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"In this book I take you on a random walk down Wall Street, providing a guided tour of the complexities of finance": First Edition of A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Lengthily Signed by Burton Malkiel
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this Wall Street classic. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper with a transcription from the book as follows, "In this book I take you on a random walk down Wall Street, providing a guided tour of the complexities of finance. Burt Malkiel." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 147136
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Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring; inscribed by him
COPLAND, Aaron.
Appalachian Spring. (Ballet for Martha).
New York: Boosey and Hawkes, 1945.
First edition of the Booksey and Hawkes Pocket Orchestral Score of Copland's Appalachian Spring, one of the most enduring of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original wrappers as issue. Inscribed by the composer on the title page, "For Bruce Kubert Aaron Copland Heaton Hall July 1946." In very good condition with a tear to the front panel. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 96244
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First editions of the first anthology of Jewish sermons published in America in the original cloth; compiled by Isaac Leeser and from the library of Moses Montefiore
LEESER, Isaac.
Discourses, Argumentative and Devotional, on the Subject of Jewish Religion.
Philadelphia: C. Sherman and Co, 1836-1841.
First edition of "the first anthology of Jewish sermons in America" which "marked the coming of age of the American synagogue and ministry"(Goldman). Association copy linking the two most prominent and influential figures in Jewish America and England of this era, Issac Leeser and Moses Montefiore. American Jewish lay minister, author, translator, and publisher Issac Leeser revolutionized the format of the early American Jewish sermon by preaching in English, helping to establish regular sermons as a central part of the American rabbi's work. Aspiring to make his influence international, Leeser corresponded regularly with Jewish leaders in England, most notably philanthropist and activist Sir Moses Montefiore, who played a pivotal role in the development of Proto-Zionism. (Goldman, 687; Rosenbach, 413, 479, 476; Singerman, 0632, 0748). Octavo, four volumes bound in two,…
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 82404
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Rare First Edition of Economist’s Joseph Schumpeter’s Classic Work Business Cycles
SCHUMPETER, Joseph A.
Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, And Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1939.
First edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes. Original cloth. Some light rubbing to the cloth, a very good set of this landmark work. From the library of economist Moses Abramovitz, with his signature to volume one. Abramovtitz was known for his Catch-Up Growth Hypothesis, which attempted to explain what caused Western Europe's Golden Era of economic growth from 1948 until 1972 and also for his work on business cycles. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable with noted provenance.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 3909
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"I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood": First Editions of the author’s Masterpiece; Signed and Inscribed by the author
WEST, Rebecca.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.
London: Macmillan, 1941.
First editions of Rebecca West's masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Both volumes are signed by West with volume one inscribed and dated in 1965 by the author, volume two is signed and dated in 1965. Both volumes are near fine in near fine dust jackets that show light shelfwear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Scarce and desirable signed by West.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 1495
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“Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?”: Signed limited Edition of P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins and Legendary Actor Dick Van Dyke
TRAVERS, P.L. [Dick Van Dyke].
Mary Poppins.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1997.
Signed limited edition of this children's classic, one of 100 numbered copies, this is number 37. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Mary Shepard. In fine condition. Additionally signed "God bless! Dick Van Dyke" on the front free endpaper, who starred in the 1964 film adaptation. A unique example.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 142005
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"Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?": First Edition of Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Finely Bound by Bayntun
THACKERAY, William Makepeace [Cosway].
Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero. [Cosway].
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
First edition, first issue of Thackeray's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full red morocco by Bayntun Riviere in Cosway-style binding with a miniature portrait of Thackeray inset into the front panel, engraved frontispiece, engraved additional title, and 38 engraved plates, spine in gilt compartments, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, ivory silk doublures. The first issue, with the headline on page one in rustic type; "Mr. Pitt" on page 453; and the suppressed woodcut of Mr. Steyne on page 336. Van Duzer 231. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $5,800.00 Item Number: 69017
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"We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish": First Edition of Gary Becker’s Classic Work Human Capital
BECKER, Gary S.
Human Capital.
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1964.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's magnum opus. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions are scarce.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 84768
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First Edition of All The Pretty Horses; Signed by Cormac McCarthy and Three times by Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
MCCARTHY, Cormac.
All the Pretty Horses.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First edition of the first novel in McCarthy's acclaimed Border Trilogy and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the half-title and on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 142406
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"I Am An American, Chicago Born – Chicago, That Somber City – And Go At Things As I Have Taught Myself, Free-Style, And Will Make The Record In My Own Way": First Edition of The Adventures of Augie March; Inscribed and dated by Saul Bellow in 1954
BELLOW, Saul.
The Adventures of Augie March.
New York: The Viking Press, 1953.
First edition of Bellow's first National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, salmon topstain. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Raymita Chaffee with best wishes Saul Bellow Breadloaf VT, 1954." The recipient was a student of Bellow’s at Breadloaf. Fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket, Jacket design by Robert Hallock. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Contemporary inscriptions in this title are uncommon.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 4244
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First Edition of Edith Wharton's Twilight Sleep; Inscribed by Her to her French Translator
WHARTON, Edith.
Twilight Sleep.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927.
First edition of Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised bestseller upon publication. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, boldly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "A monsieur Louis Gillet mon tres amical souvenir Edition Wharton 1927." The recipient, Louis Gillet was Wharton's close friend and translator. He translated two of Wharton's works into French, The Mother's Recompense in 1927, and The Children, in 1928. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 130064
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"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities": Finely bound set of Voltaire's Complete Works in 97 volumes
VOLTAIRE (AROUET, Francois-Marie).
Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire avec des Remarques et des Notes Historiques, Scientifiques, et Literaires Par Mm. Auguis, Clogenson, Daunou, Etc. [The Works of Voltaire].
Paris: Deslangle Frères, 1828-34.
Finely bound set of the complete works of Voltaire with historic, scientific and literary notes. Octavo, 97 volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, frontispieces with tissues guards and half titles as issued. In very good condition. A complete set, covering the broad scope of the versatile and prolific writer.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 96178
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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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“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark": The Patriot's Edition of The Life and Works of Thomas Paine
PAINE, Thomas.
The Life and Works of Thomas Paine.
New Rochelle, New York: Thomas Paine National Historical Association, 1925.
The Patriot's edition of the Life and Works of Thomas Paine. Octavo, ten volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In good condition.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 138611
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"From Olivia! and Ian Falconer": First Editions of four Books In the Olivia Series; Each lengthily Signed by Ian Falconer
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia Forms a Band, Olivia Helps With Christmas.
New York: Atheneum, 2000-2006.
First editions of each of these four Olivia books. Quarto, original pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers. The set comprises of Olivia, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia Forms A Band, and Olivia Helps With Christmas. Each copy is signed by the author on the title page, "From Olivia! and Ian Falconer." Each book is fine in a fine dust jacket. A very nice set with a nice inscriptions.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 140778
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"Doh!": Early Original Sketch of Homer Simpson; Signed by David Silverman with the Production Booklet for Jacques to Be Wild
SILVERMAN, David.
David Silverman Signed Early Sketch of Homer Simpson and Production Booklet for Jazques to Be Wild.
May 17, 1991.
An uncommonly early original drawing of Homer Simpson by David Silverman, and a production booklet for the classic Simpsons episode, 'Jacques to be Wild,' the first episode to win an Emmy for the longest-running show on television. Early pencil sketch of Homer Simpson exclaiming "Doh!" as he conducts Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, sketch inscribed and dated by the artist, "Homer Conducts Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra - The Snare Drum is Off --- 5/17/91 David Silverman." In near fine condition with some loss to the bottom edge, likely the result of being torn out a sketchbook. The piece measures 8.25 inches by 10.63 inches.…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 145426