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First Edition of Reason, Truth and History; Inscribed by Hilary Putnam to Philosopher Richard Rorty
PUTNAM, Hilary [Richard Rorty].
Reason, Truth and History.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
First edition of this work by Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow philosopher Richard Rorty, "For Richard to remind you of the year of the William James Lectures with gratitude for the instruction Hilary April 20, 1982." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A nice association linking these two giants of twentieth century philosophy.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 15060
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First Edition of Derek Parfit's Reasons and Persons; Inscribed by Him to fellow oxford professor Tony Honoré
PARFIT, Derek.
Reasons and Persons.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984.
First edition of one of the most important philosophical texts of the second half the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Tony, with love from Derek 7 May '84." The recipient, Tony Honoré was a close friend of Parfit's and the longest serving Professor of Law at Oxford where Pafit was a professor. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Books signed by Parfit are rare.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 123431
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First Edition of Derek Parfit's Reasons and Persons
PARFIT, Derek.
Reasons and Persons.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984.
First edition of one of the most important philosophical texts of the second half the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Small name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 114653
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First Edition of Derek Parfit's Reasons and Persons
PARFIT, Derek.
Reasons and Persons.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984.
First edition of one of the most important philosophical texts of the second half the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Small name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 138268
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Scarce first edition of Antoine Simon Duportal's Recherches Sur L'état Actuel de la Distillation du Vin en France, et Sur Les Moyens d'Améliorer la Distillation des Eaux-De-Vie
DUPORTAL, Antoine Simon.
Recherches Sur L’état Actuel de la Distillation du Vin en France, et Sur Les Moyens d’Améliorer la Distillation des Eaux-de-vie. (Research on the Current State of Wine Distillation in France, and on Ways to Improve the Distillation of Eaux-de-vie).
Paris, Saint Petersbourg: Klostermann, 1811.
Scarce first edition of early work on the distillation of wine and eau-de-vie. Octavo, bound in full period tree calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine label, five folding maps of distillation apparatus, rebacked retaining the original spine. Stamps and previous owner inscriptions. In very good condition. Scarce and desirable. Works on the distillation of eau de vie are rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95242
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First edition of Augustus L. Chetlain's Recollections of Seventy Years; inscribed by him
CHETLAIN, Augustus L.
Recollections of Seventy Years.
Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899.
First edition of Major General Chetlain's Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, frontispiece portrait. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Eugene F. Estey Esg. with the best wishes of the author." In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 132334
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First Edition of George W. Child's Recollections; Inscribed by Him to General William Tecumseh Sherman
CHILDS, George W. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Recollections.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890.
First edition of the autobiography of the famous publisher and co-owner of Philedelphia's Public Ledger; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, bound in contemporary blue half calf with gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of George W. Childs. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Sherman’s booklates to the front pastedown. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "General W.T. Sherman with the compliments of George W. Fields February 1890." In very good condition with light rubbing, inscription in pencil to the front panel listing the pages with General Sherman's mentions in the…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145751
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First edition of John Hope Franklin's Reconstruction After the Civil War; inscribed by him to publishing pioneer Charles F. Harris
FRANKLIN, John Hope.
Reconstruction After the Civil War.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1961.
First edition of the historian's study of the Reconstruction era. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Charlie Harris, with the sincerest best wishes of John Hope Franklin." The recipient, Charles F. Harris, was a pioneering African American publishing executive who began his publishing career at Doubleday & Company in 1956 where he launched the Zenith Book Series which produced volumes on African American history for elementary and high school students. In addition to editing works by John Hope Franklin, Robert Weaver, Rayford Logan, and Jim Brown, Harris founded Amistad Press Inc.…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 90369
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First Edition of Eric Foner's Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution; Inscribed by Him
FONER, Eric.
Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this “smart book of enormous strengths” (Boston Globe) that has become the classic work on the wrenching post–Civil War period, an era whose legacy reverberates in the United States to this day. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Farham Family, With best wishes Eric Foner." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Irving Freeman.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 116262
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First Edition of Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas
STOKEY, Nancy L.; Robert E. Lucas.
Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas on the front free endpaper, "For Mark- with best wishes- Robert E. Lucas Jr." In near fine condition, small stamp to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142699
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Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Edward C. Prescott
STOKEY, Nancy L.; Robert E. Lucas with Edward C. Prescott.
Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Edward Prescott on the front free endpaper, "Yurjec and Huixin Economics is fun learning the language of economic theory is hard Best wishes, Edward C. Prescott 8 April 2010." In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132389
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“Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination": First Edition of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon; Inscribed by Him to friends where he stayed and wrote this novel and Conceived Hannibal Lector
HARRIS, Thomas.
Red Dragon.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
First edition of Harris' second novel. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece by William Blake. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Toby and Mille with my thanks for their hospitality and friendship Thomas Harris Oct. 21, 1981." The recipients were close personal friends of Harris, whose isolated house he stayed at for 18 months writing Red Dragon and where he conceived the character of Hannibal Lecter amidst his nocturnal breaks in the cotton fields. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Hollyn. Jacket illustration by Ron Walotsky.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 141310
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“For the scene of suffering is a scene of joy when the suffering is past; and the silent reminiscence of hardships departed is sweeter than the presence of delight": Herman Melville's Redburn
MELVILLE, Herman.
Redburn.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849.
First edition, second printing of this classic work with the extended publisher’s advertisements at end. Octavo, original plum cloth stamped in blind, spine gilt, yellow endpapers. In very good condition, bookplate.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144187
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First Edition of Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley; signed by Denton A. Cooley
COOLEY, Denton A.
Reflections and Observations: Essays of Denton A. Cooley.
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays which illuminates, with brilliant insight, our contemporary world of medicine. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Denton A. Cooley on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Collected by Marianne Kneipp. Foreword by Arthur Hailey.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146290