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First Edition of F. A. Hayek's Money, Capital, and Fluctuations: Early Essays
HAYEK, F. A; Roy McCloughry.
Money, Capital, and Fluctuations: Early Essays.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays on monetary and capital theory, the business cycle, and the history of economic analysis. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146655
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"The American dream was not supposed to look like this": First Edition of Nelson DeMille's The General's Daughter
DEMILLE, Nelson.
The General’s Daughter.
New York: Warner Books, 1992.
First edition of this unforgettable military mystery novel and basis for the 1999 film of the same name, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anthony Russo. Jacket illustration by Stanislaw Fernandez.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146906
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First edition of Alain Colas' Around the World Alone; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
COLAS, Alain. Translated by J. F. Bernard.
Around the World Alone.
New York: Barron's/Woodbury, 1978.
First edition of Colas' riveting account of his 1978 voyage around the world aboard his 70-foot trimaran the Manureva. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 20 color plates. From the library of of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest…
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 115225
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"I simply raise the curtain on the human comedy I have witnessed, and present what I have seen, and heard, often in whispers and asides": First edition of Paul Johnson's Brief Lives
JOHNSON, Paul.
Brief Lives.
Hutchinson: London, 2010.
First edition of this personal portrait of the twentieth century. Octavo, original black boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author portrait by Catrina Bovill.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 145153
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First edition of Beryl Bainbridge's Watson's Apology
BAINBRIDGE, Beryl.
Watson’s Apology.
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1984.
First edition of the award-winning author's investigation of the Stockwell Murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126810
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Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Bruce Catton's Twenty Days
KUNHARDT, Dorothy Meserve; Bruce Catton.
Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the Twenty Days and Nights that Followed – The Nation in Mourning, the Long Trip Home to Springfield.
Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1977.
Later edition of this incredibly detailed snapshot of American history based on eyewitness accounts. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout with over three hundred black and white drawings, paintings, and photographs from the photographic collection of Frederick Hill Meserve. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Brendan F. Mulvey.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146571
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"The greatest short story writer of his day": First edition of Rudyard Kipling: A Literary Appreciation by R. Thurston Hopkins
HOPKINS, R. Thurston. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: A Literary Appreciation by R. Thurston Hopkins.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1915.
First edition of R. Thurston Hopkins' anthology and appreciation of Kipling's works. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 121670
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First Edition of Veronica Mole and Dave Elliott's Enterprising Innovation: An Alternative Approach
MOLE, Veronica and Dave Elliott.
Enterprising Innovation: An Alternative Approach.
London: Frances Pinter, 1987.
First edition of the scholars' work on the implications of technological innovations. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 128263
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Limited First Edition of Louis Auchincloss' Diary of a Yuppie; Signed by Him
AUCHINCLOSS, Louis.
Diary of a Yuppie.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1986.
Signed limited first edition of this narrative portrait of a ruthless climb up the corporate ladder, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, double-page frontispiece by Jeffrey Smith. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In fine condition with a very small abrasion to the bottom edge.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146885
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First Edition of The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer
FROST, Robert.
The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963.
First edition of the collected correspondence between Frost and lifelong friend and fellow poet Louis Untermeyer. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Author photograph by Warren Rothschild.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 137256
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First edition of V.S. Pritchett's Blind Love and Other Stories
PRITCHETT, V.S.
Blind Love and Other Stories.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1969.
First edition of Pritchett's collection of humorous short stories. Octavo, original light blue cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ionicus.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 120358
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"Men often do their best work blind, for someone else's sake": First edition of Kipling Calendar: A Quotation from Kipling's Writings for Every Day in the Year
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kipling Calendar.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. .
English printing of the Kipling Calendar, containing a Kipling verse for each day of the year. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126065
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"Listen...Can you hear the thunder of ghostly hooves? The Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey!" First Corgi Yearling edition of Philip Pullman's first children's edition
PULLMAN, Philip.
Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman.
London: Corgi Yearling Books, 1998.
First Corgi Yearling edition of Pullman's first children's novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Greetings to Eileen - Philip Pullman." Cover illustration by Peter Bailey. Illustrations by Patrice Aggs. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 88117
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First Edition of Philip Pullman's Once Upon a Time in the North
PULLMAN, Philip.
Once Upon a Time in the North.
Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2008.
First edition of this masterful prequel to Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. Duodecimo, original cloth with gilt title and pictorial cover labels to the front panel, illustrated with in-line engravings by John Lawrence, immersive full-page facsimile documents, and folding pamphlets in a pocket adhered to the rear pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146926
