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"An accomplishment in the field of anthropology on par with Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species": First edition of Margaret Mead's Coming of Age In Samoa
MEAD, Margaret .
Coming of Age In Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1928.
First edition of Mead's pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Octavo, Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 127605
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The Oxford Book of French Verse; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED RED MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
CHOSEN BY ST. JOHN LUCAS. EDITED BY P. MANSELL JONES,.
The Oxford Book of French Verse XIIIth Century – XXth Century.
London: Oxford University Press, 1957.
New edition of The Oxford Book of French Verse. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpeices to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 130155
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' Perelandra; in the rare original dust jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
Perelandra.
London: The Bodley Head, 1943.
First edition of the second novel in Lewis' classic trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a portion of restoration to foot of spine, portion of restoration to head, affecting title, two small central points of restoration to spine, corners neatly restored, corner clipped with the original price of 8s. 6d showing. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145807
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First Edition of The Shapley Value; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Robert Aumann
ROTH, Alvin E. [Lloyd Shapley].
The Shapley Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapley.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
First edition of this work regarding the papers of Nobel Prize winner Lloyd Shapley. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economists on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to John Rogers, Alvin E. Roth Stanford, 4 Nov '13" and "For John Bob Aumann." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Vail.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132360
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Rare 1950s-1970s Paperback Collection including Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Rudyard Kipling's Kim, Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, John Steinbeck's Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, and many others
BRONTE, Emily; Agatha Christie; Ernest Hemingway; Jack Kerouac; Rudyard Kipling; John Steinbeck et al.
1950s-1970s Paperback Collection.
New York: Avon, Bantam, Dell, et al, c. 1940-1960.
Large collection of first edition and early printings including a variety of classic literature and pulp fiction. Small octavos, 60 volumes, the collection includes Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Rudyard Kipling's Kim, John Milton's Paradise Lost, Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, John Steinbeck's Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, Jack Kerouac's The Subterraneans and many others. In very good to fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121681
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“Here I am, where I ought to be": First edition of Karen Blixen's Out of Africa
DINESEN, Isak. [Karen Blixen].
Out of Africa.
New York: Random House, 1938.
First edition of the author’s classic memoir, which recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145695
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"A good portfolio is more than a long list of good stocks and bonds. It is a balanced whole, providing the investor with protections and opportunities with respect to a wide range of contingencies": Harry Markowitz’s Landmark Work Portfolio Selection; Inscribed by Him
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.
Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.
Second edition of the economist's work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Dear William Best Wishes Harry Markowitz." In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 74658
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First Edition of Paul Johnson's Left of Centre; Inscribed by Him to Publishing legend Martin Secker
JOHNSON, Paul.
Left of Centre.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1959.
First edition of the historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sylvia and Martin Secker with best wishes from an Aspiring Author Paul Johnson." The recipient, Martin Secker was London publisher who was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary authors, including D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Norman Douglas, Henry James, Compton Mackenzie, and George Orwell. He began publishing just before the First World War. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136466
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Rare finely bound set of the complete novels of Francis Edward Smedley
SMEDLEY, Francis Edward [Frank].
The Works of Frank E. Smedley. [Lewis Arundel, Frank Fairlegh, Harry Coverdale’s Courtship, The Colville Family]
London: George Routledge and Sons, c. 1888.
Rare finely bound set of the complete novels of Francis Edward Smedley. Octavo, 4 volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 110526
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“It takes a great man to be a good listener": Signed Limited Edition of The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
COOLIDGE, Calvin.
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929.
Signed limited first edition of the 30th President of the United States' autobiography, one of a 1,000 signed copies. Octavo, original quarter cloth, gilt topstain.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147457
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First Edition of History of the Fourteenth United States Infantry; Inscribed by Captain L. S. Sorley to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
SORLEY, Captain L.S. [Philemon Tecumseh Sherman].
History of the Fourteenth United States Infantry From January, 1890 to December, 1908.
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1909.
First edition of this military history of the Fourteenth Infantry; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original blue wrappers, illustrated with seven maps of battles, operations, and expeditions. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to P.T. Sherman, "Hon. P. Tecumseh Sherman, with the compliments of Lewis Stone Sorley, Captain 14th U. S. Infantry." In good condition, missing front wrapper panel and rear wrapper panel detached, losses to the extremities. Rare, especially signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145966
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Official NASA Photograph of the Gemini 9 "Angry Alligator"; Signed by Astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan
STAFFORD, Tom and Gene Cernan.
Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan Signed Augmented Target Docking Adapter Photograph.
Rare official NASA photograph of the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA), or 'angry alligator'. Oversized, color semi-glossy photograph of the ATDA as seen from the Gemini 9 spacecraft during one of their three rendezvous in space. Boldly signed on the mount in blue felt tip by Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan. Mounted. In fine condition with light bumping to the upper left corner of the mount. The piece measures 16 inches by 20 inches. From the personal collection of NASA employee John 'Pete' Peterson, who served in various capacities of media relations at NASA and the Manned Spacecraft Center from about…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147293
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"To forgive and forget is easier than to remember": First edition of Reuben Ainsztein's Jewish Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Eastern Europe
AINSZTEIN, Reuben.
Jewish Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Eastern Europe: with a Historical Survey of the Jew as Fighter and Soldier in the Diaspora.
London: Paul Elek, 1974.
First edition of Ainsztein's survey of the Jewish military from the destruction of the Jewish state by Rome to 1939. Thick octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Sally Soames who is proud of being a Jewess Reuben Ainsztein London 21 July 1977." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123442
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First Edition of Nicholas Mosley's Accident; Inscribed by Him
MOSLEY, Nicholas.
Accident.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Nicholas Mosley on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear. Jacket design by John Woodcock.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 1409
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First edition of Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924; inscribed by William K. Vanderbilt
VANDERBILT, William K.
Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924.
New York: Brentano's, Publishers, 1925.
First edition of Vanderbilt's account of his 1924 three-month summer cruise aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To C. M. ... from W. K. Vanderbilt June 26th 1925." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143551
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“Education is the movement from darkness to light": The Closing of the American Mind; Inscribed by Allan Bloom
BLOOM, Allan; Foreword by Saul Bellow.
The Closing of the American Mind.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.
First edition, early printing of Bloom's landmark work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Richard A. Ware, One of the most admirable men I have met during my career and my special benefactor. Gratefully, Allan Bloom September, 1987." The recipient Richard A. Ware served under President Richard Nixon as acting assistant secretary of defense and who was later appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the Board of Foreign Scholarships. He was later named president of the Earhart Foundation, which is an American private charitable foundation that funded research and scholarship. It…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 22016
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Finley bound limited edition of J. Carpenter's French translation of The Rubáiyát
Roubayyat de Hafiz et d’Omar Khayyam. [The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám].
Paris: Francis LeBegue, [1921].
Finely bound example of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Octavo, bound in full levant morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt Art Deco style decorations to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, decorated borders and initials. One of 300 copies. Text in French. Translated by J. Carpenter after L. Cramner Byng for Haifiz and after the poetic English version of Edward Fitzgerald for Omar Khayyám. Original wrappers bound in. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 127096
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"With affection and gratitude for getting me started in DNA synthesis and for your key contributions to the story": First Edition of DNA Synthesis; Warmly Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Arthur Kornberg to fellow scientist Morris Friedkin
KORNBERG, Arthur.
DNA Synthesis.
San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1974.
First edition of this important work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Morris: With affection and gratitude for getting me started in DNA synthesis and for your key contributions to the story Arthur." The recipient, Morris Friedkin conducted research on metabolism. He illustrated the pathways of oxidative phosphorylation, examined metabolic reaction within the mitochondria, and identified and characterized deoxyribose-1-phosphate, an intermediate in pyrimidine synthesis. In addition, he discovered the role of folates in metabolism, which is important to the synthesis of folate analogs in chemotherapy. In…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144689
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Rare original combined promotional poster for Stephen King's The Dark Half and Four Past Midnight; signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen.
The Dark Half and Four Past Midnight Stephen King Signed Promotional Poster.
New York: Signet/Penguin/Viking, .
Combined promotion and advertising campaign poster for Stephen King's best-selling horror novels The Dark Half and Four Past Midnight. One page, the poster features a full color image of Stephen King with both books. Boldly signed by Stephen King in black felt pen. The poster measures 22 inches by 16.75 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145483
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Finely bound example of Arnold J. Cooley's Dictionary of the English Language
COOLEY, Arnold J.
A Dictionary of the English Language Exhibiting the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words According to the Prevailing Usage of Correct Writers and Speakers.
London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1861.
First edition of Cooley's Dictionary of the English language. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, black spine label, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Author's preface. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 92803