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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 aContinue reading "The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces."

Knight, Frank H.

Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921.

First edition of Knight’s classic treatise. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. First editions are scarce.

Greene, Graham.

Brighton Rock.

New York: The Viking Press, 1938.

First American edition, preceding the British edition by one month of Greene’s chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Clive affectionately, Graham.” The recipient Clive Francis is a British actor,Continue reading "Brighton Rock."

Fisher, Irving.

The Stock Market Crash—And After.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930.

First edition of Fisher’s important work tracing the causes and the immediate aftermath of the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some tape repair to the spine. Rare in the original dust jacket.

Johnson, Crockett.

Harold and the Purple Crayon.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955.

First edition of the first book in Crockett Johnson’s Harold series. 12 mo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket without the price to top of front flap, with code “30-60 / No. 5671A” to front flap and “No. 5672A” to rear flap. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box madeContinue reading "Harold and the Purple Crayon."

Aristotle; Antonio Andreas. Edited by Walter Burley and Robert Grosseteste.

Analytica Posteriora [bound with] Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis.

Venice: Gregorium de Gregorijs, 1514.

Rare 16th century printing of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics; bound together with Spanish Franciscan theologian Antonius Andreas’s best known work, Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis. Quarto, bound in contemporary parchment over handmade paper-covered boards, woodcut initials, text in two columns. In very good condition. A rare and desirable collection.

Ireland, Alexander. [Robert Louis Stevenson].

William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic.

London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co, 1889.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s first edition copy of the writings of one of his favorite prose writers, William Hazlitt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, botanical gilt vignette to the front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hazlitt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert Louis Stevenson on the half-title page,Continue reading "William Hazlitt: Essayist and Critic."

Huxley, Aldous.

The Genius and the Goddess.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1955.

First edition of this classic Huxley novella. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Emil Antonucci.

Kotter, John and Holger Rathgeber.

Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions.

Privately Printed, 2006.

First edition of the privately printed edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Kotter on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Spencer Johnson. With artwork by Peter Mueller.

O'Casey, Sean.

I Knock At The Door: Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me.

London: Macmillan & Co, 1939.

First edition of this autobiography by the famed Irish playwright. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To Joe Cummins, with deep affection, from Sean O’Casey remembering many delightful Dublin chats round his surgery firesides. Devon 1939. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

Mitchell, S. Weir.

Doctor and Patient.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1888.

Rare first edition, presentation copy of the father of American neurology’s most popular work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Mrs. Johnson with the author’s regards.” Weir has also noted “25 copies large paper No. 19.” In nearContinue reading "Doctor and Patient."

Victoria, Queen of England.

The Great Seal of Queen Victoria with Royal Patent.

Rare wax Great Seal of Queen Victoria presented with a large, elaborately illustrated patent granted to William Edward Newton. Housed in a custom metal case, the patent measures 7 inches in diameter and depicts Queen Victoria on the Royal Throne flanked by two ladies in waiting. The seal is affixed to the patent with aContinue reading "The Great Seal of Queen Victoria with Royal Patent."

Darwin, Bernard.

Green Memories.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928.

First edition of the first volume of the author’s autobiographical trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece portrait of the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of Albert W. Tillinghast, with his  handwritten inventory card laid in. Murdoch 184; D&M 14090; D&J D5290.

Göransson, Göran Fredrik.

The Sandvik Steel Works.

Gothenburg: John Antonsons Boktryckeri, 1931.

First Edition. Quarto. Bound in full blue morocco, gilt crowned monogram, “EP” to the front panel, gilt illustrated curtain frame to front and rear panel. Gilt tooling to the spine. Frontispiece portrait of G.F. Goransson, the first industrialist to implement the Bessemer process successfully on an industrial scale. With thirteen pantone-gravure plates illustrated by artist Ragnhild Nordensten. From theContinue reading "The Sandvik Steel Works."

Uris, Leon.

Exodus: A Novel of Israel.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958.

First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Lois Shapiro Shalom Leon Uris.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket drawing by Harlan Krakowitz. Signed firstContinue reading "Exodus: A Novel of Israel."

Gernsback, Hugo.

Ralph 124C 41+.

Boston: The Stratford Company, 1925.

First edition of “arguably the first major work of American science fiction” (The Economist). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With the compliments of the author H Gernsback 1925.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Bookplate on the front pastedown.

Shiller, Robert J.

Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society’s Largest Economic Risks.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Robert Shiller on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Volcker, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.

Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.

New York: Times Books, 1992.

First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a full page inscription, “3/16/93 To Neal Loss, Who came along at the tail end of this long saga- and can look forward to decades of constructiveContinue reading "Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership."

Fitzgerald, Edward; [Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe].

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London: Siegle, Hill & Company, 1910.

Signed limited first edition of this work reproduced in color from the manuscript written and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe, number 247 of 550 copies signed by the publisher. Folio, bound in publisher’s full vellum, front panel elaborately stamped in gilt in a peacock motif, gilt titles and a floral motif to theContinue reading "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley.

The Worst Journey in the World.

London: Constable & Company, 1922.

First edition of this classic memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition, with one of the very rare dust jackets. Octavo, two volumes, original half white cloth, gray paper boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with volume I in facsimile. Scarce in the original dust jacket.

Confucius.

The Morals of Confucius, A Chinese Philosopher.

London: T. Horne, 1706.

Rare second edition in English of The Morals of Confucius. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary sheep contemporary sheep. In very good condition, toning to the extremities.

Player, Gary .

Gary Player’s Golf Secrets.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1962.

First edition of Gary Player’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by Gary Player on the title page and additionally signed by Player on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a good dust jacket with a large chip to the rear panel.

Kilpatrick, Andrew; Warren E. Buffett.

Warren Buffett: The Good Guy of Wall Street.

New York: Donald I. Fine , 1992.

First edition of this early biography on investing legend Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Warren Buffett on the front free endpaper, “To Mike- With best wishes Warren E. Buffett 4-9-93.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Author photograph by E. Kent Oztekin.

Nabokov, Vladimir.

Lolita.

Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955.

First edition of Nabokov’s masterpiece, published in Paris by the Olympia Press in 1955. First issue with the price of 900 francs on the rear panel of each volume. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green wrappers. In very good condition with light rubbing, some toning to the extremities. Ownership names and newspaper clipping tipped in.