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First Edition of Values of Non-Atomic Games; Inscribed by Nobel Prize winning-economist Robert Aumann
AUMANN, Robert J. and Lloyd S. Shapley.
Values of Non-Atomic Games.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.
First edition of this "first class contribution to the field of game theory" (Oskar Morgenstern). Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Robert Aumann on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 45076
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First Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket and Glassine
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
First edition of Lindbergh's definitive autobiography. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket and glassine.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112449
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"LIBERTY'S BELL HATH SOUNDED ITS BOLD PEAL WHERE MAN HOLDS MAN IN SLAVERY!": Rare first edition of The Liberty Bell by Friends of Freedom
The Liberty Bell. By Friends of Freedom.
Boston: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Fair, 1842.
Rare first edition of the third annual of the abolitionist periodical, containing submissions by William Lloyd Garrison, Lydia Maria Child, and John Quincy Adams. 12mo, original wrappers adhered to boards, tissue guarded frontispiece. Bookplate. In good condition with some wear to the boards. Rare.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142105
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Rare collection of 12 works by Freya Stark; including first editions of A Winter in Arabia, Beyond Euphrates, The Coast of Incense, and Ionia: A Quest
STARK, Freya.
Freya Stark Collection. [A Winter in Arabia, East is West, Traveller’s Prelude, Beyond Euphrates, The Coast of Incense, Ionia: A Quest, The Lycian Shore, Riding to the Tigris, Dust in the Lion’s Paw, Rome on the Euphrates, The Minaret of Djam.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc./London: John Murray, 1940-1970.
Collection of 12 novels and autobiographies by British-Italian explorer and travel writer Freya Stark. Octavo, 12 volumes, original cloth. The collection includes first editions of A Winter in Arabia, Beyond Euphrates, The Coast of Incense, and Ionia: A Quest. The Lycian Shore, Riding to the Tigris, Rome on the Euphrates, and The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan with early printings of East is West, Traveller's Prelude, Dust in the Lion's Paw. Each volume is in near fine condition, 8 are in the original dust jackets which are in good to near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142168
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Rare first separate edition of Holbrook Working's Speculation on Hedging Markets
WORKING, Holbrook.
Speculation on Hedging Markets.
Food Research Institute Studies, May 1960.
First separate edition of Working's treatise on hedging market speculation. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126300
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"I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own Heaven to be happy": Mark Twain's Extract From Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven; from the library of American journalist William Safire
TWAIN, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens].
Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.
New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d..
Early printing of the last work published by Twain during his lifetime. Octavo, original cloth with titles in white and vignette in black, frontispiece in blue and white, no publication date to the title page. From the library American journalist William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language”…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 127530
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First Edition of Sir Richard F. Burton's The Gold-Mines of Midian
BURTON, Sir Richard F.
The Gold-Mines of Midian and The Ruined Midianite Cities.
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1878.
First edition of the sequel to 'Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah.' Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth stamped in black and gilt, rebacked, beveled edges, black endpapers, illustrations in text, folding map of North-Western Arabia, advertisements at rear. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145227
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Finely Bound example of Anthony Trollope's The Macdermots of Ballycloran
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Macdermots of Ballycloran.
London: Chapman and Hall, nd.
Finely bound example of Trollope's first published novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over pebbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 115533
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"Colonel Saito. Do not speak to me of rules. This is war!": Rare Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of Pierre Boulle's The Bridge Over the River Kwai
BOULLE, Pierre.
The Bridge Over The River Kwai.
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1954.
Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the novel that was the basis for the film of the same name, which is widely considered to be one of the greatest films in cinematic history. Octavo, original wrappers. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137314
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First Edition of Howard Zinn's Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal; Signed by Him
ZINN, Howard.
Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1967.
First edition of Zinn's classic work arguing for withdrawal of military forces in Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Howard Zinn 2001." Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 100961
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First Edition of Henry Kaufman's On Money and Markets; Inscribed by Him
KAUFMAN, Henry. Foreword by Paul A. Volker.
On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
First edition of Henry Kaufman's memoir of his life spent on Wall Street. Octavo, original half cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Volker. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter with best wishes Henry Kaufman 2/5/05." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131708
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First Edition of C.S. Forester's The Age of Fighting Sail; finely bound
FORESTER, C.S.
The Age of Fighting Sail: The Story of the Naval War of 1812.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1956.
First edition of Forester's account of the naval battles of the War of 1812. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131804
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"THE GREATEST ART OF THE WORLD WAS DONE FOR ITS PLACE AND IN ITS PLACE": FIRST EDITION OF NANCY MCCLELLAN'S THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF DECORATIVE WALL-TREATMENTS
MCCLELLAND, Nancy.
The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments.
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1926.
First edition of Nancy McClelland’s authoritative work on interior design. Octavo, original decorated cloth, frontispiece in color with tissue guard present, eight other illustrations in color and 206 in doubletone. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice example, uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132062
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"Poetry, A bridge hanging between history and truth."; First Edition of Vuelta; Inscribed by Octavio Paz to friend and fellow writer Sergio Munoz
PAZ, Octavio.
Vuelta.
Mexico: Editorial Seix Barral, S.A, 1976.
First edition of this collection of poems that were written between 1969 and 1975. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed on the half-title page to his good friend, "A Sergio Muñoz Bata, cordialmente Octavio Paz." With Sergio Muñoz Bata's ownership inscription on the title page with the words Mexico 76. Sergio Muñoz Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published in 18 newspapers across 11 countries in the hemisphere. He is also both a former Los Angeles Times editorial board member and Executive Editor of La Opinión. In near fine condition. A wonderful association.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133281
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A fine collection of five first editions of Evelyn Anthony Novels
ANTHONY, Evelyn.
Evelyn Anthony First Edition Collection. Including: The Poellenberg Inheritance, The Persian Ransom, The Return, The Company of Saints, and Voices on the Wind.
London: Hutchinson, 1972-1985.
A fine collection of five first editions of Evelyn Anthony novels. Octavo, original cloth, 5 volumes. The collection includes: The Poellenberg Inheritance (1972), The Persian Ransom (1975), The Return (1978), The Company of Saints (1983), and Voices on the Wind (1985). Each volume is near fine to fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 119088