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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
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Two rare printed pamphlets regarding President James Monroe's position on the prohibition of the Slave Trade
MONROE, James.
Message From the President of the United States Stating the Interpretation Which Has Been Given To The Act Entitled “An Act in Addition to the Acts Prohibiting the Slave Trade. [with] A Report of the Committee to Whom was Referred So Much of the President’s Message, of the 7th of December last, as relates to the Suppression of the Slave Trade.
Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1819-1826.
Two rare printed pamphlets regarding President James Monroe's position on the prohibition of the Slave Trade. Octavo. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132709
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"the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers": Rare First Edition in Book Form of The Monroe Doctrine
MONROE, James.
Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 2, 1823.
Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823.
First edition in book form of the Monroe Doctrine. Octavo, bound with a number of other congressional reports in contemporary sheep, numerous folding charts and tables. In very good condition with rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels and some toning throughout. Rare.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 146543
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"the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers": Rare First Edition in Book Form of The Monroe Doctrine
MONROE, James.
Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 2, 1823.
Washington, D.C: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823.
First edition in book form of the Monroe Doctrine. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, numerous folding charts and tables. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 131707
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Message of the President of the United States, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Seventieth Congress
COOLIDGE, Calvin.
Message of the President of the United States, Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Seventieth Congress.
Chicago: Government Printing Office, 1928.
First edition of this address given by President Coolidge. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Calvin Coolidge. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom folding case.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 119471
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First Edition of Metabolism in Architecture; Signed by Both Kisho Kurokawa and Charles Jencks
KUROKAWA, Kisho; Introduction by Charles Jencks.
Metabolism in Architecture.
London: Studio Vista, 1977.
First edition of this seminal work in architecture. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Signed in both English and Japanese by Kurokawa and also signed by Charles Jencks, who contributed the introduction. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 3955
