Biography and Autobiography

Self-Consciousness: Memoirs

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to noted book collector Stratford Carter on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Skidelsky, Robert

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom, 1937-1946.

New York : Viking, 2000.

First edition of this biography on the legendary economist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Robert Skidelsky on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Angell, Roger

Let Me Finish.

New York : Harcourt, 2006.

First edition of Angell’s autobiography of his early years growing up in New York. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Roger Angell on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cooley Design Lab.

Kasparov, Garry

Child of Change: An Autobiography.

London : Hutchinson, 1987.

First edition of this chess legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Bloom, Harold

Shelley’s Mythmaking.

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1959.

First edition of Bloom’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Harold Bloom on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine crown and overall light wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

Lader, Lawrence [Margaret Sanger]

The Margaret Sanger Story.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955.

First edition of the biography of the founder of the American birth-control movement. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by Margaret Sanger on the half-title page in the year of publication, “For Alice Adams one of our Planned Parenthood Mother of four lovely children my congratulations and admiration Margaret Sanger April 17 55.”TheContinue reading "The Margaret Sanger Story."

White, Theodore H

The Making of the President 1960.

New York : Atheneum Publishers, 1961.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original blue cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author to “For Barbara Norman- with all best wishes, after much too brief acquantaince, but with permanent affection, Teddy White Theodore H. White.” Topstain lightly stained, very good in a very good dust jacket. Signed and inscribed first printings areContinue reading "The Making of the President 1960."

Obly, Robert; Foreword by Francis Crick

The Path to the Double Helix.

Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1974.

First edition of this work on the history of the double helix. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by both the author and Francis Crick on the title page, who contributed the foreword. The author has transcribed the following from this work, “The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explainContinue reading "The Path to the Double Helix."

West, Rebecca

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.

London : Macmillan, 1941.

First editions of Rebecca West’s masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Both volumes are signed by West with volume one inscribed and dated in 1965 by the author, volume two is signed and dated in 1965. Both volumes are near fine in near fine dust jackets that show light shelfwear to theContinue reading "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937."

Weegee

Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.

New York : Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961.

First edition of the famed photographer’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Frances Colley Weegee.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.

Vargos Llosa, Mario

A Fish In The Water: A Memoir.

New York : : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Review copy with material laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Grant, Ulysses S. [U.S.]

Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant.

c. 1900.

Original oil painting, measuring 18 by 22 inches, handsomely gilt framed, entire piece measures 24 by 28 inches. In very good condition.

Mandela, Nelson

Prisoner In The Garden.

New York : The Viking Press, 2006.

First edition of this work dedicated to Mandela’s archive. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela on the title page in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Dimock, Anthony W

Wall Street and the Wilds.

New York : Outing Company, 1915.

First edition of Dimock’s autobiography, including his great success in cornering the gold market, also hunting grizzly bear, buffalo, deer, waterfowl, early wildlife photography, and some mention of fishing for tarpon, trout and salmon. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,Continue reading "Wall Street and the Wilds."

Stopler, Wofgang F

Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of A Private Man.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1994.

First edition of this biography on Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wolfgang Ann Arbor, MI Dec. 12, 1994.” From the library of noted economist Richard Musgrove. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Hoover, Herbert

The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: 1929-1941 The Great Depression.

New York : The MacMillan Company, 1952.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Herbert Hoover on the title page. An excellent near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the foot of the spine and extremities.

Wiener, Norbert

Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1953.

First edition of Weiner’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Norbert Weiner on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

Maharaj, Mac] O'Malley, Padraig; Foreword by Nelson Mandela

Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle For South Africa.

New York : Viking, 2007.

First edition of this work on apartheid activist Mac Maharaj. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Padraig O’Malley. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Friedman, Milton and Rose D

Two Lucky People: Memoirs.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.

First edition of this memoir by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and his wife Rose, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, “For Dorian + John with love and thanks for your friendship Milton + Rose.” Fine in a nearContinue reading "Two Lucky People: Memoirs."

Mandela, Nelson

Long Walk To Freedom.

London : Little Brown and Company, 1994.

First British edition of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “Dear Lynne, with thanks. Nelson Mandela 27.2.97.” The recipient was the realtor who sold NelsonContinue reading "Long Walk To Freedom."