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First Edition of Economic Development; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith in the year of publication
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
Economic Development.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 1964.
First edition of this classic work by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Stuart Chase with all good wishes John Gailbraith May 1964." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marcia Tate.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 146088
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First Edition of A Life In Our Times; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
A Life In Our Times.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981.
First edition of Galbraith's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine, autographed sticker to the front panel.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 146272
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First Edition of Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth & Stanislav Menshikov.
Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence: From A Bitter Past To A Better Prospect.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to a Vermont friend and publisher, "For Carol with love John G 1988." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 1601
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“You could find beauty nearly anywhere if you stopped to look for it": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S CAREER OF EVIL; SIGNED BY J.K. ROWLING
GALBRAITH, Robert.
Career of Evil.
London: Sphere, 2015.
First edition of the third novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rowling on the title page “Robert Galbraith” and with Rowling’s hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nico Taylor.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 127383
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“It was a glorious thing, to be given hope, when all had seemed lost": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S LETHAL WHITE; SIGNED BY J.K. ROWLING
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
Lethal White.
London: Sphere, 2018.
First edition of the fourth book in Rowling's Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Rowling on the title page "Robert Galbraith" and with Rowling's hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by Duncan Spilling. Uncommon signed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 127099
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FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S CAREER OF EVIL
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
Career of Evil.
London: Sphere, 2015.
First edition of the third novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nico Taylor.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136054
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“There are always loose ends in real life": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S SILKWORM
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
The Silkworm.
London: Sphere, 2014.
First edition of the second novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sian Wilson.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 137033
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First Edition of Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
GALLICO, Paul.
The Snow Goose.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.
First edition of this classic story, the moving wartime story of friendship and heroism, set against the dramatic backdrop of the World War II Battle of Dunkirk. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author a month prior to publication on the front free endpaper, "To Stuart Rose- Who has great patience with me- with my love- Paul Gallico March, 1941." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Cover art by George Salter.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 110454
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First Edition of Kuki Gallman's Africa Nights; Signed by Her
GALLMANN, Kuki.
African Nights.
London: Viking, 1994.
First edition of the sequel to the author's I Dreamed of Africa. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Kuki Gallmann 1994." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 131841
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First Edition of John Galsworthy's Swan Song; With an autographed Letter Signed Laid in
GALSWORTHY, John.
Swan Song.
London: William Heinemann, 1928.
First edition of this work in the Forsyte Chronicles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Galsworthy on a laid in letter dated 1920. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 120398
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The complete works of John Galsworthy; finely bound in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
GALSWORTHY, John.
The Complete Works of John Galsworthy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906-1932.
Uniformly bound set of the complete works of John Galsworthy. Various sizes (quarto, octavo, 12mo), 36 volumes uniformly bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling, cornerpieces, and blind-stamped basketweave pattern to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon bound in. Comprised of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted: The Man of Property [1906]; Villa Rubein [1908]; The Little Man and Other Satires [1915]; A…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 143524
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First edition of Francis Galton's The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa
GALTON, Francis.
The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa.
London: John Murray, 1853.
First edition of Sir Francis Galton's account of his expedition to South West Africa. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to this spine six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and real panels within triple gilt ruling with fleuron cornerpieces and central motif stamped in blind, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with maps, plates and woodcuts including tissue-guarded frontispiece in color. In near fine condition. Name to the pastedown.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 115371
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"Let Us Hope That The Best Important Achievement Of Atomic Energy Will Lie In Planetary Exploration, And Not In Human Destruction": First Edition of George Gamow's Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity; Inscribed by Him to Chester Nimitz
GAMOW, George [Chester Nimitz].
Atomic Energy In Cosmic And Human Life: Fifty Years Of Radioactivity.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1946.
First edition of this work by the legendary physicist and cosmologist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To The Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Cordially From The Author G. Gamow." The recipient, Chester Nimitz was made Fleet Admiral in 1944 (a lifetime appointment) and was in charge of the United States Forces in the Pacific, and Commander of Operations including the first military use of atomic energy in warfare, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Near fine in very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 139841
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Rare first Edition of Gandhi's Delhi Diary
GANDHI, M.K. [Mahatma or Mohandas].
Delhi Diary (Prayer Speeches from 10-9-47 to 30-1-48).
Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1948.
First edition of this collection of speeches by Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Gandhi. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Rajendra Prasad. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134602
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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world": First edition of Mahatma Gandhi: His Own Story; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
GANDHI, Mahatma [Mohandas K.].
Mahatma Gandhi: His Own Story.
London: George Allen& Unwin, 1930.
First edition of Gandhi's revealing autobiography. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Edited by Charles F. Andrews. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 133894
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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world": First edition of Gandhi's Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth
GANDHI, Mahatma [Mohandas K.].
Gandhi’s Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.
Washington, D.C: Public Affairs Press, 1948.
First edition of Gandhi's revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Translated from the original Gujarati by Mahadev Desai.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144680