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First edition of Monster Rally; inscribed by Charles Adams
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams].
Monster Rally.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.
First edition of this early Addams work. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Gert and Dave with all best Chas Addams 1978." In near fine condition. Rare signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 127955
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Jane Addams' The Long Road of Woman's Memory; Signed by her at Hull House
ADDAMS, Jane.
The Long Road of Woman’s Memory.
New York : The Macmillan Company, 1917.
First edition, second printing of Addams' work exploring the influence of memory on women's experience of life at Hull House. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With all good wishes from the author Jane Addams Hull-House Chicago." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 96140
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Rare autograph letter and original photograph signed by "the mother of social work" Jane Addams
ADDAMS, Jane.
Jane Addams Signed Photograph and Autograph Letter.
Chicago: Hull House, 1929.
Rare original letter signed and entirely in the hand of Jane Addams, presented with an original photograph also signed by her. On Hull House letterhead, the letter reads, "My dear Mr. Miller, I am very glad to send you one of my books... Faithfully yours Jane Addams May 2d 1929." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 12.5 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110808
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"The dawn of air combat": Scarce first edition of the August 1916 publication of British, French, and German Aircraft; printed for the use of British military staff in combat in WWI
ADMIRALTY WAR STAFF, Intelligence Division.
British, French, and German Aircraft. [For Official Use Only].
British Admiralty, 1916.
Scarce first edition of this official British Admiralty Intelligence Division publication produced for the use of military staff in the identification of British, French, and German aircraft in the first World War. Oblong octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with numerous photographs of British, French, Belgian, and German aircraft entered in alphabetical order and a chart in color of the distinctive lower wing markings of each, index. Among the photographs of British, French, and German aircraft, aeroplanes, seaplanes, and airships are, notably, the British B.E.2, British De Havilland Fighter, British and French Breguet de Chasse, French Spad, German Ago and Albatross, British…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137319
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First Edition of The Blood of Adonis; Inscribed by both Adonis and the Translator Samuel Hazo
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID],.
The Blood of Adonis.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.
First edition of the poet's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in both English and Arabic on the title page, "For Matthew friend in poetry, with my great sympathy Adonis Paris 15.1.2008." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Samuel Hazo.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 138130
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First Edition of Adonis' Selected Poems; Signed and dated by Him in the Year of Publication
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY KHALED MATTAWA,.
Selected Poems.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.
First edition of the first major career-spanning collection of the poems of Adonis, widely acknowledged as the most important poet working in Arabic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication by Adonis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Khaled Mattawa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138251
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First Edition of The Blood of Adonis; Inscribed by both Adonis and the Translator Samuel Hazo
ADONIS [ALI AHMED SAID]; TRANSLATED BY SAMUEL HAZO,.
The Blood of Adonis.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971.
First edition of the poet's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original red cloth. Inscribed by both the poet Adonis and by the translator, Samuel Hazo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 1544
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First Edition of Aghion and Howitt's The Economics of Growth; Inscribed by Both Economists
AGHION, Philippe and Peter Howitt.
The Economics of Growth.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2009.
First edition of this comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date introduction to growth economics that presents all the major growth paradigms. Quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "John, with best wishes Peter Howitt" and "Wishing you lots of success!! Philippe Aghion." Written in collaboration with Leonardo Bursztyn. Cover art by Sara Chaillet. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 41854
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First Editions of Agnew's The Principles and Practice of Surgery
AGNEW, D. Hayes.
The Principles and Practice of Surgery.
Philadelphia: Lip, 1878-83.
Rare first edition of this landmark work on surgery. Quarto, 3 volumes, bound in original full leather, morocco spine labels, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. First editions are scarce.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 125785
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Rare first edition pamphlet of The Impact of War on Iraq; signed by Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician Martti Ahtisaari
AHTISAARI, Martti.
The Impact of War on Iraq: Report to the Secretary-General on Humanitarian Needs in Iraq in the Immediate Post-Crisis Environment by a Mission to the Area Led by Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management, Dated 20 March 1991.
Westfield, New Jersey: Open Magazine Pamphlet Series, 1991.
First edition of Pamphlet #7 of the Open Magazine Pamphlet Series; inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Finnish leader Martti Ahtisaari. Tall octavo, original wrapper, inscribed by Ahtisaari on the title page, "To John, Martti Ahtisaari." In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 117046
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First Edition of Conrad Aiken's Selected Poems; In the Rare Original dust jacket
AIKEN, Conrad.
Selected Poems.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry and verse. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With a partial rare original wrap around band.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 112323
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First edition of The Living White House; signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and warmly inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson
AIKMAN, Lionelle. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Bruce Catton.
The Living White House.
Washington, D.C: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society Special Publications Division, 1966.
First edition of this beautiful pictorial history of the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Octavo, bound in full pebbled dark green morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with numerous full page color photographs. One of 100 copies. Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson on the limitation page, "January 31, 1970 For Sarah and Lawrence Clay Maliek with the warm good wishes for all your days ahead Lady Bird" and signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, "Lyndon B. Johnson." In near fine condition…
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 139238
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First edition of The Living White House; Warmly Inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson; With an original Bronzini Tie
AIKMAN, Lionelle. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Bruce Catton.
The Living White House.
Washington, D.C: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society Special Publications Division, 1966.
First edition of this beautiful pictorial history of the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with numerous full page color photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the President Johnson, "To Edward Dahut-with appreciation Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, Edward Dahut was the CEO of Bronzini Ltd., a prestigious men’s fashion house. Because President Johnson was a tall man, and wore Bronzini ties, the White House requested new ties cut to order. Dahut would send books of color swatches of designs for the line, normally given to Bronzini salesmen across the…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140981
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"To forgive and forget is easier than to remember": First edition of Reuben Ainsztein's Jewish Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Eastern Europe
AINSZTEIN, Reuben.
Jewish Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Eastern Europe: with a Historical Survey of the Jew as Fighter and Soldier in the Diaspora.
London: Paul Elek, 1974.
First edition of Ainsztein's survey of the Jewish military from the destruction of the Jewish state by Rome to 1939. Thick octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Sally Soames who is proud of being a Jewess Reuben Ainsztein London 21 July 1977." 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…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 123442
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First Edition of Phishing For Phools; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Shiller
AKERLOF, George A. and Robert J. Shiller.
Phishing For Phools.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.
First edition of "this tour de force" (Alan Blinder). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Robert J. Shiller on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Edward Koren. Jacket illustration by Jason Alejandro.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 70027
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"Our comments focus on the design of macroeconomic policy after the global economy emerges from crisis rather than on current policy choices": First edition of What have we learned? Macroeconomic Policy after the crisis; signed by both John Stiglitz and David Romer
AKERLOF, George.
What Have We Learned?: Macroeconomic Policy After the Crisis.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2014.
First edition of this book in which top economists consider how to conduct policy after the recent financial and economic crises. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Joseph Stiglitz and David Romer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 88139