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First Edition of Health Security: The President's Report to the American People; Inscribed by Hillary Clinton
CLINTON, Bill and Hillary.
Health Security: The President’s Report to the American People.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this work by the 42nd President of the United States and First Lady. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hillary Rodham Clinton on the front free endpaper, "To Ann Marie and Hank Dullea with best wishes Hillary Rodham Clinton." In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 41032
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"Is it true? Have we really been there?": First Edition of Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya
BENUZZI, Felice.
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure.
London: William Kimber, 1952.
First edition in English of this mountaineering classic recounting the 1943 attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya. Octavo, original cloth, map endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the crown and overall wear, tape repair to the verso. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 42030
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First Edition of Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis; Signed by Him
DELILLO, Don.
Cosmopolis.
New York: Scribners, 2003.
First edition of DeLillo's thirteenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Don Delillo on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fullbrook III.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 68031
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“For a little while when we were lovers I breathed the air from the high places where love comes from, and I can't no more come down": Rare First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's Hungry Hearts; Signed by Her
YEZIERSKA, Anzia.
Hungry Hearts.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
First edition of Anzia Yezierska's rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Anzia Yezierska on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a trace of edge wear in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears to the extremities. Rare signed and especially so in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 42019
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“There is justice nowhere for a fool. A fool they whip even in the Holy Temple”: First Edition of Anzia Yezierska's The Bread Givers
YEZIERSKA, Anzia .
Bread Givers: A Novel.
Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925.
First edition of the author's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 42014
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Rare First Edition The Seeding and Care of Golf Courses
SCOTT, O.M.
The Seeding and Care of Golf Courses.
Marysville, OH: O.M. Scott & Sons, 1922.
First edition. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Illustrated with vignette drawings stamped in green throughout. Rare.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 41089
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"For Francis, the first of us to think sensibly as to what the Central Dogma tells us about the origin of life, from Jim, upon the 35th anniversary of the Double Helix": First Edition of Evolution of Catalytic Function: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology; inscribed by James D. Watson to Francis Crick
WATSON, James D. [Francis Crick].
Evolution of Catalytic Function: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology.
Cold Spring, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1987.
First edition of the collected speeches of the 52nd Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Foreword by James D. Watson. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated with photographs, diagrams. Association copy, inscribed by James Watson to Francis Crick on the front free endpaper, "For Francis, the first of us to think sensibly as to what the Central Dogma tells us about the origin of life, from Jim, upon the 35th anniversary of the Double Helix. April 10, 1988." Also signed by Francis Crick. A unique piece of history between arguably the two most influential scientists of the twentieth century, co-discoverers…
Price: $22,000.00 Item Number: 41053
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Signed and Dated in 1959 by The Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Signed Photograph: United Jewish Appeal.
1959.
Photograph of David Ben-Gurion signed and dated in 1959 by him in Hebrew, presented to Max Goldweber in appreciation from The United Jewish Appeal. The UJA-Federation, as it is known today, was created from the 1986 merger of the United Jewish Appeal, established in 1939, and the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, a predecessor organization established in 1917. It is the largest local philanthropy in the world. Headquartered in New York City, the organization raises and allocates funds annually to fulfill a mission to “care for people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 41088
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Large Lithograph of Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Albert Schweitzer; Signed by Him and Artist William Sharp
SCHWEITZER, Albert; Artist William Sharp.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Lithograph.
Signed by the artist William Sharp in pencil. Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer, "A Mr John Zuber avec mes bonnes pensees Albert Schweitzer. Lambarene 13. Juin 1960." The translation reads, "To Mr John Zuber with my good wishes Albert Schweitzer Lambarene 13th June 1960." Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life”, expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa. The lithograph measures 14.5 inches by 11.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 41060
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First Edition of Shelby Foote's Follow Me Down; Inscribed by Him
FOOTE, Shelby.
Follow Me Down.
New York: Dial Press, 1950.
First edition of this Faulknerian novel by the author of the acclaimed trilogy The Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dorothy Abbott from Shelby Foote Memphis 30 Jan 81." Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 42010
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“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood": First Edition of Martin Luther King's Strength to Love; Inscribed by Him
KING JR., Martin Luther.
Strength to Love.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
First edition of Dr. King’s second book, of which Coretta Scott King noted, “If there is one book Martin Luther King, Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives, it is Strength to Love.” Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Major Ernest D. Muse With Best Wishes Martin Luther King." Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and a few small closed tears. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Dr. King.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 41050
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"Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?": Finely Bound Set of Havelock Ellis' Studies in the Psychology of Sex
ELLIS, Havelock.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex.
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, 1905-1910.
Finely bound set of Havelock Ellis' landmark work Studies in the Psychology of Sex. Octavo, 6 volumes. Bound in three quarters levant morocco by Stikeman and Company, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers. In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 28043
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First Edition of Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structures; Lengthily Signed by Him
CHOMSKY, Noam.
Syntactic Structures.
The Hague: Mouton & Company, 1957.
First edition of Chomsky's landmark first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the added words, "Syntax is the study of the principle and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular languages Noam Chomsky." Near fine in wrappers. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 41018
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"Up to now he had spoken slowly, pausing between phrases. But now the words came fast, like fencing thrusts.": First Edition of Shelby Foote's Love in A Dry Season; Inscribed by Him
FOOTE, Shelby.
Love In A Dry Season.
New York: The Dial Press, 1951.
First edition of Foote's third novel which anticipates much of the subject matter of his monumental Civil War trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Dennis Cross from Shelby Foote 13 Oct 90." The recipient was a friend of Foote's. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 41015
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Rare First Edition of Henry Hazlitt’s Classic Economics In One Lesson; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Journalist Benjamin Stolberg
HAZLITT, Henry.
Economics In One Lesson.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946.
First edition of the author’s seminal work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow journalist and close friend on the front free endpaper, "To Ben Stolberg with warm regards Harry Hazlitt." Stolberg worked as editor of The Bookman, as well as a columnist for leading newspapers, such as the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. Both he and Hazlitt were contributors to The New York Times. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few closed tears. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A nice association copy of a book…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 41012
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"unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!": Rare Mimeographed Sheets of The Howl Produced for its First Reading. Preceding the First Edition and signed by Ginsberg and five others present at the Six Gallery in October of 1955
GINSBERG, Allen.
Howl, for Carl Solomon. Mimeographed for the Six Gallery Reading.
Two sheets from an exceptionally rare privately produced mimeographed printing of Howl, preceding the first edition. One of 25 copies printed on rectos only in purple ink typed by the poet Robert Creeley and printed by Marthe Rexroth at S.F State, where she was a secretary, for the famous Six Gallery reading (also known as Six Angels in the Same Performance). This event, which took place at 3110 Fillmore Street in San Francisco on October 7, 1955 was the first important public poetry exhibition heralding the West Coast literary revolution of the Beat Generation. At the reading, five talented young poets—Allen…
Price: $35,000.00 Item Number: 40140