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Milton Friedman's A Program for Monetary Stability
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
A Program for Monetary Stability.
New York: Fordham University Press, 1961.
First edition, second printing of the author's Moorhouse I. X. Miller Lectures given at Fordham University in October 1959. Octavo, original gray cloth with green titles. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146654
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"When Wanda packed her bag and left, I stood in my garden and knew my chances were ruined": First edition of Paul Zimmer's fifth book of poems; inscribed by him to fellow poet Annie Dillard
ZIMMER, Paul [Annie Dillard].
With Wanda: Town and Country Poems.
Washington, D.C. & San Francisco: Dryad Press, 1980.
First edition of American poet Paul Zimmer's fifth book of poems. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed to poet Annie Dillard on the title page, "August 1980 For Annie and Gary, With admiration and affection. Paul." With Annie Dillard's bookplate to the half-title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Susan Foster. Book design by Merrill Leffler. A nice association.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 88097
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Puzzles of the Black Widowers
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Puzzles of the Black Widowers: 12 More of the Master’s Best-Loved Mysteries.
New York: Doubleday, 1990.
First edition of the fifth book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Steinberg.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142339
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"We know that the war is over... but the story of the great conflict will never diminish in interest": Sparks From the Camp Fire, Tales of the Old Veterans
MORTON, Joseph W..
Sparks From the Camp Fire, Tales of the Old Veterans.
Philadelphia: Keystone Publishing Co., 1895.
New and revised edition of this collection of Civil War memoirs. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers, illustrated. From the library of Michael Ellsworth Shoemaker, son of William Shoemaker wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd 1864 with his ownership inscription. In good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132339
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"Good Golfing": Byron Nelson's Winning Golf; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron.
Byron Nelson’s Winning Golf.
Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1988.
First edition of the re-issue of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Buck Ray Good Golfing Byron Nelson." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146821
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“Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective": First Edition of Peter F. Drucker's The Effective Executive
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Effective Executive.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of Drucker's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 144241
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First Edition of The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast; finely bound in full polished calf
HALL, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast.
London: Arthur Hall, 1861.
First edition of Hall's description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138426
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"He has plucked the sting from our bad dreams": First Edition of Charles Addams' Black Maria
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams].
Black Maria.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.
First edition of this classic collection of Addams’ cartoons. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147271
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Moonwalker: inscribed by Charlie Duke
DUKE, Charlie and Dotty.
Moonwalker.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1990.
First edition, early printing of the tenth man to walk on the moon's revealing memoir. Octavo, original red boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bob aim high Charlie Duke." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Aslan Group.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146503
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The Places in Between; Inscribed by Rory Stewart
STEWART, Rory.
The Places In Between.
Orlando: Harcourt, 2006.
Early printing of the author's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Heather, with very best wishes Rory August 2006." In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 93219
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First edition of Col. Harold P. Sheldon's Tranquility: Tales of Sport with the Gun
SHELDON, Col. Harold P. Introduction by Nash Buckingham.
Tranquility: Tales of Sport with the Gun.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1936.
First edition of Sheldon's collected outdoor sketches. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 94. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 116019
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First edition of To Rule the Night; inscribed by Jim Irwin
IRWIN, James B. with William A. Emerson Jr.
To Rule The Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin.
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1973.
First edition, early printing of the autobiography of Jim Irwin, who served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Diana. James Irwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147173
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First edition of Oscar Wilde's A Critic in Pall Mall: Beings Extracts From Reviews and Miscellanies
WILDE, Oscar. Selected by E. V. Lucas.
A Critic in Pall Mall: Beings Extracts From Reviews and Miscellanies.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1919.
First edition of this selection of Wilde's literary criticism. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 139580
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First Edition of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144548
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"Being an astute businessman, Ryder took great interest in the integrity of the matches that would later bear his name": First Edition of The Ryder Cup Meets the Monster; Inscribed by Dow Finsterwald, Jr.
PERRY, Bryon. Foreward by Dow Finsterwald Jr.
The Ryder Cup Meets the Monster: A Collection of Words and Pictures Commemorating Golf’s Crown Jewel.
Bingham Farms, Michigan: Premiere Publishing LLC, 2004.
First edition of this work dedicated to 'golf's crown jewel': The Ryder Cup. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Dow Finsterwald on the title page, "To Robert: Hope you enjoy 'Golf's greatest event,' Best Wishes, Dow Finsterwald Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 89015
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"I'm the best at what I do. But what I do best isn't very nice": First edition of Matthew K. Manning's Wolverine: Inside the World of The Living Weapon
MANNING, Matthew K.
Wolverine: Inside the World of The Living Weapon.
London: DK Publishing, 2009.
First edition of the most comprehensive guide to the world of the X-Men's most popular hero. Quarto, original publisher's pictorial boards, illustrated. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142536
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First edition of Eric Tabarly's Lonely Victory: Atlantic Race 1964; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
TABARLY, Eric. Translated by Len Ortzen.
Lonely Victory: Atlantic Race 1964.
London: Souvenir Press, 1964.
First edition in English of French Navy officer and yachtsman Eric Tabarly’s account of his victorious 1964 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race on his gaff-rigged cutter Pen Duick. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs, charts, and maps. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114885
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First Edition of Roger D. Hunt and Jack R. Brown's Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue
HUNT, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown.
Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.
Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990.
First edition of Hunt and Brown's monumental compilation of biographical sketches of Union brevet brigadier generals in the Civil War. Quarto, original cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with portraits. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133074
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First edition of Robert Markham's Colonel Sun
MARKHAM, Robert. [Kingsley Amis].
Colonel Sun: A James Bond Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968.
First edition of the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming's 1964 death. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom Adams.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 129046
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First Edition of Doder's Shadows and Whispers: Power Politics Inside the Kermlin from Brezhnev to Gorbachev; From the library of Madeleine K. Albright
DODER, Dusko [Madeleine Albright].
Shadows and Whispers: Power Politics Inside the Kermlin from Brezhnev to Gorbachev.
New York: Random House, 1986.
First edition of the Soviet Union's leadership during the final decades. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright with her bookplate. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 149084
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First edition of Major Joseph Orton Kerbeys On the War Path
KERBEY, Joseph Orton.
On the War Path: A Journey Over the Historic Grounds of the Late Civil War.
Chicago: Donahue, Henneberry & Co., 1890.
First edition of the Civil War Union spy's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132391
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Escape on Venus
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Escape on Venus.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1946.
First edition of the fourth book in the 'Venus' series. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, frontispiece and four illustrated plates by John Coleman Burroughs, cartographic endpapers designed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145058
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First Edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Eat the Rich; humorously inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Eat The Rich: A Treatise on Economics.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998.
First edition, early printing of the best-selling author's economic treatise. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Lucie Bon Appetite! P. J. O'Rourke 4/27/99 NYC." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman and Charles Rue Woods.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133080
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First Edition of Elegy on the Death of CÉsar ChÁvez; Inscribed by Rudolfo Anaya
ANAYA, Rudolfo; Gaspar Enriquez.
Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez.
El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2000.
First edition of this powerful tribute to the labor and civil rights activist César Chávez. Oblong octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, "Nancy. Rudolfo Anaya." Near fine in a very good dust jacket in the unique reversible dust jacket with a timeline of the life of César Chávez. Illustrated by Gaspar Enriquez.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147330
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“ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT TREATISES ON WAR THAT HAS EVER BEEN WRITTEN”: FIRST EDITION OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S THE WORLD CRISIS 1916-1918: Part II
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The World Crisis 1916-1918. Part II.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927.
First edition of the second volume in the Part III of Churchill's The World Crisis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with numerous maps (many folding), charts, facsimiles, photographs. In very good condition, errata slip, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 134677
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First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Memories and Mementos from Golf's Golden Bear
NICKLAUS, Jack with David Shedloski.
Jack Nicklaus: Memories and Mementos from Golf’s Golden Bear.
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2007.
First edition of the 'Golden Bear' of Golf's autobiographical collection of memoirs and facsimiles. Quarto, original golden boards, illustrated with collectible facsimiles selected by Jack Nicklaus himself as his favorite pieces of memorabilia, each housed in an unopened protective pocket. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Sticker to the front panel, 'Includes 10 rare removable collectibles from the Jack Nicklaus Museum.' Front jacket photo by Walter Iooss, Sports Illustrated. Rear jacket photo of the conclusion of Nicklaus's final round, in the 2005 British Open, at St. Andrews Scotland by AP, Wide World Images.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145103
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First American edition of the fourth volume in the official multi-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill
GILBERT, Martin.
Winston S. Churchill [The Official Biography]. Volume IV: The Stricken World: 1916-1922.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975.
First American edition of the fourth volume in the official biography of Winston S. Churchill. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs and maps, photographic frontispiece of Churchill at Lille, October 1918. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144772
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First edition of Tad Shepperd's Pack & Paddock
SHEPPERD, Tad.
Pack & Paddock.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938.
First edition of this collection of poems of the hunt. Small octavo, original publishers three quarters morocco with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt with others uncut, illustrated by Paul Brown. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 551. In fine condition. Bookplate.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 116893
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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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First printing of the advance uncopyedited manuscript of Follett's best-selling novel World Without End
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
World Without End.
New York: Dutton, 2007.
First printing, advance uncopyedited manuscript of Follett's bestselling historical novel, the sequel to The Pillars of Earth. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. From the library of Erica Jong and her husband Ken Burrows. American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989 and became close personal friends of Follett’s. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing,…
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 142832
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First edition of John Codman Ropes' The Story of the Civil War
ROPES, John Codman.
The Story of the Civil War: A Concise Account of the War in the United States of America Between 1861 and 1865: The Campaigns of 1862.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.
First edition of Ropes' account of the American Civil War. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with maps and plans, with 13 folding maps for Vol II in a pocket affixed to the front pastedown. In good condition. Ex-library.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 133077
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"I HAVE AN IRREPRESSIBLE DESIRE TO LIVE TILL I CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE WORLD IS A LITTLE BETTER FOR MY HAVING LIVED IN IT": FIRST EDITION OF TONY KUSHNER'S SCREENPLAY FOR LINCOLN
KUSHNER, Tony.
Lincoln: Screenplay by Tony Kushner.
Dreamworks II Distribution Co., LLC and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 2012.
First hardbound edition of Tony Kushner's screenplay for the monumental 2012 historical drama Lincoln, loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 2005 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Quarto, original pictorial boards. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a…
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 139539
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First Edition of The Peace Puzzle: America's Quest For Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011; From the Library of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
KURTZER, Daniel C.; Scott B. Lasensky; William B. Quandt; Steven L. Spiegel; Shibley Z. Telhami [Madeleine Albright].
The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest For Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011.
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2013.
First edition of this informative account of the United States' role in attempting to achieve Arab-Israeli peace. Octavo, original publisher's black boards, illustrated with a map of The Syrian-Israeli Frontier, bookplate to the front pastedown from ‘The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright’. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds”…
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 147354
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First edition of William Dennison Bickham's Rosecrans' Campaign with the Fourteenth Army Corps
BICKHAM, William Dennison.
Rosecrans’ Campaign with the Fourteenth Army Corps, of the Army of the Cumberland: A Narrative of Personal Observations, with a Appendix, Consisting of Official Reports of the Battle of Stone River.
Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co, Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co..
First edition of William Dennison Bickham's Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition. Ex-library.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 132443
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George Bell's Waterloo: The Downfall of the First Napoleon: A History of the Campaign of 1815
HOOPER, George.
Waterloo: The Downfall of the First Napoleon: A History of the Campaign of 1815.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1904.
First edition, new impression of Hooper's account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon’s last. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 137102
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First edition of Douglas Rutherford's Grand Prix Murder
RUTHERFORD, Douglas.
Grand Prix Murder.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1955.
First edition of Rutherford's early murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 119604
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First Edition of Giving Good Weight; Signed by John McPhee
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145881
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First Edition of Giving Good Weight; Inscribed by John McPhee
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Len Byrd all best John." Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 2133
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"The breaking of the wave cannot explain the whole sea": First Edition of the reissue of Vladimir Nabokov's The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Introduction by Conrad Brenner.
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight.
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1959.
First edition of the reissue of Nabokov's first novel in English. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ivan Chermayeff. Drawing by Michael Train. A nice example.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 89025
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First Edition of Ric Burns and James Sanders' New York: An Illustrated History
BURNS, Ric; James Sanders; Lisa Ades.
New York: An Illustrated History.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of this landmark illustrated history of the city that never sleeps. Quarto, original half cloth, heavily illustrated with 500 images in color and black and white. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 147936