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First Edition of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Christopher Pissarides' Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics; Inscribed by Him
PISSARIDES, Christopher A.
Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
First edition of Pissarides' first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 62031
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"The farmer woke up from his dream, looked out of his window and saw snow. It was not dream snow. It was real snow": First Edition of Eric Carle's Dream Snow; Signed by Him
CARLE, Eric.
Dream Snow.
New York: Philomel Books, 2000.
First edition of this Christmas classic by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 103548
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"I have led too serious a life; but that, perhaps, after all, preserves one's youth": First Harper's Half Hour Series edition of Henry James' The Diary of a Man of Fifty and A Bundle of Letters
JAMES, Henry.
The Diary of a Man of Fifty and A Bundle of Letters.
New York: Harpers & Brothers, Publishers, 1880.
First Harper's Half-Hour Series edition of this duo of James novellas. 12mo, original wrappers as issued. In good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 81095
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First Edition of Sholem Asch's East River: A Novel of New York; Inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
ASCH, Sholem.
East River: A Novel of New York.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.
First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a loose translation, "For my good friend Dr. Tunik with [illegible] and good wishes Sh. Asch Oct. 1946." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Haberstock. Translated by A.H. Gross.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 143629
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First Edition of Crockett Johnson's Ellen's Lions; Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Ellen’s Lion.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1959.
First edition of this work by the author of Harold and the Purple Crayon. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Greetings to Barbara Alden Burns April 16, 1960 Crockett Johnson." In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142051
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Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Douglass C. North
NORTH, Douglass C.
Understanding the Process of Economic Change.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005.
First edition, early printing of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Douglass C. North on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 15037
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First edition, advance reading copy of Ken Follett's Jackdaws; inscribed by him to Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken [Erica Jong].
Jackdaws.
New York: Dutton, 2001.
Advance reading copy of the first edition of the New York Times bestselling author’s classic World War II spy thriller. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page,"To Ken + Erica - with love, Ken Follett." The recipients, American writer Erica Jong and lawyer Kenneth David Burrows were married in August of 1989. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist,…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142632
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"My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain its chance to flow": First Edition of The Fountain Overflows; Inscribed by Rebecca West to Bruce and Beatrice Gould
WEST, Rebecca.
The Fountain Overflows.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain its chance to flow Rebecca West 1965." The recipients, Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould were co-editors of the Ladies' Home Journal for almost 27 years, from 1935 through 1962, including the golden years of the magazine. Time magazine wrote upon their 1962 retirement, the Goulds took an undistinguished journal in a field that "took the patronizing view that a woman's interests were largely confined to the home"…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145967
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Rare Original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' Stereograph Card; Produced By Historic Bennington Vermont Optical Company H.C. White
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Original Theodore Roosevelt ‘Perfec’ Stereograph Card.
Bennington, Vermont: H.C. White Co, 1902.
Rare original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' stereograph card featuring two views of Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The card measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96585
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First edition of Joseph Guns' The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews; elaborately bound
GUNS, Joseph. [Translator].
The Form of Daily Prayers According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. [Hebrew Prayer Book].
Vienna: Published by Jos. Schlesinger, 1857.
First edition of Joseph Guns' translation of the primary prayers of the German and Polish Jews. 12 mo, original mounted bone onlays over celluloid boards, elaborately decorated front panel with decorated onlays, top edge gilt, brass clasp, patterned endpapers, text in Hebrew and English. In very good condition. Ownership annotations to the front and rear endpapers documenting family deaths.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 136085
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Rare First edition of Mark Mills Pomeroy's The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party
POMEROY, M. M.
The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party.
New York: M. M. Pomeroy, 1868.
First edition of Pomeroy's scathing satirical biography of Union Army General Benjamin Butler. 12mo, engraved illustrated title page. Lacking the front wrapper. In very good condition. Very rare.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139376
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Signed Photograph of President Harry S. Truman
TRUMAN, Harry S.
Harry Truman Signed Photograph.
1966.
Photograph of President Harry S. Truman having his arm raised at the 1947 Democratic National Convention. Inscribed by Truman, “To Joseph J. Fracelli, From Harry S. Truman, 12/7/66.” On the verso of the photograph bears a Harry S. Truman Library stamp. It measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 19073
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First Edition of Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance; The author's Copy
BESCHLOSS, Michael R.
Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980.
First edition of the historian's first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Michael Beschloss' personal copy with his name to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward P. Diehl. Foreword by James MacGregor Burns. From the library of Beschloss.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 112673
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“CAPITALISM WITHOUT FAILURE IS LIKE RELIGION WITHOUT SIN”: FIRST EDITION OF ALLAN H. MELTZER'S WHY CAPITALISM?; INSCRIBED BY HIM
MELTZER, Allan H.
Why Capitalism?
New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
First edition of Meltzer's Why Capitalism? Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jack An old friend Best Wishes Allen Meltzer." Additionally signed by Meltzer on a book plate attached to the front free end paper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 43457
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First Edition of Mystery Men of Wall Street The Powers Behind the Market; Inscribed by Earl Spalding
SPARLING, Earl .
Mystery Men of Wall Street: The Powers Behind the Market.
New York: Greenberg Publisher, 1930.
First edition of this work on men of Wall Street. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white plates by Seymour Marcus. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Virginia and the wind and the rain. Earl April 2, 1930 New York." In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144076