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First Edition of In the Heart of the Country; Inscribed by J.M. Coetzee to his Wife
COETZEE, J.M.
In the Heart of the Country.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1977.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his first wife, “Philippe- Love from John.” Philippa Jubber and John Maxwell Coetzee were married in 1963. They had two children, Nicolas (1966–1989) and Gisela (b. 1968). In 1965 Coetzee entered the graduate school of the University of Texas at Austin, and in 1968 graduated with a PhD in English, linguistics, and Germanic languages. His doctoral dissertation was on the early fiction of Samuel Beckett. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147975
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First edition of Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
FIELDING, Henry.
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling.
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749.
First edition, first issue of one of the most influential English novels, one only 2,000 copies printed. Octavo, bound in full contemporary polished calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. First issued with the errata leaf present in the first volume and errata uncorrected throughout the text. In good condition. Small bookplates. Each volume house in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 139551
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"Whose courage and brilliance are rarely equaled and never surpassed. With best birthday wishes": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Louis Begley's Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters; Inscribed by Bill Bader to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
BEGLEY, Louis; [Bill Bader] [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.
First edition of this case study on corruption in the justice system. Octavo, original publisher's boards. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Bader to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the front free endpaper, "March 2012. For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Whose courage and brilliance are rarely equaled and never surpassed. With best birthday wishes, - Bill Bader." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147322
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First Edition of Berger and Luckmann's The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge; Inscribed by both Berger and Luckmann
BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann.
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1966.
First edition of one of the most important sociological texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "For Hansfried, Peter and Thom L." The recipient, Hansfried Kellner was a sociologist and colleague of Peter Berger. They co-wrote two successful books together, Sociology Reinterpreted and The Homeless Mind. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives. First editions are rare, especially with such an association.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 65056
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"Thank you for all your help in making this book possible": First Edition of Philip Fisher's highly regarded Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks; Inscribed by Him
FISHER, Philip A.
Paths To Wealth Through Common Stocks.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960.
First edition of Fisher's second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free end paper, "Thank you for all your help in making this book possible, Mrs. Nel Pozo Sincerely Phil Fisher." The recipient was an assistant to the author who helped Fisher with this book. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Most desirable inscribed example of this investment classic.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 4682
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First Edition of "one of the classical works in the history of economics" and "the beginning of sociology": Frederic Morton Eden's The State of the Poor
EDEN, Sir Frederic Morton.
The State of the Poor: Or an History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period; in Which are Particularly Considered Their Domestic Economy with Respect to Diet, Dress, Fuel and Habitation.
London: J. Davis, for B. & J. White, G. & G. Robinson, T. Payne, 1797.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, 3 volumes, bound mottled full calf, raised bands, gilt titles to the spine, gilt lined, black morocco spine labels. In excellent condition with the folding table facing p. viii of the appendix in Volume III.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 20029
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“You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back": First Edition of Giovanni's Room; Signed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
Giovanni’s Room.
New York: The Dial Press, 1956.
First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch a shelfwear. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 140400
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"For Ruth, Who has taught me so much about these issues - and so much else. With deepest admiration and respect": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Deborah L. Rhode's Speaking of Sex; Inscribed by Rhode to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
RHODE, Deborah L. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
First edition of this analysis of sex and gender-based inequality in the United States. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ruth, Who has taught me so much about these issues - and so much else. With deepest admiration and respect, Deborah." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147158
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"To the Justice, With gratitude, respect, and affection": From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Susan H. Williams' Constituting Equality; Inscribed by Williams to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WILLIAMS, Susan H. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Constituting Equality: Gender Equality and Comparative Constitutional Law.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
First edition of this interdisciplinary collection of essays on women's issues. Octavo, original publisher's boards. Association copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "To the Justice, With gratitude, respect, and affection. Susan." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on the name of famed 90s rapper The Notorious B.I.G.), Ginsburg was responsible for some…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 147321
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The Theory of Economic Development; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
SCHUMPETER, Joseph A. [Robert M. Solow].
The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936.
First edition of what many scholars believe to be Schumpeter's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist and student of Joseph Schumpeter, Robert Solow on the front free endpaper, with the inscription which reads, "I sat in Schumpeter's lectures just about 70 years ago. The best of what I remember is in the middle chapters of this book. Robert Solow 5/10/06." Solow in reviewing Schumpeter's work said, "In my view--and that of most contemporary economists, I believe--Schumpeter's most original and most lastingly significant book was Theory of Economic Development, which appeared in 1911 (and was translated into English…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 63014
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“To be courageous, these stories make clear, requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place and circumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all": John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage; Inscribed by Him
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles In Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To George Hickel with best wishes John Kennedy." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Grushkin. Foreword by Allan Nevins.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 141410
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First Edition of Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello; Inscribed with a painting by Orson Welles
MAC LIAMMOIR, Michael; Preface by Orson Welles.
Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello.
London: Methuen, 1952.
First edition of this work on the film Othello. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Welles as Othello. Association copy, inscribed by Orson Welles and with a painting (self-portrait) done by him across the front endpaper and the front pastedown of a self-portrait of Welles in black, purple and yellow paint and is inscribed "For Lennie with much love and a tiny pinch of salt Orson." The recipient, New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons was an early champion of Welles and the two were close friends for decades. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable with such…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 43050
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Inscribed Photograph by President John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Signed Photograph.
Color photograph of President Kennedy sitting in the oval office, affixed to its original mount. Boldly inscribed, “To Mrs and Dr. Jose Joquin Carrillo Castillo- with highest esteem and best wishes, John F. Kennedy.” Framed in the original Presidential frame with the seal of the President. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 13.5 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 141556
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"The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again": First Edition of Cry The Beloved Country; Inscribed by Alan Paton
PATON, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.
First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Alan Paton November 2, 1948." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear. Laid into this copy is an original bookmark for the screening of the film, held in Pretoria, South Africa. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example of an important work, rarely encountered signed.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 44024
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"... fortune holds some gifts in store for those who try": First Edition of Percy Fitzpatrick's Classic Work Jock of the Bushveld; Signed by Him
FITZPATRICK, Percy.
Jock of the Bushveld.
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1907.
First edition, first issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Percy Fitzpatrick on the title page. In excellent condition with the spine gilt bright and light rubbing to the extremities. Illustrated by E. Caldwell. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First printings signed by Fitzpatrick are rare.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 70082
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First Edition of The Selfish Gene; Signed by Richard Dawkins and Desmond Morris
DAWKINS, Richard.
The Selfish Gene.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976.
First edition of Dawkins' classic work. Octavo, black cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Dawkins and Desmond Morris on the title page. Morris is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is known for his classic 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programs such as Zoo Time. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket painting by Desmond Morris. Foreword by Robert L. Travers. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed by these to legendary scientists.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 146223
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Rare 1957 financial statement signed by both Hollywood Icon Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller
MONROE, Marilyn and Arthur Miller.
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Signed Financial Statement.
Rare original 1957 Woodbury Savings Bank financial statement signed by both Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller in the beginning of their five-year marriage. One page, partially printed, the statement is dated September 9, 1957 and lists the couple's joint annual income as $50,000+, total expenses as $30,000+ or -, and amount of life insurance as $50,000+. The preparer has also listed Monroe as self-employed and President of Marilyn Monroe Production with a suit pending against the company as a corporation. Monroe and Miller's ages are also listed respectively as 31 and 41. Signed at the conclusion of the document, "Arthur…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 114025
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FIRST EDITION OF HENRY FIELDING'S THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING
FIELDING, Henry.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, in Six Volumes.
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749.
First edition, first issue of one of the most influential English novels, one only 2,000 copies printed. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels. Armorial bookplates. In very good condition.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 140220
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"Among the most important novels in world literature": First Edition In English Of Leo Tolstoy’s Masterpiece War and Peace
TOLSTOY, Leo. (Count Lyof N Tolstoi).
War and Peace. A Historical Novel.
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886.
First editions in English of Tolstoy's masterpiece; one of the most important novels in world literature and widely considered the greatest novel ever written. Small octavo, six volumes, bound in contemporary three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. Translated into French by 'A Russian lady' and from the French by Clara Bell. In near fine condition with light wear to the extremities. An excellent set of Tolstoy's masterpiece.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 96223
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“A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnanimity": First Edition of Frederick Douglass' My Bondage and Freedom
DOUGLASS, Frederick .
My Bondage and Freedom.
New York & Auburn: Miller, Orton, & Mulligan, 1855.
Rare first edition of Douglass' second autobiography. Octavo, original publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with three engraved plates including tissued-engraved frontispiece from the classic daguerreotype of Douglass engraved by John Chester Buttre. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities, toning to the frontispiece and its tissue-guard. A very nice example, rare in the original publisher's cloth which is completely free of restoration or repairs.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 146541