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"The whole thing was an affair of misty shadows": First edition of H. G. Wells' The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
WELLS, H.G.
The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1904.
First edition of Wells' satiric utopian novel. Octavo, original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 95220
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"HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE SOUL OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE VERY SOUL OF OUR SENSE OF NATIONHOOD": FIRST EDITION OF KEEPING FAITH; SIGNED BY JIMMY CARTER AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAROLD BROWN
CARTER, Jimmy.
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President.
New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
First edition of the 39th President of the United States' memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jimmy Carter and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown on the title page. Brown was the U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force. In the last stages of the Cold War, as Secretary of Defense, he set the groundwork for the Camp David accords. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132220
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First Edition of Alexandre Dumas' Henri III et sa Cour
DUMAS, Alexandre (Alexander).
Henri III et sa Cour.
Paris: Vezard et Cie, 1829.
Rare first edition of Dumas' first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensées Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hélène. In near fine condition with light toning. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 87497
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First Edition of The Game Of Thrones Deluxe Edition; Signed by George R.R. Martin
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones.
New York: Bantam Books, 2011.
First deluxe edition of the first book in the author's acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire Series. Octavo, original blue cloth, cartographic endpapers. Boldly signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. Fine in the fine blue slipcase.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145901
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First Edition of The Black Hole War; Signed by Leonard Susskind
SUSSKIND, Leonard.
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008.
First edition of this compelling inside account from the professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, one of the fathers of string theory. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with mathematic equations and diagrams. Signed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes Leonard Susskind." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Karen Horton. Jacket photograph by Corbis. Author photograph by Anne Elizabeth Warren.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145181
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FIRST EDITION OF J.M. KEYNES' FIRST MAJOR WORK ON ECONOMICS INDIAN CURRENCY AND FINANCE
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.].
Indian Currency and Finance.
London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913.
First edition of Keynes' first major work on economics. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Neat ownership inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136408
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First Edition of Graham Greene's Pleasure-Dome; Inscribed by Him to Close Friend and critic John Sutro
GREENE, Graham.
The Pleasure-Dome.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1972.
First edition of this film criticism by Graham Greene. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For John and Gillian with love from Graham Christmas 1972." The recipient, John Sutro was a British film producer and close friend of Greene's. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Smither.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137598
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"Once upon a time there were three Billy Goats and their name was Gruff. There was Little Billy Goat Gruff, Big Billy Goat Gruff, and Biggest Billy Goat Gruff": First edition of Frank Dobias' The Three Billy Goats
DOBIAS, Frank.
The Three Billy Goats.
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1927.
First edition of Dobias' charming retelling of the classic Norwegian fairy tale. Small octavo, original illustrated boards, patterned endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 115582
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First Edition of Taxes and Business Strategy; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Myron S. Scholes
SCHOLES, Myron S. and Mark A. Wolfson.
Taxes and Business Strategy. A Planning Approach.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1992.
First edition of this classic work, now in it's sixth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "_____ Good luck in all of your endeavors Myron S. Scholes 6/12/10." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117632
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Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Filostrato, Poema
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
Il Filostrato, Poema.
Paris: Presso Franc. Ambr. Didot Il Miaggiore, 1789.
Eighteenth century edition of this marvelous narrative poem. Octavo, bound in three quarter contemporary brown calf over blue marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, original silk ribbon laid in. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities, spine, front and rear panels, some loss to the calf binding and very light toning throughout.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146404
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Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Harry Markowitz
MARKOWITZ, Harry; Bernard Hauser; Herbert W. Karr.
Simscript: A Simulation Programming Language.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1963.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Small quarto, original wrappers. Inscribed by Harry Markowitz on the title page. In very good condition. Uncommon, especially signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5379
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First edition of Hélène Adeline Guerber's Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas
GUERBER, Hélène Adeline.
Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1909.
First edition of one of the author's most enduring works. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant emerald green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, frontispiece, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138991
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From the Library of Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow
MODIGLIANI, Franco; Charles C. Holt; John F. Muth; Herbert A. Simon [Kenneth A. Arrow].
Planning Production, Inventories, and Work Force.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1960.
First edition of collection of essays, from the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, with his signature to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 15053
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First Modern Library Edition of John Dewey's Human Nature and Conduct; Signed by Him
DEWEY, John.
Human Nature and Conduct.
New York: The Modern Library, 1930.
First Modern Library edition of Dewey's important work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Dewey on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Books signed by Dewey are scarce.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 74075
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First Edition of La Guerra del Fin del Mundo; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
La Guerra del Fin del Mundo [The War of The End of The World].
Barcelona: Editorial Seix Barral, 1981.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132328