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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife": Rare first edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
AUSTEN, JANE.
Pride and Prejudice: A Novel.
London: Printed for T. Egerton 1813.
First editions of all three volumes of Jane Austen’s masterpiece, her bestselling book during her lifetime which remains a landmark of English literature. 12mo, three volumes bound in full mottled calf with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, double gilt ruling and botanical gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges speckled black. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine. A very attractive example of this significant work in English literature.
Price: $140,000.00 Item Number: 145824
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First Edition of Julia's Kitchen Wisdom Essential Techniques And Recipes From A Lifetime Of Cooking; Signed by Her
CHILD, JULIA.
Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom Essential Techniques And Recipes From A Lifetime Of Cooking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2000.
First edition of this collection of recipes by Julia Child. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Jane Julia Child.” Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Front of the jacket photograph by Micheal McLaughlin. Book photograph by Paul Child.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 145839
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"The Truth Will Set You Free. But Not Until It Is Finished With You": First Edition Of The Authors Magnum Opus; Signed By David Foster Wallace in the year of publication
WALLACE, DAVID FOSTER.
Infinite Jest: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1996.
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication on the title page, “Hello! David Foster Wallace 2/96.” Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 145601
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First Edition of Washington: A Life; Inscribed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, RON.
Washington: A Life.
New York: The Penguin Press 2010.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Ron Chernow 2/24/11.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney Design.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145838
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First Edition of Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley; Inscribed by Him to Supreme Court Justice William Rufus Day
MCKINLEY, WILLIAM [WILLIAM RUFUS DAY].
Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley.
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1893.
First edition of this collection of speeches by the United State’s 25th president. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pale yellow endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of McKinley, illustrated with four additional tissue-guarded plates. Association copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf by William McKinley as Governor of Ohio, “For Hon. WRDay, with the sincere regard of his friend WMcKinley Columbus Ohio Dec 18/95.” The recipient, William Rufus Day served as Secretary of State under McKinley and later Supreme Court Justice under Theodore Roosevelt. Although he assumed the position of Secretary of State just a few days after the start of the Spanish-American war, Day worked tirelessly to secure the neutrality of Europe until the very end. During his tenure on the court, Day wrote 439 opinions, maintaining a staunchly antitrust perspective and delivering the Court’s important opinion in Weeks v. United States, which ruled that warrantless seizure of documents from a private home violates Fourth Amendment search and seizure requirements. In very good condition with rubbing to the extremities and ownership signatures to the front free endpaper, rebacked. Books signed by McKinley prior to his presidency are rare.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 145234
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The Easton Press' Collector's Edition of Henry Kissinger's Years of Upheaval
KISSINGER, HENRY.
Years of Upheaval.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press 1996.
The Easton Press Collector’s Edition of Kissinger’s candid account of the turbulent years of the second Administration of Richard Nixon, detailing the Watergate scandal and the 1973 October war in the Middle East. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, watered-silk end leaves, all edges gilt, ribbon bound-in, illustrated with photographs. In fine condition, from the personal library of Ira A. Lipman by The Easton Press with the publisher’s presentation bookplate to the half title page.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 145232
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First Edition of Grace Wharton's The Literature of Society
WHARTON, GRACE.
The Literature of Society.
London: Tinsley Brothers 1862.
First edition of this collection of observations on the literature of European historical figures. Octavo, two volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and wide triple gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by Bayntun Bindery and Stuart Kidd, marbled endpapers all edges gilt, ribbons bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait to each volume, extra-illustrated with numerous tissue-guarded engravings. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145231
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First Edition of Thomas De Quincey's On Style and Conversation
QUINCEY, THOMAS DE.
On Style and Conversation: A Series of Essays
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black 1862.
First edition of this collection of selected works in their original form. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, elaborate blind stamping to the front and rear panels, forest green endpapers. In very good condition with some rubbing to the spine.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145230
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Rare First Edition of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator; Signed by One of the Greatest Traders Ever, George Soros
LEFEVRE, EDWIN [GEORGE SOROS].
Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator.
New York: George H. Doran Company 1923.
First edition of this Wall Street classic, signed by legendary investor and trader George Soros. Octavo, original publisher’s ochre cloth, decoratively stamped in blind. Boldly signed by George Soros on the front free endpaper. Hungarian-American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist, George Soros, has authored fifteen books on global capitalism, finance, and politics that offer insights into his approach to business and investing. Starting his career working in British and American merchant banks, Soros quickly seeded his fortune with his first hedge fund, Double Eagle, later renamed Quantum Fund after the theory of quantum mechanics, and his short sale of $10 billion worth of pound sterling during the 1992 Black Wednesday currency crisis, which earned him the name ‘The Man Who Broke the Bank of England.’ Having developed the economic theory of reflexivity, founding the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and contributing heavily to knowledge on investment and economics, George Soros has undoubtedly made his mark on the greater financial world. In very good condition with rubbing and wear to the spine extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 145228