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First Edition of Touch the Water Touch the Wind; Signed by Amos Oz
OZ, Amos.
Touch the Water Touch the Wind.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: New York, 1973.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Amos Oz on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 5679
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author’s second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication, "To ______- Unofficial booster extraordinaire. May all your reading of my purple prose be white-knuckled affairs. All the best- Archer Mayor Dec. 1990." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 117
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First edition of James Peckham's Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, and Missouri in 1861: A Monograph of the Great Rebellion
PECKHAM, James.
Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, and Missouri in 1861. A Monograph of the Great Rebellion.
New York: American News Company, Publishers, 1866.
First edition of Peckham's biography of the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132918
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First Edition of Judith Viorst's Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life; Warmly Inscribed by Her
VIORST, Judith.
Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
First edition of this comical work by the author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Laurie Rosenwald. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Helene + Bill with affection + thanks for many years of wonderful break-fasts- Judy." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142476
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First edition of Brian Moore's No Other Life; inscribed by him to famed photographer Sally Soames
MOORE, Brian.
No Other Life.
London: Bloomsbury, 1993.
First edition of the award-winning novelist's gripping drama. Octavo, original cloth, ribbon bound in. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally Soames L'Image B S Moore." 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 and personal journalist, performed extensive research on her…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 126419
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"I had principles and sensibilities and an informed view of the world, and I had had that for a while. Learned it all in grammar school: Don Quixote, Ivanhoe, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, Tale of Two Cities": First Edition of Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture
DYLAN, Bob.
The Nobel Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster , 2017.
First edition of Dylan's Nobel Lecture. Octavo, original boards. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147052
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La Bibliotheque de Pierre Berge, Quatrieme Vente 14 Decembre 2018
BERGE, Pierre.
La Bibliotheque de Pierre Berge, Quatrieme Vente14 Decembre 2018.
Sotheby's, 2018.
First edition of this landmark auction of Pierre Berge. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 128913
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First edition of Stedman Graham's You Can Make it Happen; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
GRAHAM, Stedman [William Safire].
You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the author's nine-step plan for success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Bill, Congratulations on all that you do - Keep making it happen and thanks for your support! Best wishes Stedman." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135838
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Business Cycles and National Income
HANSEN, Alvin H.
Business Cycles and National Income.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1951.
First edition of this work by the "American Keynes." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 4286
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First Edition of Jonathan Schorr's Hard Lessons with Autographed Letter; FROM THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN JOURNALIST WILLIAM SAFIRE
SCHORR, Jonathan [William Safire].
Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School.
New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.
First edition of this journalistic analysis of charter school life from the library of American journalist William Safire. Octavo, original half cloth. Autographed letter to American journalist William Safire laid in. As thanks for his thoughtful announcement in the word column, the note reads in part, "I am touched by the effort and generosity that went into the plug you gave my book. I hope you know what an enormous difference it makes in the trajectory of the book's life. I'll not soon forget this kindness." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Jonathan Schorr. Jacket…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145238
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Soldiers Three. The Story of the Gadsbys. In Black and White.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, 1892.
First edition of this collection of Kipling's stories; the first collected edition of these three tales. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 121044
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"Art thou content with thy servant? He is very comfy with thee": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's His Apologies
KIPLING, Rudyard.
His Apologies.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932.
First edition of Kipling's classic poetic tribute to his beloved Scottie. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. With drawings by Cecil Alden. In very good condition. Ownership name.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 123048
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First edition of Josephine Hall's Damage; inscribed by her to photographer Sally Soames
HART, Josephine.
Damage.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of Hart's best-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Sally - who is on her own journey of the soul Much Love, Josephine." 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 and personal journalist, performed extensive…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 126823
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First edition of Hayes Robbins' Human Relations in Railroading; from the library of American labor activist John Philip Frey
ROBBINS, Hayes [John Philip Frey].
Human Relations in Railroading.
New York: General Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition of Robbins' work on labor relations on the railroads. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of John Philip Frey with his ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. John Philip Frey was a labor activist and president of the American Federation of Labor’s Metal Trades Department during a crucial period in American labor history. In 1918, Frey became chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research, helping to raise money and incorporate the organization in 1920. He remained chairman of the board of directors until 1927. During the presidency of AFL president William Green, Frey was one of…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142524