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First Edition of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment; Signed by Daniel Kahneman and Cass R. Sunstein
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Olivier Sibony; Cass R. Sunstein .
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.
London: William Collins, 2021.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones—"a tour de force” (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed on the title page by, "Daniel Kahneman and Cass R. Sunstein. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145794
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First Edition of Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras; Signed by Phil Pepe
FORD, Whitey with Phil Pepe; Foreword by Yogi Berra.
Few and Chosen: Defining Yankee Greatness Across the Eras.
Chicago: Triumph Books, 2001.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on the Yankees. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Phil Pepe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, sticker to the front panel. Foreword by Yogi Berra.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145762
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"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more": THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN; Finely Bound
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Works of Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma].
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1925.
The works of Jane Austen containing each of her major novels, wonderfully illustrated with color plates. Octavo, 10 volumes bound in half morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with color plates. Contains Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and The Watstons. In fine condition. An exceptional set.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 133258
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First Edition of The Cider House Rules; Warmly inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
The Cider House Rules.
New York: William Morrow , 1985.
First edition of Irving's sixth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rob with my appreciation John Irving." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the top edge. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145774
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First Edition of Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics; Inscribed by Jane Jacobs in the Year of Publication
JACOBS, Jane.
Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics.
New York: Random House, 1993.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "I hope you enjoy this, Barbara Fryrear, Sincerely, Jane Jacobs Dallas May 1993." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Book design by Carole Lowenstein.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 145777
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"The availability of books is not the same as reading them, nor reading the same as understanding them": Laurence Sterne’s Masterpiece The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy; signed by Laurence Sterne in volumes V, VII, and IX
STERNE, Laurence.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1760-1767.
First and mixed editions of all nine volumes of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language, signed by Laurence Sterne in volumes V, VII, and IX as called for. Small octavo, nine volumes bound into five in full contemporary calf with elaborate gilt tooling and morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, engraved frontispieces after Hogarth to volumes I and III, half-titles in volumes V, VII and IX (as called for). Signed by the…
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 144538
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Signed Limited First Edition of John Irving's A Prayer For Owen Meany
IRVING, John.
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1989.
Signed limited first edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, frontispiece by Cary Henrie. Boldly signed by John Irving. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 132114
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First Edition of Advise and Consent; Inscribed by Allen Drury to United States Senator Richard Byrd
DRURY, Allen.
Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1959.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Senator Byrd with friendship and best regards Allen Drury." The recipient, Richard Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd also served as a U.S. Representative for six years, from 1953 until 1959. He remains the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history; he was the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress until surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan; he was the last remaining member of…
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 119883
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First Edition of Economics: Principles and Policy; Inscribed by William Baumol and Alan Blinder
BAUMOL, William J.and Alan S. Blinder.
Economics: Principles and Policy.
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1979.
First edition of this cornerstone of economics, which is now in its thirteenth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "For John Will B. and "With best wishes, A. Blinder 9/16/15." In near fine condition, sticker to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144390
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“A picture means I know where I was every minute. That’s why I take pictures. It’s a visual diary": First Edition of Andy Warhol's Exposures; Signed by Andy Warhol
WARHOL, Andy.
Andy Warhol’s Exposures.
New York: Andy Warhol Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1979.
First edition of Warhol’s candid and engaging photobook. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145778
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“The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice”: First Edition of H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau
WELLS, H.G.
The Island of Doctor Moreau.
London: William Heinemann, 1896.
First edition, first issue of “the ultimate science fiction novel and the ultimate horror story” (Gene Wolfe). Octavo, original publisher's pictorial tan cloth stamped in red and black, tissue-guarded frontispiece. First issue with 33pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear and in Currey’s (B) binding lacking monogram on rear board. Hammond B3; Currey p. 520; Wells 8. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A very sharp example.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145003
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First Edition of The Party That Lost Its Head; Inscribed by George Gilder to William F. Buckley
GILDER, George F. & Bruce K. Chapman [William F. Buckley.
The Party That Lost Its Head: The Republican Collapse and Imperatives for Revival.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer William F. Buckley on the front free endpaper, "For William Buckley with a credit for early stylistic inspiration George Gilder." Some notes in Buckley’s hand, near fine in a very good dust jacket. The author, George Gilder worked for many years at the National Review, the political magazine founded in 1955 by William F. Buckley. Buckley’s thinking has loomed large on Gilder, with the latter writing in regards to God and Man at Yale, ''it is still correct and…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2939
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"Undoubtedly the most influential of all English language versions of the Bible": Rare 1613 folio edition of the GREAT KING JAMES "SHE" BIBLE; extra-illustrated and decorated with a large fore-edge painting
[BIBLE],.
[The King James “She” Bible]. The Holy Bible: Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
London: Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majestie, 1613.
Rare 1613 folio edition of the great King James "She" Bible", "the true 1613 folio edition of King James' Bible; easily distinguishable from the other large folio editions by its smaller type... The preliminary leaves are set up as in the other large folio editions, but the text is printed in smaller type with 72 instead of 59 lines to the full column" (Herbert; Darlow & Moule). From the library of famed collector Alfred Sutro and decorated with a large fore-edge painting by John T. Beer. Folio, bound in full 19th century paneled calf rebacked with older spine labels preserved, gilt tiles and ruling to the spine in seven compartments within…
Price: $125,000.00 Item Number: 145500
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“I fear neither death nor fire, being prepared for both": Rare fourth edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs
FOXE, John.
Acts and Monuments of matters of most speciall and memorable happenyng in the Church, with an Universall history of the same…Newly revised and recognized. [Foxe’s Book of Martyrs].
London: John Daye, 1583.
Fourth edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs (as it was later known), and the last to be published in his lifetime. The first English edition was published in 1563. Folio, 2 volumes bound into one in full near contemporary full brown calf over beveled boards elaborately stamped and paneled in blind, rebacked, seven raised bands to the spine, later brass fixtures to the front and rear panels, text in two columns, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout. Text lacks preliminaries and title-page, and first five leaves remounted and partially restored (with significant loss to text), and final twenty leaves with significant chipping.…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145220
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"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get": First edition of Tap Dancing To Work; Signed by Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis
BUFFETT, Warren E. & Collected and Expanded by Carol Loomis.
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything.
New York: Portfolio / Penguin, 2013.
First edition of this collection of writings by and about Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Joseph Perez.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145816
