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First edition of W. Carew Hazlitt's Memoirs of William Hazlitt
HAZLITT, W. Carew. [William Hazlitt].
Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of His Correspondence.
London: Richard Bentley, 1867.
First edition of W. Carew Hazlitt's authoritative biography of his grandfather, great English critic and philosopher William Hazlitt. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, engraved frontispiece to each volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 124128
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First Edition of Within the Gates; Warmly Inscribed by Sean O'Casey to His friend Joe Cummins
O'CASEY, Sean.
Within the Gates.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1933.
First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "From Sean O'Casey to his dear friend Joe Cummins, Whose companionship, through hours of eventide, he often misses deeply Chalfont St Gilles 1933." Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 106738
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"Oh blest Other House, which gives me thus at every step a precedent, a divine little light to walk by": First Edition of Henry James' The Other House
JAMES, Henry.
The Other House.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896.
First American edition of this terse and startling novel, written just before The Spoils of Poynton and What Maisie Knew, is the story of a struggle for possession—and of its devastating consequences.. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 80007
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First Edition of Why Noah Chose the Dove; Signed by Eric Carle
CARLE, Eric; Singer.
Why Noah Chose The Dove.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of this work by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Tall quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Elizabeth Shub.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 3496
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First Hardcover Edition of Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station; Signed by Him
LERNER, Ben.
Leaving the Atocha Station.
London: Granta, 2012.
First hardcover edition of the Lerner's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ben Lerner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 63022
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To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account; Inscribed by Saul Bellow in the year of Publication to Journalist Goran Bergstrom
BELLOW, Saul.
To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account.
New York: The Viking Press, 1976.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's account of his journey to Jerusalem. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Mr. Bergstrom, who asks excellent questions Chicago, Nov 1, 76 Saul Bellow." The recipient was journalist Goran Bergstrom. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Photographs by Albert Margolies.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 86448
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"The farmer woke up from his dream, looked out of his window and saw snow. It was not dream snow. It was real snow": First Edition of Eric Carle's Dream Snow; Signed by Him
CARLE, Eric.
Dream Snow.
New York: Philomel Books, 2000.
First edition of this Christmas classic by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 103548
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First Edition of Margaret Thatcher's In Defence of Freedom: Speeches on Britain's Relations with the World 1976-1986; Signed by Her
THATCHER, Margaret.
In Defence of Freedom: Speeches on Britain’s Relations with the World 1976-1986.
London: Aurum Press, 1986.
First edition of this early collection of speeches by Prime Minister Thatcher. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Margaret Thatcher on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 146526
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First Edition of Paddington Takes the Air; Signed by Michael Bond
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Takes The Air.
London: Collins, 1970.
First edition of the ninth title in Bond's classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "With all good wishes Michael Bond." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 47090
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FIRST EDITION OF GRAHAM GREENE'S THE HEART OF THE MATTER
GREENE, Graham.
The Heart of the Matter.
New York: The Viking Press, 1948.
Limited edition, one of 750 examples given to friends of the publisher of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 132711
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First Edition of Stirling Moss' All But My Life; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MOSS, Stirling with Ken W. Purdy.
All But My Life: Face To Face With Ken W. Purdy.
London: William Kember , 1963.
First edition of the racing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Peter, I hope that your book is as good as the questions asked. Stirling Moss." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 138822
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First Edition of Paddington Takes the Air; Inscribed by Michael Bond
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Takes The Air.
London: Collins, 1970.
First edition of the ninth title in Bond's classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For James with best wishes Michael Bond." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 140023
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First Edition of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Christopher Pissarides' Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics; Inscribed by Him
PISSARIDES, Christopher A.
Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
First edition of Pissarides' first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 62031
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Daniel Yergin's The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power; Lengthily Inscribed by Him to United States Senator Arlen Specter
YERGIN, Daniel.
The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Early printing of "the best history of oil ever written" (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Senator Specter, with best wishes on the energy years ahead, Daniel Yergin May 9, 1991." The recipient, Arlen Specter served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980,…
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 125023
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First edition of Edmund S. Phelps' Inflation Policy and Unemployment Theory; signed by him
PHELPS, Edmund S.
Inflation Policy and Unemployment Theory: The Cost-Benefit Approach to Monetary Planning.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1972.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's study in economic policy and theory. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Lincoln.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 115886
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Signed limited edition print commemorating Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's summit of Mount Everest; signed by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers
HILLARY, Edmund; Tenzing Norgay; James Lumbers.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed “Hillary Conquers Everest May 29, 1953” Print.
Toronto: Newport Edition Limited, 1992.
Limited edition color lithograph commemorating one of the great achievements of human stamina and will: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's summit of Mount Everest. One page, the color lithograph is signed by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers. One of 1953 numbered copies this is number 771. In fine condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 139714