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First Edition of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Inscribed by Martin Sherwin and signed twice by Kai Bird
BIRD, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Martin Sherwin and signed by Kai Bird on the front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Kai Bird on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephanie Kloss.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 147047
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"This country is, I once heard it put, absolutely lousy with greatness" with not only the greatest responsibilities but with the greatest oppurtunities ever known to man": First Edition of John Gunther's Inside U.S.A.; Signed by Him
GUNTHER, John.
Inside U.S.A.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1947.
First edition of this classic work, "riveting from start to finish" (Robert Gottlieb, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by John Gunther on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust price-clipped jacket. Signed first editions are exceptionally rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 134601
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"In nature nothing exists alone": First Edition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; Finely Bound
CARSON, Rachel.
Silent Spring.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.
First edition of Carson's landmark work. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 140434
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First Edition of Octavia Butler's Imago; Signed by Her
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Imago.
New York: Warner Books, 1989.
First edition of the gripping climax to Butler's acclaimed Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustration by Wayne Barlowe.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 134414
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First Edition of Robert E. Lucas' Lectures on Economic Growth; Inscribed by Him
LUCAS, Robert E.
Lectures on Economic Growth.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 2002.
First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970" (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John with best wishes, Robert E. Lucas, Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142089
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First Editions of Martin Shubik's The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions Volumes 1 &2; Inscribed by Him to Benoit Mandelbrot
SHUBIK, Martin [Benoit Mandelbrot].
The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.
First editions of Shubik's work regarding the theory of money. Octavo, 2 volumes. Association copies, both volumes are inscribed by Martin Shubik to Benoit Mandelbrot. Volume one is signed, "To Benoit and Aliette To old friends with best wishes Martin S. June 7, 2000. P.S. You made an error. You were going to get a free copy- if need you can assign it." Volume 2 is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Benoit and Aliette To old friends with best wishes Martin Shubik June 7, 2000." Mandelbrot writes, "The indispensable intermediary who started the process that…
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 49001
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"The Leading And Most Persuasive Explanation of the worst economic Distaster In American History": First Edition of A Monetary History of the United States
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Anna Jacobson Schwartz.
A Monetary History of the United States: 1867-1960.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth. Review copy, with the slip adhered to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 146725
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First Edition of Derek Walcott's Omeros; From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul
WALCOTT, Derek [V.S. Naipaul].
Omeros.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul with his name to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Derek Walcott. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Author photograph by Sigrid Nama. A wonderful connection linking these two Caribbean born writers who went on to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 133628
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"There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men": First Edition of Maurice Herzog's Annapurna; Inscribed by Him
HERZOG, Maurice.
Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak (26,493 Feet).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1952.
First edition in English, preceding the American edition by one year of one of the best-selling mountaineering books of all-time. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To James Helgar, with my compliments It is a pleasure to dedicate this book to you, Maurice Herzog Paris, 15th of March 08." Near fine a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. With an introduction by Eric Shipton. First editions are rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135187
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Signed Limited Edition of Hall's The Well of Loneliness
HALL, Radclyffe .
The Well of Loneliness.
New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1929.
Signed limited edition of this classic work, one of only 225 copies. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, frontispiece to volume one. Signed by Radclyffe Hall. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 141326
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[HAMILTON, Alexander].
The Speeches at Full Length of Mr. Van Ness, Mr. Caines, The Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton, in the Great Cause of the People, Against Harry Croswell, on an Indictment of Libel on Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.
New York: Printed by G. & R. Waite, No. 64 Maiden-Lane, 1804.
First edition of this landmark case in the history of the First Amendment. Octavo, disbound. In very good condition. Rare with only a handful appearing in auction records.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142963
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"I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory": First Edition of Rory Stewart's The Places In Between; Lengthily inscribed by Him
STEWART, Rory.
The Places In Between.
London: Picador, 2004.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page with the following inscription, "I recited and followed this song of the Places in Between as a map. Rory." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Rory Stewart.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 91569
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"Who stands on that cliff like a figure of stone, unmoving and tall in the light and sky, where spray of the cataract sparkles on high, all lonely and sternly, save mogg megone": Scarce first edition of John Greenleaf Whittier's Mogg Megone
WHITTIER, John Greenleaf.
Mogg Megone, A Poem.
Boston: Light & Stearns, 1836.
First edition of Whittier's well-received narrative of the life of legendary 17th century Indian warrior Mogg Megone. BAL 21697. 16mo, original cloth with gilt title within an arabesque gilt frame to the front panel. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco folding chemise case. From the library of noted American journalist and collector Barton Currie with his bookplate to folding chemise case. Exceptionally rare. A desirable piece of early American literature.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 133021
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FOSSATI, George.
Raccolta di varie Favole Delineate, ed incise in Rame (Volume 4).
Venezia: Pecora, 1744.
First edition. Large Quarto. Tome Quatrieme (Volume 4), contemporary vellum. Thirty-six finely engraved plates printed in sepia. Text in parallel columns of Italian and French. Some shelfwear and soiling, generally clean and sound internally.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 1830
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit": The Works of Aristotle in Four Parts
ARISTOTLE,.
The Works of Aristotle in Four Parts: Containing: His Complete Master Piece; His Experienced Midwife; His Book of Problems; His Last Legacy.
London: Printed for, and Sold by all Booksellers, 1777.
Finely bound edition of the works of Aristotle. Octavo, bound in half leather, marbled endpapers, frontispiece of Aristotle. In very good condition. A very sharp example of this important work.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 122932
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"Since Adam and Eve ate the apple, man has never refrained from any folly of which he was capable": First edition of Bertrand Russell's History of the World in Epitome (For Use in Martian Infant Schools); signed by him
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
History of the World in Epitome (For Use in Martian Infant Schools).
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1962.
First edition of Russell's 21-word summary of human history, issued on the occasion of his 90th birthday and written in reaction to the Cuban missile crisis. 16 mo, original wrappers, illustrated by Franciszka Themerson. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 128355