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First edition of John Updike's Due Considerations; inscribed by Updike to Erica Jong
UPDIKE, John [Erica Jong].
Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of Updike's sixth collection of essays and literary criticism. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Erica Jong who is in the index with my warm regards, John." The recipient, 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 the throes of the Sexual Revolution of…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142377
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First Edition of Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence; Inscribed by Him
GREENSPAN, Alan.
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures In A New World.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2007.
First edition of the former Federal Reserve Chairman's memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Adam Best Wishes Alan Greenspan." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144126
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Joe Biden's Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics; Inscribed by Him
BIDEN, Joe.
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.
New York: Random House, 2007.
First edition, early printing of “this compelling personal story” (The New York Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Darlene Dolson With best wishes Joe 8.25.07." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Stevenson.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117774
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First Edition of Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward's Firing Back; lengthily inscribed by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
SONNENFELD, Jeffrey; Andrew Ward.
Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters.
Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
First edition of Sonnenfeld and Ward's collection of professional comeback stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sonnenfeld on the front free endpaper with a full-page inscription, "7/24/08 To David a brilliant inspiring, candid leader and wise experienced consultant - Best wishes - Jeff Sonnendfeld." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 121090
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First Edition of Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties; Signed by Michael Lesy
LESY, Michael.
Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties.
New York: Norton, 2007.
First Edition. Octavo, black cloth with gilted titles to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Michael Lesy on the half title page.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 799
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From the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First edition of Jay Winik's The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World; inscribed by him to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WINIK, Jay. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800.
New York: HarperCollins, 2007.
First edition of Winik's "cinematic reconstruction of the birth of the modern world" (Robert Dallek). Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Chevy Chase, MD Dec. 2007 To Ruth Bader Ginsburg & Marty Ginsburg Who in our own day continues the rich legacies of our Founders! With best wishes and much admiration Jay Winik." 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…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 146983
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First Edition of Exit Ghost; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
Exit Ghost.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
First edition of the author's final novel in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1589
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“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think": First edition of Einstein: His Life and Universe; Signed by Walter Isaacson
ISAACSON, Walter.
Einstein: His Life and Universe.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
First edition of the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Walter Isaacson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by David Ter-Avanesyan.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144608
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First Edition of Reading the Man; Signed by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
PRYOR, Elizabeth Brown.
Reading the Man.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of this “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Elizabeth Brown Pryor on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 117223
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Signed Limited First Edition of Making Money; signed by Terry Pratchett
PRATCHETT, Terry.
Making Money.
London: Doubleday, 2007.
Signed limited first edition of the 36th novel in the 'Discworld' series. Octavo, original glittered cloth. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 669. In fine condition. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145034
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First Edition of Norman Podhoretz's World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism; Signed by Him
PODHORETZ, Norman.
World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism.
New York: Doubleday , 2007.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Norman Podhoretz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 33023
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First Edition of Nathan Glazer's From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City; Inscribed by Him
GLAZER, Nathan.
From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture’s Encounter with the American City.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.
First edition of this work by the co-author of The Lonely Crowd. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Chris and Kathy, Dear friends and neighbors! Nathan May 3, 2007." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 44001
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"I don't think there is such a thing as a good war. There are sometimes necessary wars. And I think one might say, "just" wars. I never questioned the necessity of that war. And I still do not question it. It was something that had to be done": First edition of The War: Inscribed by Ken Burns
WARD, Geoffrey C. & Ken Burns.
The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this companion volume to the documentary by Ken Burns. Folio, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Ken Burns, "To Robert Sargent Fay with thanks and best wishes Ken Burns." The recipient was a consulting photographer for the PBS documentary of the life of Mark Twain, directed by Ken Burns. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144242
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First Edition of Exit Ghost; Signed by Philip Roth and Artist Milton Glaser
ROTH, Philip [Milton Glaser].
Exit Ghost.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
First edition of the author's final novel in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Additionally signed by artist Milton Glaser on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 71974
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First Edition of Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Tommie.
Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007.
First edition of this powerful autobiography by the Olympic gold medalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Michelle- Enjoy Life, it's divine Tommie Smith 1968 Olympics." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kate Nichols. Written with David Steele.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 117701
