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First Edition of The Children; Warmly Inscribed by David Halberstam in the Year of Publication
HALBERSTAM, David.
The Children.
New York: Random House, 1998.
First edition of this "unforgettable drama...in Mr. Halberstam's hands, the early days of the civil-rights movement come to life as never before in print" (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For Sandy and Virginia with love David Halberstam March 12, 1998." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144107
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First Edition of Two Lucky People; Signed by Milton and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Two Lucky People.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998.
First edition of this memoir by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and his wife Rose, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "For Vernon Paul Rose Friedman and signed below by Milton Friedman. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 72865
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Death of a Salesman; Signed by Arthur Miller
MILLER, Arthur.
Death of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1998.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Original drawing of Willy Loman by Joseph Hirsch. Photograph of Arthur Miller by Esther Handler.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135021
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Special Collection of Four Volumes of Legendary Panerai Watches
Four Volume Collection of Legendary Panerai Watches.
Milan: Arti Grafiche Color Black, 1998-2003.
Limited first editions of these extravagant photographic timelines of Panerai watches. Oblong duodecimo, original boards, generously illustrated with luminous photographs of Panerai watches and the people involved in their creation, diagrams of their designs, and pictures of other engineering exploits undertaken by the company, the collection includes a first edition of 'Legendary Watches' (Novate: Arti Grafiche Color Black, 1998), a first edition of 'Panerai Historia: From the Depths of the Sea' (Novate: Arti Grafiche Color Black, 1999), a limited edition of 'Special Editions 1997-2003: Laboratorio Di Idee' (Novate: Arti Grafiche Color Black, 2003, one of one-thousand nine-hundred and fifty, this…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145497
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First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John Irving in a contemporary signature on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Book design by Victoria Wong.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133537
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First edition, first issue of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; warmly inscribed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
London: Bloomsbury, 1998.
First edition, first issue of the second novel in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Association copy, inscribed by J.K. Rowling on the dedication page, "Susie and Emily (a female Fred & George) with best wishes J.K. Rowling." The recipients, redhead twins Susie and Emily, were family friends of Bryony Evens, whom they accompanied to the Cheltenham Literary Festival where Rowling inscribed the present volume. The inscription refers to Harry Potter character Ron Weasley's elder twin brothers and fellow redheads, Fred and George. Bryony Evens was one of the first people to read the beginning chapters of the…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 115867
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First Edition of Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay; Signed by Tom Stoppard
STOPPARD, Tom and Marc Norman.
Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay.
New York: Miramax, 1998.
First edition of the screenplay, which won Stoppard an Academy Award. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the half-title page. In fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140189
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First Edition of The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar; Signed by Gilles Peress, Eric Stover and Richard Goldstone
PERESS, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone.
The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.
New York: Scalo , 1998.
First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990's. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peress; Eric Stover, who contributed the text and Justice Richard Goldstone, who contributed the foreword. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 973
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First Edition of The Century; Signed by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
JENNINGS, Peter and Todd Brewster.
The Century.
New York: Doubleday, 1998.
First edition of this historic overview of the twentieth century. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by both authors, Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144008
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First edition of John Updike's Bech at Bay; with a typed letter and postcard signed by him to Erica Jong
UPDIKE, John [Erica Jong].
Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
First edition of the third installment in the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's Bech series. Octavo, original cloth. With an autograph postcard and typed letter signed by Updike to Erica Jong laid in. The recipient, 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 American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s and encapsulated the movement’s redefinition of…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 143620
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live": COMPLETE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION SET OF EACH VOLUME IN J.K. ROWLING'S BEST-SELLING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HARRY POTTER SERIES
ROWLING, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.
New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998-2007.
First American editions of each book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, seven volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 143115
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First Edition of What the Twilight Says; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Author Derek Walcott
WALCOTT, Derek.
What the Twilight Says: Essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Rebecca best Derek Walcott 2004." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Derek Walcott. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 130537
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First Edition of John Irving's A Widow for One Year; Signed by Him
IRVING, John.
A Widow for One Year.
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1998.
First Canadian edition of Irving's powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ken With my appreciation John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Book design by Victoria Wong.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 137631
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First Edition of Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Book, 1998.
First edition of this work by the father of modern management. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jim Black with best regards from Peter Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lance Hidy. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142028
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“People look to the order of numbers when the world falls apart": First Edition of A Beautiful Mind; Signed by Sylvia Nasar and John F. Nash
NASAR, Sylvia; John F. Nash.
A Beautiful Mind.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition of this work, basis for the Academy award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sylvia Nasar and additionally signed by Nobel Laureate and subject John F. Nash on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Timothy Hsu.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 58990
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First Edition of Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court; Inscribed by Edward Lazarus
LAZARUS, Edward.
Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court.
New York: Times Books, 1998.
First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Alan, With best wishes, Edward Lazarus." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Heidi North.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144222