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First Edition of Friedman's Sampling Inspection; Signed by Him and In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
Sampling Inspection: Principles, Procedures, and Tables for Single, Double, and Sequential Sampling in Acceptance Inspection and Quality Control Based on Percent Defective.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1948.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Milton Friedman on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Scarce in the original dust jacket and signed by Friedman
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 138192
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SIGNED BY THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON AND THE ARTIST WHO DESIGNED THE POSTAGE STAMP COMMEMORATING THAT MOMENT
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Paul Calle.
“Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong” Signed Limited Edition Paul Calle Print.
April 1997.
Signed limited lithographic print of Paul Calle's pencil sketch of Neil Armstrong captured as he suited up on July 16, 1969 in preparation for his launch to the moon. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Armstrong, this is number 243. Additionally signed by Paul Calle beneath his printed facsimile signature. New York born artist Paul Calle was one of eight artists chosen by NASA in 1962 to document the U.S. space program and was the only artist present when the crew of Apollo 11 prepared to enter the spacecraft for their historic mission. Four days later Armstrong became the…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 142783
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"Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle cats come one come all: the jellicle moon is shining bright- jellicles come to the jellicle ball": Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats; Inscribed by T.S. Eliot
ELIOT, T.S.
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1960.
Later printing of Eliot's beloved collection of whimsical feline poems which served as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 megamusical phenomenon Cats. Octavo, original yellow pictorial cloth, illustrated by T. S. Eliot. Association copy, inscribed by the author to portrait painter Sir Gerald Kelly on the front free endpaper, "For Gerald Kelly with the warm regards & admiration of the author of these verses and the illustrator, T.S. Eliot (O.P.)" Eliot and the recipient, Gerard Kelly, struck up a close friendship back in the early 1920s, and in 1960 Kelly was commissioned to paint a portrait of Eliot, which…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 145467
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"AND FOR ALL I KNOW HE IS SITTING THERE STILL, UNDER HIS FAVORITE CORK TREE, SMELLING THE FLOWERS JUST QUIETLY" FIRST EDITION OF THIS BELOVED CHILDREN’S CLASSIC THE STORY OF FERDINAND
LEAF, Munro; Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
The Story of Ferdinand.
New York: The Viking Press, 1936.
First edition of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, original half tan cloth, illustrated endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the price of $1.00 on the front flap. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 116795
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“The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us": Signed Limited First Editions of Jurassic Park and The Lost World and with an original drawing by legendary designer CHIP KIDD in Each Volume
CRICHTON, Michael.
Jurassic Park and The Lost World.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1990 & 1995.
Signed limited first editions of Crichton's gripping, bestselling scientific thriller and its sequel The Lost World. Octavo, 2 volumes, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. Both volumes signed by Michael Crichton and with an original drawing of the iconic dust jacket dinosaur by jacket designer Chip Kidd in each volume. In fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 146818
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First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's All the Sad Young Men
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
All the Sad Young Men.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
First edition, first issue of Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell case.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 139276
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Ken Gormley's The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History; Inscribed by Bill Bader to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
GORMLEY, Ken; [Bill Bader] [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History.
New York: New York University Press, 2016.
First edition of this "fluidly fashioned collection of essays about how the roster of American presidents shaped the executive duties as defined in the Constitution" (Kirkus Reviews). Octavo, original half cloth, original red silk ribbon, illustrated with black and white images. Association copy, inscribed by Bill Bader on the front free endpaper, "For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with great admiration and best wishes, - Bill Bader, 12 April, 2016." 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…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 146581
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First Edition of Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello; Inscribed with a painting by Orson Welles
MAC LIAMMOIR, Michael; Preface by Orson Welles.
Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello.
London: Methuen, 1952.
First edition of this work on the film Othello. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Welles as Othello. Association copy, inscribed by Orson Welles and with a painting (self-portrait) done by him across the front endpaper and the front pastedown of a self-portrait of Welles in black, purple and yellow paint and is inscribed "For Lennie with much love and a tiny pinch of salt Orson." The recipient, New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons was an early champion of Welles and the two were close friends for decades. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable with such…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 43050
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First Edition of "one of the classical works in the history of economics" and "the beginning of sociology": Frederic Morton Eden's The State of the Poor
EDEN, Sir Frederic Morton.
The State of the Poor: Or an History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period; in Which are Particularly Considered Their Domestic Economy with Respect to Diet, Dress, Fuel and Habitation.
London: J. Davis, for B. & J. White, G. & G. Robinson, T. Payne, 1797.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, 3 volumes, bound mottled full calf, raised bands, gilt titles to the spine, gilt lined, black morocco spine labels. In excellent condition with the folding table facing p. viii of the appendix in Volume III.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 20029
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first edition of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of the Island
MONTGOMERY, L. M.
Anne of the Island.
Boston: The Page Company, 1915.
First edition, first printing of the third title in Montgomery's beloved Anne of Green Gables series with all first issue points including stated first impression on copyright page, 1915 date in roman numerals on title page. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and mounted cover illustration in color by H. Weston Taylor, 16 pages of publisher’s advertisements bound at rear. Near fine in a later issue dust jacket with a few small closed tears.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 135042
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"So figure some way to explain to her, boy, you know women better’n I do...": Rare autograph letter signed by Jack Kerouac to close friend Ed White
KEROUAC, Jack.
Jack Kerouac Autograph Letter Signed.
1954.
Rare autograph letter signed by Jack Kerouac to close friend Ed White. Bifoliate leaf, one page covered; pencil. With envelope addressed in autograph, postmarked Jamaica, New York. The letter reads in full, "Fri. Jan. 7 Dear Ed - For reasons completely unexplainable to someone like Beverly I'd on New Year's Eve made a vow not to leave the house (my hermitage) till I'd accomplished 2 things, (1) a certain piece of writing, (2) a certain term of reading - study and tranquil meditation - so when she called last night I had nothing to say in defense of my private…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 145634
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First Edition of Berger and Luckmann's The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge; Inscribed by both Berger and Luckmann
BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann.
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1966.
First edition of one of the most important sociological texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "For Hansfried, Peter and Thom L." The recipient, Hansfried Kellner was a sociologist and colleague of Peter Berger. They co-wrote two successful books together, Sociology Reinterpreted and The Homeless Mind. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives. First editions are rare, especially with such an association.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 65056
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“Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you”: Signed Limited First Edition of Kahlil Gibran's Sand and Foam
GIBRAN, Kahlil.
Sand and Foam: A Book of Aphorisms.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.
Signed limited edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth over marbled boards, number 33 of 95 copies, signed by Kahlil Gibran. Illustrated with seven drawings by the author. In near fine condition.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 131582
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"We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that": First Edition of Bernard Malamud’s The Natural; Inscribed by Him To Close Friends
MALAMUD, Bernard.
The Natural.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1952.
First edition of the author's first book, and one of the greatest baseball novels of all time. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy with the slip laid in for a release date of August 21, 1952. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper one month before the date of publication, "For Susie and Paul Cordially Bern July, 1952." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover art by Simon Goltche. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 100076
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"She knows everything about the plaza": First edition of Kay Thompson's Eloise; Signed by Her and illustrator Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955.
First edition of the first book in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. Quartos, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by both the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper, "Kay Thompson AND HILARY KNIGHT WITH ME, ELOISE!" Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed by both Thompson and Knight.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 133814
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Rare first edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Evening Tales' lengthily inscribed by him
HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
Evening Tales: Done Into English from the French of Frederic Ortoli.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
First edition of the author's charming collection of children's stories. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "My dear Field: As you have made me a millionaire, it is an easy matter to present you this book, which was already yours. It is also easy as well as true to say that I am Faithfully yours: Joel Chandler Harris. This is Mr. Rabbit that runs in the grass - Oh rise up ladies, and let him pass." The recipient, Eugene Field, as an American writer, best known for his children's…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 133051