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"This is the only one of my books that has pictures, but unfortunately the Harvard Press could not afford to print them in color": First Edition of Imagined Worlds; Lengthily Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Imagined Worlds.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by Freeman Dyson. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "For ______ ______ Freeman Dyson, February 2010 This is the only one of my books that has pictures, but unfortunately the Harvard Press could not afford to print them in color." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jill Breitbarth.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 111009
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Limited First Edition of Robert Frost's Snow To Snow
FROST, Robert.
From Snow to Snow.
New York: Henry Holt Company, 1936.
Limited first edition of this collection of poems chosen by Frost for each month of the year. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original glassine dust jacket. We have never seen another example in the original glassine.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136371
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“Without attention, the human sense of wonder and the holy will stir occasionally, but to become a steady flame it must be tended": First Edition of the Religions of Man; Inscribed by Huston Smith
SMITH, Huston.
The Religions of Man.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958.
First edition of the author's masterpiece and one of the most widely used college textbooks on comparative religion. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Huston Smith on the half title page. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Rare and desirable signed by Huston Smith.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 1350
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Signed Limited Edition of Arthur A. Merrills Classic Work Behavior of Prices on Wall Street
MERRILL, Arthur A.
Behavior of Prices on Wall Street:
Chappaqua, New York: Analysis Press, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Limited to six hundred numbered signed copies. In fine condition. The signed limited edition is rare.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 4476
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Fine collection of rare Scottish banking first editions
VARIOUS AUTHORS,.
Scottish Banking History Collection.
Edinburgh and London: Various Publishers, 1875-1961.
Fine collection of rare Scottish banking first editions. Octavo, five volumes, the collection includes first editions of: Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, Ltd. 1810-1946 [London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, nd], Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine [Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1875], A Review of the Edinburgh Savings Bank Century of Service 1836-1936 [Edinburgh: H. & J. Pillans & Wilson: 1936], Scotland's Record [Edinburgh: The Albyn Press: 1946], and The Scottish Bankers Magazine [Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Limited: February 1961]. Each volume in near fine to fine condition. Our Bank is in the rare original dust…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 125321
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First Edition of A Treasury of Great Recipes; Warmly Signed by Vincent Price
PRICE, Mary and Vincent.
A Treasury of Great Recipes.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965.
First edition of this classic cookbook, which gives a detailed portrait of world famous restaurants that includes menus, pictures and recipes. Folio, padded copper leatherette with gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial endpapers, silk bookmark. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the authors, "Bon Appetit Mary and Vincent Price." Edited by Darlene Geis. Recipes tested by Ann Seranne. Designed by Arthur Hawkins. Introduction by Cleveland Amory. In near fine condition, with the original acetate jacket. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140903
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First Edition of Stephen Vizinczey's In Praise of Older Women; Warmly Inscribed by Him
VIZINCZEY, Stephen.
In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of András Vajda.
Toronto: Contemporary Canada Press, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Richard Needham, hoping he'll enjoy it as much as I do his column Stephen Vizinczey." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Jenson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 128915
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The Large Paper Edition of the novels of Tobias Smollett; Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press
SMOLLETT, Tobias.
The Novels of Tobias Smollett.
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1926.
The Large Paper edition of the novels of Tobias Smollett. Octavo, 8 volumes bound in three quarter morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, ribbons bound in, Illustrated with frontispieces and several inserted plates each with lettered tissue guard. In near fine condition. An attractive set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144984
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"I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court": First Edition of Out Of Order; Inscribed by Justice Sandra Day OConnor
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day.
Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court.
New York: Random House, 2013.
First edition of this collection of stories from the history of the Supreme Court by the first female justice. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Katharine Johnson with good wishes- Sandra Day O'Connor." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anna Bauer.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145918
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First Edition of Corporate Oligarch; Inscribed by David Finn to William Safire
FINN, David [William Safire].
Corporate Oligarch.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.
First edition of this classic work by the famed advertising executive. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire with warm regards David Finn." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146176
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First Edition of Jose Saramago's Nobel Lecture; Inscribed by Him
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Discursos De Estocolmo [Nobel Lecture].
Lisbon: Caminho, 1999.
First edition of the author's Nobel Prize speech given in 1998. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed and dated by the author in Portuguese. In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 1503
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Grand Slam Louisville Slugger Signed by Baseball Hall-of-Famer Derek Jeter
JETER, Derek.
Derek Jeter Signed Grand Slam Louisville Slugger.
Louisville: .
Official Grand Slam model Louisville Slugger signed by Baseball Hall-of-Famer Derek Jeter. Black Grand Slam Louisville Slugger baseball bat engraved in silver with 'Major League Baseball' and 'Louisville Slugger' logos and Jeter's signature in facsimile. Boldly signed in silver by Derek Jeter. In fine condition. The piece measures 31.75 inches by 2.25 inches.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146720
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FIRST EDITION OF MARC CHAGALLS Vitraux pour Jerusalem, WITH TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS
CHAGALL, Marc; Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie.
Vitraux Pour Jerusalem.
Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1962.
First edition of this work by the famed artist. Folio, original red cloth. With two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123122
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“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability": Rare Second Edition of William Osler's The Principles and Practice of Medicine
OSLER, William.
The Principles and Practice of Medicine.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895.
Rare first printing of the second edition of Osler's magnum opus. Thick octavo, bound in contemporary leatherette. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140471
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Rare First Editions of Security Against War
KELLOR, Frances; Collaborator Antonia Hatvany.
Security Against War: Volume I International Controversies; Volume II Arbitration, Disarmament, Outlawry.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924.
First editions of this work by social reformer Frances Kellor. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets, which are in very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 129399