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Rare First Edition of Asa Greene's The Perils of Pearl Street
GREENE, Asa.
The Perils Of Pearl Street, Including A Taste Of The Dangers Of Wall Street.
New York: Betts and Anstice, and Peter Hill,, 1834.
First edition of a very early Wall Street work. Octavo, original cloth, leather label. In very good condition, rebacked, with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 24014
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The complete works of John Galsworthy; finely bound in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
GALSWORTHY, John.
The Complete Works of John Galsworthy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906-1932.
Uniformly bound set of the complete works of John Galsworthy. Various sizes (quarto, octavo, 12mo), 36 volumes uniformly bound in full calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling, cornerpieces, and blind-stamped basketweave pattern to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon bound in. Comprised of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted: The Man of Property [1906]; Villa Rubein [1908]; The Little Man and Other Satires [1915]; A…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 143524
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First Edition of Ivanhoe: A Grove Play; Signed by Walt Disney
NORRIS, Charles G; Music by Harry I. Wiel; [Walt Disney].
Ivanhoe: A Grove Play.
San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1936.
First edition of this Grove Play produced and performed by and for Bohemian Club members. Octavo, original orange boards. Signed by Walt Disney opposite the dedication page. Additionally signed and inscribed by nearly 70 individuals. In his book, 'Walt Disney: An American Original,' Bob Thomas recounts the story of Walt Disney's visit to the Bohemian Club in 1936, the year in which his signature appears in this volume -- apparently the snoring from the following evening inspired the snoring scene in the Dwarfs' cottage in Snow White. In very good condition, ownership inscription to the front pastedown, "For Orrville Taylor.…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146500
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"WE’D FORGIVE MOST THINGS IF WE KNEW THE FACTS": FIRST EDITION OF THE HEART OF THE MATTER; INSCRIBED BY GRAHAM GREENE
GREENE, Graham.
The Heart of the Matter.
New York: The Viking Press, 1948.
First American edition of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Bob Goldstein from Graham Greene Nothing under $200,000." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Edgard Cirlin. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 3736
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“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results": Anniversary Edition of Milton Friedman's Classic Treatise Capitalism and Freedom; Signed by Him
FRIEDMAN, Milton with the Assistance of Rose D. Friedman.
Capitalism and Freedom.
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Special anniversary edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk bookmark bound in. Signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 87985
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First Edition of the Work "L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille" Which Inspired Brutalist Architecture; Inscribed and Dated by Le Corbusier in the Year of Publication
LE CORBUSIER [CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET],.
L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille.
Souillac: Le Point, 1950.
First edition of this work by the famed architect. Small quarto, original wrappers with the dust jacket. Inscribed by Le Corbusier and dated in December 1950. In very good condition with some light rubbing. The subject of this book by Le Corbusier is among his most well-known works, L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille, which inspired the Brutalist architectural style and philosophy. An important work of twentieth century architecture, rare signed and inscribed by Le Corbusier.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 3784
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“How many times did someone have to run in front of a machine gun before it became an act of cowardice?”: First Edition of Dispatches; Lengthily Inscribed by Michael Herr
HERR, Michael.
Dispatches.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of "the best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to a Syracuse University fraternity brother and classmate, "Al It was amazing and wonderful to see you after so many years- it doesn't always work like this. I'm so happy to see you sane and healthy and actually as I remember you. With love and best wishes Mickey (aka Michael) Herr." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony. Housed in a custom…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 5609
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Original Script of Teahouse of the August Moon; Signed by Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyō and others
BRANDO, Marlon.
Teahouse of the August Noon.
Los Angeles: MGM, 1956.
Teahouse of the August Moon production script signed by Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, and other cast and crew. Quarto, original studio bound and bradded 128-page complete production script. The script has been signed on the front panel by Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Paul Ford, Betty Albert, Machiko Kyo, Paul Ford, June Negami, Harry Morgan, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Jane Chung, writer John Patrick, and director Daniel Mann. In very good condition. Scripts signed by Brando are uncommon, most rare and desirable signed by such a number of participants of a groundbreaking film.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 79015
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“Do ordinary things with extraordinary love": First Edition of Mother Teresa's Life in the Spirit: Reflections, Meditations, Prayers; Signed by Her
TERESA, Mother.
Life in the Spirit: Reflections, Meditations, Prayers. Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983.
First edition of this work by powerful work by Mother Teresa. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "God bless you Mother Teresa MC." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Kathryn Spink. Rare and desirable signed, we have never encountered another one.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 133802
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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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First Edition of Taft Papers on League of Nations; Signed by President William Howard Taft
TAFT, William Howard; Theodore Marburg; Horace E. Flack.
Taft Papers on League of Nations.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920.
First edition of this collection of speeches and articles by President William Howard Taft from May 1915 to the adoption of the revised Paris Covenant on April 28, 1919. Octavo, original publisher's tan cloth, red leather spine label. Signed by Taft on the front free endpaper. In very good condition with light toning to the spine, light bumping to the corners. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146671
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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
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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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"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 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