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1951006743New York: Gnome Press 1951. An exceptional and RARE set all three books having been SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Isaac Asimov to the same lady in the most intriguing and charming manner - "Foundation" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a passionate Southern gal Isaac Asimov" "Foundation and Empire" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a persistent Southern gal Isaac Asimov" and "Second Foundation " SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a married Southern gal Isaac Asimov". Ah to have been a witness to THAT book signing where the sparks were obviously flying ! All three books stated Gnome Press First Editions "Foundation" in dark blue boards with red lettering at spine thinner and narrower paper and with dust jacket too large for this thinner book although stating First Edition 1951 on CP is actually the 1954 2nd Edition. Book is Very Good pages browning slight toning to edges of end pages top edge dusty in a Very Good dust jacket priced $2.75 front flap small chips at spine ends and flap fold tips. "Foundation and Empire" 1952 is First Edition First State in original red cloth in Second Issue dust jacket in blue tones. Book is Very Good pages uniformly browning. In Near Fine dust jacket small chips top and bottom edges rear panel at spine. "Second Foundation" 1953. is First Edition First State in original light blue boards spine stamped in brown Very Good cloth a bit rubbed at spine ends light toning to end pages at edges top edge soiled in a Very Good dust jacket 1/2" chip top edge front panel at spine light edge wear and soiling. Overall a Very Good set with unique Asimov inscriptions of this towering classic of the science fiction genre that continues to remain fresh and current. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Editions. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by David Kyle Edd Carter and Ric Binkley . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Gnome Press Hardcover books
1950140940769New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing of this science fiction classic. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the front free endpaper. Quite the superlative copy bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black. About Fine with bumping to bottom corners of boards and tape ghosts to front and rear endsheets affecting Asimov's signature and previous owner name to ffep as well. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with faint fading to the spine small spot of discoloration near top of spine panel faint rubbing and faint edge wear; light offsetting from red boards to blank verso of the dust jacket. A total knock-out. Gnome Press unknown books
1950125007New York: Gnome Press Inc. Publishers 1950. First edition of this groundbreaking collection of stories. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Bruce Lane with very best regards Isaac Asimov 26 Feb. 1951." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are uncommon. In this collection one of the great classics of science fiction Asimov set out the principles of robot behavior that we know as the Three Laws of Robotics. Here are stories of robots gone mad mind-reading robots robots with a sense of humor robot politicians and robots who secretly run the world all told with Asimov's trademark dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction. It includes "The Evitable Conflict." in which machines that have made the world of the twenty-first century an economic utopia take control of Mankind's future moving it "toward an unknown and happy destiny" Berger Science Fiction and the New Dark Age. It is the basis for the 2004 film starring Bridget Moynahan Bruce Greenwood James Cromwell Chi McBride and Alan Tudyk. Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers hardcover books
195439015Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1954. First edition of the first work in Asimov's acclaimed Robot series. Octavo original blue boards red topstain. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Light wear to the cloth near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Dust jacket design by Ruth Ray. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. "One of the classic presentations of the womb-city metropolis as mother which has haunted imaginations ever since. The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are the best books Isaac Asimov ever wrote" The Guardian. In 2004 The Caves of Steel was nominated for a retroactive Hugo Award for Best Novel for 1954. A television adaptation was made by the BBC and shown in 1964: only a few short excerpts still exist. In 1989 the book was adapted by Bert Coules as a radio play for the BBC with Ed Bishop as Elijah Baley and Sam Dastor as R. Daneel Olivaw. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
19512003008New York: Gnome Press 1951. First editions. hardcover. Very good./Very good. Very good in very good dust jackets. First edition stated on each title page. The Empire has evidence of tape on the back panel of the jacket. Housed in a custom-made clamshell case with leather spine with gold lettering. Gnome Press unknown books
19501309059Gnome Press 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine price-clipped dust jacket housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. A cornerstone classic rarely found in this condition. Gnome Press hardcover books
193084308New York: The John Day Company 1930. First edition of this work on American popular music. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Introduction by George Gershwin. Boldly signed "Sincerely George Gershwin" on the dedication page. Additionally signed by conductor Charles Previn and tenor James Melton. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Previn was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions. Melton was a popular singer in the 1920s and 1930s and later began a career as an operatic singer when tenor voices went out of style in popular music around 1932-35. Contemporary bookplate near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. American composer and pianist George Gershwin's orchestral compositions spanned the genres of popular jazz and classical music and are now considered to be some of the most important musical works of the twentieth century. Gershwin began his career composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and soon became a major figure in musical theatre in New York City and later Hollywood. Gershwin's classic Song-Book is illustrated with full-page color lithographic plates after Constantin Alajalov and includes such Gershwin standards as "Swanee" "Fascinating Rhythm" "That Certain Feeling" "The Man I Love" "Strike Up the Band" and "I Got Rhythm" among others. "In one of his few prose writings George provided an introduction for the song book. What is most important. is that it contained the original published version of each song followed side by side by George's 'improvised' versions of the songs" Carnovale 14. The John Day Company hardcover books
195139058Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1951. First edition of Asimov's second science fiction novel. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Light offsetting to the endpapers near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine. Uncommon signed. The Stars Like Dust is the first book in Asimov's Galactic Empire series. "Science fiction on the larger scale is Isaac Asimov's specialty. The scene of his new book a rousing adventure story of the remote future is the Galaxy which with its hundreds of inhabited planets has been taken over by a dictatorial race called appropriately enough the Tyranni. A small group of rebels wage a determined battle against the dictators giving Mr. Asimov plenty of opportunities to plot those involved and subtle twists for which he is known. Its clear writing and excellent suspense make this book a welcome addition to the science fiction lists" The New York Times. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1957155198Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1957. Octavo cloth. First edition. The second novel featuring detective Elijah Bailey and his robot partner R. Daneel Olivaw by "the writer who virtually invented the science fiction mystery. In his novels THE CAVES OF STEEL 1954 and THE NAKED SUN 1957 and in the stories collected as ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES 1968 he masterfully bridged the gap between the two genres and proved that genuine detective fiction could be set in the future as well as in the present or past." - Pronzini and Muller 1001 Midnights p. 29. The human/robot detective team solve another murder this one committed on Solaris an Outer World with a robot-run economy where the twenty thousand Solarians thinly spread out over the surface of the planet live in near total isolation from each other and the presence or touch of another Solarian produces incapacitating physical repugnance. Bailey from an underground Earth city must overcome his fear of open spaces to solve the crime. "In its setting it's a sort of inversion of THE CAVES OF STEEL and it's equally cleverly plotted." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 249. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-42. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III pp. 1476-9. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to spine ends mild rubbing to upper right front corner and a little dust soiling. #155198 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1963C1354Program for the First Piatigorsky Cup: International Grandmaster Chess Tournament July 2 to 27 1963 48 pages with photographs including photographs of the contestants table and diagrams. Octavo 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" bound in original publisher's spiral binding in blue felt wrappers with black and silver Piatigorsky Cup stamped to cover. Included nine first day tickets for the cup. Signed or inscribed by all the contestants to Mrs Piatigorsky. <br /><br />The Piatigorsky Cup was a triennial series of double round-robin grandsmaster chess tournaments held in the United States in the 1960's. Sponsored by the Piatigorsky foundation only two events were held in 1963 and 1966. the Piatigorsky Cups were the strongest U S Chess tournaments since New York 1927. Jacqueline Piatigorsky was married to cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. One of the strongest woman chess players in the U S and a regular competitor in the U S Women's Chess Championship she designed the cup and was the primary organizer of the tournaments. The prize funds were among the largest of any chess tournament up to that time. Every player was guaranteed a prize and all traveling and living expenses were paid. The First Piatigorsky Cup was held in the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles in July 1963. The tournament field of eight included players from five countries. the soviet representatives Paul Keres and World Champion Tigran Petrosian finished equal first to share the cup with a score of 8 1/2/14 receiving more than half of the $10000 prize fund $3000 for first. Keres won most of the games in the tournament six but lost twice to Samuel Reshevsky. The Cup was Petrosian's first tournament since winning the 1963 World Championship match with Mikhail Botvinnik and was one of two first prizes he shared in his six-year reign as champion. He was the first reigning champion to play in an American tournament since Alexander Alekhine at Pasadena 1932. After losing the second round to Svetozar Gligoric Petrosian was never in danger the rest of the tournament. The remainder of the tournament field included to Americans Reshevsky and Pal Benko two Argentinians Oscar Panno and Miguel Najdorf and two Europeans Gligoric Yugoslavia and Frank Olafsson Iceland. U S Champion Bobby Fischer decline an invitation after his demand for $2000 appearance fee was refused by the tournament organizers. Gligoric led halfway through the tournament with 4 1/2/7 but scored only three draws in the last seven games and finished fifth behind Najdorf and Olafsson. Petrosian finished the strongest with 5/7 in the second half. Before the last round Petrosian led with 8 points followed by Keres with 7½ and Najdorf and Ólafsson with 7. Both Petrosian and Keres had Black in the final round. Petrosian drew his game against Reshevsky but Keres beat Gligorić to result in a tie for first place with 8½ points each.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b> Edges sunned inscriptions to front end paper and title else spiral spine cracked else very good. Piatigorsky Cup Committee paperback books
198160758Goshen CT: Angler's & Shooter's Press 1981. First edition 1/26 copies in the De Luxe issue this one noted in ink "Unlettered / Author's copy" and signed by Harry Marschalk. Tall 8vo. xi 266 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates photoengraved frontispiece and photoengraved extra title page portrait of Eugene Connett publisher of the Derrydale books; publisher's prospectus for the book laid in. Describes 169 items published at the press with short prose sketches on de luxe edition and rarities issued by the press its privately printed books the "non-Connett" Derrydales previous bibliographical efforts etc. Fine copy of a beautiful book. Full black niger gilt gilt title and date between raised bands on spine six-color leather onlay picturing the Derrydale Press printer's device on the upper board marbled endpapers top edge gilt others untrimmed publisher's morocco-backed and silk lined tray case with gilt spine title by Gray Parrot. #7846. <br/><br/> Angler's & Shooter's Press hardcover books
1957263944New York: Doubleday 1957. First. hardcover. near fine/good. 8vo yellow cloth d.w. New York: Doubleday 1957. First Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy signed in full. The dust jacket presents well but is extensively re-inforced on the verso with a large chip on the back panel.<br/><br/> Doubleday unknown books
1916WRCLIT64204London: Printed by the Paragon Printing Works Stepney Green 1916. 12mo. Original printed yellow wrappers. Wrappers darkened and a bit frayed along spine with narrow chips to the fold otherwise a very good copy of a scarce and fragile book. Half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition of the poet/painter's third separate publication like its predecessors printed at his own expense and privately distributed. As often this crudely printed pamphlet bears some manuscript corrections in the text. The title is slightly deceptive as a small group of poems including war poems are appended. With a presentation inscription inside the front wrapper from Sydney Schiff to Lydia Sherwood January 24 1926. Schiff 1868-1944 translator of Proust patron of Joyce and Wyndham Lewis and friend of Eliot and Max Beerbohm published novels under the pseudonym "Stephen Hudson." His wife Violet nee Beddington was the younger sister of Wilde's friend Ada Leverson "The Sphinx". Rosenberg met Schiff in the spring of 1915. "Like Edward Marsh Schiff became Rosenberg's 'absentee patron' in the sense that he put no pressure on him to produce works in return for occasional support and was available whenever Rosenberg needed him . His new friendship with Schiff also contributed to his growing consciousness of being a Jew. They communicated easily . To Schiff Rosenberg could say things which would have been inappropriate to Marsh. ." "Moses" evolved from Rosenberg's exposure to anti-Semitism during his military service. Schiff was an important Jewish friend at the time and was instrumental in helping distribute copies of the play in literary circles. Lydia Sherwood d. 1989 was a British actress both stage and film from the 1920s to 1960s. See Joseph Cohen JOURNEY TO THE TRENCHES: THE LIFE OF ISAAC ROSENBERG 1890 - 1918 New York 1975. REILLY WWI p.279. Printed by the Paragon Printing Works, Stepney Green unknown books
1970WRCLIT57895New York: Touchstone Publishers 1970. 244pp. plus lithographs. Large folio 65 x 48 cm; 25.5 x 19 inches. Loose sheets and signatures laid into folding cloth case. Case rather faded and smudged with lower edge of upper lid broken internally very good; except for two small marginal spots to one plate the plates are in fine state. First edition. One of the earliest of the several collaborations between the Nobel Prize-winning author and Soyer. From an edition of 175 copies and 20 a.ps. this is one of 150 numbered sets with the lithographs printed on Arches each signed and numbered by the artist in the margin and with the title-leaf signed by the author. Touchstone Publishers hardcover books
1950160914008New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First edition wrappered issue. Though the publishing history is murky this is assumed to be either an example from the publisher's short foray into paperback publishing or an Armed Services edition. Very Good. Pages toned. Wraps lightly worn with a short tear and associated creasing at the base of the front joint light foxing to verso of covers and rear cover light bit of production-caused waviness to front cover. Exceedingly scarce in this format and much more uncommon than the hardcover edition. Gnome Press paperback books
1950131030New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. First Edition. Presumed "Armed Forces" edition or the publisher's short-lived attempt to produce paperbacks bound in wrappers identical to the jacket art of the hardcover edition. More scarce than the hardcover a stopper for Asimov collectors. <br/><br/>Asimov's classic work a collection of short stories that had immediate and lasting impact on both science fiction and popular culture introducing the author's now legendary "Three Laws of Robotics." <br/><br/>Very Good plus in illustrated wrappers. A small chip to the front wrapper a larger corner chip to the rear wrapper silverfish damage to some preliminary pages and light shelfwear and toning overall. Gnome Press unknown books
193710220London: Chatto & Windus 1937. First edition. Keynes B15. Reilly p. 279. The Collected Works was issued in an edition of 500 copies with 900 sets of sheets stored at the publisher's bindery; only 403 copies had been sold by March 1938 & the remaining unbound sheets were destroyed in April 1941 when Chatto & Windus' warehouse was bombed during the Blitz. The Collected Works became exceedingly scarce and today it is impossible to obtain. - Cohen Journey to the Trenches N. Y. 1975. Killed during a night patrol near Arras in 1918 Rosenberg was one of the most promising poets & painters to die in the Great War. His war poems such as Louse Hunting Dead Man's Dump & Break of Day in the Trenches rival the best poems of Owen Graves & Sassoon. Dust jacket lightly foxed and worn and a bit dust-soiled but a very good copy of a rare book. 8vo frontispiece illustrated original russet cloth dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly foxed and worn and a bit dust-soiled but a very good copy of a rare book. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1950155200Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1950. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's first book and first SF novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." - Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to upper right corner tip and two small closed tears 6 mm at the bottom edge of the front panel and 8 mm at lower spine end. #155200 Doubleday & Company unknown books
1929140938224New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. First American Edition. Near Fine/About Very Good. First American Edition. x 213 1 pp. Orange cloth with black lettering red topstain. Near Fine with toned pages dust-soiled edges vintage bookseller's ticket to rear paste down. In About Very Good unclipped $2.50 dust jacket chipped and rubbed at edges three pinhole-sized chips to front gutter rub spot to front panel creased scrape to back panel two small strips of archival mending tissue to verso. Quite rare in jacket. A collection of largely-autobiographical short stories about the author's experiences in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1937140940389London: Chatto and Windus 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with small stain to cloth at rear. Previous owner name penciled on front free endpaper pages toned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket which is toned soiled and lightly edge-worn. A lovely copy of this scarce book issued in a run of 500 copies with 900 unbound sheets to be stored for later use. Just over 400 copies were sold in total by 1941 when the remainder were destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed during the Blitz. Chatto and Windus unknown books
1931157128London: George Harrap 1931. Limited. hardcover. fine. Rackham Arthur. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 25 b/w drawings in the text; pictorial endpapers and illus. title page. 224pp. 4to original gilt-lettered vellum; uncut edges t.e.g. London: George Harrap 1931. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 335 of 775 copies signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Latimore & Haskell p. 66.<br/><br/> George Harrap unknown books
1951140941309New York: The Gnome Press Inc 1951. First Edition. First edition second issue binding with sheets bulking to 1.4". Publisher's dark navy cloth lettered in red. 255 pp. Very Good with two small stain droplets to top edge former owner's name written on front free endpaper contents toned with age in correct Very Good unclipped dust jacket with very little fading reinforced with clear tape on recto and verso at head foot and corners; creased flaps. The first novel in the trilogy. The Gnome Press Inc unknown books
1950140941465New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing of this science fiction classic. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light staining to cloth faint reading crease to backstrip. Former owner bookplate to front paste down. pages lightly toned. Gnome Press unknown books
1950140940806New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing of this science fiction classic. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light mottling and light wear to cloth. Spine lightly creased. Pages toned and with several tiny stains to the textblock edge. Gnome Press unknown books
19743245New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Third Printing. Original cloth in dust jacket. Inscribed by Singer to Henry Miller: "To My Good Friend Henry Miller with admiration and love Isaac B. Singer. May 26 1975." Beneath this inscription Singer has written: "Here is the story you quoted in your letter. I wish you long and creative years. I.B.S." Miller often wrote about how much he loved Singer's work. A wonderful literary association. Offered with: A copy of the first edition in DJ worn of Singer's 1961 book The Spinoza of Market Street also from Miller's library though unmarked as such. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus, & Giroux hardcover books
