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First Edition of Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains; Lengthily Inscribed by Jon Krakauer in the year of publication
KRAKAUER, Jon.
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains.
New York: Lyons & Burford Publishers, 1990.
First edition of Krakauer's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Deborah- Stay loose, Climb hard! Congratulations on climbing Denali. You did better than I. Jon Krakauer October 1990." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Shaw. Jacket cover photograph by Jon Krakauer. Jacket back cover by Marc Twight.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 84655
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"Now it is YOUR TURN! Be well, Be strong!": First Edition of Eating Dr. King's Dinner; Lengthily Inscribed by Chuck Fager
FAGER, Chuck.
Eating Dr. King’s Dinner: A Memoir of the Movement 1963-1966.
Fayetteville, North Carolina: Kimo Press, 2005.
First edition of this personal memoir of Civil Rights activism. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "Durham NC, 2023 For James, The narrative here concludes in early 1966. Chuck Fager. But fifty-plus years later, the story & the courageous black struggle goes on, in some ways as intense as ever. For young readers, these pages are not only history; they are also a call - Now it is YOUR TURN! Be well, Be strong!" In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146361
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Igor Sikorsky The Story of the Winged-S; inscribed by him
SIKORSKY, Igor.
The Story of the Winged-S: with New Material on the Latest Development of the Helicopter.
New York: Dodd, Meade & Company, 1942.
First edition, early printing of the autobiography of the Russian-American aviation pioneer and designer of the first viable American helicopter. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, "To Mr. Henry Drans with kindest personal regards of I. Sikorsky Dec 16 1942." In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138142
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First Edition of Madeleine L'Engle's A Circle of Quiet; Inscribed by Her
L'ENGLE, Madeleine.
A Circle of Quiet.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1972.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Irene- joy in your own Circle- Madeleine L'Engle." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Charles Skaggs. First editions are uncommon signed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138849
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First Edition of Bocuse A La Carte; Warmly Inscribed by Paul Bocuse
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse A La Carte.
London: Aurum Press, 1987.
First edition. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Pour Lyn avec ma sympathique Paul Bocuse 3 Giullet 1990." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Colette Rossant.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 139625
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First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Signed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books, 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "12/12/14 With best wishes Paul Volcker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144370
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First Edition of Howard Zinn's Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal; Signed by Him
ZINN, Howard.
Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1967.
First edition of Zinn's classic work arguing for withdrawal of military forces in Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Howard Zinn 2001." Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 100961
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Autobiography My Story; Inscribed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the Golden Bear's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Doug Good Golfing Jack Nicklaus." Written with Ken Bowden. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146131
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First Edition of Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow; Signed by Yuval Noah Harari
HARRARI, Yuval Noah .
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.
London: Harvill Secker, 2016.
First edition of this "remarkable book, full of insights and thoughtful reinterpretations of what we thought we knew about ourselves and our history” (The Guardian). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Yuval Noah Harrari. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Dean.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147021
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First edition of Peter Diamond's A Search-Equilibrium Approach to the Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Wicksell Lectures, 1982; signed by him
DIAMOND, Peter.
A Search-Equilibrium Approach to the Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Wicksell Lectures, 1982.
Cambridge: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984.
First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Diamond at the 1982 Wicksell lectures. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114504
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"With sincere Thanks for your friendship & for helping to make this story a success!": First Edition of Love in Black and White; Inscribed by William and Janet Cohen to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
COHEN, William S.; Janet Langheart Cohen; [Madeleine K. Albright].
Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
First edition of this profound story of perseverance against racial hatred and bigotry. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the authors on the half-title page, "For Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, with sincere Thanks for your friendship & for helping to make this story a success! Bill Cohen. Madame Secretary, Thanks for your support. I hope you enjoy the read. Love, Janet." 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…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147386
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First edition of Models of Economic Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem; Signed by Peter Diamond
[DIAMOND, Peter]. Edited by James A. Mirrlees and N. H. Stern.
Models of Economic Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem.
The International Economic Association: Macmillan, 1973.
First edition of the proceedings of the Conference on economic growth models held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper, who contributed an article to this volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126882
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First Edition of Robert M. Parker's The Wines of the Rhone Valley; Signed by Him
PARKER, Robert M.
The Wines of the Rhone Valley.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.
First edition of this comprehensive work on wines of the Rhone Valley. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Christopher Wormell. Boldly signed by Robert Parker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel and Scher. Maps by Jeanyee Wong.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142101
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Limited Edition of Tristram; Signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson
ROBINSON, Edwin Arlington.
Tristram.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927.
Signed limited edition of this popular Pulitzer prize-winning Arthurian narrative poem. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, top edge gilt. One of three hundred and fifty copies signed by Edwin Arlington Robinson on the limitation page, this one is number 167. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. From the library of Frank Irving Fletcher, a prominent freelance copywriter of advertising who famously wrote in his autobiography 'Lucid Interval,' “The aim of modern advertising is not to make people think, but to save them the trouble and effort of thinking."
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145430
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William Cothren's History of Ancient Woodbury Vol. II; Inscribed by Roger M. Sherman to Ellen Sherman
COTHREN, William [William Tecumseh Sherman].
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1872, Including the Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlehem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and Middlebury.
Woodbury, Connecticut: William Cothren, 1872.
Second volume of the scarce 1872 edition of this history of Ancient Woodbury, the location of the Sherman family's initial establishment in early 1673; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, orange endpapers, frontispiece portrait of William Cothren, illustrated with engravings, tailpieces and embellished initials throughout. General Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. Presentation copy, inscribed by Roger M. Sherman on the flyleaf to Ellen Sherman, "Mrs. General Sherman with the compliments of Roger M. Sherman." The recipient, Eleanor Boyle Ewing Sherman was the wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145969
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First Edition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Dearly Beloved; Inscribed by her to her secretary and close friend Ruth Thompson
LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow.
Dearly Beloved.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962.
First edition of the author's classic bestselling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "For Friedel and Paul Thompson with all good wishes from Anne M.L. June 1962." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114233
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The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System; Signed by Economists Robert J. Shiller, John Campbell, Kenneth R. French and Frederic S. Mishkin
FRENCH, Kenneth R.; Martin N. Baily; John Y. Campbell; Robert Shiller.
The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.
First edition of this "excellent primer on the workings and failures of today's sophisticated financial system" (Alan Greenspan). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Robert J. Shiller, John Campbell, Kenneth R. French and Frederic S. Mishkin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114879
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First edition of Richard Ford's The Ultimate Good Luck; lengthily inscribed by him to photographer Sally Soames
FORD, Richard.
The Ultimate Good Luck.
London: Collins Harvill, 1989.
First edition of Ford's second published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to Sally Soames who contributed the author photograph for the dust jacket, "For Sally, Right! Better... Indeed. Genuine, ever complex... Richard Ford." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 123277
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"It's Christmas! Sweet Christmas! The Happy day of Home": First edition of Joan Walsh Anglund's A Christmas Book; warmly inscribed by her
ANGLUND, Joan Walsh.
A Christmas Book.
New York: Random House, 1983.
First edition of the revered children's book author's charming children's tale. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Sarah, Merry Christmas 1983 - Joan Walsh Anglund." In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 123670
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First Edition of Luc Sante's Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York; Signed by Him
SANTE, Luc.
Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York.
New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1991.
First edition of Sante's classic work, which tells the story of New York's Lower East Side, circa 1840-1920. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Luc Sante on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138180