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First signed limited edition de luxe of Merrihew's The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library
MERRIHEW, Stephen Wallis.
The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library.
New York: American Lawn Tennis, Inc, 1928.
First signed limited edition de luxe of Merrihew's classic work on the "World Cup of Tennis." Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved photogravure tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Davis, illustrated with 48 engravings after photographs. One of 250 copies printed of this edition de luxe, this is number 18. Signed and dated by the author, "S. Wallis Merrihew October 8, 1928." In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 105106
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"Cooking is Chemistry, really": First Edition of Joel Robuchon's Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon; inscribed by him
ROBUCHON, Joel with Catherine Michel.
Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1986.
First edition of Robuchon's classic cook book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with full-page color photographs by Corrinne Ryman and Pierre Cabannes. Presentation copy, inscribed by the chef/author on the half-title page, "A Jacques Cooper, avec ma sympathie gourmaude Le 13 Mars 1986 Robuchon." In very good condition with a small area of dampstaining to the first several pages. Cover design by George Lemoine. Books signed by Robuchon are rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138242
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“Couldn't something temporary be done with a teapot?”: First Edition of Dickens Dombey And Son
DICKENS, Charles.
Dombey and Son.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
First edition in of Dickens’ novel of “Pride,” with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”). Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 40 engraved plates including frontispiece and engraved title by H. K. Browne. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136227
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“We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity": First edition of John Hersey's The Wall; Warmly inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
The Wall.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Harold Merry 'We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity.' p. 427 John Hersey." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. A unique example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140379
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Rare first edition of Lord Houghton's Opening Address before the Norwich congress; warmly inscribed by him
MILNES, Richard Monckton. [The Right Honorable Lord Houghton].
Opening Address by Lord Houghton, President of the Society.
c. 1873.
Rare first edition of Lord Houghton's Opening Address before the Norwich Congress of the Social Science Association. Octavo, bound in three quarters contemporary calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "with the best regards of Houghton." In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 112568
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"I Am An American, Chicago Born – Chicago, That Somber City – And Go At Things As I Have Taught Myself, Free-Style, And Will Make The Record In My Own Way" First Edition Of The 50th Anniversary of The Adventures of Augie March; Signed By Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: Viking, 2003.
First edition of the release of the 50th Anniversary of Bellow's third and breakthrough book resulting in his first of three unprecedented National Book Awards. Inscribed by Bellow "For ________ with good wishes, Saul Bellow." Rather uncommon signed as Bellow was advanced in years at the publication of this anniversary edition and did not engage in book signings. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 188
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's With Number Three, Surgical & Medical and New Poems
KIPLING, Rudyard.
With Number Three, Surgical & Medical and New Poems. Also Letters from Julian Ralph, Charles E. Hands and Douglas Story.
Santiago: Hume & Co, 1900.
First edition of this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems and two articles. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120640
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First Edition of Eliot's The Cocktail Party; Finely Bound by Asprey
ELIOT, T.S.
The Cocktail Party.
London: Faber & Faber, 1950.
First edition of Eliot's most popular play published in his lifetime. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Asprey, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 121029
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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 Curiosities of Biography, or Memoirs of Remarkable Men
Curiosities of Biography, or Memoirs of Remarkable Men. Illustrated by One Hundred Characteristic Portraits.
Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Company, 1845.
First edition of this classic collection of biographies. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 125012
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WE SEVEN, SIGNED BY John Glenn and Scott Carpenter
CARPENTER, M. Scott; Cooper.
We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.
First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mercury Seven Astronauts on the front free endpaper, "Bob Best wishes- Scott Carpenter and John Glenn. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144379
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"But no one was there to see it:" First Edition of The First Three Minutes; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Steven Weinberg
WEINBERG, Steven.
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe.
New York: Basic Books, 1979.
First edition, early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Steven Weinberg Oct 2000." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128101
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First Edition of A Century of Arts and Letters; Signed by All Eleven Contributors
AUCHINCLOSS, Louis; Beeson.
A Century of Arts and Letters.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work celebrating the history of the American Academy of Arts & Letters on its centenary. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed on the the title page by all eleven contributors. Preface and edited by John Updike. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145842
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First Edition of Advances in Behavioral Finance; Inscribed by Richard Thaler
THALER, Richard H. Edited by.
Advances in Behavioral Finance.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.
First edition of this collection of essays on behavioral finance. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler on the title page, "For John with admiration Richard Thaler." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Contributors include Richard H. Thaler, Robert J. Shiller, Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence H. Summers, Kenneth French and Richard Roll.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 76891
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First Edition of Thomas Schelling's Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's important compilation of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 75689
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FIRST EDITION OF LIFETIMES UNDER APARTHEID; SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID GOLDBLATT AND NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR NADINE GORDIMER
GOLDBLATT, David & Nadine Gordimer.
Lifetimes Under Apartheid.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of the photographer's second collaboration with novelist Nadine Gordimer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by both Nadine Gordimer and David Goldblatt on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 131749