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"Art is language of the entire human personality": First Editions of Each Volume in the Author’s Acclaimed Cairo Trilogy; Each Volume Signed by Naguib Mahfouz
MAHFOUZ, Naguib.
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street.
New York: Doubleday, 1990-1992.
First American editions of author's most well known work; a trilogy originally published in Egypt in the 1950's and which garnered him the Nobel Prize in literature decades later in 1988. Octavo, 3 volumes, original half cloth. Each volume was signed by Naguib Mahfouz at the Shepheard Hotel in Cairo in 2006. All three are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket designs by Carin Goldberg. Translated by William M. Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Books signed by Mahfouz are rare as he left Egypt only…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 274
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First Edition of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Jose Saramago 1.2006." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133715
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Rare first edition pamphlet of The Impact of War on Iraq; signed by Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician Martti Ahtisaari
AHTISAARI, Martti.
The Impact of War on Iraq: Report to the Secretary-General on Humanitarian Needs in Iraq in the Immediate Post-Crisis Environment by a Mission to the Area Led by Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management, Dated 20 March 1991.
Westfield, New Jersey: Open Magazine Pamphlet Series, 1991.
First edition of Pamphlet #7 of the Open Magazine Pamphlet Series; inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Finnish leader Martti Ahtisaari. Tall octavo, original wrapper, inscribed by Ahtisaari on the title page, "To John, Martti Ahtisaari." In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 117046
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Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Harry Markowitz
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.
Portfolio Selection.
Cambridge: Blackwell, 1991.
Second edition of the economist's ground breaking work. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author, "Dear Mike: Thank you for your interest and attention. Best Wishes Harry Markowitz." In near fine condition, without the dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2688
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“I NOT ONLY HAVE MY SECRETS. I AM MY SECRETS. AND YOU ARE YOU’RE YOUR SECRETS”: FIRST EDITION OF FREDERICK BUECHNER’S TELLING SECRETS; SIGNED BY HIM
BUECHNER, Frederick.
Telling Secrets.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1991.
First edition of Buechner’s third autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frederick Buechner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Mabry. Photograph by Anne Merck.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135362
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First Edition of Questions About Angels; Inscribed by Billy Collins to Laurence and Mary Rockefeller
COLLINS, Billy.
Questions About Angels: Poems.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991.
First edition of Collins' fourth collection of published poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Laurence and Mary Rockefeller with best wishes Billy Collins 1996." The recipients, Laurence Rockefeller were prominent an American philanthropist, financier, and major conservationist and member of the Rockefeller Family. Mary, too, was from a prominent Billings Family. The Rockefellers turned over their land in Woodstock to form Vermont's only National Park, The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Antonina Krass.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 3889
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Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth; Inscribed by Richard Rorty
RORTY, Richard.
Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Later printing of these papers by the famed philosopher. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Richard Rorty on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144896
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First Edition of Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict; Inscribed by Roger Myerson
MYERSON, Roger B.
Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991.
First edition of this classic introductory work on game theory. Octavo, original illustrated glossy boards. Inscribed by Roger B. Myerson on the title page. In 2007, Myerson was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin for "having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." In fine condition.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 74034
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First Edition of Julia Child's Menu Cookbook; Signed by Her
CHILD, Julia.
Julia Child’s Menu Cookbook.
New York: Wing Books, 1991.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated cookbook. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with over 500 color photographs by James Scherer. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Bon Appetit! Julia Child." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Clair Moritz.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147991
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First edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores; inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government.
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.
First edition of O'Rourke's international best-seller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Paul P.J. O'Rourke 6/5/92." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141051
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Treetops: A Family Memoir; inscribed by Susan Cheever to Erica Jong
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Treetops: A Family Memoir.
New York: Bantam Books, 1991.
First edition of the sequel to the author's prize-winning memoir, Home Before Dark. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Miami Fla. March 1991 For Erica and Ken with love Susan." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica 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…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142353
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First Edition of Bocuse's Regional French Cooking; Inscribed by Legendary Chef Paul Bocuse
BOCUSE, Paul.
Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991.
First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Dietmar Frege. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "A Tom avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse 12.02.2005." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142156
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First Edition of Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism; Inscribed by Fredric Jameson
JAMESON, Fredric.
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1991.
First edition of this "classic of late 20th-century Euroamerican critical thought” (Ned Lukacher). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "+ for Edward with all best wishes Fredric Jameson 10.18.21." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Andy Warhol. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147399
