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“Like most other mammals, human beings display a behavioral scale, a spectrum of responses that appear or disappear according to particular circumstances": First Edition of On Human Nature; Signed By Edward O. Wilson With A Drawing Of An Ant
WILSON, Edward O.
On Human Nature.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978.
First edition of this work, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn an ant. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133312
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WILSON, Edmund.
To the Finland Station.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1940.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by the author. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a small chip to the top front panel and minor edge wear to the spine crown. A very sharp copy, uncommon signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 3129
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First Edition of Brian Wilson's Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story; inscribed by him, Todd Gold, and Dr. Eugene Landy
WILSON, Brian with Todd Gold.
Wouldn’t It Be Nice: My Own Story.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.
First edition of Brian Wilson's candid autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Brian Wilson on the half-title page, "To Glen Brian Wilson", signed by Todd Gold on the title page and inscribed by Dr. Eugene Landy on the dedication page, "To Glenn Eugene E. Landy." The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood specializing in art, music, film, photography, design and fiction. American psychotherapist Dr. Eugene E. Landy was best known for his unconventional psychological treatments, especially for his treatment of Wilson in the 1970s and…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 119333
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Living with an Alcoholic: With the Help of Al-Anon; Signed by Bill and Lois Wilson
WILSON, Bill and Lois.
Living with an Alcoholic: With the Help of Al-Anon.
New York: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc, 1964.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Bill and Lois Wilson on the front free endpaper, "From Lois B. Wilson, all good wishes" and "Yours, Bill." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by both Bill and Lois Wilson.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 130675
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"Yet this evening was an occasion and she hadn't had so many of those in her life": First edition of Angus Wilson's Late Call
WILSON, Angus.
Late Call.
London: Seeker & Warburg, 1964.
First edition of Wilson's satirical comedy. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ralph Mabey. A sharp example.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 96194
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First edition of Alexander Wilmot's The History of Our Own Times in South Africa
WILMOT, Alexander.
The History of Our Own Times in South Africa.
London: J. C. Juta & Co, 1897-1899.
First edition of Wilmot's authoritative history of the development of South Africa. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spines. In near fine condition with rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 116824
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First edition of Garry Wills' Explaining America: The Federalist; signed by him
WILLS, Garry.
Explaining America: The Federalist.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981.
First edition of Wills' analysis of The Federalist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Garry Wills on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lewis Friedman.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 132144
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First Edition of Garry Wills' Pulitzer Prize-winning work Lincoln at Gettysburg; Inscribed by Him
WILLS, Garry.
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Re-Made America.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dick what fun, Garry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Original article regarding this title from the New York Times laid in.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133476
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Robert Aris Willmott's The Poets of the Nineteenth Century; finely bound and decorated with a fore-edge painting
WILLMOTT, Robert Aris [Editor].
The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1869.
Finely bound example of Willmott's compilation of the great nineteenth century poets. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, central gilt emblem and fleuron cornerpieces within triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a maritime scene, illustrated with one hundred and thirty engravings. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140229
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First edition of Oliver E. Williamson's The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
WILLIAMSON, Oliver E.
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting.
New York: The Free Press, 1985.
First edition of Williamson's modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike McIver.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 126832
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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
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First edition of Henry Williamson's Love and the Loveless
WILLIAMSON, Henry.
Love and the Loveless: A Soldier’s Tale.
London: Macdonald & Co., 1958.
First edition of the seventh novel in the author's semi-autobiographical Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom Lynne. Bookplate.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 128063
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First edition of Henry Williamson's How Dear Is Life
WILLIAMSON, Henry.
How Dear Is Life.
London: Macdonald & Co., 1954.
First edition of the fourth novel in the author’s semi-autobiographical Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Broom Lynne. Bookplate.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 128068
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“To imitate nature involves the verb to do": First Edition of The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams; Inscribed by Him
WILLIAMS, William Carlos.
The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams.
New York: Random House, 1951.
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Robert H. Fuller wishing him luck William Carlos Williams 10/19/51." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 136387
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First Edition of A Streetcar Named Desire; Signed by Tennessee Williams
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
A Streetcar Named Desire.
New York: New Directions, 1947.
First edition of Williams' classic play, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket which has had some expert restoration to the extremities. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 7342
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“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”: First Edition of A Streetcar Named Desire; Signed by Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
A Streetcar Named Desire.
New York: New Directions, 1947.
Early printing of Williams' classic play, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Octavo, original illustrated boards. association copy, inscribed or signed by several cast members for producer Danny Selznick. Signed by Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Jessica Tandy, and Karl Malden. Inscribed by Kim Hunter on the verso of the first blank: "Love and best wishes always, Danny- one of my Favorite people- Kim." Selznick's ownership inscription on the lower corner of the half-title page. Danny Selznick is a producer and the youngest son of David O. Selznick; it was Selznick's mother, Irene Mayer Selznick, who produced the…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 87896