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First edition of In Search of America; signed and inscribed by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
JENNINGS, Peter and Todd Brewster.
In Search of America.
New York: Hyperion, 2002.
First edition of the bestselling authors' lavishly illustrated work exploring American identity from the country's foundation to present day. Quarto, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs edited by Vivette Porges. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "Rebecca You are on a great journey! & a great person P.J." and "Todd Brewster 9.26.02." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elton Robinson.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144820
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First Edition of Paris + Klein; Boldly Signed by William Klein
KLEIN, William.
Paris + Klein.
New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 2002.
First Edition of the photographer's monograph of his beloved, adopted city of Paris of which he dreamt of living while growing up in the streets of New York. Folio. Boldly signed in silver marker by William Klein on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Afterword by Anthony Lane.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146427
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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 Robert E. Lucas' Lectures on Economic Growth; Inscribed by Him
LUCAS, Robert E.
Lectures on Economic Growth.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 2002.
First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970" (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John with best wishes, Robert E. Lucas, Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marianne Perlak. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142089
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First Edition of A Song Flung Up to Heaven; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya.
A Song Flung Up To Heaven.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by Maya Angelou. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 3251
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Rare signed limited edition of David Bowie's Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust; signed by him and photographer Mick Rock
BOWIE, David. Photographs and Captions by Mick Rock.
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2002.
First edition, signed limited issue of this profusely illustrated homage to one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, David Bowie. Folio, original quarter leathers over illustrated boards, photographic endpapers, all edges silver, illustrated with photographs by Mick Rock. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock, this is number 683. Housed in the original publisher's decorative lidded box. In fine condition.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 138421
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First Edition Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Signed by J.K Rowling and several members of the 2007 film cast including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Tom Felton
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
London : Bloomsbury, 2003.
First edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed by several primary members of the 2007 film cast on the front free endpaper and pastedown, including: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore), Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley), and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom). Fine in a fine dust jacket with a "Signed by the Author at Waterstones" sticker to the front panel.…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 143822
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Rare 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover Signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
Edmund Hillary Signed 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover.
Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2003.
Original May 2003 edition of The National Geographic Magazine cover signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers featuring a portrait of Hillary wearing a winter jacket. Signed by Hillary in black felt tip on the front panel, "Ed Hillary." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146008
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First American Edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books: An Imprint of Scholastic Press, 2003.
First American edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary GrandPre. Jacket design by Mary GrandPre and David Snyder. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145090
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First Edition of The Essential John Nash; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist John F. Nash
NASH, John F.; Edited by Harold W. Kuhn and Sylvia Nasar.
The Essential John Nash.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.
First edition of this volume which compiles John Nash's most well-known papers. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed John F. Nash, Jr. on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Grady Klein.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 138031
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"And wherever they are, those Borgias, may they rest in peace": First edition of Gregory Maguire's Mirror Mirror; inscribed by him
MAGUIRE, Gregory.
Mirror Mirror.
New York: ReganBooks, 2003.
First edition of the author of Wicked's lyrical revision of the tale of Snow White. Octavo, original pictorial boards, frontispiece. Designed by Judith Stagnitto Abbate. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "'And wherever they are, those Borgias, may they rest in peace.' Gregory Maguire April 2007." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Douglas Smith. Author photograph by Jill Walsh.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 126382
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First Edition of Mandela: The Authorized Portrait; Signed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson; Foreword by Bill Clinton; Introduction by Desmond Tutu.
Mandela: The Authorized Portrait.
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003.
First edition of this illustrated biographic portrait of Mandela. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela. Additionally signed by Mac Maharaj, who served as editor of this volume Fine in a fine dust jacket. A magnificent copy, exceptionally rare signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 3958
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"That it happened as it did and that it now forms parts of reality is moving proof of the power of fiction, that beguiling lie which every so often comes true in the most unexpected ways": First American edition of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Language of Passion; inscribed by him to fellow poet Robert Lima
LLOSA, Mario Vargas.
The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
First American edition of this selection of commentary from Vargas Llosa's "Touchstone" column. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Con recordo afection para Roberto Lima, de tu viejo amigo M V/L 10 de abril de 208." The recipient, Cuban-born American award-winning poet, literary critic, and playwright Robert Lima was a professor emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literatures at Pennsylvania State University, as well as fellow emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. His passion for archaeology and the connected mythologies of various civilizations motivated…
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137075
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“The words dance in my head to the music in my mouth": First Edition of Toni Morrison's Love: A Novel; Signed by Her
MORRISON, Toni.
Love: A Novel.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 139453
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First Edition of The End of the Earth; Inscribed by Him
MATTHIESSEN, Peter.
End of the Earth: Voyages to Antarctica.
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2003.
First edition of this “luminous and haunting work . . . the contemporary Thoreau" (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ian Kind Regards Peter Matthiessen." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bea Jackson. With photographs by Birgit Freybe Bateman.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 130747
