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Unread, complete 6 issues of Oxford American's ORIGINAL publication of John Grisham's A Painted House. Precedes the First Edition in book form in 2001. "There isn't a single lawyer in the whole book," Grisham quipped pre-publication. Includes Rare Issue # 34, Southern Music Issue and Unopened, SEALED CD. Perfect condition with tracks by Dolly Parton, Tom Petty, Dean Martin, Kelly Willis. A magnificent gift for your Grisham collector, rare in a complete set and in sumptuous Library Quality Condition. Book #Cv2411. $225. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Paul Morand atop his 8-page preface. Paris: Edition Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1933. First Edition. Spiral bound quarto, sixty-four gravure plates. The highest celebrated, most iconic of the great Paris photobooks, printed in a luscious gravure so tactile "that after handling the book one expects to find sooty deposits all over one's fingers. One should think of it as amongst the best produced and influential photobooks ever" (The Photobook, Vol. I). Roth 101. Whereas most night photography of the period celebrates electric light, speed and metropolitan life, Brassai's portfolio expresses a different urban narrative. The Paris he shows, his "little boxes of night," is tawdry, intimate, dark and full of mystery, as though nighttime were its natural hue. As a young man, prefacer Paul Morand bathed in Parisian artistic circles and the high public service. Appointed at the age of 24, attached to the French Embassy in London, he began a career at the Quai which took him all over Europe. He… Read More

SIGNED (sans personalization) on front flyleaf, this is a first edition of The Pete Rose Story in lovely condition. The book is square and tight with no writings or markings of any kind save author's signature. The UNclipped dust jacket is bright and complete, remarkably with no edgewear, with finger-handling evidence on back panel. Book #P5150. $125. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

First Edition/First Printing of the Bailey's controversial bio of Roth. Shortly after publication, WW Norton, publisher of the biography in the US, announced that it was temporarily suspending the book's shipping and promotion, as it emerged that Bailey faced allegations of sexual harassment and abuse, which he denied. A week later Norton confirmed that it was withdrawing the book from sale and pulping remaining copies. A tiny nick to the front jacket flap and the tiniest spots on paper edges--else a new, unread book. Book #Pv3349. $55. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by von Mises on front flyleaf. Original publisher's green cloth lettered in black; original unclipped dust jacket (light toning overall, with small spot of skinning to spine panel, else fine). FIRST EDITION, of the economist's planned epilogue to his work Socialism (1922). The central point of Planned Chaos is its devastating analysis and refutation of the disastrously "mixed economy," the omnipresent belief that capitalism and socialism are not the only alternative economic systems, that the "third way," variously called "interventionism" or the "hampered economy" is a viable alternative. Dr. von Mises' analysis and evaluation of issues 75 years old read like illuminating insights into today's headlines, particularly his critique of government enforced minimum wage rates (Do you read me, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders?) "The issue," he writes, "is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution. INSCRIBED BY VON MISES TO PHILANTHROPIST AND BUSINESSMAN HARRY B. EARHART… Read More

Signed "Ayn" only, from Ayn Rand's library, and inscribed by Rand to her actor-husband Frank O'Connor on August 6, 1934, a First Edition Presentation Copy of Noel Coward's Play Parade, which includes seven of Coward's plays; O'Connor had roles in a few. Rand's charming, affectionate inscription reads in full: "To my little Cubby -- one of his future parts --but not the only one! Ayn 8-6-34." ("Cubby" was Ayn's nickname for husband Frank.) Book has handwritten notes by O'Connor on front flyleaf and highlighting of the characters' names in 2 plays. Original publisher's cloth binding. Soiling and edgewear to spine and boards. Hinges cracked but holding. Very rare book inscribed by Rand to her husband, two years before she published We the Living. Book #v1151. $9800. *****We carry the world's largest selection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand in private hands! *****All our books are sanitized for your protection before mailing.

First Edition of the collected, highly celebrated prefaces to his plays by George Bernard Shaw, from Major Barbara and Mrs. Warren's Profession to Saint Joan and Pygmalion. These prefaces, Shaw writes, are "quite journalistic in character, and cover a period of nearly thirty years." Shaw continues: "You may well ask me why I took the trouble to write them. I can only reply that I do not know. There was no why about it: I had to: that is all." A solidly pleasing copy in the original dust jacket with some edgewear and a few chips. Book #Cv2231. $75. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Both authors, Herbert Hoover and diplomat/international negotiator Hugh Gibson. Original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Stated First Edition of President Hoover and co-author Gibson's critically praised analysis of a world in crisis, "a preface to peacemaking," published at the height of World War II, inscribed by both Hoover and Gibson in the same ink "To Alvin Markle Jr. / With good wishes of Herbert Hoover and [separately signed] Hugh Gibson." Markle's ownership signature and date (1942) appear at the top of the same page and his bookplate on the front pastedown. No other writings or markings of any kind. Markle was a PA. banker and financier, president of Markle Bank and the financial firm Markle and Brothers. Fine, likely unread copy in a Very Good+ jacket. Unclipped jacket is lightly worn, with rubbing at some corners and folds, with a few tiny closed tears. A copy of the New York Times Book Review of June 21, 1942 accompanies the book. A highly collectible copy. Book #Cv2220. $610.… Read More

SIGNED Perfect, UNopened copy by former President Obama, opened only for his signature. Vol 1 of his memoirs, "A Promised Land." A publishing record-breaker, "Promised" sold more than 1.7 million copies in its first week. On its first day, Mr. Obama's book sold a whopping 887,000 units in all formats and editions in the U.S. and Canada, Crown's largest first-day sales total ever. A positively perfect copy, opened only by Obama for his signature. Behold his deathless prose: "Either grab a drink and sit down with us or get the fuck out of here." New in slipcase in the original cardboard box as issued. Unrivaled in condition and value. Book #. $1175. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, erotica, history, and science.

"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.