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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by VON NEUMANN, JOHN; MORGENSTERN, OSKAR

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Title: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Author: VON NEUMANN, JOHN; MORGENSTERN, OSKAR
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1944. First edition. Original cloth, original dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE FOUNDATIONAL BOOK ON GAME THEORY. IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION. "Probabilists have studied games of chance since the beginning of probability theory. Strategic games, whose outcome depends on the skill of the participants in choosing a strategy of play, received widespread attention among mathematicians and economists only with the publication in 1944 of the first edition of John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behavior..." (Dimand and Dimand, "The Early History of the Theory of Strategic Games from Waldegrave to Borel", 1992). In subsequent years, "game theory, it may reasonably be claimed, has proved to be one of the more significant scientific contributions of the twentieth century. Albeit haltingly and unevenly, and in a manner quite unforeseeable in 1944 when the Theory of Games and Economic Behavior was published, it has affected not only economics and political science but also evolutionary biology, ethics, and philosophy proper. Within economics, particular areas such as microeconomic theory, industrial organization, international trade, and experimental economics have all been reshaped under the theory's influence. Although game theory initially came from outside as a critical contribution, it has now been completely embraced by the economics discipline, as indicated by the awarding of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics to John Nash, John Harsányi, and Reinhard Selten in 1994, and to Robert Aumann and Thomas Schelling in 2005." (Robert Leonard, Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and the Creation of Game Theory, 2010.) Complete with the rare "Corrigenda" slip. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1944. Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket. Book near-fine with just a hint of fading to spine, dust jacket with light edgewear, and a little spine fading (a common problem with this book). An outstanding copy: The dust jacket is notoriously prone to wear and this example is one of the nicest examples we've seen.

F. W. Murnau (director) TABU: A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS [1931] Lobby card by Paramount

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Title: F. W. Murnau (director) TABU: A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS [1931] Lobby card
Creator: Paramount
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Paramount. No binding. Fine. [Los Angeles]: Paramount Pictures, [1931]. Vintage original 11 x 14" (28 x 36 cm) lobby card. Two archival paper remnants on verso. Card is in impeccable condition, fine. Tabu was the great German director F. W. Murnau's last film (he died shortly before its premiere due to a car accident), and one of the final masterpieces of silent film. Murnau traveled to Bora Bora with documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty, with whom he worked on some early versions of the script, but disputes arose and Flaherty bowed out. (Wikipedia) Lobby cards from this film are genuinely rare. This card, with the film's two protagonists in the center, turns up almost never.

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER by Thorp, Roderick

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Title: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
Author: Thorp, Roderick
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN: 9780393012491
Condition: Near fine in a very good jacket.
Description: New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1979. First edition. Near fine in a very good jacket.. First printing of Thorp's thriller, the tale of an off-duty policeman battling German terrorists in a Los Angeles office building - and basis for the blockbuster holiday stalwart DIE HARD. Thorp's sequel to his 1966 novel THE DETECTIVE, continuing the gritty, noirish adventures of Joe Leland, played by Frank Sinatra in the 1968 adaptation of that first installment. In this sequel, set over a single 24-hour period in a single building, Thorp follows the traditional prescriptions for a dramatic tragedy, adhering to the unities of time, place, and action. Remarkably, obedience to the formal elements suggested by Aristotle and codified by 16th-century Italian dramatists is not the book's most enduring claim to fame: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER also had a film adaptation, in which Joe Leland was renamed John MacLane; and under that name, incarnated by Bruce Willis in DIE HARD, Thorp's character ascended to immortality in the pantheon of world-weary tough guys who have an excessively hard time during the holidays. Increasingly scarce. 8'' x 5.75''. Original half dark blue cloth with speckled red cloth boards. In original unclipped ($9.95) dust jacket, illustration by Charlie Geer. 188 pages. Minor edgwear, rubbing to jacket with some foxing on verso. Lower front flap corner clipped, but price intact (as common). Couple of small bumps to corners of book. Overall, bright and sound.

[Original Artwork for Signs for the Amytis Theatre] by [Banks, Spencer Thornton]

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Title: [Original Artwork for Signs for the Amytis Theatre]
Author: [Banks, Spencer Thornton]
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: [St. Louis], 1930. Very good. Two pen-and-ink illustrations on artist's board measuring 9” x 12”. Very good: lightly toned and dust soiled with pinholes at corners and a couple of small tears at edges. This is pair of pen-and-ink drawings for a segregated movie theater by an important but lesser-known African American illustrator, Spencer Thornton Banks. Banks was born in Mississippi in 1912 and ultimately worked in St. Louis for over 50 years while running his Veteran's Sign and Art Company. His comic strip Pokenia ran in the St. Louis Argus in the 1930s and is noted as a rare example of a comic featuring a female protagonist that dealt with Black professional life. It's documented that in the mid-1930s Banks did artwork for the Amytis and while these pieces are unsigned, when one compares them to known examples of Banks' work and combines it with their provenance, it's clear these came from his hand. According to Cinematreasures.org, the origin of the Amytis Theatre in St. Louis can be traced to 1918 when, “it was the auditorium for Poro College which had been founded by Annie Malone. In February 1934 the auditorium became a commercial operation, the Amytis, and presented films and occasional stage attractions. This was one of the theaters for the Black population of St. Louis in the days of racial segregation. The last ad spotted for the theatre was published in July 1960. The FDYB [Film Daily Yearbook] lists a seating capacity of 640.” The person from whom we purchased the signs shared this regarding their provenance: “I purchased these along with several other items from The Neon Lady, an antique shop on Cherokee Street (in the antique district known as “Cherokee Row”) in St. Louis in 1983 or 1984, around the time of Banks’ death. The antique store may have bought them from Banks or at an estate sale. The Neon Lady shop had a number of Banks’ works including colorful portraits of movie stars and jazz greats. Had I known better and had more money (I was a poor college student at the time) I would have bought them all. So, I purchased a few of the “portrait” heads, which I sold many years ago, but retained these Amytis signs and one signed pen-and-ink drawing. These have been in my possession for around 40 years, but I’m thinning my collection of movie memorabilia, and they should go to someone who will value and take care of them.” Wonderful illustrations with multiple levels of importance.

American State Papers, Class VI: Naval Affairs, Volumes I and II, March 3, 1789-March 5, 1825 and March 13, 1824-January 5, 1827... by U.S. Congress. (Walter Lowrie & Walter S. Franklin, editors, Vol I; Asbury Dickins & John W. Forney, editors, Vol. II)

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Title: American State Papers, Class VI: Naval Affairs, Volumes I and II, March 3, 1789-March 5, 1825 and March 13, 1824-January 5, 1827...
Author: U.S. Congress. (Walter Lowrie & Walter S. Franklin, editors, Vol I; Asbury Dickins & John W. Forney, editors, Vol. II)
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: First editions. Two hefty volumes comprising The American State Papers for the US Navy between 1789 and 1827, published in 1834
Description: Washington DC: Gales & Seaton, 1834 and 1860. First editions. Two hefty volumes comprising The American State Papers for the US Navy between 1789 and 1827, published in 1834 and 1860. They include all legislative and executive documents pertaining to everything naval, from the Navy's establishment to US expansion, Quasi War, War of 1812, embargo, sea battles and prizes, piracy, mutiny, navy yards, contracts, various claims against the government, etc. - every aspect of American naval history for their respective periods. Both solidly and handsomely rebound in half calf over marbled boards. Both volumes. 33 cm. ix, 1121, xxxv (Index) and 856 pp.

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE GERMAN by EBERT, Frederic Adolphus

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Title: GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE GERMAN
Author: EBERT, Frederic Adolphus
Seller: Boston Book Company (United States)
Description: 1837. EBERT, Frederic Adolphus. A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE GERMAN OF FREDERICK AUGUSTUS EBERT, Librarian to the King of Saxony, In Four Volumes. Oxford: University Press, 1837. First edition. 8vo., black cloth boards. Ex-library (Boston Athenaeum) with markings. Boards, or the remnants thereof, which appear to have been library bindings, are separated from all but Vol. III. Preliminary leaves of Vol. I are partially loose. As is, needs rebinding.

What Are You Going To Do About Alf? [Signed, Limited Edition] by MILLER, Henry and Alfred Perlès

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Title: What Are You Going To Do About Alf? [Signed, Limited Edition]
Author: MILLER, Henry and Alfred Perlès
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Turret Books, 1971. First Thus. One of 100 copies, specially bound and signed by both Miller and Perlès. Large octavo. Quarter gray cloth of black cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; unpaginated [48pp]. A fine, apparently unread copy. In the original dustwrapper, reproducing a painting by Miller; Fine. A color photo-facsimile of the original pamphlet, issued by Bern Porter in 1938 and reproduced here in its entirety, with the addition of s a 3-pp preface by Miller and a 3-pp Epilogue by Perlès, both dated 1968. Signed in ink by both authors on colophon. A flawless copy of a beautifully-produced book. SHIFREEN & JACKSON A10e.

Crook Manifesto by Whitehead, Colson

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Title: Crook Manifesto
Author: Whitehead, Colson
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Doubleday, 2023. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed first edition of Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.. Octavo, [12], 319pp, [2]. Black hardcover, title in silver on spine. "First Edition" statement with full number line on copyright page. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $29.00 retail price on front flap. Signed by Colson Whitehead on the title page. American novelist Colson Whitehead has received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice. In 2017, he won for The Underground Railroad (2016), and in 2020, he won for The Nickel Boys (2019).

A History of Birds

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Title: A History of Birds
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good. Some minor toning, spotting. Spine worn and since reinforced with sewing.
Description: Concord, New Hampshire: Rufus Merrill & Co, 1843. Very good. Some minor toning, spotting. Spine worn and since reinforced with sewing.. A charming children's book offering a history of birds to the young budding ornithologist, published by Rufus Merrill & Co. as No. 7 in a series. Includes an alphabet and wood engraved images of eight different birds alongside brief descriptions. Includes gooseander, widgeon, herron, bittern, tern, curlew and woodcock. Single vol. (4.75" by 2.75"), pp. 16, illus., original illus. blue-green wrps, reinforced slightly later with crude hand sewing. OCLC -10 (Sept 2023). Note the advertisement for toys on the lower wrapper sold by the publisher.

Le Petit Chaperon Rouge opérette en 3 actes et 4 tableaux de Blum et Toché ... Théâtre des Nouveautés ... Partition Chant et Piano transcrite par Léon Roques. [Piano-vocal score] by SERPETTE, Gaston 1846-1904

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Title: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge opérette en 3 actes et 4 tableaux de Blum et Toché ... Théâtre des Nouveautés ... Partition Chant et Piano transcrite par Léon Roques. [Piano-vocal score]
Author: SERPETTE, Gaston 1846-1904
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Paris: Choudens Père & Fils [PN A. C. 6916], 1885. Large octavo. Original publisher's light gray decorative wrappers. 1f. (recto title within decorative border by L. Denis, verso notes), 1f. (recto dedication, verso blank), 1 (notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents), 2-201, [i] (blank) pp. Unopened. Named cast includes Marguerite Ugalde, Juliette Darcourt, Blanche, Dubois, Brasseur, Berthelier, Albert Brasseur, and Allard. Wrappers slightly worn and chipped; partially detached. Some signatures split or partially split. First Edition, later issue. First performed in Paris at the Théâtre des Nouveautés on 10 October 1885.

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