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“A man who can putt is a match for anyone”: First Edition of Willie Park's The Art of Putting
PARK, Willie.
The Art of Putting.
Edinburgh: J. & J. Gray & Company, 1920.
First edition of the author's rare book on putting. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated with plates from photographs. In near fine condition with light rubbing. First editions are rare.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 46056
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First Edition of the author's Monumental Work Capital In the Twenty-First Century; Signed by Thomas Piketty
PIKETTY, Thomas.
Capital In the Twenty-First Century.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2014.
First edition of Piketty's magnum opus. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Thomas Piketty on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Graciela Golup. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144401
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"Objectivity of whatever kind is not the test of reality. It is just one way of understanding reality": First Edition of The View From Nowhere; Signed by Thomas Nagel
NAGEL, Thomas.
The View From Nowhere.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
First edition of this philosophical work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Thomas Nagel New York March 24, 2016." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Ownership signature from the year of publication to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Egon Lauterberg. Jacket painting, 'The Large Enclosure Near Dresden,' by Caspar David Friedrich.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145276
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Wall Street; Signed by Oliver Stone
LIPPER, Kenneth. Based On The Original Screenplay by Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser.
Wall Street.
New York: Berkley Books, 1988.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone by on the title page. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, dampstaining.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147112
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Alexandre Dumas' The Borgias; Finely Bound by Bumpus
DUMAS, Alexandre.
The Borgias.
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911.
Finely bound edition of Dumas' classic work. Octavo, bound in full red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140821
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Rare First Edition of Kirk Porter's A History of Suffrage in the United States
PORTER, Kirk H.
A History of Suffrage in the United States.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1918.
First edition of this wonderful history of voting in America, focusing on the disenfranchisement of women and Black Americans. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. In near fine condition. Winifred J. Robinson's copy with her bookplate and signature on front endpaper. Robinson was dean of the Women's College at the University of Delaware for many years.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142058
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First edition of Svend Aage Nielsen's Kennedy's Philosophy of Life; Lengthily inscribed by him to Rose Kennedy
NIELSEN, Svend Aage. [John F. Kennedy; Rose Kennedy].
Kennedy’s Philosophy of Life: Revolution of Love and Visions of Peace.
New York: Vantage Press, 1981.
First edition of this work by the founder of The Kennedy Society of Denmark. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Toreby Denmark February 2, 1982. Dear Mrs. Rose Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy cared so much for peace. Therefore I hope, you will find this commitment to keeping his ideals and visions alive - worth to share with your family and friends. Sincerely The author Svend Aage Nielsen." The recipient, Rose Kennedy, was the matriarch of the Kennedy family: the wife of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and mother of John…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142351
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First Edition of Herge's The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon
HERGE,.
The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon.
London: Methuen & Co, 1959.
First edition in English of Herge's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125499
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First edition of John Muir's The Boyhood of a Naturalist
MUIR, John.
The Boyhood of a Naturalist: Being Selected Chapters From “The Story of My Boyhood and Youth”.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
First edition of this brief biography in The Riverside Literature Series collection. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In good condition. Ex-library. Scarce.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 126476
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First Edition of F.A. Hayek’s Classic Treatise The Constitution of Liberty
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Constitution of Liberty.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1960.
First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, pencil marginalia.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143609
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First Edition of Philip Fisher's highly regarded Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks
FISHER, Philip A.
Paths To Wealth Through Common Stocks.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960.
First edition of Fisher's classic second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131215
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First Edition of Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station; Inscribed by Him
LERNER, Ben.
Leaving the Atocha Station.
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2011.
First edition of the Lerner's first novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Ben Lerner on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 62014
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Rare 18th century engraved map of North and Central America by famed French cartographer Guillaume Delisle
DELISLE, Guillaume.
America das Mitternachtige nach der Zeichnung des Herrn Wilhelm Delisle in Verlag Joh. Justine Gebauers. [18th Century Guillaume Delisle Map of North America].
Halle: Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1752.
Rare 18th century engraved map of North and Central America by famed French cartographer Guillaume Delisle. One page, hand-colored, the engraved map shows North and Central America including California, Nova Mexico, Florida, and Greenlandia, decorative cartouches. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138497
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First Edition of The Superorganism; Signed by Edward O. Wilson with a drawing of an ant
WILSON, Edward O. and Bert Holldobler.
The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies .
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.
First edition of this work by the award-winning biologists. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson who has drawn an image of an ant on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131084
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Scarce First Edition of The Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly of Florida in the first year of the American civil war
OFFICE OF THE FLORIDIAN & JOURNAL,.
The Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly of Florida, at Its Eleventh Session, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Tallahassee, on Monday, November 18, 1861.
Tallahassee: Printed by Dyke & Carlisle, 1862.
Rare first edition documenting the acts and resolutions passed by the General Assembly of Florida in the first year of the American Civil War. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition. Scarce and desirable.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 95814
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First Edition of Harriet Martineau's Eastern Life, Present and Past
MARTINEAU, Harriet.
Eastern Life, Present and Past.
London: Edward Moxon, 1848.
First English edition of this sociological travelogue. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, blindstamping to the front panel. In good condition with rubbing and toning to the spine of each volume, splitting to the hinges of each volume, ownership signature to the half title page of Vol. I and III.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146067
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"There is more fine sportsmanship in tennis than in any other of the leading games": First Edition of William T. Tilden's Singles and Doubles; in the rare original dust jacket
TILDEN, William T.
Singles and Doubles.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.
First edition of Tilden's masterwork on the sport of tennis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with engravings after photographs of noted players including frontispiece. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 104052
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First Edition of Darwin; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist James D. Watson
DARWIN, Charles; Edited by James D. Watson.
Darwin: The Indelible Stamp.
Philadelphia: Running Press, 2005.
First edition of this compilation of Charles Darwin's most influential works in their entirety contained for the first time in one volume. Thick Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by James Watson on the half-title page, "For Peter and Dori from Jim." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Text includes commentary by Nobel laureate James Watson.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140401
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First edition of Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev; Lengthily inscribed by Serge Lifar
LIFAR, Serge. Translated by.
Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev: An Autobiography Translated by James Holman Mason.
New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1970.
First edition of Serge Lifar's intimate, revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 115204
