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Rare First Edition of Hermann Weyl's Raum Zeit Materie Vorlesungen uber Allgemeine
WEYL, Hermann.
Raum Zeit Materie Vorlesungen uber Allgemeine [Space, Time, Matter].
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1918.
First edition of "the standard treatise on the general theory of relativity" (Nature). Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142307
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"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone": First Edition of Ravelstein; with a Viking press compliments card signed by Saul Bellow tipped in
BELLOW, Saul.
Ravelstein.
New York: The Viking Press, 2000.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. With a Viking Press 'compliments of the author' card signed by Bellow tipped in. From the library of William Safire. Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of “libertarian conservatives” and authored several political columns, most…
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 127950
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"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone": First Edition of Ravelstein; Inscribed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Ravelstein.
New York: The Viking Press, 2000.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Tina Gotte Saul Bellow." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 174
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"I am sorry but I think it's better that the creative process of writers continue to be a mystery": Rare Collection of Signed Author Questionnaires; completed and signed by Ray Bradbury, Norman Mailer, Shirley Jackson, and Rod Serling
BRADBURY, Ray; Norman Mailer; Shirley Jackson; Rod Serling.
Ray Bradbury, Norman Mailer, Shirley Jackson, and Rod Serling Autograph Questionnaires.
Rare collection of four mimeographed questionnaires sent by James A. Sherlock, a graduate student of City College of New York, to Ray Bradbury, Norman Mailer, Shirley Jackson, and Rod Serling, completed and signed by each. Eight pages, dated November, 1960, partially printed the questionnaire begins with a typed letter signed by James A. Sherlock politely requesting each author's responses to several questions for "an original research project aimed at uncovering certain educational factors in the lives of successful writers" with the goal of "find[ing] out if the average successful writer considers his high school education in English a help or…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 123507
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Paul Brickell's Reach For The Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader; signed by Douglas Bader
BRICKELL, Paul.
Reach For The Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader.
London: Collins, 1954.
First edition, early printing of the biography of one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and dated by Douglas Bader on the frontispiece in the year of publication, "Douglas Bader 27/6/54." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146974
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First Edition of Reading the Man; Signed by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
PRYOR, Elizabeth Brown.
Reading the Man.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of this “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Elizabeth Brown Pryor on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 117223
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"Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares": First Edition of Rosser Reeves' Reality in Advertising; Signed by Him
REEVES, Rosser.
Reality in Advertising.
New York: Borzoi/ Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.
First trade edition, published after the privately printed Ted Bates edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, slipcase. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With a promise that this is a very short, short book! Rosser Reeves Oct 8, 1962. Fine in the original glassine wrapper in a fine slipcase. Rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 30014
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First Editions of George Santayana's Realms of Being; Each Signed by Him
SANTAYANA, George.
Realms of Being. [The Realm of Essence, The Realm of Matter, The Realm of Truth].
London: Constable, 1928-37.
First editions of the first three volumes of the author's classic work. Octavo, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed by George Santayana on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 130543
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First Edition of Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey; Signed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane with Phillip Berman.
Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey.
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Goodall's moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Laura Hear your heart Jane Goodall." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146860
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey; Inscribed by Her
GOODALL, Jane with Phillip Berman.
Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey.
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Goodall's moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Caroline Together we make a difference Jane Goodall." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138205
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First Edition of Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey; Lengthily Inscribed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane with Phillip Berman.
Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey.
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Goodall's moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Barbara and Nancy Together we can make this a better world for all. Jane Goodall." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 146888
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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: $12,500.00 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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, previous owner name to the half-title page. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147151
