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First Edition of A Beruházások Matematikai Programozása [Mathematical Programming of Investments]; Inscribed by János Kornai
KORNAI, János.
A Beruházások Matematikai Programozása. [Mathematical Programming of Investments].
Budapest: Közgazdasági és Jogi Könyvkiadó, 1962.
First edition of this economic work. Octavo, original light blue cloth, illustrated with graphs and a folding chart at the rear. Presentation copy, inscribed in Hungarian by the author on the title page. In very good condition with some sunning to the spine and a single page detached. A rare example. WorldCat locates nine copies in total: three apiece in Hungary and the US, two in Germany, and one in Switzerland.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146268
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“experience nine times out of ten is merely stupidity hardened into habit": First Edition of Marjorie Morningstar; Signed by Herman Wouk
WOUK, Herman.
Marjorie Morningstar.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Herman Wouk on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by John Scotford. Jacket photograph by Richard Avedon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 110555
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First edition of Laurence Pomeroy's The Grand Prix Car 1906-1939
POMEROY, Laurence. Illustrated by L. C. Cresswell.
The Grand Prix Car: 1906-1939.
London: Motor Racing Publications Limited, 1949.
First edition of Pomeroy's classic Grand Prix racing reference book. Quarto, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated by L. C. Cresswell. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139223
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Anthony Burgess Signed Vinyl Of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange
BURGESS, Anthony; Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972.
Original LP of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the front cover. In near fine condition. This is the first record we have seen signed by the creator of the classic novel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5645
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How To Be A Successful Executive
GETTY, J. Paul.
How To Be A Successful Executive.
New York: Playboy Press, 1971.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Additionally with a signed personal check, stamped and typed on Pacific Safety paper, made payable to the Irene Andres. for $36.17 on July 24, 1946. “Paid” hole-punching to the edge, signed “J. Paul Getty.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146195
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"We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is": First Edition of Masters 1985; Boldly signed by Champion Bernhard Langer
LANGER, Bernhard.
Masters 1985.
Augusta National Club, 1985.
First edition of the Augusta publication of the 1985 Masters. Quarto, original boards, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Bernhard Langer on the half-title page. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135231
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Rare 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover Signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
Edmund Hillary Signed 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover.
Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2003.
Original May 2003 edition of The National Geographic Magazine cover signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers featuring a portrait of Hillary wearing a winter jacket. Signed by Hillary in black felt tip on the front panel, "Ed Hillary." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146008
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Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America; containing numerous maps including an early map of the undeveloped state of Florida
WALKER, R. J.; Jas. Shields.
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting The Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 8, 1845. Document No. 12, 29th Congress, 1st Session.
1845.
Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America. Octavo, disbound. Contains numerous folding maps and public surveys of Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, South Tennessee, Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama (showing Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek Cessions), and the State of Florida. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135884
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"THE STORY OF MISES IN HIS ROLE AS ECONOMIST": FIRST EDITION OF ISRAEL M. KIRZNER'S LUDWIG VON MISES: A MAN AND HIS ECONOMICS; SIGNED BY ISRAEL KIRZNER
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Ludwig von Mises: The Man and His Economics.
Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 2001.
First edition of Kirzner's authoritative biography of Ludwig von Mises. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144496
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First Edition of Reykjavik: Results & Lessons; Signed by Mikhail Gorbachev
GORBACHEV, Mikhail.
Reykjavik: Results & Lessons.
Madison, Connecticut: Sphinx Press, Inc, 1987.
First edition of this collection of speeches and writings of the historic meeting in Reykjavik between Gorbachev and President Reagan. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 95984
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"All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they took photographs": First Edition of Pale Fire
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Pale Fire.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.
First edition of this “witty, ironic and complex tour de force” (Hart, 521). Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133621
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"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves": First Edition of High Adventure; Signed by Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary's account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the half-title page, "E.P. Hillary." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146311
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"Belongs in Every Golfer’s Library" (Tom Watson): First Edition of Golfing Great Byron Nelson's Winning Golf; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron.
Byron Nelson’s Winning Golf.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1946.
First edition of Nelson's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Foreword by Grantland Rice. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To G.R. Tate Best Wishes Byron Nelson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A superior example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146822
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First Edition of Hubert Selby's Last Exit To Brooklyn; Inscribed by Him
SELBY, Jr..
Last Exit To Brooklyn.
New York: The Grove Press , 1964.
First edition of Selby's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Glenn With All Best Wishes H. Selby Jr 6/22/91." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Cover design by Roy Kuhlman. An exceptional example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 51892
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December 1939 Issue of Model Builder Magazine; Signed by Baseball Hall of Fame Legend Joe DiMaggio
DI MAGGIO, Joe.
Joe DiMaggio Signed Model Builder Magazine.
Mount Morris, Illinois: Lionel Corporation, December, 1939.
December 1939 Issue of Model Builder Magazine, the 'The Magazine of Model Railroading for Men and Boys' published every other month by Lionel Corporation. Imperial octavo, original wrappers, featuring a black and white photograph of Joe Di Maggio with a New York Central model railroad on the cover with related excerpt on page 29 that reads, "On the cover of this issue of the Model Builder is a picture of Joe DiMaggio, outstanding ball player on the world's champion New York Yankees. When this year's greatest home run hitter is not on the ball field, he will probably be found…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 145454
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"Passions are likened best to pools and streams; the shallows murmur, but the deep are dumb": First edition of Frank Gray Griswold's The Cascapedia Club; Inscribed by Him
GRISWOLD, Frank Gray.
The Cascapedia Club.
Norwood: The Plimpton Press, 1920.
First edition of Griswold's guide to fishing the Great Cascapedia. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Percy R. Pyne 2nd from G. Gray Griswold 1921." In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 88022
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"I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something": Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of The Ginger Man
DONLEAVY, J.P.
The Ginger Man.
New York: McDowell, Obelensky, 1958.
Rare uncorrected proof of the first American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 120176
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The July-December 1891 issue of The Review of Reviews
STEAD, William Thomas [Editor].
The Review of Reviews. Vol IV. July-December. 1891.
London: The "Review of Reviews", 1891.
The July-December 1891 issue of of Stead's The Review of Reviews. Octavo, original publisher's binding, illustrated, advertisements, index. In very good condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 135348
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Rare Antique Bronze Austrian Horsehead Bookends
BOOKENDS,.
Antique Austrian Bronze Horsehead Bookends.
Pair of cold-painted Austrian antique bronze horsehead bookends mounted on marble bases. The bookends measure 7 inches in height. In fine condition. A handsome example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 90467
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First edition, association copy of American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy; inscribed by George Plimpton to Senator Ted Kennedy
PLIMPTON, George. [Editor]. Interviews by Jean Stein [Edward M. Kennedy].
American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1970.
First edition of this remarkable biography of Robert F. Kennedy, based on interviews by Jean Stein and edited by George Plimpton. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by George Plimpton on the front free endpaper to Robert Kennedy's youngest brother, Ted Kennedy, "To Senator Kennedy with great admiration and best wishes, George." The recipient, Ted Kennedy served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent political Kennedy family, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died.…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 142518
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Review Copy of William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit
FAULKNER, William.
Knight’s Gambit.
New York: Random House, 1949.
First edition of this short story collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Review copy with the slip laid in, fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by E.McKnight Kauffer. A very nice example.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 100822
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Rare collection of 24 first editions and early printings of the novels of C.S. Forester; including first editions of The Good Shepherd and Napoleon and His Court
FORESTER, C.S.
C.S. Forester Collection.
London and New York: Various publishers, .
Rare collection of 24 first editions and early printings of the novels of C.S. Forester. Octavo, 27 volumes, original cloth, 15 volumes in dust jackets. The collection includes a first English edition of Napoleon and His Court, a first English edition of Annie Marble in Germany, a first American edition of The Man in the Yellow Raft, first American edition of The Captain from Connecticut, first edition of English Hornblower and the Hotspur, first English edition of Gold From Crete, first English edition of The Good Shepherd, first English edition of The Adventures of John Wetherell, and first English edition…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 131846
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"Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange be found to possess secret power to destroy a whole block of buildings nay, to blast a township at a stroke?": Winston S. Churchill's Shall We Commit Suicide?
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Shall We Commit Suicide?
New York: Eilert Printing Co, 1924.
First separate edition of Churchill's ominously prophetic article. 12mo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Rare, especially in this condition.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 135844
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"The inspiration for Theodore Roosevelt's The Naval War of 1812": First edition of William James' A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America
JAMES, William.
A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America; Preceded by a Cursory Examination of the American Accounts of Their Naval Actions Fought Previous to That Period.
London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817.
First edition of James' naval history of the War of 1812, which inspired Theodore Roosevelt's account from the American perspective: The Naval War of 1812. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine and panels, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, rebacked. In very good condition.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 132919