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First Edition of Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice; Lengthily Inscribed by Victor Fuchs
FUCHS, Victor R.
Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice.
New York: Basic Books, 1974.
First edition of "by far, the best book on the subject of medicine as it relates to economics" (Minneapolis Tribune). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "10/7/85 To Catie and Pod, with appreciation for a lovely evening. All good wishes, Vic." Also laid in is an autographed letter signed to the same recipient Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 107631
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First Edition of The Films of Kirk Douglas; Signed by Him
THOMAS, Tony [Kirk Douglas].
The Films of Kirk Douglas.
Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, 1972.
First edition of this work on the legendary actor Kirk Douglas. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout with over 400 photographs. Boldly signed by Kirk Douglas on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. With an introduction by Vincente Minnelli.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 110148
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First Edition of Theodore Pratt's That Was Palm Beach; signed by him
PRATT, Theodore.
That Was Palm Beach.
St. Petersburg, Florida: Great Outdoors, 1968.
First edition of Pratt's history of Flagler era of Palm Beach, Florida. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. In very good condition. Front cover photograph of "the great Royal Poinciana Hotel which once stood in Palm Beach, the grandest hotel of all time, the largest wooded building ever built in the history of the world."
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138405
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First Edition of Murray Rothbard's Masterpiece The Ethics of Liberty
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
The Ethics of Liberty.
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1982.
First edition of Rothbard's greatest contribution to the politics of freedom. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140921
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First Edition of Martin Gilbert's Churchill: A Life; Inscribed by Him
GILBERT, Martin.
Churchill: A Life.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991.
First edition of this "masterpiece of scholarship" (The Guardian). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To David A. Rezneck with the author's regards Martin Gilbert." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Karsh. Jacket design Raquel Jaramillo.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142433
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First Edition of Iris Chang's The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
CHANG, Iris.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
New York: Basic Books, 1997.
First edition of this "powerful, landmark book" (Richard Rhodes). Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 125001
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First Edition of War Diaries; Signed by Harold Macmillan
MACMILLAN, Harold.
War Diaries: Politics and War in The Mediterranean January 1943-May 1945
London: Macmillan London Limited, 1984.
First edition of the British politician's collected diaries from the Second World War. Octavo, original red cloth, illustrated with maps and photographs. Boldly signed by Harold Macmillan on the title page as "Stockton," his title in the House of Lords. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the foot of the jacket spine. Jacket photograph from the Macmillan Family Archives. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145158
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First Edition of "this gripping masterly work" First Edition of I Married A Communist; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
I Married A Communist.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 132747
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, small ownership label to the front pastedown. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146417
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Leonard Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby's auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein
[BERNSTEIN, Leonard; Jack Gottlieb].
A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.
New York: Sotheby's, Inc, 1997.
Leonard Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby's auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. With Gottlieb's notes throughout including the hammer price for each lot that sold in the auction. He has also marked the page that has a lengthy quote from him describing a French provincial walnut style folding table in the catalog, "In the inner sanctum - the staging area for super-human accomplishment - stood that table, where the Maestro marked up his performing scores in crystal-clear intricate detail, like a a fine jeweler polishing precious…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 135684
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's For Love of the King
WILDE, Oscar.
For Love of the King: A Burmese Masque.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1923.
First edition of the infamous fifteenth volume of Metheun's Collected Works of Oscar Wilde which caused a legal dispute between Wilde's bibliographer, Christopher Millard and the publisher. Octavo, original publisher's white linen cloth. One of 1000 copies printed on handmade paper. Publisher's "Presentation Copy" stamp to the title page. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 139527
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"I have eaten your bread and salt, I have drunk your water and wine, the deaths ye died I have watched beside, and the lives that ye led were mine": Scarce early printing of Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses Together With Departmental Ditties.
New York: United States Book Company, 1892.
Scarce early printing of perhaps Kipling’s most popular poetry collection. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 119266
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's Him With His Foot In His Mouth; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
BELLOW, Saul.
Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 7344
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"Pretend to be good always, and even God will be fooled": First Edition of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1965.
First edition of the author's fifth novel, a classic satire, which introduces the reader to Kilgore Trout. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Murray Tinkelman.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146221
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FIRST British EDITION OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMIST FRIEDRICH VON WIESER’S "SOCIAL ECONOMICS"
WIESER, Friedrich von.
Social Economics. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. With a Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927.
First British edition of von Wieser's great sociological study. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 96798
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Das Gartenfest, Die Benachrichtigung's Signed by Vaclav Havel
HAVEL, Vaclav.
Das Gartenfest, Die Benachrichtigung.
Berlin: Rowohlt, 1989.
First edition of this work by the legendary Czech poet and politician. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Vaclav Havel on the title page with a drawing of a heart. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 141284