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First Edition of Bob Woodward's Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom; Signed by Him and Alan Greenspan
WOODWARD, Bob [Alan Greenspan].
Maestro: Greenspan’s Fed and the American Boom.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
First edition of the definitive biography on the former chairman of The Federal Chairman by the author of All the President's Men. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed "Bob Woodward 3/31/2012 on the title page. Additionally signed by Alan Greenspan on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino. We have never seen another example signed by both Woodward and Greenspan.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133825
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First edition of Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924; inscribed by William K. Vanderbilt
VANDERBILT, William K.
Across The Atlantic With Ara, Summer of 1924.
New York: Brentano's, Publishers, 1925.
First edition of Vanderbilt's account of his 1924 three-month summer cruise aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with plates and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To C. M. ... from W. K. Vanderbilt June 26th 1925." In very good condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143551
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First Edition of Newton Mann's Import and Outlook of Socialism; From the Library of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
MANN, Newton [Charlotte Perkins Gilman].
Import and Outlook of Socialism.
Boston: James H. West Company, 1910.
First edition of this historical, political, and economic examination of socialism; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed and dated by Gilman in pencil on the front free endpaper, "Charlotte P. Gilman 1911." Gilman was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate, and eugenicist who served as a role model for future generations of utopian feminists. Best known for her semi-autobiographical short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis, Gilman has written works on gender and male domination that continue to maintain their relevance…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145592
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First Edition of Israel, Zionism and the New Left; Signed by David Ben-Gurion
RUBENSTEIN, Richard L. (David Ben-Gurion).
Israel, Zionism and the New Left.
New York: Zionist Organization of America, 1969.
First edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the title page, "3.3.73 D. Ben Gurion." Ben-Gurion passed away in December of 1973. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding box.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 72028
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Rare Autograph Letter signed by French polymath Albert Schweitzer
SCHWEITZER, Albert.
Albert Schweitzer Autograph Letter Signed.
1960.
Rare autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of French physician and Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer. One page, text in French. The letter is addressed to Miss Mary Hebe Degler of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and reads in part, "Thank you for very much for the beautiful photographs. The are very natural. All is well at the hospital but the number of hospitalizations increase with each year. Best Regards, Albert Schweitzer." Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope post dated December, 27, 1960. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 116818
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First Edition of Clint Rossiter's The American Presidency; Inscribed by Him to his Aunt in the year of publication
ROSSITER, Clinton.
The American Presidency.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Aunt Lille with much love Clint July 7, 1956." In near fine condition. Books signed and inscribed by Rossiter are rare as he passed away suddenly in 1970.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138089
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Rare Signed Photograph of legendary executive Alfred P. Sloan
SLOAN, Alfred P.
Alfred P. Sloan Signed Photograph.
Photograph of legendary executive and longtime president and CEO of General Motors Alfred Sloan, inscribed by him. Black and white photograph of the General Motors president in a handsome half-length pose in later age, inscribed by him in the upper right corner of the image, "For Edward Orio, with best regards, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., New York, June 7, 1955." Accompanied by a transmittal letter, June 9, 1955, in part, "I have your letter of May 30th and take pleasure in sending you herewith an autographed photograph which I hope will reach you safely. I appreciate your wanting it." In…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146991
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Rare Photograph of The Founding Father of Israel, David Ben-Gurion; Inscribed by Him
BEN-GURION, David.
David-Ben Gurion Signed Photograph.
Rare photograph of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion. Glossy black and white photograph of David Ben-Gurion seated with a book in his lap. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ben-Gurion in the top right corner, "To Karen Moss, D. Ben-Gurion." Framed. In near fine condition. The piece measures 11 inches by 9 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146735
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“Education is the movement from darkness to light": The Closing of the American Mind; Inscribed by Allan Bloom
BLOOM, Allan; Foreword by Saul Bellow.
The Closing of the American Mind.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.
First edition, early printing of Bloom's landmark work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Richard A. Ware, One of the most admirable men I have met during my career and my special benefactor. Gratefully, Allan Bloom September, 1987." The recipient Richard A. Ware served under President Richard Nixon as acting assistant secretary of defense and who was later appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the Board of Foreign Scholarships. He was later named president of the Earhart Foundation, which is an American private charitable foundation that funded research and scholarship. It…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 22016
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Address of President Coolidge before the Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Signed by Him
COOLIDGE, Calvin.
Address of President Coolidge before the Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Chicago: Government Printing Office, 1925.
First edition of this address by President Coolidge. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Calvin Coolidge. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119470
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"I do not ask for saintly souls to help me on my way, or male and female devilkins to lead my steps astray": First edition of Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad and John Galsworthy; with an autograph letter signed by the editor John Galsworthy tipped in
KIPLING, Rudyard; Joseph Conrad; John Galsworthy; J. M. Barrie et al. Edited by John Galsworthy.
Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier.
London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, [1918].
First edition of this scarce WWII periodical dedicated to wounded soldiers and sailors, containing appearances of Rudyard Kipling's A Pilgrim's Way, John Galsworthy's The Gist of the Matter, Joseph Conrad's The First News, and J. M. Barrie's Barbara's Wedding. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. With an autograph letter signed by Galsworthy tipped in. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121473
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990; Signed by
MARKOWITZ, Harry and William F. Sharpe.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1981-1990. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Karl-Goran Maler.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146331
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First Edition of The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar; Signed by Gilles Peress, Eric Stover and Richard Goldstone
PERESS, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone.
The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.
New York: Scalo , 1998.
First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990's. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peress; Eric Stover, who contributed the text and Justice Richard Goldstone, who contributed the foreword. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 973
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Keith Stephens from Peter F. Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 26011
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First Edition of Edward Whymper's Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator; From the library of Explorer Steve Fossett
WHYMPER, Edward.
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator.
London: John Murray, 1891-92.
First edition of this work by the mountaineer and explorer. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's cloth, with 34 engraved plates and 4 maps (one folding, one large folding route map in rear cover pocket). From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. 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…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111798
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Rare first editions of Hayek's Law, Legislation and Liberty
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
Law, Legislation and Liberty. A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973-1979.
First editions of volumes 2 and 3 and an early printing of volume 1 of the economist's magnum opus. Octavo, 3 volumes, original black cloth. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets with light shelfwear. A very sharp set of first editions, uncommon in the original dust jackets.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 117854
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First Edition of Economist on Wall Street; Inscribed by Peter Bernstein to His Sister Aline Bernstein Saarinen
BERNSTEIN, Peter.
Economist on Wall Street: Notes on the Sanctity of Gold, the Value of Money, the Security of Investments, and Other Delusions.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970.
First edition of this classic collection of early Bernstein writings. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to the author's sister, "For Aline - With all my love - Peter." The recipient, Aline Bernstein Saarinen was a well-known critic of art and architecture in the United States, an author and a television journalist, who married the architect Eero Saarinen. She was given the International Award for Best Foreign Criticism at the Venice Biennale in 1951. She received the Frank Jewett Mather Award for best newspaper art criticism in 1953, and the American Federation of Arts Award for best…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115722
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Rare House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, printing Edward VIII's "Instrument of Abdication" in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne
KING EDWARD VIII,.
House of Lords Doc. 20, Minutes of Proceedings, December 10, 1936, Printing Edward VIII’s “Instrument of Abdication” in which he officially renounces claim to the Throne.
1936.
Rare extract from the printed Minutes and a singular moment in British royal history. "Abdication of Edward R. I." in blue pencil at top right. Framed such that both sides of the document can be read, visible portion of the unfolded sheet measures 16 x 12.5 inches; frame measures 22.5 inches by 20 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 119889
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First edition of Armand Dayout's Napoleon: Raconte Par L'Image; an exceptional example in the publisher's full deluxe morocco
DAYOUT, Armand. [Napoleon Bonaparte].
Napoleon: Raconte Par L’Image D’Apres Les Sculpteurs, les Graveurs et Les Peintres.
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1895.
First edition of one of the richest Napoleonic iconographies published. Folio, original publisher's full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, large gilt central insignia to the front panel, all edges gilt, watered silk endleaves, ribbon bound in, illustrated with hundreds of tissue-guarded chromolithographs. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 137140
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"one of the seminal publications in the history of exploration": Richard Hakluyt's The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation
HAKLUYT, Richard.
The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation.
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons Publishers to the University, 1903-1904.
The Hakluyt Society Extra Series limited edition of Hakluyt's famed record of English voyages; one of the seminal publications in the history of exploration. Octavo, 12 volumes, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with numerous plates, folding maps, and facsimiles. One of one thousand copies printed on hand-made paper. In good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138424
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First Edition of Hollywood Saga; Signed by Both Cecil B. Demille and William C. Demille
DEMILLE, William [Cecil B. DeMille].
Hollywood Saga.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939.
First edition of this biography of screenwriter and film director of William C. DeMille, older brother of Cecil B. DeMille, who started as a playwright before following his brother to Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Cecil B. DeMille on the frontispiece inscribed by William C. DeMille to Emma Obitz, his long-time housekeeper, dated Oct. 9, 1939, on the title page. Foreword by John Erskine. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145796
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Rare Typed Letter Signed by Theodore Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.
New York: February 8, 1899.
Theodore Roosevelt typed letter signed to Thomas T. Sherman. One page on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary, the letter reads, "Feby. 8th, 1899. Thomas T. Sherman, 52 Wall St., N.Y. City. My dear Mr. Sherman: - I have your letter of the 7thst in reference to General Varnum and assure you it will have my careful consideration. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt." In very good condition. Matted and framed. The letter measures 5.9 inches by 7.8 inches. The entire piece measures 11.9 inches by 13.5 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145340
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Rare Photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; Signed by Them
LEWIS, John; Nancy Pelosi; Steny Hoyer; John Larsson.
Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson Signed Photograph.
2010.
Rare photograph of Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Steny Hoyer, and John Larsson; signed by them. Color satin-finish photograph of Nancy Pelosi holding a large gavel while walking alongside Steny Hoyer, John Lewis, and John Larsson, as they prepare to pass the Affordable Care Act, signed by each in black felt tip by their person, dated in the upper right corner "3/21/10." In fine condition with a JSA authentication label affixed to the lower right corner.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146737
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Rare second edition of Cochin and Bellicard's Observations Upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius
COCHIN, Charles; Jerome Bellicard.
Observations Upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Ancients. And a short Description of the Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Naples.
London: Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1756.
Second edition of the first illustrated account of the discoveries made in the excavation of Herculaneum. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt ruled raised bands to the spine, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, profusely illustrated with 42 engraved plates. In good condition. Ownership stamp.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134550