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Finely bound First and limited deluxe Confraternity edition of the New Testament
The New Testament of Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ.
Paterson, New Jersey: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1941.
First and limited deluxe Confraternity edition of the New Testament. Quarto, bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, inner dentelles and gilt morocco doublures, watered silk endleaves. One of one thousand numbered copies, this is number 592. In fine condition without wear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119406
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Sarah Churchill's A Thread in the Tapestry; FINELY BOUND BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
CHURCHILL, Sarah [Winston S. Churchill].
A Thread in the Tapestry.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967.
First edition, early printing of the author's deeply moving eulogy of her father, Sir Winston Churchill. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139833
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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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First Edition of Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Book, 1998.
First edition of this work by the father of modern management. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jim Black with best regards from Peter Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lance Hidy. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142028
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"In History There are dogs and dogs. I was among the chosen. I had good papers and wolf's blood in my veins": First Edition of Monologue of A Dog; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Poet Wislawa Szymborska
SZYMBORSKA, Wislawa; Foreword by Billy Collins.
Monologue of a Dog: New Poems.
Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2006.
First edition of this collection of poetry from the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Wislawa Szymborska on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman. Translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142558
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First edition of Robert Parker's The World's Greatest Wine Estates; Signed by Him
PARKER, Robert M.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates: A Modern Perspective.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
First edition of the renowned wine critic's elaborately illustrated work showcasing 175 of the world's most accomplished wine estates. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, elaborately illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Robert M. Parker on the second free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Beth Middleworth. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144062
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"Art is History's nostalgia, it prefers a thatched roof to a concrete factory, and the huge church above a bleached village": First Edition of Omeros; Warmly Inscribed by the Nobel Prize-winning poet
WALCOTT, Derek.
Omeros.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dagmar thanks for a wonderbar evening in der kneipe Derek." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Derek Walcott. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Author photograph by Sigrid Nama. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133145
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First Edition of Amartya Sen's Employment, Technology and Development; Signed by Him
SEN, Amartya.
Employment, Technology and Development.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amartya Sen on a slip attached to the front pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133812
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The December 1912 edition of The English Review; containing the first appearance of Rowland Kenney's Women's Suffrage
HARRISON, Austin [Editor].
The English Review. December 1912.
London: R. Clay and Sons, Ltd, 1912.
The December 1912 edition of The English Review, containing the first appearance of Rowland Kenney's 'Women's Suffrage'. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135612
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First edition of The 56th Fighter Group In World War II; SIGNED BY 13 MEMBERS OF THE 56TH FIGHTER GROUP
The 56th Fighter Group In World War II.
Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1948.
First edition of this authoritative record of the 56th Fighter Group's achievements in the European Theater of Operations. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by 13 members of the 56th Fighter Group on the half-title page including Robert S. Johnson, Robert J. Rankin, Billy G. Edens (with an additional signed card by Edens laid-in), and more. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146987
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“I NOT ONLY HAVE MY SECRETS. I AM MY SECRETS. AND YOU ARE YOU’RE YOUR SECRETS”: FIRST EDITION OF FREDERICK BUECHNER’S TELLING SECRETS; SIGNED BY HIM
BUECHNER, Frederick.
Telling Secrets.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1991.
First edition of Buechner’s third autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Mabry. Photograph by Anne Merck.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135362
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First edition of John Milnor's Singular Points of Complex Hypersurfaces; signed by him
MILNOR, John.
Annals of Mathematics Studies No. 61: Singular Points of Complex Hypersurfaces.
Princeton, New Jersey: Annals of Mathematics Studies Princeton University Press, 1968.
First edition of Milnor's manuscript studying singular points of complex hypersurfaces. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page. In fine condition. Uncommon signed by Milnor.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144342
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The Collection Française edition of Paul Bourget's Le Disciple; one of 1021 numbered copies
BOURGET, Paul.
Le Disciple.
Paris: Collection Française, 1925.
Limited Collection Française edition of Bourget's most notable work. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in three compartments within raised gilt bands, black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers, illustrated with colored engravings. One of 1021 numbered copies, this is number 233. Text in French. In near fine condition. A very bright example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 115687
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First Edition of Gone Baby Gone; Signed by Dennis Lehane and Academy Award Winner Ben Affleck
LEHANE, Dennis [Ben Affleck].
Gone Baby Gone.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1998.
First edition of this "chilling novel...an absolutely gripping story" (Chicago Tribune), basis for the film directed by Ben Affleck, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Amy Ryan. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Dennis Lehane and director of the film Ben Affleck on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 147401
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"Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility": First Edition of Chaos: Making of A New Science; Inscribed by James Gleick
GLEICK, James.
Chaos: Making A New Science.
New York: The Viking Press, 1987.
First edition of this modern classic in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by James Gleick on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140606
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"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers": First Edition of Fishing For Fun; Inscribed by Herbert Hoover
HOOVER, Herbert.
Fishing For Fun and To Wash Your Soul.
New York: Random House, 1963.
First edition of this collection of writings from President Hoover. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Elliot Hass The Good Wishes of Herbert Hoover." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Edited by William Nichols. A very sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 91673