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First Edition of Herge's The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon
HERGE,.
The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon.
London: Methuen & Co, 1959.
First edition in English of Herge's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125499
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's 1876: A Novel; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
1876: A Novel.
New York : Random House, 1976.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the "Valerie love Gore." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout the years. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 126331
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First Edition of the author's Monumental Work Capital In the Twenty-First Century; Signed by Thomas Piketty
PIKETTY, Thomas.
Capital In the Twenty-First Century.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2014.
First edition of Piketty's magnum opus. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Thomas Piketty on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Graciela Golup. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144401
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Rare First Edition of Frederick Macaulay's The Movement of Interest Rates, Bond Yields And Stock Prices in the United States Since 1856; In the Original Dust Jacket
MACAULAY, Frederick R.
The Movement of Interest Rates, Bond Yields And Stock Prices in the United States Since 1856.
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1938.
First edition of the work known for introducing the concept of bond duration. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear. With a preface by Wesley C. Mitchell.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 10012
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Reader's Union edition of Roger Fulford's Votes For Women: The Story of Struggle
FULFORD, Roger.
Votes For Women: The Story of Struggle.
London: Readers Union/Faber and Faber, 1958.
Reader's Union edition of Fulford's work on the UK women's suffrage movement. Octavo, original cloth. English journalist, historian, writer and politician Roger Fulford authored several important biographies and other works. Between 1964 and 1981 he edited five volumes of letters between Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal. He was President of the Liberal Party from 1964 to 1965. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 135490
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Rare Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Signed Photograph
VON EHRENFRIED, Manfred .
Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried. Boldly signed by him, Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Apollo A9-11B Suit." The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 106020
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Rare First Edition of Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
KERR, Judith.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by the author. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137100
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First Edition of Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life; Inscribed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
TALEB, Nassim Nicholas.
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life.
New York: Random House, 2018.
First edition of this work by the author of Black Swan. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Thanks for the nice arguments. Best. Nassim." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Eric White.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139104
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"PLEASE MAY I COME IN? I AM BOOTS. I AM SON OF KILDONAN BROUGUE - CHAMPION RESERVE - V.H.C. - VERY FINE DOG": FIRST EDITION OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S THY SERVANT A DOG
KIPLING, Rudyard.
“Thy Servant A Dog” Told by Boots.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930.
First edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, rebound in new boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, frontispiece. Near fine in a custom slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 123470
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First Edition of I am Charlotte Simmons; Inscribed by Tom Wolfe to Fellow Writer Henry Marks
WOLFE, Tom.
I Am Charlotte Simmons.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this "hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel" (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Henry Marks my fellow Rolling Stoner. Tom Wolfe." The recipient, Henry Marks was a Rolling Stone writer and colleague of Wolfe's. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell. A nice association.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140245
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"WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BOOKS OF THE CENTURY" FIRST EDITION OF HENRY FORD'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY MY LIFE AND WORK; INSCRIBED BY SAMUEL CROWTHER
FORD, Henry. In collaboration with Samuel Crowther.
My Life and Work.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.
First edition of one of the most significant books of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Ford. Presentation copy, inscribed by co-author Samuel Crowther on the front free endpaper, "To J.H. Turgue with the compliments of Samuel Crowther 9th April 1924." Crowther was a prominent journalist who dedicated his writing career to publishing biographies of famous industrialists and collaborating with some of them to produce works that conveyed their ideas to the public. The most prominent and enduring collaboration was with Henry Ford. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140980
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Finely bound example of Samuel Smiles' Self-Help; elaborately bound in full contemporary tree calf
SMILES, Samuel.
Self-Help. With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance.
London: John Murray, 1908.
Finely bound example of Smith's best-selling work on the self-improvement; an embodiment of the ideologies of mid-Victorian liberalism. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt central coat-of-arms to the front panel, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In fine condition. A fine example, desirable bound in full contemporary tree calf.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 122411
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First Edition of Edward L. Bernays' Biography of An Idea
BERNAYS, Edward L.
Biography of an Idea: Memoirs of Public Relations Counsel Edward L. Bernays.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965.
First edition of the father of public relations' biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Although not marked this is from the library of William Safire. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 127872
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First Edition of Carl Cutler's Greyhounds of the Sea
CUTLER, Carl C.
Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship.
New York: Halcyon House, 1930.
First edition of Cutler's masterwork on the history of the American clipper ship. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131492
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First Edition of Steve Reich's Writings on Music, 1965-2000; Inscribed by Him
REICH, Steve; Edited by Paul Hillier.
Writings on Music, 1965-2000.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
First edition of Reich's collection of music from 1965-2000. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Peter Happy Birthday! Steve Reich." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Paul Hillier.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 2220
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' Reflections on the Psalms
LEWIS, C.S.
Reflections on the Psalms.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1958.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Elizabeth Andrews.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145135