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First Edition of David Hume Kennerly's Shooter; Warmly Inscribed by Him
KENNERLY, David Hume.
Shooter.
New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Small quarto, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Roy, Thanks for the interview! Dave Kennerly October 31, 1979." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mary Ann Joulwan.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 118339
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First edition, first issue of Brantz Mayer's Captain Canot or Twenty Years of an African Slaver
MAYER, Brantz.
Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver. Being an Account of the Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854.
First edition, first issue of the historian's detailed account of the African slave trade. First issue with with page 191 misprinted as 19. Octavo, recased with the original publisher's cloth laid down, additional vignette title. In very good condition, hinges reinforced and rebacked.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142108
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First edition of Jack Valenti's Protect and Defend; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
VALENTI, Jack. [William Safire].
Protect and Defend.
New York: Doubleday, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf, "To Helen and Bill dear, dear loving friends. Read - enjoy! Jack Valenti." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire 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…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 133043
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First Edition of The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast; finely bound in full polished calf
HALL, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast.
London: Arthur Hall, 1861.
First edition of Hall's description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138426
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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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"And while no nation has ever faced such a challenge, no nation has ever been so ready to seize the burden and the glory of freedom": First Edition of John F. Kennedy's The Burden and the Glory
KENNEDY, John F.
The Burden and the Glory: The Hopes and Purposes of President Kennedy’s Second and Third Years in Office as Revealed in His Public Statements and Addresses.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.
First edition of this collection of speeches of President Kennedy. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by Allan Nevins. With a special foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 43097
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First Edition of Michael Spence's The Next Convergence; Inscribed by Him
SPENCE, Michael.
The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
First edition of this "intelligent, rational, an humane book" (The Financial Times). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Gus With my very best wishes Michael Spence." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Christopher Tobias. Jacket illustration by Sara Mills.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 102002
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First Edition of George P. Shultz's Ideas & Action: Featuring the 10 Commandments of Negotiation; Signed by Him
SHULTZ, George P.
Ideas & Action: George P. Shultz, Featuring the 10 Commandments of Negotiation.
Erie, PA: Free To Choose Press, 2010.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by George P. Shultz on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Forewords by Henry A. Kissinger, Diane Feinstein and William J. Perry.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 139641
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First Edition of Rethinking Housing Bubbles; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon L. Smith
GJERSTAD, Steven and Vernon L. Smith.
Rethinking Housing Bubbles: The Role of Household and Bank Balance Sheets in Modeling Economic Cycles.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original glossy boards. Signed and dated by Vernon Smith on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 68022
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First Edition of Economic Analysis of Production Price Indexes; Inscribed by Karl Shell
FISHER, Franklin M. and Karl Shell.
Economic Analysis of Production Price Indexes.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
First edition of the first study to discuss output and input price indexes. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Karl Shell on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 75768
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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 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 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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Rare first edition of For Britain's Soldiers: A Contribution to the Needs of our Fighting Men and Their Families; with contributions by Rudyard Kipling and H.G. Wells
KIPLING, Rudyard; Sir Walter Besant; Max Pemberton; Morley Roberts; H.G. Wells; Percy White; et al.
For Britain’s Soldiers: A Contribution to the Needs of our Fighting Men and Their Families.
London: Methuen & Co, 1900.
First edition of this anthology published and sold to benefit the officers and men of the British Army in South Africa during the Boer Wars. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 122456
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Special limited edition of Brown's Where Giants Trod: The Saga of Kenya's Desert Lake; one of 250 numbered copies signed by him
BROWN, Monty. Foreword by Vivian Fuchs.
Where Giants Trod: The Saga of Kenya’s Desert Lake.
London: Quiller Press, 1989.
Special limited edition of Brown's elaborately illustrated history of Kenya's northern desert region and the 13 expeditions to Lake Rudolf. Quarto, original publisher's three quarters pebbled morocco over leatherette boards, marbled endpapers, with 75 color and 50 black and white illustrations, folding map in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author on the half-title page, this is number 49. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 110678
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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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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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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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"The murderer would own something even when he was dead…And I?": First Edition of Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower
WIESENTHAL, Simon.
The Sunflower.
New York: Schocken Books, 1976.
First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Randall Richmond.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146793
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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 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
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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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First Edition of The Tories: Conservatives and The Nation State 1922-1997; Signed by Alan Clark
CLARK, Alan.
The Tories: Conservatives and The Nation State 1922-1997.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998.
First edition of this personal account of modern Conservatives in government. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Alan Clark 22 IX." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147117
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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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"Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society": First Edition of The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor; Signed by Her
SOTOMAYOR, Sonia.
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2018.
First edition of Justice Sotomayor's autobiography, which details the life of the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sonia Sotomayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Bianchini and Larsson McSwain.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 123929
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Looking Ahead: The Papers of David Sarnoff; Warmly Inscribed by Him
SARNOFF, David.
Looking Ahead: The Papers of David Sarnoff.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968.
First edition, early printing of the papers of this business pioneer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dr. George Rich With appreciation and all good wishes David Sarnoff 68." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 130197
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“A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEABAG - ONLY IN HOT WATER DO YOU REALIZE HOW STRONG SHE IS”: First Edition of My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan; Inscribed by Her
REAGAN, Nancy.
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan.
New York: Random House, 1989.
First edition of Nancy Reagan's memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Laid in is a note from her office thanking the recipient for the letter. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written in collaboration with William Novak.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 64571
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DANIEL J. BOORSTIN'S THE AMERICANS: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE; LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY HIM
BOORSTIN, David.
The Americans: The Colonial Experience.
New York: Random House, 1973.
Later printing of the final volume in Boorstin's The Americans series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Lydia A. Bogdoyan with admiration and warm regards from Daniel J. Boorstin Sept 23, 1976." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 96031
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First Edition of Making the Market: Victorian Origins of Corporate Capitalism; Inscribed by Paul Johnson
JOHNSON, Paul.
Making the Market: Victorian Origins of Corporate Capitalism.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
First edition of this innovative study which reveals how and why capitalist institutions were created and the moral, economic and legal assumptions behind them. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Marilyn With best wishes Paul." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hart McLeod.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 141813
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First Edition of Jeb Bush's Profiles in Character; Inscribed by Both Authors
BUSH, Jeb and Brian Yablonski.
Profiles in Character.
Miami: Foundation For Miami's Future, 1995.
First edition of Jeb Bush's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Foreword by William J. Bennett.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 85632
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First edition of Brantz Mayer's Captain Canot or Twenty Years of an African Slaver
MAYER, Brantz.
Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver. Being an Account of the Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854.
First edition, early issue of the historian's detailed account of the African slave trade without the misprint on page 191. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, additional vignette title. In very good condition, hinges reinforced.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 142153
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First Edition of Elizabeth B. Custer's Boots and Saddles
CUSTER, Elizabeth B.
Boots and Saddles, or Life in Dakota with General Custer.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885.
First edition of Elizabeth Custer's memoir. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial brown cloth decorated and stamped in black and gilt with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt embellishments of a rising sun and bugle to the front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of George Armstrong Custer, outline map of portions of Montana and Dakota. In near fine condition. A bright example.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145222
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Ludwig von Mises' Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War.
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1969.
First edition of the re-issue of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120643
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"Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappoints. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding": John Adams; Signed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Later printing of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by the David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147017
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Ludwig von Mises' Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution; With a New Introduction by Murray Rothbard
VON MISES, Ludwig; Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.
Auburn: The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1985.
First edition of the re-issue of this classic work, the first to feature a preface by Murray N. Rothbard. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 104223
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First edition of Bette Bao Lord's Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic; inscribed by her to legendary journalist William Safire
LORD, Bette Bao.
Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, "For Helene and Bill - With best wishes Bette Bao Lord." 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 supported him 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 York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135482
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“A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEABAG - ONLY IN HOT WATER DO YOU REALIZE HOW STRONG SHE IS”: First Edition of My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan; Inscribed by Her
REAGAN, Nancy.
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan.
New York: Random House, 1989.
First edition of Nancy Reagan's memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Gene Williams Best Wishes Nancy Reagan Apr '92." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written in collaboration with William Novak.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1860
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First edition of James Peckham's Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, and Missouri in 1861: A Monograph of the Great Rebellion
PECKHAM, James.
Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, and Missouri in 1861. A Monograph of the Great Rebellion.
New York: American News Company, Publishers, 1866.
First edition of Peckham's biography of the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132918
