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First Edition of Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser; Inscribed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew .
Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser 1977-1981.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.
First edition of Brzezinski's memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ross Becker- with best wishes, Zbigniew Brzezinski." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Garrett Loube Design Associates.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 144069
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“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware": Rare First Edition in Martin Buber's I and Thou; Signed by Him
BUBER, Martin.
Ich und Du [I and Thou].
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1923.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original illustrated boards as issued. Boldly signed by Martin Buber on the title page. In fine condition. We have never seen another signed first edition.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 135492
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Signed Limited Edition of John Buchan's A History of the Great War
BUCHAN, John.
A History of the Great War.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922.
Signed limited edition of Buchan's classic work, one of 500 numbered examples. Octavo, 8 volumes. Signed by John Buchan. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 125029
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William Buchan's Domestic Medicine: Or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines; from the library of American journalist William Safire
BUCHAN, William [William Safire].
Domestic Medicine: Or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines.
London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Caldwell and W. Davies, Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1803.
Early printing of the book that brought detailed descriptions of the causes and prevention of diseases to the domestic home for the first time. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Title page, advertisement and preface supplied in facsimile. From the library of William Safire, although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 129584
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"If you will see one justice done in this particular I shall feel forever obliged to you": Rare Autograph Letter Signed by President James Buchanan to Philadelphia Publisher Mathew Carey
BUCHANAN, James [Mathew Carey].
James Buchanan Autograph Letter Signed.
1825.
Autograph letter signed entirely in the hand of the 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan to Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey. Addressed to Mathew Carey, the letter reads, "Lancaster 24 October 1825. Dear Sir, I have a favor to ask you which I feel assured you will grant. Your maxim, I know, both in public and private life is to render justice to all men. I have heard with surprise from several respectable sources that I have been denounced in Philadelphia by many as an enemy to internal imprisonment. This has arisen from what is alleged in your city to…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 95838
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First Editions of the Collected Works of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist’s Collected Works; Each Volume Signed by Him
BUCHANAN, James M.
The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan.
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999-2002.
First editions of each of volume that comprise the collected works of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan's papers. Each volume is signed and dated by James M. Buchanan. Octavo, original half cloth, 19 volumes. In fine condition, dust jackets were not issued for these volumes.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 2374
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First Editions of the Collected Works of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist’s Collected Works; Warmly Inscribed by Him to his Assistant of 46 Years
BUCHANAN, James M.
The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan.
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999-2002.
First editions of each of volume that comprise the collected works of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan's papers. Octavo, original half cloth, 20 volumes. Eighteen of the twenty volumes are association copies warmly inscribed in the year of publication by James Buchanan to his assistant of 46 years, Betty H. Tillman, the second person Buchanan phoned on October 16, 1986 (after his wife, Ann) when he learned he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics (see Buchanan, 'Notes on Nobelity,' in Better than Plowing: And Other Personal Essays, University of Chicago Press 1992). Only Volumes 11 and 20…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 26023
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"If men should cease and desist from their talk about and their search for evil men and commence to look instead at the institutions manned by ordinary people, wide avenues for genuine social reform might appear": First Edition of The Calculus of Consent; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Economist James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock
BUCHANAN, James M. and Gordon Tullock.
The Calculus Of Consent.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly inscribed by both James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that has a few small closed tears. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed first edition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 39005
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First Edition of The Return to Increasing Returns; Inscribed by James M. Buchanan to his Secretary
BUCHANAN, James M. and Yong J. Yoon.
The Return to Increasing Returns.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by James Buchanan on the title page, "To Betty, another to add to your list on the shelves. J. Fairfax April 94." The recipient, Betty H. Tillman, was his assistant for 46 years and was the second person Buchanan phoned on October 16, 1986 (after his wife, Ann) when he learned he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics (see Buchanan, ‘Notes on Nobelity,’ in Better than Plowing: And Other Personal Essays, University of Chicago Press 1992). Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 33048
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First edition of We'll Laugh Again; inscribed by Art Buchwald to American Journalist William Safire
BUCHWALD, Art. [William Safire].
We’ll Laugh Again.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page, "Aug 22, 2002 To Bill, you were expecting "War and Peace?" Yours, Art Buchwald." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 127932
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"And roots, if they are to bear fruits, must be kept well in the soil of the land": Rare First Edition of The Good Earth; Signed by Pearl S. Buck
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
London: Methuen & Co., 1931.
First British edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original light brown cloth. Signed by Pearl Buck on the title page. Near fine in the rare dust jacket which shows light wear to the extremities with minute expert restoration. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare signed.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 2928
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“And roots, if they are to bear fruits, must be kept well in the soil of the land": First Edition of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth; Inscribed by Her
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: John Day, 1931.
First edition, first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Pearl Buck on the half-title page. Buck also underlined the error "flees" on page 100, and marked it with an arrow on the left margin. It is interesting to note that Buck knew the first issue points and makes note of it. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some tape repairs to the verso. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 80122
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Signed Limited Edition of Pearl S. Buck's China: Past and Present
BUCK, Pearl S.
China: Past and Present.
New York: The John Day Company, 1972.
Signed limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Quarto, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Contains photographs from Magnum photographers, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rene Burri, Hiroshi Hamaya, Marc Riboud and Helen Snow.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 132282
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First Edition, First Issue of Pearl Buck's Masterpiece The Good Earth; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition, first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated endpapers. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket with some professional restoration. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 138099
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First Edition of Pearl Buck's Classic First Novel The Good Earth; Finely Bound the Harcourt Bindery
BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth.
New York: The John Day Company, 1931.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 143665
