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First Edition of The Samuelson Sampler; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Economist Paul A. Samuelson
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
The Samuelson Sampler.
Glen Ridge, New Jersey: Thomas Horton and Company, 1973.
First edition of this collection of writings by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original blue cloth. In very good condition. Signed and dated by Paul Samuelson on the title page.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 2261
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“With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head": First Edition of Tim O'Brien's If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home; Signed by Him
O'BRIEN, Tim.
If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up & Ship Me Home.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of O'Brien's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Peace Tim O'Brien." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 141468
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"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often": Winston Churchill’s Collected Works; 38 Volumes In Full Vellum In the Original Slipcases
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The First Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary Limited Edition.
London: Library of Imperial History In association With Charles Scribner's Sons and The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1973-76.
Centenary limited edition of Churchill’s complete Works, one of only 3000 sets produced, with the additional four volumes usually not present. Octavo, original full vellum, 38 volumes, stamped with the Churchill arms, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, original dark green slipcases, also gilt-stamped with the Churchill coat of arms. In near fine to fine condition in the original slipcases. An exceptional set.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 140050
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First Edition of Amartya Sen's Classic Text On Economic Inequality; Signed by Him
SEN, Amartya.
On Economic Inequality.
London: Oxford University Press, 1973.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amartya Sen on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 13019
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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners De Gala
DALI, Salvador.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie Inc, 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, original decorative stiff paper dust jacket, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 143953
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"It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you": First Edition of Sula; Inscribed by Toni Morrison
MORRISON, Toni.
Sula.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Dan Sieber Toni Morrison." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 138064
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From the library of Stephen Hawking
SCHATZMAN, Evry (editor).
Cargèse Lectures in Physics, Volume Six.
New York : Gordon and Breach, 1973.
First edition of this work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 115754
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First Edition of Breakfast of Champions; Boldly Signed by Kurt Vonnegut; In Exceptional Condition
VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of Vonnegut's classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth, with drawings by the author. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Giusti. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147026
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"Oh I've finally decided, my future lies beyond the yellow brick road": Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; Inscribed By Elton John
JOHN, Elton.
Elton John Signed Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
London: Euro-Albums Holland B.V, 1973.
Elton John's classic seventh album, first released in 1973. Double-folding album with exterior designs by cover artist Ian Beck, interior designs by David Larkham, Michael Ross, and David Hentschel. Signed by Elton John in blue ballpoint on the front panel, "To [Joo] with love Elton John xxx." In near fine condition. Records not included.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146445
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First edition of Models of Economic Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem; Signed by Peter Diamond
[DIAMOND, Peter]. Edited by James A. Mirrlees and N. H. Stern.
Models of Economic Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem.
The International Economic Association: Macmillan, 1973.
First edition of the proceedings of the Conference on economic growth models held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper, who contributed an article to this volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126882
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First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Strong Opinions
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Strong Opinions.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973.
First edition of Nabokov's first collection of public prose. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stan Skardinski.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 75012
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Facsimile Manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.
Washington, D.C: Microcard Editions Books, 1973.
The facsimile manuscript edition of Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Bruccoli.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140683
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"In this book I take you on a random walk down Wall Street, providing a guided tour of the complexities of finance": First Edition of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "with best wishes Burt." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 133519
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Collection of first editions signed by children's book author Raymond Briggs
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Selected Works of Raymond Briggs.
London: Various Publishers, 1973-2001.
Fine collection of first editions and early printings with two signed by children's book author Raymond Briggs. Quarto, four volumes, original boards and wrappers, illustrated. The collection includes a Picture Puffin edition of The Mother Goose Treasury inscribed by the author (London: Picture Puffin, 1976), a Picture Puffin edition of Jim and the Beanstalk inscribed by the author (London: Picture Puffin, 1973), a first edition of Unlucky Wally (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987), and a first edition of Ivor the Invisible (London, Channel 4 Books: 2001). Each volume is in near fine to fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 117655
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First Edition of Rembrandt's Hat: Inscribed by Him to Close Friends
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Rembrandt’s Hat.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.
First edition of this collection of short stories by the author of The Natural. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Susie and Paul, Kind good friends- Bern May 1973." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 100043
