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First Edition of Favorite Psalms; Inscribed by John Stott
STOTT, John.
Favorite Psalms: Selected and Expounded by John Stott.
Chicago: Moody Press, 1988.
First edition of this collection of Psalms chosen by the legendary John Stott. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jan with best wishes John Stott Jan 1990." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146119
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Rare Photograph of André the Giant; Signed by Him
ROUSSIMOF, André René. [André the Giant].
André the Giant Signed Photograph.
Titan Sports, 1988.
Rare color photograph of the legendary French professional wrestler and actor André the Giant. Octavo, one page, color photograph of André the Giant taken by Steve Taylor, boldly signed by André the Giant in black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity and Certificate of Authentication card from Global Authentics which verifies the authenticity of the signature with a tamper evident certification serial number.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146556
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First edition of Jeffrey Sonnenfeld's The Hero's Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire; lengthily inscribed by him
SONNENFELD, Jeffrey.
The Hero’s Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1988.
First edition of Sonnenfeld's in-depth work on executive succession. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author in the year of publication, "To Yandy, Congratulations on your heroic contributions - especially in pulling this joint conference off. Best wishes, Jeff." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Complete Artworks, Ltd. Author photograph by Richard A. Chase.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121305
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“Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the underlying order in the world": FIRST EDITION OF STEPHEN HAWKING'S LANDMARK WORK: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
HAWKING, Stephen W. Introduction by Carl Sagan.
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.
London: Bantam Press, 1988.
First edition of Hawking’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Ron Miller. Introduction by Carl Sagan. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership inscription opposite the half-title page. Jacket photograph by David Gamble.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 143535
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First Edition of Eric Foner's Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution; Inscribed by Him
FONER, Eric.
Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this “smart book of enormous strengths” (Boston Globe) that has become the classic work on the wrenching post–Civil War period, an era whose legacy reverberates in the United States to this day. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Farham Family, With best wishes Eric Foner." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Irving Freeman.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 116262
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First Edition of Countdown; Inscribed by Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Countdown.
New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.
First edition, second printing of the astronaut's classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bob Best wishes Frank Borman." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Written with Robert J. Serling.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144619
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"We must be careful not to discourage our twelve year olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations": First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from this work, "For John Rogers from Freeman Dyson We must be careful not to discourage our twelve year olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations see page 22." Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow. A unique example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 111045
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"Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable...": First Edition Of Roald Dahl’s Beloved Book Matilda; Signed by Him and Legendary Artist Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of Dahl’s popular story of a young girl, her genius, and her indifferent parents. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Rare and desirable signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 138289
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First Edition of Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth & Stanislav Menshikov.
Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence: From A Bitter Past To A Better Prospect.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to a Vermont friend and publisher, "For Carol with love John G 1988." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 1601
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“Art and order, the relatives that refuse to relate”: First Edition of The Piano Teacher; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Elfriede Jelinek
JELINEK, Elfriede.
The Piano Teacher.
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed and dated by Elfriede Jelinek on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Krystyna Skalski. Jacket illustration by Michael Christman. Author's photograph by Eva Kern. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 663
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First edition of Of Mandino's The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II; warmly inscribed by Og Mandino
MANDINO, Og.
The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II.
New York: Bantam Books, 1988.
First edition of the sequel to the author's classic guide to success. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Kay Love! Og Mandino." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus One.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131605
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First Edition of Jack Nicklaus's My Most Memorable Shots; Signed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Most Memorable Shots In the Majors.
New York: Golf Digest Book, 1988.
First edition of this classic work by the Golden Bear. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jack Nicklaus on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Ken Bowden. Illustrations by Jim McQueen. Foreword by Barbara Nicklaus.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146898
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First edition of Alison Lurie's The Truth About Lorin Jones; inscribed by her to photographer Sally Soames
LURIE, Alison.
The Truth About Lorin Jones.
London: Michael Joseph, 1988.
First edition of the author's artistic detective story. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to photographer Sally Soames, "For Sally Soames Alison Lurie 21 June '88." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119500
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Signed limited edition of Charles Grosvenor's An Iconography of the Portraits of T.E. Lawrence
GROSVENOR, Charles.
An Iconography of the Portraits of T. E. Lawrence.
Pasadena: The Otterden Press, 1988.
Signed limited edition of Grosvenor's catalogue of the portraits of T. E. Lawrence. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 255. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover portrait by William Rothenstein. Cover photograph by Vladmir Popovic.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 126800
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“Only God knows how much I love you”: First British Edition of the Love In The Time Of Cholera; Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
Love in the Time of Cholera.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of Garcia Marquez's classic work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Andrew Kulman. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Uncommon signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 67079
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First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Freeman Dyson on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120637