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"What gets measured gets improved": First Edition of Post-Capitalist Society; Signed by Peter Drucker
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Post-Capitalist Society.
New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
First edition of one of the final works by “the world’s greatest management thinker… deserves to be measured alongside people such as Keynes or Schumpeter” (Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142025
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First edition of Dominick Dunne's People Like Us; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and her husband Ken Burrows
DUNNE, Dominick [Erica Jong].
People Like Us.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1988.
First edition of Dunne's richly textured novel of New York society in the eighties. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Erica & Ken Best regards, Dominic Dunne." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142904
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Advance reading copy of Ken Follett's Code to Zero; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
Code to Zero.
New York: Dutton, 2000.
Advance reading copy of the first edition of Follett's page-turning thriller. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page,"To Ken + Erica - with love, Ken Follett." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142730
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"The World Breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places": First edition of Michael Shaara's The Broken Place; inscribed by him
SHAARA, Michael.
The Broken Place.
New York: The New American Library, 1968.
First edition of the author's first novel, preceding his Pulitzer Prize-winning work The Killer Angels. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Judy + Bill - best wishes - Mike Shaara March 22, 1968." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138681
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"To reduce hatred and other emotions, you must develop their opposites - compassion and kindness": First Edition of His Holiness The Dalai Lama's The Wisdom of Forgiveness; Inscribed by Victor Chan
VICTOR CHAN, and His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
The Wisdom of Forgiveness: Intimate Conversations and Journeys.
New York: Riverhead Books, 2004.
First edition of this intimate record of conversation between the Dalai Lama and his dear friend, Victor Chan. Octavo, original yellow half-cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "Lori, Here's to the spectacular success of the XIV Dalai Lama Scholar's program. With warmest wishes, Victor ... 2008." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Nellys Li. Jacket photograph by Victor Chan. Authors photograph by Susanne Martin.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145187
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First edition of Danny Moynihan's Boogie-Woogie; one of 500 copies signed by him
MOYNIHAN, Danny; Damien Hirst.
Boogie-Woogie.
London: Duckworth Literary Entertainments Ltd, 2000.
First edition of Moynihan's satirical debut novel set in the contemporary art world of 1990s New York. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the title page and dust jacket designer Damien Hirst on the rear panel of the jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Damien Hirst. Author photograph by Jenny Von Sommers.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124404
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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala
DALI, Salvador.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife, Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146757
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"The Sun's not eternal, That's why there's the blues": Allen Ginsberg's White Shroud 1980-1985; Inscribed by Him with a large drawing
GINSBERG, Allen.
White Shroud Poems 1980-1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
First Perennial Library edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original publisher's wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his cousin Gene Levy and his wife on title-page, "for Lorraine & Gene Levy from cousin (first) Allen Ginsberg February 4, 1989 Pittsburgh." Additionally inscribed on the opposite with a large hand-drawn illustration of a Bhudda-like figure surrounded by stars, a sun with initials "AH" at the center, and a skull holding a flower at the bottom. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146471
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Screening History; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Screening History.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie, love, Gore Vidal." The recipient, Valerie Vidal was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lisa Clark. An exceptional association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126011
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First Edition of A Fresh Start for America; Signed by President George W. Bush
BUSH, George W.
A Fresh Start for America: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush.
Austin, TX: Bush for President, Inc, 1999.
First edition of this collection of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly signed by President George W. Bush on the front cover. In near fine condition, note to the front pastedown, "signed 1-11-2000."
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147236
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Paul Johnson's A History of Christianity; Warmly Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, Paul.
A History of Christianity.
New York: Atheneum, 1979.
First paperback edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Christian with love from the author Paul Johnson August '94." In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 132639
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"Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated": First Edition of Arnold Palmer's My Game and Yours; Inscribed by Him
PALMER, Arnold.
My Game and Yours.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965.
First edition of Palmer's second book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Adrienne Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 38997
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First Edition of The Films of Kirk Douglas; Signed by Him
THOMAS, Tony [Kirk Douglas].
The Films of Kirk Douglas.
Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, 1972.
First edition of this work on the legendary actor Kirk Douglas. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout with over 400 photographs. Boldly signed by Kirk Douglas on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. With an introduction by Vincente Minnelli.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 110148
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Limited Edition of C. R. B. Barrett's Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BARRETT, C.R.B. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways: Second Series.
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893.
Limited edition of this tour of the ancient low-lying county of Essex; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, original cream buckram with gilt titles to the spine, gilt coats of arms to the front panel, original silk ribbon, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Leighs Priory, illustrated with several drawings and tissue-guarded engravings. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. One of one hundred and twenty copies on fine paper, this is number 75. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145887
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Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels' Vaclav Havel; Signed by Him
HAVEL, Vaclav.
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels.
Frankfurt: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, 1989.
Early printing of this work by the legendary Czech poet and politician. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Vaclav Havel with a drawing of a heart. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 141282
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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners De Gala
DALI, Salvador.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie Inc, 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, original decorative stiff paper dust jacket, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 143953
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Charles Handy's The Age of Paradox; Inscribed by Him
HANDY, Charles.
The Age of Paradox.
Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
First edition, second printing of the author's heartfelt work on ethical business. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Randy, Best Wishes for your next curve! Charles Handy 2/23/95." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sisco & Evans.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 136268
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First Edition of The Stories of Bernard Malamud; Inscribed by Malamud to Close Friends Suzanne and Paul Shrag
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Stories of Bernard Malamud.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul Old and dear friends- a long life in friendship Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. With a compliments of the author card laid in from the publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Photograph by Nancy Crampton. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 99856
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“There are no atheists in foxholes or ideologues in a financial crisis": First Edition of Too Big To Fail; Inscribed by Andrew Ross Sorkin and Gary Parr
SORKIN, Andrew Ross.
Too Big To Fail.
New York: The Viking Press, 2009.
First edition of Ross Sorkin's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ilya Andrew Ross Sorkin" and signed by Gary Parr. Gary Parr was Deputy Chairman and on the board of directors of Lazard, LLC. Prior to that, he was with Morgan Stanley as Vice Chairman, Head of Global Financial Institutions and Co-Head of the Global M&A Group. Label to the copyright page, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Heads of State.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 102768
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First Edition of Murray Rothbard's Masterpiece The Ethics of Liberty
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
The Ethics of Liberty.
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1982.
First edition of Rothbard's greatest contribution to the politics of freedom. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140921
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Nine Bad Shots of Golf and What To Do About Them; Warmly Inscribed by Jim Dante
DANTE, Jim and Leo Diegel with Collaboration with Len Elliot .
Nine Bad Shots of Golf and What To Do About Them.
New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947.
First edition, later printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To: Julian Lovitt Here's hoping you improve your game. Golfingly Jim Dante 4/24/48." Light rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 38032
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First Edition of John Updike's The Afterlife; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Novelist Erica Jong and signed Three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
UPDIKE, John [Erica Jong].
The Afterlife.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Erica J. These stories are more Jungian than Jongian, but then I'm older that you Best, John U." Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer, on the front panel with the words, "I apologize Chip Kidd" (this is referencing his dislike for the jacket), on the front free endpaper with a humorous inscription and again on the rear panel jacket. The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142974
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Like a Holy Crusade
MILLS, Nicolaus.
Like a Holy Crusade. Mississippi 1964—the Turning of the Civil Rights Movement in America.
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1992.
First edition of historian Mills' "moving account" of the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign for Black voting rights. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer William Heath on the title page. Heath is the author of The Children Bob Moses Led. With Heath's marginalia, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert McCament.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 119669
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George Iles's Little Masterpieces of Autobiography Vol. II; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
ILES, George [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Little Masterpieces of Autobiography Vol. II.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908.
The second volume of a stunning collection of autobiographies, this volume containing William Tecumseh Sherman's memoir; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octodecimo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. In very good condition. In 1908, upon completing work on 'Little Masterpieces of Autobiography,' Iles sent Philemon Tecumseh Sherman the entire set of works as thanks for Sherman's permission to reprint from his father's memoirs.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145976