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First Edition of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Cross Creek Cookery; Signed by Her
RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan.
Cross Creek Cookery.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943.
First edition of Rawlings’ heartwarming cookbook. Octavo, original pictorial calico-textured cloth. Boldly signed by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. In very good condition. Illustrations by Robert Camp.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 102958
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“Nothing lasts and yet nothing passes either, and nothing passes just because nothing lasts": First British Edition of The Human Stain; Signed By Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
The Human Stain.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2000.
First British edition of Roth’s award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 102873
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First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Golf My Way; Signed by him
NICKLAUS, Jack; with Ken Bowden; Illustrated by Jim McQueen.
Golf My Way.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
First edition of this classic golf instructional. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, “To John Good Golfing Jack Nicklaus.” Fine in a near fine jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 106534
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First Edition of John Kotter's Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management; Inscribed by Him
KOTTER, John P.
A Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management.
New York: The Free Press, 1990.
First edition of this insightful book on leadership. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Richard Miller With Best Regards, John Kotter 7/91.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by W. Scot Carouge.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 106426
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First Edition of Sandra Day O'Connor's The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
O'CONNOR, Sandra Day.
The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice.
New York: Random House, 2003.
First edition of this work which reveals what Justice O’Connor learned and believes about American law and life, insights gleaned over her years as one of the most powerful and inspiring women in American history. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “For Bonnie and Norman with good wishes Sandra O’Connor 5/03.” The recipients were friends of the O’Connor’s in Washington. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Craig Joyce. Jacket design by Allison Saltzman. Jacket photograph by Annie Liebovitz.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 112332
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"A fellow paddler in these streams": First Edition of The Art of Drowning; Inscribed by Billy Collins
COLLINS, Billy.
The Art of Drowning.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.
First paperback edition of this early work by Collins. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Tim a fellow paddler in these streams. Cheers Billy Collins.” In fine condition. Book design by Frank Lehner.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 105776
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"May all the forces be with you!": First Edition of Frank Wilczek's The Lightness of Being; Lengthily Signed by Him and a Signed Photograph
WILCZEK, Frank.
The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces.
New York: Basic Books, 2008.
First edition of this “thrilling read… a glimpse of physics at its quirkiest and most illuminating” (The Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “May all the forces be with you! Frank Wilczek.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral. Also, laid in is a photograph signed by Frank Wilczek.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 106758
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Israel M. Kirzner's Market Theory and the Price System; Signed by Him
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Market Theory and the Price System.
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2011.
First edition of the second volume of the collected works of Kirzner. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Peter J. Boettke and Frédéric Sautet.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 104622
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First Illustrated Edition of Anthony Trollope's Ralph the Heir
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Ralph the Heir.
London: Strahan & Co. Publishers, 1871.
First illustrated edition of Trollope’s account of a corrupt Parliamentary election, based on his own experiences as a candidate. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, wood-engraved illustrations by F.B. Fraser. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 110321
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"Driving Volkswagen with tired feet, returned from Black Buttes thru sad dust glories": First Edition of Ginsberg's Sad Dust Glories; Inscribed by him and with the subtitle amended in his had
GINSBERG, Allen.
Sad Dust Glories: poems during work summer in woods.
Berkeley: The Workingman Press, 1975.
First edition of this collection of poems composed by Ginsberg in the summer of 1974 throughout the Midwest. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated by Ginsberg on the title page, “Allen Ginsberg Jan 25 1980.” Ginsberg has also amended the subtitle toe read: Sad Dust Glories poems “written” during work “,” summer “1974” in “Sierra” woods. In fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 104536
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First Edition of Woody Allen’s Second Collection of Stories, Signed by Him
ALLEN, Woody.
Without Feathers.
New York: Random House, 1975.
First edition of Allen’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Woody Allen in a contemporary signature on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 103771
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First edition of The Bullies of Wall Street; inscribed by sheila bair
BAIR, Sheil.
The Bullies of Wall Street: This is How Greed Messed Ups Our Economy.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2015.
First edition of this memoir of by the former head of the FDIC. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John- A Main Street perspective on the crisis. Hope you like it. Sheila Bair.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lucy Ruth Cummins.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 103497
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First Edition of Philip Roth's Deception; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
Deception.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
First edition of this “extraordinary, elegant novel” (Fay Weldon, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 106538
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First Edition of Indignation; Signed by Philip Roth and by Milton Glaser
ROTH, Philip.
Indignation.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
First edition of Roth’s twenty-ninth book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page and by Milton Glaser on the front panel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 102836
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First Edition of In Defense of Globalization; Inscribed by Jagdish Bhagwati
BHAGWATI, Jaqdish.
In Defense of Globalization.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
First edition of this “outstandingly effective book” (The Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Fannie with warm regards, Professor Bhagwati.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 107289
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First Edition of The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy; inscribed by Mario Cuomo to William Safire
CUOMO, Mario [William Safire].
The New York Idea: An Experiment in Democracy.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1994.
First edition of the 52nd Governor of New York’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Bill Safire, One of our proud hoasts [sic] (but isn’t there something wrong with that grammatically? Mario 1994.” The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safire’s “magnum opus,” Safire’s Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter A. Davis. Author photograph by Don Pollard.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 103423
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It Takes A Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us; Signed by Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON, Hillary Rodham.
It Takes A Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 20096.
First edition of the 10 Anniversary edition of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Hillary Rodham Clinton on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 103479
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Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions; Signed by John Kotter
KOTTER, John and Holger Rathgeber.
Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions.
Privately Printed, 2006.
First edition of the privately printed edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Kotter on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Spencer Johnson. With artwork by Peter Mueller.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 107649
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First Edition of Francis Wyndham's The Other Garden; Inscribed by Him to Rolland Comstock
WYNDHAM, Francis.
The Other Garden.
New York: Moyer Bell Limited, 1987.
First edition of Wyndham’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Rolland from Francis.” The recipient was the well-known bibliophile Rolland Comstock. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 107839
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Signed Limited Edition of James Michener's Miracle in Seville
MICHENER, James A.
Miracle in Seville.
New York: Random House, 1995.
Signed limited edition by James Michener. Octavo, original cloth. Number 391 of 500 copies. Fine in a fine slipcase, still in the original shrinkwrap.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 107453
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First Edition of A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.; Signed by Alvin Felzenberg
FELZENBERG, Alvin S.
A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017.
First edition of this “gracefully written and richly informative book” (Damon Linker, New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Alvin Felzenberg on the title page with the well-known quote from William Buckley, “Q. ‘What would you do if elected mayor of New York City?’ Ans. ‘Demand a recount’ – With good wishes – Al Felzenberg.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 104882
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First Edition of Lawrence Durrell's Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness; Signed by Him
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness.
London: Faber and Faber, 1974.
First edition of this novel by the author of the Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Lawrence Durrell 1974.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by David Gentleman.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 106887
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Signed Limited Edition of James Michener's Recessional
MICHENER, James A.
Recessional.
New York: Random House, 1994.
Signed limited edition of Michener’s final novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by James Michener, number 100 of 500 copies. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 107821
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"To Jean with Love, Mother": First Edition of Nehru of India; Inscribed by the author to her daughter
SPENCER, Cornelia.
Nehru of India.
New York: The John Day Company, 1948.
First edition of this biography of Nehru. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her daughter on the front free endpaper, “To Jean with Love, Mother Cornelia Spencer June 1948.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 103269