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First Edition of Israel M. Kirzner's An Essay On Capital; Signed by Him
KIRZNER, Israel M.
An Essay on Capital.
New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1966.
First edition of Kirzner's essay of the conceptual problems surrounding the foundations of capital theory. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 114868
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"IF YOU BUILD IT, HE WILL COME"; FIRST EDITION OF SHOELESS JOE; SIGNED BY BOTH W.P. KINSELLA AND KEVIN COSTNER
KINSELLA, W.P. [Kevin Costner].
Shoeless Joe.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner, which was later inducted into the National Film Registry. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed on the title page by Bill Kinsella and by Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Costner below Kinsella's. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Uncommon signed by both Kinsella and Costner.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146376
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First Edition of John Searle's Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language; Inscribed by Him
SEARLE, John.
Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
First edition of "one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of language in recent decades" (The Philosophical Quarterly). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his brother and sister-in-law on the front free endpaper, "For Bill and Kathy from John with best wishes." The recipient William Searle was Professor Emeritus of the English Department of the University of Pittsburgh. Both were heavily involved in Free Speech Movement in Berkeley in the 1960s. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by R.B. Kitaj.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 86359
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"ONE OF THE GREATEST OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS": FIRST EDITION OF THE KNAVE OF HEARTS; ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH
[PARRISH, Maxfield] SAUNDERS.
The Knave of Hearts.
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1925.
First edition of "one of the greatest of American illustrated books" (Porter, 84), the last and most lavish children's book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, with mounted cover design, pictorial endpapers, 14 full-page color plates, and nine in-text color illustrations. Folio, original black cloth, mounted cover illustration, pictorial endpapers. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133869
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"Howl for them that suffer broken bone homeless on moody balconies, Jack's soul returning to me over & over with prophecy": First edition of Allen Ginsberg's Iron Horse; inscribed by him to Fellow Beat John Clellon Holmes
GINSBERG, Allen (John Clellon Holmes).
Iron Horse.
Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1972.
First edition of Ginsberg's beatific visionary poem, an important part of his The Fall of America: Poems of These States sequence. Oblong octavo, original illustrated metallic wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Allen Ginsberg on the half-title page, "a ah gha sa ma ha for John Clellon Homes Salem/Kerouac Mass from Allen Ginsberg 5 April 1973." The recipient, John Clellon Holmes was one of the foremost members of the Beat Generation along with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. In November of 1952 Holmes introduced the phrase 'beat generation' as a term of common parlance with the publication of…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96567
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First Edition, First Issue of Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome; From the library of Michael Sadleir
WHARTON, Edith.
Ethan Frome.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt topstain. In near fine condition. From the library of Michael Sadleir with his bookplate to the pastedown. Sadleir was a British publisher, novelist, book collector, and bibliographer. Sadleir began to work…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 99339
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“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this": First English Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.
First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco made by Asprey and Garrard. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136986
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"This book of her great uncle in admiration of her scientific achievements from her Grandfather": First edition of Heinrich von Hayek's Die Menschliche Lunge; inscribed by Friedrich August von Hayek to his grandaughter
HAYEK, Heinrich von. [Friedrich August von Hayek].
Die Menschliche Lunge. [The Human Lung].
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1953.
First edition of Heinrich von Hayek's work on the human lung. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with diagrams throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Friedrich August von Hayek on the front free endpaper, "To Ann, this book of her great uncle in admiration of her scientific achievements from her Grandfather Feb. 21, 1985." Born in Vienna, Nobel Prize-winning political philosopher Friedrich August von Hayek was the oldest of three brothers, Heinrich (1900–1969) and Erich (1904–1986), who were one-and-a-half and five years younger than him. The present volume was his brother Heinrich's major contribution to the study of human anatomy, which Friedrich inscribed…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 107542
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First Edition of The Stepford Wives; Inscribed by Ira Levin and Actress Katharine Ross
LEVIN, Ira [Katharine Ross].
The Stepford Wives.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1975 film starring Katharine Ross. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly inscribed by Ira Levin and actress Katharine Ross on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142445
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"Art is something out of the ordinary commenting on the ordinary": First Edition of the Author’s Classic Work Sexual Personae; Inscribed by Camille Paglia to close personal friend and smith college professor Ronald MacDonald prior to publication
PAGLIA, Camille.
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.
First edition of the author's ground-breaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to close personal friend Ronald MacDonald, Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College, prior to publication on the front free endpaper, "For Ron - Love, Camille December 1989." Laid in is the original transmittal letter on Paglia's Philadelphia University of Arts letterhead dated December 18, 1989 which reads, "Ron! Book to be released Feb. 14 (macabre joke from Yale Press??) Feminists will surely froth! - or so predicts Il Bloom - C." Also laid in is a Bowdoin College postcard from…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 112308
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Rare early 18th century Dutch Luther Bible illustrated with engravings by renowned Romeyn de Hooghe
ILLUSTRATED BY ROMEYN DE HOOGHE,.
Biblia, Dat is, De gantsche H. Schriftuure vervattende alle de Boeken des Ouden ende Nieuwen Testaments; Nu Van nieuws uyt D.M. Luthers Hoogduitse Bybel in onze Nederlandsche Taale getrouwelyk overgezet, Tot dienst van de Christelyke Gemeynten, d’Onveranderde Augsburgsche Confessie toegedaan in deeze Nederlanden. [Biblia Neerlandica].
Amsterdam: Jacob Lindenberg, 1702.
Rare early 18th century Dutch Luther Bible illustrated with exquisite engravings by renowned Dutch Baroque artist Romeyn de Hooghe. Folio, original full calf with ruling and central motifs to the panels stamped in blind, brass cornerpieces and clasps, illustrated with engravings including frontispiece portrait of Martin Luther, pictorial title page, portrait of Henricus Vos. Amstelodamensis, initials, headpieces and tailpieces. From the library of American interior and architectural designed Edward Francis Searles with his bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 116383
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First Edition of Spartacus; Signed by Howard Fast and Kirk Douglas
FAST, Howard [Kirk Douglas].
Spartacus.
New York: Published by the Author, 1951.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Howard Fast and Kirk Douglas on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Charles White. A very sharp example, rare signed by both Fast and Douglas.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145927
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COMPLETE SET OF DICKENS' CHRISTMAS BOOKS; Finely Bound by Riviere & Son
DICKENS, Charles.
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1886.
Finely bound example of Dickens' Christmas books, reprinted from the stereotype plates of the original. Octodecimo, five volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Riviere & Son with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, additional illustrated title page to each volume with the exception of A Christmas Carol, engraved illustrations by John Leech, D. Maclise, R. Doyle, and C. Stanfield. In very good condition with rubbing to the exterior hinges and extremities, abrasions and darkening to the spines, some splitting to the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145260
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"The clouds are on the oberland, the jungfrau snows look faint and far; but bright are those green fields at hand and through those fields comes down the Aar": First edition of Matthew Arnold's New Poems
ARNOLD, Matthew.
New Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867.
First edition of Arnold's 1867 book of poems. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, double gilt ruling to the panels. In near fine condition. Rare with only a handful of examples appearing at auction in the last 80 years.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 124039
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“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it": The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad; each volume in the rare original dust jackets
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad. [Almayer’s Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of “Narcissus”, Tales of Unrest, Lord Jim, The Inheritors, Youth: and Two Other Stories, Romance, Typhoon and Other Stories, Nostromo, The Mirror of the Sea, The Secret Agent, A Set of Six, Under Western Eyes, Some Reminiscences, ‘Twist Land & Sea Tales, Chance, Victory, Within the Tides, The Shadow Line, The Arrow of Gold, On Day More, The Rescue].
Edinburgh & London: Various Publishers, 1925.
Collection of the writings of Joseph Conrad. Octavo, 20 volumes, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets which are in near fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 125741
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First Edition of McCarthy; Inscribed by Roy Cohn to close friend and writer William Safire and his wife
COHN, Roy.
McCarthy.
New York : The New American Library, 1968.
First edition of this work by Cohn, who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to close friend William Safire and his wife, "For Sadie and Bill — Much love — Roy May 25/68." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 128627
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First edition of Tyranny of the Status Quo; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Tyranny of the Status Quo.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration’s attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Proctor Jones with best wishes Milton Friedman." Also signed by Rose Friedman. The recipient Proctor Jones was a San Francisco based filmmaker and author, who in 1970 founded the Proctor Jones Publishing Company. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a a few closed tears. Jacket design by Lem Rauk/ Visible Ink. Jacket photography by Frank Castro and Associates.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 19097
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Rare Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Document Signed
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Document Signed.
1871.
Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Quarto, one page, partially printed, the document reads, 'I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the commutation of the sentence of Charles Purdue dated this day and signed by me and for so doing this shall be his warrant. "U.S. Grant" Washington May 2 1871.' The man referenced here, Charles Purdue, was a seaman aboard the Robert Edwards in the spring of 1871 who was accused of inexplicably setting fire to…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146683
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"The absolute foundation of professional cooking, and the most useful thing I can teach you, is the concept of mise en place. As a cook, youR "meez" is your first principle, your belief system, your religion, your Tao": First Edition of Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook; Inscribed by him with a large drawing of a knife
BOURDAIN, Anthony with Jose De Meirelles and Philippe Lajaunie. Photographs by Robert DiScalfani.
Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2004.
First edition of Bourdain's classic French bistro cookbook. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Robert Discalfani. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author who has drawn an image of a knife on the title page, "To Janet and Larry Anthony Bourdain." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Helicopter. Jacket photograph by Robert Discalfani.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130373
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From the Library of Jack Kerouac: First Edition of I DODO A Poem Cycle; Inscribed to Him by Fred Kline
KLINE, Fred; [Jack Kerouac].
I, DODO: A Poem Cycle.
San Francisco: Double-H Press, 1968.
First edition of this charming book of poetry; from the library of 'On the Road' author Jack Kerouac. Sextodecimo, original wrappers. The first printing of 2000 copies. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "to Jack Kerouac, with great admiration. Fred Kline. Nov. 11, 1968 Dos Palos." The recipient, Jack Kerouac, is generally considered the father of the Beat movement, although he actively disliked such labels. His method was heavily influenced by the prolific explosion of jazz in 1960s America and later by his studies in Buddhism that originated with fellow beat and academic Gary Snyder.…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146634
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First Edition of Langston Hughes's Laughing To Keep From Crying; Inscribed by Him
HUGHES, Langston.
Laughing To Keep From Crying.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1952.
First edition of Hughes' second major collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed especially for Wolfgang, With sincere regard Langston New York March 30, 1952." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 61051
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Capture of Jefferson Davis Collection
[DAVIS, Jefferson].
Capture of Jefferson Davis Collection.
Fine collection of pieces related to the capture of Jefferson Davis near Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865. The collection includes an original carte-de-visite of Davis's captor, Colonel B.J. Pritchard; a calling card signed by Pritchard; a cabinet card of "The Only Photo in the Word of the Exact Spot where Hon. Jefferson Davis, President of Confederacy, was captured May 10th, 1865, by Fourth Michigan Cavalry, near Irwinville, Irwin county, Ga. Taken and copyrighted December 31st 1894, by J.H. Harris, Tifton, Berrien county, Ga."; a first edition of Edwin M. Stanton's Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In compliance…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 132583
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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale": First Edition of The Last Unicorn; Inscribed by Peter Beagle
BEAGLE, Peter S.
The Last Unicorn.
New York: The Viking Press, 1968.
First edition of Beagle's classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others.. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Larry Peter S. Beagle 11/8/93." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141515
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“My wisdom is for my friends, my folly for myself": The Novels of Captain Marryat; Finely Bound
MARRYAT, Frederick.
The Novels of Captain Marryat.
London: J.M. Dent, 1895-96.
Finely bound set of the works of Captain Marryat, one of 750 copies printed on handmade paper. Octavo, complete in 24 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with tissue-guarded frontispieces and plates. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 110464
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First Edition of The Arrow Impossibility Theorem; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz
ARROW, Kenneth; Eric Maskin; Amartya Sen; Joseph Stiglitz and Partha Dasgupta .
The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series).
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.
First edition of this work which explores Kenneth Arrow's impossibility theorem. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sen on the front free endpaper, "To John, best wishes always Amartya Sen 3.31.15." Additionally signed by Joseph Stiglitz, who contributed to this volume on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Noah Arlow.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145886
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Rare 1862 Map of the United States by inventor and entrepreneur Shaffner Taliaferro Preston
PRESTON, Shaffner Taliaferro.
1862 Shaffner Taliaferro Preston Map of the United States of America.
London: 1862.
Rare hand-colored lithographed folding map from the American Civil War. The map displays the Federal or non-slaveholding states, the border or slaveholding states, the Confederacy, and the Indian reservation with hand-colored borders. In fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 15 inches by 21 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145577
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Service de Presse First edition of Albert Camus' L'Exil et Le Royaume
CAMUS, Albert.
L’Exil et Le Royaume.
Paris: Gallimard, 1947.
First edition, Service de Presse-copy of Camus' short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism, with "S P" perforated stamp at top of rear wrapper. Small octavo, original publisher's stiff wrappers with titles in red and black. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "a M. Claude Leslise en sirene hommage Albert Camus." In near fine condition with some toning to the spine, front and rear panels, edges of the text block, a closed tear to the 'Table' page at the rear. Housed in a custom quarter red levant and patterned paper slip case and…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146463
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S. H. M. Byer's The March to the Sea; Inscribed by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BYERS, S. H. M.
The March to the Sea: A Poem.
Boston: Arena Publishing Company, 1896.
Early edition of this historically significant poem and song; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original green cloth, botanical endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "To P.T. Sherman; the son of the general who made the great march: with many good wishes from - the author - S. H. M. Byers." Additionally signed by Sherman on the front pastedown above his bookplate. The recipient, Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, the son of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, transferred his library and books inherited from his father to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146574
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First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Signed by Robert Venturi with a drawing
VENTURI, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi who has added a drawing of his mother's house on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 133609
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Original Donald Brooks Sketch from the production of Dance a Little Closer
BROOKS, Donald.
Dance a Little Closer: Donald Brooks Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing.
1983.
Original Dance a Little Closer is a pencil and watercolor drawing depicting the Cynthia character in a full length pink and peach gown with a second drawing depicting the back of the gown, signed lower right by legendary designer Donald Brooks. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 27 inches by 22 inches. Brooks was the costume designer for the 1983 production of Dance a Little Closer.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137699
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First Edition of Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension; Inscribed by Benoit Mandelbrot
MANDELBROT, Benoit.
Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension.
San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1977.
First edition of the mathematician's groundbreaking work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Samuel With the author's compliments Benoit Mandelbrot." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144375
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First Edition of The Panic In Needle Park; Signed by Joan Didion and Al Pacino
MILLS, James [Joan Didion and Al Pacino].
The Panic In Needle Park.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
First edition of this work basis for the classic 1971 film starring Al Pacino, with the screenplay written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion and Academy-Award winning actor Al Pacino on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 118864
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"When you read this book eight years from now, I hope you will not": First Edition of Mario Puzo's The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
PUZO, Mario.
The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw.
New York : Platt & Munk Publishers, 1966.
First edition of this early work by the author of The Godfather. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For ? When you read this book eight years from now, I hope you will not. Mario Puzo." Illustrated by Stewart Sherwood. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Stewart Sherwood.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 121292
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FIRST EDITION OF MARC CHAGALL’S JERUSALEM WINDOWS, WITH TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS; IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE
CHAGALL, Marc; Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie.
Jerusalem Windows.
New York: George Braziller, 1962.
First edition. Folio, original red cloth. With two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contains the rarely seen original slipcase, also present is the original blue ribbon. The rear panel of the acetate shows some wear.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4235
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"The music of 'Led Zeppelin I' had blown me away and so on spec, I mocked up a fold-out design for the second album and took it to Led Zeppelin's manager": Led Zeppelin II; Lengthily Signed by David Juniper and Frank Borman
JUNIPER, David; Frank Borman; [Led Zeppelin].
David Juniper and Frank Borman Inscribed Led Zeppelin II.
Burbank, CA: Atlantic Recording Corporation, 2014.
Led Zeppelin's second album, first released in 1969. Double-folding album with designs by cover artist David Juniper. Inscribed by David Juniper on the front panel, "The music of 'Led Zeppelin I' had blown me away and so on spec, I mocked up a fold-out design for the second album and took it to Led Zeppelin's manager David Juniper - designer of the cover art for 'Led Zeppelin II.'" Additionally inscribed by Frank Borman on the front panel, "Not Neil Armstrong! Frank Borman Apollo 8 CDR." American aeronautical engineer and NASA astronaut Frank Borman was the commander of Apollo 8, the…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145289
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“Calm Down what happens happens mostly without you": First Edition of Joseph Alber's Despite Straight Lines; Inscribed By Josef Albers to Henri Cartier-Bresson
ALBERS, Josef. [Henri Cartier-Bresson].
Despite Straight Lines.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961.
First edition of this work by the famed artist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Henri Cartier-Bresson, "For Henry Cartier-Bresson Josef Albers May 20, ‘68." Cartier-Bresson was working for Magnum Photographers when he photographed Josef Albers at his home in Connecticut in May of 1968. An outstanding association copy, linking Albers, one of the great abstract artists of the 20th century and Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the finest photographers. Also, laid in is a card signed by Albers.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 3783
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“Some men seem to know exactly where their opportunities lie; they break prisons and cross whole Siberias to pursue them. One room holds me": First Edition of the Saul Bellow’s First Book Dangling Man; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
Dangling Man.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original beige cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some wear and toning to the spine.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 12039
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First Edition of Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey; Inscribed by Astronaut Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Coke and Betty, when overtaken by insomnia. Michael Collins." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh. First printings are uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 128433
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"Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares": First Edition of Rosser Reeves' Reality in Advertising; Signed by Him
REEVES, Rosser.
Reality in Advertising.
New York: Borzoi/ Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.
First trade edition, published after the privately printed Ted Bates edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, slipcase. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With a promise that this is a very short, short book! Rosser Reeves Oct 8, 1962. Fine in the original glassine wrapper in a fine slipcase. Rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 30014