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Economic Theory; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Gary S. Becker
BECKER, Gary S.
Economic Theory.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
First edition, early printing of the economist's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, no dust jacket was issued. Boldly signed by Gary Becker on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3056
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Rare autograph letter signed by Daniel Webster regarding opening of the American west
WEBSTER, Daniel.
Daniel Webster Autograph Letter Signed.
1836.
Rare autograph letter signed by one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, Daniel Webster written in anticipation of the opening of the American west. One page, folded, text in the hand of an amanuensis, the letter stipulates which types of land Webster and Perkins wish the recipient, Joseph R. Williams of Toledo, Ohio, to invest in with their $5,000 speculative fund. The reads in part, "Washington, 16 May 1836 Dear Sir, Mr. H. Perkins, Esq. of Boston, who is doubtless well known to you, at least by character and reputation, is now here. He and myself…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 124353
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Concert Program; Signed by Louis Armstrong and Four of His Band Members
ARMSTRONG, Louis.
Louis Armstrong Group Signed Concert Program.
c. 1952-53.
'Louis Armstrong and his Concert Band' program. Quarto, original wrappers, 14 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs of the band and its members. Signed by Louis Armstrong on the second page, and additionally inscribed by four members of the band on their respective pages: trombonist Trummy Young, "Sincerely Trummy Young;" clarinetist Barney Bigard, "Regards + Barney Bigard;" double-bassist Arvell Shaw, "Best wishes, Arvell Shaw;" and pianist Billy Kyle, "Sincerely, Billy Kyle." In very good condition. A scarce combination of signatures.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145303
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"First off, I am 35 years old, I am divorced, and I live in a van down by the river": Rare black and white photograph signed by legendary American comedian Chris Farley
[FARLEY, Chris].
Chris Farley Signed Photograph.
Black and white headshot signed by American actor and comedian Chris Farley. Signed by Farley in gold ink. In fine condition. Farley signatures are uncommon.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 126559
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First Edition of Norton Juster's The Dot and the Line; Signed by Him
JUSTER, Norton.
The Dot and the Line.
New York: Random House, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Small octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, especially signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132133
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"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies": First Edition of The Rabin Memoirs; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
RABIN, Yitzhak.
The Rabin Memoirs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1979.
First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Eleanore with best wishes Y. Rabin 10.31.79." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Renfer. Photograph by Magnum photographer Leonard Freed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 92754
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First Edition of Happiness is a Warm Puppy; Inscribed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Happiness is a Warm Puppy.
San Francisco: Determined Publications, 1962.
First edition of Charlie Brown and the gang's words on happiness, with 30 Peanuts cartoons by Schulz. Small octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Georgie with best wishes- Charles M. Schulz." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147811
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Exquisitely illustrated Deluxe limited Ibis edition of the works of Pierre Louÿs
LOUÿS, Pierre.
Chefs d’oeuvre de Pierre Louÿs: Aphrodite, Aventures du Roi Pausole, Chansons de Bilitis, Psyche, Poems Libres, La Femme et Le Pantin.
Paris: Les Editions de l'Ibis, 1972-73.
Deluxe limited Ibis edition of the works of Pierre Louÿs. Quartos, 6 volumes, bound in full red pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the panels, top edges gilt, pictorial endpapers, with 12 original colored lithographs per volume by Brenot and others. Limited edition, one of 1572 sets produced. In near fine condition. Exquisitely illustrated.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 94692
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Finely bound example of Charles Dickens' Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall and Bradbury Evans, 1858.
Rare finely bound Library Edition of Dickens' first novel and one of his greatest works. Octavo, two volumes bound in three quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, pictorial title pages. In very good condition. Housed in the binder's original slipcases. With the original invoice on Sangorski & Sutcliffe's letterhead dated January 3rd 1934 laid in.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119937
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"ONE OF THE GREATEST OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS": FIRST EDITION OF THE KNAVE OF HEARTS; ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH
[PARRISH, Maxfield] SAUNDERS.
The Knave of Hearts.
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1925.
First edition of "one of the greatest of American illustrated books" (Porter, 84), the last and most lavish children's book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, with mounted cover design, pictorial endpapers, 14 full-page color plates, and nine in-text color illustrations. Folio, original black cloth, mounted cover illustration, pictorial endpapers. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144228
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"An exciting, real book without a trace of unnecessary melodrama" (H.G.Wells): First Edition of Out of the Night; Inscribed by Jan Valtin to boxing Champion Gene Tunney
VALTIN, Jan [aka Richard Julius Herman Krebs] [Gene Tunney].
Out of the Night.
New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1941.
First edition of Valtin's bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the great boxing champion and his wife, "To Polly and Gene Tunney with admiration and cordial fond wishes from Jan Valtin June 1, 1941." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by George Salter.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 4644
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"For best results, the competitive player should never depart from his area of expertise": First Edition of The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money; Signed by John Train; From the Library of Peter Matthiessen
TRAIN, John [Peter Matthiessen].
The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money.
Artisan Press, 2011.
First edition of this classic work by the founding editor of The Paris Review. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Train on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of novelist Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Matthiessen was a founding member of The Paris Review. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144372
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Rare deluxe limited edition of Rudyard Kipling's Lettres du Japon; one of only 50 copies printed on japan paper
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Lettres du Japon.
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1925.
Deluxe limited edition of Kipling's collected letters written during his 1889 travels in Japan. Octavo, original wrappers, decorated by H. Tirman. One of 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin-Jackson. Very good in the rare original richly decorated dust jacket. Rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 122943
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First Editions of Each Volume in Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov; Each signed by Him
KASPAROV, Garry.
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Volumes I-3.
London: Evveryman Chess , 2011-14.
First editions of each volume. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Each is signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Each are fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional set.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5380
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Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer during his years as a medical missionary in Africa; warmly inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Photograph.
1953.
Rare photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné. Black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer being guided down Gabon's Ogooué River, inscribed by him on the lower border in fountain pen, "A monsieur Jerome Liplain, avec mes bonnes pensáes, Albert Schweitzer. Lambarene le 19 Mars 1953, En pirogue sur l'Ogooue." Schweitzer's philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, which up to 1958 was situated in French Equatorial Africa, and after this in Gabon. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146013
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"A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants": Signed Limited Edition of Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
DURRELL, Lawrence.
The Alexandria Quartet. Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea.
London: Faber & Faber, 1962.
Signed limited first edition of Durrell's masterpiece, one of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Lawrence Durrell on the limitation page. Octavo, original orange cloth, hand-print design to upper board in black, yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. With the original acetate dust jacket, in the publisher's black and gold slipcase. Bookplate to the front pastedown of book collector Otis Skinner Blodget. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 97421
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First Edition of The Collected Poems of Robert Frost; Signed by Him
FROST, Robert.
Collected Poems of Robert Frost 1939.
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1939.
First edition of this collected poems of Frost. Octavo, original cloth, top stained red, frontispiece photograph of Robert Frost taken by Doris Ulmann. Boldly signed by the author on the second free endpaper, "Robert Frost Boston South Shaftsbury." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 147527
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First Edition of Nobel Prize Winning Economist's Thomas C. Schelling's First Book; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
National Income Behavior: An Introduction to Algebraic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas Schelling on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 44748
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First Edition of J.M. Keynes' The Economic Consequences of the Peace
KEYNES, J.M.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
London: Macmillan & Company, 1919.
First edition of the best-selling book that established Keynes' reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 108596
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First Edition of John Milnor's From the Differentiable Viewpoint; Signed by Him
MILNOR, John W.
From the Differentiable Viewpoint.
Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1965.
First edition of this work by the famed mathematician. Octavo, original. Boldly signed by John Milnor on the title page. Based on notes by David W. Weaver. Fine in the original glassine jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 141351