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First edition of David Rieff's Going to Miami; inscribed by him and from the library of Peter Matthiessen
RIEFF, David. [Peter Matthiessen].
Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists, and Refugees in the New America.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987.
First edition of Rieff's classic work on the complex history of Miami, Florida. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "For Maria, with much love. David New York IX.9.87." The recipient, Maria Eckhart was the third wife of American writer Peter Matthiessen. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. "No…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135144
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"Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society": Sonia Sotomayor's My Beloved World; Signed by Her
SOTOMAYER, Sonia.
My Beloved World.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Early printing of Justice Sotomayor's autobiography, which details the life of the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Signed by Sonia Sotomayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 119114
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Rudyard Kipling and C.R.L. Fletcher's A History of England; in the rare original dust jacket
KIPLING, Rudyard and C.R.L. Fletcher.
A History of England.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1930.
Corrected edition of Kipling and Fletcher's history of Great Britain for boys and girls. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with colored plates and maps by Henry Ford. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135268
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Ludwig von Mises' Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution; With a New Introduction by Murray Rothbard
VON MISES, Ludwig; Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.
Auburn: The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1985.
First edition of the re-issue of this classic work, the first to feature a preface by Murray N. Rothbard. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 104223
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First edition of Britain's Industrial Future. Being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry
VARIOUS AUTHORS. [KEYNES, J.M.; David Lloyd George].
Britain’s Industrial Future. Being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry.
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928.
First edition, second impression of this collection of essays put forth by the Liberal Industrial Inquiry, members of which include David Lloyd George and John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, original wrappers In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135700
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First edition of Jonathan Dimbleby's The Palestinians; with photographs by Donald McCullin
DIMBLEBY, Jonathan. Photographs by Donald McCullin.
The Palestinians.
London: Quartet Books, 1979.
First edition of the award-winning journalist's work. Quarto, original cloth, photographs by Donald McCullin. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover design by Mike Jarvis.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 119681
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Frist Edition of Orville Victor's Incidents and Anecdotes of the War
VICTOR, Orville J.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the War: Together with Life Sketches of Eminent Leaders, and Narratives of the Most Memorable Battles for the Union.
New York: James D. Torrey, Publisher, 1862.
First edition of Victor's anecdotal history of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 133076
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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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“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": Winston S. Churchill's Great Contemporaries
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1937.
Odhams Press edition of this classic work by Churchill in which he tries to learn from contemporaries and what makes them great. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the front pastedown.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 140063
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Taylor Branch's Pillar of Fire; Inscribed by Him
BRANCH, Taylor. [Martin Luther King Jr.].
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
First edition, early printing of the second book of the author's epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on a bookplate, "For Gail Mitchum Taylor Branch 2002." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Seow.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 140029
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First edition of Peter Howitt's The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays
HOWITT, Peter [John Maynard Keynes].
The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1990.
First edition of Howitt's collected essays analyzing Keynesian and Walrasian economics. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "John with best wishes Peter Howitt." Laid in is an additional note inscribed by the author which reads, "12/9/14 John, With best wishes and many thanks for the kind words. Peter." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 110737
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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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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Sea Warfare; in the rare original dust jacket
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Sea Warfare.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1916.
First edition of this compilation of thirteen newspaper articles written by Kipling in response to a request by the Admiralty in the midst of World War I. Octavo, original blue cloth decorated in gilt, pages uncut. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 120348
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In the Wake of the Crisis; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
STIGLITZ, Joseph; Olivier Blanchard; David Romer and Michael Spence.
In the Wake of the Crisis: Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2012.
Early printing of this work in which prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 10900
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"The calmest voice and coolest mind in American public life": First Edition of John W. Gardner's No Easy Victories; inscribed by him
GARDNER, John W. Edited by Helen Rowan.
No Easy Victories.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of "the father of campaign finance reform", John W. Gardner's fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mariam and Andrew - affectionately, from their friend John W. Gardner." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Herb Weitman.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 110909
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First Edition of Patrick Leigh Fermor's The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos; Signed by Artemis Cooper
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos.
New York: John Murray, 2013.
First edition. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Signed by Artemis Cooper on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ed Kluz.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 140032
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First edition of J. M. Reid's The History of The Clydesdale Bank 1838-1938
REID, J. M.
The History of The Clydesdale Bank 1838-1938.
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1938.
First edition of Reid's authoritative history of the Clydesdale Bank. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, engraved frontispiece portrait of James Lumsden, the first chairman of the bank. Very good in the scarce original dust jacket which is in very good condition. With the Clydesdale Bank's complimentary slip laid in.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 124093
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"I don't think there is such a thing as a good war. There are sometimes necessary wars. And I think one might say, "just" wars. I never questioned the necessity of that war. And I still do not question it. It was something that had to be done": The War: Inscribed by Ken Burns
WARD, Geoffrey C. & Ken Burns.
The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this companion volume to the documentary by Ken Burns. Folio, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Ken Burns, "For Robert Sargent Fay with thanks and best wishes Ken Burns." The recipient was a consulting photographer for the PBS documentary of the life of Mark Twain, directed by Ken Burns. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 3427
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Rare first edition of Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago 1857-1907
HARPER, William Hudson and Charles H. Ravell.
Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago 1857-1907.
np: The Merchants' Loan and Trust Company, nd.
First edition of one of the earliest works on the history of banking in Chicago. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 124773
