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from the library of the father of computer science and Artificial Intelligence: Alan Turing
[TURING, Alan].
The World at War 1939-1944: A Brief History of World War II. Materials for the Use of Army Orientation Program.
Washington: The Infantry Journal, 1945.
The father of computer science, Alan Turing's copy of the U.S. War Department Military Intelligence Division's official history of World War II. Small octavo, original wrappers as issued. From the library of Alan Turing with his ownership signature to the title page, "A.M. Turing." English mathematician, computer scientist, and cryptanalyst Alan Mathison Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, a model of the general-purpose computer. During the Second World War, Turing was a leading participant in the breaking of German ciphers at…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 135225
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“Hate is a lack of imagination": First Edition of Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GREENE, Graham.
The Power and the Glory.
London: William Heinemann, 1940.
First edition of Greene's masterpiece. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some toning and light wear to the spine crown. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Scarce in the original dust jacket and in this condition.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 118658
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Rare first edition of N.H. Purple's A Compilation of the Statutes of the State of Illinois; from the Lincoln-Herndon Law Office Library with Herndon's ownership signature for the firm to both volumes
PURPLE, N. H. [Abraham Lincoln; William Herndon].
A Compilation of the Statutes of the State of Illinois, of a General Nature, In Force January 1, 1856. Collated with Reference to Decisions of the Supreme Court of Said State, and to Prior Laws Relating to the Same Subject Matter.
Chicago: Published by Keen & Lee, 1856.
First edition of Purple's Statutes from the law library of Abraham Lincoln and William Herndon. Large octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. With Herndon's ownership signature on behalf of the firm to the front pastedown of Vol. I, "A. Lincoln W. Herndon Lincoln & Herndon Springfield" and Vol. II, "Lincoln-Herndon." Additionally with what are likely Lincoln's scribbles to several pages including page 531 and 590-591. Lincoln was known to doodle in squiggly lines in his books and papers; in 2006 David Greenberg published Presidential Doodles: Two Centuries of Scribbles, entirely devoted…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 124498
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First Edition of Martin Luther's King Jr.'s Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?; inscribed by him
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of King's "last grand expression of his vision" (Cornel West). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Carl Colodne, With Best Wishes for Peace and Justice, Martin Luther King Jr." Fine in a fine dust jacket, small name. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Jacket photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Bob Fitch. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 137331
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First edition of Economics: An Introductory Analysis; Inscribed by Paul A. Samuelson to Fellow Economist Gottfried Haberler
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
Economics: An Introductory Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.
First edition of this landmark work in modern economics, having sold 4 million copies in 40 languages. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow Harvard economist, Gottfried Haberler in a contemporary hand, "To Gottfried with best regards from Paul." Samuelson was in Haberler's first Harvard class in 1936. Haberler was an Austrian-American economist who worked in particular on international trade. One of his major contributions was reformulating the Ricardian idea of comparative advantage in a neoclassical framework, replacing the outdated labor theory of value with the modern opportunity cost concept. With…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 23012
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"The world had changed to silver, and life ceased to be a struggle and became a gay adventure": First edition of Nella Larsen's Quicksand; inscribed by her
LARSEN, Nella.
Quicksand.
New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.
First edition of Nella Larsen's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my friend Harriet S. Wright, this tale of pride, prejudice and passion Nella Larsen." First editions of any of Larsen’s works are rare, as she disappeared from Harlem's interracial literary and arts community after her ex-husband’s death in 1942. Struggling with depression, Larsen stopped writing, returned to her previous career in nursing, moved to the Lower East Side and did not return to Harlem. Many of Larsen's old acquaintances speculated that she, like some of the characters in her fiction, had crossed the…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 95263
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Signed by J.K. Rowling and twice by Illustrator Mary Grandpre
ROWLING, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
New York: Scholastic Press, 1998.
First American edition, first printing of the first book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the second title page. Additionally signed twice by illustrator Mary Grandpre, on the title page and on the rear dust jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 139502
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rare autograph letter signed by American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton
HAMILTON, Alexander.
Alexander Hamilton Autograph Letter Signed.
New York: 2 April 1799.
Rare autograph letter signed by Alexander Hamilton to the trustees of Isaac Riley, notifying them of the manner in which he will submit a mortgage payment despite Riley's imprisonment. One page, folio, dated 2 April 1799, the letter reads, "I am informed that You are Assignees of Isaac Riley under the Insolvent Act. Some time since I purchased of Isaac Riley Eight lots in the Outward upon which as he then informed me there was a mortgage to Ebenezer Young for Two hundred & forty pounds which was deducted out of the purchase money & left to be paid by…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 120624
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First edition of Sir Douglas Mawson's The Home of the Blizzard; inscribed by him to the Premier of New South Wales, William Arthur Holman in each volume
MAWSON, Douglas. [William Arthur Holman].
The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914.
London: William Heinemann, 1915.
First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration, an exceptional association copy inscribed by the author in both volumes in the year of publication to a fellow Australian, the Premier of New South Wales. Quarto, two volumes, original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt vignette to the front panels, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of black-and-white plates, numerous in-text illustrations and three color folding maps. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper of each volume in the year of publication to the Premier of New South Wales, William Arthur…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 123065
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"The Bible Of Investing"; Graham and Dodd’s Security Analysis; Signed by Warren Buffett
GRAHAM, Benjamin & David L. Dodd [Warren E. Buffett].
Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.
New York: Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill Book Company, 1940.
First edition, sixth printing published the same year as the first printing of Graham and Dodd's seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by Warren E. Buffett on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed by Buffett; Graham and Dodd's most well-known adherent.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 110746
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“We all have souls of different ages": First Edition of The Beautiful and the Damned; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Beautiful and the Damned.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
First edition, first state of the author's second novel. Octavo, original green cloth, titles to the spine in gilt. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with some light restoration to the crown of the spine, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Jacket illustrated by W.E. Hill. Uncommon in the original dust jacket and in this condition.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 137601
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"SCIENCE CAN ONLY ASCERTAIN WHAT IS, BUT NOT WHAT SHOULD BE, AND OUTSIDE OF ITS DOMAIN VALUE, ELLY JUDGMENTS OF ALL KINDS REMAIN NECESSARY": The Evolution of Physics; Signed by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld
EINSTEIN, Albert and Leopold Infeld.
The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.
Later printing of this classic work, which traces the development of ideas in physics. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "A. Einstein. 53" and "L. Infeld 1958." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. We have never seen another example signed by both authors. Rare and desirable.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 140033
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Rare First Edition of Richard Baxter's A Treatise of Conversion
BAXTER, Richard.
A Treatise of Conversion.
London: Printed by R. W. for Nevel Simmons, 1657.
Rare first edition of this book on conversion by one of the chief pioneers of English Protestantism, and also revered in the United States for his contributions to the cause of evangelism. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather over boards, morocco spine label. In very good condition, owner name to the preliminary blank and he has also used this to delineate all the authors in Bells English Poets; the rear blank pages, and these contain notes, by the same reader, on the main religious and philosophical works to read Exceptionally rare with no copies appearing at auction in over 80…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 123511
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"The light music of whisky falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude": First Edition of James Joyce's The Dubliners
JOYCE, James.
Dubliners.
London: Grant Richards, 1914.
Rare first edition of Joyce’s first prose work, his great collection of short stories, one of approximately 746 copies bound in the publisher's maroon cloth.. Octavo, original red cloth. In very good condition, with the spine gilt fresh, bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 143802
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First Edition of Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman; Signed by Richard Feynman
FEYNMAN, Richard P.
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1985.
First edition of this collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Richard Feynman on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Mike McIver. Told to Ralph Leighton. Edited by Edward Hutchings. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are exceptionally rare and desirable.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 90244
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“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat": Signed First Edition of Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich; In the rare original dust jacket
HILL, Napoleon.
Think and Grow Rich.
Meriden, Conn.: The Ralston Society, 1937.
Rare first edition of this classic bestseller, which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with reinforcement to the verso. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable in the original dust jacket and signed.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 132909