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First edition of John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man; signed by him
PERKINS, John.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2004.
First edition of Perkins' bestselling exposé. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by MBV Design.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124194
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First Edition of Linear Programming and Economic Analysis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert M. Solow
SAMUELSON, Paul A.; Robert M. Solow; Robert Dorfman.
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc, 1958.
First edition of this classic text. Octavo, original gray cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. In very good condition with notes and marginalia.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 133578
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"Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return": FIrst British Edition of J.M.G. Le Clezio's Desert; Signed by Him
LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.
Desert.
London: Atlantic Books, 2009.
First British edition of what many consider the author's breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the wrap around band. Jacket design by Ghost.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 774
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First Edition of Emily Eden's The Semi-Attached Couple; Signed by Anthony Eden
EDEN, Emily; Introduction by Anthony Eden.
The Semi-Attached Couple.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947.
First edition of the Honorable Emily Eden's brilliant comedy of manners. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth with central botanical flourish, illustrated by Suzanne Suba. Association copy, signed and dated by the Right Honorable Anthony Eden, who contributed the introduction, on the verso of the half-title page, "Anthony Eden Paris March 1948." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown and gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Susanne Suba. Drawing of the author by George Richmond, R.A. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145160
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"You must play boldly to win": First Edition of Go For Broke; Inscribed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold.
Go for Broke: My Philosophy of Winning Golf.
London: William Kimber and Co. Limited, 1974.
First British edition of this autobiographical golf instruction book from 'The King' of golf. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fly leaf, "To Nora Best Regards Arnold Palmer." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Braren.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145496
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Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down; Inscribed by him
BOWDEN, Mark.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
First edition, early printing of the award-winning journalist's account of the U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, adapted into the 2001 Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Grant, Best Wishes, Mark Bowden." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman. Author photograph by Peter Tobia.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146263
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First Edition of The Shapley Value; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth
ROTH, Alvin E. [Lloyd Shapley].
The Shapley Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapley.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
First edition of this work regarding the papers of Nobel Prize winner Lloyd Shapley. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alvin Roth on the front free endpaper, "For James, Alvin E. Roth." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Vail.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 116176
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"What gets measured gets improved": First Edition of Post-Capitalist Society; Signed by Peter Drucker
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Post-Capitalist Society.
New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
First edition of one of the final works by “the world’s greatest management thinker… deserves to be measured alongside people such as Keynes or Schumpeter” (Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Peter Koomans from Peter Drucker." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147033
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First Edition of Jonathan Lethem's Gun, with Occasional Music; Warmly Inscribed by Him
LETHEM, Jonathan.
Gun, with Occasional Music.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1994.
First edition of the author's first novel which won The Locus Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sin- Bookseller to Bookseller- "Artist?" to "Artist?" Jonathan." The recipient, Sin Soracco is the author of the noir classics Low Bite and Edge City. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michael Koelsch. Jacket design by Michael Koelsch and Steven Cooley.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 123214
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First Edition of Marilynne Robinson's The Death of Adam; Lengthily Inscribed by Her
ROBINSON, Marilynne.
The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by Marilynne Robinson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 1002
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First Edition of Hope For Animals and Their World; Signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard
GOODALL, Jane with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson.
Hope For Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
First edition of this work by this by Goodall. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jane Goodall on the half-title page and inscribed by the co-author on the title page, "For Mike- with hope Thane Maynard." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138447
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Uncorrected Proof of The Soul of a New Machine; Inscribed by Tracy Kidder
KIDDER, Tracy.
The Soul of a New Machine.
Boston: Atlantic, Little, Brown, 1981.
Uncorrected proof of Kidder's second book. Octavo, original wrappers. Inscribed by Tracy Kidder on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122
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"I am the Wild West, no show about it. I was one of the people who kept it wild": First Edition of Buffalo Girls; Signed by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
MCMURTRY, Larry.
Buffalo Girls.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry on the title page and the dedicatee "Best wishes Diana Ossana" on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Wendell Minor. Uncommon signed by both McMurtry and Ossana.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146185
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Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth; Signed by Chris Ware
WARE, Chris.
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth.
New York : Pantheon Books, 2000.
First edition of the author's inventive first book, which Publishers Weekly called "graphically inventive, wonderfully realized." Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed and dated by Chris Ware with a drawing of stars. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 123992
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario; Warmly inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
First edition of this autobiographical work. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Fuller on the front free endpaper, "To: Harriet Nichols In warmest friendship Bucky Buckminster Fuller." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kadi Tint. Documented and edited by Robert Snyder.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124719
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First Edition of How Did We Find Out About Germs; Inscribed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Isaac.
How Did We Find Out About Germs.
New York: Walker and Company, 1974.
First edition of this work by the award-winning writer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "For Allen and Andrew Isaac Asimov." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by David Wood.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 129739
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First Edition of Samuel Shem's Man's 4th Best Hospital; Inscribed by Him
SHEM, Samuel.
Man’s 4th Best Hospital.
New York: Berkley Books, 2019.
First edition of the sequel to The House of God. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For James Best wishes, Shem." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Colleen Reinhart. Author photograph by Janet Surrey.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 141533
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Treetops: A Family Memoir; inscribed by Susan Cheever to Erica Jong
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Treetops: A Family Memoir.
New York: Bantam Books, 1991.
First edition of the sequel to the author's prize-winning memoir, Home Before Dark. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Miami Fla. March 1991 For Erica and Ken with love Susan." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142353
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First Edition of Richard S. West Jr.'s The Second Admiral; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
WEST JR, Richard S. [William T. Sherman].
The Second Admiral: A Life of David Dixon Porter 1813-1891.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1937.
First edition of this biography of one of the most distinguished admirals in the history of the U. S. Navy; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Admiral David Nixon Porter, illustrated with photographs, maps, and engravings. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper 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 1900s, he…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145739
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"The Sun's not eternal, That's why there's the blues": Allen Ginsberg's White Shroud 1980-1985; Inscribed by Him with a large drawing
GINSBERG, Allen.
White Shroud Poems 1980-1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
First Perennial Library edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original publisher's wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his cousin Gene Levy and his wife on title-page, "for Lorraine & Gene Levy from cousin (first) Allen Ginsberg February 4, 1989 Pittsburgh." Additionally inscribed on the opposite with a large hand-drawn illustration of a Bhudda-like figure surrounded by stars, a sun with initials "AH" at the center, and a skull holding a flower at the bottom. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146471
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First Edition of Eric Garcia's Matchstick Men; Signed by Eric Garcia and Actor Bruce Altman
GARCIA, Eric.
Matchstick Men: A Novel of Petty Crimes.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 2003 film directed by Ridley Scott starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman and Alison Lohman. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Eric Garcia and actor Bruce Altman on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Daniel Rembert.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140061
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The City of Falling Angels; inscribed by John Berendt to Erica Jong
BERENDT, John [Erica Jong].
The City of Falling Angels.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2005.
Early printing of Berendt's suspenseful novel set in the decadent and mysterious city of Venice. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Erica - A fellow Venetophile, Best wishes - John Berendt New York May 23 '07." The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142328
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Cited by The Nobel Committee as the "Crown" of Boll's work; Group Portrait with Lady; Warmly inscribed by Him
BOLL, Heinrich.
Group Portrait with Lady.
New York: Avon Books, 1974.
Early printing of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Dr. P. Murray regards Heinrich Boll with thanks for your kind letter." Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122169
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Leonard Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby's auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein
[BERNSTEIN, Leonard; Jack Gottlieb].
A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.
New York: Sotheby's, Inc, 1997.
Leonard Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby's auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. With Gottlieb's notes throughout including the hammer price for each lot that sold in the auction. He has also marked the page that has a lengthy quote from him describing a French provincial walnut style folding table in the catalog, "In the inner sanctum - the staging area for super-human accomplishment - stood that table, where the Maestro marked up his performing scores in crystal-clear intricate detail, like a a fine jeweler polishing precious…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 135684