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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Christine Stansell's City of Women: Sex and Class in New York 1789-1860; Inscribed by Stansell to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
STANSELL, Christine; [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
City of Women: Sex and Class in New York 1789-1860.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987.
Early printing of this historical analysis of the laboring women of New York. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Christine Stansell on the half-title page, "To Justice Ginsburg From the Class of New Magistrate Judges 2018. With gratitude For your warm welcome to the Federal Judiciary." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.” (a play on the…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146930
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Michael Kammen's A Machine That Would Go of Itself; Inscribed to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by the men who clerked for her
KAMMEN, Michael [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
Early printing of this analysis of the United States' relationship with its constitution. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece of 'Washington Giving the Laws to America' by J. P. Elven, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "March, 1987, To Judge Ginsburg, From the "boys in the back room" - Jay, Mark, & David." The inscription appears to have been written by men who clerked for Justice Ginsburg during the 1986-1987 term, when she was a Federal Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 147157
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's Twilight Sleep; Inscribed by Her to her French Translator
WHARTON, Edith.
Twilight Sleep.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927.
First edition of Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised bestseller upon publication. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, boldly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "A monsieur Louis Gillet mon tres amical souvenir Edition Wharton 1927." The recipient, Louis Gillet was Wharton's close friend and translator. He translated two of Wharton's works into French, The Mother's Recompense in 1927, and The Children, in 1928. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 130064
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First Edition of Attention and Effort; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel.
Attention and Effort.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
First edition of the Nobel laureate's influential first book, which claimed that attention can be identified with effort, cemented the association as a research paradigm in the cognitive sciences. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For William D. Kahneman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 140270
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Signed Photographs of Mickey Mantle and Rogers Maris; Inscribed to Teammate Billy Gardner
MANTLE, Mickey and Roger Maris.
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris Signed Photographs.
1961.
Two black and white photographs from circa 1961 of Mickey Mantle and Rogers Maris. Each are inscribed to their 1961 teammate Billy Gardner. The Mantle photograph is signed, "To Billy My Best Wishes, Mickey Mantle." The Maris photograph is signed, "To Bill, Best wishes to a hell of a nice guy, Roger Maris." Matted and framed. A nice association linking these teammates from the World Series champions. The 1961 Yankees are often mentioned as a candidate for the unofficial title of greatest baseball team in history.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 32061
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First Edition of Ivanhoe: A Grove Play; Signed by Walt Disney
NORRIS, Charles G; Music by Harry I. Wiel; [Walt Disney].
Ivanhoe: A Grove Play.
San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1936.
First edition of this Grove Play produced and performed by and for Bohemian Club members. Octavo, original orange boards. Signed by Walt Disney opposite the dedication page. Additionally signed and inscribed by nearly 70 individuals. In his book, 'Walt Disney: An American Original,' Bob Thomas recounts the story of Walt Disney's visit to the Bohemian Club in 1936, the year in which his signature appears in this volume -- apparently the snoring from the following evening inspired the snoring scene in the Dwarfs' cottage in Snow White. In very good condition, ownership inscription to the front pastedown, "For Orrville Taylor.…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146500
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"I Am An American, Chicago Born – Chicago, That Somber City – And Go At Things As I Have Taught Myself, Free-Style, And Will Make The Record In My Own Way": First Edition of The Adventures of Augie March; Inscribed and dated by Saul Bellow in 1954
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Raymita Chaffee with best wishes Saul Bellow Breadloaf VT, 1954." The recipient was a student of Bellow’s at Breadloaf. Fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket, Jacket design by Robert Hallock. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Contemporary inscriptions in this title are uncommon.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 4244
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First Edition of James Weldon Johnson's Black Manhattan; Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, James Weldon.
Black Manhattan.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "To Laura H. Marks, with sincere regards, James Weldon Johnson." Very good in the rare original dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 124546
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"Doh!": Early Original Sketch of Homer Simpson; Signed by David Silverman with the Production Booklet for Jacques to Be Wild
SILVERMAN, David.
David Silverman Signed Early Sketch of Homer Simpson and Production Booklet for Jazques to Be Wild.
May 17, 1991.
An uncommonly early original drawing of Homer Simpson by David Silverman, and a production booklet for the classic Simpsons episode, 'Jacques to be Wild,' the first episode to win an Emmy for the longest-running show on television. Early pencil sketch of Homer Simpson exclaiming "Doh!" as he conducts Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, sketch inscribed and dated by the artist, "Homer Conducts Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra - The Snare Drum is Off --- 5/17/91 David Silverman." In near fine condition with some loss to the bottom edge, likely the result of being torn out a sketchbook. The piece measures 8.25 inches by 10.63 inches.…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145426
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First Edition of History of Chinese Medicine; Signed by K. Chimin Wong and Wu Lien-Teh
WONG, K. Chimin and Wu Lien-Teh.
History of Chinese Medicine: Being a Chronicle of Medical Happenings in China from Ancient Times to Present Period.
Tientsin, China: The Tientsin Press, Ltd, 1932.
First edition of this extensive history of Chinese medicine. Thick octavo, original publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of Founder of the Republic Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in his Chungsan suit, generously illustrated with 92 photographs, diagrams, and drawings, plate with photographs of the Director of the Chinese Educational Mission Dr. T. Philip Sze and Honorable Senator H. C. Lodge laid in, rear pastedown pocket containing a folding map of China printed in color, two printed promotional pieces for the book, and a notice of the upcoming second edition with international order form tipped…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145581
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Large original drawing of Charlie Brown; drawn and inscribed by Charles Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles.
Charles Schulz Signed Charlie Brown Drawing.
Large original drawing of beloved Peanuts character Charlie Brown in baseball attire. Drawn and inscribed by Charles Schulz, "For Andrew, Schulz." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 23.25 inches by 20.25 inches. Rare and desirable in such a large format.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 109522
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First South African Edition of Long Walk to Freedom; Signed by Nelson Mandela and Mac Maharaj, who transcribed this volume
MANDELA, Nelson .
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition of this classic autobiography, which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed on the title page by the author, "NMandela 15.3.06" and additionally signed by "Mac Maharaj 20 Sept 2007" on the verso of the front free endpaper. Maharaj was a political activist and member of the then banned South African Communist Party, who worked in a clandestine manner on anti-apartheid activities with Nelson Mandela. In July 1964, Maharaj was arrested in Johannesburg, charged and convicted with four others including Laloo Chiba and Wilton Mkwayi on charges of sabotage in the little Rivonia…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 140892
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"Perhaps the most widely read golf tutorial ever written": First Edition of Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf; Inscribed by Legendary golfer Ben Hogan
HOGAN, Ben with Herbert Warren Wind.
Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1957.
First edition of one of the best-selling golf books of all-time. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Paul Jenkins with all good wishes. Ben Hogan." The recipient, Paul Jenkins was Bob Hope’s stock broker and chairman of the Bob Hope Classic as well as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Betty Ford Center, as well as a Founding Trustee of the Eisenhower Medical Center. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrated by Anthony Ravielli. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 142460
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First edition, first printing of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage; inscribed by Bill Clinton and signed by Jimmy Carter
KENNEDY, John F. [Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter].
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work with the publisher's code M-E to the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant navy morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Clinton on the half-title page, "To Adrienne Rogers Best wishes Bill Clinton" and signed by Jimmy Carter, "J Carter." In fine condition. A unique association copy.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145067
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"THE MOST EFFECTIVE ANTI-WAR STATEMENT IN AMERICAN LITERATURE": First Edition of Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun; Signed by Him
TRUMBO, Dalton.
Johnny Got His Gun.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939.
First edition of Trumbo's powerful novel, which won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dalton Trumbo on the half-title page. Near fine in the original dust jacket with rubbing and wear, lacking the front flap. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 110238
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First Edition of Derek Parfit's On What Matters; Signed by Him
PARFIT, Derek.
On What Matters.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Derek Parfit on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 138917
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Rare original photograph of the SS Euripides; signed by twenty-two British scientists and crew members aboard the 1914 voyage to the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science including the father of nuclear physics Ernest Rutherford
RUTHERFORD, Ernest.
Ernest Rutherford Signed SS Euripides Photograph.
Rare original photograph of the SS Euripides signed by the father of nuclear physics, Ernest Rutherford and 21 other scientists and crew members present on the 1914 voyage from England to Australia for the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Signed by Rutherford, his wife Mary Rutherford, engineer Thomas Hudson Beare, psychologist Charles W. Kimmins, anthropologist John Layard, physicist Joseph Petavel, neurologist and psychologist W. H. R. Rivers, chemist Henry Tizard, and the ship's surgeon C.L. Wigam among others. In near fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 16 inches by 15 inches.…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 190502
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First edition of James Baldwin's Going to Meet the Man; inscribed by him to Vincent Harding
BALDWIN, James.
Going to Meet the Man.
New Yrok: The Dial Press, 1965.
First edition of Baldwin's singular collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the second free endpaper, "for Vince, with love. Jimmy 470 West End Ave N.Y.C." The recipient, Vincent Harding was an African-American reverend, historian, and scholar of various topics with a focus on American religion and society. A social activist, he was perhaps best known for his work with and writings about Martin Luther King Jr., whom Harding and Baldwin knew personally. Besides having authored numerous books such as There Is A River, Hope and History, and Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero. Near fine…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 142797
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First Edition of Ludwig von Mises' The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth: An Exposition of the Ideas of Classical Liberalism; Signed by Him
VON MISES, Ludwig.
The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth: An Exposition of the Ideas of Classical Liberalism.
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of this classic work by von Mises. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Ludwig Mises March 2nd 1970." Near fine in very good dust jacket. Translated by Ralph Raico. Edited by Arthur Goddard.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 106574
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“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it's the size of the fight in the dog": Dwight D. Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe; Inscribed by Him With Noted Provenance
EISENHOWER, Dwight D.
Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1948.
First edition, early printing of General Eisenhower's wartime memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations and maps, including four double-page color maps of the European theatre and battlefields. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Arthur B. Tourtellot- with sincere admiration of the skill he displayed in bringing a visual story of the European conflict to the American people with best wishes Dwight D. Eisenhower" at half-title. Recipient's bookplate facing inscription. Arthur Bernon Tourtellot produced "Crusade in Europe" as a television series at CBS, based on Eisenhower's book; Eisenhower's inscription here acknowledges Tourtellot's key role in the adaptation.…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 147949
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First Edition, association copy of Murmurs of Earth; warmly Inscribed by Carl Sagan and Anne Druyan to Sagan's executive assistant Shirley Arden
SAGAN, Carl; F.D. Drake; Anne Druyan; Timothy Ferris; Jon Lomberg; Linda Salzman Sagan.
Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record.
New York : Random House, 1978.
First edition of this fascinating story which covers the story of the interstellar record. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by both Carl Sagan and Anne Druyan on the half-title page, "For Shirley, With my deep gratitude for contributions numerous, substantive, and spiritual to the success of the project and this book. With love, Carl Sagan" and "Dearest Shirley - There is no one in all the millions of miles that Voyager crosses like you - for all your kindness, your implementation, your goodness - my deep love - I'm so lucky to know you and I treasure…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 138246
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"From Olivia! and Ian Falconer": First Editions of four Books In the Olivia Series; Each lengthily Signed by Ian Falconer
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia Forms a Band, Olivia Helps With Christmas.
New York: Atheneum, 2000-2006.
First editions of each of these four Olivia books. Quarto, original pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers. The set comprises of Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia Forms A Band, and Olivia Helps With Christmas. Each copy is signed by the author on the title page, "From Olivia! and Ian Falconer." Each book is fine in a fine dust jacket. A very nice set with a nice inscriptions.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 140778
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"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads": First Editions of Shelby Foote’s Classic Civil War Trilogy; Volumes One and Two Lengthily Inscribed by Him
FOOTE, Shelby.
The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville; Fredericksburg to Meridian; Red River to Appomattox.
New York: Random House, 1958-74.
First editions of the author's authoritative text on The Civil War. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copies, inscribed by the author in volumes one and two. Volume one is inscribed, "For Tom Low of Washington from Shelby Foote Memphis 13 May 1990 (These days after the death of Walker Percy, whose letter is enclosed)." Volume two is inscribed on a postcard pasted in and reads, "Memphis 25 Oct 88 Dear Tom Low Good for…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 91861
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First Edition of Albert Camus' L'Homme Révolté; inscribed by him to fellow French philosopher Yvon Belaval
CAMUS, Albert.
L’Homme Révolté. [The Rebel].
Paris: Gallimard, 1951.
First edition, review copy (marked "S.P." on title-page and lower wrappers) of one of Camus' most notable works. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Yvon Belaval en souvenir des Portiques d'Alger, amicalement Albert Camus." The recipient, French philosopher and literary scholar Yvon Belaval, was a specialist in 18th century French philosopher Denis Diderot and edited an important edition of Diderot's works with fellow philosopher Jean Grenier, one of Camus' most influential mentors to whom he dedicated the present volume. Camus became a student of Grenier's in Algiers and was strongly…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 137305