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"Beware of the encroachments of the State! The mammoth growth of centralized power has always robbed people of their liberty in the long run." Boldly Signed without personalization by author, this is a fine First Edition of Prosperity through Freedom with No other writings of any kind save the author's greeting and signature on the front flyleaf. One of the original Mad Men executives (think Roger Sterling with character), Lawrence Fertig blended theory and practice, morality and practicality, in his life and work. He funded von Mises' professorship at NYU, and he armed his major work, Prosperity through Freedom, with an arsenal of factual ammunition for every advocate of free enterprise. Fine in a chipped, unclipped jacket. Book #Pv5b111. $65. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED and Inscribed on the title page by the author, a first edition copy of Fischer's lavishly illustrated history, which "proposes to trace the different but increasingly entwined meanings of liberty and freedom through the images and artifacts of four centuries of American history. At its best, his book leads readers into the rich material culture of colonial and early American history" (Oxford Academic Journal). A beautiful SIGNED copy of Fischer's highly influential history. Book #vP2445. $159. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Typed Letter Signed with handwritten addendum, December 26th, 1939, one year almost to the day before his death. F. Scott Fitzgerald, cash-strapped near the end of his life, pleads with his landlord "with somewhat bowed shoulders" for a reduction in rent, expressing hope that a Hollywood studio will employ him soon. "Things look a little brighter. My health is better and I really think I am going to work at the studios within a week. All this illness has, however, put me in debt and it may be some months before I am straightened out." In 1920, three days after publication, the entire first printing of F Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise, all 3000 copies, sold. Riding the crest of his brisk sales and enthusiastic reviews, Fitzgerald propelled himself further into the financial and cultural elite with The Beautiful and the Damned (1922), and achieved immortality with The Great Gatsby (1925). His private life with his wife Zelda captivated his engrossed readers as much as his… Read More

The voice of a 9 year old child whose father died in the terrorist attack on 9 11. A beautiful signed copy of this novel in highly collectible As New condition. One to watch! Book #v5b253. $78. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Foer on the Limitation Page. #489 of 1000 copies. Fine in a lightly bumped slipcase. "Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living." Basis for the 2011 film starring Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow. Book#Cv2117. $228. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Otto Frank, a Fine Typed Letter, addressed to "Frau Losa," chosen to translate Ernst Schnabel's book: Anne Frank: A Portrait in Courage, which documents Anne Frank's history after her arrest in Amsterdam. Frank's Letter discusses his efforts to arouse interests in the Anne Frank Foundation, Amsterdam. The Letter is unique as it is dated "20.4.1959" the date of Hitler's 70th birth anniversary. In Fine condition with two binder holes not affecting text. Mr Frank appears to have underlined the titles of some newspapers he recommends to Frau Losa. Book #3113. $1500. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science

SIGNED by author/TV star Joe Franklin, the First Book exclusively on Marilyn Monroe, First Edition. Inscribed sans personalization, "Remembering Marilyn Joe Franklin." Franklin is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest running continuous on-air TV talk show host. A beautiful, fresh copy of the first edition, 1953, the year of the double helix discovery, Lucy on the first issue of TV Guide, and the first TV presentation of The Academy Awards. This rarity was reissued in 2012 because of renewed intense interest in Monroe and Franklin. Book #Cv2324. $998. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Frazier to Title Page of his The Game within the Game. First Edition, a beautiful, unread, copy opened only by Hall of Famer "Clyde" to sign. No Writings or markings of any kind. You'll not find a finer copy! Book #Pv5b102. $100. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history and science.

Rare First Edition of Friedman's canonical defense of classical, 19 Century liberalism. Here Milton Friedman provides his first and definitive statement of his immensely influential economic philosophy, "one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom." This copy, in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue cloth, has some neat underlinings in ink on a few pages, brief marginalia, and PO's name on front flyleaf, else a fine copy. The rare UNclipped jacket, still bright, has very minor chipping at edges and a tiny closed tear. Book #Pv5b203. $1250. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED Autobiographical Letter by Milton Friedman, explaining his own affiliation with the Boy Scouts, in the Rahway, NJ. chapter, which he helped start when he "was about eleven or twelve." Written in 1981 on Hoover Institution stationery. Friedman was st the time a Senior Fellow at Hoover. Here he writes an autobiographical letter detailing a not easily documented part of the Nobel Prize winner's boyhood. Folded twice for envelope mailing.Comes with an original photo of Friedman. Fine. Book #P1311. $1000. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.