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First Edition of Don Winslow's acclaimed The Power of the Dog; Signed by Him
WINSLOW, Don.
The Power of the Dog.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 2005.
First edition of the first novel in Winslow's acclaimed The Power of the Dog trilogy. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Don Winslow in the year of publication on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124988
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Advanced reader's edition of Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red; Signed by him and Twice by Chip Kidd
PAMUK, Orhan.
My Name Is Red.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Advanced reader's edition of this "fabulously rich novel, highly compelling" (The Independent). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Orhan Pamuk and twice by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd (once on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In near fine condition. Design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Göknar. The jacket was later changed to a different design.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126789
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First Edition of Ken Purdy's The Kings of the Road; In the rare original dust jacket
PURDY, Ken W.
The Kings of the Road.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 129712
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"with sincere gratitude" First Edition of James Truslow Adams' The Epic of America; Warmly Inscribed by Him
ADAMS, John Truslow.
The Epic of America.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947.
Early printing of the work which introduced the term "American dream" into the lexicon and the "single best volume of American history" (Allan Nevins). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Barbara Hegg, with the kind regards of James Truslow Adams." In near fine condition. Illustrated by M.J. Gallagher. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138823
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First Edition of Without End; Inscribed by Adam Zagajewski to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen
ZAGAJEWSKI, Adam.
Without End: New and Selected Poems.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen, "To Peter Matthiessen- most amicably- Adam Zagajewski Houseton, February 2005." Also, laid into this book is a note to Matthiessen stating that "Adam was pleased to inscribed this copy..." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral. Translated by Clare Cavanagh, and Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, and C.K. Williams.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 4688
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First Edition of THE GOD PARTICLE; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Leon Lederman to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lois Wille
LEDERMAN, Leon with Dick Teresi.
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To Wayne and Loise Wille We really miss you all. Enjoy! Leon Lederman." An excellent association, as one of the recipients, Loise Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142078
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John Cheever's The Wapshot Chronicle and the Wapshot Scandal; Warmly inscribed by John Cheever
CHEEVER, John.
The Wapshot Chronicle and the Wapshot Scandal.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979.
First edition of the collected reissue of Cheever's National Book Award and William Dean Howells Medal-winning Wapshot novels. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mark Zimmer with the Hope of enjoying him as a Friend as I enjoy his brother John Cheever." The recipient was likely a sibling of Max Zimmer, Cheever's former student, protégé and lover who moved into the Cheever family household and became Cheever's caregiver later in life. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 143273
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"She was a person of distinction he saw at once, moreover very handsome": Finely bound collection of Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop, Alexander's Bridge, and Shadows on the Rock
CATHER, Willa.
Death Comes for the Archbishop; Alexander’s Bridge; Shadows on the Rock.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; Alfred A. Knopf, 1922-1931.
Finely bound collection of three of the author's best-known works, including her first novel: Death Comes for the Archbishop. Octavos, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of two volumes. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 105420
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First Edition of Thomas J. Sargent's Rational Expectations and Inflation; Inscribed by Him
SARGENT, Thomas J.
Rational Expectations and Inflations.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986.
Advanced review copy of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Thomas J. Sargent." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112448
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First Edition of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Dearly Beloved; Inscribed by her to her secretary and close friend Ruth Thompson
LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow.
Dearly Beloved.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962.
First edition of the author's classic bestselling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "For Friedel and Paul Thompson with all good wishes from Anne M.L. June 1962." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114233
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"Now it is YOUR TURN! Be well, Be strong!": First Edition of Eating Dr. King's Dinner; Lengthily Inscribed by Chuck Fager
FAGER, Chuck.
Eating Dr. King’s Dinner: A Memoir of the Movement 1963-1966.
Fayetteville, North Carolina: Kimo Press, 2005.
First edition of this personal memoir of Civil Rights activism. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "Durham NC, 2023 For James, The narrative here concludes in early 1966. Chuck Fager. But fifty-plus years later, the story & the courageous black struggle goes on, in some ways as intense as ever. For young readers, these pages are not only history; they are also a call - Now it is YOUR TURN! Be well, Be strong!" In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146361
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Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Economist James J. Heckman
HECKMAN, James J. and Alan Krueger.
Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2004.
First edition, early printing of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers with respect Jim Heckman 9/18/15." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138139
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First Edition of R. Buckminster Fuller's Nine Chains To The Moon; Signed by him
FULLER, R. Buckminster .
Nine Chains to the Moon.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Fuller's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Buckminster Fuller on the front pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 127867
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First edition of Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence; inscribed by him
GOLEMAN, Daniel.
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ.
New York: Bantam Books, 1995.
First edition of Goleman's classic work on the implications of emotional intelligence on society. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "For James Daydreams incubate discovery D. Goleman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Frank Ward.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 101420
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First Edition of Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data; Warmly Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman
HECKMAN, James J. and Burton Singer.
Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
First edition of this important contribution to the field of longitudinal analysis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers With Respect Jim Heckman 9/18/15." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 116193
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"WHAT YOU KNOW CANNOT REALLY HURT YOU": The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable; Signed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
TALEB, Nassim Nicholas .
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.
New York: Random House, 2007.
First edition, early printing of this work concentrating on outlier events. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Thomas Beck Stvan. Jacket art by Photodisk/ Getty Images.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142962