Holiday Gifts 2020

10 Holiday Gifts December 2020 “If There’s A List Of The Most Important Books Of The 20th Century, Feminine Mystique Is On It” 18. FRIEDAN, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. New York, 1963. Octavo, original half navy cloth, dust jacket. $1200. Click for more info First edition of Friedan’s electrifying and still controversial work—“widely regarded as one of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.” Second-issue dust jacket, with quote by Virgilia Peterson on front panel, $5.95 on front flap. Owner inkstamps. Book fine, dust jacket near-fine. Boldly Inscribed By Chagall Across An Entire Leaf 19. (CHAGALL, Marc) CAIN, Julien and SORLIER, Charles. The Lithographs of Chagall. Monte Carlo, New York, Boston, 1960-86. Six volumes. Folio, original beige cloth, dust jackets, acetates. $13,000. Click for more info Mixed first French, German and English editions of all six volumes in the catalogue raisonné of Chagall’s lithographs, richly illustrated with 28 original lithographs (including the dust jackets). Volume I inscribed: “To Shirlyy [sic] and Jack Mandel, Marc Chagall, N.Y. 1963.” Fine. “Only Through Cooperation Among All Of The Workers’ Parties Will We Be Able To… Succeed In The Great Challenge” 17. MEIR, Golda. Typed letter signed. Jerusalem, October 23, 1954. Octavo, one sheet of official Ministry of Labor stationery (6 by 8-1/2 inches), writing on recto only. $4200. Click for more info Typed letter signed, from Minister of Labor Golda Meir (as “Golda Meyerson”) to political party leader Meir Yaari. Two round holes punched in margin. Faint creases from folding. Fine. H a n u k k a h