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"I FIRST MET HIM IN PIRAEUS": KAZANTZAKIS’ ZORBA THE GREEK; Lengthily signed by the work's translator Peter Bien
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos. Translated by Peter A. Bien.
Zorba The Greek.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Early printing of of this new translation of Kazantzakis' masterpiece and basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by translator Peter Bien with the opening line of the novel on the front free endpaper, "I first met him in Piraeus Peter Bien 3-27-23." Peter Bien translated a number of Kazantzakis' works, most notably this translation of Zorba the Greek. This edition translated, directly from Kazantzakis’s Greek original, is a more faithful rendition of his original language, ideas, and story, and presents Zorba as the author meant him to be. In fine condition. Cover design by Marilyn Dantes.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 141461
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First Edition of How Google Works; Signed by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
SCHMIDT, Eric and Jonathan Rosenberg.
How Google Works.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
First edition of this "informative and creatively multilayered Google guidebook from the businessman's perspective" (Kirkus). Octavo, original boards. Signed by both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jonathan Jarvis. Written with Alan Eagle. Foreword by Larry Page.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 117377
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"The only thing crueler than a cage so small that a bird can’t fly is a cage so large that a bird thinks it can fly": First Edition of Caroline Kepnes' You
KEPNES, Caroline.
You: A Novel.
New York: Atria/Emily Bestseller Books, 2014.
First edition of the first book in the best-selling 'You' series, which spawned the popular Netflix show by the same name starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Natalie C. Sousa. Author photograph by Katheen Szmit.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146059
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"People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it": First Edition of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Stephen King’s First Book Carrie; Signed by Him
KING, Stephen.
Carrie.
England: PS Publishing, 2014.
First edition of the 40th Anniversary edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated glossy boards, original slipcase. Although not called for signed by Stephen King on the title page. Signed by Glenn Chadbourne, James Lovegrove and Kim Newman. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in fine condition. Illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne; Introduction by Glenn Chadbourne and the preface by Kim Newman. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 123034
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First Edition of The Arrow Impossibility Theorem; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz
ARROW, Kenneth; Eric Maskin; Amartya Sen; Joseph Stiglitz and Partha Dasgupta .
The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series).
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.
First edition of this work which explores Kenneth Arrow's impossibility theorem. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sen on the front free endpaper, "To John, best wishes always Amartya Sen 3.31.15." Additionally signed by Joseph Stiglitz, who contributed to this volume on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Noah Arlow.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145886
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“Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious": Signed Limited Edition of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman
LEE, Harper.
Go Set A Watchman.
London: William Heinemann, 2015.
Signed limited edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco. One of a 100 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 5503
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“Life is a series of unlikely events, isn’t it?": First edition of In The Unlikely Event; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
In the Unlikely Event.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
First edition of one of only four adult books written in Blume's career. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Judy Blume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144301
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First Edition of Matt Haig's A Boy Called Christmas; Signed by Him
HAIG, Matt.
A Boy Called Christmas.
London: Canongate, 2015.
First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Matt Haig on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rafaela Romaya. Illustrations by Chris Mould.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 125921
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“Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious": Signed Limited Edition of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman
LEE, Harper.
Go Set A Watchman.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.
Signed limited edition of the author's second novel. Octavo. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Harper Lee. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition with the original shipping carton.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 7352
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FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S CAREER OF EVIL
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
Career of Evil.
London: Sphere, 2015.
First edition of the third novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nico Taylor.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136054
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First Edition of Milan Kundera's The Festival of Insignificance; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
KUNDERA, Milan.
The Festival of Insignificance: A Novel.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2015.
First edition of Kundera's eleventh fictional work. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated by Milan Kundera in the the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Linda Asher.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 26003
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First Edition of So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Patrick Modiano to Philip Roth
MODIANO, Patrick [Philip Roth].
So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood.
Boston/ New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
First edition in English of this haunting novel of suspense. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to fellow writer Philip Roth, "Pour Philip, avec toute mon amitie Patrick Modiano." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Moore. Translated from the French by Euan Cameron. From the library of Philip Roth. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 117832
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First Edition of The Givenness of Things: Essays; Signed by Pulitzer-Prize winning Author Marilynne Robinson
ROBINSON, Marilynne.
The Givenness of Things: Essays.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2015.
First edition of this collection of essays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Marilynne Robinson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Strick and Williams.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 12057
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First edition of March: Book Two; inscribed by John Lewis and signed by Andrew Aydin
LEWIS, John; Andrew Aydin.
March: Book Two.
Marietta: Top Shelf Productions, 2015.
First edition of the second book in John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's March trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Lewis on the half-title page, "To Thom Thank you. John Lewis" and signed by Andrew Aydin. In fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 118963
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"We gain knowledge of our place in the universe not only from science but also from history, art and literature": First Edition of Dreams and Sky; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Dreams of Earth and Sky.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2015.
First edition of this sequel to Dyson's 2006 The Scientist as Rebel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the half-title page with the following line from this work, "We gain knowledge of our place in the universe not only from science but also from history, art and literature. Freeman Dyson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Johnston. A unique example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 110448
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"with thanks for friendly help": First Edition of Steven Weinberg's To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science; Warmly Inscribed by Him
WEINBERG, Steven.
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science.
New York: Harper, 2015.
First edition of this “thoughtful history of science” (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by on the title page, "To Roy Snodgrass with thanks for friendly help Steven Weinberg." The recipient was a close friend of the authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milan Bozic.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125653