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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
London: Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146816
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"This First Edition...with warm regards": First Edition of David McCullough’s National Book Award-Winning Work The Path Between the Seas; Warmly Inscribed by Him
MCCULLOUGH, David.
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.
First edition of the author's National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with two detailed maps and 80 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "This first edition is for Bette and John with warm regards David McCullough Hillsdale College 2006." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Rosalee McCullough.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 117653
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First edition of George Bainton's The Art of Authorship
BAINTON, George.
The Art of Authorship: Literary Reminiscences, Methods of Work, and Advice to Young Beginners, Personally Contributed by Leading Authors of the Day.
London: James Clarke & Co, 1890.
Rare first edition of Bainton's classic collection of reminiscences on the art of writing, with contributions from Henry James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bret Harte, and Samuel Clemens among many others. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and font panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 123077
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First edition of Jack Schannep's Dow Theory for the 21st Century; inscribed by him
SCHANNEP, Jack.
Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators For Improving Your Investment Results.
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.
First edition of the investor's must-read on trading strategy. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, "Hope some of the ideas in this book will be helpful to you in your investment success Sincerely, Jack Schannep." In fine condition. Design by Loretta Leiva. Jacket photograph by Tommy Flynn.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 124830
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Leonard Cohen’s First Novel; Signed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
The Favourite Game.
London: Black Spring Press, 1996.
Later printing of Cohen's classic novel . Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the half-title page with his "Order of the Unified Heart" stamp below. In fine condition. Illustration by David Wood.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144295
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First Edition of Play Golf With Player; SIGNED BY GARY PLAYER
PLAYER, Gary.
Play Golf with Player: Instruction of Every Aspecct of the Game.
London: Collins, 1962.
First edition of this early instructional by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, "With Very Best Wishes Gary Player." Very good in the original dust jacket that shows some wear to the crown.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 988
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"with thanks for friendly help": First Edition of Steven Weinberg's To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science; Warmly Inscribed by Him
WEINBERG, Steven.
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science.
New York: Harper, 2015.
First edition of this “thoughtful history of science” (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by on the title page, "To Roy Snodgrass with thanks for friendly help Steven Weinberg." The recipient was a close friend of the authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milan Bozic.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125653
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"Is it true? Have we really been there?": First Edition of Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya
BENUZZI, Felice.
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure.
London: William Kimber, 1952.
First edition in English of this mountaineering classic recounting the 1943 attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya. Octavo, original cloth, map endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the crown and overall wear, tape repair to the verso. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 42030
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First Edition of Thomas H. Sherman's Twenty Years with James G. Blaine; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
SHERMAN, Thomas H.; with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler [William T. Sherman].
Twenty Years with James G. Blaine: Reminiscences by His Private Secretary.
New York: The Grafton Press, 1928.
First edition of this biography of American statesman, Republican politician, and Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, from the observations of his private secretary; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of James G. Blaine, illustrated with black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown beneath his ownership signature. In near fine condition. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145741
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First Edition of Malamud's Idiots First; Inscribed by Him to his cousin
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Idiots First.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, "For Marshall, Every good wish Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Marshall Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 112830
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First French Edition of Saul Bellow's L'Homme De Buridan; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].
Paris: Libraire Plon, 1954.
First French edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 185
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"Pretty well the last word on the subject" First Edition of the Author’s Classic Work; Manias, Panics, and Crashes
KINDLEBERGER, Charles P.
Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises.
New York: Basic Books, 1978.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre. Uncommon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146114
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Doctor Absalom Baird's Authentic Letters and Papers; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BAIRD, Absalom [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Copies of Authentic Letters and Papers Throwing Some Light on the History of Doctor Absalom Baird of the Army of the Revolution Who Died at Washington, Pennsylvania in 1805 Likewise Referring to His Associates.
Pittsburgh: Reed & Witting, Press, 1909.
Scarce early 20th century primary account of the history and politics of revolutionary Pennsylvania, printed solely for their preservation among the author's descendants; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with rubbing and a few losses to the extremities and rear panel, some creasing to the front panel, and toning to p. 14 and 15 where a newsclipping of 'Out of My Mind To the Freshmen' by Katharine Brush is laid in. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145937
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First Edition of Philip Stern's The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
STERN, Philip M.
The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Joan and Arthur Gardner With the warmest and fondest wishes of their friend Phil S. November, 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 143398
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First Edition of Fred D. Gray's Bus Ride To Justice; Inscribed by Him
GRAY, Fred D.
Bus Ride To Justice.
Montgomery, Al: Black Belt Press, 1995.
First edition of this Civil Rights icon's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Fred D. Gray Schaler Let us keep the legacy alive Fred D. Gray March 9, 1995." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Breuna Baine.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139681
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First Edition of Javier Marias' Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996.
First edition of this "brilliantly imagined novel" (La Vanguardia). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with two closed tears. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 2891
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First Edition of Dorothy Baker's Young Man with a Horn; Warmly inscribed by Her
BAKER, Dorothy.
Young Man with a Horn.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.
First edition of this novel, which was the basis for the classic 1950 American film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, and Juano Hernandez. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "For Nell- Hommage de l'lauteur Dorothy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140685
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Finely Bound Example of Claudii Claudiani Opera
CLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS; NICOLAAS HEINSIUS; L'ANCIEN PIETER BURMAN,.
Claudii Claudiani Opera, Quae Exstant, Omnia Ad Membranarum Veterum Fidem Castigata.
Amstelaedami: Ex Officina Schouteniana, 1760.
Quarto, original vellum, gilt tooling and stamping to the front and rear panels and spine. In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 2821
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First Edition of Honeymoon; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano
MODIANO, Patrick.
Honeymoon.
Boston: Verba Mundi/ David A. Godine, 1995.
First American edition of this "haunting tale of quiet intensity" (Review of Contemporary Fiction). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Pour James, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated by Barbara Wright.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 118229
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First Edition of Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics; Signed by the Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
SOLOW, Robert; Edited by Mauro Boianovsky and Kevin D. Hoover.
Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economics.
Chapel Hill, NC: Duke University Press, 2009.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. In fine condition, no dust jacket was issued for this volume.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 15051
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Second Novel: The Green House; Inscribed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John Mario Vargas Llosa." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144690
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"I hereby pledge myself to be helpful, obedient, loyal, courteous and trustworthy": Rare first edition of the official guide to the Tarzan Clans of America
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan Clans of American: Official Guide.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1939.
First edition of this Official Guide for members of the Tarzan Clans of America, a special division of Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan series. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, laid in is a membership application fee and two bookplates from the library of Roy and Dela White. In fine condition. A charming example in exceptional condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 90419
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"My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain its chance to flow": First Edition of The Fountain Overflows; Inscribed by Rebecca West to Bruce and Beatrice Gould
WEST, Rebecca.
The Fountain Overflows.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain its chance to flow Rebecca West 1965." The recipients, Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies' Home Journal for almost 27 years, from 1935 through 1962, including the golden years of the magazine. Time magazine wrote upon their 1962 retirement, the Goulds took an undistinguished journal in a field that "took the patronizing view that a woman's interests were largely confined to the home"…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145967
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“War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war": First Edition, Advance review copy of William Faulkner's A Fable
FAULKNER, William.
A Fable.
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy with a personal type-written letter from the publisher laid in addressed to Miss Belle Rosenbaum of the New York Herald Tribune. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 101232
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Classic Novel: The Green House; Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138165
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John Hersey's The War Lover; Warmly Inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
The War Lover.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959.
First edition, early printing of this aviation history classic, basis for the 1962 film starring Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner and Shirley Anne Field. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ethan C. LeMunyon- with best wishes to a fellow Tientsinite. John Hersey." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 140689
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First Edition of Treynor on Institutional Investing; Signed by Jack Treynor
TREYNOR, Jack L.
Treynor on Institutional Investing.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
First edition of this important collection of essays by the father of the capital asset pricing model. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jack L. Treynor on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Jeff Diermeier.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 58017
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Signed limited edition of The Prisoner of Heaven; one of 500 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz.
The Prisoner of Heaven.
Burton: Subterranean Press, 2014.
Signed limited edition of the third book in the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books' series. Octavo, original cloth. One of 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the limitation page, this is number 381. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket illustration and interior illustrations by Vincent Chong. Translated by Lucia Graves.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145036
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First Edition of Amos Oz's A Tale of Love and Darkness; Signed by Him
OZ, Amos.
A Tale of Love and Darkness.
New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2004.
First American edition of "one of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books"(The New Republic). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Amos Oz on a University of the Negev bookplate with a portrait of David Ben-Gurion. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine G. Mansour. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas De Lange.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 107479
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"Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature": First Edition of Soul Mountain; Signed by Gao Xingjian
XINGJIAN, Gao.
Soul Mountain.
New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
First edition in English of the author's magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Mabel Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138016
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller's Ideas and Integrities, a Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure; Inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.
First edition of this work by Fuller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ed Westhoff in friendship Buckminster Fuller." Edited by Robert W. Marks. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125971
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First Edition of Countdown; Inscribed by Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Countdown.
New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.
First edition, second printing of the astronaut's classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bob Best wishes Frank Borman." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Written with Robert J. Serling.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144619
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First Edition of Faulkner's Pylon; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Pylon.
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, 1935.
First edition of Faulkner's explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear and toning to the spine.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146052
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Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn
JOCELYN, Nathaniel and Simeon Smith.
Asia. [Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia].
c. 1825.
Rare hand-colored engraved map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137394
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First edition of Jacques Barzun's A Stroll With William James; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
BARZUN, Jacques. [William Safire].
A Stroll With William James.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of Barzun's intimate biography of "Father of American psychology", William James. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Bill, with admiration on many counts. Jacques 22 IV 83." 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 supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 128020
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Limited Edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyan; Signed by Writer and Publisher Elbert Hubbard
KHAYYAM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald; Elbert Hubbard.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop, 1899.
Signed limited edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with an Address by John Hay. Oblong octodecimo, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the front panel on a decorated morocco label, marbled endpapers, sparsely illustrated with decorative images and initials. One of nine hundred and twenty numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard on the limitation page, this is number 414. In very good condition, with some toning to the front and rear endleaves, previous owner calligraphic epitaph to the front flyleaf.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146603
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Rare Original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' Stereograph Card; Produced By Historic Bennington Vermont Optical Company H.C. White
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Original Theodore Roosevelt ‘Perfec’ Stereograph Card.
Bennington, Vermont: H.C. White Co, 1902.
Rare original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' stereograph card featuring two views of Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The card measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96585
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Jeremy Siegel's Stocks For The Long Run; Signed by Him
SIEGEL, Jeremy J.
Stocks For The Long Run.
Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin, 1994.
First edition, early printing of this stock investing classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill- Good luck with stocks! Jeremy J. Siegel." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138167
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Igor Sikorsky The Story of the Winged-S; inscribed by him
SIKORSKY, Igor.
The Story of the Winged-S: with New Material on the Latest Development of the Helicopter.
New York: Dodd, Meade & Company, 1942.
First edition, early printing of the autobiography of the Russian-American aviation pioneer and designer of the first viable American helicopter. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, "To Mr. Henry Drans with kindest personal regards of I. Sikorsky Dec 16 1942." In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138142
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The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System; Signed by Economists Robert J. Shiller, John Campbell, Kenneth R. French and Frederic S. Mishkin
FRENCH, Kenneth R.; Martin N. Baily; John Y. Campbell; Robert Shiller.
The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.
First edition of this "excellent primer on the workings and failures of today's sophisticated financial system" (Alan Greenspan). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Robert J. Shiller, John Campbell, Kenneth R. French and Frederic S. Mishkin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114879
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First Editions of Harvard Design School Project on the City; Both Volumes signed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas
KOOLHAAS, Rem.
Harvard Design School Project on the City: Volumes 1 & 2
New York: Taschen, 2001.
First editions of both volumes 1 and 2. Quarto, original flexboards, illustrated throughout. Both volumes are signed by Rem Koolhaas. Essays by Rem Koolhaas, Tae-Wook Cha, Chuihua Judy Chung, Jutiki Gunter, Daniel Herman, Hiromi Hosoya, Jeffrey Inaba, Sze Tsung Leong, Kiwa Matsushita, John McMorrough, Juan Palop-Casado, Markus Schaefer, Tran Vinh, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Louise Wyman. Design by Sze Tsung Leong & Chuihua Judy Chung. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 742
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"I have the only key to your heart I can stop you falling apart": First Edition of Horse’s Neck; Inscribed by Pete Townshend
TOWNSHEND, Pete.
Horse’s Neck.
London: Faber & Faber, 1985.
First edition of Townshend's series of short fictions. Octavo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by Pete Townshend on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pentagram.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 2929
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's The Second American Revolution and other essays (1976-1982); Inscribed by Him to his Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
The Second American Revolution and Other Essays (1976-1982).
New York: Random House, 1982.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original half 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 Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125211
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"Wootton Major it was called because it was not very large, though it was at that time prosperous": First edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's Smith of Wootton Major
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
Smith of Wootton Major.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company , 1967.
First American edition of Tolkien's classic fairy story. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate. Jacket photograph of Tolkien by Roger Hill.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144732
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First edition of the fourth volume in the official biography of Winston S. Churchill; complete with all 3 parts of its companion volume
GILBERT, Martin.
Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume IV: 1916-1922. [with] Volume IV Companion Parts I, II, and III.
London: Heinemann, 1975-1977.
First edition of the fourth volume in the official multi-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill; complete with all three parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated, photographic frontispiece portrait of Churchill at Lille, October 1918. Each volume is near fine in a fine dust jacket
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144335
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John F. Kennedy Official Presidential Matchbook
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Official Presidential Matchbook.
C. 1961-1963.
John F. Kennedy official presidential matchbook. Official presidential matchbook, printed with John F. Kennedy's name on the front and the presidential seal on the rear, stapled and unopened with original matches. The piece measures 1.9 inches by 2.1 inches.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145325
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Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Angus Deaton
DEATON, Angus.
Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour: In Honour of Sir Richard Stone.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
First edition of this collection of essays in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Stone. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the editor Angus Deaton on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 75092
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First edition of George Cornewall Lewis' An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion; from the library of famed American journalist William Safire
LEWIS, George Cornewall.
An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion.
London: John W. Parker, 1849.
First edition of Cornewall Lewis' classic work of political philosophy. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of American journalist William Safire, although not marked. 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 speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 134128
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"The golden room enslaved of the rising sun, the jade room of day long happiness, the scarlet room wherein the setting sun lies sleeping. These were the names we gave the rooms": Paul Scott's The Chinese Love Pavilion; inscribed by him
SCOTT, Paul.
The Chinese Love Pavilion.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1960.
Early printing of this dramatic story by the author of The Raj Quartet which many consider to be his best novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With Best Wishes to A.A. Martin from the author Aug 24 '67" and signed on the title page, "Paul Scott." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Angela Collins.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 120224
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"So that, in learning the truth I drew from the gospel, I was not only no alone, but was with all the best men of the past and present": First edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's The Christian Teaching
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Christian Teaching.
London: Horace Marshall & Son, 1898.
First edition in English of Tolstoy's work the history and influence of Christianity, inspired by his own spiritual awakening. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Translated by Vladimir Tchertkoff. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124036
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"I speak to the broken halves of all our selves and tell them to embrace, loving the worst in us equally with the best": First Paperback Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Dusklands; Inscribed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Dusklands.
London: Penguin Press, 1982.
First paperback edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ken Hubner with best wishes J.M. Coetzee Cape Town April 27, 1987." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 129678
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First Edition of Values of Non-Atomic Games; Inscribed by Nobel Prize winning-economist Robert Aumann
AUMANN, Robert J. and Lloyd S. Shapley.
Values of Non-Atomic Games.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.
First edition of this "first class contribution to the field of game theory" (Oskar Morgenstern). Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Robert Aumann on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 45076
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"And so I am a revolutionary, and a most reluctant one": First Edition of The Reluctant Revolutionary; Signed by Edward Teller
TELLER, Edward.
The Reluctant Revolutionary.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1960.
First edition of Teller's classic work on the role of the scientist in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Edward Teller on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146105
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"And so I am a revolutionary, and a most reluctant one": First Edition of The Reluctant Revolutionary; inscribed by Edward Teller
TELLER, Edward.
The Reluctant Revolutionary.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1960.
First edition of Teller's classic work on the role of the scientist in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author Edward Teller on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146178
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First Edition of When Bad Things Happen To Good People; Inscribed by Harold Kushner
KUSHNER, Harold S.
When Bad Things Happen To Good People.
New York: Schocken Books, 1981.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Judge Silber with my best wishes Rabbi Harold S. Kushner." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146450
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First Edition of We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends; Inscribed by David Herbert Donald
DONALD, David Herbert.
We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Shane Bartleson, with warm regards, David Herbert Donald." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kai Chu.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146498
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First Edition of A Golfer’s Life; Signed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold .
A Golfer’s Life.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
First edition of the golfing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 black-and-white photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jack Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with James Dodson.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140389
