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First editions of all three volumes in John William Draper's History of the American Civil War
DRAPER, John William.
History of the American Civil War.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1867-1870.
First edition of John William Draper's history of the American Civil War. Octavo, three volumes, original boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with maps. In very good condition. A rare complete set.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133061
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"I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court": First Edition of Out Of Order; Inscribed by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day.
Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court.
New York: Random House, 2013.
First edition of this collection of stories from the history of the Supreme Court by the first female justice. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs, paintings, and court drawings. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Michael Addy with good wishes- Sandra D O'Connor." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anna Bauer.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145146
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First Edition of Joseph Heller's We Bombed In New Haven; Warmly inscribed by Him to His Fried Bob Thomas
HELLER, Joseph .
We Bombed In New Haven.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.
First edition of Heller's classic first play. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bob Thomas To help complete your collection of one of my favorite authors. Joe Heller 3/7/80 N.Y.C." The recipient, Bob Thomas was an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who worked for the Associated Press from 1944. As of 2014, he was twice listed in the Guinness World Records, for the longest career as a reporter, and for the most consecutive Academy Awards shows covered by an entertainment reporter. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115898
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First Edition of Capital Ideas Evolving; Inscribed by Peter Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Peter.
Capital Ideas Evolving.
New York: Wiley, 2007.
First edition of Bernstein's final book. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For William The idea man Peter Bernstein." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 321
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First American Edition of Vassilis Vassilikos' Z; Warmly Inscribed by Him
VASSILIKOS, Vassilis.
Z.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
First American edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For George with my friendship, Vassilis Vassilikos." Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light wear. Jacket design by Enrico Arno. Translated from the Greek by Marilyn Calmann.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1164
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First Edition of Travesìa del Horizonte; Signed by Javier Marias
MARIAS, Javier.
Travesìa del Horizonte.
Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia, 1972.
First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3368
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First Edition of The Visions of Peace; Inscribed by Nobel Laureates Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Desmond Tutu
MAGUIRE, Mairead Corrigan; Preface by the Dalai Lama; Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland.
New York: Orbis, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel laureate. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Adrienne, Peace to you. Love Mairead 2.8.2005." Also inscribed to the same recipient by Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu; who contributed the foreword. Also laid in is a pamphlet inscribed by Maguire, A Letter to My Son Luke. In fine condition. Uncommon especially signed by both these Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 831
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Rare First Edition of Hermann Weyl's Raum Zeit Materie Vorlesungen uber Allgemeine
WEYL, Hermann.
Raum Zeit Materie Vorlesungen uber Allgemeine [Space, Time, Matter].
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1918.
First edition of "the standard treatise on the general theory of relativity" (Nature). Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142307
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First Edition of Richard Bach's Biplane; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BACH, Richard.
Biplane.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.
First edition of the author's classic second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John! Happy Flying, always Richard Bach." Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133181
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First edition of Opinions of Women on Women's Suffrage
Opinions of Women on Women’s Suffrage.
London: Central Committee of the National Society For Women's Suffrage, 1879.
First edition of this collection of Opinions on Women's Suffrage, compiled by the Central Committee of the National Society For Women's Suffrage and containing the opinions of English women in official positions, scientific and political careers, and principals of colleges and high schools among others. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135724
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"No artist lives and loves, that longs not Once, and only once, and for one only": First edition of Robert Browning's Men and Women
BROWNING, Robert.
Men and Women.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1855.
First edition of one of Browning's finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 136291
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"Here Nature has contrived to unite conditions of soil and climate in a manner most delightful": Rare first edition pamphlet of Fort Lauderdale, Florida: "Gateway to the Everglades"
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: “Gateway to the Everglades”.
Fort Lauderdale: Snyder & Hortt, Real Estate and Investments, c. 1915.
Rare first edition promotional brochure for the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Octavo, profusely illustrated with photographs taken c. 1914-1915 of the business district, boulevards, markets, railways, farms, orange groves, beaches, marinas, streams, and homes of Fort Lauderale. Map of Florida on the final page. In near fine condition. Scarce, OCLC/WorldCat locates only one other example housed in the Alachua County Library which lists the publication date as 1915, the year Fort Lauderdale was designated the county seat of the newly formed Broward County.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 103801
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Rare original program invitation from the 1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program
AXELROD, Julius; Adolf Butenandt; Gerald Edelman; Ernst Otto Fischer; Werner Forssmann; Alfred Hershey; Bernard Katz; Feodor Lynen; Rudolf Mössbauer; Severo Ochoa; Lars Onsager.
1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program.
Einladung: Tagung der Preistrager fur Medizin, 1975.
Rare original program invitation from the 1975 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Program. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by 11 Nobel Laureates in Physics or Medicine, including: Julius Axelrod, Adolf Butenandt, Gerald Edelman, Ernst Otto Fischer, Werner Forssmann, Alfred Hershey, Bernard Katz, Feodor Lynen, Rudolf Mössbauer, Severo Ochoa, and Lars Onsager. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115948
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Kathryn Hulme's The Nun's Story; inscribed by her
HULME, Kathryn.
The Nun’s Story.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Hulme's best-selling novel, basis for the classic film starring Audrey Hepburn. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Virginia Stanley with Best Wishes Kathryn Hulme." Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 95304
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Rare first Edition of Gandhi's Delhi Diary
GANDHI, M.K. [Mahatma or Mohandas].
Delhi Diary (Prayer Speeches from 10-9-47 to 30-1-48).
Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1948.
First edition of this collection of speeches by Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Gandhi. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Rajendra Prasad. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134602
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Signed limited first edition of Lauren Ford's The Ageless Story; Signed by the author with an original watercolor painting of a singing angel
FORD, Lauren.
The Ageless Story.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939.
Signed limited first edition of Lauren Ford's beloved retelling of the birth of Christ. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. One of only 350 copies, this is number 311. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with an original watercolor drawing of a singing angel. In near fine condition. Housed in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96512
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First Edition of George F. Kennan's Nuclear Delusion; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
KENNAN, George F.
Nuclear Delusion: Soviet-American Relations in the Atomic Age.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1982.
First edition of this Kennan work, which reviews the complex issues that must be addressed if the United States is to make rational, prudent decisions about future nuclear weapons systems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to is sister Constance Lathrop Kennan on the front free endpaper, "For Con with love, George, 'The Farm' Oct. 16, 1982." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135232
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Hand-colored engraved nineteenth century Map of China by English cartographer William Darton
DARTON, William [China].
Nineteenth Century Map of China.
London: William Darton, 1812.
Hand-colored engraved nineteenth century Map of China by English cartographer William Darton. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137293
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Photograph of West Point Battle Monument; Signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed Photograph of West Point Battle Monument.
West Point, New York: .
Photograph of the Battle Monument at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Black and white photograph of the Battle Monument at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, mounted to a black backdrop. Boldly signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the bottom edge. Mounted to a black backdrop. In very good condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. The entire piece measures 11 inches by 14.75 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145564
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"Make it a story of great distances, and starlight. The name of the story will be Time, But you must not pronounce its name": First Edition of Audubon: A Vision; Inscribed by Robert Penn Warren
WARREN, Robert Penn.
Audubon: A Vision.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this original work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Richard Perry all the best Robert Penn Warren." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146146
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"Emotion is contagious": First edition of The Tipping Point; Uniquely signed by Malcolm Gladwell
GLADWELL, Malcolm.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2000.
First edition of Gladwell's debut novel which seeks to explain and describe the "mysterious" sociological changes that mark everyday life. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author with the added words, "Emotion is contagious!' Malcolm Gladwell." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139489
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"I WANT TO LIVE ON MAURICE FATIO'S PATIO…” FIRST EDITION OF MAURICE FATIO: ARCHITECT; Inscribed by Alexandra Fatio
FATIO, Alexandra.
Maurice Fatio: Architect.
Florida: Southeastern Printing, 1992.
First edition of this monograph regarding the work of Fatio. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Text by Alexandra Fatio. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Chip and Franc, with thanks for your interest in my father's work; Sincerely Alexandra Fatio." In fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126899
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First Edition of Robert J. Shiller's Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society's Largest Economic Risks; Signed by Him
SHILLER, Robert J.
Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society’s Largest Economic Risks.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and winner of the first Paul A. Samuelson Award. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Robert J. Shiller Oct. 8, 2015." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 130611
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First Edition of Edward O. Wilson's The Diversity of Life; Warmly inscribed by Him to Colleague Ruth Turner
WILSON, Edward O.
The Diversity of Life.
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ruth Turner with warmest regards and respect Edward O. Wilson." Wilson who has also added a drawing of an ant. The recipient, Ruth Turner was a colleague of Wilson's at Harvard and was also a pioneering marine biologist and malacologist. She was the world's expert on Teredinidae or shipworms, a taxonomic family of wood-boring bivalve mollusks which severely damage wooden marine installations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. An…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131698
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J.H. Stine's History of the Army of the Potomac; inscribed by him
STINE, J.H.
History of the Army of the Potomac.
Washington, D.C.: Privately Printed, 1893.
Second edition of Stine's history of the the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, "With the compliments of the author to a personal friend C.A. Fromm... J.H. Stine." In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 132771
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“When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out": First Edition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale; Signed by Her
ATWOOD, Margaret.
The Handmaid’s Tale.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.
First American edition of Atwood’s finest novel, “a fluid nightmare requiem” (Clute & Nicholls, 69). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Margaret Atwood on title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration and design by Fred Marcellino.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144134
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First Edition of Kingsley Amis' The James Bond Dossier
AMIS, Kingsley.
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of Amis' critical analysis of the James Bond novels. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jan Pienkowski based on the famous trompe l'oeil paintings by Richard Chopping reproduced on the jackets of the James Bond books. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144348
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's The Military Philosophers
POWELL, Anthony.
The Military Philosophers.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1968.
First edition of the ninth novel in the 'A Dance to the Music of Time' series. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities of the cloth and jacket. Jacket design by Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morroco and folding chemise clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145149
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Rare First Edition of Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story
MERIWETHER, Louise [Rosa Parks].
Don’t Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this children's book, which tells the The Rosa Parks story. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by David Scott Brown. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137547
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“I NOT ONLY HAVE MY SECRETS. I AM MY SECRETS. AND YOU ARE YOU’RE YOUR SECRETS”: FIRST EDITION OF FREDERICK BUECHNER’S TELLING SECRETS; SIGNED BY HIM
BUECHNER, Frederick.
Telling Secrets.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1991.
First edition of Buechner’s third autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Mabry. Photograph by Anne Merck.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135362
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First Edition of George Saunders' CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella; Lengthily Inscribed by Him with Drawings
SAUNDERS, George.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella.
New York: Random House, 1996.
First edition of Saunders' acclaimed first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily inscribed by the author with three drawings, covering two pages, with the added words, "Don't think of yourself as a surrogate would, think of yourself as an entrepreneur of the physical. George Saunders." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. A unique example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 114674
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"Good Appetite good cooking from an old friend": First Edition of James Beard's Theory & Practice of Good Cooking; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BEARD, James.
James Beard’s Theory and Practice of Good Cooking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of this classic work, which compiles 300 recipes by the dean of American cooking. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Karl W. Stueklen. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good Appetite good cooking For Esther from an old friend James Beard." Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139445
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Whatever Was, Was Right; Inscribed by Lynn Thorndike
THORDIKE, Lynn .
Whatever Was, Was Right.
American Historical Review, 1956.
First separate edition of the Presidential address read at the annual dinner of the American Historical Association, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "To Dr. H. Justin Ross from Lynn Thorndike." In very good condition, one page of underlining. Books signed by Thorndike are rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 129202
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First Edition of Anthony Powell's The Kindly Ones
POWELL, Anthony.
The Kindly Ones.
London: Heinemann, 1962.
First edition of this classic work in the author’s Dance to the Music of Time series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Broom-Lynne. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143029
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First Edition of Mandela: The Authorized Portrait; Signed by Mac Maharaj
MANDELA, Nelson; Foreword by Bill Clinton; Introduction by Desmond Tutu.
Mandela: The Authorized Portrait.
Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003.
First edition of this illustrated biographic portrait of Mandela. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed and dated by the editor on the title page, "Best wishes Mac Maharaj 20 Sept 2007." Edited by Mac Maharaj and Ahmed Kathrada.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133559
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First Edition of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam; Warmly Inscribed by Neil Sheehan to Commander Barbara Williams
SHEEHAN, Neil.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of the definitive Vietnam War exposé which won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "May 17, 1989 To Comdr. Barbara Williams, USN, Who cares! With All Best Wishes, Neil Sheehan." Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Sposato.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145959
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First Edition of Economic Dynamics: An Introduction; Inscribed by William Baumol
BAUMOL, William J.
Economic Dynamics: An Introduction.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Rogers with warmest regards Will Baumol." In near fine condition. With a contribution by Ralph Turvey.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144394
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First edition of James Jackson's Cases of Cholera Collected at Paris; in the original publisher's boards
JACKSON, James.
Cases of Cholera Collected at Paris, in the Month of April, 1832, in the Wards of MM. Andral and Louis at the Hospital La Pitie.
Boston: Carter, Hendee, and Co, 1832.
First edition of Jackson's work detailing six cases of Cholera collected at the Hospital de la Pitie at Paris. Octavo, original publisher's boards and paper spine label. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137121
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First Edition of The Art of Drowning; Inscribed by Billy Collins
COLLINS, Billy.
The Art of Drowning.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.
First edition of this early work by Collins. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen whose poetry rocks. Billy." The recipient Stephen Perry was a poet and friend of the Collins. In fine condition. No dust jacket was issued for this first edition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 104532
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Rare 17th century map of America and the state of Florida by Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa
VAN DER AA, Pieter.
La Floride, Suirvant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l’Academie Royale des Sciences, etc. [17th Century Map of Florida and America].
Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, [1713].
Rare 17th century hand-colored engraved map of Florida and 17th century America by Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa. One page, the engraved hand-colored map features Florida, part of Mexico, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and Illinois, Native American territories of Conchaques, Apalachicoli, and Apalache, Villages of the Chaktas Indians, and the Bahamas. Embellished cartouche. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. A very nice example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138431
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Limited Edition of Austin Dobson's Horace Walpole: A Memoir; Signed by American printer and typographer Theodore Low De Vinne
DOBSON, Austin; [Theodore Low De Vinne].
Horace Walpole: A Memoir with an Appendix of Books Printed at the Strawberry Hill Press.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1890.
Signed limited edition of the biography of the 4th Earl of Orford. Royal octavo, original half vellum, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with several tissue-guarded engravings and tailpieces by Percy and Leon Moran. One of four hundred and twenty-five numbered copies printed on Dickinson paper and signed by American printer and typographer Theodore Low De Vinne on the limitation page, this is number 275. De Vinne was considered "the leading commercial printer of his day," printing the popular 'St. Nicholas Magazine' and 'The Century Magazine' for The Century Company as well as several books and multi-volume works such as John Hay's authoritative…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146607
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First Edition of Death With Interruptions; Signed and Dated in the Year of Publication by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Death With Interruptions.
Orlando: Harcourt, 2008.
First edition of Saramago's philosophical page-turner, which hinges on death taking a holiday. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication on the half-title page by Jose Saramago. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1504
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First illustrated edition of The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
WILDE, Oscar. With Woodcuts by Frans Masereel.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1925.
First illustrated edition of this rare Wilde title. Royal octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with woodcuts by Frans Masereel. One of 450 numbered copies, this is number 16. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139325
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First Edition of Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz's Kaddish For A Child Not Born; Signed by Him
KERTESZ, Imre.
Kaddish For A Child Not Born.
Evanston, Ill: Hydra Books/ Northwestern University Press, 1997.
First edition of Kertesz's mesmerizing novel of identity and memory. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Hungarian by Christopher C. Wilson and Katharina M. Wilson.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 62027
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First edition of Robert Parker's The World's Greatest Wine Estates; Signed by Him
PARKER, Robert M.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates: A Modern Perspective.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
First edition of the renowned wine critic's elaborately illustrated work showcasing 175 of the world's most accomplished wine estates. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, elaborately illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Robert M. Parker on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Beth Middleworth. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144062
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First Edition of John Kotter's The General Managers; Signed by Him
KOTTER, John P.
The General Managers.
New York: The Free Press, 1986.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Kotter on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sam Salant.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134592
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"I have sought a human society reduced to its most basic expression": First Edition of Claude-Levi Strauss' A World on the the Wane; Inscribed by Him
LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude.
The World on the Wane.
New York: Criterion Books, 1961.
First American edition of Levi-Strauss' experience among tribes in Brazil. Octavo, original brown boards, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Inscribed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear to the extremities. Translated from the French by John Russell.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 802
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"Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility": First Edition of Chaos: Making of A New Science; Inscribed by James Gleick
GLEICK, James.
Chaos: Making A New Science.
New York: The Viking Press, 1987.
First edition of this modern classic in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by James Gleick on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140606
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First Edition of Hilary Putnam's Renewing Philosophy; Inscribed by Him
PUTNAM, Hilary.
Renewing Philosophy.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Hilary Putnam on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 15027
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"The dew of the morning sunk chill on my brow - it felt like the warning of what I feel now": First edition of Byron's poems
LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON],.
Poems.
London: Printed for John Murray, 1816.
First edition of this collection of poems and verses. Octavo, bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89120
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"This faint resemblance of thy charms, though strong as mortal art could give": Finely bound collection of the Poems of Lord Byron, each accompanied by an elaborately engraved plate
LORD BYRON. DRAWINGS BY CHALON, Leslie.
Heath’s Illustrations to the Works of Lord Byron, From Drawings by The First Artists.
London: A. Fullarton, And Co, c.1830.
Finely bound example of the poems of Lord Byron, each accompanied by a period engraving. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco over decorative boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece engraved portrait of Lord Byron. Illustrated with 36 full page engraved plates. In very good condition with the plates bright and crisp.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 95864
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“I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals": First Edition of on off the fairway a pictorial autobiography; Signed by Jack Nicklaus
NICKLAUS, Jack.
On & Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
First edition of this work by the golfing legend. Quarto, original half-cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author opposite the half-title page, "Best Regards Jack Nicklaus." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145802
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First Edition of The Restless Wave; Signed by Senator John McCain
MCCAIN, John and Mark Salter.
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.
First edition of this political memoir from Senator McCain, an American hero who reflects on his life and what matters most. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John McCain on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Rare and desirable signed as this memoir was published in May 2018 and Senator McCain passed away in August of the same year.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145522
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First Edition of Reflections and Observations: Inscribed by Denton Cooley to his Nephew
COOLEY, Denton A.
Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley.
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays which illuminates, with brilliant insight, our contemporary world of medicine. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to his nephew, "12-7-84 To Talbot With deep affection and best wishes "Uncle Denton." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Collected by Marianne Kneipp. Foreword by Arthur Hailey.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146303
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"Author of this author, generous critic, and loyal helper, who reads my books more often than anyone else": First Edition of Portrait of A Romantic; Inscribed by Steven Millhauser to His Mother
MILLHAUSER, Steven.
Portrait of a Romantic.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Mother on the front free endpaper, "For Mom, author of this author, generous critic, and loyal helper, who reads my books more often than anyone else Steven." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146451
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Rare Edition of Cuba: Isla de las Maravillas
Cuba: Isla de las Maravillas.
Havana, Cuba: 1955.
Rare edition of this illustrated work on Cuba. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Edited by Carlos Fernandez Campos. Inscribed by Sergio Gomez, Havana, Feb. 28, 1955 to an Oregon Dr. McNeal in Spanish. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140454
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First edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's My Lady Ludlow, and Other Tales
GASKELL, Elizabeth. [Mrs. Gaskell].
My Lady Ludlow, and Other Tales; Included in “Round the Sofa.”
London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 1861.
First edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1861 novella which first appeared in Household Words in 1858. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind. In good condition. Ownership inscriptions.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 125281
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“Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity": First Edition of Mark Twain's Classic The Prince and the Pauper
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
The Prince and the Pauper.
James R. Osgood and Company: New York, 1882.
First edition, early state of this classic work. BAL 3402. Johnson p. 39-41. Octavo, original publisher's green pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, with one hundred and ninety-two illustrations. In good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140372
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“THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING AND I MUST GO": JOHN MUIR'S THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA
MUIR, John.
The Mountains of California.
New York: The Century Co, 1922.
New and enlarged edition of Muir's first book. Octavo, original pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126367
