Sowell Thomas, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Late Talking-Children by Thomas Sowell. Signed by author on front endpaper. Signature only. Hardcover first edition published in 1997 by Basic Books. Stated first edition, number line starts with 2. Clipped jacket. One inch tear on back panel of jacket. Scarce title signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Thomas Sowell on a libertarian Laissez Faire Book Club bookplate tipped to the front free endpaper. ix, [1], 214 pp. Bound in publisher's ecru paper-covered boards over blue spine cloth lettered in bronze gilt. Fine, unread, in an unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing to front panel and flap fold, else Fine. A challenge to the concept of social justice from the iconic conservative thinker and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution: "Unlike God at the dawn of Creation, we cannot simply say, 'Let there be equality!' or 'Let there be justice!' We must begin with the universe that we were born into and weigh the costs of making any specific change in order to achieve a specific end.".

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Thomas Sowell on special bookplate tipped to front free endpaper. x, 180 pp. Bound in publisher's quarter black cloth over black paper-covered boards, silver spine lettering. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with very light edgewear and several small stains along the rear foldline. Sowell began researching and writing about late-talking children after his experiences with his own son. He is a prominent Black conservative and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and the bookplate bearing his signature was printed by the libertarian bookseller and publisher Laissez Faire Books.

First edition. First edition. Signed by Thomas Sowell on the front free endpaper; an association copy inscribed to conservative affirmative action critic Lino Graglia, "Who has fought the good fight on this and other issues." 221 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth and boardswith gilt spine lettering. Some underlines and marginal checkmarks in pencil (quite possibly by Graglia), else Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket with a sunned spine panel. The prolific conservative writer's take on various preferential policies from affirmative action to "reverse discrimination" around the world in law and society.