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First Edition of Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security; Signed by Peter Diamond
DIAMOND, Peter.
Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003.
First edition of these lectures by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114099
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First Edition of Michael Rosen's Quick, Let's Get Out of Here; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Quick, Let’s Get Out Of Here.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1983.
First edition of Michael Rosen's children's classic. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Michael Rosen 12/10/85." In near fine condition, small name.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114024
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Rare first edition of Irvin S. Cobb's Incredible Truth; inscribed by him
COBB, Irvin S.
Incredible Truth.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931.
First edition of Cobb's absorbing collection of historical essays. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Yours Sincerely Irvine S. Cobb." Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115067
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First American edition of V. S. Pritchett's The Turn of the Years; one of 500 copies signed by him
PRITCHETT, V. S. Introduction by Paul Theroux.
The Turn of the Years: The Season’s Course Selected Engravings by Reynolds Stone As Old as the Century.
New York: Random House, 1980.
Signed limited edition of Pritchett's reflective essay written on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrated with engravings by Reynolds Stone. On of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the half-title page, this is number 105. Fine in the original slipcase.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 115061
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First Edition of The Poet In New York; Signed by Legendary Poet and Songwriter Leonard Cohen
LORCA, Federico Garcia [Leonard Cohen].
The Poet In New York and Other Poems.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1940.
First edition of Lorca’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by fellow poet Leonard Cohen on the front free endpaper. Cohen was deeply influenced by the work of Lorca for the duration of his poetic and musical career. "Now, you know of my deep association and confraternity with the poet Federico Garcia Lorca. I could say that when I was a young man, an adolescent, and I hungered for a voice, I studied the English poets and I knew their work well, and I copied their styles, but I could not find a voice. It was only when I read, even…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 110825
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“But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk": First Edition of Keri Hulme's The Bone People
HULME, Keri.
The Bone People.
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985.
First edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 112339
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First Edition Of The Author’s Classic Novel The Golden Notebook; Signed By Doris Lessing
LESSING, Doris.
The Golden Notebook.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to the extremities. Jacket design by William Belcher.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 110932
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": First Edition of BFG; Signed by Roald Dahl and Illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Nicola Love Roald Dahl." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator Quentin Blake opposite Dahl's inscription. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 109358
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Rare First Edition of William Bligh's A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; in the rare original boards
BLIGH, Lieutenant William.
A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, In the Ships Boat from Tofua, one of the Friendly Islands, To Timor, Dutch Settlement in the East Indies.
London: Printed for George Nicol, 1790.
First edition of Bligh's firsthand account of "one of the most remarkable incidents in the whole of maritime history [which ultimately absolved him] from any blame that might be levelled against him because of the incident" (Hill). Quarto, original boards, lacking the spine, engraved folding plan "A copy of the draft from which the Bounty's launch was built", three engraved folding charts J. Walker after W. Harrison. In good condition. Scarce in the original boards.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 109832
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“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again": First Edition of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby; Finely Bound
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Morrell, ornate inlay to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, illustrated with 40 plates. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 109263
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First Edition of Malamud's Idiots First; Inscribed by Him to his cousin
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Idiots First.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, "For Marshall, Every good wish Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Marshall Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 112830
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First Edition of Bernard Malamud's Rembrandt's Hat: Inscribed by Him to his cousins
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 front free endpaper in the year of publication to his cousins, "For Minnie and Marshall Greetings! Bern May 1973." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Jacket photograph by Janna Malamud.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112873
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First Edition of Nabokov: Selected Letters, 1940-1977
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Vladimir Nabokov: Selected Letters, 1940-1977.
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of this collection of letters by Nabokov. Octavo, original half cloth. In fine condition. Edited by Dmitri Nabokov and Matthew J. Broccoli.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 116901
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First Edition of Nabokov: Selected Letters, 1940-1977
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Vladimir Nabokov: Selected Letters, 1940-1977.
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
First edition of this collection of letters by Nabokov. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Dmitri Nabokov and Matthew J. Broccoli.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 117891
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Finely Bound example of The Golden Treasury Selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language and arranged with notes
PALGRAVE, Francis T.
The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and Arranged with Notes.
London: Macmillan & Company, 1909.
Finely bound example of the Golden Treasury. Octavo, bound in full morocco, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised spine bands, inner dentelles, moiré silk endleaves, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 109328
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“The past is reinvented and becomes the future. But the lineage is everything": Signed Limited Edition of Music by Philip Glass
GLASS, Philip.
Music by Philip Glass.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
Signed limited edition, one of 250 numbered copies. Octavo, original leather, in the original slipcase. Fine in a fine slipcase. With the musical score laid in, as issued. Signed by Philip Glass on the limitation page. Edited and with supplementary material by Robert T. Jones.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 109279