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“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Inscribed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007.
First edition of the seventh and final novel in Rowling's immensely popular Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John J.K. Rowling." With the author's hologram to the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 133627
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“While soldiers can stand and fight.I can fight and feed them”: Photograph of Clara Barton; Signed by Her
BARTON, Clara.
Clara Barton Signed Photograph.
Signed photograph of Clara Barton wearing a Red Cross collar pin, boldly signed by Clara Barton. Published by Mathew Brady of Washington, D.C. Matted and framed. The photograph measures 4.25 inches by 6.5 inches. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 14.75 inches. In fine condition. Photographs signed by Clara Barton are rare.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 53042
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First Edition of Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist; Signed by Warren Buffett and Roger Lowenstein
LOWENSTEIN, Roger (Warren E. Buffett).
Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist.
New York : Random House, 1995.
First edition of this landmark work on Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Warren Buffett on the half-title page. Also, inscribed by Roger Lowenstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 143134
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"One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results": First Edition of Optimum Theory of Money; Signed by Milton Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Optimum Quantity of Money and Other Essays.
New York: MacMillan, 1969.
First edition of this important collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. Fine in very good spine faded dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 4483
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"This One in me knows the universe of the many": Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Rabindranath Tagore
TAGORE, Rabindranath.
Creative Unity.
London: MacMillan & Company , 1925.
First edition, later printing. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Rabindranath Tagore Feb. 26, 1932." In very good condition with some wear to the extremities and to the side front panel. Books signed by Tagore are rare.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 22096
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First Edition of Signifying Rappers; Signed by David Foster Wallace
WALLACE, David Foster & Mark Costello.
Signifying Rappers.
New York: Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition of the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare, especially signed by Foster Wallace.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 104837
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"Tis I alone that can teach you to make warre, I know what the greatest conquerors knew and are": Rare first edition of this early English translation of Machiavelli's Florentine History
MACHIAVEL, Nicholas. [Niccolo Machiavelli].
The Florentine History in VIII. Books. Now Exactly Translated from the Italian.
London: Printed for Charles Harper and John Amery, 1674.
Rare first edition of this translation of Machiavelli's Florentine history. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with morocco spine label lettered in gilt, triple gilt ruling, fleuron cornerpieces and elaborate blind stamping to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Machiavelli, rebacked. Ownership inscription. In near fine condition. Rare especially with the original frontispiece.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 122358
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“If you are a dreamer come in": Where the Sidewalk Ends; Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With Love Shel Silverstein." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 120856
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First Edition of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 140658
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The Black Flame Trilogy: The Ordeal of Mansart; Mansart Builds A School; Worlds of Color; With Volume One inscribed by Du Bois to his neighbors and close friends
DU BOIS, W.E.B.
The Black Flame Trilogy: The Ordeal of Mansart; Mansart Builds A School; Worlds of Color.
New York : Mainstream Publishers , 1957-61.
First editions of each of novel in the author's acclaimed Black Flame trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to his close friends and neighbors Thomas and Patricia Bell in volume one. Each are near fine in a very good dust jackets. First editions are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 122355
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Rare second edition of Debtor and Creditor Made Easie; one of the earliest accounting books for a general audience published in English
MONTEAGE, Stephen.
Debtor and Creditor Made Easie: Or, a Short Instruction for the attaining the Right Use of Accounts after the Best Method used by Merchants.
London: Printed by John Richardson for Ben. Billingsley, 1682.
Second edition of this rare accounting book; one of the earliest in published in English for a general audience. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, woodcut frontispiece portrait of the author within a rich botanical border. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 103485
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“All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings": First Edition of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man
WELLS, H.G.
The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.
First edition, first issue of Wells' popular cautionary tale of overreaching scientific ambition. Octavo, original publisher's gilt and black-stamped pictorial red cloth. First issue with the first page numbered 2, the title page printed in orange and black and publisher’s ad leaf at rear. In very good condition. Ownership initials "S.P Bell" to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 144744
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First Edition of Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta; Signed by Mother Teresa
MUGGERIDGE, Malcom [Mother Teresa].
Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1971.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed on the front free endpaper, "God bless you Mother Teresa MC." Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Books signed by Mother Teresa are exceptionally scarce.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 146189
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"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes": Finely Bound First Editions of Marlborough: His Life and Times
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough: His Life and Times.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1933-38.
First editions of each volume of Churchill's important biography of his notable ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco by The Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, signature to the front panel of each volume, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 143061
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“Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes": The New Society; Signed by Peter F. Drucker
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The New Society: The Anatomy of the Industrial Order.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.
First edition, early printing of Drucker's classic fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 144698
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“Governments don't produce economic growth people do”: First Edition of the 40th President of the United States Autobiography An American Life; Signed by Ronald and Nancy Reagan
REAGAN, Ronald [Nancy Reagan].
An American Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
First edition of the 40th President of the United States' memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Ronald and Nancy Reagan on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony, Inc. Rare and desirable signed by both the president and first lady.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 145667