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First edition of Allen Ginsberg's Collected Poems 1947-1980; Inscribed by Him to his Cousin
GINSBERG, Allen.
Collected Poems 1947-1980.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First Perennial Library edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original red wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to his cousin Gene Levy and his wife on the title page, "for Ed [sic] & Lorraine Levy from Allen Ginsberg February 22, 1989," and the opposite blank, "Shalom with thanks for Under The Bamboo Tree, Memphis Minnie, & your book on J.W. Johnson from Cousin Allen," above a hand-drawn doodle of a sun with initials "AH" in the center and a Star of David with a skull in the middle, holding a flower over crossbones. In very good condition.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146470
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First Edition of Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow; Signed by Yuval Noah Harari
HARRARI, Yuval Noah .
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.
London: Harvill Secker, 2016.
First edition of this "remarkable book, full of insights and thoughtful reinterpretations of what we thought we knew about ourselves and our history” (The Guardian). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Yuval Noah Harrari. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Dean.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147021
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Rare first edition of Walter Browning or The Slave's Protector
Walter Browning; or, The Slave’s Protector. Founded on Fact.
Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Store, 1856.
First edition of this anti-slavery tract. 12mo, original publisher's cloth, yellow endpapers, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Uncommon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142106
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The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden; from the library of master of detective fiction Raymond Chandler
AUDEN, W.H. [Raymond Chandler].
The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden.
New York: Random House, 1945.
First edition, fifth printing of the collected poetry of W.H. Auden. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Raymond Chandler with his library stamp to the front free endpaper: Raymond Chandler 6005 Camino de la Costa La Jolla, California. Subsequently from the library of Chandler’s personal secretary, fiancé, and muse Jean Vounder-Davis, with her ownership inscription to the front free endpaper beneath Chandler’s library stamp. Raymond Chandler was a pivotal figure in 20th-century American literature, renowned for his contributions to the hardboiled crime genre. His work, particularly through the chronicles of private detective Philip Marlowe, provided a nuanced examination of…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147729
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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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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Autobiography My Story; Inscribed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the Golden Bear's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Doug Good Golfing Jack Nicklaus." Written with Ken Bowden. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146131
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Bridge to Terabithia; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
Early printing of the author's first Newbery-Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Karen, Katherine Paterson 1/29/92." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137988
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FIRST EDITION OF MY LIFE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; Inscribed by Coretta Scott King
KING, Coretta Scott.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
First edition of Coretta Scott King's autobiography, which recounts the history of the Civil Rights Movement and offers an inside look at Dr. King, his sermons and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper, "To Beatrice Thrope With best wished Coretta Scott King." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Reed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 90443
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"And live men are just names! said M. Beaucaire": First Edition of Booth Tarkington's Monsieur Beaucaire; warmly Inscribed by Him
TARKINGTON, Booth.
Monsieur Beaucaire.
New York: McClure, Philips, 1900.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second novel, basis for the classic 1946 film starring Bob Hope. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "And live men are just names! said M. Beaucaire." Booth Tarkington. For Miss Carmel Myers." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137803
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First edition of Sir Walter Scott's The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French Revolution
BY THE AUTHOR OF "WAVERLY," &c. [Sir Walter Scott].
The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French Revolution.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827.
First edition of Sir Walter Scott's Life of Napoleon. Royal octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Napoleon. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 139524
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First edition of Oprah Presents Master Class: Every Life Has a Story, Every Story Has a Lesson
WINFREY, Oprah.
Oprah Presents Master Class: Every Life Has a Story, Every Story Has a Lesson.
Auckland, New Zealand: PQ Blackwell Limited/Los Angeles: Harpo, Inc., 2010.
First edition of the book companion to Oprah Winfrey's Master Class series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with color photographs. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140634
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"The children had discovered that their lives would be unendurable without pistol-practice": The January 1891 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; containing the First appearance of Rudyard Kipling's The Light that Failed
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine: The Light That Failed.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1891.
The January 1891 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine containing the first appearance of Kipling's early novel, The Light That Failed. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121480
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First Edition of David Finn's Corporate Oligarch; Inscribed by Him
FINN, David.
Corporate Oligarch.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.
First edition of this classic work by the famed advertising executive. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Fran Horn with warm regards David Finn." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Toller.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 129554
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First edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores; inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government.
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.
First edition of O'Rourke's international best-seller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Jennifer all the best! P.J. O'Rourke 6/2/91." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133079
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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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Jacob A. Riis's The Making of an American; Rare Autograph Letter Signed by Him Tipped In
RIIS, Jacob.
The Making of An American. [WITH] Jacob A. Riis Autograph Letter Signed.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.
Early printing of this exceptional autobiography from the exceptional American reporter and reformer, Jacob A. Riis. Octavo, original blue ribbed cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded half-tone frontispiece portrait of Riis, top edge gilt illustrated with in-line and full-page half-tone drawings and photographs. In very good condtion with rubbing, bookplate of Walter Sondheim to the front pastedown. Rare autograph letter signed by the author, tipped in. Octavo, one page on Riis's personal stationary, signed by Riis and dated Oct 1903. In near fine condition with mail folds. Also tipped in is a magazine article on…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146700
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"with sincere gratitude" First Edition of James Truslow Adams' The Epic of America; Warmly Inscribed by Him
ADAMS, John Truslow.
The Epic of America.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947.
Early printing of the work which introduced the term "American dream" into the lexicon and the "single best volume of American history" (Allan Nevins). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Barbara Hegg, with the kind regards of James Truslow Adams." In near fine condition. Illustrated by M.J. Gallagher. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138823
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First edition of Shooter; inscribed by David Hume Kennerly to Mayor Ed Koch
KENNERLY, David Hume [Ed Koch].
Shooter.
New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Small quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Mayor Koch, Cheers! David Kennerly Sept 25, 1979." The recipient, American politician Edward Irving Koch served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". The author of an ambitious public housing renewal program in his later years as mayor,…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 149876
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"If he lived by a lie he should try to die by it": Rare original lobby card poster for the 1952 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro
[HEMINGWAY, Ernest; Gregory Peck; Susan Hayward; Ava Gardner].
Ernest Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro Theatre Lobby Card Poster.
20th Century-Fox Film Corp., 1952.
Rare original lobby card poster for the 1952 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro produced exclusively for display in theatres. One page, printed in color, featuring a still from the film of Peck and Hawyard embracing. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124199
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FIRST EDITIONS OF JOHN R. HICKS' COLLECTED ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC THEORY
HICKS, John R.
Collected Essays on Economic Theory. Wealth and Welfare. With: Money, Interest and Wages. With: Classics and Moderns.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981-83.
First edition of John Hicks' three-volume series which comprise his most important theoretical papers. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 7347
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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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First Edition of Another Africa; Signed by Chinua Achebe
ACHEBE, Chinua.
Another Africa.
New York: Anchor Books/ Doubleday, 1998.
First edition of this work with essays and poems by Chinua Achebe. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Hubbard. Photographs by Robert Lyons.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 130393
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First Edition of Greeley's The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America
GREELEY, Horace.
The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America.
Hartford: O.D. Case & Company, 1865.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131811
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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. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good luck with stocks! Jeremy J. Siegel." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138399
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING
FROST, Robert.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
Signed limited first edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. One of 1500 copies signed by Frost on the limitation page, this is number 1302. Fine in the original slipcase which is in fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146121
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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
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"I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve": First Edition of Nothing Venture, Nothing Win; Inscribed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
Nothing Venture, Nothing Win.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975.
First edition of Hillary's autobiography, which he considered his finest book. Octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Dan Searle with kindest regards Ed Hillary." The recipient, Dan Searle was a business executive and philanthropist. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of G. D. Searle & Co from 1970 to 1977, and as its Chairman from 1977 until its merger with Monsanto in 1985. He established the Searle Freedom Trust to promote free market economics. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by George Chrichard.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147926
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First edition of H. Alan Day's The Horse Lover; inscribed by him and signed by his sister Sandra Day O'Connor who contributed the introduction
DAY, H. Allan. With Lynn Wiese Sneyd. Foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor.
The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs.
Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
First edition of Day's personal history of Mustang Meadows Ranch. Inscribed by H. Alan Day on the title page, "To Jane Best Wishes Alan Day" and signed by his sister Sandra Day O'Connor who contributed the introduction and with whom he previously coauthored Lazy B.: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Joel Sartore. Rare signed by Sandra Day O'Connor.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121061
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First Edition of The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
KUHN, Thomas S.
The Copernican Revolution. Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1957.
First edition of Kuhn's classic treatise. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Foreword by James Bryant Conant.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126596
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First Edition of Henry Kaufman's On Money and Markets; Inscribed by Him
KAUFMAN, Henry. Foreword by Paul A. Volker.
On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
First edition of Henry Kaufman's memoir of his life spent on Wall Street. Octavo, original half cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Volker. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter with best wishes Henry Kaufman 2/5/05." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131708
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First edition of the Report of General George B. McClellan on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac
[STANTON, Edward M.; George B. McClellan].
Letter of The Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of Its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, Under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, From July 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864.
First edition of Stanton's official report on the organization and campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132804
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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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"Since the day we were born, twins like Jacob and Esau , the younger had ruled the older. Did anyone ever say Esay and Jacob? Jacob have I loved": First Edition of Jacob Have I loved; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Jacob Have I Loved.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1980.
First edition of the author's second Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author, "Since the day we were born, twins like Jacob and Esau , the younger had ruled the older. Did anyone ever say Esay and Jacob? Jacob have I loved... For Lisa Katherine Paterson." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kinuko Craft. A unique example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 73768
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods; Signed by Him
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition, early printing of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 141802
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First edition of George A. Henty's Beric the Briton: The Story of the Roman Invasion
HENTY, George A. [G.A.].
Beric the Briton: The Story of the Roman Invasion.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. Parkinson. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 122962
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First Edition of Bright Wings; Inscribed by Billy Collins to fellow Poet Georgianna Orsini
COLLINS, Billy; Paintings by David Allen Sibley.
Bright Wings.
New York: Columbia University, 2009.
First edition of this wonderful collaboration between Collins and Sibley. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Georgianna and Armando I miss you! Billy Collins." The recipient, Georgianna Orsini is an author and poet as well as former partner of Leonard Cohen. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 148016
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First Edition of Here is New York; Inscribed by Gilles Peress
PERESS, Gilles; Michael Schulan; Susan Meiselas; Jeff Mermelstein.
Here is New York.
New York: Scalo, 2002.
First edition of this work by the award-winning photographer. Thick oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, original slipcase. Inscribed by Gilless Peress. Illustrated with nearly 1000 full-color and black-and-white photographic plates with images by noted photographers such as Gilles Peress, Susan Meiselas and Jeff Mermelstein. Fine in a fine slipcase. Parr & Badger II, 232.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 972
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First edition of More Tales of the Black Widowers; inscribed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Isaac.
More Tales of the Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.
First edition of the second book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen Isaac Asimov." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142873
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First Edition of Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2007.
First edition of this collection of seven warm-hearted stories which give readers a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Love Judy Blume." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by James Stevenson.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144144
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Limited Edition de Luxe of Frank Samuel Child's An Old New England Town; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
CHILD, Frank Samuel [William Tecumseh Sherman].
An Old New England Town: Sketches of Life, Scenery, Character.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895.
Limited edition de Luxe of this sketch of Old New England towns; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling in six compartments within gilt raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Judge Roger M. Sherman, illustrated with tissue-guarded black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper. One of three hundred copies, this is number 146. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146273
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's The New Realities; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The New Realities: In Government and Politics in Economics and Business in Society and World View.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989.
First edition of this work by Drucker. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 104114
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"Where wealth accumulates, men decay": First edition of Essays by Mr. Goldsmith
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.
Essays by Mr. Goldsmith.
London: Printed for W. Griffin, in Fetter-Lane, 1765.
First edition of the collected essays of Oliver Goldsmith which paid the author a profit of only 20 guineas but greatly extended his reputation. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, rebacked retaining the contemporary spine label, copperplate vignette to the title page. One of two 1765 editions; Scott argues for the priority of this cheaper of the two editions, but Rothschild suggests also that it may be a piracy. Rothschild 1027. In good condition. Small ownership inscriptions and bookplate.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140433
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First Edition of Iris Chang's Thread of the Silkworm; Warmly Inscribed by her
CHANG, Iris.
Thread of the Silkworm.
New York: Basic Books, 1995.
First edition of the definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Wei-ling Dai, Best wishes and happy Chinese New Year! Iris Chang 2-17-96." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125008
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SNYDER, Julian.
The History of Money.
Continental Silver Corporation, 1973.
Rare first edition of this work on the history of money. Octavo, original wrappers, 32 pp. Contents: I. The American Illusion of Invulnerability, II. The Four Stages of Monetary Decline, III. The End of the Gold-Backed Dollar, IV. Printing Press Prosperity, V. The Problem with Inflation Addiction, VI. Exponential Inflation and the $100 Cup of Coffee, VII. The Point of No Return, VIII. Five Ways You Can Protect Yourself and Your Family Against the Double-Barreled Thread of Runaway Inflation and Depression., IX. The Silver Lining - Your Investment Opportunity, X. How Will My Family and I Be Affected -- End.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144087
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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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Antique Print of President Ulysses S. Grant
GRANT, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant Antique Print.
Antique print of the eighteenth president of the United States of America. Black and white print of Ulysses S. Grant standing at his desk. Matted and framed. In fine condition. This piece measures 9.25 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146567
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First Editions of Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam; First Edition Six Volume Set of Great Religions of Modern Man
J. LESLIE DUNSTAN [PROTESTANTISM]; GEORGE BRAND [CATHOLICISM]; ARTHUR HERTZBERG [JUDAISM]; RICHARD A. GARD [BUDDHISM]; LOUIS RENOU [HINDUISM]; JOHN A. WILLIAMS [ISLAM],.
Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam: Six-Volume Set of Great Religions of Modern Man.
New York: George Braziller, 1961.
First editions of this classic collection of works. Octavo, original cloths, 6 volumes, original slipcase. Near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Joseph Low.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140432
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First edition of Inside South America; Inscribed by John Gunther Douglas Fairbanks by him
GUNTHER, John.
Inside South America.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.
First edition of this eye-opening study of South America, the eighth "Inside" book by John Gunther. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with a black and maps of South America. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Warmly to Douglas and Marylee Fairbanks, of the truly valued. John Gunther. NY Jan 67." From the library of actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was an actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147581
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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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Rare early separate edition of Rudyard Kipling's Soldiers Three
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Soldiers Three.
New York: The Minerva Publishing Company, 1892.
Rare early separate edition of Kipling's second collection of short stories. Octavo, original wrappers. The Marco-Botsaris Series No. 10. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126908
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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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First edition of Georges de Scudéry's Curia Politiae: Or, The Apologies of Several Princes
SCUDéRY, Georges de.
Curia Politiae: Or, The Apologies of Several Princes: Justifying to the World Their most Eminent Actions, by the Strength of Reason, And the most Exact Rules of Policie.
London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1654.
First edition in English of Scudéry's great catalogue of eminent world leaders, published early in early in Cromwell’s Commonwealth. Small quarto, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt tooling to the spine, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece, with 11 engraved portraits including those of Emperor Charles the Fifth; Matthias Corvin, King of Hungary; Mahoment the Second, the Grand Seignior; James the First, King of England; and Henry the Eighth, King of England among others. With the final page issued by Thurloe appointing Moseley to print the work. In very good condition. Bookplates…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126839
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First edition of Models of Economic Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem; Signed by Peter Diamond
[DIAMOND, Peter]. Edited by James A. Mirrlees and N. H. Stern.
Models of Economic Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem.
The International Economic Association: Macmillan, 1973.
First edition of the proceedings of the Conference on economic growth models held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper, who contributed an article to this volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126882
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First Edition of Silver on the Tree; Signed by Susan Cooper
COOPER, Susan.
Silver on the Tree.
New York: Atheneum, 1977.
First edition of the final volume in the author's acclaimed Dark is Rising series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Michael Heslop. Boldly signed by Susan Cooper on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146164
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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 Don DeLillo's The Names; Inscribed by Him
DELILLO, Don.
The Names.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
First edition of this "brilliant... a powerful, haunting book" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Best ever Don DeLillo." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140609
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First British edition of Jose Luis Gonzalez-Balado's Heart of Joy; lengthily inscribed by Mother Superior Agnes Mariam de la Croix
GONZALEZ-BALADO, Jose Luis. [Mother Teresa] Agnes Mariam de la Croix.
Heart of Joy.
London: Founts Paperbacks, 1988.
First British edition, second impression this collection of Mother Teresa's thoughts on the transfiguring power of self-giving. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Mother Superior Agnes Mariam de la Croix on the front free endpaper, "Dear Saruleh, you are God's gift to us and our poor. Remain in His love and share His love with all you come in contact with. May God bless you Sr. M. Agnes, mc 26th Aug. 1989." Christian nun Mother Agnes is mother superior of the monastery of St James the Mutilated in Syria, a Melkite Greek Catholic monastery in the town…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 115901
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First Edition of Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found; Inscribed by Rebecca Alexander to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
ALEXANDER, Rebecca. Sascha Alper [Madeleine K. Albright].
Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found.
New York : Gotham Books, 2014.
First edition of this captivating memoir of psychotherapist Rebecca Alexander. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, original braille dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Secretary Albright - It was such an honor to meet you at the Foundation Fighting Blindness awards dinner. My very best, Rebecca ♥." Accompanied by an autographed note from Ann McLaughlin Korologos, "5/13/15 Dear Madeleine, Thank you - thank you. FFB dinner a huge success due to you and Rebecca Alexander. Thought you would enjoy reading her…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147377
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First Edition of In Lincoln's Chair; Warmly Inscribed by Ida Tarbell
TARBELL, Ida.
In Lincoln’s Chair.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920.
First edition of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Merry Christmas to Aunt Julie and Dr. Reid from Ida M. Tarbell 12/25 '20." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 119181