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“Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective": First Edition of Peter F. Drucker's The Effective Executive
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Effective Executive.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of Drucker's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 144241
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"It is frankly devoted to man's crazy, triumphant return to the mud from which he came": First Edition of Charles Addams' Addams and Evil
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams]; Wolcott Gibbs.
Addams and Evil.
New York: Random House, 1947.
First edition of this classic collection of Addams’ cartoons. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Wolcott Gibbs.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147270
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“After a leisurely slide into second, Joe bounced to his feet, looked at Marichal, shrugged, smiled, and spread his arms as if to say, "You throw at me, I'll make you pay": First Edition of John Grisham's Calico Joe; Inscribed by Him
GRISHAM, John .
Calico Joe.
New York: Doubleday, 2012.
First edition of this novel which The Washington Post wrote, "knocks it out of the park." Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Grisham on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana. Author photograph by Jonas Karlsson.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119349
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"We know that the war is over... but the story of the great conflict will never diminish in interest": Sparks From the Camp Fire, Tales of the Old Veterans
MORTON, Joseph W..
Sparks From the Camp Fire, Tales of the Old Veterans.
Philadelphia: Keystone Publishing Co., 1895.
New and revised edition of this collection of Civil War memoirs. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers, illustrated. From the library of Michael Ellsworth Shoemaker, son of William Shoemaker wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd 1864 with his ownership inscription. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132339
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First Edition of Renewing America's Purpose; Inscribed by First Ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush
BUSH, George W. [Laura and Barbara Bush].
Renewing America’s Purpose: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush July 1999-July 2000.
Austin, TX: Republican National Committee / Bush for President, Inc, 2000.
First edition of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly inscribed by First Ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush on the cover, "To Nick with best wishes: Laura Bush and Barbara Bush." In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147231
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"Good Golfing": Byron Nelson's Winning Golf; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron.
Byron Nelson’s Winning Golf.
Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1988.
First edition of the re-issue of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Buck Ray Good Golfing Byron Nelson." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146821
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First Edition of Falling to Earth; Signed by Al Worden and Francis French
WORDEN, Al with Francis French.
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Books, 2011.
First edition of this unprecedented and exhilarating account of Al Worden's experience with NASA. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by the authors on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Dick Gordon. Epilogue by Tom Stafford. Jacket design by Brian Barth.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147208
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First edition of Jeffrey Sonnenfeld's The Hero's Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire; lengthily inscribed by him
SONNENFELD, Jeffrey.
The Hero’s Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1988.
First edition of Sonnenfeld's in-depth work on executive succession. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author in the year of publication, "To Yandy, Congratulations on your heroic contributions - especially in pulling this joint conference off. Best wishes, Jeff." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Complete Artworks, Ltd. Author photograph by Richard A. Chase.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121305
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Puzzles of the Black Widowers
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Puzzles of the Black Widowers: 12 More of the Master’s Best-Loved Mysteries.
New York: Doubleday, 1990.
First edition of the fifth book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Steinberg.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142339
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"There are always many people who say that golf cannot be learned from a book": First edition of P. A. Vaile's The New Golf
VAILE, P. A.
The New Golf.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916.
First edition of P. A. Vaile's authoritative manual of the game of golf. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece engraving of Jerome D. Travers with tissue guard, illustrated with forty engravings from photographs. In near fine condition. A nice example.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 88077
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"Tyranny is like the electric wiring in an old house. A tyrant dies, the new tyrant takes possession, and all he has to do is drop the switch": First Edition of Absolute Friends; Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
Absolute Friends.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004.
First edition of this espionage novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146215
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The Places in Between; Inscribed by Rory Stewart
STEWART, Rory.
The Places In Between.
Orlando: Harcourt, 2006.
Early printing of the author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Heather, with very best wishes Rory August 2006." In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 93219
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First edition of Col. Harold P. Sheldon's Tranquility: Tales of Sport with the Gun
SHELDON, Col. Harold P. Introduction by Nash Buckingham.
Tranquility: Tales of Sport with the Gun.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1936.
First edition of Sheldon's collected outdoor sketches. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 94. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 116019
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"He has plucked the sting from our bad dreams": First Edition of Charles Addams' Black Maria
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams].
Black Maria.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.
First edition of this classic collection of Addams’ cartoons. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147271
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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: $150.00 Item Number: 146503
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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. Foreward by Dow Finsterwald Jr.
The Ryder Cup Meets the Monster: A Collection of Words and Pictures Commemorating Golf’s Crown Jewel.
Bingham Farms, Michigan: Premiere Publishing LLC, 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, "To Robert: Hope you enjoy 'Golf's greatest event,' Best Wishes, Dow Finsterwald Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 89015
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First Edition of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144548
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“Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread”: Signed Limited First Edition of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities
WOLFE, Tom.
The Bonfire of the Vanities.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1987.
Signed limited first edition of the author's first novel, 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 by the author depicting a powerful scene from the book. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147056
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First Edition of Roger D. Hunt and Jack R. Brown's Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue
HUNT, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown.
Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.
Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990.
First edition of Hunt and Brown's monumental compilation of biographical sketches of Union brevet brigadier generals in the Civil War. Quarto, original cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with portraits. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133074
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Daniel Yergin's The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
YERGIN, Daniel.
The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Early printing of "the best history of oil ever written" (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jack- With gratitude for the opportunity to be part of the AMC '91 and appreciation for the gracious hospitality Best wishes, Daniel Yergin Jan 3, '99 Pittsburgh." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120452
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First edition of Eric Tabarly's Lonely Victory: Atlantic Race 1964; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
TABARLY, Eric. Translated by Len Ortzen.
Lonely Victory: Atlantic Race 1964.
London: Souvenir Press, 1964.
First edition in English of French Navy officer and yachtsman Eric Tabarly’s account of his victorious 1964 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race on his gaff-rigged cutter Pen Duick. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs, charts, and maps. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114885
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First edition of Major Joseph Orton Kerbeys On the War Path
KERBEY, Joseph Orton.
On the War Path: A Journey Over the Historic Grounds of the Late Civil War.
Chicago: Donahue, Henneberry & Co., 1890.
First edition of the Civil War Union spy's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132391
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"I'm the best at what I do. But what I do best isn't very nice": First edition of Matthew K. Manning's Wolverine: Inside the World of The Living Weapon
MANNING, Matthew K.
Wolverine: Inside the World of The Living Weapon.
London: DK Publishing, 2009.
First edition of the most comprehensive guide to the world of the X-Men's most popular hero. Quarto, original publisher's pictorial boards, illustrated. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142536
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First Edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Eat the Rich; humorously inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Eat The Rich: A Treatise on Economics.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998.
First edition, early printing of the best-selling author's economic treatise. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Lucie Bon Appetite! P. J. O'Rourke 4/27/99 NYC." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman and Charles Rue Woods.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133080