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"I had principles and sensibilities and an informed view of the world, and I had had that for a while. Learned it all in grammar school: Don Quixote, Ivanhoe, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, Tale of Two Cities": First Edition of Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture
DYLAN, Bob.
The Nobel Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster , 2017.
First edition of Dylan's Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original boards. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147052
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First Edition of Young Folk Song Book; Signed by Bob Dylan
DYLAN, Bob; Joan Baez; Jack Elliott; The Greenbriar Boys; The New Lost City Ramblers; Peggy Seeger; Introduction by Pete Seeger.
Young Folk Song Book.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1963.
First edition of this collection of songs from the 1960's folk music scene. Quarto, original cloth, with 112 pages with photographs. Signed by Bob Dylan in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper. Features photos and tabulature of music by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Jack Elliott, The Greenbriar Boys, The New Lost City Ramblers and Peggy Seeger. Introduction by Pete Seeger. Notes by Earl Robinson. Rare and desirable signed by Dylan.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 43008
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First Edition of Dreams and Sky; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Dreams of Earth and Sky.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2015.
First edition of this sequel to Dyson's 2006 The Scientist as Rebel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Freeman Dyson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 12084
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"We gain knowledge of our place in the universe not only from science but also from history, art and literature": First Edition of Dreams and Sky; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Dreams of Earth and Sky.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2015.
First edition of this sequel to Dyson's 2006 The Scientist as Rebel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the half-title page with the following line from this work, "We gain knowledge of our place in the universe not only from science but also from history, art and literature. Freeman Dyson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Johnston. A unique example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 110448
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"This is the only one of my books that has pictures, but unfortunately the Harvard Press could not afford to print them in color": First Edition of Imagined Worlds; Lengthily Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Imagined Worlds.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by Freeman Dyson. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "For ______ ______ Freeman Dyson, February 2010 This is the only one of my books that has pictures, but unfortunately the Harvard Press could not afford to print them in color." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jill Breitbarth.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 111009
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First Edition of Imagined Worlds; Inscribed by Freeman Dyson to Edward O. Wilson
DYSON, Freeman [Edward O. Wilson].
Imagined Worlds.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by Freeman Dyson. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Edward Freeman Dyson." The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist and writer. Wilson has been called "the father of sociobiology" and "the father of biodiversity" for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket, with Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Jill Breitbarth. An exceptional association, linking these two great minds of the twentieth century.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 138177
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First Edition of Freeman Dyson's Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics; Inscribed by Him to Edward O. Wilson
DYSON, Freeman [Edward O. Wilson].
Symmetry Groups in Nuclear and Particle Physics.
New York: W.A. Benjamin, 1966.
First edition of this work by the famed physicist. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Edward Best wishes Freeman Dyson." The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist and writer. Wilson has been called "the father of sociobiology" and "the father of biodiversity" for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. In very good condition, with Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper. An exceptional association, linking these two great minds of the twentieth century.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138193
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“The best part of this is the quotations from Bradford at the end. These are as true and relevant to our human situation today as they were in 1972": First Edition of Freeman Dyson's The World, The Flesh and the Devil; Lengthily Signed by Him
DYSON, Freeman J.
The World, The Flesh and the Devil.
London: Birbeck College, 1972.
First edition of this lecture given by Dyson at Birbeck College in London on May 16, 1972. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page with an added note regarding this lecture, which reads, "The best part of this is the quotations from Bradford at the end. These are as true and relevant to our human situation today as they were in 1972. Freeman Dyson January 2010." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and with notes by Dyson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 62076
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"We must be careful not to discourage our twelve year olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations": First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from this work, "For John Rogers from Freeman Dyson We must be careful not to discourage our twelve year olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations see page 22." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow. A unique example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 111045
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First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Freeman Dyson for ____ _____." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 116229
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"The expansion of life and mankind into the universe will lead to a vast diversification of ecologies and of culture": First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Lengthily Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from this work, "The expansion of life and mankind into the universe will lead to a vast diversification of ecologies and of cultures. p. 298 Freeman Dyson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow. A unique example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117097
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First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Freeman Dyson on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120637
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"This is good in parts, but not as good as William James": First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Lengthily Inscribed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Adrienne Rogers Freeman Dyson February 2010 This is good in parts, but not as good as William James." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144346
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The Bugatti Book; Finely Bound
EAGLESFIELD, Barry [Ettore Bugatti].
The Bugatti Book.
London: Motor Racing Publications Limited, 1958.
First edition, early printing of this work on Bugatti. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140396
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Autographed Check From Amelia Earhart to Her Husband
EARHART, Amelia.
Amelia Earhart Signed Check.
Signed personal check from Amelia Earhart dated December 20, 1932 payable to her husband George Palmer Putnam for $250, which measures 2.5 inches by 7.5 inches. Double-matted and framed with a sheet music cover honoring Earhart. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 18 inches, with a window in the backing for viewing Putnam's signature.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 39022
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“EVERYONE HAS OCEAN’S TO FLY, IF THEY HAVE THE HEART TO DO IT. IS IT RECKLESS? MAYBE. BUT WHAT DO DREAMS KNOW OF BOUNDARIES?”: FIRST EDITION OF 20 HRS. 40 MIN. OUR FLIGHT IN FRIENDSHIP; SIGNED BY AMELIA EARHART
EARHART, Amelia.
20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
First edition of Earhart’s thrilling account of of her experience as a passenger aboard the Friendship, which made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air in 1928. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece and 61 illustrations. Boldly signed by Amelia Earhart on the verso of the frontispiece. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. A very sharp example.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 146638