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"With best wishes for a pleasant trip, success, and luck. Hope to see you soon. Love, Mary": Hemingway: The Viking Portable Library; Warmly Inscribed by Mary Hemingway
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. [Mary Hemingway].
Hemingway: The Viking Portable Library.
New York: The Viking Press, 1944.
First edition, early printing of this compilation of Hemingway's works. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Mary Hemingway on the front free endpaper, "23 June 1947 Dear Nina, With best wishes for a pleasant trip, success, and luck. Hope to see you soon. Love, Mary." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Edited by Malcolm Cowley. We have never seen another signed and inscribed example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135292
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Rare First Edition of History of the New York Stock Exchange
HEMMING, Henry G.
History of the New York Stock Exchange.
New York: Henry Glover & Co, 1905.
First edition of this classic work. Thick quarto, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, four views, and 353 steel-engraved portraits of financiers such as Henry Clews, George Jay Gould, J.P. Morgan, Jr., W.C. Kellogg, Arthur Whitney, and many others. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132283
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Inscribed by Nobel Prize Winner Philip Hench to Dr. Gerald Rodnan
HENCH, Philip S.
Chronic Arthritis: Chronic Infectious Arthritis, Chronic Senescent Arthritis, Gout.
NP: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1940.
Rare offprint from The Modern Medical Therapy in General Practice, inscribed by Nobel Prize winning physician Philip Hench, "To Jerry with affection - Phil." The recipient, Gerald Rodnan, was a lifelong doctor and professor at University of Pittsburgh Medical School, appointed chief of the newly formed Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in 1956 and president of the American Rheumatology Association 1975-76. Octavo, original wrappers. Philip Hench received the Nobel Prize in 1950 for the discovery of cortisone and its application to rheumatoid arthritis. An exceptional association between two physicians both involved in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. There are…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140016
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First Edition of Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach; Signed by Richard Quandt
HENDERSON, James M. and Richard E. Quandt.
Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958.
First edition of this classic work in microeconomic theory. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Quandt on the front free endpaper, "With my best wishes to John Roger Richard E. Quandt." Also laid in is a autograph signed letter from the economist. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112369
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First Edition of Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach; Signed by Richard Quandt
HENDERSON, James M. and Richard E. Quandt.
Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958.
First edition of this classic work in microeconomic theory. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Quandt on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 117652
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William Augustus Henderson's The Housekeeper's Instructor; from the library of American journalist William Safire
HENDERSON, W. A. [William Safire].
The Housekeeper’s Instructor; Or, Universal Family-Cook: Being a Full and Clear Display in all its Branches… To Which is Added, The Complete Art of Carving.
London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, [1823].
Early printing of Henderson's bestselling English cookery book. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with engravings, lacking the frontispiece, one plate and with loss to another plate. Corrected and revised by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. From the library of William Safire, although not marked. 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…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123841
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First Edition of Tatoo:1730s-1970s. Henk Schiffmacher's Private Collection
HENK SCHIFFMACHER,.
Tatoo: 1730s-1970s. Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection.
Taschen, 2021.
First edition of this "impressive, exhaustive tour through the history of tattooing” (Vice.com). Folio, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Edited by Noel David. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 125841
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's The Dash For Khartoum: A Tale of The Nile Expedition
HENTY, G. A.
The Dash For Khartoum: A Tale of The Nile Expedition.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1892.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale of the Nile Expedition. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with ten illustrations by Joseph Nash, R.I. and John Schonberg. In near fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 122778
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First edition of George A. Henty's Beric the Briton: The Story of the Roman Invasion
HENTY, George A. [G.A.].
Beric the Briton: The Story of the Roman Invasion.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. Parkinson. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 122962
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First edition of George A. Henty's A Jacobite Exile
HENTY, George A. [G.A.].
A Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XIL of Sweden.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1894.
First edition of Henty’s classic historical tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by Paul Hardy and a map of Central Europe. In near fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 122080
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First edition of George A. Henty's Through Fire and Storm: Stories of Adventure and Peril
HENTY, George A. [G.A.]; Manville Fenn; John A. Higginson.
Through Fire and Storm: Stories of Adventure and Peril.
London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1898.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, patterned endpapers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Bookplate.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 122993
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's A Knight of the White Cross
HENTY, George Alfred.
A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1896.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by Ralph Peackock and a plan. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122361
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"Something like an adventure": First edition of George Alfred Henty's Held Fast For England
HENTY, George Alfred.
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83).
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1892.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and front panel, illustrated by Gordon Browne. In very good condition. Uncommon.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122382
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First edition of George A. Henty's A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris
HENTY, George Alfred.
A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris.
London: F. V. White & Co, 1895.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 122360
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's Condemned as a Nihilist: A Story of Escape From Siberia
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Condemned As A Nihilist: A Story of Escape From Siberia.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, illustrated by Walter Paget. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 199244
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First edition of George Alfred Henry's Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1899.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by Ralph Peacock. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122688