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Clinton, Bill. [William Jefferson].

Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2000.

Washington: The White House, 1993-2000.

Presentation edition of this selection of speeches delivered by President Bill Clinton. Quarto, 8 volumes, original publisher’s half morocco over paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Each volume is one of a limited number of numbered copies. The December 1998 issue is a presentation copy, inscribed by Clinton on the title page, “ToContinue reading "Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2000."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-142751

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Byron, George Gordon Noel. [Lord Byron].

Don Juan.

London: Thomas Davison [i.e., John Murray], 1819-1821 (Cantos I-V, Volumes I-II)/John Hunt, 1823-24 (Cantos VI-XVI, Volumes III-VI).

Scarce complete first edition set of Byron’s great work which was widely criticized as immoral upon publication and is now considered one of the greatest poems of the Romantics; from the library of American writer Erica Jong. Volume one was produced in quarto format and the subsequent 5 volumes in octavo (Davison abandoned the quartoContinue reading "Don Juan."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142573

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Gipson, Gred.

Hound-dog Man.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.

First edition of this work, basis for the 1959 film directed by Don Siegel, starring Fabian, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-142079

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Drucker, Peter F.

The Changing World of the Executive.

New York: Times Books, 1982.

First edition of this work by the legendary father of management. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Phil Johnston from Peter Drucker.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-142026

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Lederman, Leon with Dick Teresi.

The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To Wayne and Loise Wille We really miss you all. Enjoy! Leon Lederman.” An excellent association, as one of the recipients, Loise Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning ChicagoContinue reading "The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?"

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-142078

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Lucas, Robert E.

Lectures on Economic Growth.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 2002.

First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970″ (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John with best wishes, Robert E. Lucas, Jr.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Lectures on Economic Growth."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-142089

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Buergenthal, Thomas.

A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009.

First edition of this “incredible tale” (The Free Lance-Star). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Marle Cohen appreciation and best regards Thomas Buergenthal.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keith Hayes. Foreword by Elie Wiesel.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-142462

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Peter, Laurence J. and Raymond Hull.

The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1969.

First edition, early printing of this classic #1 New York Times bestseller that answers the age-old question: Why is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant? Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Gerald and Marie Underwood, Best wishes and please avoid the final placement syndromeContinue reading "The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-142463

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Gordimer, Nadine.

Six Feet of the Country.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1956.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-142121

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Taylor, Jane and Ann. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. [Louisa May Alcott].

Little Ann and Other Poems.

London: George Routledge & Sons, [1882].

First edition, first state of this children’s classic. First state with the half green cloth binding, all edges stained blue and bright yellow endpapers. Schuster & Engen 109a. Octavo, original half green cloth over pictorial boards, illustrated by Kate Greenaway, printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Association copy, inscribed by Louisa May Alcott on theContinue reading "Little Ann and Other Poems."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-142318

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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. [Solzhentizyn].

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1963.

First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winner’s first published work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, titles to the front panel, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Translated by Ralph Parker. An exceptional presentation.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-142203

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Cheever, Susan [Erica Jong].

Looking For Work.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.

First edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Burrows with love Susan.” 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 famouslyContinue reading "Looking For Work."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-142332

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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 FearContinue reading "Lie Down With Lions."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-142243

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First American edition of Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin; inscribed by her to Erica Jong

Atwood, Margaret.

The Blind Assassin.

New York: Nan A. Talese, 2000.

First American edition of Atwood’s Booker and Hammett Prize-winning work, named by Time Magazine as the best novel of 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Erica with all best wishes – Peggy A. 2000.” The recipient, Erica Jong remains bestContinue reading "The Blind Assassin."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-142419

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Updike, John.

Brazil.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

First edition of Updike’s sixteenth novel, a retelling of the ancient tale of Tristan and Isolde. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Erica Jong a romp in the Mato Grosso warm regards, John U.” The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel FearContinue reading "Brazil."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-142734

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Updike, John [Erica Jong].

Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

First edition of Updike’s sixth collection of essays and literary criticism. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Erica Jong who is in the index with my warm regards, John.” The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which becameContinue reading "Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-142377

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Updike, John. Illustrated by Barbara Fox [Erica Jong].

Marry Me: A Romance.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976.

First edition of “the gentlest book Updike has written” (Kirkus Reviews), privately printed exclusively for Members of the First Edition Society. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather elaborately stamped in gilt, moire silk endpapers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound in. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the limitation page, “For Erica + Ken warmContinue reading "Marry Me: A Romance."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-142811

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Jong, Erica.

The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1993.

First edition of Jong’s appreciation of the life and legacy of Henry Miller. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication to her fourth husband, “For Ken The only husband I still liked after 4 years! (What a confession!) I love you, too – EricaContinue reading "The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-142504

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[Society of the Cincinnati].

Proceedings of the General Society of the Cincinnati [with] Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, Formed by the Officers of the American Army of the Revolution, 1783.

New York: Printed for the Society by Douglas Taylor, 1886/ Philadelphia: Review Printing House, 1887.

First editions of two official publications of the Society of the Cincinnati, a valuable resource on the Revolutionary institution. Quarto, two volumes uniformly bound in three quarter contemporary morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The two-volume collectionContinue reading "Proceedings of the General Society of the Cincinnati [with] Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, Formed by the Officers of the American Army of the Revolution, 1783."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142373

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Sackville-West, Vita.

Collected Poems.

London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1933.

First edition of Sackville-West’s collected poems including “The Land” and “Sissinghurst” (which was dedicated to Virginia Woolf), as well as 28 new poems published here for the first time. Octavo, complete in one volume (Volume I was the only volume published). Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. From the library of EricaContinue reading "Collected Poems."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-142371

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Dos Passos, John.

Most Likely to Succeed.

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.

Signed limited first edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. This special presentation edition limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 138. Association copy, additionally inscribedContinue reading "Most Likely to Succeed."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-127665

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Updike, John [Erica Jong].

Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

First edition of the third installment in the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s Bech series. Octavo, original cloth. With an autograph postcard and typed letter signed by Updike to Erica Jong laid in. The recipient, Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexualityContinue reading "Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-143620

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Stevenson, Robert Louis.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. [with] The Letters of Robert Stevenson. [Including Treasure Island,

London: Various Publishers, 1902.

Uniformly bound collection of the works and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Octavo, 36 volumes bound in three quarter morocco by H. Sotheran and Co.with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142853

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Nixon, Patricia. [Preface]; [Jacqueline Kennedy; Rose Kennedy].

The White House Gardens: A History and Pictorial Record.

New York: Great American Editions, 1973.

First edition of the first book to trace the history of and fully illustrate the grounds of the White House gardens. Oblong quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with color plates by Harold Sterner. Association copy, inscribed by Jacqueline Kennedy on the half-title page, “For Grandma with love Jackie.” The recipient, Rose Kennedy, was theContinue reading "The White House Gardens: A History and Pictorial Record."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142435

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