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First Edition of The Book of the Warsaw 1935 International Chess Team Tournament; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
REINFELD, Fred and Harold M. Phillips.
Book of the Warsaw 1935 International Chess Team Tournament.
New York: Black Night Press, 1936.
First edition of the fifth volume in the Modern Chess Library. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Scarce in the original dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 70019
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First Edition of Leo Tolstoy's What is Art?
TOLSTOY, Leo.
What Is Art?
London: The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.
First edition of this work by the Russian master. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Tolstoy. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the half-title page. Translated by A. Maude.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 133803
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First Edition of Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Amartya Sen
SEN, Amartya.
Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny.
London: Allen Lane, 2006.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the Amartya Sen on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 108931
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First Edition of Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters; Signed by Rick Riordan
RIORDAN, Rick.
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters.
London: Puffin Books, 2006.
First English edition of the second book in the beloved 'Percy Jackson' series. Octavo, original teal boards. Boldly signed by Rick Riordan on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Young.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145278
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First Edition of The Shapley Value; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth
ROTH, Alvin E. [Lloyd Shapley].
The Shapley Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapley.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
First edition of this work regarding the papers of Nobel Prize winner Lloyd Shapley. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alvin Roth on the front free endpaper, "For James, Alvin E. Roth." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Vail.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 116176
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"A curse on cursive!": First Edition of Muggie Maggie; inscribed by Beverly Cleary
CLEARY, Beverly.
Muggie Maggie.
New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1990.
First edition of the story of Maggie Schultz, an eight-year-old girl who refuses to learn cursive. Octavo, original boards. Illustrated by Kay Life. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Enjoy! Beverly Cleary 1990." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 118045
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"The book that launched the Beat Generation": First Edition of John Clellon Holmes' Go
HOLMES, John Clellon.
Go.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.
First edition of the novel that launched the Beat Generation's literary legacy and describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Neil Cassady and "one of the best novels about the Beat Generation...brilliant and important" (Los Angeles Free Press). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Helen Borten.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138914
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Rare Autograph Letter Signed by the Author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campell
CAMPELL, Joseph.
Joseph Campbell Autograph Letter Signed.
New York: N.p., December 26, 1977.
Rare autograph letter signed by American writer and author of 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces.' Octavo, two pages on 136 Waverly Place stationary, the letter reads in full, "Dec. 26, 1977 Dear Dr. Selby Thank you very much indeed for your kind and very interesting letter of a month ago. I am enclosing herewith the photo for which you asked [not present] -- a bit out of date, but since the date is of some of the books, the later volumes of 'The Masks of God,' it is not altogether inappropriate. Your suggestions for a book developing my 'Myth…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146688
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"There's no greater pleasure than to talk over the big things with a believer": First Edition of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination; With an Autographed Postcard from WIlder
WILDER, Thornton.
Heaven’s My Destination.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935.
First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. With an autographed postcard from Thornton Wilder laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140196
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Screening History; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Screening History.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie, love, Gore Vidal." The recipient, Valerie Vidal was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lisa Clark. An exceptional association.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 126011
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First edition of Michael Rosen's Arabian Frights and other Gories; Signed by Michael Rosen
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Chris Fisher.
Arabian Frights and Other Gories.
London: Scholastic Children's Books, 1994.
First edition of Michael Rosen's children's classic. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Signed and dated by the author on the verso of the half-title page, "Aug 15 2004 Michael Rosen." In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 88126
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First edition of Janet and Isaac Asimov's Norby and The Queen's Necklace; signed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Janet and Isaac.
Norby and The Queen’s Necklace.
New York: Walker and Company, 1986.
First edition of the fifth book in the Asimovs' Norby series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Laurie McBarnette. Jacket illustration by Richard Rehbein.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142934
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First edition of On Directing Film; Warmly inscribed by David Mamet in the year of publication
MAMET, David.
On Directing Film.
New York: Viking, 1991.
First edition of Mamet's insightful guide to directing. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "For Glenn - Thank you for your support of my work. I appreciate it very much. David Mamet 27 F. 91 Book Soup." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design Neil Stuart. Back jacket photograph by Mike Hausman.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 119879