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First Edition of Gurnah Abdulrazak's Memory of Departure: A Novel
ABDULRAZAK GURNAH,.
Memory of Departure: A Novel.
New York: The Grove Press, 1988.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration and design by Bascove.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129533
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"No artist lives and loves, that longs not Once, and only once, and for one only": First edition of Robert Browning's Men and Women
BROWNING, Robert.
Men and Women.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1855.
First edition of one of Browning's finest collections, in the primary binding with pale cream-colored endpapers. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's olive green cloth stamped in blind, gilt titles to the spines. In good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 136291
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“THOSE WHO HAVE EYES ON OUR MODERN WORLD WILL TAKE THIS AS A THRILLING INTRODUCTION TO THE MEN WHO SHAPE IT FOR US”: FIRST EDITION OF LEWIS W. HINE’S ICONIC BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY MEN AT WORK
HINE, Lewis W.
Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Men and Machines.
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1932.
First edition of Hine’s only book published in his lifetime, a landmark photobook in its celebration of “the dignity of labour and… the American skyscraper” (Parr & Badger). Small quarto, original green cloth, illustrated with 51 black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frederick A Blossom with many memories Feb. 21, 1933 Lewis W. Hine." The recipient, Frederick Blossom worked in the Patterson, New Jersey silk mills and was the union secretary. In very good condition with some toning and wear to the extremities.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96378
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First Edition of Buzz Aldrin's Men From Earth; Inscribed by Him and co-author Malcolm McConnell
ALDRIN, Buzz and Malcolm McConnell.
Men From Earth.
New York: Bantam Books, 1989.
First edition of Aldrin's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the half-title page, :To Bob Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin" and by the co-author opposite the title page, "To Bob - Best regards Malcolm McConnell." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus Studio. Written with Malcolm McConnell.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144989
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First Edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day.
Hartford: Hartford Publishing Company, 1868.
First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, raised bands, morocco spine labels, illustrated with 18 engraved plates. In very good condition, rebacked. Second state with the title page corrected to "Douglass."
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 142076
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First Edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day; in the original publisher's cloth
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanoton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.
Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868.
First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt facsimile signature of Harriet Beecher Stowe to the front panel, illustrated with 18 tissue-guarded steel portraits including frontispiece portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Second state with the title page corrected to "Douglass." In very good condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 146452
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First Edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Etc.
Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868.
First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Octavo, recased in the original publisher's dark green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with eighteen steel portraits, frontispiece portrait of Stowe. Second State with Frederick Douglass's name spelled correctly on the title page. BAL 19449. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142763
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First edition of Haruki Murakami's Men Without Women; signed three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Men Without Women.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
First edition of this collection of seven tales about men who have lost women by internationally best-selling author Haruki Murakami. Octavo, original cloth. Signed three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd on the title page and both the front panel and rear flap of the dust jacket. Translated from the Japanese by Phillip Gabriel and Ted Goossen. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art and design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photograph by Elena Seibert.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 123764
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“KNOWLEDGE HAS TO BE IMPROVED, CHALLENGED, AND INCREASED CONSTANTLY, OR IT VANISHES”: FIRST EDITION OF MEN, IDEAS AND POLITICS; SIGNED BY PETER F. DRUCKER
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Men, Ideas, and Politics.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1971.
First edition of this work by the father of management. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 4511
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"Righteousness, Righteousness shalt thou pursue...": Rare Autograph Quote Signed by the 6th Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin
BEGIN, Menachem.
Menachem Begin Autograph Quote Signed.
Jerusalem: January 1985.
Rare autograph quote signed by Prime Minister Menachem Begin, excerpting his May 15th 1948 speech regarding Israel's independence. One page on 'Success Quotes' card stationary, the quote reads, "'Remember ye we were strangers in the land of Egypt' - this supreme rule must continually light our way in our relations with the strangers in our gates. Righteousness [sic], righteousness shalt thou pursue... (From the radio-broadcast on May 15th 1948, in the wake of the proclamation of Israel's Independence) Jerusalem Jan. 1985 M. Begin." In fine condition. The piece measures 7.125 inches by 3.75 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 146685
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"A soldier in the service of peace, you are": 'The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, March 26, 1979' U. S. Department of State Booklet; Signed by the 6th Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin
BEGIN, Menachem.
Menachem Begin Signed ‘Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty’ Department of State Booklet.
Washington, D.C.: The Department of State, 1979.
Rare official U. S. Department of State booklet from the April 1979 issue printed by the Bureau of Public Affairs Office of Public Communication. Imperial octavo, official Department of State Publication, 28 pages, containing a copy of the full treaty, annexes I through III, a list of agreed minutes, various copies of letters between Carter, Sadat, and Begin, and remarks made by the three leaders after the signing of the treaty, illustrated with a black and white photograph of Prime Minister Menachem Begin joining hands with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and American President Jimmy Carter, signed by Begin below in black…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 146734
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“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you": First Edition of Mere Christianity; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
LEWIS, C.S.
Mere Christianity.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952.
First edition of this classic C.S. Lewis work, which was adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1942 and 1944. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 143027
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"It's just like you, said Strega Nona. Big Anthony smiled. Christmas has a magic of its own": First edition of Tomie dePaola's Merry Christmas, Strega Nona; warmly inscribed by Tomie de Paola with a quote from the book
DEPAOLA, Tomie.
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1986.
First edition of Tomie de Paola's Christmas children's classic. Quarto, original illustrated boards, story and pictures by Tomie dePaola. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the title page, "'It's just like you,' said Strega Nona. Big Anthony smiled. 'Christmas has a magic of its own.' Tomie 2016." Fine in a fine dust jacket. With a promotional postcard featuring a 2015 self-portrait of dePaola laid in.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 114827
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FIRST EDITION OF MERTON MILLER ON DERIVATIVES: INSCRIBED BY HIM
MILLER, Merton H.
Merton Miller on Derivatives.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's work on derivatives. Octavo, original black boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mike Lynch with best wishes, Merton H. Miller Chicago, March 19, 1998."
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3714