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"The past is never dead. It's not even past": First Edition of Requiem for a Nun; Inscribed by William Faulkner to Editor John Bott and with an original drawing
FAULKNER, William.
Requiem for a Nun.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1953.
First British edition of the sequel to Faulkner's Sanctuary. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication on the title page and with an original drawing by Faulkner on the front free endpaper, "For John Bott William Faulkner New York 3 Mar 1953." The recipient, John Bott was the City Editor of the New York Post who wore leg braces his whole life due to polio. Bott's friend had just brought him the book from London. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Hogarth.…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 144084
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First Edition of Spartacus; Signed by Howard Fast and Kirk Douglas
FAST, Howard [Kirk Douglas].
Spartacus.
New York: Published by the Author, 1951.
First edition of this work, basis for the classic 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Howard Fast and Kirk Douglas on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Charles White. A very sharp example, rare signed by both Fast and Douglas.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145927
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"Culture and Leadership as so central to understanding organizations and making them effective that we cannot afford to be complacent about either one": First edition of Edgar Schein's Organizational Culture and Leadership; Lengthily Inscribed by him
SCHEIN, Edgar H.
Organizational Culture and Leadership: A Dynamic View.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1985.
First edition, second printing of Schein's classic text on organizational culture. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page with the following transcription from the text as follows, "Dear James Culture continues to be my main interest and our most important topic Enjoy Ed Schein 10/10/22." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Willi Baum.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145929
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"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet": First Edition of Keith Richards' Life
RICHARDS, Keith.
Life: Keith Richards.
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
First edition of Richards' autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Mario J. Pulice. Front jacket photograph by David LaChapelle. Rear jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 145154
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"The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything": First Edition of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt; Signed by Edmund Morris
MORRIS, Edmund.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979.
Later printing of the first book in the author's acclaimed Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Signed by Edmund Morris on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Regine de Toledo. Author photograph by Ian Keown.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145164
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First expanded edition of Jason Fry's Star Wars: The Last Jedi
FRY, Jason. Based on a story by Rian Johnson.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
London: Century, 2018.
First expanded edition of the international bestselling author's novelization of the eighth installment in the Star Wars film franchise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with an 8-page color photo insert of images from the film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145011
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First Edition of Of Flight And Life; Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
Of Flight and Life.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.
First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Elizabeth Bartky with much affection, and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August 1948." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An excellent association.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 144539
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"For best results, the competitive player should never depart from his area of expertise": First Edition of The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money; Signed by John Train; From the Library of Peter Matthiessen
TRAIN, John [Peter Matthiessen].
The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money.
Artisan Press, 2011.
First edition of this classic work by the founding editor of The Paris Review. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Train on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of novelist Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Matthiessen was a founding member of The Paris Review. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144372
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First Edition of Michael Ontaatje's The English Patient; signed three times by Legendary dust jacket designer Chip Kidd
ONDAATJE, Michael.
The English Patient.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First American edition of this classic Booker Prize-winning novel, the basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, half cloth. Signed by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd three times: on the front panel of the dust jacket, title page, and at his credit on the rear dust jacket flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145162
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First Edition of Alan Paton's Cry The Beloved Country
PATON, Alan.
Cry, the Beloved Country.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948.
First edition of Paton’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145917
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First Edition of John McPhee's Annals of the Former World
MCPHEE, John.
Annals of the Former World.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, Original black cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Maps by Allan Cartography. Endpapers designed by Tom Funk. Jacket art by John Clerk.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 145124
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“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship": First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Weight of Glory
LEWIS, C.S.
The Weight of Glory and other Addresses.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949.
First edition, first printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Jeanyee Wong. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145132
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First Edition of Attention and Effort; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel.
Attention and Effort.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
First edition of the Nobel laureate's influential first book, which claimed that attention can be identified with effort, cemented the association as a research paradigm in the cognitive sciences. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For William D. Kahneman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 140270
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First American Edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books: An Imprint of Scholastic Press, 2003.
First American edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary GrandPre. Jacket design by Mary GrandPre and David Snyder. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145090
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Girl from Hollywood
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
The Girl from Hollywood.
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1923.
First edition of Burroughs' contemporary fiction novel. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece by P. J. Monahan. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145116
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"Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it": First Edition of Fear of Flying; Signed by Erica Jong
JONG, Erica.
Fear of Flying.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
First edition of this incredible novel. Octavo, original glittery sky blue cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Erica Jong 21 March 06." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Seifer. Author photograph by Peter Trump.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145167