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First Edition of Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
SOLOW, Robert.
Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth (Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures).
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 32004
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First Edition of Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz's Kaddish For A Child Not Born; Signed by Him
KERTESZ, Imre.
Kaddish For A Child Not Born.
Evanston, Ill: Hydra Books/ Northwestern University Press, 1997.
First edition of Kertesz's mesmerizing novel of identity and memory. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Hungarian by Christopher C. Wilson and Katharina M. Wilson.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 62027
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1997.
First edition of this fictionalized autobiography by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "J.M. Coetzee Cape Town, 1999." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Jacket photograph by Barbara Morgan.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 132418
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First Edition of I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust; Inscribed by Livia Bitton-Jackson
BITTON-JACKSON, Livia.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997.
First edition of this powerful memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "April 1998 For with all good wishes, Livia Bitton-Jackson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Zakris.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 105841
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Complete Set of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Deluxe Editions; Each Signed by Her and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone signed by Thomas Taylor with an original drawing
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter Series Complete Deluxe Set. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 1997-2007.
First editions of the deluxe edition of each book in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, 7 volumes, illustrated, original decorative cloth as issued. Each volume is signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page and was signed by Rowling in person for the previous owner. The Prisoner of Azkaban is inscribed. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is additionally signed on the title page by Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter. When Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was in the initial stages of publication in 1996, illustrator Thomas Taylor had just graduated from art school and…
Price: $48,000.00 Item Number: 81035
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Autobiography My Story; Signed by Him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the Golden Bear's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jack Nicklaus on the front free endpaper. Written with Ken Bowden. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Smith.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146075
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Complete Set of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series, Including the Rare First Issue of Philosopher's Stone; Signed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter Series. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 1997-2007.
First editions of each book in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, 7 volumes. All are first issues, including the first and rarest book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with “First published in Great Britain in 1997”, the full number line “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”, “Joanne Rowling” for “J.K. Rowling”, and “Thomas Taylor1997” (lacking the space) on the copyright page, “1 wand” listed twice (as the first item and last item) on the “Other Equipment” list on page 53, Wendy Cooling quote at the base of the front board. Only 500…
Price: $350,000.00 Item Number: 141476
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"With Lasting Gratitude For All You Taught Me, And For Planting The Seeds Of My Literary Career": Into Thin Air; Lengthily Inscribed by Jon Krakauer
KRAKAUER, Jon.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster.
New York: Villard, 1997.
First edition, early printing of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers by Anita Karl, illustrations by Randy Rackliff. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his teacher on the half-title page, "For Loretta Smith- With Lasting Gratitude For All You Taught Me, And For Planting The Seeds Of My Literary Career. Thanks, Jon Krakauer." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Daniel Rembert. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144146
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First Edition of Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa.
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth.
New York: Lee & Low Books, 1997.
First edition of this collection of letters written to the mother of The Civil Rights movement and her responses. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "4/24/97 Rosa Parks." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tania Garcia. Jacket photograph by Mark T. Kerrin. Written with Gregory J. Reed. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 131103
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Advanced Reading Copy of Blindness; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
Blindness.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1997.
Advanced reading copy of the first edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Jose Saramago on the title page. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. In near fine condition. Front panel design by Claudine G. Mansour.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 138043
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First Edition of Imagined Worlds; Inscribed by Freeman Dyson to Edward O. Wilson
DYSON, Freeman [Edward O. Wilson].
Imagined Worlds.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by Freeman Dyson. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Edward Freeman Dyson." The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist and writer. Wilson has been called "the father of sociobiology" and "the father of biodiversity" for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket, with Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Jill Breitbarth. An exceptional association, linking these two great minds of the twentieth century.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 138177
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First Edition of Iris Chang's The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
CHANG, Iris.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
New York: Basic Books, 1997.
First edition of this "powerful, landmark book" (Richard Rhodes). Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 125001
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First Edition of Evora: Patrimonio da Humanidade; Signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose; Photographs by Eduardo Gageiro.
Evora: Patrimonio da Humanidade.
Camara Municipal de Evora, 1997.
First edition of this work on the city of Evora. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago on the title page. Photographs by Eduardo Gageiro. In fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114231
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"Take dead aim for the pin": First Edition of Tom Kite's A Fairway to Heaven: My Lessons From Harvey Penick On Golf And Life; Inscribed by Him
KITE, Tom.
A Fairway to Heaven: My Lessons From Harvey Penick On Golf And Life.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997.
First edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Harry- Best of luck with your golf Tom Kite." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bradford Foltz. Written with Mickey Herskowitz.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 129108
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“Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade": Advanced Excerpts of the First Edition of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles; Signed by Haruki Murakami and three times by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Advanced excerpt of the first edition of Murakami's heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "To Stephen, Haruki Murakami 10/19/97" and additionally signed three times by the jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; once on the front panel, on the title page and on the back panel. In fine condition. Cover design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. A…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131327