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Signed Limited Edition of The David Foster Wallace Reader
WALLACE, David Foster.
The David Foster Wallace Reader.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Deluxe signed limited edition of this compilation of Foster Wallace's work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by artist Karen Green, the widow of Foster Wallace. The limited edition contains one piece of the original painting, "signed on verso with the artist's fingerprint." Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138151
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First Edition of Why We Can't Wait; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KING, Jr..
Why We Can’t Wait.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.
First edition of Dr. King's third book, including his reflections on his 1963 Birmingham campaign. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146312
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"A Gallery of Ghosts": Rare late nineteenth century Carte de visite album containing albumen portraits of Henry Ward Beecher, Washington Irving, and General Winfield Hancock among dozens of others
Nineteenth Century Carte de Visite Album.
Rare late nineteenth century carte de visite album containing dozens of original portraits of prominent members of the Griffith family of New York and several contemporary celebrities including Henry Ward Beecher, Washington Irving, and General Winfield Hancock. Quarto, original full leather richly decorated in gilt with inner dentelles, silk watered endleaves, gilt decorations and ruling to each album page which contains one or four original carte de visite portraits, all edges gilt, metal clasp. In very good condition. A captivating collection of nineteenth century American portraits.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 136095
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Thomas Leland's Translation of The Orations of Demosthenes; bound in full early 19th century calf
DEMOSTHENES. TRANSLATED BY THOMAS LELAND,.
The Orations of Demosthenes: Pronounced to Excite Athenians Against Philip, King of Macedon. Translated by Thomas Leland, D. D.
London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1806.
Finely bound example of Leland's translation of the Orations of Demosthenes. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In fine condition. Rare and desirable bound in early 19th century calf.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 123088
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First Edition of James Baldwin's The Evidence of Things Not Seen; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BALDWIN, James.
The Evidence of Things Not Seen.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.
First edition of this classic collection by the author of Giovanni's Room. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Maggie, yours, James Baldwin." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 120563
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First Edition of Thomas E. Gaddis' Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud; Signed by Him
GADDIS, Thomas E.
Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.
New York : Random House, 1955.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden and Thelma Ritter. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, " Best- Thomas E. Gaddis August 7, 1958." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with the Ingo Perminger Agency stamp to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Harvey Gabor. First editions are uncommon signed, and with noted provenance.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138123
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First Edition of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment; Signed by Daniel Kahneman and Cass R. Sunstein
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Olivier Sibony; Cass R. Sunstein .
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.
London: William Collins, 2021.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones—"a tour de force” (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed on the title page by, "Daniel Kahneman and Cass R. Sunstein. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145794
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"There is nothing like losing to know how not to trade, and by learning how not to trade, you learn how to trade" First Edition of Edwin Lefevre’s The Making of a Stockbroker; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
LEFEVRE, Edwin.
The Making of a Stockbroker.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925.
First edition of this classic Wall Street narrative. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146015
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1969-1980; Signed by Milton Friedman and twice by Kenneth Arrow
FRIEDMAN, Milton; Kenneth A. Arrow; Paul A. Samuelson.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1969-1980.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1969-1980. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Kenneth Arrow (twice), once on the half-title page and again at Arrow's Nobel lecture. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146250
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"It all began with those mysterious, threatening letters...": First edition of Agatha Christie's The Moving Finger
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
The Moving Finger.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942.
First American edition of Christie's classic murder mystery, which preceded the first English edition by 11 months. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with professional restoration.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 143554
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First edition of C.S. Lewis' Beyond the Bright Blur
LEWIS, C.S.
Beyond the Bright Blur.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World Inc, 1963.
First edition of this selection from Letters to Malcolm. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in the original rice paper jacket, which is in good condition. Rare.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 137526
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The Economic Point of View; Signed by Israel Kirzner
KIRZNER, Israel M.
The Economic Point of View.
Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1976.
First printing of this edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Israel Kirzner on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Grandits. Edited with an introduction by Laurence S. Moss.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 144369
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FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOAN DIDION: FIRST EDITION OF KATIE ARNOLDI'S CHEMICAL PINK: A NOVEL OF OBSESSION; INSCRIBED BY HER TO JOAN DIDION
ARNOLD, Katie. [Joan Didion].
Chemical Pink: A Novel of Obsession.
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2001.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Joan - Thank you for being so generous & kind. Your support has made all the difference. Lots of love, Katie 2/19/01." The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneer of the New Journalism style of news writing. Her articles and political writing engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, California culture, and California history. She also gained recognition for her…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 141135
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"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from": First Edition of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country For Old Men; Signed by cormac mccarthy and Three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
No Country For Old Men.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of this “harrowing, propulsive drama… about a stone-cold killer, a small-town sheriff, and an average Joe” (New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Cormac McCarthy and signed three times by jacket artist Chip Kidd: on the front panel, below McCarthy's signature and on the rear jacket flap. In good condition with some staining to the first several pages in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146455
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First Edition of William Starr Myers and Walter H. Newton's The Hoover Administration: A Documented Narrative; Inscribed by Former President of the United States Herbert Hoover
MYERS, William Starr; Walter H. Newton [Herbert Hoover].
The Hoover Administration: A Documented Narrative.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.
First edition of this complete, fully documented, and authoritative story of Herbert Hoover's four years as President. Octavo, original navy cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Hoover from the drawing by Clarence R. Mattei. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Hoover on the front free endpaper, "Dear Mrs. Bent, This is not my authorship but I am for it and I am glad you have it. Sincerely Herbert Hoover." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Rare with such a lengthy inscription.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146699
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First Edition of A Fairy Tale of New York; Inscribed by J.P. Donleavy to his Publisher Seymour Lawrence
DONLEAVY, J.P.
A Fairy Tale of New York.
New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1973.
First edition of this funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to his publisher Seymour Lawrence in the year of publication, "Century Club (where the action is) August 14, 1973 To Seymour Lawrence J.P. Donleavy." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. A nice association.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 3966
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2000.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142139
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"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Inscribed by Don Delillo
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Joe Don DeLillo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138126
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Rare Original S. L. Kaye Sketch Portrait of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion; Signed by Him
KAYE, S. L.; [David Ben-Gurion].
David Ben-Gurion Signed S.L. Kaye Sketch.
1960.
Framed rare graphite artist’s sketches of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion by artist S. L. Kaye. Signed and dated by Ben-Gurion below the portrait, "D. Ben-Gurion 9. 3. 60." Additionally signed by the artist at the corner of his sketch. In fine condition. The piece measures 20.9 inches by 16.9 inches. A fine example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145560
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Rare Photograph Signed by Charles, Prince of Wales is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history, as well as the longest-serving Prince of Wales, having held that title since 1958. Born in Buckingham Palace in 1948 as the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer on July 29th, 1981 at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London; the ceremony reached a global television audience of over 750 million viewers. The royal couple had two sons, princes Harry and William who became second and third in the line of succession to the British throne.
CHARLES, Prince.
Prince Charles Signed Photograph.
1994.
Rare photograph of Prince Charles and his staff taken during the 1994 Royal Tour. Signed and dated by Prince Charles, "Charles 1994." One of eleven original photographs presented by Prince Charles to his staff, this photograph was given to Sergeant Ron Lewis who is standing in the center of the back row of the photograph. In fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 95805