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Salvador Dali - Signed 5x Book W. Spectacular Two Page Original Drawing of a Crucifix, Superb Association

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SALVADOR DALI, 1904-1989

Greenwich: New York Graphic Society. 1959. First Edition. An important association copy with spectacular museum quality original art by Salvador Dali!.

This copy is elaborately signed and inscribed with an ENORMOUS CRUCIFIX DRAWING by Dali across two pages "Pour Cummins con afecto / Hommage / de / Dali". Dali SIGNED and Inscribed the book to Cummins Catherwood (see Bio below), and then additionally embellished the adjacent page with an extraordinary large ink illustration of a crucifix. EACH POINT OF THE CROSS IS ADDITIONALLY SIGNED by Salvador Dali, representing FOUR additional signatures "Dali".
. The book will be accompanied by the card of Carlos Bernardo Alemany, the Argentinean jeweler craftsman who uniquely and personally hand produced all of the Salvador Dali jewelry (While the jewelry designs were entirely created by DalĂ­, the pieces themselves were crafted by Argentinian jeweler Carlos Alemany.).

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Price: $34,995.00
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Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

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Secker & Warburg, London, 1949

First Edition, First Printing An outstanding copy with a crisp fine/near fine book with a superb very good red variant dust jacket with the extremely scarce unfaded spine still retaining the majority of the red tones.

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Price: $24,550.00
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Seas - Jules Verne

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Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1873.

SCARCE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, PRECEDING the first U. S. edition, and perhaps even rarer than the famous jellyfish vignette binding. The first edition in English was actually published in November 1872 (but dated 1873 to the title page and the publisher's catalogue dated 1872) preceding the more usual American first edition by James Osgood in Boston in 1873, using the English edition illustrations. Fully illustrated with 303 pages and "The End" on page 303.

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Price: $22,995.00
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Jack Kerouac~ Signed Deed to His Home in Lowell Massachusetts, EX. Kerouac Estate, W. "On The Road" First Printing, First State Book

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The Viking Press, 1957

Jack Kerouac's Signed Deed To his Home in Lowell Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, December 3, 1966. Signed by both Jack Kerouac using his full legal name "John L. Kerouac", and his wife "Stella S. Kerouac". EX: THE ESTATE OF JACK KEROUAC. Accompanied With a FIRST PRINTING, FIRST STATE Copy of "ON THE ROAD".

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Price: $20,995.00
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Jack Kerouac Signed Deed to his Residence in Lowell Massachusetts, With Estate Provenance

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Jack Kerouac Signed Deed to his Residence in Lowell Massachusetts. With Superb Estate Provenance

Lowell, Massachusetts, December 3, 1966

EX: THE ESTATE OF JACK KEROUAC: The original one page deed to Kerouac's then newly acquired house in Lowell. SIGNED by Jack Kerouac lower right using his full legal name "John L. Kerouac". A one-of-a-kind rare and desirable important piece of Kerouac history. Kerouac was a recluse; his signature is extremely rare and his full legal signature on the ownership deed to his home is beyond rare. Would make a superb gift for a collector of Jack Kerouac.,

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Price: $18,995.00
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The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien, 1937 1st Edition, 2nd Impression

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George Allen & Unwin, London, 1937

First Edition, Second Impression, 1937 A near fine very clean unrestored copy.

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Price: $17,995.00
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J. D. Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye, First State Jacket

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Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1951

First Edition, First Printing, First State Jacket A superb copy of this title in an also superb unrestored FIRST STATE first printing dust jacket. Beautiful vibrant clean fine fine book with a beautiful FIRST STATE fine vibrant original dust jacket. With all relevant issue points, including original price (in the correct place on the flap, the dollar sign is above the shoulder of the letter "R" instead of being on the heel of the "R"), Salinger's hair touching the upper edge of the rear panel, and "First Edition" stated on the copyright page.

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Price: $17,895.00
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Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

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Chatto & Windus, London, 1932

First Edition, First Printing A superb Fine book with a stunning Fine vibrant original dust jacket. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century. "A nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science. Easily Huxley's most popular (and many good judges continue to think his best) novel".

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Price: $17,695.00
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The Sign Of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle, First Issue Spencer, Blackett Binding

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George Newnes, London, 1892

First Edition, in the first issue Spencer, Blackett binding : Original full deep red cloth, gilt-lettered front board and spine with ornamental border and cornerpieces stamped in black across binding. "Spencer Blackett's / Standard / Library" in gilt at foot of spine.

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Price: $17,495.00
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Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury, signed

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Ballantine Books, New York, 1953

First Edition, First Printing, Signed Stunning Fine crisp book with vibrant boards with a beautiful fine/near dust jacket. Boldly signed by Ray Bradbury in dark green felt tip "Ray Bradbury" directly onto the title page. Curry binding D (no priority), the true first edition hardbound issue. Expanded from the novella "The Fireman", published in 1951. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut.

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Price: $15,995.00
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Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

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Secker & Warburg, London, 1949

First Edition, First Printing A clean crisp book with the original dust jacket in the scarce red variant color.

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Price: $15,995.00
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Lord Of The Flies - William Golding

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Faber and Faber, London, 1954

First Edition, First Printing fine/Near Fine. Beautiful bright fine condition clean book with a magnificent near fine vibrant original unclipped dust jacket.

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Price: $15,995.00
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Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

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Secker & Warburg, London, 1949

First Edition, First Printing A stunning, near fine clean example of this title with a near fine vibrant dust jacket.

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Price: $13,495.00
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Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov, Signed on a laid in signature

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Gnome Press, New York, 1951, 1952, and 1953

FIRST STATE of the First Edition, First Printings Near Fine, clean crisp books, Signed with laid in signature, near fine unclipped dust jackets.

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Price: $13,495.00
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Jack London - The Call Of The Wild, With Autographed & Signed Check

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The Macmillan Company, New York, 1903

First Edition, First Printing Beautiful bright, clean book with the striking extremely scarce dust jacket in near fine condition. The Call of the Wild is "one of the first American novels to examine the quest of the pioneering individual who breaks away from the sheltered environment of civilization and is romantically compelled to find freedom in nature. In the early part of the century this was considered the American dream" (Parker, 16).****Accompanied by an autographed and signed check by Jack London, authenticated and encapsulated by PSA/DNA, with an additional separate Letter of Authenticity.

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Price: $12,995.00
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Animal Farm - George Orwell

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Secker & Warburg, London, 1945

First State, First Edition, First Printing A near fine book with a beautiful scarce near fine first state dust jacket. The dust jacket has the requisite "An Early List for 1945" to the rear panel with the "Search light" motif to the reverse of the jacket. Crisp, clean book.

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Price: $12,695.00
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The Mysterious Island Trilogy - Set of 3 UK 1ST/1STS, Dropped From The Clouds, Abandoned, The Secret Of The Island

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Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875

Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875

Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875

FIRST Edition, FIRST UK printings: of the three books which when combined create THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND Trilogy by Jules Verne. This is the Scarce complete set of First UK Editions, First printings of the three books. The UK Sampson Low printings PRECEEDED the US printings, and are extremely scarce.

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Price: $11,695.00
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Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov, Signed on a Laid in Signature

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Gnome Press, New York, 1951, 1952, and 1953

FIRST STATE of the First Edition, First Printings A superb set of Fine/Near Fine, clean crisp books, in Fine/Near Fine dust jackets, Boldly signed with a laid in signature.

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Price: $11,195.00
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Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

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Chatto & Windus, London, 1932

First Edition, First Printing Beautiful clean book near fine, with a stunning near fine vibrant original dust jacket.

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Price: $10,895.00
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I Robot - Isaac Asimov, Signed

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Gnome Press, New York, 1950

Stated First Edition, First Printing Beautiful fine/near fine book with a scarce original stunning near fine dust jacket. Only 5,000 copies of the first edition were printed of this iconic title in which Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" were postulated for the first time. Signed by Isaac Asimov on a laid-in signature.

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Price: $10,595.00
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