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First Edition of Thomas Piketty's Monumental Work Capital In the Twenty-First Century
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. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design Graciela Galup. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 144345
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Rare First American edition of henry james' theatricals: two comedies
JAMES, Henry.
Theatricals: Two Comedies.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1894.
First American edition of Henry James' book of two plays which were never produced. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 81261
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First edition of Peter Sis's Tibet: Through the Red Box; from the library of Peter Matthiessen
SIS, Peter. [Peter Matthiessen].
Tibet: Through the Red Box.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author's moving retelling of his father's diary penned during an accidental expedition to Tibet. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual…
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 139731
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First edition of Frances Cornford's Different Days; the first book in Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Living Poets Series
CORNFORD, Frances. Edited by Dorothy Wellesley.
Different Days.
London: Hogarth Press, 1928.
First edition of Frances Cornford's Different Days, the first book in the Hogarth Living Poets series. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Front panel design by Vanessa Bell. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 114382
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Frist Edition of Orville Victor's Incidents and Anecdotes of the War
VICTOR, Orville J.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the War: Together with Life Sketches of Eminent Leaders, and Narratives of the Most Memorable Battles for the Union.
New York: James D. Torrey, Publisher, 1862.
First edition of Victor's anecdotal history of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 133076
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First Edition of Roads To Freedom: Essays in Honour of Friedrich A. von Hayek
[FRIEDRICH VON AUGUSTE HAYEK] [F.A],.
Roads To Freedom: Essays in Honour of Friedrich A. von Hayek.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969.
First edition of this collection of essays on the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Hayek. Edited by Erich Steissler, Gottfried Haberler, Friedrich A. Lutz and Fritz Machlup. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, ownership name.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 146448
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"Hello Dolly, This is miss Dolly, It's so nice to have you back where you belong": Rare 1964 issue of Life Magazine; inscribed by musical actress Carol Channing
[CHANNING, Carol].
Carol Channing Hello, Dolly! Signed Life Magazine.
New York: Life Magazine, 1964.
April 3, 1964 issue of Life Magazine signed by legendary musical actress Carol Channing. Folio, original wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by Channing on the front cover which features a photograph of her performing in the 1964 Broadway musical Hello, Dolly!, "To Anne with XXs, Carol Channing." In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 124701
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First Edition of A World of Strangers; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
A World of Strangers.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1958.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a good dust jacket showing some wear and chips, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 146109
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First Edition of James Tobin's Full Employment and Growth
TOBIN, James.
Full Employment and Growth: Further Keynesian Essays On Policy.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 131476
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Signed Limited First Edition of John O'Hara's Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian's Story
O'HARA, John .
Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian’s Story.
New York : Random House, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of this novel by the author of Appointment in Samarra, number 166 of 200 examples. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in the original acetate dust jacket in the fine publisher's cardboard slipcase.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 120671
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Finely bound example of Berchoux's classic poem La Gastronomie ou L'Homme Des Champs A Table
BERCHOUX, J.
La Gastronomie ou L’Homme Des Champs A Table. Poeme Didactique En IV Chants.
Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud, 1805.
Finely bound example of Berchoux's epic gastronomical poem. 12mo, bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece and other engravings throughout. In near fine condition. Tasteful bookplate to the front free endpaper. A charming example.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96179
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First edition of Robert Lowry's Casualty; inscribed by him
LOWRY, Robert.
Casualty.
New York: New Directions, 1946.
First edition of Lowry's powerful story about a WWII Photo Reconnaissance Wing in Italy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Robert Levine Good friend to the Little Man Robert Lowry." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Peter Martin.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115068