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Signed limited first edition of James Clavell's The Noble House
CLAVELL, James.
Noble House.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981.
Signed limited first edition of “Clavell’s biggest triumph yet . . . storytelling done with dash and panache . . . a rousing read" (Washington Post). Octavo, original leather, all edges gilt, original slipcase. Signed by James Clavell. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142063
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First edition of Garry Wills' Explaining America: The Federalist; signed by him
WILLS, Garry.
Explaining America: The Federalist.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981.
First edition of Wills' analysis of The Federalist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Garry Wills on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lewis Friedman.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 132144
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"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies": First Edition of Moshe Dayan's Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations; Signed by Him
DAYAN, Moshe.
Breakthrough: A Personal Account of the Egypt-Israel Peace Negotiations.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
First edition of this work by Dayan. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Moshe Dayan on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony. From the library of Herbert A. Friedman with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. Friedman was a Reform rabbi who served as the CEO of the United Jewish Appeal and was the founding president of the Wexner Heritage Foundation. He inspired the Wexner Heritage Program seminars, which have now been educating Jewish community leaders for over two decades. He co-founded the foundation in 1985 with Leslie Wexner,…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133918
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“What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same": First British Edition of Midnight's Children; Signed by Him and Jacket Designer Bill Botten
RUSHDIE, Salman.
Midnight’s Children.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
First British edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed on the title page by both Salman Rushdie and jacket deisgner Bill Botten. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the original wrap around band. Jacket design by Bill Botten. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 139205
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“Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination": First Edition of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon; Inscribed by Him to friends where he stayed and wrote this novel and Conceived Hannibal Lector
HARRIS, Thomas.
Red Dragon.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
First edition of Harris' second novel. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece by William Blake. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Toby and Mille with my thanks for their hospitality and friendship Thomas Harris Oct. 21, 1981." The recipients were close personal friends of Harris, whose isolated house he stayed at for 18 months writing Red Dragon and where he conceived the character of Hannibal Lecter amidst his nocturnal breaks in the cotton fields. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Hollyn. Jacket illustration by Ron Walotsky.…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 141310
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"The facts are always less than what really happened": First Edition of July’s People; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
July’s People.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
First edition of one of the author's most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 543
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"HOW CAN YOU RESPECT THE WORLD WHEN YOU SEE IT'S BEING RUN BY A BUNCH OF KIDS TURNED OLD?": FIRST EDITION OF RABBIT IS RICH; SIGNED BY JOHN UPDIKE
UPDIKE, John.
Rabbit Is Rich.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
First edition of Updike's third novel in his acclaimed Rabbit series, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Updike. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 60097
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“Gone were the days when Zuckerman had only to worry about Zuckerman making money: henceforth he would have to worry about his money making money": Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of Zuckerman Unbound; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
Zuckerman Unbound.
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux: New York, 1981.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 88047
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First Edition of Toward The Next Economics and Other Essays; signed by Peter Drucker
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Toward The Next Economics and Other Essays.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.
First edition of this collection of essays on business, management, economics and society by America's most foremost authority on management. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow. Jacket photograph by Rob Lewine.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 117331
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"The facts are always less than what really happened": First Edition of July’s People; Signed by Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
July’s People.
South Africa: Ravan Press/ Taurus, 1981.
First South African edition and true first of one of the author's most beloved titles. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studio.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 84673
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First edition of Susan Cheever's A Handsome Man; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan.
A Handsome Man.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "April 30 New York For Burrows with love Susan." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. 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 written in the…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142364
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First Edition of Sardines; Warmly Inscribed by Naruddin Farah
FARAH, Naruddin.
Sardines.
London: Allsion & Busby, 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, "To Greg: Always a pleasure: a friend, someone I admire. Stay well. Naruddin Farah Toronto 23 Oct 1998." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 4591
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"It was a different game now. Clearly the machine no longer belonged to its makers": First Edition of The Soul of a New Machine; Signed by Tracy Kidder
KIDDER, Tracy.
The Soul of a New Machine.
Boston: Atlantic, Little, Brown and Company, 1981.
First edition of Kidder's second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tracy Kidder on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Peter deAngeli. A nice example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 78911
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First Edition of Adam Smith's Paper Money; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
SMITH, Adam [George Goodman].
Paper Money.
New York: Summit Books, 1981.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "Fr Shecters-san! Thanks for all with best wishes Jerry 'Adam Smith' 2/2/81." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 112445
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“Be aware of this truth that the people on this earth could be joyous, if only they would live rationally and if they would contribute mutually to each others' welfare": First Edition of Palm Sunday
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Palm Sunday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981.
First edition of this collection of short stories, speeches, essays, letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Review copy, with the slip and publicity photograph laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 146218
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"Wishing our country strength, wisdom and liberty": First Edition of Everything We Had; Lengthily signed by Al Santoli
SANTOLI, Al.
Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It.
New York: Random House, 1981.
First edition of this reminder of the Vietnam War in thirty-three reports from ordinary American soldiers. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Wishing our country strength, wisdom and liberty - Al Santoli." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Aulicino. Uncommon signed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146639