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Rare First Edition of W. E. B. Du Bois' The Study of Negro Problems
DU BOIS, W. E. Burghardt.
The Study of the Negro Problems.
Philadelphia: American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1898.
Rare first edition of this early sociological essay from Du Bois. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with toning, a couple closed tears to the front panel, and some loss to the edges of the wrapper. A rare and unique piece. No other copies are indicated to have ever sold at auction.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145402
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Rare Early American Map of Wall Street; detailing lots owned by early new York City mayor and chief justice Abraham de Peyster
LUDLAM, Stephen [Wall Street].
Early American Wall Street Survey Map.
April 8, 1817.
Rare 1817 hand-colored copy of an original map of early 18th century Wall Street attached to a Deed of Partition between Col. Abraham de Peyster and Samuel Bayard dated January 3rd 1718, copied on April 8th 1817 by Stephen Ludlam, City Surveyor. One page, the hand-colored map details the intersection of Wall Street, Broad Street, and Kip Street (now Nassau Street) and includes the Presbyterian Church, the original City Hall, and 23 partitioned lots each labeled as owned by Abraham DePeyster or Samuel Bayard. Born in 1657 in New Amsterdam, wealthy merchant and ship owner Abraham de Peyster received numerous…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 139509
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First Edition of "The most influential social science treatise of the twentieth century": First Edition of Keynes' The General Theory; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1936.
First edition of the economist's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice example in the uncommon dust jacket.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142399
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"You can live in another and a wiser fashion if you choose to think it out and work it out. You are not awake to your own power": First Edition of H.G. Wells' A Short History of the World; Inscribed by Him to Close Friend Maurice Baring
WELLS, H.G.
A Short History of the World.
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1922.
First edition of Wells' classic work, which Albert Einstein recommended for the study of history as a means of interpreting progress in civilization. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by H.G. Wells on the half-title page, "Maurice, from H.G. Nov. 1922." The recipient, English man of letters Maurice Baring, enjoyed a period of success as a dramatist and began to write novels after serving in the Royal Airforce during World War I. He was widely known socially and associated with several aristocratic intellectual societies including the Cambridge Apostles, the Coterie, and the literary group associated with G. K. Chesterton…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 124096
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JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE; INSCRIBED BY HIM; IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Graham, Best wishes, John Kennedy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 138082
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First Edition of Einstein: His Life And Times; Signed by Albert Einstein in the year of publication
FRANK, Philipp [Albert Einstein].
Einstein: His Life And Times.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
First edition of this classic work by Frank, a famed contemporary of Einstein. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the subject in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "A. Einstein 47." Translated from a German manuscript by George Rosen. Edited and Revised by Shuichi Kusaka. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Rare and desirable signed by Einstein.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 147192
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Large Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant; Signed by Him as President of the United States
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Signed Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant.
1877.
Large signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States. Boldly signed below the image by Grant. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches. Handsomely matted and framed. Scarce and desirable signed by Grant.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 4608
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Scarce First Edition of Claude McKay's Harlem: Negro Metropolis in the Very Rare Dust Jacket
MCKAY, Claude.
Harlem: Negro Metropolis.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1940.
Scarce first edition of this intimate history of the Black Mecca of the world, authored by one of the central figures in the Harlem renaissance. Octavo, original brown cloth with gilt titles, red topstain, frontispiece of Bird's-eye View of Harlem, illustrated with eighteen additional plates of black and white photographs. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket, which is in very good condition with loss to the crown and foot of the jacket spine, rubbing and small losses to the extremities of the dust jacket. An extremely rare duo.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145357
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"Probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century": First Edition of The Poverty of Historicism; Inscribed by Karl Popper to Fellow Economist Lionel Robbins who played an important role in the work's development
POPPER, Karl R.
The Poverty of Historicism.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957.
First edition of this undisputed classic in the philosophy of social science. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Lionel Robbins from K.R.P. October 31st, 1957." The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. He and Popper were colleagues for over twenty years and formed a strong inter-departmental alliance, fortified by their mutual friendship with Friedrich von Hayek. They also had significant intellectual intersections, with Robbins playing a role in the development of two…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 104071
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Rare first edition in English of Machiavelli's fundamental Discourses
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo. Translated by Edward Dacres.
Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius translated out of the Italian; With some marginall animadversions noting and taxing his errors. [Machiavelli’s Discourses].
London: Printed for Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel Pakeman, 1636.
Rare first edition in English of Machiavelli's fundamental work of political history and philosophy. 12mo, bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with an earlier morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Translated by Edward Dacres. Ownership signature. Rare and desirable.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 124249
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The Dalai Lama: a Biography of the exiled leader of Tibet; Signed by His Holiness and Lowell Thomas
THOMAS, Jr..
The Dalai Lama: A Biography of the Exiled Leader of Tibet.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962.
First edition of this early biography of The Dalai Lama. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed and dated in the year of publication by His Holiness The Dalai Lama on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a note to the recipient on official Tibetan letterhead from the private secretary to the Dalai Lama stating that The Dalai Lama has signed this copy. Also inscribed on the half-title page by the author, "With warmes regards and best wishes to Kenneth Crouch- and with a special salute from- Lowell Thomas Jr. Dec. 14, 62." Near fine in a very good dust jacket…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 83782
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"But what does it matter what I suffer for you to enjoy? That I perish for a people to live" Rare autograph letter signed by 'El Libertador', Simón Bolívar to Ecuadorian independentista Manuela Garaycoa
BOLIVAR, Simón.
Simón Bolívar Autograph Letter Signed.
Bogota: 1827.
Rare autograph letter signed by 'El Libertador', Simón Bolívar as President of Gran Colombia. One page, script in Spanish. Sent from Bogota, the letter is dated December 6, 1827 and reads in full, "A la Senora Manuela Garaycoa. Umd. siempre se eccele a si misma on bondades para conmigo y me prodiga elofios ques ellos solo, bastarian para saviar la codica del mas ambivioiso de gloria. Y que otra cora podria yo esperar de las Garaycoas de esas amigas fieles de esas Colombians constantes de esa Gloriosa sin rival? Yo les doy las gracias a todas y seame tambien permitido…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 126188
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“Capitalism Survive?—I have tried to show that a socialist form of society will inevitably emerge from an equally inevitable decomposition of capitalist society": Rare First Edition of Capitalism Socialism and Democracy; In the rare original dust jacket
SCHUMPETER, Joseph A.
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.
London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942.
First edition of Schumpeter’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Exceptionally rare in this condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145389
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Rare First Edition in English of The Machiavelli's Florentine Historie
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo.
The Florentine Historie. Written in the Italian tongue, by Nicholo Macchiavelli, Citizen and Secretarie of Florence. And translated into English by Thomas Bedingfield Esquire.
London: Printed by T. C. [Thomas Creede] for W. P. [William Ponsonby], 1595.
Rare first edition in English of this classic work. Quarto, bound in full calf, decorated with woodcut engraved ornamental title page and engraved head and tailpieces. In near fine condition with some light browning and wear, title trimmed and laid down. Translated by Thomas Bedingfeld. First editions are scarce, especially in this condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 135317
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“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on": Why England Slept; Signed by Jack Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
Why England Slept.
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.
First edition, early printing of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed in a contemporary hand "Jack Kennedy" on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 122533
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Official Peace Corps Act Page; Signed by President John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Signed Peace Corps Act Page.
September 22, 1961.
Seventh page of an official printing of 'An Act to provide for a Peace Corps to help the peoples of interested countries and areas in meeting their needs for skilled manpower.' One page, boldly signed in the lower margin by President John F. Kennedy. In fine condition. Framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 10 inches. This section of the document outlines the general powers and authorities granted to the president under the act, and it appears to be from a printer's proof of the act: an erroneous quotation mark next to part "(d)" is circled in pencil, which…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145801
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First Edition, association copy of Winston S. Churchill's The River War; signed and annotated by E.B. Lack
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1899.
First editions of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Association copy, with signatures and annotations by E.B. Lack, who helped to supply gunboats to the Admiralty during the campaign. Woods A2(a). In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144336
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Rare First Edition of Thomas Hobbes' The Moral and Political Works
HOBBES, Thomas.
The Moral and Political Works.
London: 1750.
First edition of the collected works of Hobbes. Folio, bound in full calf to period style, raised bands, gilt spine emblems, red morocco title label, marbled endpapers, frontispiece engraved title page. In very good condition. Containing Leviathan, De Corpore, Human Nature, Behemoth (1679) and other key writings. xxviii, (2) ii, 697 (3) pp. Macdonald & Hargreaves 107. CBEL I:871. See Lowndes, 1077. First editions are rare.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 121929
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Autograph From "one of the most influential figures in human history" Charles Darwin
DARWIN, Charles.
Charles Darwin Autograph.
Rare autograph from Charles Darwin, boldly signed, "With M. Darwin's Best Compliments." Matted and framed with a portrait of Darwin. The entire piece measures 11.9 inches by 9 inches. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145367
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Rare Original Photograph signed by President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan
CLINTON, Bill.
Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, King Hussein Signed Photograph.
1995.
Color photograph taken during the the signing of the Oslo II Accords of Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan and Hosni Mubarak on the White House lawn, signed by Clinton, Arafat and Faisal Husseini. On September 28, 1995, the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip was signed in Washington, D.C. This agreement, which marks the conclusion of the first stage in negotiations between Israel and the PLO, incorporates and superseded the Gaza-Jericho and early empowerment agreements. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 13 inches. Rare and desirable signed by…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 123430
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF JONATHAN EDWARDS TWO DISSERTATIONS
EDWARDS, Jonathan.
Two Dissertations, I. Concerning the End For Which God Created the World. II. The Nature of True Virtue.
Boston: S. Kneeland, 1765.
First edition of this important work by Edwards. Small octavo, bound in half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, morocco spine label. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142014
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First Edition of REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE GENERAL COURT OF VIRGINIA, FROM 1730, TO 1740; AND FROM 1768 TO 1772; Inscribed by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
JEFFERSON, Thomas [Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph].
Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia, From 1730, TO 1740; And From 1768 TO 1772.
Charlottesville: F. Carr and Co., 1829.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor and Thomas Jefferson’s grandson on the front free endpaper, "Rick Barnhead Presented by Tho Jefferson Randolph Grand son of the author." In very good condition. Rare and desirable, especially signed and inscribed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 128396
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Rare autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Robert E. Lee as President of Washington College
LEE, Robert E.
Robert E. Lee Autograph Letter Signed.
1869.
Rare autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Robert E. Lee as President of Washington College. One page, addressed to L.H. Kimball Esq of 17 West 24th New York the letter reads, "Washington College, Lexington Va; 1 Dec 1869 My dear Sir, Your letter of the 29th has been received. I thank you in the name of the Faculty for the desire you express that the College should possess so interesting a work of art as Greenough's bust of Calhoun. As the production of a celebrated artists and the likeness of a distinguished statesman its possession by the…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 138161
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The River War; Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933.
Later edition of Churchill's history of the conquest of the Sudan. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, illustrated with 22 maps and plans, several folding. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Charles Peake from Winston S. Churchill Sept 1936." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144339
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“We write our own destiny; we become what we do”: First Edition of General Chiang Kai Shek; Signed by both General and Madame Chiang kai-shek
KAI-SHEK, Chiang and Madame.
General Chiang Kai shek: An Account Of The Fortnight In Sian.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937.
First edition of this autobiography of Chiang Kai-shek. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the half-title page in Chinese by Chiang Kai-shek and in English by Mei-ling Soong Chiang, former First Lady of the Republic of China, 1948-1975. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Exceptionally rare signed by both Chiang and Madame Kai-shek.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 48012
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Nineteenth Century Portrait of George Washington
STUART, Gilbert. (George Washington).
George Washington Portrait.
Portrait of George Washington after Gilbert Stuart, American School, late 19th century oil on canvas portrait of President George Washington, after the Athaneum portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Housed in a Victorian giltwood frame with floral carved corner ornaments and oval opening. The entire piece measures 35 inches by 40 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 78002
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"A monumental achievement chromolithography": Rare First Edition of Owen Jones' The Alhambra
JONES, Owen.
Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra.
London: Owen Jones, 1841-45.
First edition of this monumental work on The Alhambra. Elephant folio, two volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, as issued. In excellent condition with some wear to the binding, plates in exceptional condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 33008
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Rare second edition of Leoni's English translation of Palladio's monumental Architecture in four books
PALLADIO, Andrea. Translated from the Italian by Giacomo Leoni.
The Architecture of A. Palladio: In Four Books Containing a Short Treatise of the Five Orders, and the Most Necessary Observations Concerning All Sorts of Building; As Also The Different Construction of Private and Publick Houses, High-ways. Bridges, Market-places, Xystes, and Temples, with their Plans, Sections and Uprights.
London: Printed by John Darby for the Author, 1721.
Rare second English edition of Leoni's English translation of Palladio's monumental work, containing new typesetting, but reusing the same plates from the first edition. Folio, two volumes bound in full contemporary polished calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling and decorative stamping to the front and rear panels, engraved frontispiece portrait of Palladio, illustrated with 104 numbered engraved plates on 203 leaves (including 15 double-page plates), as well as 12 engraved in-text plates. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. In very good condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 146284
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Rare First Edition of Edmond Halley's Astronomical Tables with Precepts both in English and Latin for Computing the Places of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Comets
HALLEY, Edmond.
Astronomical Tables with Precepts both in English and Latin for Computing the Places of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Comets.
London: Printed for William Innys, 1752.
First edition in English of Halley's classic work. Quarto, bound in contemporary full calf, gilt titles to the spine, gilt embossed stamp of The Society of Writers to the Signet on the front and rear panel, copper-engraved frontispiece portrait. Edited by John Bevis. In very good condition with light rubbing and wear.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 70038
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"It is time to put an end to decades of confrontation and conflict": Rare Original Program from the Ceremony for the Signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement; signed by Yitzhak Rabin, Abba Eban, Shimon Peres, Maya Angelou and many others
[RABIN, Yitzhak; Shimon Peres; Gad Yaacobi; Samuel R. Berger; Aharan Barak; Elie Wiesel; Abba Eban; Maya Angelou; et al.
Ceremony for the Signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement. September 13, 1993 The White House.
1993.
Original program from the ceremony for the signing of the 1993 Israel-Palestinian Agreement, signed by Yitzhak Rabin and a number of other world leaders and cultural figures present at the historic event. Octavo, original stiff wrappers with gilt Great Seal of the United States to the front panel. Signed on the front panel by Yitzhak Rabin (Prime Minister of Israel) and Gad Yaacobi (Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations); signed on the title page by Samuel R. (Sandy) Berger (National Security Advisor to President Clinton); Aharan Barak (President of the Supreme Court of Israel) and Elie Wiesel (writer, activist, Nobel…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 126308
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RARE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON
PATTON, George.
General George S. Patton Signed Photograph.
Rare original gelatin silver print photograph of General George Patton in military uniform, signed by him, "G S Patton Jr." From the collection of Colonel Nicholas Campanole, Patton's Assistant Chief of Staff, with a collection of typed letters and postcards addressed to him. Colonel Nicholas Campanole was aide to Gen. John J. Pershing during the Mexican campaign of 1914 and served on his staff during World War I. Physically retired in 1937, Gen. George Patton recalled him to active duty in 1942 and he remained with Patton as assistant chief of staff throughout World War II. In very good condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 139221
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Rare and unique frame constructed with original wood recovered during repair work on USS Constitution
MCINTYRE, Joseph.
U.S.S. Constitution Original Recovered Timber Frame.
Unique frame constructed with original wood recovered during repair work on USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat most noted for her actions during the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom. The frame houses an early 20th century mounted photograph of an image of USS Constitution. Accompanied by a typed note signed by Quarterman Shipjoiner Joseph McIntyre which reads in full, '"February 23rd 1907" U.S.S. Constitution. This picture was copied from a Photograph taken of the Historic of Frigate Constitution on a cruise of Malta 1849. This frame was made from…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 145679
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"The chase is among the best of all national pastimes; it cultivates that vigorous manliness for the lack of which in a nation, as in an individual, the possession of no other qualities can possibly atone": Signed Limited Edition of Theodore Roosevelt’s The Wilderness Hunter
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 200 numbered copies, signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel. Frontispiece plus twenty-three full page plates by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost I, James Carter Beard, Henry Sandham, and Charles Henry Eaton. In very good condition with some light toning to the extremities. Scarce and desirable.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 81063
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"ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY"; LIFE MAGAZINE INAUGURAL ADDRESS; INSCRIBED BY JOHN F. KENNEDY TO EVELYN SYMINGTON
KENNEDY, John F.
John F. Kennedy Signed Inaugural Address.
Rare Souvenir Edition of Life Magazine's Inaugural Spectacle commemorating the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. Quarto, original wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John F. Kennedy on the front panel, "To Evie Symington with very good wishes John F. Kennedy." The recipient, Evelyn Symington was the wife of Amherst, Massachusetts-born politician Stuart Symington. Symington served as a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri between 1953 and 1976 and emerged as a prominent critic of McCarthyism early in his term. He sought the the Democratic nomination in the 1960 presidential election with the backing of former President Truman, but the…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 117063
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Rare 18th century Danish printing of the Hebrew Bible printed in Hebrew with Yiddish paraphrase
The Torah: Pentateuch, Five Megillot, and Haftorot.
Amsterdam: Caspar Steen, 1702.
Rare 18th century Danish printing of the Hebrew Bible printed in Hebrew with Yiddish paraphrase. Quarto, two volumes bound in one in contemporary full brown calf, remnants of the original clasps, rebacked, illustrated title pages. In very good condition with a few abrasions to the front panel, some dampstaining to the edges of the text block, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 146336
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"As you may have seen by the newspapers, I am about to raise a Coloured Regiment in Massachusetts. This I cannot but regard as perhaps the most important corps to be organized during the whole war": First edition of Robert Gould Shaw's Memorial
[SHAW, Robert Gould; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Harriet Beecher Stowe; James Russell Lowell; et al].
Memorial.
Cambridge: University Press, 1864.
First edition of this scarce volume dedicated to the commander of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Robert Gould Shaw, with contributions by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison, Edwin M. Stanton, and James Russell Lowell and with extracts from Colonel Shaw's letters. Octavo, original publisher's half leather over red boards with gilt titles to the spine, tipped in tissue-guarded oval carte-de-visite frontispiece of Shaw. In very good condition. Scarce, with only a handful of copies having appeared at auction in the last century.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 126433
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"Could the financial crisis have been avoided? That is the $1.1 trillion question. The Price tag of the bailout this time": First Edition of Too Big To Fail; Inscribed by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Warren E. Buffett, Sheila Bair and Gary Parr
SORKIN, Andrew Ross.
Too Big To Fail.
New York: The Viking Press, 2009.
First edition of Ross Sorkin's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter- Could the financial crisis have been avoided? That is the $1.1 trillion question. The price tag of the bailout this time. Andrew Ross Sorkin." Additionally signed by "Warren E. Buffett" and "Sheila C. Bair Red my book too...) and Gary Parr on the half-title page. Buffett was the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who played an integral part in this work. Bair was the head of the FDIC. Parr was the deputy chairman for…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 127359
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First Edition of The Fire Next Time; Signed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
The Fire Next Time.
New York: The Dial Press, 1963.
First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Peace! James Baldwin." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable. Housed in a custom clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, The Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Signed examples of The Fire Next Time are uncommon.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 129331
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"AN ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THE FIRST CLASS": LA ROCHEFOUCAULT-LIANCOURT'S TRAVELS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA AND CANADA, SCARCE 1799 FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, WITH THREE MAPS OF AMERICA—A BEAUTIFUL COPY
LA ROCHEFOUCAULT-LIANCOURT, [Francois Alexandre].
Travels Through the United States of North America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797; With an Authentic Account of Lower Canada.
London: For R. Phillips by T. Davison, 1799.
First edition in English of "an original source of the first class for American history at the close of the 18th century" (Larned). Quarto, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, with three engraved folding maps of North America and six folding tables. In near fine condition. An exceptional example of this landmark work. First editions are rare.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 112450
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First Edition of W.E.B. Du Bois' Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil; In the rare original dust jacket
DU BOIS, W.E.B.
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.
First edition of the first of Du Bois' three autobiographies. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Exceptionally rare, with only one example in the original dust jacket appearing at auction in the last 90 years.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 136790