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Signed Edition of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore; Signed three times by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Kafka on the Shore.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of Murakami's award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed three times by dust jacket illustrator, once on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear jacket flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 122969
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First edition of Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place; inscribed by her
NAYLOR, Gloria.
The Women of Brewster Place.
New York: The Viking Press, 1982.
First edition of Naylor's National Book Award-winning debut novel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jeanne Gloria Naylor." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design and drawing by George Sanders a.k.a. Sando. With an original African-Caribbean Bookstore flyer advertising the book signing event during which this copy was inscribed on Thursday, March 7, 1985 laid in.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 125318
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First edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores; inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government.
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.
First edition of O'Rourke's international best-seller. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Paul P.J. O'Rourke 6/5/92." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141051
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's At Home, Essays 1982-1988; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
At Home: Essays 1982-1988.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Valerie love Gore.” The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126590
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First Edition of William J. Casey's Where and How the War was Fought: An Armchair Tour of the American Revolution; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
CASEY, William J. [William Safire].
Where and How the War was Fought: An Armchair Tour of the American Revolution.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976.
First edition of Casey's contemporary analysis of the American Revolution. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps by Noel Langan Glenn. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Helen and Bill in esteem and friendship Bill Casey." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire 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…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133042
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First Edition of Julian Barnes's Metroland; Signed by Him
BARNES, Julian.
Metroland.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.
First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127617
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First Edition of Chinua Achebe's Home and Exile; Inscribed by Him
ACHEBE, Chinua.
Home and Exile.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stephen Chinua Achebe." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 131982
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's Martha Quest; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author
LESSING, Doris.
Martha Quest.
London: Michael Joseph, 1952.
First edition of the author's first book in the Children of Violence series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Name on the front pastedown, near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips and wear. Jacket design by Peter Rudland.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 16012
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First Edition of Ken Fisher's The Wall Street Waltz; Inscribed by Him
FISHER, Kenneth L.
The Wall Street Waltz: 90 Visual Perspectives Illustrated Lessons from Financial Cycles and Trends.
Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1987.
First edition of this work which provides a look at Wall Street and the stock market's history through dramatic charts and visuals. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed on by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Lee, When I told by 16 year old about your Dad and the flat tire he acknowledged that he wouldn't be able to top that. It was fun seeing you last week. Hope you like this. Ken Fisher 6/20/87." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Georgene Sainati.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 57645
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First Edition of A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
HAHN, Frank and Robert Solow.
A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1995.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 45079
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First edition, first printing of William Seabrook's Jungle Ways, one of 315 numbered extra-illustrated copies signed by him
SEABROOK, William B.
Jungle Ways.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931.
Signed limited first edition of occultist and cannibal William Buehler Seabrook's account of his travels along the Ivory Coast and through West Africa where he witnessed witchcraft, cannibalism and human sacrifice. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. One of 315 extra-illustrated numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page of which 274 were for sale, this is number 198. Near fine in the original slipcase which is lacking the bottom panel.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 124947
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Signed limited first edition of Carl Sandburg's Good Morning America; one of 811 copies signed by him and from the library of American journalist William Safire
SANDBURG, Carl. [William Safire].
Good Morning America.
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Sandburg's classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon bound in. One of 811 copies signed by the author, this is number 238. From the library of American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown and gilt initials to the front panel. William Safire was an important American author,…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127368
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Death of a Salesman; Signed by Arthur Miller
MILLER, Arthur.
Death of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1998.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Original drawing of Willy Loman by Joseph Hirsch. Photograph of Arthur Miller by Esther Handler.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135021
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"A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it": First Edition of Phil Mickelson's One Magical Sunday; Signed by Him
MICKELSON, Phil.
One Magical Sunday: (But Winning Isn’t Everything).
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of this work by the great Masters champion. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Phil Mickelson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag. Written with Donald T. Phillips.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 136983
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First Edition of The Poetic Species; Signed by Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas
WILSON, Edward O. & Robert Haas.
The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.
New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.
First edition of this "wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating" (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings). Small octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Robert Haas and Edward O. Wilson (who has drawn a picture of an ant) on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 3300
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First Danube Edition of Arrival and Departure; Inscribed by Arthur Koestler
KOESTLER, Arthur.
Arrival and Departure.
London: Hutchinson of London, 1966.
First Danube edition of the third novel in the author's classic trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Karl and Diane from Arthur." The recipients were Karl Pribram and his wife Diane. Karl as a neurosurgeon and close friend of Koestler who did pioneering work on the definition of the limbic system, the relationship of the frontal cortex to the limbic system, the sensory-specific "association" cortex of the parietal and temporal lobes, and the classical motor cortex of the human brain. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ralph Mabey.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 142679
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"Nothing that ever was changes. Yet nothing that is can ever be the same as what went before": First Edition of The City and the Pillar
VIDAL, Gore.
The City and the Pillar.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1948.
First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144891
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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 of John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom; Signed by Robert Skidelsky
SKIDELSKY, Robert.
John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom, 1937-1946.
New York: Viking, 2000.
First edition of this biography on the legendary economist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Robert Skidelsky on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 16014
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First edition of Structural Slumps: The Modern Equilibrium Theory of Unemployment, Interest, and Money; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund S. Phelps
PHELPS, Edmund S. In collaboration with Hiam Teck Hoon.
Structural Slumps: The Modern Equilibrium Theory of Unemployment, Interest, and Money.
Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994.
First edition of Phelps' important contribution to understanding the business cycle. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Frankfeldt.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 95092