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First Edition of Norbert Wiener's The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society; Inscribed by Him
WIENER, Norbert.
The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Larta Blanca Norbert Wiener." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Bartlett. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 142006
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Living with an Alcoholic: With the Help of Al-Anon; Signed by Bill and Lois Wilson
WILSON, Bill and Lois.
Living with an Alcoholic: With the Help of Al-Anon.
New York: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc, 1964.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Bill and Lois Wilson on the front free endpaper, "From Lois B. Wilson, all good wishes" and "Yours, Bill." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by both Bill and Lois Wilson.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 130675
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First Edition, Presentation Copy of S. Weir Mitchell's Doctor and Patient; inscribed by him
MITCHELL, S. Weir.
Doctor and Patient.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1888.
Rare first edition, presentation copy of the father of American neurology's most popular work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Mrs. Johnson with the author's regards." Weir has also noted "25 copies large paper No. 19." In near fine condition.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 106806
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From the Library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: First Edition of Abner J. Mikva and Patti B. Saris' The American Congress: The First Branch; Inscribed by Mikva to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
MIKVA, Abner J; Patti B. Saris [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].
The American Congress: The First Branch.
New York: Franklin Watts, 1983.
First edition of this comprehensive view of the history and function of Congress. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by co-author Abner J. Mikva on the front free endpaper, "To Ruth and Mary, Friends, inspirations and nice people! Ab Mikva." His obituary in the New York Times remembers Mikva." 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 Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed…
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 146582
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Rare First Edition the author's Powerful First Novel Revolutionary Road; Inscribed And Dated By Richard Yates
YATES, Richard.
Revolutionary Road.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1961.
First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Yates on the front free endpaper, "For Jim Brady With best wishes always, Dick Yates Feb 1, 87." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Palladino. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 2784
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First Edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; Signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.
First edition of le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page, "John le Carre with best wishes 16 ix 64." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 135319
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Rare First Edition of William Martin Leake's Travels in Northern Greece; In the Original Cloth
LEAKE, William Martin.
Travels in Northern Greece.
London: J.Rodwell, 1835.
First edition of Leakes work on Northern Greece. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, 10 engraved maps and plans, some folding, and 44 plates, wood-engraved illustrations in text. In near fine condition with some toning and light wear to the extremities. Armorial bookplates to each volume. First editions in the original cloth are rare.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 63015
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"Like a bird on a wire like a drunk on a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free": First Edition of Leonard Cohen's Death of a Lady's Man; Lengthily inscribed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
Death of a Lady’s Man.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1978.
First Canadian edition (and true first), first state with "Lie down." on page 94. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "For Michael, Like a bird on a wire like a drunk on a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Leonard 29 Sept 1980." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 128929
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Signed Limited Edition; One of 250 Copies Signed by Henry M. Stanley
STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.
London: Sampson, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890.
First edition, edition de luxe, number 242 of 250 copies signed by Henry Stanley. Original half black morocco over vellum, top edges gilt, 2 volumes. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, two photogravure plates on India paper, mounted, 36 wood-engraved plates on India, mounted, 6 etchings by M.G. Montbard signed by the artist in pencil, 4 coloured maps and plans; the 2 larger folding maps mounted on linen. In near fine condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, bookplate. A very nice example.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 93277
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"If it weren't for people like you, people like me would never grasp the opportunity to learn in this land": First edition of Paul G. Kauper's Religion and Constitution; lengthily inscribed by Bill Clinton to his former high school principal Johnnie Mae Mackey
KAUPER, Paul G. (Bill Clinton).
Religion and the Constitution.
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1964.
First edition of this collection of lectures devoted to contemporary questions regarding religion in its relation to the constitutional order. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Bill Clinton on the front free endpaper, "5 - 14 - 66 Georgetown University To Mrs. Johnnie Mae Mackey, This little book is a glowing testimonial to the freedom of man in America and the efforts of our judges to perpetuate and insure that freedom to every man. But if it weren't for people like you, people like me would never grasp the opportunity to learn in this land. May I make my small contribution…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 95273
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“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless”: Original photograph of Mother Teresa meeting German Chancellor Helmut Kohl; Signed by both
MOTHER TERESA AND HELMUT KOHL,.
Mother Teresa and Helmut Kohl Signed Photograph.
Black and white photographic portrait of Mother Teresa and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Signed by Mother Teresa, "God bless you M. Teresa mc" and signed by Helmut Kohl. Mother Teresa and Chancellor Kohl met on July 13, 1986 at Mother Teresa's home in Oggersheim. Kohl gained a reputation for his strong commitment to European integration and French–German cooperation. He was also a dedicated ally of the United States and supported Reagan's policies in order to weaken the Soviet Union. He has been described as "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century" by both U.S. Presidents George H.W.…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 96017
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"The only book by Drucker in which he systematically develops a basic social theory"; First Edition of The Future of Industrial Man Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Future of Industrial Man.
New York: The John Day Company, 1942.
First edition of Drucker's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. An excellent example in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 99512
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"Keep close to Nature’s heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean": Finely Bound Set of The Manuscript Edition of The Writings of John Muir; With Eight Original Photographs
MUIR, John.
The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916-24.
The Manuscript edition of The Writings of John Muir. One of only 750 numbered copies, this is number 461. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in the original green with morocco spine labels with gilt titles, containing the original gelatin silver photographic frontispiece to each volume with tissue guards present, illustrated with numerous photogravure and halftone plates; folding map in volume two. Edited by William Frederic Badè. The scenes depicted in the inserted photographs are: The House of John Muir, Martinez, California; The Cathedral Spires, Yosemite National Park; Eucalyptus on Muir's Ranch, Martinez, California; An Orange Tree in Front of Muir's House,…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 96258
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First Edition of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise; with a typed letter signed by Fitzgerald’s legendary editor Maxwell Perkins
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
This Side of Paradise.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.
First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald's first novel, with an initial print run of only 3,000 copies. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. With a rare typed letter signed by by Fitzgerald’s legendary editor, Maxwell Perkins, laid in. One page, typescript, on Perkins' Charles Scribner's Sons Publishers letterhead, the letter reads in full, 'August 10, 1937 Dear Mr. Kozlenko: I think the idea you outline in your of August 7th for an anthology of on act plays is a good one. I'd like to see you at any time convenient to talk it over. The…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 147295
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Le Globe Classique, Nouvelle Edition: Rare 19th Century French Terrestrial Globe
DIEN, Charles.
Globe Classique, Nouvelle Edition: Rare 19th Century Charles Dien Terrestrial Table Globe.
Paris: Sold by W. & S. Jones, 1844.
Rare mid-19th century French terrestrial table globe: Charles Dien's The Globe Classique, Nouvelle edition. The globe measures 10 inches in diameter with an engraved longitude ring and brass latitude ring. Mounted on brass and mahogany stand. The globe is composed of hand-colored paper gores over a plaster sphere. The entire piece measures 20 inches in height. French astronomer and cosmographer Charles Dien published highly detailed atlases, works on astronomy, and both celestial and terrestrial globes in Paris throughout the 1840s and 1850s. Dien was also renowned for the sophisticated engravings he designed for the many books produced by his father's…
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 96538
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's The Waters of Siloe; signed by Thomas Merton
MERTON, Thomas.
The Waters of Siloe.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949.
First edition of Merton's companion volume to his famed The Seven Storey Mountain. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece. Signed by Thomas Merton on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $6,200.00 Item Number: 110762