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First Edition of Patric Dickinson's A Round of Golf Course; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
DICKINSON, Patric.
A Round of Golf Courses.
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1922.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations from photographs, course maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Judge Sherman from Patric Dickinson in memory of a happy evening June 14, 1952 and because The Rye Golf Club and The Apawamis Golf Club should also be united." Foreword by Bernard Darwin. From the library of Joseph Murdoch, with his bookplate, fine in a near fine dust jacket. Murdoch 202; D&M 15070; D&J D4350.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 84562
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First Edition of John Clellon Holmes' Get Home Free; Inscribed by Him
CLELLON HOLMES, John .
Get Home Free.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1964.
First edition of Clellon Holmes' third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "May 1976 For Burt Britton- with appreciation- John Clellon Holmes." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 71478
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“there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it": First edition of Harriet Lummis Smith's Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms; in the scarce original dust jacket
SMITH, Harriet Lummis. Illustrated by Weston Taylor.
Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms.
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1924.
First edition of the third book in Smith's beloved Pollyanna series. Octavo, original publisher's cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated by Weston Taylor. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, scarce in the original dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137089
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First Edition of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment; Signed by Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Olivier Sibony; Cass R. Sunstein .
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.
New York: Little, Brown Spark, 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 by Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 146715
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First edition of Gustavas Dedman Crain's Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications; finely bound by asprey
CRAIN, Gustavas Dedman.
Crain’s Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications.
Chicago : G.D. Crain, Jr, 1921-22.
First edition of G.D. Crain's collection and analysis of market publications circa 1920. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by Asprey with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, raised bands, grey speckled endpapers, with original full color publication wrappers from various petroleum and dry good business throughout. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 95096
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First Edition of Wall Street and the Wilds; Lengthily Inscribed by A.W. Dimock
DIMOCK, Anthony W.
Wall Street and the Wilds.
New York: Outing Company, 1915.
First edition of Dimock's autobiography, including his great success in cornering the gold market, also hunting grizzly bear, buffalo, deer, waterfowl, early wildlife photography, and some mention of fishing for tarpon, trout and salmon. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Melville A. Clark Dear Melville; If one must choose between the wilds of Wall Street and the gentleness of the wilds the wise man will take the woods. A.W. Dimock The Happy Valley Oct. 18,1917." In near fine condition, with some offsetting to the…
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 4562
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First Edition of Claude Simon's La Route Des Flandres; Inscribed by Him
SIMON, Claude.
La Route Des Flandres [The Flanders Road].
Paris: Les Editions De Minuit, 1960.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Pour Mademaiselle Allot hommage de l'auteur Claude Simon." In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 1902
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First Edition of William Thackeray's The Virginians; Finely Bound
THACKERAY, William.
The Virginians.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59.
First edition of Thackeray's memorable historical novel. Octavos, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 92535
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First Edition of Eddie Rickenbacker's Seven Came Through; Inscribed by Him
RICKENBACKER, Captain Edward V. Introduction by W.L. White.
Seven Came Through: Rickenbacker’s Full Story Including His Message to America.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1943.
First edition of Rickenbacker's account of 24 days adrift in a life raft. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With my every best wish to Gertrude Moellering Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker." Very good in a good dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 143617
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First Edition of Donna Tartt's The Secret History; Signed three Times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
TARTT, Donna.
The Secret History.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of this contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller...absolutely chilling" (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel of the book, on the half-title page and rear jacket panel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Barbara De Wilde.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140899
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Washington D.C.; Inscribed by him to his sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Washington, D.C.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967.
First edition of the final volume in Vidal's Narratives of Empire, his acclaimed six-volume series of historical novels about the American past. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the second title page, "Valerie from Gore, 1968." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author's sister. Vidal's father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sheridan Germann. An exceptional association.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 125449
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"There are on sea and land such men thus fortunate--or thus disdained by destiny or by the sea": First English edition, first printing of Joseph Conrad's Typhoon And Other Stories
CONRAD, Joseph.
Typhoon And Other Stories.
London: William Heinemann, 1903.
First English edition, first printing of this collection of stories, including the thrilling titular novella, “generally thought to inaugurate Conrad’s period of artistic maturity.” Octavo, original Cagle's binding A with only the top edge trimmed and with 110 mm between "Conrad" and "Heinemann" on the spine, with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. One of only 1500 of the 3000 copies issued in the first printing with the windmill device on the title page and without "Reserved for the Colonies only" on the verso of the half title, and including the 32 pages of advertisements at rear which appear…
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 104523
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First Edition of F.A. Hayek's Individualism and Economic Order
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
Individualism and Economic Order.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949.
First British edition of this collection of economics essays rejecting socialism in favor of true individualism. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138817
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First Edition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's The Steep Ascent; Inscribed by Her
The Steep Ascent.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1944.
First edition of this work which chronicles Lindbergh's travels to the Alps, with the engaging philosophical observations which made her Listen, the Wind! so popular. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Esther and Norman Biltz Anne Morrow Lindbergh December 1948." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 120837
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First Edition of the Author’s Comic Masterpiece; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958.
First American edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Although not marked this copy is from the library of travel collector, Mary Anna Marten, who was the daughter of the 3rd and last Lord Alington of Crichel and later trustee of The British Museum.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 3413
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"history was a literary art, because in history the subject and its audience were one. The effective historian is always telling us about ourselves": First edition of Daniel Boorstin's The Seekers; signed by him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Seekers: The Story of Man’s Continuing Quest to Understand His World.
New York: Random House, 1998.
First edition of the third and final volume in Boorstin's "knowledge" trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Boorstin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art: frontispiece plate from William Blake's Europe: a Prophecy, 1794.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 128155
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First Edition of Broken Trail; Signed by Alan Geoffrion, Robert Duvall, Scott Cooper and Olivia Cheng
GEOFFRION, Alan [Robert Duvall.
Broken Trail.
Golden, Colorodo: Fulcrum, .
First edition of the paperback original. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Geoffrion on the title page, additionally signed by Scott Cooper and Olivia Cheng above and Robert Duvall opposite the title page. Duvall, Cooper, and Cheng acted in the 2006 miniseries adaptation, directed by Walter Hill and went on to win four Emmy awards, including outstanding miniseries and outstanding lead actor for Duvall. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 117349
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First Edition of Peter Lynch's Beating the Street; Inscribed by Him
LYNCH, Peter .
Beating the Street.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
First edition of the sequel to Lynch's classic One Up On Wall Street. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with charts and figures in the text. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Mike and Mimi Best wishes Peter Lynch 10/10/95." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Littmann. Written with John Rothchild.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 84326
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Soixante-Dix_Sept Bibliophiles Signed Limited Edition of Machiavelli's La Mangragore (The Mandrake); One of 77 copies signed by artist Claude Durrens
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo. Illustrated by Claude Durrens.
La Mandragore: Comedie en Cinq Actes de Machiavel Gentilhomme Florentin. (The Mandrake).
Soixante-Dix_Sept Bibliophiles, .
Soixante-Dix-Sept signed limited edition of Machiavelli's classic comedy, The Mandrake. Folio, loose leaves as issued, illustrated with 12 original lithographs by Claude Durrens, additional suite of lithographs in rear. One of only 77 copies signed by the artist on the colophon. In very good condition. housed in the original one quarter morocco and chemise slip case.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 101228
