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Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
RAND, Ayn.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943.
Early printing of Rand’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in near fine bright dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 124914
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Rare First Edition of Schumpeter's Rudimentary Mathematics for Economists and Statisticians
CRUM, W.L. and Joseph A. Schumpeter.
Rudimentary Mathematics for Economists and Statisticians.
1946: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1946.
First edition of this classic work by Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 130196
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First Edition of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers; Warmly Inscribed by Paul Kennedy
KENNEDY, Paul.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000.
New York: Random House, 1987.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joshua, with fond regards, from Paul." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Silverman. Jacket art by Van Howell.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144312
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First Edition of Macro Markets; Signed by Robert J. Shiller
SHILLER, Robert J.
Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society’s Largest Economic Risks.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Robert Shiller on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 108001
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First Edition of Cass Timberlane; Signed by Sinclair Lewis
LEWIS, Sinclair.
Cass Timberlane.
New York: Random House, 1945.
First edition of this work, basis for the 1947 classic film directed by George Sidney and starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner and Zachary Scott. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Sinclair Lewis. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the extremities.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146020
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"I hope you will never live to see such a crisis as brought this book into Being": Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without a Country; lengthily inscribed by him
HALE, Edward Everett.
The Man Without a Country.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1898.
Early printing of Hale's classic short story. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, stamped bald eagle vignette to the front panel, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the free endpaper, "My Dear Julius I hope you will never live to see such a crisis as brought this book into Being Edward E. Hale." In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 112426
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"For Alden Who Really loves Music": First Edition of Copland on Music; Inscribed by Aaron Copland and with a signed letter
COPLAND, Aaron.
Copland on Music.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.
First edition of this work by the "Dean of American composers." Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Alden, who really loves music, Aaron Nov 1960." With an autographed letter signed to the same recipients by Copland on his letterhead which reads, "Dear Alden and Rolf: What a pleasant surprise to get your Encyclopedia for my birthday! Many thanks. It is full of nostalgic memories for me, especially of my student days in the teens, and those exciting twenties. Where on earth did you find such a book?? All best to you…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 118362
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Rare Map of Florida
Colton’s Map of Florida.
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1868.
Rare 19th century printing of Colton's map of Florida. One page, the lithographed map shows a detailed view of the state of Florida with an inset of the southern portion and the Keys. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 35.5 inches by 25.5 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138647
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Rare 19th Century American Map of Florida
[FLORIDA],.
19th Century American Map of Florida.
Chicago: People's Publishing Co, [c. 1890].
19th century American map of the state of Florida. One page, the map shows a detailed view of the stated divided by county and includes an inset of the North-western portion of Florida. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139015
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Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville; Finely Bound
CADET DE GASSICOURT, Charles-Louis.
Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Literature.
Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Aine, 1809.
First edition of this work on French Gastronomy, containing its history throughout the country's various regions. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96186
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"A girl's fair face and charm of manner lured me from hanging around under the Irish tri-colour and the red banner of Labour": First Edition of Windfalls; Inscribed by Sean O'Casey to his Friend Dr. Joe Cummins
O'CASEY, Sean.
Windfalls: Stories, Poems, and Plays.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1934.
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, "To Dr. J.D. Cummins, (Joe) from his old ___ Sean O'Casey With undiminished affection London Jan. 1935." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 105844
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Rare first edition of Edward J. Pringle's Slavery in the Southern States; Inscribed by Him
A CAROLINIAN. [PRINGLE, Edward J.].
Slavery in the Southern States.
Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1852.
First edition of Pringle's pro-slavery tract. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, "Mr. Norton With respects of the Author." In near fine condition. Scarce signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 109012
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First Edition of Revolution On Wall Street; Inscribed by All Three Authors
BLUME, Marshall E.
Revolution On Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993.
First edition of this informative history of the New York Stock Exchange. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by all three authors on the front free endpaper, "To Barbara and David Holmes The pride of the Franklin Inn! Dan Rottenberg, Jeremy Siegel and Marshall E. Blume." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Greco.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138057
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"For Murray Milner, outstanding public servant, from his friend": First Edition of Booth Mooney's The Lyndon Johnson Story; lengthily inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, "For Murray Milner, outstanding public servant, from his friend, Lyndon B. Johnson." Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117422
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First Edition of Jose Saramago's A Bagagem Do Viajante: Cronicas; Inscribed by Him
SARAMAGO, Jose.
A Bagagem Do Viajante: Cronicas.
Lisboa: Ed. Futura, 1973.
First edition of this early collection of essays by the future Nobel Prize- winning author. Octavo, original wrappers, as issued. Inscribed and dated by Jose Saramago.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1334
