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First edition of Susan Cheever's Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker; inscribed by her to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
First edition of Cheever's frank and moving autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "New York City January 1999 For Erica and Ken What can I say? No words could begin to express mt gratitude, my fond memories, my affection and my love for you both S C." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142607
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First Edition of Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey; Lengthily Inscribed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane with Phillip Berman.
Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey.
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Goodall's moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Barbara and Nancy Together we can make this a better world for all. Jane Goodall." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 146888
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First Edition of More Matter; Inscribed by John Updike To His Friend and Golfing Partner With A Drawing Of Santa Claus
UPDIKE, John.
More Matter: Essays and Criticism.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, with 46 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his friend and golfing partner in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Peter Vermilze matters to be consumed in small tasty bites Merry Christmas John Updike 12/25/99." Updike has also drawn a nice drawing of Santa Claus. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll. Jacket photograph by Steve Buhman.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 3569
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First Edition of John C. Bogle's Common Sense on Mutual Funds; Signed by Him
BOGLE, John C.
Common Sense on Mutual Funds.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
First edition of the best book on index investing ever published. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John C. Bogle on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Welsh. Foreword by Peter L. Bernstein.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 46255
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The Pity of War: Explaining World War I; Signed by Niall Ferguson
FERGUSON, Niall.
The Pity of War: Explaining World War I.
New York: Basic Books, 1999.
First edition, early printing "rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking. Ferguson is a talented writer and a versatile scholar" (Atlantic). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David J. High. With a letter from the publisher laid in.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145605
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"the greatest building of our time" (Philip Johnson) First Edition of Frank Gehry’s Monograph on the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; Signed by Him
VAN BRUGGEN, Coosje [Frank Gehry].
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1999.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Gehry's masterpiece, The Guggenheim Museum in Balbao, Spain. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed and dated in 2002 by Frank Gehry. Fine in fine dust jacket. Preface by Thomas Krens.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119823
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First Edition of David Fromkin's The Way of the World
FROMKIN, David.
The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the Twenty-first Century.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of the award-winning author's map of universal history. Octavo, original navy blue half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photograph by Alfred W. Cook. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145172
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"Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still": First Edition of Brief Interviews With Hideous Men; Signed by David Foster Wallace
FOSTER WALLACE, David.
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1999.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original black boards. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fulbrook III.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 124969
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First Edition of Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Ed Diener; Norbert Schwarz .
Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gene Crofts.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 44758
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First Edition of A Golfer’s Life; Inscribed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold .
A Golfer’s Life.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
First edition of the golfing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 black-and-white photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To O.H. Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with James Dodson.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145606
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FIRST EDITION OF THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY: Screenplay; Inscribed by Anthony Minghella
HIGHSMITH, Patricia.
The Talented Mr. Ripley.
New York: Hyperion Books , 1999.
First edition of the screenplay of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John, with best wishes, Anthony Minghella." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121468
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First Edition of Read My Lips No New Taxes; Signed by Ostrander and President George Bush
OSTRANDER, Dan; Foreword by George Bush.
“Read My Lips No New Taxes.”
Oroville, California: Butte College Press, 1999.
First edition of this work on the Bush administration. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dan Ostrander and President George Bush on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Patty Melron. Uncommon signed by President Bush.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 76955
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From the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First edition of Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage; inscribed by Milton C. Regan to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
REGAN, Milton C. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
Alone Together: Law and the Meanings of Marriage.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
First edition of Regan's interdisciplinary work examining the legal implications of marriage and divorce. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Justice Ginsburg - From one teacher to another. Warm wishes, Mitt, June 1999." 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 Notorious R.B.G." (a play on the name of famed 90s rapper…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 146023
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Signed Limited Edition of Helmut Newton's SUMO; With the Rare original publisher's stand and cardboard box
NEWTON, Helmut.
SUMO.
Monte Carlo: Taschen, 1999.
Signed limited edition of this landmark in the field of photography. Elephant folio, original cloth, illustrated throughout, original publisher's stand. Signed by Helmut Newton on the title page. Edited by June Newton, supported with a Philippe Starck bookstand, and containing over 400 images, it covers every aspect of Newton’s outstanding career, chronicling his groundbreaking fashion photography, definitive nudes, and celebrity portraiture. With the original shipping box. An exceptional example.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 119780
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First Edition of John Glenn: A Memoir; Signed by Him
GLENN, John with Nick Taylor.
John Glenn: A Memoir.
New York: Bantam, 1999.
First edition of the autobiography of the first American to orbit the Earth. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Best wishes- John Glenn." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147442