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Second Printing of this rare defense of Rand's personal behavior during the Rand-Branden split. Written by Hamel primarily as a response to Barbara Branden's bio of Rand and her revelation of Rand's affair with Barbara's then-husband Nathaniel. Book has no writings or markings of any kind.Has a slight bend and some smudging, but a perfectly collectible copy of this scarce item of Randabilia, now long out of print. Book #P8a1552. $95. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

First Edition of Hayakawa's landmark work on language and clear thinking. Previous owner's signature and dateon front flyleaf. Else a fine copy in an unclipped jacket with minor edgewear and toning. Book#v5b139. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED First Edition of Hazlitt's rarest title. Unknown to many and missing from most Hazlitt collections, this 1933 title, out-of-print for many years, was published just before Hazlitt succeeded H L Mencken as editor of The American Mercury, which attracted many conservative contributors. Hazlitt was not yet an Austrian economist or a supporter of Ludwig von Mises, but one can first discern here in Anatomy his earliest inclinations in that direction. As early as 1933, Hazlitt radiated here the kind of intensity that one can imagine changing the course of history. Anatomy is not merely a work critical of literary formalism; it also exposes the hypocrisy and contradictions of Marxist literary criticism, specifically of the notion of "economic privilege" as the basis of literary texts. Thus, Henry Hazlitt the ground-breaking economist was yet unknown but was emerging. Exactly 24 years after Hazlitt's The Anatomy of Criticism was published (and rapidly went out of print), Canadian literary theorist… Read More

First Edition/First Printing of Hazlitt's great novel, originally published as "The Great Idea" by Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1951 (New York, NY). In Time Will Run Back, Hazlitt envisions a future in which the communists won and have been in power for more than 100 years. All traces and artifacts of the ancient capitalist world have been wiped out. Hazlitt himself acknowledged his novel bears some similarities to 1984 (published two years earlier, which he hadn't read). He explained that authors like Orwell, Aldous Huxley (and his Brave New World) and he were: "plagiarizing from the actual nightmare created by Lenin, Hitler and Stalin….All the writers had done was to add a few logical extensions not yet generally foreseen." Toning to endpapers in very scarce complete unclipped jacket with small chips to edgewear. Book #vC2334. $295. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand and other legends and landmarks.

SIGNED by Joseph Heller (1923–1999). Catch–22. [New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1973]. 8vo. Illustrated from photographs of the first play directed by Larry Arrick at the John Drew Theatre. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. FIRST DELTA EDITION, SIGNED BY HELLER on half–title. Joseph Heller's full-length comedy, adapted from his iconic first novel. The story is set in World War II and is peopled with a group of US Army Air Force men – one in particular called Captain John Yossarian. The men do what they can in order to survive so they can go home to their families, but their rank superiors keep throwing obstacles in their paths to try and keep them longer. Catch-22 represents the idea of a "no-win" situation – no decision or course of action a person makes or takes results in resolution, but rather in a continuation of the confusion one tried to clear up in the first place. The term itself has entered the language as a description of a ridiculously cyclical situation. A fine, tight… Read More

Still Sealed in Shrink Wrap! EXTREMELY SCARCE in New Condition. An exact facsimile copy of the first edition of For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1940 with an approximate print run of 75,000. Both book and jacket are precise copies of the original. The only indicator that this is a facsimile is a small block of explanation on the copyright page. First Edition Library published this title only for its members who bought it by subscription. The book comes in a handsome, sturdy slipcase which shows pastedowns of the front and back of the dustjacket on its sides. The book, jacket, and slipcase are in New, unopened, SEALED condition. Book #Pv4326. $395. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

HEMINGWAY, Ernest: AN EXTRAORDINARY SIGNED HEMINGWAY RARITY. One of only 10 copies intended solely for his own private distribution of A farewll to Arms. His first bestseller, this copy of Arms from the library of Owen Wister Jr., the father of Western fiction, author of the bestselling 1902 novel The Virginian. Hemingway held Wister in high regard, describing Wister s stories as a lesson to our generation in how to write, to his editor Maxwell Perkins. Arguably Hemingway s greatest work, A Farewell to Arms is the only Hemingway work issued in a signed limited edition. Five hundred copies were numbered and sold to the public. This is one of the ten unnumbered copies intended only for Papa s personal sharing. 8vo (222 x 146 mm). Full crushed blue morocco, covers twice ruled in gilt with gilt cornerpieces, upper cover reproducing the original design of the first trade edition dust jacket of this title by Cleon (1895-1979) in various color morocco onlays and gilt-work, flat spine lettered in white and… Read More

UNmatched value on Patrick Henry's signature! If this be treason, make the most of it." A scarce partly printed document, SIGNED "P Henry," certifying eligibility for a land bounty for a Revolutionary War veteran. In full: "I do certify that Thomas Bird is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a sergeant of the Continental line for the War. Sight at conclusion by Patrick Henry and Thomas Merriwether. Matted and framed with a hand-colored engraving of Henry. Overall size: 9.5 x 15.5. Fine with some ink erosion to crossed out words. Signed by the Lion of Liberty! Book #Cv2421. $3950. 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 on title page by the author, an As New First Edition copy of Hosseini's third bestseller in a beautiful As New jacket. A father's decision to sell his three-year-old daughter to a childless couple in Kabul ties the various narratives of the novel together. You won't find a better signed copy! Book #Pv3352. $58. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

SIGNED by Langston Hughes. "Dream on, dreamer, dream on." First edition of the final volume in his "Simple" series featuring Jesse B. Semple, known as Simple, often called "The most famous character in black fiction." A fine, tight copy, signed by Hughes without personalization, in a just about fine unclipped jacket. No writings or markings in the book save for Hughes' signature on the front flyleaf. Book #vP2139. $1100. We specialize in rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand as well as other legends and landmarks.

First appearance in book form, "Anthology of Newspaper Verse for 1921," of Hughes' highly influential "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." Hughes' signature poem, written when he was only 17, originally appeared in the June 1921 issue of the monthly periodical "The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races," the official publication of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), edited by W E B Du Bois. 8vo, pp. 138. The "Anthology" also features original printings of poems on the Unknown Soldier at Arlington, The US visit of Madam Curie, and the death of Caruso Edited by Franklyn Pierre Davis. Paper over boards with cloth spine. No jacket as issued. Ex library with bookplate. Edges slightly soiled, cover very slightly scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy in plastic dj. This 1922 printing is not noted in Hughes Bio-bibliography. This copy bears the bookplate and deaccession stamp of the American academy of Arts & Letters. Number inked on front pastedown, else internally fresh and clean. A very… Read More

Rare 32 Page pamphlet, co-authored by an Objectivist philosopher and the leading pro-Objectivist economist, offering Objectivist (Ayn Rand) arguments for allowing builders to create projects that respond to the demands of their markets and against the capricious zoning regulations of government bureaucrats. Rarely available, this pamphlet, introduced by real estate DEVELOPER Philip Rafton, went out-of-print after Reisman was "excommunicated" from the Objectivist movement. Pristine condition! Book #N1275. $125. We carry the largest selection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand on the planet!