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Lonely Victory: Atlantic Race 1964.

Lonely Victory: Atlantic Race 1964.

by Tabarly, Eric. Translated by Len Ortzen

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London: Souvenir Press, 1964. In 1964, French Navy officer and yachtsman Eric Tabarly won the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Yacht Race on his his gaff-rigged cutter Pen Duick, crossing the finish line after twenty-seven days and beating the previous victory time by thirteen days. Here is the expert sailor's account of the tremendously exciting race - a true classic of seamanship,
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William Howard Taft Signed White House Card.

William Howard Taft Signed White House Card.

by Taft, William Howard

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Ethics in Service.

Ethics in Service.

by Taft, William H

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915. First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Taft on the front free endpaper, "Sincerely yours William H. Taft." In very good condition.
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Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.

Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.

by Tagore, Rabindranath

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Rare original silver gelatin print of Nobel Prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore below the photograph. The entire piece measures 5 inches by 3 inches. Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
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Gitanjali [Song Offerings].

Gitanjali [Song Offerings].

by Tagore, Rabindranath

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First Bolpur edition of this collection of prose translated by Tagore from the original Bengali, largely for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tagore. Boldly signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the half-title page. Introduction by W.B. Yeats. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed. Bengali poet and musician Rabindranath Tagore modernized and reshaped Bengali literature and music throughout the early 19th and late 20th centuries as a leading figure in the Contextual Modernist movement of West India. In 1913, Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, largely for the English Gitanjali.
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Gitanjali [Song Offerings].

Gitanjali [Song Offerings].

by Tagore, Rabindranath

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London: Printed at The Chiswick Press for The India Society, 1912. First edition of this collection of prose translated by Tagore from the original Bengali, largely for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tagore with tissue guard present. One of 750 copies printed for the India Society only 250 of which were available for sale. Introduction by W.B. Yeats. In very good condition. Bookplate and stamps for the Northbook Society (a British advocacy society and reading room for Indian literature, defunct in the 1960s). Rare and desirable. Bengali poet and musician Rabindranath Tagore modernized and reshaped Bengali literature and music throughout the early 19th and late 20th centuries as a leading figure in the Contextual Modernist movement of West India. In 1913, Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, largely for the English Gitanjali.
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Creative Unity.

Creative Unity.

by Tagore, Rabindranath

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London: MacMillan & Company, 1925. First edition, later printing. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Rabindranath Tagore Feb. 26, 1932." In very good condition with some wear to the extremities and to the side front panel. Books signed by Tagore are rare. Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
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The Golden Book of Tagore: A Homage to Rabindranath Tagore from India and the World in...

The Golden Book of Tagore: A Homage to Rabindranath Tagore from India and the World in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday.

by Tagore, Rabindranath. Edited by Ramananda Chatterjee

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Calcutta: The Golden Book Committee, 1931.
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The King of The Dark Chamber.

The King of The Dark Chamber.

by Tagore, Rabindranath

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. First edition, early printing of this drama, translated into English by the author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the half-title page. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Rare and desirable; books signed by Tagore are uncommon. Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore reshaped Bengali literature and music with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Commonly referred to as "The Bard of Bengal", Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. A prolific writer, his novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics both political and personal. Upon publication of the present volume, the New York Times expounded, "The fact is that the Indian poet has let down his bucket into the same deep wells which have existed since the beginning of time...Now and then one arises who has the power to draw up brimming vessels for the benefit of the… Read More
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Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.

Rabindranath Tagore Signed Photograph.

by Tagore, Rabindranath

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1921. Photograph of Nobel Prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore. Signed and dated on the photograph, "Rabindranath Tagore Jul. 22, 1921." Double-matted and framed. The photograph measures 3.5 inches by 5 inches. The entire piece measures 13.5 inches by 18.25 inches. Photographs signed by Tagore rare. Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
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Unto The Sons.

Unto The Sons.

by Talese, Gay

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition of this work on the Italian diaspora. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Howard and Susan Kaminsky With my greatest respect for you both always Gay Talese." The recipient, Howard Kaminsky was the former president and publisher of Warner Books, Random House and William Morrow/Avon. Among the authors he published were Elmore Leonard, E.L. Doctorow, Gore Vidal, David Halberstam and Richard Nixon. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. A nice association. Unto the Sons traces the origins of Talese's own family, beginning with his great-grandfather in Maida, Italy, his grandfather who immigrated to Pennsylvania and Talese's father, who immigrated to the United States separately following World War I.
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Honor Thy Father.

Honor Thy Father.

by Talese, Gay

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New York: World Publishing, 1971. First edition of Talese's classic true story of the rise and fall of New York's notorious Bonanno crime family. Octavo, original boards, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Inscribed by the author to Rod McKuen, "For Rod With my very best - from one of his admirers- Gay Talese September 1971." Rod McKuen was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of recordings, which included popular music, spoken word poetry, film soundtracks and classical music. He earned two Academy Award nominations and one Pulitzer nomination for his music compositions. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Charles. A nice association.
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The Joy Luck Club.

The Joy Luck Club.

by Tan, Amy

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. First edition of the author's most well known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Amy Tan on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Jacket illustration by Gretchen Shields. Brilliant....Each story is a fascinating vignette, and together they they weave the reader through a world where the Moon Lady can grant any wish, where a child, promised in marriage at two and delivered at 12, can, with cunning, free herself; where a rich man's concubine secures her daughter's future by killing herself, and where a woman can live on, knowing she has lost her entire life" (Washington Post).
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The Joy Luck Club.

The Joy Luck Club.

by Tan, Amy [Larry McMurtry]

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. "Brilliant... Each story is a fascinating vignette, and together they they weave the reader through a world where the Moon Lady can grant any wish, where a child, promised in marriage at two and delivered at 12, can, with cunning, free herself; where a rich man's concubine secures her daughter's future by killing herself, and where a woman can live on, knowing she has lost her entire life" (Washington Post).
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United Services College 1874-1911. A Short Account of Rudyard Kipling’s Old School at...

United Services College 1874-1911. A Short Account of Rudyard Kipling’s Old School at Westward Ho!

by Tapp, Major H. A. Preface by Major-General L. C. Dunsterville. [Rudyard Kipling]

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Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd., [1933]. First edition of Tapp's history of Westward Ho! College with Kipling's The Song of the Exiles. Quarto, original boards with gilt titles to the front panel, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. The author states in his introduction: "This short account of the United Services College has been written primarily for "Old Boys" to help perpetuate the memory of a great school, and also with hope of providing something of interest to others. Doubtless older O.U.S.Cs. will note with pleasure the fortunes of the College after I left Westward Ho! while the younger ones will look back with interest on the happenings of the early days". Contains Kipling's The Song of the Exiles.
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln.

The Life of Abraham Lincoln.

by Tarbell, Ida M

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New York: Lincoln History Society, 1909. Bound set of Tarbell's classic biography of President Lincoln. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Lincoln to the front panel, frontispiece portraits, one in color, illustrated with reproductions of original paintings and photographs, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Meant to compete against a Century Magazine series which had been written by Lincoln's private secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay, Tarbell's 20-part series, The Life of Abraham Lincoln was a massive success and earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. The popular series, based on Tarbell's own original research and interviews, helped boost McClure's circulation to over 250,000 which climbed to over 300,000 by 1900 and allowed McClure to buy a printing plant and a bindery. Tarbell went on to publish five books about Lincoln and traveled on… Read More
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters...

The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished.

by Tarbell, Ida. [Abraham Lincoln]

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New York: The Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. First Special Illustrator's edition of the work that earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. Quarto, two volumes, half cloth over paper-covered boards, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln to each volume. One of only 75 numbered copies printed, this is number 51. In near fine condition. Rebacked. Housed in a custom slipcase. Rare. Meant to compete against a Century Magazine series which had been written by Lincoln's private secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay, Tarbell's 20-part series, The Life of Abraham Lincoln was a massive success and earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. The popular series, based on Tarbell's own original research and interviews, helped boost McClure's circulation to over 250,000 which climbed to over 300,000 by 1900 and allowed McClure to buy a printing plant… Read More
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He Knew Lincoln.

He Knew Lincoln.

by Tarbell, Ida M

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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. First Doubleday printing of Tarbell's collected Billy Brown stories, first published by McClure in 1907. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. In addition to her famous take-down of Standard Oil and other malefactors of wealth, Tarbell wrote extensively about Abraham Lincoln. Her best-known work, The Life of Abraham Lincoln was a massive success and earned Tarbell a national reputation as a major writer and the leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. The present volume presents a fictionalized domestic portrait of Lincoln as recounted in the 19th century dialect of Lincoln's young Illinois neighbor, Billy Brown.
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Monsieur Beaucaire.

Monsieur Beaucaire.

by Tarkington, Booth

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New York: McClure, Philips, 1900. First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second novel, basis for the classic 1946 film starring Bob Hope. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "And live men are just names! said M. Beaucaire." Booth Tarkington. For Miss Carmel Myers." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. The adventures of a dashing young prince who dispensed with protocol in selecting his wife. He hit upon the unique scheme of impersonating a barber in order to be perfectly free to choose the lady of his heart. The prince is actually Louis Phillipe de Valois, cousin of Louis XV of France, and certainly no gallant ever encountered more adventure in the pursuit of a bride. The story has been adapted several times. In collaboration with Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, Tarkington adapted it as a play in 1904 starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller. The play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward… Read More
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The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

by Tarkington, Booth

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the classic Orson Wells film often regarded as among the greatest films of all time. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, " For Rose and John Narteau from Florence and John Jameson and inscribed, with pleasure by Booth Tarkington Indianapolis February 26, 1945." In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. The Magnificent Ambersons chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. The protagonist of Booth Tarkington's great historical drama is George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the family's… Read More
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