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First Edition of Thomas Schelling's Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's important compilation of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 75689
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First Edition of Alexandre Dumas' Henri III et sa Cour
DUMAS, Alexandre (Alexander).
Henri III et sa Cour.
Paris: Vezard et Cie, 1829.
Rare first edition of Dumas' first play. Octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. This work also includes Maximes et Pensées Du Prisonnier De Sainte-Hélène. In near fine condition with light toning. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 87497
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Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale; finely bound and decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.
The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Bickers and Son, 1880.
Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a fore-edge painting of Squire Thornhill visiting the Primrose family, illustrated. In very good condition with the fore-edge painting exceptionally bright.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138744
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First Edition of Beyond the Melting Pot; Inscribed by Daniel Patrick Moynihan to Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb
GLAZER, Nathan and Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press and Harvard University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, "perhaps the most perceptive inquiry into American minorities ever made” (Richard Rovere). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed and dated by Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Irving and Bea- With Great Respect Daniel Aug 1963." The recipients, Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Moynihan. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the “godfather of neoconservatism.” Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118618
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"Those who can, build. Those who can't, criticize": First Edition of Robert Moses' Working for the People. Promise and Performance in Public Space; Warmly Inscribed by Him
MOSES, Robert .
Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Space.
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1956.
First edition of this work by the legendary Robert Moses. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Janet Hooper Ostahn, the daughter of an old and valued friend, from Robert Moses." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Herbert Bayard Swope. Books signed by Moses are uncommon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124814
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"What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from": First Edition of Financial Innovations and Market Volatility; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Merton H. Miller
MILLER, Merton H.
Financial Innovations and Market Volatility.
Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers, 1991.
First edition of the Nobel Prize Prize-winning economist's treatise on modern financial innovations. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To my good friend and valued counselor, Charlie Custer Merton H. Miller Chicago, 12/20/91.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Workhaus Graphics.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 49063
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First Edition of Wine; Inscribed by Hugh Johnson
JOHNSON, Hugh.
Wine.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966.
First edition of this early work by the foremost wine expert in the world. Quarto, original cloth, with line drawings by Owen Wood, seven color maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Bob Balzer every good wish from Hugh Johnson Oct. 71." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145908
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First edition of Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood
DICKENS, Charles.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870.
First edition from the original parts Dickens' final novel, with them bound in the rear. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, frontispiece portrait of dickens, 12 wood-engraved plates, original wrappers bound in rear. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133997
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"Cooking is Chemistry, really": First Edition of Joel Robuchon's Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon; inscribed by him
ROBUCHON, Joel with Catherine Michel.
Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1986.
First edition of Robuchon's classic cook book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with full-page color photographs by Corrinne Ryman and Pierre Cabannes. Presentation copy, inscribed by the chef/author on the half-title page, "A Jacques Cooper, avec ma sympathie gourmaude Le 13 Mars 1986 Robuchon." In very good condition with a small area of dampstaining to the first several pages. Cover design by George Lemoine. Books signed by Robuchon are rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138242
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First Edition of Frank Herbert's The White Plague; Inscribed by Him
HERBERT, Frank.
The White Plague.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982.
First edition of this classic novel which explores madness and revenge on a global scale. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Devin Frank Herbert." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Abe Echevarria.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 134514
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First edition of James Ford Rhodes' The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations 1897-1909; finely bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf
RHODES, James Ford [William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt].
The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations 1897-1909.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922.
First edition of Rhodes' authoritative work on the McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139557
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First Edition of Bill and Moya Lear: An Unforgettable Flight; Inscribed to Bob and Dolores Hope
LEAR, Moya Olsen.
Bill and Moya Lear: An Unforgettable Flight.
Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 1996.
First edition of this autobiography of Bill and Moya Lear. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Bob and Deloros Hope on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Bob and Delores [sic] - You'' remember a lot of this! With an embrace for you both Moya Olsen Lear 6/96." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kim Bacon and Jim Richards.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 117371
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“Art and order, the relatives that refuse to relate”: First Edition of The Piano Teacher; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Elfriede Jelinek
JELINEK, Elfriede.
The Piano Teacher.
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed and dated by Elfriede Jelinek on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Krystyna Skalski. Jacket illustration by Michael Christman. Author's photograph by Eva Kern. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 663
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First Edition of Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam; Signed by Him
ALLEN, Woody.
Play It Again, Sam.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Woody Allen on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3845