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First Editions of the Collected Works of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist’s Collected Works; Warmly Inscribed by Him to his Assistant of 46 Years
BUCHANAN, James M.
The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan.
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999-2002.
First editions of each of volume that comprise the collected works of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan's papers. Octavo, original half cloth, 20 volumes. Eighteen of the twenty volumes are association copies warmly inscribed in the year of publication by James Buchanan to his assistant of 46 years, Betty H. Tillman, the second person Buchanan phoned on October 16, 1986 (after his wife, Ann) when he learned he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics (see Buchanan, 'Notes on Nobelity,' in Better than Plowing: And Other Personal Essays, University of Chicago Press 1992). Only Volumes 11 and 20…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 26023
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"I hate no man, envy no man, but love all mankind": First Edition of The Master Key to Riches; Signed by Napoleon Hill
HILL, Napoleon.
The Master-Key to Riches.
Los Angeles: The Willing Publishing Company, 1945.
First edition of Napoleon Hill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on a half-title page. Very good in a good dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145872
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Harry Truman Signed Cabinet
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman and His Cabinet Signed Photograph.
1945.
Signed photograph of President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet meeting on August 10, 1945, after the Japanese Surrender. Photograph is signed in the order the men are sitting, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach; National Housing Agency Chairman John B. Blandford, Jr.; War Production Board Chairman Julius Krug; War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder; Office of Economic Stabilization Director William H. Davis; Foreign Economics Administrator Leo Crowley; Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace; Under Secretary of the Interior Abe Fortas; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson; Attorney General Tom…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 67008
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SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES; SIGNED BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and On the Great Plains. Comprising “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman” and “The Wilderness Hunter.”
New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, 1899.
Signed limited first edition of this fascinating account of every species of big game in temperate North America Roosevelt has hunted. Quarto, bound in full three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands restored by J. MacDonald Company, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original silk ribbon laid-in, 55 tissue-guarded illustrations by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost, J. Carter Beard, Swain Gifford, Henry Sandham and other well-known artists throughout. One of only 1000 copies signed by Roosevelt beneath the tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of himself in Rough Rider's uniform, this is…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145341
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"I am afraid there can be no question of my releasing Volume I before the 15th November": Excellent typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill to friend and publisher Desmond Flower regarding the publication of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.
1955.
Excellent typed letter signed by Winston S. Churchill. On Churchill's Chartwell letterhead, the return address of which has been corrected to La Cappocina, Cap d'Ail, A.m. The letter is dated 27 October, 1955, addressed to Desmond Flower, and reads: My dear Desmond, I am afraid there can be no question of my releasing Volume I before the 15th November. I have had Hodge and Kelly out here, and we have been working very hard. There is plenty of time. I am sorry if this should cause you inconvenience. Yours very sincerely, "Winston Churchill P.S. I have to read page 2…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 119601
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"One of the most important books on Wall Street"; G.M. Loeb's The Battle For Investment Survival; Signed by Him
LOEB, Gerald M. [G.M.].
The Battle For Investment Survival.
New York: Barron's, 1943.
Early printing of Loeb's classic work Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald M. Loeb on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 119657
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First edition of A: A Novel; Inscribed by Andy Warhol with a Drawing and initialed twice
WARHOL, Andy.
a: A novel by Andy Warhol.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968.
First edition of Warhol's first novel, an experimental collection of four word-for-word transcriptions of tapes recorded by Warhol and Ondine between 1965 and 1967. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist in purple ink on the front endpapers, "To Tony Janak Andy Warhol 70," with a drawing of a lowercase 'a'. Additionally initialed by Warhol at the bottom of page 247 and signed again on the front panel of the dust jacket. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 147206
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Rare Original The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner; Signed by John F. Kennedy as President
KENNEDY, John F.
The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner [John F. Kennedy Signed Program].
1961.
The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Annual Award Dinner held at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on December 5, 1961, boldly signed by President John F. Kennedy and college Hall of Famer Marshall Goldberg below. President John F. Kennedy gave the address at the annual awards dinner for the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. During the banquet the President received the National Football Foundation’s Gold Medal for his promotion of the role of athletics in the development of civic and political leadership. In his speech President Kennedy congratulated the University of Alabama’s football team for…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 124804
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"love others as he loves you": autograph quotation signed by Mother Teresa
BOJAXHIU, Mary Teresa. [Mother Teresa] .
Mother Teresa Autograph Quotation Signed.
Autograph quotation signed by Mother Teresa, "God is love and he love [sic] you love others as he loves you God bless you M Teresa mc." One page, on an off-white slip which measures 4.75 inches by 3.5 inches. Matted with a color photograph of Mother Teresa. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 8.25 inches by 11.75 inches.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 144060
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"There are moments which are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur": First Editions of Tinker, Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley’s People; Each Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Karla Trilogy] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1979.
First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate, with two signed "John le Carre aka David Cornwell." Each are in fine condition. Each volume is housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional set, uncommon signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 135339
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"The availability of books is not the same as reading them, nor reading the same as understanding them": Laurence Sterne’s Masterpiece The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy; signed by Laurence Sterne in volumes V, VII, and IX
STERNE, Laurence.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1760-1767.
First and mixed editions of all nine volumes of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language, signed by Laurence Sterne in volumes V, VII, and IX as called for. Small octavo, nine volumes bound into five in full contemporary calf with elaborate gilt tooling and morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, engraved frontispieces after Hogarth to volumes I and III, half-titles in volumes V, VII and IX (as called for). Signed by the…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 144538
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“Control the manner in which a man interprets his world, and you have gone a long way toward controlling his behavior”: First Edition of "of this classic account of the human tendency to follow orders" Obedience To Authority; Inscribed by Stanley Milgram to sociologist Paul Hollander
MILGRAM, Stanley.
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with diagrams and graphs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his friend, the sociologist Paul Hollander, "To Paul With warm regards to my brilliant and dear friend. Stanley." Milgram has also drawn a picture of an angel below the inscription. The recipient, Paul Hollander was a fellow sociologist and close friend, whom he had co-authored an article on the Kitty Genovese case. With Hollander's notes, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 116487
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"How I would have welcomed that little orphaned elephant and smothered him with affection": First Edition of Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's Babar's Anniversary Album: 6 Favorite Stories; Inscribed by the Authors to Maurice Sendak with an Original Drawing of Babar
BRUNHOFF, Jean and Laurent de; Introduction by Maurice Sendak.
Babar’s Anniversary Album: 6 Favorite Stories.
New York: Random House, 1981.
First edition of this collection of stories paying homage to 50 years of Babar; from the library of Maurice Sendak. Small folio, original full crushed morocco with gilt titles to the spine, an illustration of Babar and "Maurice Sendak" stamped in gilt to the front panel, original white satin ribbon marker laid in, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the authors to Maurice Sendak on the half-title page with an original drawing of Babar, "To Maurice with all warm thoughts from Babar, Jean de B. and Laurent 9.11.81." Additionally inscribed to Sendak by three others related to the publication of this…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 147131
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First Edition of The World of Salvador Dali; Inscribed by Him Twice with a Large Drawing of Don Quixote
DESCHARNES, Robert [Salvador Dali].
The World of Salvador Dali.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1962.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work of Dali. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly signed and inscribed by Dali on two pages, "Pour Seth Dennis hommage de Salvador Dali 1963" with a large drawing. Fine in a very good dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 139499
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“I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ALDOUS HUXLEY'S BRAVE NEW WORLD
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Brave New World.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.
Signed limited first edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo, original yellow cloth, gilt topstain as issued. One of a limited edition of 324 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page, this is number 8. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 118355
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"To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard": First Edition of The Lyndon Johnson Story; inscribed by Lyndon Johnson to his vice president Hubert Humphrey
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson [Hubert Humphrey].
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "To Hubert Humphrey with my high regard Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., served as Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey took office on January 20, 1965, ending the 14-month vacancy of the Vice President of the United States, which had remained empty when then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the Presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 140814
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First edition of Volume 24 of the Journal of Symbolic Logic; Including The First Appearance of Saul A. Kripke's Landmark Essay A Completeness Theorem in Modal Logic
KRIPKE, Saul A.
The Journal of Symbolic Logic: A Completeness Theorem in Modal Logic.
New Haven, New Jersey: Association for Symbolic Logic, Inc, March 1959.
First edition of Volume 24 of The Journal of Symbolic which includes the first appearance of Kripke's landmark paper, A Completeness Theorem in Modal Logic. Presentation copy, inscribed by Saul A. Kripke on the first page of his theorem, "For Thorild Dahlquist, Saul Kripke." In this paper, Kripke both proves the formal completeness of modal logic (supplemented by first-order quantifiers and the sign of equality) and “create[s] a semantics, now called Kripke semantics” (Hurley, Logic: The Essentials, 217). “Of great importance is the paper “Semantical Analysis of Modal Logic I” where normal systems are treated. It is here that Kripke…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 88076
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“I'm tired of people who have not been at war who know all about it": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down; Lengthily Signed by John Steinbeck
STEINBECK, John.
The Moon Is Down.
New York: The Viking Press, 1942.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth. Lengthily signed by the author in a contemporary signature, "Affectionate Regards and memories of the Sierra Nevada, John Steinbeck." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are rare.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 147549
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"What would dinner be without a cocktail?": First edition of Frank Meier's The Artistry of Mixing Drinks; inscribed by Judy Garland, Bob Considine, Irving Berlin and several others to George Rose of the Ritz Bar, Paris
MEIER, Frank. [Judy Garland; Bob Considine; Irving Berlin].
The Artistry of Mixing Drinks.
Paris: Fryam Press, 1936.
First edition of Meier's classic work on the art of mixing cocktails. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by Judy Garland, "To George - Sincerely Judy Garland"; on the verso of the front free endpaper by Irving Berlin, "To Mr. George Rose, Who should remember that the morning after the night before is sometimes very sour. Berlin"; and on the half-title page by Bob Considine, "For George good guy! Bob Considine." The recipient, George Rose was a regular patron of the Ritz Bar which gained a reputation over the years for its glamorous cocktail…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 133015
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Presentation copy of Winston Churchill's The Story of My Early Life: A Roving Commission; inscribed by Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Story of My Early Life: A Roving Commission.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945.
Later printing of Churchill's acclaimed autobiography, recounting the first 25 years of his life. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with 7 plates, one folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To E.A. Allen from Winston S. Churchill Christmas 1946." In very good condition. Housed in a custom velvet-lined half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145060