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First Edition of George Gilder's Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World; signed by Him
GILDER, George.
Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How It Is Revolutionizing Our World.
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2013.
First edition of Gilder's work, which introduces an all-new paradigm-shifting theory of capitalism. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by George Gilder on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by J. Henry Pereira.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135625
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First edition of Hayes Robbins' Human Relations in Railroading; from the library of American labor activist John Philip Frey
ROBBINS, Hayes [John Philip Frey].
Human Relations in Railroading.
New York: General Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition of Robbins' work on labor relations on the railroads. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of John Philip Frey with his ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. John Philip Frey was a labor activist and president of the American Federation of Labor’s Metal Trades Department during a crucial period in American labor history. In 1918, Frey became chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research, helping to raise money and incorporate the organization in 1920. He remained chairman of the board of directors until 1927. During the presidency of AFL president William Green, Frey was one of…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142524
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First Edition of To Bear Any Burden; Signed by Al Santoli
SANTOLI, Al.
To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians.
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1985.
First edition of this oral history of the Vietnam War from the author of 'Everything We Had.' Medium octavo, original red half cloth, illustrated with black and white plates. Signed by Al Santoli on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146833
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First edition of To Rule the Night; inscribed by Jim Irwin
IRWIN, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr.
To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1973.
First edition, early printing of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Diana. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147173
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VARGAS LLOSA, Mario; Edited and translated by John King.
Making Waves: Essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giraux, 1997.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1736
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"The minute we look, we cease being afraid": Limited First Edition of Michael Crichton's Travels; Signed by Him
CRICHTON, Michael.
Travels.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.
Signed limited first edition of Crichton's fourth, final, and most famous non-fiction book, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and interior illustrations by Robert Wisneiwski specially commissioned by The Franklin Press for this first edition. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In fine…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 146870
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Moonwalker: inscribed by Charlie Duke
DUKE, Charlie and Dotty.
Moonwalker
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1990.
First edition, early printing of the tenth man to walk on the moon's revealing memoir. Octavo, original red boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bob aim high Charlie Duke." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Aslan Group.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147229
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First edition of Stedman Graham's You Can Make it Happen; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
GRAHAM, Stedman [William Safire].
You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the author's nine-step plan for success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Bill, Congratulations on all that you do - Keep making it happen and thanks for your support! Best wishes Stedman." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135838
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First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
Toronto: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 230
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First Edition of New Worlds to Conquer; Signed by Richard Halliburton
HALLIBURTON, Richard.
New Worlds to Conquer.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929.
First edition of the third legendary travel-adventure book from this author. Medium octavo, original olive green cloth with gilt titles, beveled edges, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of the author at the summit of Popocatepetl, illustrated with photographs throughout. Boldly signed by Richard Halliburton on the front free endpaper. In very good condition, owner signature to the half-title page.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145248
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"Being an astute businessman, Ryder took great interest in the integrity of the matches that would later bear his name": First Edition of The Ryder Cup Meets the Monster; Inscribed by Dow Finsterwald, Jr.
PERRY, Bryon; Foreword by Dow Finsterwald Jr.
The Ryder Cup Meets the Monster: a Collection of Words and Pictures Commemorating Golf’s Crown Jewel.
Michigan: Premier Publishing, 2004.
First edition of this work dedicated to 'golf's crown jewel': The Ryder Cup. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Dow Finsterwald on the title page, "For James! Best Wishes Dow Finsterwald Captain Ryder Cup 1977." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 2094
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First Edition of The Givenness of Things: Essays; Signed by Pulitzer-Prize winning Author Marilynne Robinson
ROBINSON, Marilynne.
The Givenness of Things: Essays.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2015.
First edition of this collection of essays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Marilynne Robinson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Strick and Williams.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 12057
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"a species that all got along perfectly with each other would never make it to the stars": Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes' Encounter with Tiber; Inscribed by Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, Buzz and John Barnes.
Encounter with Tiber.
New York: Aspect Warner Books, Inc, 1996.
First edition, early printing of this incredible science fiction saga made in collaboration with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and 'Mother of Storms' author John Barnes. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Andy Andres and John Solie. Presentation copy, inscribed by Aldrin on the title page, "To Ben Hacker Ad Astra Via Mars Buzz Aldrin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Jacket illustration by Bob Eggleton.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147214
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First edition of Peter Sis's Tibet: Through the Red Box; from the library of Peter Matthiessen
SIS, Peter. [Peter Matthiessen].
Tibet: Through the Red Box.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author's moving retelling of his father's diary penned during an accidental expedition to Tibet. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual…
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 139731
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First edition of Peter Howitt's The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays
HOWITT, Peter [John Maynard Keynes].
The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1990.
First edition of Howitt's collected essays analyzing Keynesian and Walrasian economics. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "John with best wishes Peter Howitt." Laid in is an additional note inscribed by the author which reads, "12/9/14 John, With best wishes and many thanks for the kind words. Peter." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 110737
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First Edition of Philip Pullman's I Was A Rat! ...or The Scarlet Slippers; inscribed by him
PULLMAN, Philip. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
I Was A Rat! …or The Scarlet Slippers.
London: Doubleday, 1999.
First edition of Pullman's classic adventure story. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Peter Bailey. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Eileen - greetings! Philip Pullman." In fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 114586
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First edition of Eric Linklater's Position at Noon; one of only 250 copies signed by him and illustrator Hans Tisdall
LINKLATER, Eric. Decorations by Hans Tisdall.
Position at Noon.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958.
First edition and signed limited edition of Linklater's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. With decorations by Hans Tisdall. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, this is number 247. Near fine in the original glassine jacket with printed paper flaps which is in good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 128153
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First edition of Robert Lowry's Casualty; inscribed by him
LOWRY, Robert.
Casualty.
New York: New Directions, 1946.
First edition of Lowry's powerful story about a WWII Photo Reconnaissance Wing in Italy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Robert Levine Good friend to the Little Man Robert Lowry." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Peter Martin.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115068
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"The calmest voice and coolest mind in American public life": First Edition of John W. Gardner's No Easy Victories; inscribed by him
GARDNER, John W. Edited by Helen Rowan.
No Easy Victories.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of "the father of campaign finance reform", John W. Gardner's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mariam and Andrew - affectionately, from their friend John W. Gardner." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Herb Weitman.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 110909
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First edition of Elegy in Manhattan; inscribed by George Jessel
JESSEL, George. Foreword by Ben Hecht.
Elegy in Manhattan.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961.
First edition of the author's acclaimed collection of Broadway memoirs. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To one I highly regard Barney Beller Best Wishes George Jessel 5/61." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 137351
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First Edition of Shirley Eaton's Golden Touch: An Intimate Diary of Poems; Signed by Her
EATON, Shirley; Foreword by Roger Moore.
Shirley Eaton’s Golden Touch: An Intimate Diary of Poems.
Tennessee: Concept Productions, 2006.
First edition of this diary by the famed actress of James Bond's Goldfinger. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes Shirley Eaton Enjoy." In fine condition. Foreword by Roger Moore.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 123244
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First Edition of The Messiah of Stockholm; Signed by Cynthia Ozick
OZICK, Cynthia.
The Messiah of Stockholm.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of this "truly intriguing mystery...Ozick brings off effects comparable to those of Isaac Bashevis Singer" (The New York Review of Books). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Cynthia Ozick on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Rafal Olbinski. Jacket calligraphy by Gun Larson.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 145996
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First Edition of Moshe Safdie's The city after the automobile: An architect's vision; Inscribed by Him
SAFDIE, Moshe with Wendy Kohn.
The City After the Automobile: An Architect’s Vision.
New York: Basic Books, 1997.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Moshe Safdie on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Douglas.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 68024
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First Edition of Annie Proulx's Memoir Bird Cloud; Signed by Her
PROULX, Annie.
Bird Cloud: A Memoir.
New York: Scribner, 2011.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's magnificent memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Annie Proulx on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rex Bonomelli. Jacket photograph of Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 140722
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First Edition of John McPhee's The Deltoid Seed; Inscribed by Him
MCPHEE, John.
The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author, "For Mike Hutcheson many thanks and all the best John McPhee Bradford 1/23/89." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 2544
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"Give a chunk to a monkey, give a chunk to a fighter": Later printing of Michael Rosen's Nuts About Nuts; Signed and dated by him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Sami Sweeten.
Nuts About Nuts.
London: Diamond Books, 1999.
Early printing of British children's author Michael Rosen's illustrated book of poetry about nuts. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Signed and dated by Michael Rosen on the verso of the front panel, "Michael Rosen Aug 15 2004." In near fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 88124
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First edition of Lawrence Durrell's Quinx or The Ripper's Tale; Signed by Him
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Quinx or The Ripper’s Tale.
London: Faber and Faber, 1985.
First edition of the fifth and final volume in the author's Avignon Quintet. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Lawrence Durrell 1985." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket watercolor by David Gentleman. Jacket design by Pentagram.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115874
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In the Wake of the Crisis; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
STIGLITZ, Joseph; Olivier Blanchard; David Romer and Michael Spence.
In the Wake of the Crisis: Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2012.
Early printing of this work in which prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 10900
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First Edition of When Boyhood Dreams Come True; Inscribed by James T. Farrell
FARRELL, James T.
When Boyhood Dreams Come True.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1946.
First edition of this work by the author of Studs Lonigan. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For JW Miller With best wishes James A. Farrell." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 114731
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First edition of The Rainbow Comes and Goes; signed by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
COOPER, Anderson and Gloria Vanderbilt.
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss.
New York: HarperCollins, 2016.
First edition of this revealing and moving memoir. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the authors on the limitation page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Bilardello.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 135099
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Taylor Branch's Pillar of Fire; Inscribed by Him
BRANCH, Taylor. [Martin Luther King Jr.].
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition, early printing of the second book of the author's epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on a bookplate, "For Gail Mitchum Taylor Branch 2002." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Seow.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 140029
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"Our choices and how we handle them shape the people we become": First Edition of Hard Choices; Signed by Hillary Clinton
CLINTON, Hillary.
Hard Choices.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.
First edition of this compelling memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Hillary." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 147227
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Rare first edition of Irvin S. Cobb's Incredible Truth; inscribed by him
COBB, Irvin S.
Incredible Truth.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931.
First edition of Cobb's absorbing collection of historical essays. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Yours Sincerely Irvine S. Cobb." Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115067
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The Affluent Society; Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Affluent Society.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.
First edition of the 40th anniversary of the economist's landmark work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the half-title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 118388
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"Hello Dolly, This is miss Dolly, It's so nice to have you back where you belong": Rare 1964 issue of Life Magazine; inscribed by musical actress Carol Channing
[CHANNING, Carol].
Carol Channing Hello, Dolly! Signed Life Magazine.
New York: Life Magazine, 1964.
April 3, 1964 issue of Life Magazine signed by legendary musical actress Carol Channing. Folio, original wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by Channing on the front cover which features a photograph of her performing in the 1964 Broadway musical Hello, Dolly!, "To Anne with XXs, Carol Channing." In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 124701
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"So the talk while I was listening, so many voices smote or questioned Him." First edition of Edgar Lee Masters' Lee: A Dramatic Poem; inscribed by him
MASTERS, Edgar Lee.
Lee: A Dramatic Poem.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926.
First edition of Masters' play about Robert E. Lee at the dawn of the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For William W. Pineos with the compliments of Edgar Lee Masters December 3 - 1928." In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96232
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First Edition of What the Twilight Says; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Author Derek Walcott
WALCOTT, Derek.
What the Twilight Says: Essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Rebecca best Derek Walcott 2004." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Derek Walcott. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 130537
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First Edition of Patrick Leigh Fermor's The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos; Signed by Artemis Cooper
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos.
New York: John Murray, 2013.
First edition. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Signed by Artemis Cooper on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ed Kluz.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 140032
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Signed Limited First Edition of John O'Hara's Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian's Story
O'HARA, John .
Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian’s Story.
New York : Random House, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of this novel by the author of Appointment in Samarra, number 166 of 200 examples. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in the original acetate dust jacket in the fine publisher's cardboard slipcase.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 120671
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"Hello Dolly, This is miss Dolly, It's so nice to have you back where you belong": Rare 1964 issue of Life Magazine; inscribed by musical actress Carol Channing
[CHANNING, Carol].
Carol Channing Hello, Dolly! Signed Life Magazine.
New York: Life Magazine, 1964.
April 3, 1964 issue of Life Magazine signed by legendary musical actress Carol Channing. Folio, original wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by Channing on the front cover which features a photograph of her performing in the 1964 Broadway musical Hello, Dolly!, "XXX Carol Channing." In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 124841
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First Edition of Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth & Stanislav Menshikov.
Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence: From A Bitter Past To A Better Prospect.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to a Vermont friend and publisher, "For Carol with love John G 1988." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 1601
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First Edition of Giving Good Weight; Inscribed by John McPhee
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Len Byrd all best John." Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 2133
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First Edition of Mortal Engines; Signed by Philip Reeve
REEVE, Philip.
Mortal Engines.
London: Scholastic Press, 2001.
First edition of the award-winning author's debut novel. Octavo, original red boards. Signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Frankland.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145188
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First Edition of The Fiscal System of Venezuela; Inscribed by Carl Shoup
SHOUP, Carl S.
The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1959.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Carl Shoup on the front free endpaper, "To A.R. Ilersic with regards- C.S. Shoup." Also laid in a signed letter from Shoup to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Carl S. Shoup. Contributors include John F. Due, Lyle C. Fitch, Sir Donald McDougall, Oliver S. Oldman and Stanley S. Surrey.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 75023
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First Edition of Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986; Signed by Cynthia Ozick, Robert Giroux, and Daniel Stern
MALAMUD, Bernard). Cynthia Ozick.
Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986.
New York: Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller, 1986.
First edition, one of 150 unnumbered copies. 16 mo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert Giroux, Daniel Stern, and Cynthia Ozick. In fine condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 47544
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"Nobody knows anything about what will work": William Goldman's Tinsel; Inscribed by Him
GOLDMAN, William.
Tinsel.
New York : Delacorte Press, 1979.
First edition, second printing of Goldman's novel regarding Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by William Goldman opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Huebner.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 81342
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First Edition of Giving Good Weight; Signed by John McPhee
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145881
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First Edition of John Baxter's Locker Room Ballads; Inscribed by Him
BAXTER, John E.
Locker Room Ballads.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1923.
First edition of this collection of verses. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To C.D. Stimson with the compliments of the author, John E. Baxter 12/24/23." Near fine in a good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg.
Price: $85.00 Item Number: 65472
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"There are nights that have the length of centuries and this has been one of them": First signed limited subscriber's edition of Kathleen Coyle's There is a Door
COYLE, Kathleen.
There is a Door.
Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1931.
First signed limited subscriber's edition of Coyle's short novella. Octavo, original boards. One of five hundred twenty-five numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 506. Very good in the scarce original glassine which shows chipping and wear.
Price: $80.00 Item Number: 96774
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First Edition of Nadine Gordimer's Livingstone’s Companions; Signed by Her
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Livingstone’s Companions.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1972.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $80.00 Item Number: 2572
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author's second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Archer Mayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 2747
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First Edition of Diane Johnson's Le Mariage; Signed by Her
JOHNSON, Diane.
Le Mariage.
New York: Dutton Book, 2000.
First edition of this "splendid entertainment... Johnson is one of our most astute cultural critics" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Diane Johnson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mary E. O'Boyle. Jacket illustration by Nina Berkson.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 110599
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First Edition of Howard Greenfeld's Puccini; lengthily inscribed by him
GREENFELD, Howard. [Puccini].
Puccini.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980.
First edition of Greenfeld's authoritative biography of the great composer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To James Canner, With gratitude, admiration, and friendship. Howard Greenfeld Jan 23, 1981." In fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 115708
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First Edition of The Right Stuff
WOLFE, Tom.
The Right Stuff.
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
First edition of Wolfe's classic work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Kiyoshi Kanai.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 147143
