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“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined": First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison's Masterpiece Beloved
MORRISON, Toni.
Beloved.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of the author's fourth novel and considered by many her finest. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131475
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“Hit ‘em first, and hit ‘em hard": First Edition of Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake LA Motta; Inscribed by Him
LA MOTTA, Jake; Chris Anderson and Sharon McGehee.
Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake La Motta.
Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1986.
First edition of the sequel to Raging Bull. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "My friend Lee Raging Bull Jake LaMotta." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Gaydos.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 146258
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First Edition of How Google Works; Signed by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
SCHMIDT, Eric and Jonathan Rosenberg.
How Google Works.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
First edition of this "informative and creatively multilayered Google guidebook from the businessman's perspective" (Kirkus). Octavo, original boards. Signed by both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jonathan Jarvis. Written with Alan Eagle. Foreword by Larry Page.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 117377
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's At Home, Essays 1982-1988; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
At Home: Essays 1982-1988.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Valerie love Gore.” 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. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126590
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Signed Limited First Edition of Making Money; signed by Terry Pratchett
PRATCHETT, Terry.
Making Money.
London: Doubleday, 2007.
Signed limited first edition of the 36th novel in the 'Discworld' series. Octavo, original glittered cloth. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 669. In fine condition. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145034
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“Love and regret go hand in hand in this world of changes swifter than the shifting of the clouds reflected in the mirror of the sea": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions.
London: Methuen & Company, 1906.
First British edition of Conrad's first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 55033
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First Edition of The Coming of the Space Age; Signed by Arthur C. Clarke
CLARKE, Arthur C.
The Coming of the Space Age: Famous Accounts of Man’s Probing of the Universe.
New York: Meredith Press, 1967.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145398
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First Edition of Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon L. Smith's Autobiography Discovery; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Vernon L.
Discovery: A Memoir.
Bloomington, IL: Author House, 2008.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's memoir. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John with warm regards, Vernon L. Smith Oct 29, 2014." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 107991
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First and signed limited edition of Richard Murphy's The Last Galway Hooker; one of 200 copies signed by the author
MURPHY, Richard.
The Last Galway Hooker.
[Dublin]: The Dolmen Press, 1961.
First and signed limited edition of the Irish poet's classic poem. Octavo, original quarter parchment. One of 200 copies signed by the author. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 128143
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Finely Bound Example of Scribner's Magazine, Volume 18 XVIII, July-December 1895; With an Early Theodore Roosevelt Article
[THEODORE ROOSEVELT],.
Scribner’s Magazine, Volume 18 XVIII, July-December 1895 [Theodore Roosevelt].
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.
Finely bound volume of this early Theodore Roosevelt article. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over printed boards with gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Contents include: Theodore Roosevelt article "Six Years of Civil Service Reform"; article on American posters with many examples; "Landmarks of Manhattan" with six full-page illustrations. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 146034
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First Edition of The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman; Inscribed by British Artist David Gentleman with an Autograph Letter also Signed by Him
BETJEMAN, John; David Gentleman.
The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman. [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed by David Gentleman.
London: John Murray, 1995.
First edition of this humorous collection of intimate poems, illustrated with charming watercolors by one of England's most familiar artists. Medium octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist, "For Gill Sandilands with all good wishes from David Gentleman." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Accompanied by an autograph letter signed by Gentleman to Miss Sandilands, offering her this book. One page on his Gloucester Crescent stationary, the letter reads in full, "22 March 1995, Dear Gill, I am really ashamed of having neglected your kind messages and invitation last year, and of being to inconsiderate.…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 147100
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First Edition of Murray Rothbard's Classic Work The Mystery of Banking
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
The Mystery of Banking.
New York: Richardson and Snyder, 1983.
First edition of this work which explains the modern fractional-reserve banking system and its origins. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some light wear.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 139900
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Looking For Work; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Looking For Work.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Burrows with love Susan." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. 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 written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 142332
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First Edition of Blurred Zones; Inscribed by Architect Peter Eisenman
EISENMAN, Peter.
Blurred Zones: Eisenman Architects 1988-1988.
New York: Monacelli Press, 2003.
First edition. Folio, original gray cloth. Inscribed by architect Peter Eisenman. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 2327
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First edition of Kirk Douglas' Autobiography The Ragman's Son; inscribed by him to photographer Sally Soames
DOUGLAS, Kirk.
The Ragman’s Son: An Autobiography.
London: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
First edition of Kirk Douglas' insightful autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by him in the year of publication on the title page "To Sally - who never gets enough! - I hope I gave you what you want - affectionately, Kirk Douglas - 1988." 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 and…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 123711
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"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone": First Edition of Ravelstein; Inscribed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Ravelstein.
New York: The Viking Press, 2000.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Tina Gotte Saul Bellow." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 174
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First Edition of Jack Kerouac's Vanity of Duluoz
KEROUAC, Jack.
Vanity of Duluoz.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968.
First edition of this classic work by the author of On the Road. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 131320
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First edition of Albin Lesky's Greek Tragic Poetry; from the library of English classicist Bernard Knox with his ownership signature
LESKY, Albin. Translated by Matthew Dillon. [Bernard Knox].
Greek Tragic Poetry.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972.
First edition in English of Lesky's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the United States federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 134264
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Landmark Work Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of this management classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Roy La Grone.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 100299
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First Edition in English of Xingjian's Snow in August; Inscribed by Him
XINGJIAN, Gao.
Snow in August.
Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Laureate's play that is based on the legendary Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Review copy, with slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Gilbert C.F. Fong.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 1234
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"We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more": First Edition of Giving; Signed By Bill Clinton
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson].
Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. Octavo, blue boards. Boldly signed by Bill Clinton on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 132496
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First Edition of Henry Ford's Moving Forward; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
FORD, Henry.
Moving Forward.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Written with Samuel Crowther.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133594
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First Edition of David Fromkin's The Independence of Nations; Inscribed by Him
FROMKIN, David.
The Independence of Nations.
New York: Praeger, 1981.
First edition of this early work by the award-winning historian. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "November 24, 1981 For David and Margaret Levin With affectionate regards- David Fromkin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Deborah England.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 138409
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"Yes, the pros are puzzled - except Kell Greene": First Edition of The Golf Swing of Bobby Jones: An Analysis of His Drive; from the library of Albert W. Tillinghast
GREENE, Kell [Bobby Jones].
The Golf Swing of Bobby Jones: An Analysis of His Drive.
Chicago: Dixon Press, 1931.
First edition of this photographic analysis of the golf swing of Bobby Jones. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 43 photographs of Jones' golf swing. From the library of golf architect A.W. Tillinghast with his handwritten library index card laid in. A.W. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which shows chips to the spine and front panel. A unique association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 95904