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  • Jacinto Benavente's Cartas de Mujeres

    BENAVENTE, Jacinto.

    Cartas de Mujeres.

    Madrid: Librería Y Casa Editorial Hernando, 1932.

    Finely bound example of this work from the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist. Duodecimo, bound in full marbled calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, patterned endpapers, engraved headpieces throughout. In very good condition.

    Price: $95.00     Item Number: 145262

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  • Willard Espy's Words at Play Finely Bound; Presentation copy with a Typed Letter Signed by the author laid in

    ESPY, Willard R.

    An Almanac of Words at Play.

    New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1975.

    Early printing of Espy's work on wit in wordplay. Quarto, bound in half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red spine labels, marbled endpapers. Presentation copy, from the library of Jonathan Goodman with his embossed library stamp to the front free endpaper. Enclosed is a typed letter signed by the author to the recipient date March 7, 1977 in the original envelope. The letter reads in part, "First time any correspondent has mentioned giving the Almanac the leather treatment. Next time I'm in London I must call to learn whether you really did it...Sincerely, Willard…

    Price: $75.00     Item Number: 95845

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  • "The various accidents which befell a very worthy couple after their uniting in the state of matrimony will be the subject of the following history": Finely Bound Example of Henry Fielding's Amelia

    FIELDING, Henry.

    Amelia.

    New York: White and Stokes, 1882.

    Finely bound example of Fielding's fourth and final novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marlbed endpapers. In near fine condition.

    Price: $75.00     Item Number: 101438

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  • Limited First Edition of A Turn in the South; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Author V.S. Naipaul

    NAIPAUL, V.S.

    A Turn in the South.

    Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1989.

    Signed limited first edition of captivating travelogue of the American South, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by Bart Forbes specially commissioned by The Franklin Press for this first edition. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the front flyleaf. In fine condition.

    Price: $75.00     Item Number: 147061

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  • Volume 129 of Punch weekly; containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham

    [RACKHAM, Arthur].

    Punch, or The London Charivari: Vol. 129.

    London: Published at the Office and Sold by All Booksellers, 1905.

    Volume 129 of Punch weekly containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, illustrated by numerous artists including 10 illustrations by Rackham in issues of July 5, August 30, September 6, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 15, and November 29. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate and ownership stamp.

    Price: $75.00     Item Number: 142537

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  • Limited First Edition of Joseph P. Lash's A World of Love; Signed by Him

    LASH, Joseph P.

    A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962.

    Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984.

    Signed limited first edition of this moving biography-in-letters, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt by Peter Fiore specially commissioned by The Franklin Press for this first edition, illustrated with black and white photographs and a genealogical table. Signed by Joseph Lash on the front flyleaf. In near fine condition with a small abrasion…

    Price: $65.00     Item Number: 146857

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  • "What is necessary is to speak about a man as though painting him": Limited First Edition of Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington's Picasso: Creator and Destroyer

    HUFFINGTON, Arianna Stassinopoulos.

    Picasso: Creator and Destroyer.

    Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.

    Signed limited first edition of this ingenious biography of the prolific Cubist painter and hallmark of Surrealism, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, decorated gilt panels with designs by Martha Phillips inspired by Picasso's hand-decorated books, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece painting 'The Old Man and Time' by Francoise Gilot, Picasso's companion and the mother of their children Claude and Paloma, illustrated…

    Price: $50.00     Item Number: 146871

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  • Limited First Edition of Gore Vidal's Empire; Signed by Him

    VIDAL, Gore.

    Empire.

    Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1987.

    Signed limited first edition of the fourth historical novel in the 'Narratives of Empire' series, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, Smyth-sewn and bound in full top-grain leather specially processed for fine books by the Cromwell Leather Company with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece portrait of Gore Vidal in a period setting by Mark Summers executed in an intricate scratchboard technique and specially commissioned by The Franklin Press…

    Price: $50.00     Item Number: 146890

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  • Limited First Edition of Louis Auchincloss' Diary of a Yuppie; Signed by Him

    AUCHINCLOSS, Louis.

    Diary of a Yuppie.

    Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1986.

    Signed limited first edition of this narrative portrait of a ruthless climb up the corporate ladder, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, double-page frontispiece by Jeffrey Smith. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In fine condition with a very small abrasion to the bottom edge.

    Price: $40.00     Item Number: 146885

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  • Magali Boisnard's Le Roman de La Kahena

    BOISNARD, Magali.

    Le Roman de La Kahena: d’Après Les Anciens Textes Arabes.

    Paris: Édition d'Art, 1925.

    Later edition of this work by the French poet and novelist. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ornamentation by Paul Zenker, original wrappers bound in. In very good condition.

    Price: $30.00     Item Number: 145217

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