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From the Library of Stephen Hawking
GJERTSEN, Derek [Stephen Hawking].
The Newton Handbook.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul , 1986.
First edition of this work on Newton. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, like Newton, held the post as Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Both Newton and Hawking’s scientific works focused on gravity, with Hawking’s research mainly looking at gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Hawking may be one of the most recognizable of theoretical physicists in part due to ALS, which gradually paralyzed him over the decades. After the loss of his speech, he was able to communicate through a speech-generating device—initially through use of a handheld switch, and eventually by using a single cheek muscle. He is also well known since he achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discussed his theories and cosmology in general. His book, A Brief History of Time, appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. In this book, Hawking called Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, probably the most important single work ever published in the physical sciences. He refers to Newton at least 70 times in this work and most likely used The Newton Handbook as a resource. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A wonderful association linking Hawking and Newton, made all the more interesting as Hawking is buried next to Newton in Westminster Abbey.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 119543
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"The 100 subjects I've chosen are fascinating, wacky, wild and often just weird - yet there are powerful and at times very funny": First edition of Kenneth Fisher's 100 Minds That Made The Market; Inscribed by him prior to publication
FISHER, Kenneth L.
100 Minds That Made The Market.
Woodside, California: Business Classics, 1993.
First edition of American investment analyst Kenneth L. Fisher’s complete guide to the greatest minds in investment. Octavo, original cloth gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author prior to publication on the front free endpaper, “12/11/92 Barbara, With great thanks for your help. Good luck. Ken Fisher.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Mueller.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 119399
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"The 100 subjects I've chosen are fascinating, wacky, wild and often just weird - yet there are powerful and at times very funny": First edition of Kenneth Fisher's 100 Minds That Made The Market; Lengthily Inscribed by him prior to publication
FISHER, Kenneth L.
100 Minds That Made The Market.
Woodside, California: Business Classics, 1993.
First edition of American investment analyst Kenneth L. Fisher’s complete guide to the greatest minds in investment. Octavo, original cloth gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author prior to publication on the front free endpaper, “12/15/92 For Joe Graf, Merry Christmas. Here is a pre-pub copy of my upcoming third book. I must be crazy to spend my spare time studying obscure, dead financiers. But it’s fun. I hope this book is fun for you too. See you in ’93. Ken Fisher.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 88138
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First Edition of A Book of Travellers' Tales; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Book of Travellers’ Tales.
New York: Viking Press, 1985.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5559
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Finely bound example of Arnold J. Cooley's Dictionary of the English Language
COOLEY, Arnold J.
A Dictionary of the English Language Exhibiting the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words According to the Prevailing Usage of Correct Writers and Speakers.
London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1861.
First edition of Cooley’s Dictionary of the English language. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, black spine label, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Author’s preface. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 92803
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“War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war": First Edition of William Faulkner's A Fable
FAULKNER, William.
A Fable.
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of the first novel to win both Pulitzer and National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Riki Levinson.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 70016
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First Edition of A Further Range; Inscribed by Robert Frost to His Publisher
FROST, Robert.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.
First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his publisher, “To Herbert Bristol with an authors acknowledgement to his publisher Robert Frost 1936.” Bristol was the president and publisher at the Henry Holt and Company. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 114778
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"Let me be the one To do what is done": A Further Range; Signed by Robert Frost
FROST, Robert.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.
Early printing of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “Robert Frost 1939.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 110852
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"A bird half wakened in the lunar noon sang halfway through its little inborn tune": First signed limited edition of Robert Frost's A Further Range
FROST, Robert.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.
Signed limited first edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse, one of 803 copies signed by Frost, this is number 702. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 110588
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"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge": A Game of Thrones, Twentieth Anniversary Edition; Signed by George R.R. Martin
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones. The Illustrated Edition: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire.
New York: Bantam Books, 2016.
First illustrated edition of the twentieth anniversary edition. Octavo, original boards, cartographic endpapers. Signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. Foreword by John Hodgman.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 59066
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“She would've been a good woman," said The Misfit, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life": First Edition of Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To To Find
O'CONNOR, Flannery.
A Good Man Is Hard To To Find.
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955.
Review copy first edition, first state book with “tyring” on page 125; first-issue dust jacket with reviews for Wise Blood on rear panel of O’Connor’s classic work. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with the review slip attached to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 99871
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Signed Limited First Edition of Robert Frost's A Masque of Reason
FROST, Robert.
A Masque of Reason.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Signed limited first edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. One of 800 copies, this is number 433 signed by Robert Frost. In fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 100442
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First Edition of A Masque of Reason; Inscribed by Robert Frost
FROST, Robert.
A Masque of Reason.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to Samuel Plotkin.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 97478
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"It's God. I'd know him by Blake's picture anywhere": Signed Limited First Edition of Robert Frost's A Masque of Reason
FROST, Robert.
A Masque of Reason.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Signed limited first edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. One of 800 copies, this is number 235 signed by Robert Frost. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 110250
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"This is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
A Moveable Feast.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964.
First edition with “A-3.64[H]” present on copyright page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting of Pont Neuf, Paris by Hildegard Rath. An exceptional example.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 120767
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First Nonesuch Press edition of de Fontenelle's A Plurality of Worlds
DE FONTENELLE, Bernard.
A Plurality of Worlds.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929.
First Nonesuch press edition of de Fontenelle’s A Plurality of Worlds. Octavo, bound in full contemporary vellum with gilt titles to the spine, hand-colored gilt headers to each chapter, top edge gilt, others uncut. Translated by John Glanvill. Prologue by David Garnett. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 101302
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“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question": First English Edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Inscribed by Him
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
London: The Egoist Ltd, 1916.
First English edition, one of approximately 750 copies of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Beatrice Randegger. James Joyce. 25 Novembre 1919. Trieste.” The recipient was a private student’s of Joyce in Italy. In excellent condition with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 109550
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“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question": First Edition of James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
New York: Huebsch, 1916.
First edition of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. In excellent condition without the usual fade to the spine with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 101988
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"What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love": First Edition of A Separate Peace; Inscribed by John Knowles
KNOWLES, John.
A Separate Peace.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960.
First edition of Knowles’ award-winning first novel, a “modern classic” often compared to J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To ____ With all best regards- John Knowles.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped second issue dust jacket. A very sharp example.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 738
