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"Is it true? Have we really been there?": First Edition of Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya
BENUZZI, Felice.
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure.
London: William Kimber, 1952.
First edition in English of this mountaineering classic recounting the 1943 attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya. Octavo, original cloth, map endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the crown and overall wear, tape repair to the verso. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 42030
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"I know that I will never understand the world I live in or fully know the places I've been. I've learned for sure only what I don't know - and how much I have to learn”: First Edition of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach; Inscribed by Him
BOURDAIN, Anthony.
No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach.
New York: Bloomsbury, 2007.
First edition of this work by the award-winning chef. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jeanette Anthony Bourdain." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Amy C. King.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 146843
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"We may all have stopped smoking but we continue to burn": First Edition of Luc Sante's No Smoking; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
SANTE, Luc.
No Smoking.
New York: Assouline Publishing, 2004.
First edition of this comical book regarding smoking. Octavo, original illustrated cardstock, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John We may all have stopped smoking but we continue to burn. Luc Sante." Fine in a fine slipcase, with the plastic packaging still present on the lower half of the box.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 38221
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First edition of George A. Henty's No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1900.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122099
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First Edition of Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975; signed Twice Each by David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and James D. Watson
BALTIMORE, David; Renato Dulbecco; James D. Watson.
Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975.
New York: Elsevier, 1977.
First edition of this collection of lectures related to molecular biology delivered by Nobel Laureates between 1933 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed on the half-title page by David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and James D. Watson and by each at the first page of their contribution, for a total of six signatures. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 116314
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1969-1980; Signed by Milton Friedman and twice by Kenneth Arrow
FRIEDMAN, Milton; Kenneth A. Arrow; Paul A. Samuelson.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1969-1980.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1969-1980. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Kenneth Arrow (twice), once on the half-title page and again at Arrow's Nobel lecture. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146250
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990; Signed by
MARKOWITZ, Harry and William F. Sharpe.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1981-1990. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Karl-Goran Maler.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146331
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First Edition of The Nobel Lectures in Medicine 1942-1962; Signed by Francis Crick, James D. Watson and Maurice Wilkins
WATSON, James D; Francis Crick; Maurice Wilkins; Arthur Kornberg.
Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962.
Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1964.
First edition of this collection of Nobel Lectures in physiology or medicine from the years 1942-1962. Thick Octavo, original yellow cloth. Signed by all three Nobel Prize-winning scientists Francis Crick, James D. Watson and Maurice Wilkins on the title page. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962, "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material."Fine in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears and toning to the spine. An exceptional piece signed by these Nobel Prize-winning scientists.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 95688
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First edition of James Clavell's The Noble House; Inscribed by Him to actor Ben Masters
CLAVELL, James.
Noble House.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1981.
First edition of “Clavell’s biggest triumph yet . . . storytelling done with dash and panache . . . a rousing read" (Washington Post). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "This is for Ben Masters Linc to be. Good. Very good! Best James C. 8 Jan '87." The recipient, actor Ben Masters played Linc Bartlett in television series The Noble House. In near fine condition. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139885
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Signed limited first edition of James Clavell's The Noble House
CLAVELL, James.
Noble House.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981.
Signed limited first edition of “Clavell’s biggest triumph yet . . . storytelling done with dash and panache . . . a rousing read" (Washington Post). Octavo, original leather, all edges gilt, original slipcase. Signed by James Clavell. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142063
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"My ally & friend, with the prayer that we'll keep on fighting. sooner or later, we'll win": First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son; Inscribed by Him to Civil Rights Advocate Morris Milgram
BALDWIN, James.
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son.
New York: The Dial Press, 1961.
First edition of Baldwin's second major book of essays, featuring his powerful analyses of the politics of race and his controversial three-part essay on Richard Wright. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Morris Milgram: My ally & friend, with the prayer that we'll keep on fighting. Jimmy B. -& sooner or later, we'll win." The recipient, Morris Milgram was a civil rights advocate and fair housing developer, who fought for integrated housing across the United States following World War II. In 1954, Milgram built the earliest racially integrated private housing community…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 133249
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"MY ALLY & FRIEND, WITH THE PRAYER THAT WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING. SOONER OR LATER, WE'LL WIN": First Edition of Nobody Knows My Name; Signed by James Baldwin
BALDWIN, James.
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son.
New York : The Dial Press, 1961.
First edition of Baldwin’s second major book of essays, featuring his powerful analyses of the politics of race and his controversial three-part essay on Richard Wright. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "James Baldwin 9/15 - 74." Near fine in a good dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Robert Jonas. Jacket photograph by Roy Hyrkin. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145473
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First Edition of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment; Signed by Daniel Kahneman and Cass R. Sunstein
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Olivier Sibony; Cass R. Sunstein .
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.
London: William Collins, 2021.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones—"a tour de force” (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed on the title page by, "Daniel Kahneman and Cass R. Sunstein. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145794
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First Edition of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment; Signed by Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Olivier Sibony; Cass R. Sunstein .
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.
New York: Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones—"a tour de force” (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 146715
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First edition of Janet and Isaac Asimov's Norby and The Queen's Necklace; signed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Janet and Isaac.
Norby and The Queen’s Necklace.
New York: Walker and Company, 1986.
First edition of the fifth book in the Asimovs' Norby series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Laurie McBarnette. Jacket illustration by Richard Rehbein.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142934
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Roald Amundsen's Copy of Nord I tåkeheimen: utforskningen av jordens nordlige strøk i tidlige tider
NANSEN, Fridtjof (Roald Amundsen).
Nord I Takeheimen: Utforskningen av Jordens Nordlige Strok i Tidlige Tider.
Christiana: Jacob Dybwads, 1911.
First edition of Nansen's history of Arctic exploration, from the library of explorer Roald Amundsen with his signature. In the year this work was published, Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, having traveled south on Nansen’s own ship, the Fram. Quarto, original cloth, in-text illustrations. Signed and dated Roald Amundsen 13 May 1912. In very good condition with some light wear to the extremities.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 78072