SIGNED/GIFTED BY FRANK SINATRA AND INTENDED ONLY FOR HIS PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. His book done His way! Custom-bound volume entitled in gilt lettering on the front cover, Senate Filibuster for FRANK, June 30, 1971, leather-bound hardcover with matching slipcase, 8.5 x 11.5, signed and inscribed on an opening page in black ink, "For Joe and Dee, The contents of this book, of which I'm so proud, come to you with my love and affectionate hopes for you both. Francis Sinatra, May 7-1973, Palm Springs." Specially bound according to Sinatra's specifications by the California Bookbinding Company in Hollywood, the volume contains a full copy of the Congressional Record, Vol. 117, No. 101, Proceedings and Debates of the 92nd Congress, First Session.… Read More

SIGNED without personalizarion, Slezkine pens a story of the Moscow House of Government, "where Communist true believers lived before their destruction." A superlative, unread First Edition copy in a Very Fine jacket. Book #2123. $88.*******We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED on a card with book title and author's picture. "I wish to examine Ayn Rand's thesis that values and morality are grounded in the requirements of human life" (Smith Viable Values. A "valuable contribution to the Objectivist ethics, first enunciated by Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged. Scarce signed by Smith. Book #P5b111. $150. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED by author Carl Snyder, whose "thesis is that there is one way, and only one way, that any people in all history have ever risen from barbarism and poverty to affluence and culture, and that is by that concentrated and highly organized system of production and exchange which we call Capitalistic." Seventh printing in extremely good condition with very minor foxing; no writings or markings of any kind other than author's inscription. Jacket has edgewear and a 5" closed tear with scattered soiling. For years, this title was recommended by Ayn Rand and sold by Nathaniel Branden Institute and the Objectivist Book Service. A tough book to find, very scarce signed. Book #Pv5b203. $495. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

First Edition, first book printing of this 1968 scarcity by one of the godmothers of what would become the early feminist movement, mainstreaming into "Women's Lib" in the 1970's. SOLANAS, Valerie's S.C.U.M. Manifesto. [Society for Cutting Up Men.] Bound in publisher's original printed wraps. Near Fine with light foxing and light wear to wraps, light sunning to spine and pages toned. A very desirable copy of this radical feminist manifesto whose author became famous when she non-fatally shot Pop artist Andy Warhol in 1968. Fascinating document, openly admitting that the movement was not about freedom to pursue opportunity but to "OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT, ELIMINATE THE MONEY SYSTEM, INSTITUTE COMPLETE AUTOMATION AND DESTROY THE MALE SEX" (Page 1). Book #v5a119. $980. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

"Best wishes from Mike and me -- Mickey Spillane" INSCRIBED Boldly by Spillane with NO personalization. An extremely good First Edition copy of The Girl Hunters. Tiny soiling on paper edges and a tad of crinkling at the bottom of a very firm spine. No cocking, no bookplate, no writing of any kind save for Spillane's. The Near-Fine Unclipped jacket has minimal edgewear and very light staining. "As a writer, Mickey Spillane has a brilliant literary talent. Few modern writers can approach his originality, his imagination, his sense of drama, the ingenuity of his plot structures" (Ayn Rand, Oct, 1962). A stunning Spillane inscription on a highly collectible copy. Book #C2203. $295. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED without personalization, an Unread copy of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Spillane's "One Lonely Night." No writings or markings of any kind. Opened only by Spillane to sign. Book #v2251. $120. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

"I ain't a lady either so buy me a drink." The first page of Spillane's novel, SIGNED by Spillane. Presumed to be a fair copy, i.e., a copy intended for the printer, with no marginalia or emendations, conforming to the published version of the text. Fine. Book #Pv2202. $298. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

All books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing. Fox and Wilkes First Edition printing of this classic of liberty, a collection of essays on liberty by diverse thinkers as Thomas Paine, Oscar Wilde, Thoreau, Shaw and others, originally published in 1913. A fine copy in a bright jacket with a few tiny stains. Book #P3105. $48. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED and numbered by Barbra Streisand, one of only 500 Special Deluxe Limited Edition copies of Barbra Streisand's My Passion for Design, the first and only book from the inimitable La Streisand. Presented is the special deluxe edition, published in a limited print run of 500 copies. This copy is UNOPENED, still in the publisher's original box. Each numbered and signed copy of this lavishly illustrated book offers a personal tour of the mega-star's homes and collections Individually boxed and with a beautiful DVD of Ms. Streisand's homes and collections, narrated and directed by "the greatest star." MY PASSION FOR DESIGN: A PRIVATE TOUR is a truly magnificent treasure full of photographs (most taken by Streisand) and prose describing and reflecting the superstar's beautiful home. In Perfect condition, this is copy #249 of 500. Book #Cv2103. $2700. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

From one legend to another! SIGNED First Edition of the "Queen of Disco" memoirs, inscribed to American pianist Van Cliburn, who, at the age of 23, achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War. A beautiful, unread copy, opened only by LaDonna to inscribe with "love" to another music legend. Book #3113. $125. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and music.