Shop
Showing 6209–6224 of 7843 results
-
Browse by Category
- Browse All
- Americana
- Art and Architecture
- Autograph Letters Signed
- Biography and Autobiography
- Children's Books
- Economics and Finance
- Featured Rare Books
- Fine Bindings and Sets
- First Edition
- First Edition>Signed
- Food and Wine
- Framed Autographs and Historical Documents
- Geography
- Gifts
- Gifts - For Her
- Gifts - For Him
- Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
- Gifts - Holidays
- History, Law, and Politics
- Literature
- Music
- New Arrivals
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Poetry
- Presidents and World Leaders
- Religion
- Science and Natural History
- Science Fiction and Mystery
- Signed
- Signed & Autographed Books
- Sports and Leisure
- Travel and Exploration
- Uncategorized
-
"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Warmly Inscribed by Don Delillo to Friend Craig Anderson
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Craig Anderson Best ever Don DeLillo." The recipient was a friend of the author as well as the director of the Rare Book Room at the Strand Bookstore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117829
-
First Edition of James R. McDonough's Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MCDONOUGH, James R.
Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat.
Navato, CA: Presidio Press, 1985.
First edition of this classic memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Orrie Moon, With respect and appreciation for your service to our nation in World War II. James R. McDonough." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printings are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120907
-
"We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is": First Edition of Masters 1985; Boldly signed by Champion Bernhard Langer
LANGER, Bernhard.
Masters 1985.
Augusta National Club, 1985.
First edition of the Augusta publication of the 1985 Masters. Quarto, original boards, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Bernhard Langer on the half-title page. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135231
-
First Edition of James Baldwin's The Evidence of Things Not Seen; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BALDWIN, James.
The Evidence of Things Not Seen.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.
First edition of this classic collection by the author of Giovanni's Room. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "To Maggie, yours, James Baldwin." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 120563
-
First Edition of Andy Warhol's America; Signed Twice by Him
WARHOL, Andy.
America.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First edition of this photographic study of America in the eighties. Quarto original wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Andy Warhol on the front panel and opposite the contents page. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Designed by Barbara Richter.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146682
-
First Edition of Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter; Signed by Him
FEYNMAN, Richard P.
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist regarding quantum electrodynamics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Richard P. Feynman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Preface by Ralph Leighton. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 96977
-
First edition of Paul Hare's Planning the British Economy
HARE, Paul.
Planning the British Economy.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.
First edition of Hare's treatise on economic investment in post-World War II Britain. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 127003
-
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
-
Bob Dylan's Lyrics; Signed by Him
DYLAN, Bob.
Bob Dylan Lyrics 1962-1985.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First printing of the second edition of this compilation of Dylan's lyrics. Quarto, original glossy illustrated boards. Signed by Bob Dylan on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. One of a few examples signed by Dylan for Knopf representatives.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 119777
-
First Edition of Vidal in Venice; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Vidal in Venice.
New York : Summit Books, 1985.
First edition of this wonderful overview of Venice. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie from 1/2 brother Gore Vidal." The recipient, Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Karen Katz. Edited by George Armstrong. Photographs by Tore Gill. An exceptional association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126474
-
"Whatever In Creation Exists Without My Knowledge Exists Without My Consent": First Edition Of Cormac McCarthy's Masterpiece Blood Meridian; Inscribed by the author to Close Friend John Sheddan in the Year of Publication
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.
New York: Random House, 1985.
First edition of the author's classic fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, "For John Sheddan At Saxon Oaks Manor In April of 1985 All the best, old friend Cormac." The recipient, John Sheddan was a close friend of McCarthy’s. “Some of McCarthy’s friends claim that the character Gene Harrogate (a character in McCarthy’s novel, Suttree), or at least his watermelon venture, was based in some way on John Sheddan, “scholar, schemer, hustler, melon paramour” (Gibson 23)….However in a letter of response to Gibson’s article,…
Price: $48,000.00 Item Number: 93522
-
"to George You're Great And Always will be!": Bob Dylan's Lyrics; Inscribed by Him to George Harrison
DYLAN, Bob.
Bob Dylan Lyrics 1962-1985.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First printing of the second edition of this compilation of Dylan's lyrics. Quarto, original glossy illustrated boards. Association copy, inscribed by Dylan to close friend and fellow legendary musician, George Harrison on the front free endpaper: "To George [surrounded by a sun] You're Great And Always will be! Best wishes Bob Dylan/3/'86." George Harrison wrote the lyrics to the Beatles hit, "Here Comes the Sun" and Dylan was a major catalyst for Harrison as a musician. They met in person for the first time in August of 1964 at the Delmonico Hotel in New York City, where Dylan, after misinterpreting…
Price: $50,000.00 Item Number: 80146
-
"The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear": First Edition of White Noise; Warmly Inscribed by Don Delillo in the year of publication
DELILLO, Don.
White Noise.
New York: The Viking Press, 1985.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Frank Scioscia Best ever Don DeLillo Feb 1985." Fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 133723
-
"Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara Wrote in her delicate calligraphy": First Edition of The House of Spirits; Lengthily Inscribed by Isabelle Allende to fellow novelist Annie Dillard
ALLENDE, Isabel. [Annie Dillard].
The House of the Spirits: A Novel.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Spanish by Magda Bogin. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Annie, 'Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara Wrote in her delicate calligraphy' Isabel Allende." Allende has also drawn a flower on the title page. The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and her books have been translated…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 127009
-
“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it": First Edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat; Signed by Oliver Sacks
SACKS, Oliver.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales.
New York: Summit Books, 1985.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Roger, With kind regars Oliver Sacks 1/15." Fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130831
-
Matt Groening's Cartoon Book Love Is Hell; Inscribed by The Author with a Drawing of Binky
GROENING, Matt.
Love is Hell.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.
Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama.' Oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the front pastedown, "Matt Groening, 9/16/87," below a full-length sketch of his character Binky with a speech bubble inscribed in red ink: "To Deair!!!" In near fine condition. This early sketch of Binky was drawn roughly five months after 'The Simpsons' premiered on 'The Tracey Ullman Show' April 19, 1987 and a little over two years before Springfield's finest made their Fox network debut…
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 146535