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"The Only Lies For Which We Are Truly Punished Are Those We Tell Ourselves": First Edition Of In a Free State; Signed by V.S. Naipaul
NAIPAUL, V.S.
In A Free State.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1971.
First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear. Jacket design by Sam Houston.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3701
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Inscribed by Chess Grandmaster Larry Evans to United States Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson
EVANS, Larry & Tom Wiswell.
Championship Chess and Checkers for All.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1953.
First edition of this work by the chess grandmaster. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Larry Evans on the front free endpaper, "To Ambassador Thompson Best wishes Larry Evans March, 1956." The recipient Llewellyn Thompson was a United States diplomat. He served in Sri Lanka, Austria, and, for a lengthy period, in the Soviet Union where his tenure saw some of the most significant events of the Cold War. He was a key advisor to President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A 2019 assessment described him as " arguably the most influential figure who ever advised U.S. presidents about policy toward the Soviet Union…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3981
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First Edition of The Black Hole War; Signed by Leonard Susskind
SUSSKIND, Leonard.
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008.
First edition of this compelling inside account from the professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, one of the fathers of string theory. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with mathematic equations and diagrams. Signed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes Leonard Susskind." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Karen Horton. Jacket photograph by Corbis. Author photograph by Anne Elizabeth Warren.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145181
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First Edition of Taxes and Business Strategy; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Myron S. Scholes
SCHOLES, Myron S. and Mark A. Wolfson.
Taxes and Business Strategy. A Planning Approach.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1992.
First edition of this classic work, now in it's sixth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "_____ Good luck in all of your endeavors Myron S. Scholes 6/12/10." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117632
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"my friend, whose support and enthusiasm have been a great kick in the ass": First Edition of On Golden Pond; Warmly inscribed by Ernest Thompson to George Schaefer
THOMPSON, Ernest.
On Golden Pond.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication to director George Schaefer, "September 79 For George, my friend, whose support and enthusiasm have been a great kick in the ass. Love Ernest." The recipient, George Schaefer was an director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s. He was a close friend of the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Gaydos, based on a concept by Paul Tankersley.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 119372
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"I am certain, if everyone could see the Earth floating just outside their windows, every day would be #EarthDay. There are few things more fragile or more beautiful than Earth": Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey; Inscribed by Astronaut Michael Collins
COLLINS, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition, early printing of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For David A. Stanfield, with all good wishes - Michael Collins." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147170
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First Edition of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Jose Saramago 1.2006." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133715
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“I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck": Annie Dillard's Pilgrim At Tinker Creek; Signed by Her
DILLARD, Annie.
Pilgrim At Tinker Creek.
New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Annie Dillard on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Sheila Berger. Line drawing by Annie Dillard.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 134771
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First Edition of Born on the Fourth of July; Warmly Inscribed by Ron Kovic in the year of Publication
KOVIC, Ron.
Born on the Fourth of July.
New York : McGraw-Hill, 1976.
First edition of this classic book, basis for the 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "11/26/76 Mary Thank you for being so nice to me and my family Love Ron and Peace." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Bob Adelman.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138131
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First Edition in English of Milan Kundera's Ignorance; Inscribed by Him
KUNDERA, Milan.
Ignorance.
London: Faber & Faber, 2002.
First edition in English of Kundera's "most successful [novel] since The Unbearable Lightness of Being” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Milan Kundera on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marry van Barr. Translated from the French by Linda Asher.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 68944
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“He’s part Old Yeller,” she said. “And he was the best one of the bunch": Old Yeller; Inscribed by Fred Gipson
GIPSON, Fred.
Old Yeller.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition, early printing of this timeless classic, one of the most beloved children’s books ever written. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Carl Burger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to Clay Michael Cooke- Fred Gipson." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145664
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"Our system has at all times had to contend with internal encroachments upon liberty": Herbert Hoover's The Challenge to Liberty; Signed by Him and 13 others
HOOVER, Herbert.
The Challenge to Liberty.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
First edition, early printing of Herbert Hoover's challenge to Roosevelt's New Deal arguing it abandoned "the heritage of liberty." Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Herbert Hoover, along with thirteen others including Nebraska Governor Samuel Roy McKelvie, Judge Harry A. Spencer, Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117626
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"We are told that the trouble with Modern Man is that he has been trying to detach himself from nature": First Edition of Lewis Thomas' Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher; Inscribed by Him
THOMAS, Lewis.
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher.
New York: The Viking Press, 1974.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Margaret Carson with regards Lewis Thomas." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118459
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First Edition of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; Signed by Haruki Murakami and three times by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2006.
First edition of this collection of twenty-four stories by Haruki Murakami. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the title page and additionally three times by illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the title page and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustrated by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122387
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“WHEN YOU COME TO A FORK IN THE ROAD, TAKE IT”: Signed Limited Edition of My Favorite Summer 1956; Signed by Mickey Mantle
MICKEY MANTLE & PHIL PEPE,.
My Favorite Summer 1956.
New York: Doubleday, 1991.
Signed limited first edition of this exciting baseball reminiscence by the legendary baseball player. Octavo, original leather, illustrated. Boldly signed by Mickey Mantle in gold ink on the front panel. In fine condition. Uncommon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 131304
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First Edition of Addie Pray; Signed by Ryan O'Neal
BROWN, Joe David [Ryan O'Neal].
Addie Pray.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1973 film Paper Moon starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actor Ryan O'Neal on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roger Hane. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 141312
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First edition of Here's To You, Rachel Robinson; inscribed by Judy Blume in the year of publication
BLUME, Judy.
Here’s To You, Rachel Robinson.
New York: Orchard Books, 1993.
First edition of the author's sequel to her best-selling young adult novel 'Just as Long as We're Together.' Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Joanne Thanks! Love, Judy Blume Aug. 1993." Very good in a fine dust jacket. Closed tear and creasing to the rear endpaper. Jacket design by Jim DeLapine. Author photograph by George Cooper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145014
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"One bloody, painfully honest, and courageous book" (Martin Cruz Smith): Chickenhawk; Lengthily Signed by Robert Mason
MASON, Robert.
Chickenhawk.
New York: The Viking Press, 1983.
First edition, early printing of Mason's classic first book, one of the finest about the Vietnam War. Octavo, original cloth, map by David Lindroth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "'No one is more shocked than I.' Keep 'em flying! Robert Mason." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Peter Cox.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146077
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First Edition of Albert Murray's Omni-Americans: New Perspectives on Black Experience and American Culture; Warmly Inscribed by Him
MURRAY, Albert.
Omni-Americans: New Perspectives on Black Experience and American Culture.
New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1970.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For my good friend Oliver Who will keep the faith Albert Murray." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Hess and/ or Antupit.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133165
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First Edition of George Cornewall Lewis' Remarks on The Use and Abuse of Some Political Terms
LEWIS, George Cornewall.
Remarks on The Use and Abuse of Some Political Terms.
London: B. Fellowes, 1832.
First edition of Cornewall Lewis' classic work. Octavo, original boards. 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 New Language of Politics…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 134502
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"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand": First Edition of Milton & Rose Friedman’s memoirs Two Lucky People; Warmly Inscribed by Both
FRIEDMAN, Milton and Rose D.
Two Lucky People: Memoirs.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.
First edition of this memoir by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and his wife Rose, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "For Dorian + John with love and thanks for your friendship Milton + Rose." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3148
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“We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity": First edition of John Hersey's The Wall; Warmly inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
The Wall.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Harold Merry 'We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity.' p. 427 John Hersey." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. A unique example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140379
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Anthony Burgess Signed Vinyl Of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange
BURGESS, Anthony; Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972.
Original LP of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the front cover. In near fine condition. This is the first record we have seen signed by the creator of the classic novel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5645
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First Edition of Irvin D. Yalom's Inpatient Group Psychotherapy; Inscribed by Him
YALOM, Irvin D.
Inpatient Group Psychotherapy.
New York: Basic Books, 1983.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Pat Irvin D. Yalom." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 141494