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FIRST British EDITION OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMIST FRIEDRICH VON WIESER’S "SOCIAL ECONOMICS"
WIESER, Friedrich von.
Social Economics. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. With a Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927.
First British edition of von Wieser's great sociological study. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 96798
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"The Breath of an old-fashioned nosegay": First edition of the Crum Elbow Folks; lengthily inscribed by Sara D. Roosevelt
BARNES, P.R. Foreword by Sara D. Roosevelt.
Crum Elbow Folks.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Barnes' classic tale of the small Quaker settlement of Crum Elbow with a foreword by Sara D. Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Sara D. Roosevelt on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Sept. 1938 For W. French Cyrus Paris - from Sara D. Roosevelt - This is a story of the 'Friends' who lived until lately in 'Crum Elbow' about a mile East from Hyde Park." In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 100315
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"Some people care too much. I think it's called love": First Edition Set of A. A. Milne's Christopher Robin Songbooks
MILNE, A.A.; Music by H. Fraser-Simson.
Christopher Robin Songbooks: Teddy Bear & Other Songs From When We Were Very Young, Songs From Now We Are Six, More Very Young Songs.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926-1928.
First edition set of songbooks from Milne's Christopher Robin and Pooh series. Quarto, 3 volumes, original tan half cloth, illustrated with decorations by E. H. Shepard. In near fine condition with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper of each volume.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146005
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"There's no greater pleasure than to talk over the big things with a believer": First Edition of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination; With an Autographed Postcard from WIlder
WILDER, Thornton.
Heaven’s My Destination.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.
First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. With an autographed postcard from Thornton Wilder laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140196
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Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth; Signed by Chris Ware
WARE, Chris.
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth.
New York : Pantheon Books, 2000.
First edition of the author's inventive first book, which Publishers Weekly called "graphically inventive, wonderfully realized." Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed and dated by Chris Ware with a drawing of stars. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 123992
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First Edition of Byzantium; Inscribed by John Julius Norwich on date of Publication
NORWICH, John Julius.
Byzantium: The Apogee.
London: Viking Press, 1991.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, "Dear Derek with all love from John Julius Publication Day, 14.x.91." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 4421
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First Edition of The Book of the Warsaw 1935 International Chess Team Tournament; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
REINFELD, Fred and Harold M. Phillips.
Book of the Warsaw 1935 International Chess Team Tournament.
New York: Black Night Press, 1936.
First edition of the fifth volume in the Modern Chess Library. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Scarce in the original dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 70019
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"To forbid the thought of escape, even that slightest butterfly thought of escape, was to murder one": Signed limited edition of colson whitehead's The Nickel Boys
WHITEHEAD, Colson.
The Nickel Boys.
New York: Doubleday, 2019.
Signed limited first edition from the Powell's series. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Colson Whitehead on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom slipcase with the original booklet laid in. Jacket design by Oliver Munday.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144172
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First Edition of Hugh Johnson's Wine
JOHNSON, Hugh.
Wine.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966.
First edition of this early work by the foremost wine expert in the world. Quarto, original cloth, with line drawings by Owen Wood, seven color maps. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145332
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“Isn't it amazing? The Americans have so many good afterthoughts!": First Edition of the Author's Rare First Book Setting Free The Bears
IRVING, John.
Setting Free the Bears.
New York: Random House, 1968.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Weiss. Illustration by Robert Dale.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145823
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"Pretend to be good always, and even God will be fooled": First Edition of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1965.
First edition of the author's fifth novel, a classic satire, which introduces the reader to Kilgore Trout. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Murray Tinkelman.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146221
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"WORLD REVOLUTION OR WORLD DESTRUCTION": H.G. Wells The Fate of Homo Sapiens in the rare original dust jacket
WELLS, H.G.
The Fate of Homo Sapiens.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1939.
Early printing of this work by the author of Invisible Man. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 118627
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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 Graham Greene's The End of the Affair
GREENE, Graham.
The End of the Affair.
London: William Heinemann, 1951.
First edition of the Graham Greene novel William Faulkner called, "one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146288
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Limited large paper edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Five Nations; one of only 200 copies printed on handmade paper
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Five Nations.
London: Methuen and Co, 1903.
Large paper edition of Kipling's notable poetry collection. Large octavo, original quarter parchment over paper-covered boards. One of 200 copies on handmade paper. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 120150
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First Edition of William Lloyd Garrison on Non-Resistance; Inscribed by the Co-Founder of the NAACP Fanny Garrison Villard
VILLARD, Fanny Garrison .
William Lloyd Garrison on Non-Resistance. Together with a Personal Sketch By His Daughter Fanny Garrison Villard and a Tribute by Leo Tolstoi.
The Nations Press Printing Co, 1924.
First edition of this tribute to the prominent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Mildred L. Wood May 30, 1925 From Mrs. Villard." Fanny Garrison Villard was a co-founder (with her son) of the NAACP and active in women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the daughter of prominent publisher and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and the wife of railroad tycoon Henry Villard. In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 81133
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First Edition of Edwin Lefevre's Sampson Rock of Wall Street
LEFEVRE, Edwin.
Sampson Rock of Wall Street.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1907.
First edition of the author's first full-length novel and third literary work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144149
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First Edition of The World Cup Murder; Signed by Pele and Herbert Resnicow
PELE,.
The World Cup Murder.
New York: Wynwood Press, 1988.
First edition of this fictional work by one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both authors on the half-title page, "All the best Pele" and "Herbert Resnicow." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket cover illustration by Edward C. Carenza. Written with Herbert Resnicow.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144205
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First Edition of Hope For Animals and Their World; Signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard
GOODALL, Jane with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson.
Hope For Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
First edition of this work by this by Goodall. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jane Goodall on the half-title page and inscribed by the co-author on the title page, "For Mike- with hope Thane Maynard." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138447
