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The Great Operas; from the library of American journalist William Safire
VERDI, Giuseppe [Introduction]. Edited by James W. Buel.
The Great Operas: The Romantic Legends upon which the Masters of Song have Founded Their Famous Lyrical Compositions.
London, Paris, Berlin, and Philadelphia: The Societe Universelle Lyrique, 1899.
The Educational edition of this collection of the great operas. Elephant folio, 10 volumes bound into five in full pebbled leatherette for Oliver C. Safir with gilt titles to the spine and front panel and his gilt ownership name to the front panel of each volume, profusely illustrated with numerous full-page and in-text mezzo and sepia tinted illustrations. From the library of Oliver Craus Safir, and later his son, American journalist William Safire. William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968.…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 134504
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"THE STORY OF MISES IN HIS ROLE AS ECONOMIST": FIRST EDITION OF ISRAEL M. KIRZNER'S LUDWIG VON MISES: A MAN AND HIS ECONOMICS; SIGNED BY ISRAEL KIRZNER
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Ludwig von Mises: The Man and His Economics.
Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 2001.
First edition of Kirzner's authoritative biography of Ludwig von Mises. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144496
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T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom; elaborately bound in full morocco by Brentano's
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Brentano's, frontispiece, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144546
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"my friend, whose support and enthusiasm have been a great kick in the ass": First Edition of On Golden Pond; Warmly inscribed by Ernest Thompson to George Schaefer
THOMPSON, Ernest.
On Golden Pond.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication to director George Schaefer, "September 79 For George, my friend, whose support and enthusiasm have been a great kick in the ass. Love Ernest." The recipient, George Schaefer was an director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s. He was a close friend of the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tim Gaydos, based on a concept by Paul Tankersley.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 119372
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First Edition of Graham Greene's Pleasure-Dome; Inscribed by Him to Close Friend and critic John Sutro
GREENE, Graham.
The Pleasure-Dome.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1972.
First edition of this film criticism by Graham Greene. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For John and Gillian with love from Graham Christmas 1972." The recipient, John Sutro was a British film producer and close friend of Greene's. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Smither.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137598
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First Edition of James McPherson's The Struggle for Equality; Signed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James McPherson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137871
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First Edition of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; Signed by Haruki Murakami and three times by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2006.
First edition of this collection of twenty-four stories by Haruki Murakami. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the title page and additionally three times by illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the title page and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustrated by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122387
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First Edition of The White House: an Historic Guide; Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson to Close Friend and Confidant of the Kennedy's Bill Walton
JOHNSON, Lady Bird.
The White House: An Historic Guide.
Washington, DC: White House Historical Association, 1964.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on The White House. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson on the title page, "To Bill Walton with appreciation Lady Bird Johnson February 17, 1965." The recipient William Walton was a painter and confidant of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, and chaired the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1963 to 1971. In near fine condition. A nice association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 69056
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First Edition in English of Milan Kundera's Ignorance; Inscribed by Him
KUNDERA, Milan.
Ignorance.
London: Faber & Faber, 2002.
First edition in English of Kundera's "most successful [novel] since The Unbearable Lightness of Being” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Milan Kundera on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marry van Barr. Translated from the French by Linda Asher.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 68944
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First Edition of Joseph Heller's Something Happened; Signed by Him
HELLER, Joseph.
Something Happened.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
First edition of this classic work by the author of Catch-22. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stacy Hunt, With good wishes, to an admirer, from an admirer. Joseph Heller 5/28/75 WKIN, L.A." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142094
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Rare autograph equation Signed and entirely in the hand of Kenneth J. Arrow
ARROW, Kenneth J.
Kenneth J. Arrow Autograph Equation Signed.
Rare three-page equation inscribed and entirely in the hand of Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth J. Arrow. Three pages, the equation bears the title "The Shadow Price of Technological Change" and is signed by the author on the first page, "With best wishes Kenneth J. Arrow." In addition to his work on social choice theory analysis, Arrow made significant contributions to the general equilibrium theory and, with fellow economist Gérard Debreu, presented the first rigorous proofs of the existence of a market clearing equilibrium. Strongly influenced by Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Arrow's work on general equilibrium theory extended the model…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 114565
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First Edition of The Farewell Party; Inscribed by Milan Kundera
KUNDERA, Milan.
The Farewell Party.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
First edition of Kundera's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Milan Kundera in the year of publication on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, clipping from Kundera's novel on the rear pastedown. Jacket design by Lidia Ferrara. Jacket illustration by Charles Shields. Translated from the the Czech by Peter Kussi.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120543
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's With Number Three, Surgical & Medical and New Poems
KIPLING, Rudyard.
With Number Three, Surgical & Medical and New Poems. Also Letters from Julian Ralph, Charles E. Hands and Douglas Story.
Santiago: Hume & Co, 1900.
First edition of this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems and two articles. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120640
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First Edition of Eliot's The Cocktail Party; Finely Bound by Asprey
ELIOT, T.S.
The Cocktail Party.
London: Faber & Faber, 1950.
First edition of Eliot's most popular play published in his lifetime. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Asprey, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles. In fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 121029
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"one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years": First Edition of Knut Hamsun's Vagabonds; In the Rare Original dust jacket
HAMSUN, Knut.
Vagabonds.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1930.
First edition in English of the first novel in the Nobel Prize-winning author's "August" trilogy—Hamsun's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122177
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Rare first separate edition of Holbrook Working's The Investigation of Economic Expectations
WORKING, Holbrook.
The Investigation of Economic Expectations.
n.p.: American Economic Review, 1949.
First separate edition of Working's treatise on economic expectations. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with charts and graphs. In near fine condition. Small name.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 126334