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First Edition of Days of Destiny: Crossroads In American History; Signed by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson
MCPHERSON, James M. and Alan Brinkley.
Days of Destiny: Crossroads In American History.
New York: DK Publishing, 2001.
First edition of this illustrated work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by James M. McPherson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 125144
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Signed Limited Edition of Michael Whyte's Great Comic Cats
WHYTE, Michael.
Great Comic Cats.
San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2001.
Signed limited edition of this work, one of 100 numbered and signed copies, this is number 10 signed by Michael Whyte. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 127182
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First Edition of Dennis Lehane's Mystic River; Signed by Him and Three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
LEHANE, Dennis.
Mystic River.
New York : William Morrow and Company, 2001.
First edition of this novel, basis for the 2003 film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood, and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Dennis Lehane and three times by the dust jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the rear jacket flap and once below Lehane's signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Chip Kidd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121479
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First Edition of J.M. Coetzee's The Humanities of Africa; Signed by Him
COETZEE, J.M.
The Humanities in Africa/ Die Geisteswissenschaften in Afrika.
Munchen: Carl Friedrich von Siemans Stiftung, 2001.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 2479
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FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOAN DIDION: FIRST EDITION OF KATIE ARNOLDI'S CHEMICAL PINK: A NOVEL OF OBSESSION; INSCRIBED BY HER TO JOAN DIDION
ARNOLD, Katie. [Joan Didion].
Chemical Pink: A Novel of Obsession.
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2001.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Joan - Thank you for being so generous & kind. Your support has made all the difference. Lots of love, Katie 2/19/01." 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…
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 141135
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First Edition of Neil Gaiman's American Gods; Signed by Him
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142201
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"Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappoints. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding": John Adams; Warmly Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For Edward Ash-Milby with greetings from David McCullough 2001." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146414
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First Edition of Killing Pablo; Lengthily inscribed by Mark Bowden to Deborah Rosenblum
BOWDEN, Mark.
Killing Pablo.
London: Atlantic Books, 2001.
First edition of this work on Pablo Escobar. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "To Deborah Rosenblum, Thanks for your service as Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense for Drug Enforcement Policy and Support. Best wishes, Mark Bowden August 8, 2001." The recipient, Deborah Rosenblum is a nuclear expert and former career civil servant. She currently serves as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs in the Biden administration. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vivid.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 128498
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First Edition of John L. Volk: Palm Beach Architect
VOLK, John L.
John L. Volk: Palm Beach Architect.
Palm Beach: John L. Volk Foundation, 2001.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on one of Palm Beach's famed architects. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 140298
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First Edition of Mortal Engines; Signed by Philip Reeve
REEVE, Philip.
Mortal Engines.
London: Scholastic Press, 2001.
First edition of the award-winning author's debut novel. Octavo, original red boards. Signed by Philip Reeve on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Frankland.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145188
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First edition of Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years; signed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane. Edited by Dale Peterson.
Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001.
First edition of the second volume of Goodall's personal and professional correspondence; a welcome sequel to her critically acclaimed Africa in My Blood. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For the Rhoads Family- Together we can make a difference Jane Goodall." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martha Kennedy.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 142049
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Photograph of King Charles III as Prince of Wales; Signed and Dated by Him
KING CHARLES III, Former Prince of Wales.
King Charles III Signed Photograph.
2001.
Photograph of King Charles III as Prince of Wales seated with royal staff. Framed glossy color photograph of King Charles as Prince of Wales seated with royal staff, signed and dated by him "Charles 2001." In fine condition. The piece measures 11.25 inches by 13.25 inches.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145406
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First Edition of The Constant Gardener; Signed by John le Carré
LE CARRE, John.
The Constant Gardener.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001.
First edition of le Carré's spy thriller. Octavo, original navy blue boards, silk ribbon bound-in. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Christine Rodin. Author photograph by Simone Casetta.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145251
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"THE STORY OF MISES IN HIS ROLE AS ECONOMIST": FIRST EDITION OF ISRAEL M. KIRZNER'S LUDWIG VON MISES: A MAN AND HIS ECONOMICS; SIGNED BY ISRAEL KIRZNER
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Ludwig von Mises: The Man and His Economics.
Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 2001.
First edition of Kirzner's authoritative biography of Ludwig von Mises. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144496
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"The mathematician is studying something objective, even if he is not studying an unconditional reality of non-material things": First edition of Christopher Norris's Hilary Putnam; Inscribed by him to Hilary Putnam
NORRIS, Christopher.
Hilary Putnam: Realism, Reason, and the Uses of Uncertainty.
Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2002.
First edition of Christopher Norris's study of the philosophy of Hilary Putnam. Octavo, original boards, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Hilary Putnam, With best wishes (and in some trepidation) Christopher Norris (Cardiff, October 2002)." In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 88088
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First edition of Umberto Eco's Baudolino; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and her husband Kenneth David Burrows
ECO, Umberto [Erica Jong].
Baudolino.
New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2002.
First American edition of the author's international bestseller. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Erica & Ken with all my friendship Umberto." 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 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…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 142833