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Morris Hirschfield Limited Edition Signed
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A sumptuously produced, limited edition monograph (#791/3000) on the Russian-American artist Morris Hirshfield, an immigrant who had achieved financial success...
Jorge Luis Borges’ Congress of the World
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A stunningly designed edition of Borges' beloved "long story," about a utopic universal congress with full-color tantric cosmology miniatures and...
Norman Mailer Typed Letter Signed to Literary Critic
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Revealing typed letter signed by American author Norman Mailer, who writes to the literary critic John William Corrington, apparently in...
Signed First Edition Book
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Signed first edition of Norman Mailer's The Gospel According to the Son in fine, unread condition; fifth printing in fine...
Inscribed Book Page
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Signed inscription to prominent radio interviewer Mary Margaret McBride by then-29 year old William Manchester, on the publication of his...
Wildt – Signs of Man Series
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WILDT: Paolo Mola. The Signs of Man series. Milano: FMR Franco Maria Ricci, 1988. First edition, limited and numbered, SIGNED...
Truman Capote Signed In Cold Blood – Limited Edition 329/500
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An exceptionally fine and exceedingly rare Limited Edition of In Cold Blood (#329 of just 500 copies), Capote's sensational "non-fiction...
Autograph Sentiment Framed
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A fine, bold autograph sentiment, framed with a fetching early photograph of the author. NELLE HARPER LEE (1926-) is an...
To Kill a Mockingbird 40th Anniversary Signed
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Signed First Edition, First Printing of the 40th Anniversary edition of To Kill a Mockingbird, voted Best Novel of the...
Annie Leibovitz Signed First Edition “Women”
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Annie Leibovitz's fourth collection of photographs, Women, published in 1999 by Random House, is now considered a contemporary photography classic,...