Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958. First edition, first printing. 333 pp. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with rubbing to spine lettering, light wear to spine ends, uneven fading to boards. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. First edition. 357 pp. Original cloth with navy lettering. Near Fine with slight mottling to cloth, dust-soiled edges, in About Very Good dust jacket with darkened spine panel, soiling, faint dampstaining along top edge of front panel wear at head and tail. A collection of..... More
London: Printed for J. Almon, 1767. First English-language edition of Cesare Bonesana di Beccaria's treatise on criminal justice reform, with an added commentary by Voltaire. xii, 179, lxxix pp. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf, laced in boards. Morocco title label, gilt tooling to spine and board edges, all edges..... More
New York: Basic Books, 1973. First edition. xiii, 507pp. Tan cloth with blue spine lettering. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, a little curled along top edge and lightly worn at head, back flap creased. A lovely copy of the American sociologist's..... More
London: Survey, 1971. First edition of this offprinted essay, which precedes the author's better-known book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society by two years. Signed by Daniel Bell on the front wrap in ink, inscribed to former owner. [102]-168 pp. Side-stapled wraps. Near Fine. A scarce early signed presentation of Bell's..... More
New York: The Julian Press, Inc., 1966. First edition, first printing. x, [iv], 286, [12] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in red, purple and blue with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, minor staining to the bottom edge of the text block. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust..... More
New York: Horace Liveright Inc., 1928. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with cloth a bit marked, worn at the corners and spine ends, spine darkened and lettering there rubbed. Bookstore ticket to front free endpaper, browning..... More
New York: Random House, 1974. First edition. Signed by Daniel J. Boorstin on the front free endpaper and inscribed in the year of publication to the former owners, "For Nancy and George with love from Daniel / May 23, 1974 / New York City". xviii, 136 [1] pp. Bound in..... More
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1854. First American edition and first English translation. xx, 25-347, [5] pp. with four advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's brown cloth ornately stamped in blind and gilt, top edge gilt. Near Fine with light wear to covers and shallow chipping at spine ends, and..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1962. First British edition. 495 pp. w/ author's note tipped in. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with gift inscription on front free endpaper, slughtly bumped corners, in a Near Fine dust jacket, toned with age, small tear near head, rubbing to..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First American edition. 495 pp. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Light foxing along edges, else Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some sunning (especially to the spine panel) and edge-rubbing. A classic, highly poetic examination of the crowd dynamic..... More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1965. First edition, first printing. Signed by Noam Chomsky on the front free endpaper and inscribed "Best Wishes." x, 251 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with light rubbing to extremities and bumping to corners, dust-soiling and scattered foxing..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. First edition. Signed by co-author Horace R. Cayton, Jr. on the front free endpaper. xxxiv, 809 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gray and yellow stamping to spine. Very Good with light red pencil notation by former owner to paste down and a few underlines..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1942. First edition, first printing. 298 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine stamped in yellow. Very Good with cloth lightly worn and soiled, light faded atspine with publisher's imprint rubbed. Bookseller's ticket to front free endpaper, neat pencil marks to contents. In..... More
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1905. First British edition, first printing. Signed by W.E.B. Du Bois on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt on the spine. Very Good with gouge to spine affecting title, rubbing to cloth at extremities. Toning..... More
New York: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903. First edition, first printing. x, 265 pp. Bound in publisher's original black cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Fine, with bright gilt and well-defined blind stamping; clean and bright contents. Evidence of bookplate removal to paste down, subtle bowing to..... More
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1965. First British edition. 255 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine, top edge foxed, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, rubbed and a little worn along edges, slight creasing to top of front panel,unclipped (36 s net). A foundational work..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. First American edition. xiv, 288, [1] pp. Black cloth, front lettered in red, spine in gilt. Near Fine with a little foxing to edges in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with small closed tear near foot, light wear. A philosophical whodunit in 19th century France..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. First edition, first printing. xxii, 345 pp. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with rear hinge starting. In a rare example of the dust jacket, chipped along edges and reinforced with tape on verso in a few places, spine toned..... More
New York: Herder and Herder, 1970. First American edition. 186 pp. Bound in white cloth with black lettering on spine. Very Good with light wear at spine ends; slight dust soiling and foxing to top edge. Marginal brackets and underlining in pen throughout. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket..... More
New York: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1910. First edition in English, and one of the most important works in Freud's oeuvre. Bound in contemporary black pebbled cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing and soiling to binding, bumped corners. Contemporary owner name to verso..... More
Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Social Sciences Research Centre, 1956. Presentation copy of the first edition. (Printed three years before its American debut.) (viii), 162, (1) pp. Original stiff wraps. Laid in slip on U.S. Government stationary (interestingly enough), dated "5. Nov" and typed "Dear Dr. von Mering: Thanks for the..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First edition. Signed by Victor Gruen on front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner in the year of publication. 368 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth blue and gilt stamping. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with wear along top edge, two tiny..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First edition, first printing. Signed by Robert L. Heilbroner on the front free endpaper and warmly inscribed to David Beres with date August 1956. viii, 278, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's terracotta cloth titled in gilt blocked on dark teal, dark blue topstain. Near..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition. Signed by Richard Hofstadter on front free endpaper, inscribed to sociologist Daniel Bell "with love always from the depths of the unprogressive. [signed] Dick" dated in the year of publication, Oct. 20, 1968. A few marginal brackets in red ink (presumably by..... More