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The Rolling Stones Album Dirty Work; Signed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
MICK JAGGER, Keith Richards.
Dirty Work Signed Album. The Rolling Stones.
1986.
Original LP of The Rolling Stones Album Dirty Work. Signed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on the front cover. Richards has written "Love Keith Richards." In very good condition. Framed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 21067
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"The Spring of 1977 found me, newly past thirty, a bad case of wasted talent in a largely waste city": First edition of Robert Goddard's Past Caring
GODDARD, Robert.
Past Caring.
London : Robert Hale Limited, 1986.
First edition of Robert Goddard's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Wendy Taylor.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 92501
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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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FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOAN DIDION and John Gregory Dunne: FIRST EDITION OF The Hornes: An American Family; inscribed by Gail Lumet Buckley to Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
BUCKLEY, Gail Lumet.
The Hornes: An American Family.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of this history of the Horne dynasty, spanning eight generations. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joan + John - With best wishes - Gail June, 1986." The recipients, American journalists Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne met in the late 1950s when Didion was working for Vogue. They were soon married and both picked up writing work from book publishers and magazines, traveled together on journalism assignments, and established a working pattern that served for the next 40 years. They had a constant advising, consulting, and…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 141137
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Signed Limited Edition of the 40th Anniversary of Henry Hazlitts Classic Economics In One Lesson; One of 200 Copies
HAZLITT, Henry.
Economics In One Lesson.
New York: Laissez Faire Books, 1986.
Signed limited edition of the author’s seminal work, one of 200 numbered copies. Octavo, original bound in original full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 141329
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry to Academy Award-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson
GEHRY, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the architect on the half-title page, "To Frank Pierson Frank O. Gehry." The recipient Frank Pierson was a renowned Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon (along with the Academy-nominated Cat Ballou and Cool Hand Luke), director, and President of both the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines,…
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 99727
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First edition of Mikhail Gorbachev's The Results and Lessons of Reykjavik; signed by him
GORBACHEV, Mikhail.
The Results and Lessons of Reykjavik.
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1986.
First edition of this collection of speeches delivered by Mikhail Gorbachev at the historic Reykjavík Summit. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Mikhail Gorbachev on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 114360
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First edition of Martin Zweig's Winning on Wall Street; Inscribed by Him
ZWEIG, Martin E.
Winning on Wall Street.
New York: Warner Books, 1986.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "James Best of Luck Marty 4/25/86." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Jacket photograph by Bob Wolfson. Written with the editorial assistance of Morrie Goldfischer.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 100037
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First edition of Ken Follett's Lie Down with Lions; inscribed by him to Kenneth Burrows
FOLLETT, Ken.
Lie Down With Lions.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1986.
First edition of Follett's riveting New York Times Best Seller. Octavo, original half-cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ken, with fond regards from Ken." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. 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, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142243
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Marcella's Italian Kitchen; Signed by Her
HAZAN, Marcella.
Marcella’s Italian Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes! Marcella Hazan." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Front-of-jacket photograph by David Massey. Jacket design by Karen Katz.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143529
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First Edition of Michael Beschloss' Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair; Signed by Him
BESCHLOSS, Michael R.
Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this work by the award-winning historian. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jeanne Jones- with warm regards- Michael Beschloss June 1986." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Graef.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 140078
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First Edition of Chris Bonington's The Everest Years: A Climber's Life; Signed by Him; From the Library of fellow Adventurer Steve Fossett
BONINGTON, Chris.
The Everest Years: A Climber’s Life.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986.
First edition of this work by Bonington. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Chris Bonington on the title page. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 111631
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“When you start to live outside yourself, it's all dangerous": First Edition of Ernest Hemingway's The Garden of Eden; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Garden of Eden.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986.
First edition of this classic novel by Hemingway. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140036
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First Edition of Thomas J. Sargent's Rational Expectations and Inflation; Inscribed by Him
SARGENT, Thomas J.
Rational Expectations and Inflations.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986.
Advanced review copy of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Thomas J. Sargent." In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112448
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry
GEHRY, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines, Pilar Vilades. Foreword Henry N. Cobb. Commentaries by Frank Gehry.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 44675
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"This is my family, my history": First edition of Nan Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
GOLDIN, Nan.
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.
New York: Aperture, 1986.
First edition of Goldin's masterpiece. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 125 color photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited with Marvin Heiferman, Mark Holborn and Suzanne Fletcher.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139413