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Signed by Richard Goldstone
GOLDSTONE, Richard J.; Foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor.
For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator.
Johannesburg, South Africa: Witwaterstrand University Press, 2000.
First edition of Goldstone's autobiography. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Ken With admiration and in friendship Richard." In near fine condition. Foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 2568
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First Edition of Niall Ferguson's Civilization: The West and the Rest; Inscribed by Him
FERGUSON, Niall.
Civilization: The West and the Rest.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2011.
First edition of this work by the famed historian. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John with best wishes Niall Ferguson." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132746
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First Edition of Edmund Phelps' Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change; Signed by Him
PHELPS, Edmund.
Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
First edition of this work which won the 2014 Gold Medal in Economics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Drumm0nd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 76844
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First Edition of Morley Cooper's Cruising to Florida Via the Intercoastal Waterway
COOPER, Morley.
Cruising to Florida Via the Intracoastal Waterway.
New York: Whittlesey House/ McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1946.
First edition of this early work on the intracoastal waterways. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 140263
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First Edition of In Defense of Globalization; Inscribed by Jagdish Bhagwati
BHAGWATI, Jaqdish.
In Defense of Globalization.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
First edition of this "outstandingly effective book" (The Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Fannie with warm regards, Professor Bhagwati." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 107289
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First Edition of Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
SOLOW, Robert.
Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth (Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures).
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 32004
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First Edition of Tony Judt's Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945.
JUDT, Tony.
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2005.
First edition of this finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dean Nicastro.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146387
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Limited Edition Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail; Signed by Illustrator Thomas Hart Benton
PARKMAN, Francis. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton.
The Oregon Trail.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945.
Signed limited edition of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, pictorial title page, illustrated with numerous plates by Thomas Hart Benton. One of one thousand numbered copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. In near fine condition with very light rubbing to the crown of the spine and a faint stain to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146546
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First English edition of Leo Tolstoy's The Great Iniquity
TOLSTOY, Leo. Translated by V. Tchertkoff and I. F. Mayo.
A Great Iniquity.
London: The Free Age Press, n.d.
First English edition of Tolstoy's work on peasant welfare in Russia. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135472
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W.C. King and W.P. Derby's Campfire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5
KING, W.C. and W.P. Derby.
Campfire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5.
Springfield, Mass.: King, Richardson & Co, 1889.
Early printing of the authors' finely illustrated work on the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. In good condition. Warping and dampstaining to the rear board. Period ownership inscriptions.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132308
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"The world has lost one of the very few with the imagination, courage, and leadership needed to restore civilization and build a firm economic base for peace and happiness": The June 1946 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing a notice of Keynes' death and his posthumously printed article: The Balance of Payments of the United States
HARROD, R.F. and E.A.G. Robinson.
The Economic Journal: The Quarterly Journal of The Royal Economic Society. June 1946. [The Balance of Payments of the United States].
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1946.
The June 1946 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing a notice of Keynes' death and his posthumously printed article: The Balance of Payments of the United States. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Ink notation to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135307
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Rare first edition of Christian Martyrdom in Russia
TOLSTOY, Leo. Vladimir Tchertkoff.
Christian Martyrdom in Russia: Persecution of the Spirit-Wrestlers (or Doukhobortsi) in the Caucus.
London: The Brotherhood Publishing Co, 1897.
First edition of Tchertkoff's work on the persecution of the Doukhobors. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135138
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First edition of Henry N. Hudson's A Chaplain's Campaign with Gen. Butler
[HUDSON, Henry].
A Chaplain’s Campaign with Gen. Butler.
New-York: Printed For The Author, 1865.
First edition of Henry Hudson's account of his imprisonment after publishing his hostile criticism of Butler's military policy in the New York Evening Post. Octavo, modern cloth. Hudson served during the Civil War from 1862 to 1865 as chaplain of the 1st New York Volunteer Engineers, as well as war correspondent for the New York Evening Post. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 139497
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Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within; Signed by Rory Stewart
STEWART, Rory.
Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2023.
First edition, early printing of this "instant classic" (Marina Hyde). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Rory Stewart on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Matt Broughton.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 144165
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Signed Limited Edition of Eugene O'Neill and the Senator From Texas
O'NEILL, Eugene .
Eugene O’Neill and the Senator From Texas.
New Haven: Yale University Library Gazette, 1961.
Signed limited first edition, number 79 of 100 examples, signed by Earle B. Mayfield. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Edited by John S. Mayfield. With an original signed letter from the editor laid in.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 112069
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Rare first edition of National Bank Organization 1812-1904
National Bank Organization 1812-1904.
New York: The National City Bank of New York, 1904.
First edition of this detailed work on the organization of the National City Bank. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 124768
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Signed limited edition of Charles Grosvenor's An Iconography of the Portraits of T.E. Lawrence
GROSVENOR, Charles.
An Iconography of the Portraits of T. E. Lawrence.
Pasadena: The Otterden Press, 1988.
Signed limited edition of Grosvenor's catalogue of the portraits of T. E. Lawrence. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 255. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover portrait by William Rothenstein. Cover photograph by Vladmir Popovic.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 126800
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First Edition of The Great Society: Lessons for the Future; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
GINZBERG, Eli and Robert M. Solow.
The Great Society: Lessons for the Future.
New York: Basic Books, 1974.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding The Great Society. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Review copy with the slip laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 43098
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First Edition of Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr.'s Black Against Empire
BLOOM, Joshua and Waldo E. Martin.
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2013.
First edition of the first comprehensive overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Patrick Liem.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145142
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First edition of Herbert Aptheker's Afro American History: The Modern Era; inscribed by him
APTHEKER, Herbert.
Afro American History: The Modern Era. A Pioneering Chronicle of the Black People in Twentieth-Century America.
New York: The Citadel Press, 1971.
First edition of the prolific American Marxist historian's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Jan 1972 For Mrs. Janette Harris - with warmest regards & best wishes, Herbert Aptheker." The recipient, Janette Harris was a fellow social rights activist who was expelled from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she and five other students were arrested for attempting to desegregate an all-White lunch counter. She went on to serve as a campaign manager for the Carter-Mondale reelection campaign, research associate for the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life…
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 134261