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"To Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the remembrance of his 1933 Antarctic Expedition": First Edition of Adolphus W. Greely's Three Years of Arctic Service; Inscribed by E. Griffith Dodson to Polar Explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd
GREELY, Adolphus W.
Three Years of Arctic Service: Volumes I & II.
New York: Scribners, 1886.
First edition of this narrative record of the harrowing Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. Octavo, 2 volumes, original dark blue pictorial cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Adolphus Greely to Vol. I and Fort Conger, Grinnell Land May 20 1883 to Vol. II, heavily illustrated with engravings, charts and nine maps, two folding and one in a pocket at the end of Vol. II. Inscribed by American lawyer and Democratic politician Edward Griffith Dodson on the front pastedown of Vol. I to Admiral Richard E. Byrd, pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics, and the members of his 1933…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145350
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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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First Edition of Andrew Tobias' The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need; Lengthily Signed by Him
TOBIAS, Andrew.
The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "The only ever! Best wishes 37 years (and six updated editions) later....Andrew 4/15." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 106588
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First edition of Emanuel Hertz's Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of the Synagogue.
HERTZ, Emanuel. [Abraham Lincoln].
Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of the Synagogue.
New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition of Hertz’s compilation of tributes delivered upon the occasion of the death of President Lincoln. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Lincoln, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 131608
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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 Mrs. Ike: Memories and Reflections on the Life of Mamie Eisenhower; Inscribed by Susan Eisenhower to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
EISENHOWER, Susan [Madeleine K. Albright].
Mrs. Ike: Memories and Reflections on the Life of Mamie Eisenhower.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996.
First edition of this compelling biography of an army captain's wife who becomes First Lady. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "To Madeleine Albright with admiration and deepest appreciation for her friendship - Susan Eisenhower." Additionally signed on the half title page. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147575
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"Eleanor had defended over the years, that the money spent on arms would be much better spent on education & medical care": First Edition of No Ordinary Time; With a full page inscription by Doris Kearns Goodwin
KEARNS GOODWIN, Doris.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
First edition of the historian's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed with a quote by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John, 'Eleanor had defended over the years, that the money spent on arms would be much better spent on education & medical care.' With my warmest wishes, Doris Kearns Goodwin." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony. A unique example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147095
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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 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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Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America; containing numerous maps including an early map of the undeveloped state of Florida
WALKER, R. J.; Jas. Shields.
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting The Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 8, 1845. Document No. 12, 29th Congress, 1st Session.
1845.
Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America. Octavo, disbound. Contains numerous folding maps and public surveys of Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, South Tennessee, Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama (showing Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek Cessions), and the State of Florida. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135884
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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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Israel M. Kirzner's Market Theory and the Price System; Signed by Him
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Market Theory and the Price System.
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2011.
First edition of the second volume of the collected works of Kirzner. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Peter J. Boettke and Frédéric Sautet.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 104622
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First Edition of Gerda Weissman Klein's All But My Life; Signed by Her
KLEIN, Gerda Weissman.
All But My Life.
New York: Hill & Wang, 1957.
First edition of the author's "moving personal testament to courage" memoir. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed by Gerda Weissman Klein on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and rubbing. Jacket design by Leo Manso.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124539
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Alfred J. Ayer's Philosophical Essays; Signed by Him
AYER, Alfred J. [A.J.].
Philosophical Essays.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1963.
Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "with best wishes A.J. Ayer September 15, 1963 Mexico City." 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: 133105
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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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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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First Edition of James R. McDonough's Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MCDONOUGH, James R.
Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat.
Navato, CA: Presidio Press, 1985.
First edition of this classic memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Orrie Moon, With respect and appreciation for your service to our nation in World War II. James R. McDonough." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120907
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First edition of Frederic Cushman Newhall's With General Sheridan in Lee's Last Campaign
[NEWHALL, Frederic Cushman]. [Philip Sheridan].
With General Sheridan in Lee’s Last Campaign.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866.
First edition of Frederic Cushman Newhall's Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece, folding map. In good condition. Ownership name. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132434
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"One bloody, painfully honest, and courageous book" (Martin Cruz Smith): Chickenhawk; Lengthily Signed by Robert Mason
MASON, Robert.
Chickenhawk.
New York: The Viking Press, 1983.
First edition, early printing of Mason's classic first book, one of the finest about the Vietnam War. Octavo, original cloth, map by David Lindroth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "'No one is more shocked than I.' Keep 'em flying! Robert Mason." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Peter Cox.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146077
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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