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GERMAN PRINTING. SECKENDORFF, Veit Ludwig von / Artopoeus.
Compendium Historiae Ecclesiastecae, decreto Serenissimi Principis Saxon. Jul. Cliviae et Mont. Ducis, &c. In usum gymnasii Gothani. Ex sacris literis & optimis, qui extant, autoribus, Libris duobus compositum & ab orbe condito ad nostra usque tempor
GothaL Reyheri, 1723.
Octavo, vellum-backed marbled boards. Two page engraved frontispiece. (14), 430, (2), 913, (10), 311, (11) pages. Three parts bound in one volume. Internally clean. Moderate wear.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 1834
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First Edition of William Bradford Huie's In the Hours of Night; Warmly inscribed by Him
HUIE, William Bradford.
In the Hours of Night.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1975.
First edition of this documentary novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "July 27, 1980 For My Good Friend, Dan Montemarano With best wishes Bill Huie William Bradford Huie." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121328
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First Edition of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go; Signed by Him
ISHIGURO, Kazuo.
Never Let Me Go.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
First edition of this "gothic tour de force" (The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Kazuo Ishiguro. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 139106
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"KNOWLEDGE COMES, BUT WISDOM LINGERS": The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate
TENNYSON, Alfred.
The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1884.
Finely bound example of the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Octavo, bound in a full contemporary polished emerald green calf prize-binding, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Presentation inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141528
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First Edition of David Lloyd George's Where Are We Going?, in the scarce original dust jacket
GEORGE, David Lloyd.
Where Are We Going?
Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton , 1923.
First edition of this work by the former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 131326
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"May all the forces be with you!": First Edition of Frank Wilczek's The Lightness of Being; Lengthily Signed by Him and a Signed Photograph
WILCZEK, Frank.
The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces.
New York: Basic Books, 2008.
First edition of this "thrilling read... a glimpse of physics at its quirkiest and most illuminating" (The Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "May all the forces be with you! Frank Wilczek." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral. Also, laid in is a photograph signed by Frank Wilczek.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 106758
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First Edition of The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal; Inscribed by Jared Diamond
DIAMOND, Jared.
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this early work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Jared Diamond on the front free endpaper to noted book collector Larry Owens. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 5524
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First Edition of Made In America; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
DERTOUZOS, Robert; Lester.
Made In America: Regaining the Productive Edge.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1989.
First edition of the best-selling book in MIT Press' history. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 46017
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First Frank C. Pape illustrated edition of Anatole France's Thais; finely bound
FRANCE, Anatole. Translated by Robert B. Douglas. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape.
Thais.
New York: John Lane, 1926.
First Frank C. Pape illustrated edition of Anatole France's novel based on the life of Saint Thais of Egypt. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings and decorations by Frank C. Cape. In very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 90458
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First edition and the publisher's retained copy of Arthur Cecil Pigou's The Economy and Finance of the War
PIGOU, Arthur Cecil.
The Economy and Finance of the War: Being a Discussion of the Real Costs of the War and the Way in Which They Should be Met.
London, Paris and Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1916.
Publisher J.M. Dent & Sons's own retained first edition of Pigou's treatise on the economic problems connected with World War I. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher's stamp to the front panel and front free endpaper reading "File Copy". In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 106235
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S,M,L,XL; Signed by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau
KOOLHAAS, Rem & Bruce Mau.
S, M, L, XL [Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large].
New York: Monacelli Press, 1998.
Second edition of this work, which combines essays, manifestos, diaries, fairy tales, travelogues on the contemporary city. Thick octavo, original silver boards, illustrated throughout. Signed by both Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau on the title page. Photography by Hans Werlemann. Edited by Jennifer Sigler. In very good condition that shows light wear. Issued without a dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 109188
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"Nicholas Tarvin sat in the moonlight on the unrailed bridge that crossed the irrigating ditch above Topaz, dangling his feet over the stream": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Naulahka
KIPLING, Rudyard with Wolcott Balestier.
The Naulahka: A Story of West and East.
London: William Heinemann, 1892.
First British edition of Kipling's ambitious narrative. Octavo, original publisher's decorative cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 135051
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First Edition of Kurt Eichenwald's The Informant: A True Story; Inscribed by Him and Matt Damon
EICHENWALD, Kurt.
The Informant: A True Story.
New York: Broadway Books, 2000.
First edition of this gripping account of the mid-1990s lysine price-fixing conspiracy which inspired the 2009 film, The Informant! starring Matt Damon. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Jill Ogata, With best wishes, Kurt Eichenwald" and by Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 110231
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First Edition of The Strange Library; Signed Twice by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The Strange Library.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed twice by illustrator Chip Kidd on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122378