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Autographed Book Inscription

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Autographed Inscription on the title page of his book Logbook for Grace, dated March 1947, to prominent radio interviewer Mary...

 


Autograph Letter Signed in French

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Autograph Letter Signed by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov, whose controversial bestselling novel Lolita (1955) is ranked fourth in the list...

 


Tarots: The Visconti Pack in Bergamo and New York

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Tarots: the Visconti pack in Bergamo and New York. A critical examination by Sergio Samek Ludovici; text by Italo Calvino,...

 


FMR Signed Limited Edition Art Deco Sculptures

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Signed Limited Edition (#1129/3000) of Isadora Duncan, with Art Deco Sculptures by Chiparus, Preiss, and others, published and signed by...

 


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...