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First Edition of Zaha Hadid; Each volume is signed by Her
GIUSTI, Gordana Fontana; Zaha Hadid.
Zaha Hadid.
New York : Rizzoli Press, 2004.
First edition of this comprehensive work on Zaha Hadid. Quarto, 4 volumes, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Zaha Hadid in all four of the volumes at Yale University. In fine condition. The original plastic case is in fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 75644
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First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery. An Autobiography; In the rare original dust jacket
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Up From Slavery. An Autobiography.
New York: A.L. Burt Company Publishers, 1901.
First edition of the A.L. Burt Publishers edition of Booker T. Washington's landmark biography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Exceptionally rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 132410
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Signed Limited Edition of William Faulkner's The Wild Palms
FAULKNER, William.
The Wild Palms.
New York: Random House, 1939.
Signed limited edition, number 14 of only 250 examples. In near fine condition, without the usual fading accustomed to this title. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 142141
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FIRST EDITION OF MILTON FRIEDMANS MASTERPIECE: A THEORY OF THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
A Theory of the Consumption Function.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957.
First edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A superior example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 100964
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First Edition of Day of Paris; Signed by Andre Kertesz
KERTESZ, Andre.
Day of Paris.
New York: J. J. Augustin Publisher, 1945.
First edition of Kertész’s first book published in America, with 103 black-and-white photogravure plates,featuring “some of Kertész’s most famous photos” (Roth 101). Quarto, original cloth. Signed by Andre Kertesz on the title page. Edited by George Davis. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and wear to the spine extremities. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 4261
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First edition of H.G. Wells' Things to Come; signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay
WELLS, H.G. [Derrick de Marnay].
Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”
London: The Cresset Press, 1935.
First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells' Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper. Derrick de Marnay starred as Richard Gordon in the acclaimed 1936 film adaptation, Things to Come, directed by William Cameron Menzies. In near fine condition. A very sharp and unique signed example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 143681
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"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music": First Edition of Wheres the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story; Warmly Inscribed by Him
REAGAN, Ronald.
Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965.
First edition of Reagan's biography covering his years in Hollywood. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Warmest regards to Ed and Libby Pankey Ronald Reagan." Reagan has also corrected in his hand the word "Honey" opposite the title page to "Nancy." The recipients were the founding couple of the city of Tustin, California. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design Ned Glattauer. From the library of the Pankey's.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 137987
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration to the Sacraments; finely bound and decorated with with a double disappearing fore-edge painting
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration to the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Proper Lessons For Sundays and Other Holy-Days. [Double Fore-edge Painting].
Oxford: Printed at the Oxford University Press, 1863.
Finely bound Oxford University printing of the Book of Common Prayer and Administration to the Sacraments decorated with a double disappearing fore-edge painting. Small octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt inner dentelles, brass reinforced board edges and clasp, ribbons bound in, all edges gilt with a double disappearing fore-edge painting revealing two intricately painted Biblical scenes. In near fine condition. A very unique example.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 138444
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First Edition of Lee Friedlander's The American Monument; Signed by Him
FRIEDLANDER, Lee.
The American Monument.
New York: The Eakins Press Foundation, 1976.
First edition, one of only 2000 copies, with 213 photogravure plates. Oblong folio, original blue-gray cloth. In fine condition. Signed by Lee Friedlander.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 22084
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Signed Photograph of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
HOLMES, Jr..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Signed Photograph.
1932.
Large photograph of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in his judicial robes, boldly signed by him, "Oliver Wendell Holmes, April 9, 1932." The photograph measures 13.25 inches by 9.5 x 13.25. In fine condition.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 132468
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First Edition of The Essential John Nash; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist John F. Nash
NASH, John F.; Edited by Harold W. Kuhn and Sylvia Nasar.
The Essential John Nash.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.
First edition of this volume which compiles John Nash's most well-known papers. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed John F. Nash, Jr. on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Grady Klein.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 138031
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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species
DARWIN, Charles.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
London: John Murray, 1892.
Sixth edition, one of 2,000 copies of "certainly the most important biological book ever written" (Freeman). Octavo, bound in original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. A nice presentation.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 119959
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Collection of Rare Bugatti Ephemera and Bugantics
BUGATTI,.
Bugantics and Bugatti Ephemera.
Various, .
Bugantics: The Bugatti Owners Club Magazine London. Buggatti Owners Club. 1951-1955 20 Issues in 10 Volumes. Profusely illustrated with photographs, tables, advertising, drawings. Octavo, bound in publisher's original pictorial gilt titled and decorated binding notebooks. Run extends: Volume 1 No.2 (September 1931) - Volume 18 No. 4 (December 1955). Also, an extremely rare copy of the original Parts Catalogue for the renowned Bugatti Type 57. Twenty detailed schematic plates in a spread pin folder from 1935. Also, the original sales brochure for the Bugatti Type 57 8 cylinder 3.3 litre 4 seater Saloon model.1935. Three original sales brochures for the…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 22091
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First Edition of In Search of Common Ground; Signed by Huey P. Newton and Erik H. Erikson
NEWTON, Huey P. and Erik H. Erikson.
In Search of Common Ground: Conversations with Erik H. Erikson and Huey P. Newton.
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1973.
First edition of this record of two conversations which took place between Newton and Erickson. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "From Huey with love" and below signed "Eric. H. Erickson. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Introduction by Kai T. Erikson. Jacket design by Robert Antler. Jacket photograph by Reginal A. Krasney. Books signed by Newton are scarce.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 127535
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Rare original photograph of the Bluebird K7 at record-breaking speed; inscribed by Donald Campbell
CAMPBELL, Donald.
Donald Campbell Signed Bluebird K7 Photograph.
[1960].
Sepia-tone photograph of the water speed record-breaking Bluebird K7 at speed inscribed by pilot Donald Campbell, "To G.M. Williams With best wishes from Donald Campbell." The recipient, Gwynn Mathews Williams, owned the Waterhead Filling Station on Lake Windermere, the largest natural lake in England where several water speed records were broken, from 1953 until the early 1960's. Accompanied by the original typed letter signed by Campbell. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 131544