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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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First Edition of Javier Marias' Tu rostro mañana; Signed by Him
MARIAS, Javier.
Tu rostro mañana: 1 Fiebre y lanza.
Madrid: Alfaguara, 2002.
First Spanish edition and true first of the first novel in the author's acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Javier Marias on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138042
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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 Roberto Bolano's 2666; Signed by Translator Natasha Wimmer
BOLANO, Roberto.
2666.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
First edition of the author's masterpiece published posthumously in English, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the translator Natasha Wimmer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charlotte Strick.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146350
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"With Love and affection": First Edition of Sidney Poitier's This Life; Inscribed by Him to Screenwriter Charles Blackwell
POITIER, Sidney.
This Life.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
First edition of this work by the Academy Award-winning actor. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mr and Mrs Charles Blackwell With Love and affection Sidney Poitier." The recipient, Charles Blackwell wrote the screenplay for the film A Piece of the Action, starring Poitier and James Earl Jones. Blackwell was nominated for the Tony Award twice. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Carnase. An exceptional association.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126051
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Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of Leonard Bernstein: A Complete Catalogue of His Works; compiled by him and with his ownership signature
[BERNSTEIN, Leonard]. Compiled by Jack Gottlieb.
Leonard Bernstein: A Complete Catalogue of His Works. Celebrating His 60th Birthday August 25, 1978.
Amberson Enterprises, Inc. Publisher, 1978.
First edition of Gottlieb's complete catalogue of Leonard Bernstein's works of music, writing, and film. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy with his ownership signature to the title page. Gottlieb worked for Bernstein for more that thirty years, first as his assistant and later as his editor, preparing for publication Bernstein’s books, scores, catalogues, programs and jackets. In his memoir “Working with Bernstein”, Gottlieb relayed, “Close to my heart were the editing jobs I did on three of Bernstein’s popular books. First was ‘The Joy of Music,’ on which I had the pleasure…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135237
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First Edition of Lawrence Klein's Economic Theory and Econometrics; Signed by Him
KLEIN, Lawrence.
Economic Theory and Econometrics.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985.
First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Lawrence Klein on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Jaime Marquez.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 2922
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First Edition of Roald Dahl's Going Solo; Warmly Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Going Solo.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.
First edition of this classic autobiographical account of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Michael Love Roald Dahl 15/12/86." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Julie Tennent. Author's photograph by Sophie Baker.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135871
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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 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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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 The Washington Senators; Inscribed by Shirley Povich and Additionally Signed by four members of the 1954 and 1955 Senators and two professional affiliates of the team
POVICH, Shirley [Eddie Yost.
The Washington Senators.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.
First edition of this informal history of one of the oldest baseball teams in the United States. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "To John Howard Shirley Povich." Additionally signed by members of the 1954 and 1955 Senators Eddie Yost, Bob Porterfield, Jim Busby, and Chuck Stobbs on the front free endpaper above the signatures of Calvin Griffith (Hall of Fame 2010) and Bob Wolff. Signed a second time by Calvin Griffith beneath his photo between pages 86 and 87. Griffith, nephew of longtime Washington…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146647
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First Edition of Gertrude Stein's Geography and Plays; Inscribed by Her
STEIN, Gertrude.
Geography and Plays.
Boston: The Four Seas Company Publishers, 1922.
First edition of this work by the author of The Autobiography of Alice Toklas. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Joanna Graham from Gertrude Stein." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Sherwood Anderson.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118469
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First edition of Landmark Papers in Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow and economist Peter Howitt
SOLOW, Robert M.
Landmark Papers in Economic Growth.
Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.
First edition of this collection of writings by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by economists Robert M. Solow and Peter Howitt on the title page. Howitt contributed an essay in this volume. In near fine condition, issued without a dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 132181
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"I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender!": Signed Limited First Edition of On the Waterfront FInal Shooting Script, Signed by Schulberg and Kazan
SCHULBERG, Budd and Elia Kazan.
On the Waterfront Final Shooting Script
Hollywood and New York: Samuel French, 1980.
Signed limited first edition of this classic Academy Award–winning screenplay, one of only 300 copies, this is number 82. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135323
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First Edition of The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer; Signed by Siddhartha Mukherjee
MUKHERJEE, Siddhartha.
The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.
New York: Scribner, 2010.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic work, which was named one of the New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Siddhartha Mukherjee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, publishers flaw to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Rex Bonomelli. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146323
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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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Beverly Cleary's Ramona and Her Father; inscribed by her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Ramona and Her Father.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977.
First edition, early printing of the fourth book in Cleary's Ramona Quimby series; a 1978 Newbery Honor Book. Octavo, original boards. Illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jennifer Hall - Happy reading! Beverly Cleary." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117994
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Signed Limited Edition of The Bourne Supremacy; Signed by Robert Ludlum and Academy Award-winning Actor Matt Damon
LUDLUM, Robert.
The Bourne Supremacy.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1986.
Signed limited edition of the author's second novel in his acclaimed Bourne series. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Robert Ludlum and Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon, who starred in the film adaptation. In fine condition. Illustrated by Hodges Soileau.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147714