New Arrivals

Speer, Albert. [Benjamin Ferencz].

Inside the Third Reich: Memoirs.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970.

First American edition of Albert Speer’s extraordinary insider memoir of Hitler and the Nazi regime, written during his long imprisonment at Spandau and widely regarded as the most revealing portrait we are ever likely to have of the Fuhrer and the inner workings of the Third Reich. Octavo, original black cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated withContinue reading "Inside the Third Reich: Memoirs."

Newman, Paul.

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

First edition of the candid posthumous memoir of the legendary actor, director, and philanthropist Paul Newman, drawn from hours of taped interviews he recorded in the late 1970s and 1980s. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Based on interviews and oral histories conducted by Stewart Stern, compiledContinue reading "The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir."

Pinter, Harold. [Alan Schneider].

The Birthday Party and The Room.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968.

The Grove Press revised edition of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s modern classic. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “October 1968 To Alan from Harold.” Alan Schneider (1917-1984) was an American theater director of Ukrainian birth whose extraordinary career made him the foremost interpreter of the European avant-gardeContinue reading "The Birthday Party and The Room."

Kissinger, Henry A.

The Necessity for Choice: Prospects of American Foreign Policy.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961.

First edition of this classic work with which Kissinger set out the choices facing American foreign policy at the opening of the Kennedy years, written at Harvard’s Center for International Affairs and taking up limited war, deterrence, arms control, the future of the Atlantic alliance and the uses and limits of negotiation with the SovietContinue reading "The Necessity for Choice: Prospects of American Foreign Policy."

Sowell, Thomas.

Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy.

New York: Basic Books, 2000.

First edition of the economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Sowell on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

Leaf, Munro; Robert Lawson.

The Story of Ferdinand.

New York: The Viking Press, 1936.

First edition, first printing of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, Ferdinand the bull smelling a flower gilt stamped to the front panel, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt innerContinue reading "The Story of Ferdinand."

Didion, Joan.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

First edition of what many consider her magnum opus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. BoldlyContinue reading "Slouching Towards Bethlehem."

Moss, W. Stanley. [Patrick Leigh Fermor].

Ill Met By Moonlight.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1950.

First edition of this classic account of the Cretan resistance during World War II. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbledContinue reading "Ill Met By Moonlight."

Sinclair, Upton.

Oil! A Novel.

Long Beach, CA: Published by the Author, 1927.

First edition of Sinclair’s classic social and political satire and the basis for the film There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, giltContinue reading "Oil! A Novel."

McCarthy, Justin Huntly [Translator].

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

London: David Nutt, 1889.

First edition of Justin Huntly McCarthy’s prose translation of the Rubaiyat, the most ambitious English version to follow FitzGerald, giving four hundred and sixty six of Omar Khayyam’s quatrains in English prose. Octavo, finely bound in full black morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments with gilt tulip and vine tooling withinContinue reading "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."

Wood, Gordon S.

The Radicalism of the American Revolution.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this classic Pulitzer Prize-winning work that argues the Revolution was not a conservative defense against British taxation, but a deeply radical social transformation. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed by Gordon S. Wood on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Melinda Russell.

Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition, first printing of one of the most celebrated and memorable Christmas stories with the issue point of a list of 13 books printed at the end of the book present. Thin quarto, original illustrated glossy paper boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the frontContinue reading "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"

Lewis, Michael.

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.

First edition of this work, basis for the 2011 film directed by Bennett Miller starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed Michael Lewis. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by And Partners, NYC.

Wolfe, Charles Hull.

Modern Radio Advertising.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1949.

First edition, review copy with the original publisher’s slip tipped in of this comprehensive guide to radio advertising during its “golden age.” Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles, illustrated with graphs and diagrams. In very good condition. Foreword by Frank LaClave.

Rothbard, Murray N.

America’s Great Depression.

Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1963.

First edition of Rothbard’s classic treatise on the 1930s Great Depression and its root causes. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Murray N. Rothbard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1967.

First edition of the genial memoir of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, illustrated with photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Patricia Saville Voehl.

Lewis, Damien. [Henry Cavill].

Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII.

London: Quercus Books, 2014.

First edition, early printing, basis for the 2024 film directed, co-written and produced by Guy Ritchie, starring Henry Cavill. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Damien Lewis and actor Henry Cavill on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription opposite the title page.

Kerouac, Jack [John].

The Town and the City.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.

First edition of Jack Kerouac’s first book, a traditional narrative novel written before he adopted the name Jack and the freewheeling style that would make him the father of the Beat generation. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in gilt, with the gilt JK monogram to the front cover and the top edge stained bluish-black. NearContinue reading "The Town and the City."

Kogan, Herman and Lloyd Wendt. [Madeleine Albright].

Chicago: A Pictorial History.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1958.

First edition of this visual narrative of Chicago. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by author’s on title page. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading theContinue reading "Chicago: A Pictorial History."

Powell, Anthony.

A Dance to the Music of Time: A Question of Upbringing; A Buyer’s Market; The Acceptance World; At Lady Molly’s; Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant; The Kindly Ones; The Valley of Bones; The Soldier’s Art; The Military Philosophers; Books Do Furnish a Room; Temporary Kings; Hearing Secret Harmonies.

London: William Heinemann, 1955-1975.

First editions of the complete twelve-volume sequence of Powell’s acclaimed Dance to the Music of Time. Octavo, twelve volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine. The first two novels, A Question of Upbringing and A Buyer’s Market, are later printings, the remaining ten volumes first printings. In near fine to fine  condition.

Gottfried, Martin. [Charles Strouse].

A Theater Divided: The Postwar American Stage.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967.

First edition of drama critic Martin Gottfried’s first book and one of the most influential critical surveys of the American theater in the two decades after the Second World War. Octavo, original red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Charles and Barbara, my ignorance preserved for eternity. WithContinue reading "A Theater Divided: The Postwar American Stage."

Dylan, Bob; Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

Bob Dylan and Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter Signed Photograph.

Black-and-white photograph of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and Bob Dylan, signed by both. Dylan visited Carter at Trenton State Prison in New Jersey during his Rolling Thunder Revue tour on December 7, 1975. Boldly signed by Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in blue felt tip and by Bob Dylan in black felt tip next to there respective images.Continue reading "Bob Dylan and Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter Signed Photograph."

Mill, John Stuart. [Jeremy Bentham].

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation.

New York: John W. Parker, 1843.

First edition of this classic work on logic. Octavo, original cloth. Accompanied by an autograph letter signed by John Stuart Mill, written to Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism. The one-page letter, measuring 3.5 inches by 4.5 inches, reads in full, “My dear Sir, It will give me the greatest pleasure to dine with youContinue reading "A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation."

Dahl, Roald.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition, first first issue with the six line colophon on the last page of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by the author, Roald Dahl XXXX XXXX” on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Housed in aContinue reading "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory."