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First Edition of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ; Lengthily Inscribed by Daniel Goleman
GOLEMAN, Daniel .
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.
New York: Bantam Books, 1995.
First edition of this important work on emotional intelligence. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership Daniel Goleman." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144488
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Duluth; Inscribed by Him to his sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Duluth.
New York : Random House, 1983.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Kit - all love - Gore Vidal." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Jacket art by Carol Wald. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126272
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First edition of Martin Gottfried's Balancing Act: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury; inscribed by Angela Lansbury
GOTTFRIED, Martin. [Angela Lansbury].
Balancing Act: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1999.
First edition of the prize-winning biographer's work on the impressive career of the acclaimed actress. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Angela Lansbury on the half-title page. Fine in a fine near dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Ian Kaye.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 132437
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You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America's Most Beloved Neighbor
ROGER, Fred [Mr. McFeely].
You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America’s Most Beloved Neighbor.
New York: Viking, 1994.
First edition of this collection of quotes from Rogers' writings throughout his career. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mr. McFeely on the half-title page, "To Lori and Brian from Mr. McFeely Speedy Delivery 2009." Additionally laid in is a signed photograph, "To Brian, from Mr. McFeely Speedy Delivery 2009." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Walt Seng.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133480
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"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been": First Edition of Gretzky: An Autobiography; Signed by The Great One
GRETZKY, Wayne.
Gretzky: An Autobiography.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1990.
First edition of the autobiography of the greatest hockey player of all-time. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Wayne Gretzky 99." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 148183
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First Edition of Economic Development; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith in the year of publication
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
Economic Development.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 1964.
First edition of this classic work by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Stuart Chase with all good wishes John Gailbraith May 1964." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marcia Tate.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 146088
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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton; Finely Bound
NIMROD (CHARLES JAMES APPERLEY); ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY ALKEN,.
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.
London: Downey & Company, 1899.
Quarto, bound in full read leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels. Twenty colour illustrations with tissue guard, by Henry Alken, all present. In excellent condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 3922
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's At Home, Essays 1982-1988; Inscribed by Him to His Stepmother
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, "Gore Vidal, for Kit, with love." The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126989
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First Edition of Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom: Their Relation to Income, Prices, and Interest Rates, 1867 – 1975.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 5200
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First Edition of Wrinkles in Time; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist George Smoot
SMOOT, George and Keay Davidson.
Wrinkles in Time.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993.
First edition of the story of "the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time" (Stephen Hawking). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs and 50 line drawings. Inscribed by Smoot on the half-title page, "For John There is something about looking at the night sky that makes a person wonder Best Wishes George Smoot." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 62011
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First Edition of Julian Barnes's Metroland; Signed by Him
BARNES, Julian.
Metroland.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.
First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127617
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Signed Edition of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore; Signed three times by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Kafka on the Shore.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of Murakami's award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed three times by dust jacket illustrator, once on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear jacket flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 122969
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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 Dunea and Parry's A Journey Of Smiles; From the Library of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
DUNEA, Melanie and Nigel Parry. [Dr. Bill Magee and Kathy Magee] [Madeleine L Albright].
A Journey Of Smiles.
Norfolk, VA: Operation Smile, 2007.
First edition of this inspiring book that follows an individual's journey through the kindness of a smile. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with colorful photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed on the front paste down and front free end paper by Dr. Bill Magee and Kathy Magee, co-founders of Operation Smile. Laid in is a photo of Albright during a visit to Operation Smiles' site in Vietnam in 1999. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 149064
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First edition, first printing of the Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis; Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Berkely: Published by the University of California Press, 1983.
First Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated by Barry Moser. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140106
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FIRST EDITION OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan and “The Foreign Legion”.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1947.
First edition of the last Tarzan story published during Burroughs’ lifetime. Octavo, original blue cloth, top edge red, illustrated with 5 plates by John Coleman Burroughs. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145056
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First Edition of Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward's Firing Back; lengthily inscribed by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
SONNENFELD, Jeffrey; Andrew Ward.
Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters.
Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
First edition of Sonnenfeld and Ward's collection of professional comeback stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sonnenfeld on the front free endpaper with a full-page inscription, "7/24/08 To David a brilliant inspiring, candid leader and wise experienced consultant - Best wishes - Jeff Sonnendfeld." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 121090
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DUBOIS, Marcel; Guy.
Album Géographique. Tome I : Aspects Généraux de la Nature. Album Historique Tome II : Les Régions Tropicales. Tome III : Les Colonies Françaises. Tome IV : La France. Tome V: Aspects Generaux De La Nature.
Paris, Armand Colin & Cie, 1896-1906..
First edition. Folio, 5 volumes. Three quarters leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 2549
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First Edition of Santiago Ramón y Cajal's Studies on Vertebrate Neurogenesis
RAMóN Y CAJAL, Santiago.
Studies on Vertebrate Neurogenesis.
Springfield: Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1960.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist's important treatise on vertebrate neuroembryology. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Translated by Lloyd Guth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126007
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First edition of Structural Slumps: The Modern Equilibrium Theory of Unemployment, Interest, and Money; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund S. Phelps
PHELPS, Edmund S. In collaboration with Hiam Teck Hoon.
Structural Slumps: The Modern Equilibrium Theory of Unemployment, Interest, and Money.
Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994.
First edition of Phelps' important contribution to understanding the business cycle. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Frankfeldt.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 95092