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First Edition of Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth & Stanislav Menshikov.
Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence: From A Bitter Past To A Better Prospect.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to a Vermont friend and publisher, "For Carol with love John G 1988." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 1601
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First edition of Charles Osborne's The Unexpected Guest
OSBORNE, Charles [Agatha Christie].
The Unexpected Guest.
London: HarperCollins, 1999.
First edition of this classic mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Andrew Davidson.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 137528
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First Edition of The Fiscal System of Venezuela; Inscribed by Carl Shoup
SHOUP, Carl S.
The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1959.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Carl Shoup on the front free endpaper, "To A.R. Ilersic with regards- C.S. Shoup." Also laid in a signed letter from Shoup to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Carl S. Shoup. Contributors include John F. Due, Lyle C. Fitch, Sir Donald McDougall, Oliver S. Oldman and Stanley S. Surrey.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 75023
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First Edition of F.M. Scherer's Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives
SCHERER, F.M.
Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding the work of Joseph Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Rogers with best wishes, F.M. Scherer. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 47955
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"as entertaining to the eye and the imagination as a Beatles album is to the ear": First Edition of Alan Aldridge's The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics
ALDRIDGE, Alan.
The Beatles: Illustrated Lyrics.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1990.
First edition of the only major published collection of illustrated Beatles lyrics. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with lavish, full-color illustrations by a host of internationally renowned artists with specially commissioned photographs featured on almost every page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145102
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First Edition of John McPhee's Giving Good Weight; Inscribed by Him
MCPHEE, John.
Giving Good Weight.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
First edition of this collection of McPhee's classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Len Byrd all best John." Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 2133
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Harriet Martineau's Feats on the Fiord; illustrated by Arthur Rackham
MARTINEAU, Harriet. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Feats on the Fiord.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, n.d.
Early printing of Martineau's classic collection. Octavo, original publisher's blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, color pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with eight lithographic plates in color. In very good condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 142418
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First Edition of Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986; Signed by Cynthia Ozick, Robert Giroux, and Daniel Stern
MALAMUD, Bernard). Cynthia Ozick.
Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986.
New York: Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller, 1986.
First edition, one of 150 unnumbered copies. 16 mo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert Giroux, Daniel Stern, and Cynthia Ozick. In fine condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 47544
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Julia Ellsworth Ford's Imagina; illustrated by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford
FORD, Julia Ellsworth.
Imagina.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1923.
Second edition of Ford's melancholic children's tale. Quarto, original cloth, with illustrations in color by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford. Very good in the original dust jacket which shows significant wear.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 142358
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"The breaking of the wave cannot explain the whole sea": First Edition of the reissue of Vladimir Nabokov's The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Introduction by Conrad Brenner.
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight.
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1959.
First edition of the reissue of Nabokov's first novel in English. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ivan Chermayeff. Drawing by Michael Train. A nice example.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 89025
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First Edition of Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom.
Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman.
New York: Ecco/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003.
First edition of Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and photograph by David High and Ralph Del Pozzo.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 145074
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"Nobody knows anything about what will work": William Goldman's Tinsel; Inscribed by Him
GOLDMAN, William.
Tinsel.
New York : Delacorte Press, 1979.
First edition, second printing of Goldman's novel regarding Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by William Goldman opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Huebner.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 81342