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First Edition of The Fourth in the Furnace; Gifted to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
STANTON, Stephen B. [William T. Sherman].
The Fourth in the Furnace.
New York : Minton, Balch & Company, 1927.
First edition of this poetical book of philosophy; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original black cloth. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, "P. T. Sherman from Stephen Stanton Uncle Cump's first partner." Friends and family of General William Tecumseh Sherman often referred to him by the nickname "Cump." In very good condition with some rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145982
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First Edition of Here is New York; Inscribed by Gilles Peress
PERESS, Gilles; Michael Schulan; Susan Meiselas; Jeff Mermelstein.
Here is New York.
New York: Scalo, 2002.
First edition of this work by the award-winning photographer. Thick oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, original slipcase. Inscribed by Gilless Peress. Illustrated with nearly 1000 full-color and black-and-white photographic plates with images by noted photographers such as Gilles Peress, Susan Meiselas and Jeff Mermelstein. Fine in a fine slipcase. Parr & Badger II, 232.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 972
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First Edition of Ken Purdy's The Kings of the Road; In the rare original dust jacket
PURDY, Ken W.
The Kings of the Road.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 129712
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“And men who do not expect to receive mercy eventually lose their inclination to grant it": First Edition of A Rumor of War; Signed by Philip Caputo
CAPUTO, Philip.
A Rumor of War.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.
First edition of this classic work, which the Los Angeles Times Book Review called "heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging. It belongs to the literature of men at war." Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Caputo on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Manny Haller. Author photograph by Mike Budrys.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146094
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING
FROST, Robert.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
Signed limited first edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. One of 1500 copies signed by Frost on the limitation page, this is number 1302. Fine in the original slipcase which is in fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146121
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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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First Edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose Troilus and Creseide and the Minor Poems
CHAUCER, Geoffrey.
Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose Troilus and Creseide and the Minor Poems.
London : William Pickering, 1846.
First edition of this exemplary collection of poems. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full contemporary tan calf with blue and black morocco labels stamped in gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In near fine condition, bookplate of Lady Davy, wife of British chemist and inventor Sir Humphry Davy, to the front pastedown of each volume.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146339
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First Edition of R. Buckminster Fuller's Nine Chains To The Moon; Signed by him
FULLER, R. Buckminster .
Nine Chains to the Moon.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Fuller's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Buckminster Fuller on the front pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 127867
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Rare first edition of Walter Browning or The Slave's Protector
Walter Browning; or, The Slave’s Protector. Founded on Fact.
Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Store, 1856.
First edition of this anti-slavery tract. 12mo, original publisher's cloth, yellow endpapers, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Uncommon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142106
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"She was a person of distinction he saw at once, moreover very handsome": Finely bound collection of Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop, Alexander's Bridge, and Shadows on the Rock
CATHER, Willa.
Death Comes for the Archbishop; Alexander’s Bridge; Shadows on the Rock.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; Alfred A. Knopf, 1922-1931.
Finely bound collection of three of the author's best-known works, including her first novel: Death Comes for the Archbishop. Octavos, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of two volumes. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 105420
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First Edition of Thomas J. Sargent's Rational Expectations and Inflation; Inscribed by Him
SARGENT, Thomas J.
Rational Expectations and Inflations.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986.
Advanced review copy of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Thomas J. Sargent." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112448
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First Edition of Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data; Warmly Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman
HECKMAN, James J. and Burton Singer.
Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
First edition of this important contribution to the field of longitudinal analysis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers With Respect Jim Heckman 9/18/15." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 116193
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First Edition of A Golfer’s Life; Signed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold .
A Golfer’s Life.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
First edition of the golfing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 black-and-white photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jack Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with James Dodson.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140389
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First Editions of The Political Economy of Hunger
DREZE, Jean and Amartya Sen.
The Political Economy of Hunger.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards, 3 volumes. Each volume is near fine in near fine dust jackets. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144378
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First edition of Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence; inscribed by him
GOLEMAN, Daniel.
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ.
New York: Bantam Books, 1995.
First edition of Goleman's classic work on the implications of emotional intelligence on society. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "For James Daydreams incubate discovery D. Goleman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Frank Ward.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 101420
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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