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First Edition of Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism; Inscribed by Fredric Jameson
JAMESON, Fredric.
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1991.
First edition of this "classic of late 20th-century Euroamerican critical thought” (Ned Lukacher). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "+ for Edward with all best wishes Fredric Jameson 10.18.21." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Andy Warhol. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147399
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Rare Antique Postcard Collection Album
Antique Postcard Collection Album.
Rare folio containing hundreds of vintage postcards, most postdated between 1907 and 1917. From the collection of Ellen Warren. Folio, original cloth decorated in gilt with raised vignettes to the front panel depicting a snowy landscape and caribou bust, patterned endpapers, containing hundreds of postcards including many Christmas, New Year's and Easter postcards, family photograph postcards, and views from Santa Catalina, New York City, Lake Merrit, Royal Gorge, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. In very good condition. A charming collection offering years of intimate insight into the collector's life.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 116035
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Thomas Day's Reflections Upon the Present Sate of England, and the Independence of America
DAY, Thomas.
Reflections Upon the Present State of England, and the Independence of America.
London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1783.
Third edition of Day's important treatise on American Independence. Octavo, bound in paper wrappers. In very good condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 127208
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"With esteem and admiration- for what they do, and the way they do it- and the community they create”: THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST; WARMLY INSRIBED BY DAVID HALBERSTAM
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Best and the Brightest.
New York: Random House, 1972.
First edition, early printing of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rik and Margaret with esteem and admiration- for what they do, and the way they do it- and the community they create David Halberstam May 16, 1996." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Chet Jezierski. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144036
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First Edition of Henry M. Stanley's Magdala
STANLEY, Henry M.
Magdala: The Story of the Abyssinian Campaign of 1866-7.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1896.
First edition of the second part of the 'Coomassie and Magdala' volume. Octavo, original leather binding, illustrated with a map of the British expedition and numerous drawings by Melton Prior and other artists. In very good condition. Library bookplate to the front pastedown with the Latin motto 'Vicilans Non Cadet' - 'The vigilant man falls not.' The library was named in honour of Sir Henry Behrend, Chairman of The Jews’ Hospital and Orphan Asylum at West Norwood, England.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145193
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First Edition of the Journal of the Eighteen Annual Session of the National Encampment; From the Library of General William Tecumseh Sherman
Journal of the Eighteenth Annual Session, of the National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic.
Philadelphia: Town Book and Job Printing House, 1884.
First edition of this record of post-war social meetings by members of the army; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Royal octavo, original morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the front panel. General Sherman and his son’s bookplates to the front pastedown, calling card of 12th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, Robert Burns Beath laid in. In very good condition with rubbing to the extremities. General Sheman’s library was inherited by Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he died. Eleanor was the granddaughter of General Sherman…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145743
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Rare Civil War Era Account Book and Letter Archive
Civil War Era Account Book and Letter Archive.
Rare Civil War era bookkeeper's log and letter archive primarily documenting claims for Civil War risk premiums in the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco. Laid in are over two dozen letters of correspondence between the the office of Glidden and Williams postdated between 1854 and 1882 and insurance documents including several petitions filed with the Court of Alabama. In very good condition. With the stamp of Aaron R. Gay, Stationer of No. 130 State Street, Boston Massachusetts.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 116855
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First Edition of Taxes and Business Strategy; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Myron S. Scholes
SCHOLES, Myron S. and Mark A. Wolfson.
Taxes and Business Strategy. A Planning Approach.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1992.
First edition of this classic work, now in it's sixth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "_____ Good luck in all of your endeavors Myron S. Scholes 6/12/10." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117632
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Albert Alberg's Gustavus Vasa and His Stirring Times; finely bound in full period calf
ALBERG, Albert.
Gustavus Vasa and His Stirring Times.
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co, c. 1885.
Finely bound example of Alberg's biography of Gustav I of Sweden. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Relfe Brothers of London with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139738
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The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge; Signed and dated by Him
AYER, Alfred J. [A.J.].
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge.
London : Macmillan & Co, 1962.
Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "with best wishes A.J. Ayer Mexico City September 11 1963." In very good condition. From the library of Sergio Munoz, who was a friend of the author. Books signed by Ayer are scarce.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133103
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First Edition of Kate Millett's Sexual Politics; Inscribed by Her
MILLETT, Kate.
Sexual Politics: A Surprising Examination of Society’s Most Arbitrary Folly.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1970.
First edition of the author's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by Kate Millett on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket typography by Gina Rosencrantz.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 46008
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First Edition of Thomas Schelling's Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's important compilation of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 75689
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First edition of Hilary Putnam's Ethics Without Ontology; Inscribed by Him
PUTNAM, Hilary.
Ethics Without Ontology.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
First edition of this work on ontology by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For John Hilary Putnam April 4, '15." Name to the front free endpaper, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Nefsky Frankfeldt.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 68341
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First British Edition of STRIDE TOWARD FREEDOM
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1958.
First British edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Trevor Huddleston.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 127636
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First Edition of The International Bill of Human Rights; Signed by Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari
CARTER, Jimmy; Martti Ahtisaari .
The International Bill of Human Rights.
Glen Allen: Entwhistle Books, 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari, To John Martti Ahtisaari Mattias. In fine condition. Foreword by Jimmy Carter. Afterword by Adolfo Perez Esquivel. Introduction by Tom J. Farer.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133644
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James Thurber and E.B. White's Is Sex Necessary; From the Library of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
THURBER, James and E.B. White [Charlotte Perkins Gilman].
Is Sex Necessary? Or Why You Feel the Way You Do.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929.
Early edition of this collection of satirical essays in theme with the many Freudian sexual theories published in the 1920s; from the library of writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece photograph of New York, illustrated with about fifty-two drawings by James Thurber. Signed and dated by Gilman in pencil on the front free endpaper below an antiquarian ownership signature which she has crossed out, "C. P. Gilman Nov. 1931." 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…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145591
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First edition of Marshall Loeb and William Safire's Plunging into Politics; from the library of William Safire
LOEB, Marshall and William Safire.
Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate of the National, State, of Local Level.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1964.
First edition of Safire and Loeb's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt. Safire's copy with his bookplate to the pastedown. 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…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128605
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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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"AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE FIELD OF ANTHROPOLOGY ON PAR WITH CHARLES DARWIN'S ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES": FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION OF COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA; SIGNED BY AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST MARGARET MEAD
MEAD, Margaret. Foreword by Franz Boas.
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth in Western Civilisation.
New York: The New American Library of World Literature, Inc, 1949.
First paperback edition, first printing of Mead’s pioneering work which, upon publication, established her as the most famous anthropologist in the world. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Margaret Meade November 1949." In near fine condition. Jacket design by Robert Jonas. Rare, particularly signed.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 117021
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First edition of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Senator Larry Pressler
GORE, Al.
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
First edition, first printing of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For my friend and colleague Larry Pressler, with respect + best wishes, Al Gore." The recipient, Senator Larry Pressler served in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, representing South dakota. After completing his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, he joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant. He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144920