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First Edition of Price Theory; Signed by Milton Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
Price Theory: A Provisional Text.
Chicago: Aldine Publishing, 1962.
First edition of the economist's classic text on price theory used at the University of Chicago. Quarto, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. In near fine condition with light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 99675
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Rare First Edition of Karl Karstens Scientific Forecasting
KARSTEN, Karl.
Scientific Forecasting: Its Methods and Application to Practical Business and to Stock Market Operations.
New York: Greenberg, 1931.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original maroon cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 4387
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"The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me": First Edition of Elie Wiesels Night; Signed by Him
WIESEL, Elie.
Night.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960.
First English edition of Nobel laureate Wiesel’s masterpiece, which precedes the first American edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Cowan. Foreword by Francois Mauriac. Translated from the French by Stella Rodway. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 135118
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty; Inscribed by Her to her Granddaughter Sara Delano Roosevelt
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor [Mrs. Franklin D.
A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1935.
First edition of this early work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sara with love from her Grandma Eleanor Roosevelt Xmas 1935." The recipient, Sara Delano Roosevelt was the first daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's first son James Roosevelt and his wife Betsey Cushing Roosevelt. She notable taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1982 to 2014, where she was the director of the Art of Teaching graduate program in early childhood and childhood education from 1985 through 2014. In near fine condition. A Trip…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 139001
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Rare Signed Carte-de-Visite of Ralph Waldo Emerson
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Signed Carte-de-Visite.
Carte-de-visite of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Boldly signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson below the photograph. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. Rare.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 67039
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Philip Carret has "the best long term investment record of anyone I know" Warren Buffett: First Edition of Art of Speculation; Inscribed by Philip Carret to His Mother
CARRET, Philip L.
The Art of Speculation.
New York: Barron's, 1927.
First edition of the Wall Street legend's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his mother in the year of publication, "To my beloved mother Philip L. Carret April 11, 1927." In near fine condition. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 90564
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“Politics is war without blood, while war is politics with blood": First Edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao
MAO ZEDONG (MAO TSE-TUNG OR ZEDUNG),.
Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu. [Quotations from Chairman Mao].
Beijing: Central Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1964.
First edition of Quotations from Chairman Mao. Duodecimo, in the original iconic red vinyl, title to front cover in blind, frontispiece portrait of Chairman Mao. With the textual error on pp. 82/83 corrected and Lin Biao's calligraphic endorsement leaf after the frontispiece tipped in from a later printing. In 1972, an edict was issued that Lin's name was to be obliterated from history, following disclosures that he had plotted a coup and planned to assassinate Mao; consequently, "many surviving copies in the Chinese language have that page legitimately torn away, mutilated or censored" (Schiller, p. 36). In near fine condition.…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 100159
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“The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time": First Edition of Stephen Hawking's Landmark Work A Brief History of Time; Signed by Carl Sagan and Illustrator Ron Miller
HAWKING, Stephen W.; Introduction by Carl Sagan.
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.
London: Bantam Press, 1988.
First British edition and true first of Hawking's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Ron Miller. Signed by Carl Sagan on the title page, who wrote the introduction. Additionally signed and inscribed by the illustrator Ron Miller, who has also added a drawing. Sagan tells the following story: Sagan was in London for a scientific conference in 1974, and between sessions he wandered into a different room, where a larger meeting was taking place. "I realized that I was watching an ancient ceremony: the investiture of new fellows into the Royal Society, one of the most ancient scholarly organizations on the…
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 46009
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“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free": First Edition of Invisible Man; Signed by Ralph Ellison in the year of publication
ELLISON, Ralph.
Invisible Man.
New York: Random House, 1952.
First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes Sincerely Ralph Ellison May, 1952." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,800.00 Item Number: 146053
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"At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned": First Edition of Cormac McCarthys Child of God; Signed by the author
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
Child of God.
New York: Random House, 1973.
First edition of the author's classic third novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 141798
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Official NASA Oversized Lithograph of the Apollo 11 Liftoff; Signed by Neil Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Neil.
Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph of the Apollo 11 Launch.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969.
Official NASA lithograph of the Apollo 11 liftoff. Oversized color lithograph of the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on July 16, 1969, signed in black felt tip by Neil Armstrong. Matted. In fine condition. The piece measures 14 inches by 16.5 inches. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services Experts.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 146525
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First Edition of Mary Oliver's The Night Traveler; Signed by Twice by Her
OLIVER, Mary.
The Night Traveler.
A Bits Chapbook, 1978.
First edition of this early collection by Mary Oliver. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Mary Oliver, once on the front free endpaper and on the title page. In fine condition. Rare.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 133671
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“THE ORIGINATOR OF THE MODERN NOVEL”: FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF FLAUBERT’S MADAME BOVARY
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners.
London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece and 5 plates, 2 pages of advertisements at front and 24-page publisher's catalogue at rear dated 1886. Translated by Karl Marx’s daughter, Eleanor Marx-Aveling. In near fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example, rare in this condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 127034
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The Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy of Profiles in Courage; signed by John F. Kennedy
KENNEDY, John F.
The Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy of Profiles in Courage.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1957.
Cardinal edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work; the Honey Fitz Presidential Yacht Copy; signed by John F. Kennedy. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by John F. Kennedy on the verso of the front panel. Accompanied by a photograph album of various locations within the yacht. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example with provenance.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 134268