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"Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us!": First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Lengthily Inscribed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books, 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily and warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "6/18/92 To John Petty, Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us! With great respect and friendship Paul." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144897
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First Edition of Louise Meriwether's Daddy Was A Number Runner
MERIWETHER, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin.
Daddy Was A Number Runner.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1970.
First edition of this modern classic “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem" (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by James Baldwin. Very good in a good dust jacket, name blacked out on the front pastedown and number to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Cuevas.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145875
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First Edition of Darwin's Dangerous Idea; Inscribed by Daniel Dennett to Edward O.Wilson
DENNETT, Daniel C. [Edward O. Wilson].
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1995.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to biologist Edward O. Wilson on the title page, "For Edward Daniel Dennett." With Edward O. Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper. The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist known for developing the field of sociobiology. He was a humanist laureate of the International Academy of Humanism. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (for On Human Nature, and The Ants and a New York Times bestselling author for The Social Conquest of Earth, Letters to a Young Scientist, and The Meaning of Human…
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 133315
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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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"For Burt Reynolds whos 'the end' is one of the funniest films ever made!": Death Is A Lonely Business; Lengthily Inscribed by Ray Bradbury to Actor Burt Reynolds
BRADBURY, Ray [Burt Reynolds].
Death Is A Lonely Business.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
First edition, second printing of this classic murder mystery. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "4/7/87 For Burt Reynolds whos 'the end' is one of the funniest films ever made! Thanks from Ray Bradbury." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145612
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"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese": First edition of Medium Raw; Inscribed by Anthony Bourdain
BOURDAIN, Anthony.
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook.
New York: Ecco, 2010.
First edition of the follow-up to Bourdain's bestselling memoir Kitchen Confidential which addresses his rise to stardom and the evolving restaurant industry. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Juno and Danielle, Anthony Bourdain." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Allison Saltzman. Jacket photograph by Melanie Dunea/CP.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145609
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“Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed” and “A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds": First Edition of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller; Signed by Ron Chernow
CHERNOW, Ron.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
New York: Random House, 1998.
First edition of this landmark biography of John D. Rockefeller. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Ron Chernow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gabrielle Bordwin.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145837
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“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you": First Edition of Mere Christianity; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
LEWIS, C.S.
Mere Christianity.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952.
First edition of this classic C.S. Lewis work, which was adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1942 and 1944. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 143027
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John Bunyan's Grace Abounding and The Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John; Edited with Introduction by Roger Sharrock.
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and The Pilgrim’s Progress from this World to that which is to come.
London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Finely bound Oxford University Press printing of the author's famous allegory and spiritual autobiography. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Bayntun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt 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, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of John Bunyan from the pencil drawing by Robert White in the British Museum, presentation stamp to the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145239
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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 Pity of War: Explaining World War I; Signed by Niall Ferguson
FERGUSON, Niall.
The Pity of War: Explaining World War I.
New York: Basic Books, 1999.
First edition, early printing "rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking. Ferguson is a talented writer and a versatile scholar" (Atlantic). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David J. High. With a letter from the publisher laid in.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145605
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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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"As you are now so once were we": First American Edition Of Ulysses; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
JOYCE, James.
Ulysses.
New York: Random House, 1934.
First American edition of Joyce’s masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt signature of Joyce to the front panel, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 142876