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First Edition of Viktor Frankl's Classic Work Man's Search For Meaning; Signed by Him
FRANKL, Viktor E.
Man’s Search For Meaning.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1965.
Early printing of this classic work first to be called under the name Man's Search For Meaning. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Viktor Frankl opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Ilse Lasch. Preface by Gordon W. Allport. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 137433
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"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes": First Edition of Winston Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times; inscribed by him to Lord George Lloyd
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough His Life and Times.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933-38.
First editions of each volume in Churchill's monumental biography of his ancestor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and facsimiles of documents. Association copy, inscribed by Churchill in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To George Lloyd from Winston Churchill Oct. 1933." The recipient, Lord George Lloyd was a British Conservative politician strongly associated with the "Diehard" wing of the party. From 1937 to 1941 he was chairman of the British Council, in which capacity he sought to ensure support…
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 137053
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First Edition of Thomas Jefferson: As an Architect and a Designer of Landscapes
LAMBETH, William Alexander and Warren H. Manning [Thomas Jefferson].
Thomas Jefferson: As an Architect and a Designer of Landscapes.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
First edition, one of 535 numbered copies, this is number 91. Quarto, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 137697
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"Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft. With us air people, the future of our nation is indissolubly bound up in the development of air power": First edition of General William Mitchell's Skyways: A Book on Modern Aeronautics; inscribed by him to W. Walter Healy, National President Society of the Fifth Division
MITCHELL, William.
Skyways: A Book on Modern Aeronautics.
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic work on aeronautics by "the father of the United States Air Force" Billy Mitchell. Octavo, original cloth, with seventy-six illustrations from photographs and drawings. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To W. Walter Healy National President Society of the Fifth Division U.S.A. With the regards of Wm. Mitchell.” The recipient, W. Walter Healy, served as President of the Society of the Fifth Division from 1934 to 1935. The Fifth Division was organized in December 1917 as a part of the program for the expansion of the armed forces for service…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 137238
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"Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death": Original photograph signed by the father of rocket technology, Wernher von Braun
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph.
Original black and white photograph signed by German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner, "For "Busher" Bill affectionately Wernher von Braun." In very good condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136509
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"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness": Rare First Edition Of The Dalai Lama’s Autobiography My Land and My People; Signed By His Holiness the Dalai Lama
THE DALAI LAMA OF TIBET,.
My Land and My People: The Memoirs of His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962.
First edition of the Dalai Lama's first autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Jaspar Blackall. Edited by David Howarth. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 136902
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"If art can help us grieve, can help us mourn, then lean on it": Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: The Revolution; Signed by Him
MIRANDA, Lin-Manuel and Jeremy McCarter.
Hamilton: The Revolution.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
First edition, early printing of this backstage pass to the groundbreaking play. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Lin-Manuel Miranda on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 136518
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Rare First Edition of Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story
MERIWETHER, Louise [Rosa Parks].
Don’t Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this children's book, which tells the The Rosa Parks story. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by David Scott Brown. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137547
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Hand-colored engraved nineteenth century Map of China by English cartographer William Darton
DARTON, William [China].
Nineteenth Century Map of China.
London: William Darton, 1812.
Hand-colored engraved nineteenth century Map of China by English cartographer William Darton. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 14.5 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137293
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Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn
JOCELYN, Nathaniel and Simeon Smith.
Asia. [Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia].
c. 1825.
Rare hand-colored engraved map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 137394
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Fine Nineteenth Century Map of the Chinese Empire by Renowned cartographer Conrad Malte-Brun
MALTE-BRUN, Conrad [China].
Empire Chinois et Japon. [Nineteenth Century Conrad Malte-Brun Map of the Chinese Empire] [China].
Paris: 1812.
Fine detailed nineteenth century map of China by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun. One page. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 14.75 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137350
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Rare Eighteenth Century Map of China by Renowned French Cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.
L’Empire de La Chine Pour Servir a l’Histoire Generale des Voyages. [Eighteenth Century Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Map of China].
Paris: 1748.
Eighteenth century engraved map of China by renowned French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137234
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Fine hand-colored Map of Asia by Johnson and Ward
JOHNSON, Alvin J. and Benjamin P. Ward [Asia].
Johnson’s Map of Asia.
New York: Johnson and Ward, c, 1865.
Large hand-colored map of Asia by American cartographers Johnson and Ward. One page, hand-colored. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 19 inches.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137233
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"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music": First Edition of Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story
REAGAN, Ronald.
Where’s the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965.
First edition of Reagan's biography covering his years in Hollywood. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design Ned Glattauer.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 137987
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“The Statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy, but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Let us learn our lessons": First Edition of Winston S. Churchill's Great Contemporaries; inscribed by him to Lord George Lloyd
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1937.
First edition of Churchill's classic work containing his biographies of George Bernard Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia, King George V, and Adolf Hitler among others. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 21 photographic plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To George Lloyd from Winston Churchill October 1937." The recipient, Lord George Lloyd was a British Conservative politician strongly associated with the "Diehard" wing of the party. From 1937 to 1941 he was chairman of the British Council, in which capacity he sought to ensure support for Britain's position in the Second World…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 137209
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"THE MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN POLITICAL WORK”: VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THE FEDERALIST; from the library of American Revolutionary War Commissioner William Bedlow
HAMILTON, Alexander; James Madison; John Jay.
The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, As Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention: September 17, 1787.
New York: Printed and Sold by J. and A McLean, 1788.
First edition of The Federalist, one of the rarest and most significant books in American political history, which “exerted a powerful influence in procuring the adoption of the Federal Constitution.” 12 mo, two volumes bound in full contemporary tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spines, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, Greek key ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. From the library of William Bedlow with his bookplate to each pastedown and ownership signature dating back to the year of publication, and subsequently his descendant, William Bedlow Crosby (1786-1865) with…
Price: $400,000.00 Item Number: 131486
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“It is no shame to have a dirty face- the shame comes when you keep it dirty": First Edition of Truman Capote's Classic In Cold Blood; Signed by Him
CAPOTE, Truman .
In Cold Blood.
New York: Random House, 1965.
First edition of Capote's landmark true-crime novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Truman Capote. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by S. Neil Fujita. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 136751
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"The first major work on the French Revolution": Adolphe Thiers' renowned History of the French Revolution; elegantly bound
THIERS, Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe.
Histoire de la Revolution Francaise. [History of the French Revolution].
Societe Typographique Belge: Bruxelles, 1840.
Finely bound example of the first major work on the French Revolution. Quarto, two volumes bound in full contemporary polished and diced calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Thiers. In very good condition. A very attractive binding.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137208
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Signed limited first Edition of shelby Foote's Classic Shiloh
FOOTE, Shelby .
Shiloh.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2012.
Signed limited first edition of Foote's classic fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862. Octavo, original full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon bound in. Signed by Shelby Foote. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136740
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First Edition of Margaret Thatcher's In Defence of Freedom: Speeches on Britain's Relations With the World 1976-1986; Signed Twice by Her
THATCHER, Margaret.
In Defence of Freedom: Speeches on Britain’s Relations With the World 1976-1986 .
London: Aurum Press, 1986.
First edition of this early collection of speeches by Prime Minister Thatcher. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed twice by Margaret Thatcher, once on the half-title page and again on an official bookplate. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduced by Ronald Butt. Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Lord Home of the Hirsel, KT. Cover photograph by Peter Jordan.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136493
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First edition of The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865
MOTTELAY, Paul F. and T. Campbell-Copeland.
The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865. Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-Field.
Richmond and New York: Stanley Bradely Publishing Company, 1890.
First edition of volume I I of this profusely illustrated set, containing large engraved portraits of Lincoln, Grant, McClellan and numerous battle scenes. Folio, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Hillen, Becker, Lovie, and Schell among others. In good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 134168
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First British edition of Churchill's only full-length work of fiction: Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania; bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900.
First British edition of Churchill's singular attempt at full-length fiction, one of only 1,500 copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 136595
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"Make a way out of no way": The Audacity of Hope; Signed by Barack Obama
OBAMA, Barack .
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2006.
First edition, early printing of Obama's second book. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Deborah Feingold.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 136741
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“unfortunately we have to make war as we must and not as we should like to": First American edition of Winston Churchill's The Unknown War: The Eastern Front; In the rare original dust jacket
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Unknown War: The Eastern Front.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931.
First edition of the final volume in Churchill's important history of World War I. Octavo, original cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated with portraits, maps, and diagrams. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136451
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FIRST EDITION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136465
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JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE; Warmly Inscribed by Him
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition, early printing of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Burke with the highest esteem and warmest regards of his friend- John Kennedy." The recipient, John Burke was a liaison at the advertising agency used by Kennedy in his 1952 Senate campaign. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jack design by Phil Grushkin. Jacket photograph by Hank Walker.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 136965
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Rare Globe Terrestre d'apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes
BERTRAUX, Emile .
Globe Terrestre d’apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes [Terrestrial Globe].
Paris: Emile Bertraux, 1879.
A fine and highly detailed French terrestrial library globe showing the earth's geography as it was mapped in the late nineteenth century. The globe includes the oceans' major currents, the declination of the sun, color-coded European colonial possessions, the locations of railway tracks, telegraph lines, and ocean liner routes, as well as the tracks of various explorers, including Columbus, Cook, Vancouver, D'Urville, and Freycinet, among others. The globe consists of twelve hand-colored lithographed paper gores and two calottes pasted to a plaster and wood sphere; the globe's graduated brass meridian circle is set within a later stand consisting of a…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 136769
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Two rare Grand Street Publications separate printings of Books III and XVIII of Robert Fagles' renowned translation of Homer's Iliad; inscribed by Fagles to fellow writer and translator Charles Tomlinson
FAGLES, Robert.
The Iliad, Book III: Helen Reviews the Champions. [With] The Iliad, Book XVIII: The Shield of Achilles.
Grand Street Publications, Inc, .
Two rare Grand Street Publications separate printings of Books III and XVIII of Robert Fagles' renowned translation of Homer's Iliad. Octavo, two volumes. Association copy, inscribed by author on the front panel of Book XVIII, "Charles and Brenda - Wonderful to have you back in Princeton with us - Love, Bob." The recipient, Charles Tomlinson, was a prolific English poet, translator, academic, and illustrator who taught for thirty-six years in the English Department of Bristol University, where he became Emeritus Professor. Tomlinson was an authoritative translator of poetry from the Russian, Spanish and Italian, including work by Antonio Machado, Fyodor…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 137120
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First edition of Charles Dalton's The Waterloo Roll Call; finely bound
DALTON, Charles.
The Waterloo Roll Call.
London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.
First edition of Dalton's account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon's last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Bookplate. Ownership name. Rare.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137101
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Robert Graves' fine translation of Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars; finely bound in full crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
GAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS. TRANSLATED BY ROBERT GRAVES,.
The Twelve Caesars.
London: The Folio Society, 1966.
Finely bound example of Graves' translation of The Twelve Caesars. Quarto, bound in full crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, Greek key gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Translated by Robert Graves. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129618
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The Historian's Masterpiece; The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Finely Bound Set
GIBBON, Edward.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1782-1788.
Quarto, 6 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, 3 folding engraved maps. Volume I-III are new editions, volumes III-VI are first editions. In near fine condition, rebacked. The frontispiece portrait of Gibbon is after Sir Joshua Reynolds, the three engraved folding maps are of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire, and a folding map of Constantinople (this map is in its original folded issue, instead of the more common method of having the plate trimmed to the margin and inserted; it is more rare in this folded state). An exceptional…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 136015
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First Edition of Peter Maas' Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System; Signed by Him and by Al Pacino
MAAS, Peter [Al Pacino].
Serpico. The Cop Who Defied the System.
New York: The Viking Press, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, basis for the film starring Al Pacino. Octavo, original half cloth, with four pages of illustrations. Boldly signed by Peter Maas and additionally signed by Al Pacino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stanley Phillips. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136976
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War; In exceptional condition
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Company, 1948-54.
First editions of Churchill’s World War II masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, original black cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with plates and maps (many of which are folding); charts and tables. Each are fine in fine dust jackets. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 136888
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"A free mind and a free market are corollaries": First Edition of For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy Of Ayn Rand; Signed by Ayn Rand
RAND, Ayn.
For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand.
New York : Random House, 1961.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136460
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First edition of Russell Baker's Book of American Humor; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
BAKER, Russell. [William Safire].
Russell Baker’s Book of American Humor.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993.
First edition of Baker's entertaining collection of humorous American anecdotes. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Bill Safire Something to lighten the pauses between bouts of "Job" - with admiration Russ Baker Oct. 20.93." 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…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 136511
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Rare First Edition of Mathematics and the Imagination; From the library of Madeleine L'Engle
KASNER, Edward and James Newman [Madeleine L'Engle].
Mathematics and the Imagination.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.
First edition of this classic work which famously contains the first appearance of the term googol, which the search engine name, Google, is a play on. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Newbery award-winning novelist Madeleine L'Engle with her married name and husband [in her handwriting], "Hugh and Madeleine Franklin." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With drawings and diagrams by Rufus Isaacs. An exceptional example with noted provenance.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 133177
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"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear": First Edition of Rosa Parks' Quiet Strength; Signed by Her
PARKS, Rosa with Gregory J. Reed.
Quiet Strength.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994.
First edition of this work by Rosa Parks. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Rosa Parks opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 136722
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First Edition of Winston Spencer Churchill Servant of the Crown and Commonwealth
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Edited by Sir James Marchant.
Winston Spencer Churchill Servant of the Crown and Commonwealth.
London: Cassell & Company, 1954.
First edition of this work compiled for Churchill's 80th birthday. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with the rare wrap around band.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 136400
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COMPLETE FIRST EDITION SET OF WASHINGTON IRVING'S MONUMENTAL LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON; ATTRACTIVELY BOUND
IRVING, Washington [George Washington].
Life of George Washington.
G. P. Putnam & Co: New York, 1855.
First edition of Irving’s monumental biography of George Washington. Octavo, bound in full crushed navy morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spines, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Washington, original cloth bound in at rear of each volume. In near fine condition. A very attractive set.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 137074
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“AS A MATTER OF SELECTIVE NECESSITY, MAN IS AN AGENT. …HE IS POSSESSED OF A TASTE FOR EFFECTIVE WORK, AND A DISTASTE FOR FUTILE EFFORT”: FIRST EDITION OF THORSTEIN VEBLEN'S THE THEORY OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
VEBLEN, Thorstein.
The Theory of Business Enterprise.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.
First edition of Veblen's second book, a seminal work in economics. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137118
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“In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracle": First edition of the third volume of the Memoirs of David Ben-Gurion; signed by him and in the rare original dust jacket
BEN-GURION, David.
Memoirs.
Tel Aviv: Am Oved Publishers Ltd, 1973.
First edition of the third volume of Ben-Gurion’s memoirs in Hebrew. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Ben-Gurion on the title page. With Ben-Gurion's Compliment card laid in. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137092
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Rare First Edition of Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery. An Autobiography; signed by him on a tipped-in letter
WASHINGTON, Booker T.
Up From Slavery. An Autobiography.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1901.
First edition of Booker T. Washington's landmark biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. With a portion of a typed letter signed by Booker T. Washington tipped in to the pastedown. In near fine condition. A very nice example.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 137020
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First New and Revised edition of Bill Wilson's Alcoholics Anonymous; warmly inscribed by him
WILSON, William [Bill W.].
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism.
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc, 1955.
First new and revised edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. First issue with 'realy' on p. xx and 6000 on p. 16. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Mildred With all my affection and gratitude. Ever, Bill NY 7/27/56." The recipient was a very active member of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Pasadena area. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition and scarce signed.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 136384
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“I’ve just had the happiest day of my life”: The Companion of Honour Medal: Awarded to Friedrich von Hayek by Queen Elizabeth II; with the royal appointment signed by Queen Elizabeth II
HAYEK, Friedrich von [F.A.]. [Queen Elizabeth II].
The Companion of Honour Medal: Awarded to Friedrich von Hayek by Queen Elizabeth II.
1984.
Exquisite Companion of Honour Medal, awarded by Queen Elizabeth II to Friedrich von Hayek on June 16th 1984 at Buckingham Palace. Measuring 2.5 inches by 1.75 inches, the medallion is surmounted by the royal crown decorated in red and green enamel and features a mounted knight and oak tree with the shield of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom within a blue oval frame bearing the gilt motto, "In Action Faithful and In Honor Clear." On the verso is Queen Elizabeth's royal insignia. Presented on a red ribbon with gold thread borders and housed in a custom velvet blue…
Price: $150,000.00 Item Number: 117452
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"I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the waking hours of the day to making money, for the money's sake": John D. Rockefeller's personal copy of The Reminiscences of John D. Rockefeller; one of only 25 numbered sets specially bound in full morocco
ROCKEFELLER, John D.
The World’s Work: The Reminiscences of John D. Rockefeller.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908-1909.
John D. Rockefeller's personal copy of The World's Work containing The Reminiscences of John D. Rockefeller; one of only 25 numbered copies of the Author's edition specially bound and printed on coated paper. Quarto, seven volumes in the publisher's original full crushed red morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with photographs and advertisements. Rockefeller's Reminiscences were published serially in The World's Work from January 1908 to March 1909 and contain a wealth of detail about Rockefeller's family history, youth, and rise to fame as the richest man…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 137084
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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 Lincoln: A Cinematic and Historical Companion; signed by the film's screenplay writer Tony Kushner
RUBEL, David. Tony Kushner. Forewords by Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy. [Doris Kearns Goodwin].
Lincoln: A Cinematic and Historical Companion.
New York: Disney Editions, 2012.
First edition of this pictorial companion to Spielberg’s monumental 2012 historical drama Lincoln. Quarto, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the title page by Tony Kushner, who wrote the screenplay for the film loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. 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…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 137109
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"One of the best first-hand accounts of the Civil War": First Edition of the Personal Memoirs Of P. H. Sheridan
SHERIDAN, Philip Henry.
Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1888.
First edition of Sheridan’s military autobiography. Octavo, 2 volumes, original gilt-stamped green cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with 27 maps and 18 plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Sheridan. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137051
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First Edition of Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent; Inscribed by Him
CARO, Robert A.
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
First edition of Caro's second volume in his acclaimed Johnson series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Martin M. Siegel- with best wishes from Robert A. Caro." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 136993
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First Edition of Dreams From My Father; Signed by Barack Obama
OBAMA, Barack.
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1995.
First edition of this memoir by the 44th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Schiff. Jacket art by Steven Dana. Author photograph by Warren Browne.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 136995
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF LEONARDO DA VINCI'S TRATTATO DELLA PITTURA DI LIONARDO DA VINCI
DU FRESNE, Rafaelle. [Leonardo Da Vinci].
Trattato Della Pittura Di Lionardo Da Vinci. Nouamente dato in luce, con la vita dell’istesso autore, scritta da Rafaelle du Fresne.
In Parigi: Apresso Giacomo Langlois, 1651.
First edition of Da Vinci's classic treatise on painting, compiled from his original notes by his pupil Francesco Melzi and containing the same illustrations used in the French translation of the treatise published by Langlois in the same year, where they are attributed to Poussin. Folio, bound in full eighteenth century calf with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous engravings throughout, additional frontispiece incorporating a portrait of Leonardo, engraved plate with portrait of Alberti. Brunet V 1257; Graesse VI 327. In very good…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 136570
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Rare first edition of Henry Sidgwick's magnum opus The Methods of Ethics; in the original cloth
SIDGWICK, Henry.
The Methods of Ethics.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1874.
First edition of Sidgwick's magnum opus, which "in many ways marked the culmination of the classical utilitarian tradition" (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Octavo, original brown pebbled cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, triple black ruling to the front panel. In near fine condition. Scarce in the original cloth.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 126877
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FIRST EDITION OF ALBERT EINSTEIN’S "ONE AND ONLY INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY"
EINSTEIN, Albert.
Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.
Evanston: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949.
First edition of Einstein's singular autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein by Yousuf Karsh. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136515
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with appreciation for his friendship and his years of service to the nation" Signed Limited Edition of Richard Nixon's Memoirs; Inscribed by Him to California Congressman Bob Badham
NIXON, Richard M.
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.
Signed limited edition of Richard Nixon's memoirs. Thick octavo, original cloth, illustrated, original slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "To Congressman Bob Badham with appreciation for his friendship and his years of service to the nation from Richard Nixon August 8, 1979." The recipient, Robert Edward Badham was a politician from California. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the Orange County-based 40th district from 1977 to 1989. In near fine condition in the original slipcase. A nice association.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 133998
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First edition of The Campaign Text Book: Why The People Want A Change; from the library of American journalist William Safire
The Campaign Text Book. Why The People Want A Change. The Republican Party Reviewed: Its Sins of Commission and Omission.
New York: 1876.
First edition of this 19th century summary of the leading events in American history under Republican administration. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. From the library of William Safire although not marked. 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…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136488
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FIRST EDITION OF J.M. KEYNES' FIRST MAJOR WORK ON ECONOMICS INDIAN CURRENCY AND FINANCE
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.].
Indian Currency and Finance.
London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913.
First edition of Keynes' first major work on economics. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Neat ownership inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136408
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First edition, advance review copy of Llyod Lewis's Captain Sam Grant; from the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Herbert Donald
LEWIS, Lloyd. [David Herbert Donald].
Captain Sam Grant.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
First edition, advance review copy of Lewis' great biography of American Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant, with the publisher's review slip laid in. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald with three drafts of a review of the book by Donald's mentor and the director of his dissertation at the University of Illinois, John Randall, laid in.; one with hand-written annotations. American historian David Herbert Donald is best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography two times for his biographies of Charles Sumner and Thomas…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136237
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"We wish, using our own capacities, seeing with our own eyes, and not as the women of the past have done, with the eyes of men, to understand our true position, to see clearly what are our duties and our rights": First Edition of Charlotte Despard's Woman in the New Era
DESPARD, Charlotte. With an Appreciation by Christopher St. John.
Woman in the New Era.
London: The Suffrage Shop, 1910.
First edition of Charlotte Despard's impassioned feminist tract. Octavo, original wrappers. With an Appreciation by Christopher St. John. In good condition. Exceptionally rare with no other copies traced at auction.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 135290
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"A Gallery of Ghosts": Rare late nineteenth century Carte de visite album containing albumen portraits of Henry Ward Beecher, Washington Irving, and General Winfield Hancock among dozens of others
Nineteenth Century Carte de Visite Album.
Rare late nineteenth century carte de visite album containing dozens of original portraits of prominent members of the Griffith family of New York and several contemporary celebrities including Henry Ward Beecher, Washington Irving, and General Winfield Hancock. Quarto, original full leather richly decorated in gilt with inner dentelles, silk watered endleaves, gilt decorations and ruling to each album page which contains one or four original carte de visite portraits, all edges gilt, metal clasp. In very good condition. A captivating collection of nineteenth century American portraits.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 136095
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"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it": First Editions of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill's masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine. Housed in a custom slipcase. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 136998
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“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price": First Edition of Amelia Earhart's The Fun of It; Signed by Her
EARHART, Amelia.
The Fun of It.
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.
First edition of Earhart's account of her childhood, her fascination with aviation, and her life through her 1932 flight across the Atlantic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout, with the original record in the rear pastedown. Signed by Amelia Earhart on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 136031