First Edition
Showing 541–560 of 7688 results
-
Browse by Category
- Browse All
- Americana
- Art and Architecture
- Autograph Letters Signed
- Biography and Autobiography
- Children's Books
- Economics and Finance
- Featured Rare Books
- Fine Bindings and Sets
- First Edition
- First Edition>Signed
- Food and Wine
- Framed Autographs and Historical Documents
- Geography
- Gifts
- Gifts - For Her
- Gifts - For Him
- Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
- Gifts - Holidays
- History, Law, and Politics
- Literature
- Music
- New Arrivals
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Poetry
- Presidents and World Leaders
- Religion
- Science and Natural History
- Science Fiction and Mystery
- Signed
- Signed & Autographed Books
- Sports and Leisure
- Travel and Exploration
- Uncategorized
-
First British Edition of Schumpeter's Capitalism Socialism and Democracy in the rare original dust jacket
SCHUMPETER, Joseph A.
Capitalism Socialism and Democracy.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1943.
First British edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Easily the nicest example we have seen of this work.
Price: $12,800.00 Item Number: 96733
-
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past": First Edition of George Orwell's Classic Nineteen Eighty-Four
ORWELL, George.
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.
First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and a small chip. Jacket design by Michael Kennard. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A sharp example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $12,800.00 Item Number: 147078
-
"He touched her for the last time and then they turned away from each other and walked off into their different lives": First edition of Ian Fleming’s Moonraker
FLEMING, Ian.
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.
First edition, first issue with "shoo" for "shoot" on page 10 of the third novel in the James Bond series and what many critics to be his finest. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the spine panel bright. Jacket design by Kenneth Lewis. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, rare and desirable.
Price: $12,800.00 Item Number: 139218
-
First Edition of Robert C. Merton's Continuous-Time Finance; Inscribed by Him and Paul A. Samuelson to Fellow Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Kenneth Arrow
MERTON, Robert C.; Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson.
Continuous-Time Finance.
Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1990.
First edition of Merton's landmark work, which introduced the concepts of continuous-time optimization, inscribed by Merton to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Additionally signed by Paul A. Samuelson at his contribution. Kenneth Arrow's signature to the front free endpaper, fine in a near fine dust jacket. From the library of Kenneth Arrow.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 95789
-
First edition of Henry James' The Princess Casamassima: A Novel; an exceptional example from the libraries of Barton Currie and later Maurice Sendak
JAMES, Henry.
The Princess Casamassima: A Novel.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886.
First edition in book form of one of James's "three formidable novels" published in the 1880s along with The Bostonians and The Tragic Muse. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, half-titles, 2 pages of advertisements at rear of vols. II and III. From the library of Barton Currie with his bookplate to the pastedown and later Maurice Sendak, although not marked. American journalist, author, and book collector Barton Currie contributed hundreds of articles and stories for publications such as New York Evening World, New York Evening Sun, Harper's Weekly and Good Housekeeping in the…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 135364
-
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world": Long Walk to Freedom; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela and signed by Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk
MANDELA, Nelson [Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk].
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Clive Rudman, fulfillment and best wishes, Mandela 9.12.95." Additionally signed by Nobel Prize-winners Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by these three Nobel laureates.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145809
-
First Edition of Max Born's Einstein's Theory of Relativity; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born
BORN, Max [Albert Einstein].
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
London: Methuen & Company, 1924.
First edition of this classic account of Born's analysis and interpretation of Einstein's theory of relativity. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed by Max Born on the verso of the frontispiece. Translated by Henry L. Brose. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are uncommon, signed examples rare.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 78904
-
Rare collection of Rough Riders Photographs and Documents; Twice signed and inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders Era Document Collection.
c. 1898.
Rare collection of original signed documents and photographs taken during President Theodore Roosevelt's days as Colonel of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, or Rough Riders. The collection includes an original mounted photograph of Roosevelt in full uniform with his campaign hat; two cabinet card photographs of Albert S. Johnson, a member of the Cavalry; an endorsement dated September 7, 1998 which reads in part, "This officer did not serve in Cuba but remained in Florida with the squadron left behind" signed, "T. Roosevelt" which is affixed to the verso of of Albert S. Johnson's 5 September 1898 application for 60-days leave;…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 95371
-
“I HOPE I WILL BE ABLE TO CONFIDE EVERYTHING TO YOU, AS I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CONFIDE IN ANYONE”: FIRST EDITION OF ANNE FRANK’S DIARY, HET ACHTERHUIS; In the exceptionally rare dust jacket
FRANK, Anne .
Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank].
Amsterdam: Contact, 1947.
First edition of the diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch. Small octavo, original publisher's white and red paper-covered boards, illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions of the interior of the house, 1 floor plan, and 2 facsimiles from the diary. Introduction by Annie Romein-Verschoor. Very good in the dust jacket which is in very good condition with some professional restoration and tape repairs to the verso, with the second issue in blue. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Exceedingly rare and desirable, especially in the original dust jacket.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 96773
-
“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Signed by J.K. Rowling, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and several other members of the 2009 film cast
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
London: Bloomsbury, 2005.
First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed and inscribed by several members of the primary cast of the 2009 film including: Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) on the front free endpaper, Warwick Davis (goblin Griphook) on the half-title page, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger ) opposite the title page, Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) on the copyright page, and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Jim Broadbent (Horace Slughorn) and Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) on the dedication page. Fine in a very good dust…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 142641
-
"I hope you like her": First Editions of Each Volume in the Author’s Alexandria Quartet; Each signed by Lawrence Durrell
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea. [The Alexandria Quartet].
London: Faber and Faber, 1960-1961.
First editions of each of the novels comprising the author's acclaimed Alexandria Quartet, each signed by Lawrence Durrell. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Justine is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Signed for Christopher hope he finds her good company! Lawrence Durrell 1985." Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea are each signed on the title page, "Lawrence Durrell 1985." Each book is near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. A very sharp set, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 129876
-
"Go win another one for the Gipper" Signed Print of President Reagan; From the library of Nancy Reagan's Brother
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Portrait.
1988.
Signed print of Ronald Reagan in one of his most famous roles, George Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American, signed on the matt below in Reagan's hand, "Go win another one for the Gipper Ronald Reagan." Reagan's character was based on the true life of a college football player who died at the tender age of 25 from a streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia just two weeks after being elected Notre Dame's first All-American by Walter Camp. In the movie, the legendary coach Knute Rockne tells his team, "The last thing George said to me, 'Rock,' he said,…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 132431
-
"The best inside information is on the tape": First Edition of Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years; Lengthily Inscribed by Legendary Investor Richard Wyckoff and in the Rare Dust Jacket
WYCKOFF, Richard D.
Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930.
First edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend and former associate on Wall Street, New York E. Kilburn Scott this volume is inscribed, with kindest personal regards Richard D. Wyckoff London June 24/31." Very good in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Housed in a custom house morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145604
-
Frederick Douglass Autograph Letter Signed to M. M. Rodgers
DOUGLASS, Frederick.
Frederick Douglass Autograph Letter Signed.
Washington, D.C: November 30, 1888.
Autograph letter signed by Frederick Douglass to M. M. Rodgers. Octavo, one page on Lyons Parchment, the handwritten letter reads in part, "Since you have so much to desire a letter by my own hand, though I have more of that kind of work to do than ought to be required of me, I take pleasure in obliging you. I am glad to know that you are devoting your time, thought and talents to the education of the colored people of the South." In very good condition with toning, mail folds, and slight loss to the edges.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145323
-
“AMERICA’S SECOND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE”: RARE "Suppressed Boston Edition" OF WALT WHITMAN’S LEAVES OF GRASS, THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL VOLUME OF AMERICAN POETRY
WHITMAN, Walt.
Leaves of Grass.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881-82.
The "suppressed Boston edition" (seventh edition overall) of the most important volume in American poetry, one of 1,010 copies printed. Octavo, original publisher's mustard cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded engraved portrait of the author by Hollyer after the daguerreotype by Gabriel Harrison opposite page 29. BAL 21418. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dr. C H Shivers from the author." The recipient, Dr. C.H. Shivers was a Haddonfield, New Jersey-based physician, member of the New Jersey Medical Society for Camden County and friend and dinner companion of Whitman's (according to The…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 139829
-
"Most of our faculties lie dormant because they can rely upon Habit, which knows what there is to be done and has no need of their services": First Edition in English of Proust’s Masterpiece Remembrance of Things Past
PROUST, Marcel [Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff].
Remembrance of Things Past [A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu, In Search of Lost Time]: Swann’s Way; Within a Budding Grove; The Guermantes Way; Cities of the Plain; The Captive; The Sweet Cheat Gone; Time Regained.
London: Chatto & Windus, Alfred A. Knopf, 1922.
Complete first edition set of Proust's most well-known work. Octavo, 11 volumes, original blue cloth with titles to the spine in in gilt. In near fine condition, with Time Regained in the rare dust jacket. Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff. An excellent set, rare in this condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 121344
-
Rare First Edition of Works of Alexander Hamilton; Including an early edition of The Federalist
HAMILTON, Alexander.
The Works of Alexander Hamilton; Comprising His Most Important Official Reports; An Improved Edition of The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788; and Pacificus.
New York : Williams and Whiting, 1810.
The first collected edition of the works of Alexander Hamilton, with an early printing of The Federalist. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf, three engraved portraits of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. The first volume contains five of Hamilton's reports as Secretary of the Treasury, volumes II and III are devoted primarily to the Federalist Papers, and include significant additions, incorporating changes based on Hamilton's own notes. Edited by John Wells. In very good condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 129659
-
Rare black-and-white photograph of Lieutenant General George S. Patton; inscribed by him to General Royal B. Lord
PATTON, George S.
George S. Patton Signed Photograph.
Rare black-and-white photograph of Lieutenant General George S. Patton, inscribed by him to General Royal B. Lord. Black-and-white matte-finish photograph of Lieutenant General Patton in his military uniform. Inscribed by Patton on the lower portion of the photograph, "To Gen. R.B. Lord, with warm thanks for much valuable assistance. G. S. Patton, Jr., Lt. Gen." The recipient, General Royal B. Lord was appointed Chief of Staff of S.O.S 'Service of Supply' and Communications following the invasion of Normandy. Headquartered in Paris, his duty was to procure and distribute supplies, equipment, and armament for the European Theater. As the war progressed,…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145055
-
First Edition of Dreams From My Father; Warmly Inscribed by Barack Obama to Fellow Senator Aldo DeAngelis
OBAMA, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1995.
First edition of this memoir by the 44th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Barack Obama on the half-title page, "To Sen. DeAngelis- All the best to you and your family! Warm Regards, Barack Obama." The recipient, Aldo DeAngelis was a fellow state senator and a friend of Barack Obama. Examples are usually encountered with just a signature, warm inscriptions are uncommon. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Schiff. Jacket art by Steven Dana. Author photograph by Warren Browne. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 140051