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"He expressed the unconquerable spirit of the nation": limited edition Spode bone china Winston Churchill plate
[CHURCHILL, Winston S.].
The Churchill Plate.
Stoke-on-Trent, England: Spode, .
Rare limited edition Churchill Spode bone china plate. One of a limited edition of five thousand numbered plates commissioned by Thomas Goode and Co. Ltd. of London, this is number 860. The plate features a portrait of Churchill flanked by rampant lions and surrounded by a botanical gilt border. Founded by Josiah Spode in 1770, Spode pottery is renowned for perfecting the technique for transfer printing in underglaze blue on fine earthenware and credited with developing, around 1790, the formula for fine bone china that was generally adopted by the industry. In fine condition. The plate measures 10.5 inches in…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117035
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“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories”: First Edition of White Teeth; Signed by Zadie Smith
SMITH, Zadie.
White Teeth.
New York: Random House, 2001.
First edition of "Zadie Smith's fizzing first novel" (Salman Rushdie). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Zadie Smith on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 3347
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First Edition of The Elephant and the Flea; Inscribed by Charles Handy
HANDY, Charles.
The Elephant and the Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future.
London: Hutchinson, 2001.
First edition of this memoir by the eminent philosopher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Les Best wishes Charles Handy 2.11.01." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145494
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First edition of Daniel Schorr's Come to Think of it; inscribed by him to American journalist Bill Safire
SCHORR, Daniel.
Come to Think of It: Notes on the End of the Millennium.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of Schorr's insightful analysis of of modern history. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Safires with admiration mingled with affection Dan." 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 supported him 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 York Times Magazine from 1979 until the…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128073
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Signed Limited Edition of Lillian Hellman's Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time
HELLMANN, Lillian.
Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1979.
Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Lillian Hellman. Fine in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133292
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First Edition of this Memoir by John Maynard Keynes
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
Two Memoirs. Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy And My Early Beliefs.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd, 1949.
First edition of this memoir by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece photograph of Keynes, Bertrand Russell and Lytton Strachey at Garsington. Introduction by David Garnett. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117821
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Tom Stoppard's On the Razzle; Signed by Him
STOPPARD, Tom.
On the Razzle.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Tom Stoppard on the title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Pentagram.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128103
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Rare first edition of The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers
The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers.
Charlottesville, Virgina: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.
First edition of the proceedings of a Seminar on the Trust Investment Process sponsored with contributions by Canadian members of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88091
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First Edition of Margaret Mead's Male and Female
MEAD, Margaret.
Male and Female: A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1949.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, small name.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 141421
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First Edition of Matsushita Leadership; Signed by John Kotter
KOTTER, John P.
Matsushita Leadership: Lessons From the 20th Century’s Most Remarkable Entrepreneur.
New York : The Free Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by the best-selling author. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John P. Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Calvin Chu.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144882
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First Edition of Jeane Kirkpatrick's The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State; Inscribed by Her to William Safire
KIRKPATRICK, Jeane J. [William Safire].
The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State and Other Surprises.
Washington, D.C: The AEI Press, 1990.
First edition of this work by Ambassador Kirkpatrick, who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire Columnist extraordinaire. With admiration and friendship. Jeane Kirkpatrick. December, 1990." 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…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 127827
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"Few men of equal genius and of equal eminence can have led on the whole a simpler life": First edition of Henry James' biographical Study on predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne
JAMES, Henry.
English Men of Letters: Hawthorne.
London: Macmillan an Co, 1879.
First British edition of James' classic biographical study of his great predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne. Octavo, original scarlet cloth. In very good condition with light rubbing. Edited by John Morley.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 81054
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"You go for me and I’m taboo, But if you’re hard to get, I’ll go for you And if I do, then you are through, Oh, my baby, that’s the end of you": Collection of three musical scores from George Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II's Carmen Jones
BIZET, George and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Carmen Jones Musical Score Collection.
New York: Williamson Music, Inc., 1943.
Collection of three musical scores from Bizet and Hammerstein's popular musical. Quarto, three volumes, original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes piano scores for Stan' Up An' Fight, Dat's Love, and My Joe. In very good to near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138564
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Jimmie Stanley, Colin Fletcher 6/8/97." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100432
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First Edition of The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader; Inscribed by Him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.
New York: The Modern Library, 1995.
First edition of this compilation of the works of Daniel Boorstin. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ray Grinold from Danel J. Boorstin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Roderick MacLeish.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100661