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"To Robertson Davies with warm regards from one of your devoted fans": Truman; Inscribed by David McCullough to fellow writer Robertson Davies
MCCULLOUGH, David.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Early printing of the historian's first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow writer Robertson Davies, "To Robertson Davies with warm regards from one of your devoted fans David McCullough (by way of David Ken, who started me on the path with Fifth Business Martha's Vineyard 1993." Robertson Davies was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished "men of letters." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 117749
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First Edition of Investing: The Collected Works of Martin L. Liebowitz; Signed by Him
LEIBOWITZ, Martin L.
Investing: The Collected Works of Martin L. Liebowitz.
Chicago: Probus Publishing, 1992.
First edition of this collection of essays by Leibowitz. Thick octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Keith Anderson, With all best wishes, Marty Leibowitz February 18, 1991." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by William F. Sharpe. Edited by Frank J. Fabozzi.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 75089
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First Edition of The Meaning of the Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics; Signed by Israel Kirzner
KIRZNER, Israel M.
The Meaning of the Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics.
London and New York: Routledge, 1992.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Rogers- Israel M. Kirzner, February 25th 15." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144788
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“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming": First Edition of Donna Tartt's The Secret History; Inscribed by Her and Four Times by Legendary Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
TARTT, Donna.
The Secret History.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of this contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller...absolutely chilling" (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Diana- warm regards- Donna Tartt." Additionally signed four times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel book, on the front panel of the dust jacket, on the half-title page and rear panel of the jacket. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Barbara De Wilde. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 143517
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First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Signed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books, 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "12/12/14 With best wishes Paul Volcker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144370
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First British Editions of The Border Trilogy; Each Volume Signed By Cormac McCarthy and Three Times Each by Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.
London: Picador, 1992-1998.
First British editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Border Trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, three volumes. All three volumes are signed by Cormac McCarthy and additionally signed three times in each volume by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear flaps. Each are fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 145942
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First Edition of The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal; Inscribed by Jared Diamond
DIAMOND, Jared.
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this early work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Jared Diamond on the front free endpaper to noted book collector Larry Owens. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 5524
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“And now the voice which spoke belonged to no one but herself. Oh my God, it said. Oh my God, I am all alone out here. I am all alone": First Edition of Gerald's Game; Signed by Stephen King
KING, Stephen.
Gerald’s Game.
New York: The Viking Press, 1992.
First edition of this suspense novel by King. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 146328
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Inscribed by Jared Diamond to Peter Matthiessen
DIAMOND, Jared.
The Third Chimpanzee.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this early work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly and lengthily inscribed by the author to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 15078
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Edition of The Creators; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin in the year of publication
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Creators.
New York: Random House, 1992.
First edition of this "grand and exhilirating voyage, a bold attempt to circumnavigate the intellectual globe" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Thick octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free end paper, "For Dona [sic] Munker from Daniel J. Boorstin Oct. 21, 1992." The recipient, Donna Munker is a writer and biographer and author of Daughter of Persia. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128201
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"Take Dead Aim!": Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf; Lengthily Inscribed by Him and Golfing Legend Bernhard Langer
PENICK, Harvey with Bud Shrake [Bernhard Langer].
Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
First edition, early printing of the best-selling golf book ever published. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dr. Don Brown: I hope that this book will help you to enjoy life, and also this great game of golf to it's fullest. I hope you enjoy helping your patient as I did my pupils. I am sure you did! Sincerely Harvey Penick." Additionally signed by two time Master champion Bernhard Langer on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Parr. Introductions by Tom Kite,…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 147082
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal; Inscribed by Him To His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
Live from Golgotha, the Gospel According to Gore Vidal.
New York : Random House, 1992.
First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Valerie love Gore." 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 fine dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 126598
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Donald G. Mathews and Jane Sherron de Hart's Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA: A State and the Nation; Inscribed by de Hart to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
MATHEWS, Donald G; Jane Sherron de Hart [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA: A State and the Nation.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
First paperback edition of this "comprehensive analysis of the politics of the Equal Rights Amendment" (Journal of American History). Octavo, original publisher's pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by co-author Jane Sherron de Hart on the half title page, "For Ruth Bader Ginsberg [sic] with admiration Jane De H." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 146580
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First Edition of Capital Ideas; Signed by Peter L. Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Peter L.
Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street.
New York: The Free Press, 1992.
First edition of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Bernstein on the front free endpaper. With a signed postcard to the author from Bernstein's editor laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Michael Langenstein.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115654
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Signed limited edition print commemorating Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's summit of Mount Everest; signed by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers
HILLARY, Edmund; Tenzing Norgay; James Lumbers.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed “Hillary Conquers Everest May 29, 1953” Print.
Toronto: Newport Edition Limited, 1992.
Limited edition color lithograph commemorating one of the great achievements of human stamina and will: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's summit of Mount Everest. One page, the color lithograph is signed by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers. One of 1953 numbered copies this is number 771. In fine condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 139714
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From the collection of Joan Didion: First edition of Michael D'Antonio's Heaven on Earth
D'ANTONIO, Michael. [Joan Didion].
Heaven on Earth: Dispatches From America’s Spiritual Frontier.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1992.
First edition of the journalist's objective exploration of "New Age" spirituality. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of Joan Didion with the original typed transmittal letter signed by the Senior Editor of Crown Publishers to Joan Didion laid in. The recipient, American journalist and novelist Joan Didion gained a reputation in the 1960s and 70s as a pioneer of the New Journalism style of news writing. Her articles and political writing engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, California culture, and California history. She also gained recognition for her sensational novels, including…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141834