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First edition of More Tales of the Black Widowers; inscribed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Isaac.
More Tales of the Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.
First edition of the second book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Stephen Isaac Asimov." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142873
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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 Sir Walter Scott's The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French Revolution
BY THE AUTHOR OF "WAVERLY," &c. [Sir Walter Scott].
The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French Revolution.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827.
First edition of Sir Walter Scott's Life of Napoleon. Royal octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Napoleon. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 139524
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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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"LIBERTY'S BELL HATH SOUNDED ITS BOLD PEAL WHERE MAN HOLDS MAN IN SLAVERY!": Rare first edition of The Liberty Bell by Friends of Freedom
The Liberty Bell. By Friends of Freedom.
Boston: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Fair, 1842.
Rare first edition of the third annual of the abolitionist periodical, containing submissions by William Lloyd Garrison, Lydia Maria Child, and John Quincy Adams. 12mo, original wrappers adhered to boards, tissue guarded frontispiece. Bookplate. In good condition with some wear to the boards. Rare.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142105
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First Edition of Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2007.
First edition of this collection of seven warm-hearted stories which give readers a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Love Judy Blume." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by James Stevenson.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144144
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"You must play boldly to win": First Edition of Go For Broke; Signed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold.
Go for Broke: My Philosophy of Winning Golf.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1973.
First edition of this autobiographical golf instruction book from 'The King' of golf. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the fly leaf, "Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Braren.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145523
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“The White House had decided that the conduct of the press, not the conduct of the President’s men, was the issue": All the President's Men; Signed by Bob Woodward
BERNSTEIN, Carl & Bob Woodward.
All The President’s Men.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1989.
First Easton Press edition of this groundbreaking work in American journalism. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Bob Woodward on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147037
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"Ignorance, not sin, is what involves a person in suffering": First Edition of The Gnostic Gospels; Inscribed by Elaine Pagels
PAGELS, Elaine.
The Gnostic Gospels.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of the author's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147107
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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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SNYDER, Julian.
The History of Money.
Continental Silver Corporation, 1973.
Rare first edition of this work on the history of money. Octavo, original wrappers, 32 pp. Contents: I. The American Illusion of Invulnerability, II. The Four Stages of Monetary Decline, III. The End of the Gold-Backed Dollar, IV. Printing Press Prosperity, V. The Problem with Inflation Addiction, VI. Exponential Inflation and the $100 Cup of Coffee, VII. The Point of No Return, VIII. Five Ways You Can Protect Yourself and Your Family Against the Double-Barreled Thread of Runaway Inflation and Depression., IX. The Silver Lining - Your Investment Opportunity, X. How Will My Family and I Be Affected -- End.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144087
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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 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 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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“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