Three (3) items related to Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975, including one (1) signed book. 1st item: Ronald Reagan signed and inscribed WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?: THE RONALD REAGAN STORY by Reagan and Richard G. Hubler, published […]
Lot 732: 2 Thomas Hardy Books, incl. Author Signed TESS, 1926
Two (2) Thomas Hardy novels, including Author Signed TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, 1926. 1st item: Author Signed TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES: A PURE WOMAN, Limited First Illustrated Edition, by Thomas Hardy, illustrated by Vivien Gribble, published by Macmillan and Company, Ltd., London, 1926. Hardcover octavo, 508 pages with 41 woodcut illustrations and foldout map by […]
Lot 733: Writings of Thoreau, Manuscript Edition, 20 vols.
Publisher Signed, THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Manuscript Edition, Vol. I-XX, No. 133/600, published by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, Boston and New York, 1906. Hardcover octavos, top edge gilt pages, each volume with handwritten number, frontispieces and additional illustration plates with tissue paper guards, hardbound in three-quarter green Moroccan leather with tan marbled paper […]
Lot 730: Rimball, A Season In Hell, LEC Edition, 1986
Translator and Photographer Signed A SEASON IN HELL, by Arthur Rimball, translated by Paul Schmidt, with photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe, Limited Editions Club (LEC) Edition, Number 426/1000, published by the LEC, New York, 1986. Hardcover quarto, 87 pages with English and French text, 8 hand-rubbed photogravure plates with tissue paper guards, hardbound in full red […]
Lot 731: Signed Alex Haley ROOTS & J. Will Taylor Bio., 2 items
Alex Haley signed and inscribed copy of ROOTS and James Willis "J. Will" Taylor Biography, 2 items total. 1st item: Author Signed and Inscribed ROOTS, by Alex Haley, published by Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, 1976. Octavo, 688 pages, hardbound in one quarter black leatherette with printed paper sides, gilt lettering to spine, includes […]
Lot 728: 3 NASA Astronaut Signed 1967 Meet the Press Placards
Group of three (3) astronaut signed placards from a "Meet the Press" television broadcast, air date Sunday, May 21, 1967, signed by U.S. Navy Captain Walter Marty Schirra Jr. (1923-2007), one of the original seven astronauts and Commander of the Apollo 7 Mission, U.S. Air Force Colonel Frank Borman (born 1928), Commander of the Apollo […]
Lot 729: Group of 4 LEC Signed Books, incl. R. Bradbury, H. G. Wells
Group of four (4) Science Fiction Limited Editions Club (LEC) signed books, including Ray Bradbury and H. G. Wells. 1st item: Author and Illustrator signed THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, LEC Edition, Number 1312/2000, by Ray Bradbury, illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini, published by the LEC, Avon, 1974. Hardcover quarto, 309 black speckled pages with full-page color lithographic […]
Lot 726: Richard J. Sauter NASA Archive, incl. Flown Flags
Archive of approximately one hundred and eighty-one (181) items related to Richard J. Sauter and his decades-long career with the The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), circa 1962-1989. Sauter worked as a draftsman at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, in technical services at the the NASA Spacecraft Center, Clear Lake, TX, […]
Lot 727: NASA Apollo Program Archive, incl. Signed Photo
Archive of thirty-five (35) items related to the Apollo Program, also known as Project Apollo, including a color photograph signed by Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., Richard Francis Gordon Jr., and Alan LaVern Bean of the Apollo 12 mission, November 14-24, 1969, various achievement awards presented to NASA employees, and more. The Apollo Program was the […]
Lot 723: Group of 11 Science Books, incl. Dickinson Physica, 1702
Eleven (11) Science related books. 1st item: PHYSICA VETUS ET VERA: SIVE TRACTATUS DE NATURALI VERITATE HEXAEMERI MOSAICI, by Edmund Dickinson, sold by Henri Ribotteau, London, 1702. Hardcover octavo, 348 pages including 4 copper plate engravings on pp. 94-95 and 342-343, with additional illustrations, rebound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled paper sides. 9 7/8" […]