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Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Harry Markowitz
MARKOWITZ, Harry; Bernard Hauser; Herbert W. Karr.
Simscript: A Simulation Programming Language.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1963.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Small quarto, original wrappers. Inscribed by Harry Markowitz on the title page. In very good condition. Uncommon, especially signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5379
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“We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity": First edition of John Hersey's The Wall; Warmly inscribed by Him
HERSEY, John.
The Wall.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Harold Merry 'We are involved in the struggle of Humanity against anti-Humanity.' p. 427 John Hersey." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. A unique example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140379
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First Edition of The Music of Life; Inscribed by Denis Noble; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
NOBLE, Denis.
The Music of Life.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
First edition of this work by the award-winning physiologist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Colin Hall with the compliments of the author, and in celebration of OE friendship June 2006 Denis Noble." Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brill. Jacket illustration by Hideharu Naito.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142042
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First Edition of Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
STEIN, Gertrude.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1933.
First edition of Gertrude Stein's most famous work; one of the richest biographies ever written. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated from photographs. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135222
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"It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special": First edition of Oliver's Story; inscribed by Erich Segal to Paul Bartel and Signed by Actor Ryan O'Neal
SEGAL, Erich [Ryan O'Neal].
Oliver’s Story.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977.
First edition of the dramatic sequel to Love Story, the basis for the 1978 film starring Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Paul Bartel Regards- Erich Segal 19 June 1978." Additionally signed by actor Ryan O'Neal on the half-title page. The recipient, Paul Bartel was a director, actor and the creator of such films as Eating Raoul, Death Race 2000, Lust in the Dust, among others. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anita Scott.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145784
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Anthony Burgess Signed Vinyl Of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange
BURGESS, Anthony; Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972.
Original LP of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. Signed by Anthony Burgess on the front cover. In near fine condition. This is the first record we have seen signed by the creator of the classic novel.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 5645
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Inscribed by Jared Diamond to Peter Matthiessen
DIAMOND, Jared.
The Third Chimpanzee.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this early work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly and lengthily inscribed by the author to fellow writer Peter Matthiessen on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 15078
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First Edition of Gerda Weissman Klein's All But My Life; Signed by Her
KLEIN, Gerda Weissman.
All But My Life.
New York: Hill & Wang, 1957.
First edition of the author's "moving personal testament to courage" memoir. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Signed by Gerda Weissman Klein on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and rubbing. Jacket design by Leo Manso.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124539
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"The delivery of medical care is to do as much nothing as possible": First Edition of Samuel Shem's The House of God; Lengthily Signed by Him
SHEM, Samuel.
The House of God.
New York: Berkeley Books, 2010.
Early printing of this edition of one of the most important medical novels ever written. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by Samuel Shem on the title page. In near fine condition. Introduction by John Updike. Cover illustration by Colleen Reinhart.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120243
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Israel M. Kirzner's Competition and Entrepreneurship; Signed by Him
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Competition and Entrepreneurship.
Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2013.
First edition of the Liberty Fund edition of Kirzner's classic Austrian School text. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Peter J. Boettke and Frederic Sautet.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 86784
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First Edition of Linear Programming and Economic Analysis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Paul A. Samuelson
SAMUELSON, Paul A.; Robert M. Solow; Robert Dorfman.
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc, 1958.
First edition of this classic text. Octavo, original gray cloth. Boldly signed, "Paul Samuelson MIT" on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 38744
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First Edition of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Jose Saramago 1.2006." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133715
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Rare First Edition of Joan Didion's Telling Stories; From the Library of Larry McMurtry
DIDION, Joan.
Telling Stories.
University of California: The Friends of the Bancroft Library , 1978.
Rare first edition of this work by the award-wining author. Octavo, original stiff wrappers, illustrated. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry with his bookplate to the front pastedown. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144077
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“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this": First English Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901.
First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 134755
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Rare Antique Postcard Collection Album
Antique Postcard Collection Album.
Rare folio containing hundreds of vintage postcards, most postdated between 1907 and 1917. From the collection of Ellen Warren. Folio, original cloth decorated in gilt with raised vignettes to the front panel depicting a snowy landscape and caribou bust, patterned endpapers, containing hundreds of postcards including many Christmas, New Year's and Easter postcards, family photograph postcards, and views from Santa Catalina, New York City, Lake Merrit, Royal Gorge, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. In very good condition. A charming collection offering years of intimate insight into the collector's life.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 116035
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"We are told that the trouble with Modern Man is that he has been trying to detach himself from nature": First Edition of Lewis Thomas' Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher; Inscribed by Him
THOMAS, Lewis.
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher.
New York: The Viking Press, 1974.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Margaret Carson with regards Lewis Thomas." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 118459