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First Edition of Toni Morrison's A Mercy; Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
A Mercy.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
First edition of "one of Morrison's most haunting works yet” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Toni Morrison on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. Jacket design by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142985
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker; inscribed by her to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
First edition of Cheever's frank and moving autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "New York City January 1999 For Erica and Ken What can I say? No words could begin to express mt gratitude, my fond memories, my affection and my love for you both S C." 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…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142607
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First Edition of Charles Webb's The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker; Signed by Lead Actor in the Film Richard Benjamin
WEBB, Charles [Richard Benjamin].
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1970.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 1971 film starring Richard Benjamin and Joanna Shimkus, directed by Larry Turman. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by actor Richard Benjamin on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Milton Charles.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 143069
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976); Inscribed by Him to his Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
Matters of Fact and of Fiction (Essays 1973-1976).
New York: Random House, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Gore Vidal all love to Kit.” 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 fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Artworks.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 126757
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First Edition of David Friedman's Law's Orders; Signed by Him
FRIEDMAN, David.
Law’s Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
First edition of this creative, and provocative addition to the law and economics literature. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by David Friedman on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by C. Alvarez.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 105322
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First Edition of The Strange Library; Signed Twice by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The Strange Library.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed twice by illustrator Chip Kidd on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122378
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First Edition of Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Dwight Williams' The Way of the Explorer; Inscribed by Edgar Mitchell
MITCHELL, Edgar with Dwight Williams.
The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical World.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.
First edition of this engrossing evaluation of the contributions of space exploration to the future by the sixth man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Dr. Edgar Mitchell on the title page, "To Bud Best wishes Edgar Mitchell." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom McKeveny.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147174
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First edition of Richard Ford's A Piece of My Heart; signed by him
FORD, Richard.
A Piece of My Heart.
London: Collins Harvill, 1987.
First English edition of Ford's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Richard Ford July 2. 1987 London." From the collection of British photojournalist Sally Soames. Soames worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 124920
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First Edition of Common Wealth; Signed by both Jeffrey Sachs and Edward O. Wilson
SACHS, Jeffrey D.
Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2008.
First edition of this work by the award-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Jeffrey Sachs and scientist Edward O. Wilson, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a fine dust jacket. &
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 46
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"The lesson of patience and self-containing may be learnt in these trips": The Canoe and the Saddle; Signed by John H. WIlliams
WILLIAMS, John H. (Editor).
The Canoe and the Saddle or Klalan and Klickatat to Which Are Now First Added His Western Letters And Journals.
Tacoma: John H. Williams, 1913.
Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers, frontispiece. With sixteen color plates and more than one hundred other illustrations. Signed by John H. Williams on the title page. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes by John H. Williams. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 61031
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"The facts are always less than what really happened": First Edition of July’s People; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
July’s People.
South Africa: Ravan Press/ Taurus, 1981.
First South African edition and true first of one of the author's most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studio.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 84673
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First Edition of The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family; Signed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, Ron.
The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family.
New York: Random House, 1993.
First edition of Ron Chernow’s ambitious saga of the Warburg dynasty. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146062
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First Edition of Hype & Glory; Warmly Inscribed by William Goldman in the Year of Publication
GOLDMAN, William.
Hype & Glory.
New York: Villard Books, 1990.
First edition of this classic memoir by the author of The Princess Bride. Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, "21 Aug 90 Kathy From one writer to another We shall, rest assured with thanks God bless Bill." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Aquan. Jacket photograph by George Kerrigan.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147475
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First Edition of Wrinkles in Time; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist George Smoot
SMOOT, George and Keay Davidson.
Wrinkles in Time.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993.
First edition of the story of "the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time" (Stephen Hawking). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs and 50 line drawings. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John Rogers Best Wishes George Smoot." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144347
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First Edition of The Handbook of Experimental Economics; inscribed by Alvin E. Roth
EDITED BY JOHN H. KAGEL AND ALVIN E. ROTH,.
The Handbook of Experimental Economics.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.
First edition of this comprehensive critical survey of the results and methods of laboratory experiments in economics. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Inscribed by Alvin E. Roth on the front free endpaper, John: Volume 2 is coming out maybe this year. Best Wishes, Alvin E. Roth." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 95170
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First Edition of Matt Haig's A Boy Called Christmas; Signed by Him
HAIG, Matt.
A Boy Called Christmas.
London: Canongate, 2015.
First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Matt Haig on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rafaela Romaya. Illustrations by Chris Mould.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 125921
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First Edition of Alvin Toffler's The Third Wave; Signed by Him
TOFFLER, Alvin.
The Third Wave.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980.
First edition of the sequel to the author's Future Shock. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alvin Toffler on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Joe Caroff.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 138916
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First Edition of Maurice Sendak's Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water; Inscribed by Him
SENDAK, Maurice.
Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Willie Merry Christmas! Maurice Sendak Nov. '87." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141293
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First Edition of V.S. Naipaul's Collected Short Fiction; Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
Collected Short Fiction.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2011.
First edition of this collection of fiction by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. With an introduction by the author.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 56745
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First editions of The World's Worst Children and The World's Worst Children Two; both volumes signed by David Walliams
WALLIAMS, David.
The World’s Worst Children [with] The World’s Worst Children Two.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2016.
First editions of the best-selling author's collection of deliciously mischievous tales of simply the worst children. Octavo, two volumes, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with color illustrations by Tony Ross. Both volumes signed by the author opposite the copyright page. Both volumes are fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Tony Ross.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145215
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First edition of Charles Baker's The Esquire Culinary Companion; signed by him
BAKER, Charles H.
The Esquire Culinary Companion: Being an Exotic Cookery Book Or, Around Europe with Knife, Fork, and Spoon.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1959.
First edition of Baker's famed Esquire Culinary Companion. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Charles H. Baker Jr." Near fine in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 127386
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“Space doesn't just encompass the sublime and the ridiculous. It erases the line between": First edition of Mary Roach's Packing For Mars; signed by her
ROACH, Mary.
Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.
First edition of the author's best-selling fourth book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Mary Roach on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keenan.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 136594
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First Edition of Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism; Inscribed by Economist William Baumol
BAUMOL, William J.; Robert E. Litan; Carl J. Schramm.
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Warmly inscribed by Baumol on the front free endpaper, "To ___ ____ from a grateful author Will Baumol." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 45006
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First edition of John Updike's Marry Me; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and her husband Kenneth David Burrows
UPDIKE, John. Illustrated by Barbara Fox [Erica Jong].
Marry Me: A Romance.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976.
First edition of "the gentlest book Updike has written" (Kirkus Reviews), privately printed exclusively for Members of the First Edition Society. Octavo, original publisher's full leather elaborately stamped in gilt, moire silk endpapers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound in. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the limitation page, "For Erica + Ken warm regards, John." 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…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142811