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Rare autograph letter signed by American architect Stanford White to artist Mary Fairchild MacMonnies
WHITE, Stanford.
Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of American architect Stanford White. Four pages, dated March 6th 1896 and addressed to Mrs. Frederick McMonnies, the letter reads, "The sketches duly arrived and as I write Mac I am simply overpowered. I really melted with pleasure and continue to do so every time I look at them and I know the pleasure I felt on receiving them will mean more to you than any thanks, so I will not even attempt to thank you in words but if you ever want a house built for love, why, you know…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95110
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Theodore H. White's Fire in the Ashes; Inscribed by Him
WHITE, Theodore H.
Fire in the Ashes.
New York: William Sloane Associates Publishers, 1953.
Early printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Bernie Theodore H. White." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 118443
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First Edition of Alfred North Whitehead's Classic Text Process and Reality; Signed by Him
WHITEHEAD, Alfred North.
Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology.
New York: Macmillan & Company, 1929.
First edition of Alfred North Whitehead's magnum opus. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Alfred North Whitehead on the title page. From the Library of Henry David Aiken, with his signature dated 1943 on the front free endpaper. Aiken was a student of Ralph Barton Perry's at Harvard when Whitehead also was a professor there from 1924 through 1937 and was a participant at Whiteheads' famous Cambridge Sunday afternoon open houses, which ran until Whitehead's death in 1947. Aiken was a Harvard philosophy professor from 1946 through 1965 and along with W. V. Quine, his friend and colleague, and Mortin…
Price: $11,500.00 Item Number: 34005
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First Edition of Value Investing: A Balanced Approach; signed by Martin J. Whitman
WHITMAN, Martin J.
Value Investing: A Balanced Approach.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes Martin J. Whitman." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144681
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"Strangers who come to Florida and fail to see St. Augustine, are like those who go to Europe, and return without visiting Paris or London": First edition of John F. Whitney's St. Augustine, Florida: Its Advantages as a Winter Residence for Invalids and Northern Tourists
WHITNEY, John F.
St. Augustine, Florida. Its Advantages as a Winter Residence for Invalids and Northern Tourists. Cost of Living, and How to Get There.
St. Augustine, Florida: 1873.
First edition of this early travel guide to the city of St. Augustine, Florida by the Editor and Proprietor of The Florida Press. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with advertisements. In good condition. Small bookplate. Exceptionally rare with only one other copy traced at auction and one listed in academic holding.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138377
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First Edition of Edward Whymper's Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator; From the library of Explorer Steve Fossett
WHYMPER, Edward.
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator.
London: John Murray, 1891-92.
First edition of this work by the mountaineer and explorer. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's cloth, with 34 engraved plates and 4 maps (one folding, one large folding route map in rear cover pocket). From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. 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…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111798
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"People often do what they do for the reasons they think they do”: First Edition of The Organization Man; Inscribed by William Whyte
WHYTE, William H.
The Organization Man.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.
First edition of one of the most influential books on management ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best to Lydia Bronte about whom this book was not written! Holly Whyte 4/18/89." Additionally signed "William H. Whyte" on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips to the crown of the spine. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2141
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"To live effectively is to live with adequate information": First Edition of Norbert Wieners Autobiography; Signed by Him
WIENER, Norbert.
Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Weiner's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Norbert Weiner on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 3729
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First Edition of Norbert Wiener's The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society; Inscribed by Him
WIENER, Norbert.
The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Larta Blanca Norbert Wiener." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Bartlett. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 142006
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First Edition of Norbert Wiener's Cybernetics; Inscribed by Him to Colleague Karl Wildes
WIENER, Norbert.
Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1948.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "From Norbert Wiener To Karl Wildes In honor of our long friendship." Wiener presented this copy to Wildes who was long associated with the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 142984
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First Edition of Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story; Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal
WIESENTHAL, Simon.
Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.
First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 110499
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FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMIST FRIEDRICH VON WIESERS NATURAL VALUE
WIESER, Friedrich von.
Natural Value.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1893.
First edition in English. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright. Translated by Christian A. Molloch. Edited with a preface and analysis by William Smart.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3681
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First editions of James Russell Lowell's The Biglow Papers, First and Second Series
WILBUR, Homer. [James Russell Lowell].
Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers. [With] The Biglow Papers Second Series.
Cambridge: Published by George Nichols: 1848/Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867.
First edition, first issue of James Russell Lowell's first book, a bitter criticism of the Mexican-American War and opposition to the expansion of slavery; named by the Grolier Club as the most influential book of 1848. BAL 13068. First issue, published under the pseudonym, with the preliminary advertisements, and only the Cambridge imprint to the title page. With a first edition of The Biglow Papers Second Series. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. From the library of Danish-American actor Jean Hersholt with his signed bookplate to each volume.…
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 139428
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First edition of William Wilkins' The Antiquities of Magna Graecia
WILKINS, William.
The Antiquities of Magna Graecia.
Cambridge: Printed at the University Press by Richard Watts for Longman, Hurst, Orme and Rees, 1807.
First edition of this ambitious and influential work on the classical architecture of the Magna Graecia by one of the leading figures of the English Greek Revival movement of the early 19th century. Folio, bound in full green buckram, engraved vignette to the title page, illustrated with 73 full-page engraved plates including 20 aquatint views, maps, and illustrations, subscribers list. In near fine condition with the plates remarkably clean. Library stamp to the title page and bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116938
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First Edition of Spenser Wilkinson's The Rise of General Bonaparte; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
WILKINSON, Spenser [Napoleon and William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Rise of General Bonaparte.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1930.
First edition of this history of French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte. Octavo, original navy blue cloth, frontispiece of General Bonaparte at Arcole, illustrated with several maps; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman with his bookplate adhered to the front pastedown, gift inscription to Sherman on the title page, "P. T. S. from G. D. March 1931." In very good condition with toning to the rear panel, front and rear pastedown, front and rear free endpaper. General William Tecumseh Sherman's son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145726
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"Each generation in our history needs to be taught what the Constitution is, and what the framers of it understood it to be, at its formation": Rare first edition of George S. Williams' The Constitution of The United States For the Use of Schools and Academies
WILLIAMS, George S.
The Constitution of The United States. For the Use of Schools and Academies.
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1861.
First edition of Williams' Civil War era printing of the United States Constitution, intended for use in both public schools and private academies. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, gilt American flag and eagle vignette to the front panel. In near fine condition with rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Includes The Constitution of the United States, Washington's Farewell Address, The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 124073
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First Edition of Oliver Williamson's Markets and Hierarchies: A Study in the Internal Organizations
WILLIAMSON, Oliver E.
Markets and Hierarchies: A Study in the Internal Organizations.
New York: The Free Press, 1075.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140934