Will Durant, First Edition, Signed (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition copy signed by both Authors - book in reasonable condition with acceptable dust cover First printing, with complete number line. A Very Good copy (uneven sunning to the cloth) in a Fine dustjacket. Signed by both Will and Ariel on the front flyleaf. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. SIGNED. 420pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] 1/4 tan cloth with blue paper over boards. In a dust jacket, with moderate surface and edge wear, a bit of age-toning, and a few spots of light soiling. Bookseller's sticker on the rear inside flap. Signed by Will and Ariel Durant on the front free endpaper. Ariel has signed in blue ink, and Will has signed in black ink.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Jacket. 1st Edition. 420 Pp. Beige Cloth Spine, Blie Boards, Gilt. First Printing Indicted. Near Fine In Slightly Used Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $12.95 At Bottom Of Front Flap. Signed By Both Authors (As Will And Ariel Durant). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine edition, almost flawless and unread, signed by Will and Ariel. The Lessons of History is a 1968 book by historians Will Durant and Ariel Durant. The book provides a summary of periods and trends in history they had noted upon completion of the 10th volume of their momentous eleven-volume The Story of Civilization. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st printing. A read copy with shelf and handling wear to covers, dust jacket and spine. Corners of covers bumped. Signed by both authors on page facing title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 117 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Edition, Stated Second Printing. Dust Jacket Priced $5.00. Book With Wear At Corners, Gilt Brilliant. Signed "Will And Ariel Durant". Dust Jacket With Slight Wear At Corners, Bright, Clean, Unfaded. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Jacket. 1st Edition. 446 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. "First Revised Printing" Stated, This Being The First Printing Of His Completely Revised 1953 Edition Of "The Mansions Of Philosophy". Near Fine, No Marks, Gilt Brilliant. Dust Jacket Priced $5.00, Lightly Worn. This May Be Considered The Final Magnum Opus Of This Greatly Under-Rated Philosopher, Educator Historian And Commentator. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition (stated). Xxi, 872 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Edition (Number Line Ending In "1"). Inscribed By The Durants (Jointly) And Dated 11/4/75. Scarce When Signed In Year Of Publication. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Jacket. 1st Edition. 117 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Edition, Stated Second Printing. Dust Jacket Priced $5.00. Book With Slight Wear, Gilt Brilliant. Signed "From Will And Ariel Durant". Dust Jacket With Slight Wear1" Long X 1/4" Deep Chip At Top Of Rear Panel, Bright, Clean, Unfaded. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Very good+ condition. First Edition. One page letter dated May 8, 1925. Signed in ink "Will Durant." Typed on Labor Temple School stationery. Addressed to Rabbi Grossman in Cleveland, Ohio regarding a speaking engagement in March of 1926. Durant mentions four new lectures "An Amendment to Democracy," "Is Progress Real?" which is his half of a debate in NY with Clarence Darrow, "The Epic of the Jews," and "The Philosophy of Spinoza." Included is a file copy of the letter originally sent to Durant to elicit this response. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Facsimile Dust JAcket. 1st Edition. 146 Pp. Red Cloth, Stamped In Black On Spine And Front Cover. First Edition (1931); Other Copies Known In Green Cloth, Gilt On Spine, No Known Priority. Very Good, Slight Signs Of Use; 1" Crack To Front Hinge At Endpapers. Facsimile (Not Original) Of A Dust Jacket That Was Well Worn, Dusty, Torn And Chipped At Edges Without Loss Of Lettering Or Design, Price Clipped. Probably Duirant's Scarcest Book. Real But Heart-Breaking Political Philosophy Applied To Americans' Overall Situation In 1931, Not Politicized Advocacy, But Direct Criticism Of The Broadest Characteristics Of American Culture (Or Lack Of It), American Political Thought (Or Lack Of It), And American Government Action (Or Rather, Inaction On Almost All Issues Of Real Importance, From Water, Air And Food To Every Other Requirement For Rational Life But With Whole-Hearted Support Forall Purposeless Minor Wars And Any Advantages For Special Economic Interests). Still Quite Readable And Interesting, But Even More True Now Than Then; It Is Perhaps Impossible To Rationally Disagree With Any Point Or Line Of The Text, Which Is Admirable For Its Directness And Clarity. Essential Reading, Although These Issues Were Not Debated So Clearly In Public Until Many Decades Later. The Book Was Not Successful In The Most Widely Followed Media. Durant, However, Pursued Such Philosophical Points In Nearly Countless Books, Articles, Radio Addresses, Editorials, And Speeches, And Was Cited As An Important Influence By Many Of America's More Well-Known Public Figures, But He Is Best Known For His 10 Volume, Comprehensive And Opinionated But (Of Course) Quite Non-Specialist Popular History Of Human Culture, Written With His Wife Ariel, Selling In The Millions Of Copies And Still Widely Available- A Sensible Basic History Of The World Of Perhaps Unparalleled Scope. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3 Pp. Apparently Proof Copy Of Kallen's Review Of Russell's Autobiography (Vol. 1) And Gay Wilson Allen's William James: A Biography, In "Dimensions", Fall 1967. Inscribed "Greetings H. M. K." On Front, With Five Lines Of Will Durant's Handwritten Comments (In Ink) On The Article. [With] Into The 10Th Decade (1962), Will Durant's (Unsigned) Copy Of This 1962 Tribute To Russell With About 76 Letters/Comments From World Luminaries. Durant Included A Piece By Russell In His 1932 Anthology "On The Meaning Of Life.". Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Signed Christmas Card, with Family Photograph, from the Fairbanks Family, and Christmas Card from Charlie Chaplin (illustrator). Original Manuscript and Photograph. Four page holograph letter, with about 22 lines describing personalities including Charles Chaplin, Fairbanks (Sr.), Clair Booth Luce, Noel Coward, MArgaret Case, and George Cukor (and the Durants themselves.) Written by Ariel Durant for both herself and Will Durant, to their daughter, and dated in 1948. (With) a simple Christmas Card from Charles Chaplin, Printed and Embossed. (With) A later (1961) Christmas Card dated 1961, with an attached photograph of 14 members of his family, the card inscribed "To you both- our affection [age?], The Fairbanks Family", by Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.). Signed by Ariel Durant and Dou.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Handwritten Manuscript. The complete text of Durant's article "The Crisis in Christianity", later published August 5, 1939, in the Saturday Evening Post. Two original handwritten draft manuscripts in ink, with extensive revisions, and final typescript (in carbon, with a few handwritten changes in ink).The first draft is 19 pp. on lined yellow paper, legal size, with extensive revisions throughout. The second draft is 17 pp. on brighter lined yellow paper, with some revisions. The final draft is typewritten, here in a carbon copy with a few minor corrections. Original Manuscript.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover with Good DJ. 1ST PRINTING, 1961. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page (names only.no inscription."Best wishes from Will Durant + Ariel"). Pages are clean and unmarked. Tear on half-title pages where a bookplate was torn off. Covers (black boards with gilt lettering/illustration) show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear and rubbing.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 6.5 x 9.75in. xxi. 872pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed by the authors, Will and Ariel Durant, on the page opposing the title page. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself shows the corners somewhat shelf rubbed, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows a hint of even toning, marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining Fine/As New. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. dj: none. book: fine to as new hardback black boards. stated first. inscribed by author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. No Printing History. Dated, inscribed, and jointly signed by Ariel and Will Durant on the colophon page. Volume in NF condition with three lightly bumped corners. Jacket in VG- condition with heavy chipping and light soiling. Signed by Author(s).