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"There is more fine sportsmanship in tennis than in any other of the leading games": First Edition of William T. Tilden's Singles and Doubles; in the rare original dust jacket
TILDEN, William T.
Singles and Doubles.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.
First edition of Tilden's masterwork on the sport of tennis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with engravings after photographs of noted players including frontispiece. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 104052
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First Edition of The Grey King; Warmly Inscribed by Susan Cooper
COOPER, Susan.
The Grey King.
New York: Atheneum, 1975.
First edition of the the fourth volume in the author's acclaimed "Dark Is Rising" series and Newberry award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Mary with best regards and many thanks -Susan 1978." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michael Heslop.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146165
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First Edition of Oliver Williamson's Markets and Hierarchies: A Study in the Internal Organizations
WILLIAMSON, Oliver E.
Markets and Hierarchies: A Study in the Internal Organizations.
New York: The Free Press, 1075.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140934
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CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW BY LORD MACAULAY; FINELY BOUND in full calf
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.
Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858.
Finely bound example of the Critical and Historical Essays of Lord Macaulay. Octavo, three volumes bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 114644
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First Edition of Philip Fisher's highly regarded Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks
FISHER, Philip A.
Paths To Wealth Through Common Stocks.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960.
First edition of Fisher's classic second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131215
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First Edition of F.A. Hayeks Classic Treatise The Constitution of Liberty
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Constitution of Liberty.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1960.
First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, pencil marginalia.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143609
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First edition of Francis B. Cooke's Single-Handed Cruising; from the library of adventurer and explorer Steve Fossett
COOKE, Francis B.
Single-Handed Cruising.
London: Edward Arnold, 1919.
First edition of this essential early manual on single-handed cruising by one of the greatest yachting writers of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 115637
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"Change and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime, set me sun by sun near to one unchosen": The Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy; finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun
HARDY, Thomas.
Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924.
Finley bound early printing of the Golden Treasury Series Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy. Small octavo, bound in full crushed crimson levant morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling and cornerpieces to the front and real panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved title page. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 118019
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My First Book; with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, and Robert Louis Stevenson
KIPLING, Rudyard; Arthur Conan Doyle.
My First Book.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1897.
The New Edition of My First Book with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece. Introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 121438
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First Edition of Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life; Inscribed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
TALEB, Nassim Nicholas.
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life.
New York: Random House, 2018.
First edition of this work by the author of Black Swan. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Thanks for the nice arguments. Best. Nassim." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Eric White.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139104
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First edition of Ken Follett's A Dangerous Fortune; inscribed by him to Erica Jong
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
A Dangerous Fortune.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1993.
First edition of the internationally bestselling author's classic thriller. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Erica + Ken - with love, Ken Follett." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142786
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First Edition of Leonard Bolles Ellis' History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892
ELLIS, Leonard Bolles.
History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892.
Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1892.
First edition of Ellis' profusely illustrated history of New Bedford. Large octavo, 2 volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with a profusion of fine tissue-guarded steel-engraved portraits. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131249
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First Edition of My Father, My President; Signed by President George H. W. Bush and Doro Bush Koch
BUSH KOCH, Doro [George H.W. Bush].
My Father My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H.W. Bush.
New York: Warner Books, 2006.
First edition of this work by the daughter of the 41st President of the United States. Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by both Doro Koch Bush and George H.W. Bush on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 76998
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"I feel that my whole life is a contribution"; FIRST EDITION OF THE INCOMPLEAT SINGER; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY FOLKSINGER PETE SEEGER
SEEGER, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz.
The Incompleat Folksinger.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.
First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For David Pete Seeger." Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133172
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First Edition of C.S. Lewis' Reflections on the Psalms
LEWIS, C.S.
Reflections on the Psalms.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1958.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Elizabeth Andrews.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145135
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First Edition of A Life of Picasso: Volume I 1881-1906; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully [Pablo Picasso].
A Life of Picasso: Volume I 1881-1906.
New York: Random House, 1991.
First edition of the first volume in Richardson’s four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original cream pictorial cloth, frontispiece portrait of Picasso in charcoal, illustrated with about 900 black and white drawings and paintings throughout. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rochelle Udell and Wynn Dan. Author photograph by David Bailey. Rare signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146213