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First Edition of In Search of Common Ground; Signed by Huey P. Newton and Erik H. Erikson
NEWTON, Huey P. and Erik H. Erikson.
In Search of Common Ground: Conversations with Erik H. Erikson and Huey P. Newton.
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1973.
First edition of this record of two conversations which took place between Newton and Erickson. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "From Huey with love" and below signed "Eric. H. Erickson. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Introduction by Kai T. Erikson. Jacket design by Robert Antler. Jacket photograph by Reginal A. Krasney. Books signed by Newton are scarce.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 127535
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First Edition of Roger Moore's James Bond Diary
MOORE, Roger.
Roger Moore’s James Bond Diary.
Fawcett Publications, 1973.
First edition of Moore's diary regarding the making of Live and Let Die. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146135
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First Edition of the Author’s Prophetic Book The Coming of Post Industrial Society; Inscribed by Daniel Bell in the year of Publication
BELL, Daniel.
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
New York: Basic Books, 1973.
First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Anne- newer and sharper fondly Dan Bell Chilmark, July 13, 1973." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jacqueline Schuman.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 4497
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"There are moments which are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur": First Editions of Tinker, Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley’s People; Each Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Karla Trilogy] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley’s People.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-1979.
First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate, with two signed "John le Carre aka David Cornwell." Each are in fine condition. Each volume is housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional set, uncommon signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 135339
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"In the twentieth century, the influence of Robert Moses on the cities of America was greater than that of any other person": First Edition of The Power Broker; Inscribed By Robert A. Caro and with a card signed by Caro
CARO, Robert A.
The Power Broker.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Richard from Robert A. Caro." Also laid in is a signed card from Robert A. Caro from the East Rockaway Library Board and the Cultural Arts Council, dated November 7, 1974. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 146799
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First Edition of Dusklands; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee
COETZEE, J.M.
Dusklands.
Johannesburg: Raven Press, 1974.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some light soiling to the extremities.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 224
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"Let us love without hate among those who hate"; First Edition of The Front Runner; Warmly Inscribed by Patricia Nell Warren
WARREN, Patricia Nell.
The Front Runner.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the first contemporary gay novel to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John- Let us love without hate among those who hate. Love Patricia Nell Warren." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Tinker.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 129832
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First Edition of The Sixteenth Round; Lenghtily Inscribed by Rubin Hurricane Carter and Signed by Bob Dylan
CARTER, Rubin "Hurricane" [Bob Dylan].
The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472.
New York: Viking Press, 1974.
First edition of this exceedingly powerful account of 'Hurricane' Carter's battle with the American legal system. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "June 1st 1975 M'Lady Roberta Felson: Now the reason why I used the sub-title of 'M'Lady' - is because you have got to be a Queen ... because your husband, Milt, is definitely a King! And on this - the Queen's once-a-year birthday - the entire Carter-clan wishes you the very best of everything that this wonderful life has to offer. So from me to you - although I…
Price: $18,500.00 Item Number: 146630
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Rare Uncorrected Proof of The Conservationist; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
The Conservationist.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 540
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"The poem is seen from all sides , everywhere, at once": First Edition of Gary Snyder's Turtle Island; Signed by Him
SNYDER, Gary.
Turtle Island.
New York: New Directions, 1974.
First edition of the legendary poet's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket woodcut by Michael Corr; design by Gertrude Huston.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131784
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First edition program from the November 1974 Palm Coast Symposium signed by Saul Bellow, Gunnar Myrdal, James D. Watson, Sidney Hook, Vernon E. Jordan, Kate Millett, William F. Buckley, Jr., Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., E. T. York, Truman Capote, Leslie Fiedler, Harold Rosenberg, Lionel Trilling, Norman Young, and Melvin M. Tumin
BELLOW, Saul.
The Palm Coast Symposium: Great Dialogues on the Human Condition.
Palm Coast, Florida: The Palm Coast Symposium, 1974.
First edition program from the November 1974 Palm Coast Symposium signed by Saul Bellow, Gunnar Myrdal, James D. Watson, Sidney Hook, Vernon E. Jordan, Kate Millett, William F. Buckley, Jr., Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., E. T. York, Truman Capote, Leslie Fiedler, Harold Rosenberg, Lionel Trilling, Norman Young, and Melvin M. Tumin throughout. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. An exceptional collection of signatures.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96039
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"Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places": First edition of Slim Aarons' A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
AARONS, Slim.
A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of the photographer's most well-known work which covered the global social circuit in a style that remains without peer to this day. Folio, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Dear Myron We Lived The Dream Great Days Slim Aarons." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 134596
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"The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal": First British Edition Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Signed by John Le Carre and his father Ronald Cornwell
LE CARRE, John.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974.
First British edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by author on the title page, "with best wishes John le Carre" and by the author's father, "and much love from his father Ronnie July 1974." Ronald Cornwell was the father of le Carre and was a known associate of the Kray twins. The family was continually in debt. The father–son relationship has been described as "difficult". Rick Pym, a scheming con man and the father of A Perfect Spy protagonist Magnus Pym, was based on Ronnie. When his father…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 136011
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First edition of Martin Fido's Rudyard Kipling
FIDO, Martin. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling.
London: Hamlyn, 1974.
First edition of the great biographer's lively and absorbing study of the life and work of Rudyard Kipling. Quarto, original cloth, marbled endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126709
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First Edition of Martin Mayer's The Bankers; Inscribed by Him
MAYER, Martin.
The Bankers.
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1974.
First edition of this exploration of the world of modern banking. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Charlie Malloy with regards and thanks- Martin Mayer." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 70059
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"The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is": First Edition of The Conservationist; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
The Conservationist.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974.
First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the rare wrap around band present. Jacket design by Craig Dodd.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 100101