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Poster signed

BOLDLY INSCRIBED WITH A HEART DRAWING BY MUHAMMAD ALI TO CO-AUTHOR THOMAS HAUSER, THE PUBLISHER'S PROMOTIONAL POSTER FROM THE NEIL LEIFER PHOTOGRAPH USED ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE 1992 BOOK, MUHAMMAD ALI MEMORIES

ALI, Muhammad. Poster signed. New York, 1992.

Original publisher's promotional poster for the photobook Muhammad Ali Memories, boldly inscribed by Ali in gold ink on the image to the book's co-author Thomas Hauser "To Tom from Muhammad Ali" with a hand-drawn heart and the date "6-3-92". $9000.

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Portrait de Mounet-Sully

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED TRIAL SHEETS FOR COCTEAU’S PORTRAIT DE MOUNET-SULLY, 1945, ONCE BELONGING TO GLENWAY WESCOTT

COCTEAU, Jean. Portrait de Mounet-Sully. Paris, 1945.

Original pre-publication sheets of line cuts by Cocteau, most before letters, four hand-colored in gouache by Cocteau, stamped number “16” and inscribed by "Cyril" to a member of the Shakespeare and Company literary circle: “Glenway [Wescott], in memory of Villefranche 1929, our 1st meeting and 40 years of enjoyment since. London 1970.” $1500.

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Hudibras, a Poem

"HE THAT COMPLIES AGAINST HIS WILL IS OF HIS OWN OPINION STILL"

BUTLER, Samuel. Hudibras, a Poem. London, 1822. Two volumes.

Later edition of this bitingly humorous 17th-century poem dealing with scholastic pedantry, Aristotelian logic, theological controversy, witchcraft, alchemy, astrology and war, with 12 striking hand-colored aquatints by John Heaviside Clark. $750.

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Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion [facsimile]

LAVISH TRIANON PRESS LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE OF ALTERNATIVE COLORED VERSIONS OF THE FIRST 25 PLATES OF BLAKE'S JERUSALEM

BLAKE, William. Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion [facsimile]. London, 1974.

Fine Trianon Press limited edition facsimile, number 199 of only 500 copies (from a total edition of only 558), of alternative colored versions of the first 25 plates of Blake's Jerusalem. A fine copy, with publisher's prospectus (two copies) laid in. $1500.

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Competition As A Dynamic Process

INSCRIBED BY INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIST JOHN MAURICE CLARK TO HIS FRIENDS, WELL-KNOWN SCIENTISTS CARYL AND EDNA HASKINS

CLARK, John Maurice. Competition As A Dynamic Process. Washington, 1961.

First edition of this influential economics work framing labor as an overhead cost, inscribed to his friends, prominent scientists Caryl and Edna Haskins: “To Caryl and Edna Haskins with best wishes: J.M. Clark.” $850.

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Russian Test of Time

RUSSIAN CHESS CHAMPION GARRY KASPAROV’S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY HIM

KASPAROV, Garry. Russian Test of Time. Baku, 1985.

First edition of the Russian chess champion’s first book, a combination of game analysis and autobiography, signed by Kasparov in Cyrillic on the title page and dated 12/03/2006. $450.

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Book of Recipes for the Cooking School

"SUCCESS IN COOKING DEPENDS UPON INTELLIGENT HANDLING OF MATERIALS AND CONTROL OF THE COOKING MEDIUM"

LYFORD, Carrie Alberta. Book of Recipes for the Cooking School. Hampton, Virginia, 1921.

First edition of this collection of recipes intended for Home Economics students at the Hampton Institute. $2250.

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Typed letter signed

“I DID MAKE A SERIOUS MISTAKE IN PRESCRIBING TRANQUILIZERS AND QUAALUDES FOR CHUCKY”

LEONARD, Elmore. Typed letter signed. Birmingham, Michigan, 1983.

Typed letter signed, on Leonard’s stationery from his Michigan home, in response to Dr. Leopold Bellak’s letter, included here, in which Bellak praises Leonard for the understanding of Attention Deficit Disorder he displays in his 1983 crime novel Stick. $450.

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Bible of the Revolution

"THE AITKEN BIBLE (THE BIBLE OF THE REVOLUTION) IS IN EVERY WAY AN ACHIEVEMENT"

DEARDEN, Robert R., and WATSON, Douglas S. Bible of the Revolution. San Franscisco, 1930.

"Signer's edition," one of 50 copies (out of a total edition of 580), with two original leaves from the famed Aitken Bible of 1782, "The Bible of the Revolution," this special edition also including an original leaf from The Confession of Faith, printed by Benjamin Franklin in 1745, and a number of essays and facsimiles. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert R. Dearden, the author of one of the included essays, "To my esteemed friend John J. Coyle with cordial regards from Robert R. Dearden Jr, Nov 10th 1931." With a number of related laid-in items, including an original telegram from noted antiquarian A. Edward Newton praising the publication. $2500.

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