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First Edition of Roberto Bolaño's La Pista de Hielo
BOLAñO, Roberto.
La Pista de Hielo. [The Skating Rink].
Alcalá de Henares: Fundación Colegio Del Rey, 1993.
First edition of this prize-winning crime novella in the original Spanish. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition. Cover painting by Hilla Schürholz. Accompanied by the original publisher's 'La Pista de Hielo' informational bookmark.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 146928
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First edition, first printing of the Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis; Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Berkely: Published by the University of California Press, 1983.
First Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated by Barry Moser. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140106
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First Edition of Ernest Seton-Thompson's Lives of the Hunted; Inscribed by Him
SETON-THOMPSON, Ernest.
Lives of the Hunted.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, with over 200 drawings. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To S.D. Green with best wishes of Ernest Seton-Thompson." Seton Thompson has added a drawing of a bear paw. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 79038
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Signed Limited First Edition of Making Money; signed by Terry Pratchett
PRATCHETT, Terry.
Making Money.
London: Doubleday, 2007.
Signed limited first edition of the 36th novel in the 'Discworld' series. Octavo, original glittered cloth. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 669. In fine condition. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145034
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“Reality is always at the edge of the abyss, hung from the thread of a thought”; Octavio Paz's A Draft of Shadows; Warmly Inscribed by Him
PAZ, Octavio.
A Draft of Shadows.
New York: A New Directions Book, 1979.
Early printing of this collection of poems published in English and Spanish. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to friend and fellow writer Sergio Muñoz Bata, "A Sergio, con vivasimpatia, ser muco amigo, Octavio Paz." Bata writes a weekly syndicated column published in 18 newspapers across 11 countries in the hemisphere. He is also both a former Los Angeles Times editorial board member and Executive Editor of La Opinión. In near fine condition. A wonderful association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133278
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First Edition of The Poetic Species; Signed by Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas
WILSON, Edward O. & Robert Haas.
The Poetic Species: A Conversation With Edward O. Wilson and Robert Haas.
New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.
First edition of this "wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating" (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings). Small octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Robert Haas and Edward O. Wilson (who has drawn a picture of an ant) on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 3300
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Hungarian Edition of Sorstalansag; Signed by Imre Kertesz
KERTESZ, Imre.
Sorstalansag [Fatelessness].
Budapest: Szepirodalmi, 1975.
Second Hungarian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 72014
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"If my bed grew wings I would fly to a thick forest where there was an old broken-down castle that no one knew about, hidden in trees": First edition of Michael Rosen's Under the Bed: The Bedtime Book; Inscribed by him
ROSEN, Michael.
Under the Bed: The Bedtime Book.
London: Walker Books, 1986.
First edition of Michael Rosen's charming book of bedtime stories, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Michael Rosen on the dedication page, "Michael Rosen was here 23 Aug 89." In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 88122
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Signed by Award Winning Architect Richard Meier
MEIER, Richard.
Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1965-1981.
Zurich: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, 1982.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original wrappers. Signed by Richard Meier on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light wear to the extremities.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 878
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First edition, first printing of William Seabrook's Jungle Ways, one of 315 numbered extra-illustrated copies signed by him
SEABROOK, William B.
Jungle Ways.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931.
Signed limited first edition of occultist and cannibal William Buehler Seabrook's account of his travels along the Ivory Coast and through West Africa where he witnessed witchcraft, cannibalism and human sacrifice. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. One of 315 extra-illustrated numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page of which 274 were for sale, this is number 198. Near fine in the original slipcase which is lacking the bottom panel.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 124947
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First Edition of Days of Destiny: Crossroads In American History; Signed by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson
MCPHERSON, James M. and Alan Brinkley.
Days of Destiny: Crossroads In American History.
New York: DK Publishing, 2001.
First edition of this illustrated work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by James M. McPherson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 125144
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Morrison's Strangers Guide and Etiquette For Washington City and Its Vicinity
Morrison’s Strangers Guide and Etiquette, For Washington City and Its Vicinity.
Washington: W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1862.
Fifth edition of Morrison's classic American etiquette guide. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the front panel. Illustrated with wood and steel engravings, entirely re-written and brought down to the present time. In near fine condition. Ownership inscriptions.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127990
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First Edition of Charles Carleton Coffin's Freedom Triumphant
COFFIN, Charles Carleton.
Freedom Triumphant: The Fourth Period of the War of the Rebellion From September 1864, To Its Close.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891.
First edition of the acclaimed journalist's work on the fourth period of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 132827
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First Edition of David Fromkin's The Independence of Nations; Inscribed by Him
FROMKIN, David.
The Independence of Nations.
New York: Praeger, 1981.
First edition of this early work by the award-winning historian. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "November 24, 1981 For David and Margaret Levin With affectionate regards- David Fromkin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Deborah England.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 138409
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Finely Bound example of Torquato Tasso epic poem La Gerusalemme Liberata
TASSO, Torqato.
La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso. [Jerusalem Delivered].
Milano: Nicolo Bettoni, 1824.
Finely bound example of Torquato Tasso's epic poem La Gerusalemme Liberata, or Jerusalem Delivered. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 111064
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First Edition of The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality; Inscribed by Angus Deaton
DEATON, Angus.
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Rogers Angus Deaton." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jason Alejandro.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 147447
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First Edition of John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom; Signed by Robert Skidelsky
SKIDELSKY, Robert.
John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom, 1937-1946.
New York: Viking, 2000.
First edition of this biography on the legendary economist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Robert Skidelsky on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 16014
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First Edition of A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
HAHN, Frank and Robert Solow.
A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1995.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 45079
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First Edition of Beyond the Melting Pot; Inscribed by Nathan Glazer
GLAZER, Nathan and Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Beyond the Melting Pot: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press and Harvard University Press, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, "perhaps the most perceptive inquiry into American minorities ever made” (Richard Rovere). Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Inscribed and dated by Nathan Glazer on the title page. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some edge wear and chips.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 49014
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First Edition of Jack Kerouac's Vanity of Duluoz
KEROUAC, Jack.
Vanity of Duluoz.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968.
First edition of this classic work by the author of On the Road. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 131320
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First Edition of The Steagle; Signed by Legendary Actor Richard Benjamin
FAUST, Irvin [Richard Benjamin].
The Steagle.
New York: Random House, 1966.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Benjamin on the title page, who starred in the 1971 film bearing the same name. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Martin Associates.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133107
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Rare Original Broadside Printing of the Anti-New Deal Poem Traitors Three
[ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.].
Traitors Three.
Rare original broadside printing of this anti-Franklin D. Roosevelt and anti-New Deal poem. Duodecimo, original paper. In good condition with some toning.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 147125
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"A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it": First Edition of Phil Mickelson's One Magical Sunday; Signed by Him
MICKELSON, Phil.
One Magical Sunday: (But Winning Isn’t Everything).
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of this work by the great Masters champion. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Phil Mickelson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag. Written with Donald T. Phillips.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 136983
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First edition of Susan Cheever's Looking For Work; inscribed by her to Ken Burrows
CHEEVER, Susan [Erica Jong].
Looking For Work.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Burrows with love Susan." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 142332
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The Incredible Giants
MEANY, Tom [Leo Durocher].
The Incredible Giants.
New York : A.S. Barnes and Company, 1955.
First edition of this work on the Giants. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my old pal, Al, Tom Meany." Additionally signed by baseball hall of famer Leo Durocher on the title page. Durocher was nicknamedLeo the Lip and Lippy, was a professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,008 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history. Durocher still ranks tenth in career wins by a manager. Near…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 120627
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"I made every effort to keep my footing against the undertow of doubt": Will Durant's Transition: A Sentimental Story of One Mind and One Era; Signed by him
DURANT, Will.
Transition: A Sentimental Story of One Mind and One Era.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927.
Early printing of Durant's classic work on the Great Change. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Will Durant on the front free endpaper. In very good condition, ownership name.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 125078
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's At Home, Essays 1982-1988; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
At Home: Essays 1982-1988.
New York: Random House, 1988.
First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Valerie love Gore.” The recipient Valerie Gore was the author’s sister. Vidal’s father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. The two remained close throughout their lives. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 126590
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"Standing , in a dream, on a white peak which seemed to be wavering to and for, I was proclaiming to all mankind what was in my soul, but had never before become known to me": First edition of Leo Tolstoy's Stories & Dramas
TOLSTOY, Leo N.
Stories & Dramas.
London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1926.
First edition of this rare collection of thirteen of Tolstoy's short stories including The Dream and The Nihilist; the publisher's retained copy with their 'File Copy' label to front pastedown and perforated stamp to endpaper and title page. Translated form the Russian by Mrs. Lydia Turin, Mrs. H. M. Lucas and C. J. Hogarth. In near fine condition. With the original publisher's advertisement leaf laid in.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 123449
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“FEW THINGS ARE HARDER TO PUT UP WITH THAN THE ANNOYANCE OF A GOOD EXAMPLE"; First English edition and true first edition of Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson
TWAIN, Mark.
Pudd’nhead Wilson: A Tale.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894.
First English edition of Twain's classic tale of two mischievous twins, published several days before the first American edition. BAL 3441. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Twain by James Mapes Dodge and six illustration by Louis Loeb. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew.…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 128012
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First Edition of Henry James' The Outcry
JAMES, Henry.
The Outcry.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
First American edition, published simultaneously with the British edition of James' final novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate, library markings in pen to the first three pages. A very sharp example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 80037
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"Once it was thought in Colorado that gold and silver were the only products of the country worth considering": First Edition of Seeing the Far West; Inscribed by John Thomas Faris
FARIS, John Thomas.
Seeing The Far West.
Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, 1920.
First edition of this classic work of American travel literature. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated througout with 113 photographs, 2 folding maps at rear. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "May this volume speak to you of pleasant day. John T. Faris March 22, 1924." In very good condition with some rubbing and wear. A nice example of early American natural history and travel writing.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 80118
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First edition of Charles Dalton's The Waterloo Roll Call; finely bound
DALTON, Charles.
The Waterloo Roll Call.
London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1890.
First edition of Dalton's account of the decisive engagement of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon's last. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Bookplate. Ownership name. Rare.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 137101
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"A STATE OF JOY AND LAUGHTER": First EDITION OF JACQUELINE AND LEE BOUVIER'S ONE SPECIAL SUMMER
BOUVIER, Jacqueline and Lee [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis].
One Special Summer.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974.
First edition of this delightful memoir written by the Bouvier sisters about their summer in Europe. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards, illustrated with drawings and decorations by both authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141411
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First and signed limited edition of Richard Murphy's The Last Galway Hooker; one of 200 copies signed by the author
MURPHY, Richard.
The Last Galway Hooker.
[Dublin]: The Dolmen Press, 1961.
First and signed limited edition of the Irish poet's classic poem. Octavo, original quarter parchment. One of 200 copies signed by the author. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 128143
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First Edition of Christ in Concrete; With a full page inscription by Pietro Di Donato
DI DONATO, Pietro.
Christ in Concrete.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939.
First edition of this classic portrait of Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 1871
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"How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard": First Edition of The Professor of Desire; Signed by Philip Roth
ROTH, Philip.
The Professor of Desire.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.
First edition of this "thoughtful and elegant novel" (The New York Times Book Review) . Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. A very sharp example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 159
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First Edition of The Coming of the Space Age; Signed by Arthur C. Clarke
CLARKE, Arthur C.
The Coming of the Space Age: Famous Accounts of Man’s Probing of the Universe.
New York: Meredith Press, 1967.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145398
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First Edition of Murray Rothbard's Classic Work The Mystery of Banking
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
The Mystery of Banking.
New York: Richardson and Snyder, 1983.
First edition of this work which explains the modern fractional-reserve banking system and its origins. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some light wear.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 139900
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First Edition of The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman; Inscribed by British Artist David Gentleman with an Autograph Letter also Signed by Him
BETJEMAN, John; David Gentleman.
The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman. [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed by David Gentleman.
London: John Murray, 1995.
First edition of this humorous collection of intimate poems, illustrated with charming watercolors by one of England's most familiar artists. Medium octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist, "For Gill Sandilands with all good wishes from David Gentleman." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Accompanied by an autograph letter signed by Gentleman to Miss Sandilands, offering her this book. One page on his Gloucester Crescent stationary, the letter reads in full, "22 March 1995, Dear Gill, I am really ashamed of having neglected your kind messages and invitation last year, and of being to inconsiderate.…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 147100
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"NOTHING IN THE WORLD IS SINGLE; ALL THINGS BY A LAW DIVINE IN ONE ANOTHER'S BEING MINGLE:— WHY NOT I WITH THINE?": The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley; finely bound
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
London: Edward Moxon, 1854.
Finely bound example of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Royal octavo, bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 141208
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First edition of William E. Barrett's The Lilies of the Field; inscribed by him
BARRETT, William E.
The Lilies of the Field.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962.
First edition of the author's classic retelling of the true story of the Sisters of Walburga, adapted into the Academy Award winning film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier, his performance which made him the first African-American actor to win a competitive Academy Award. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Burt Silverman. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "-with all best wishes William E. Barrett." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Burt Silverman.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 122344
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First edition of Kirk Douglas' Autobiography The Ragman's Son; inscribed by him to photographer Sally Soames
DOUGLAS, Kirk.
The Ragman’s Son: An Autobiography.
London: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
First edition of Kirk Douglas' insightful autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by him in the year of publication on the title page "To Sally - who never gets enough! - I hope I gave you what you want - affectionately, Kirk Douglas - 1988." The recipient, British photojournalist Sally Soames, worked for The Sunday Times from 1968 until 2000 and was highly regarded for her exclusively black and white portraits of many of the most prominent figures of the 20th century including Menachem Begin, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Alec Guinness and…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 123711
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First Edition of the author’s "tour de force" The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession; Inscribed by Peter Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Peter.
The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession.
New York: Wiley, 2000.
First edition of this work on the history of gold. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For William good as gold- Peter Bernstein." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 322
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"Nothing that ever was changes. Yet nothing that is can ever be the same as what went before": First Edition of The City and the Pillar
VIDAL, Gore.
The City and the Pillar.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1948.
First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144891
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"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent!": Dr. Seuss's Horton Hatches the Egg
DR. SEUSS. [GEISEL, Theodor Seuss].
Horton Hatches the Egg.
New York: Random House, 1940.
Early printing of this Seuss classic. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated, second state dust jacket with $2.50 price to back flap and description of The King's Stilts. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Child's ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper and rear panel of the dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135097
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First edition of Albin Lesky's Greek Tragic Poetry; from the library of English classicist Bernard Knox with his ownership signature
LESKY, Albin. Translated by Matthew Dillon. [Bernard Knox].
Greek Tragic Poetry.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972.
First edition in English of Lesky's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the United States federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 134264
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"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone": First Edition of Ravelstein; Inscribed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Ravelstein.
New York: The Viking Press, 2000.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Tina Gotte Saul Bellow." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 174
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First Edition of The Story of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Lengthily Inscribed by Denise Royal
ROYAL, Denise.
The Story of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1969.
First edition of "the first book that attempts to give them a substantial and realistic Oppenheimer biography" (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "June 10, 1970 To Bob Walls- Who understands that the only knowledge is to know ourselves; and who, in so knowing how learned 'to harmonize simplicity and truth.' Sincerely, Denise Royal." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Jeffers.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 143502
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Death of a Salesman; Signed by Arthur Miller
MILLER, Arthur.
Death of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1998.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Original drawing of Willy Loman by Joseph Hirsch. Photograph of Arthur Miller by Esther Handler.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135021
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"The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist": First Edition of The Son of The Circus; Warmly Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
A Son of the Circus.
New York: Random House, 1994.
First edition of "his most entertaining novel since Garp" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ted & Susie with my affection John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140440
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First edition of March: Book Two; inscribed by John Lewis and signed by Andrew Aydin
LEWIS, John; Andrew Aydin.
March: Book Two.
Marietta: Top Shelf Productions, 2015.
First edition of the second book in John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's March trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Lewis on the half-title page, "To Thom Thank you. John Lewis" and signed by Andrew Aydin. In fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 118963
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First Edition of John Updike's First Novel The Poorhouse Fair; Signed by Him
UPDIKE, John.
The Poorhouse Fair.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.
First edition of Updike's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Updike on the title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some wear to the spine and some chips to the rear panel. Jacket design by Harry Ford.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 3493
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First Edition of Monetary Policy; Inscribed by Both Gregory Mankiw and Alan Blinder
MANKIW, N. Gregory; Alan Blinder.
Monetary Policy.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
First edition of this collection of essays on monetary policy. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by both the editor Gregory Mankiw and contributor Alan Blinder to the same recipient. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 81229
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First Edition of Bacchylides Complete Poems; Signed by Translator Robert Fagles
FAGLES, Robert.
Bacchylides Complete Poems.
First edition of this translation of this classic text. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by translator Robert Fagles on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra. Introduction and notes by Adam M. Parry.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 136979
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FIRST EDITION OF GRAHAM GREENE'S THE HEART OF THE MATTER
GREENE, Graham.
The Heart of the Matter.
New York: The Viking Press, 1948.
First American edition of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Edgard Cirlin.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 131747
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First Edition of Paul Krugman's Geography and Trade; inscribed by him
KRUGMAN, Paul.
Geography and Trade.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991.
First Edition of Paul Krugman's work on economic geography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ken Paul Krugman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 112951
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First Edition of Mountains Beyond Mountains; Inscribed by Tracy Kidder
KIDDER, Tracy.
Mountains Beyond Mountains.
New York: Random House, 2003.
First edition of this powerful work, which tells the true story of a gifted man who loves the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Melissa, Tracy Kidder." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 147146
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First Edition of Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney
HEANEY, Seamus.
Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.
London: Faber & Faber, 2009.
First British edition of Heaney's translation of Henryson's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hand lettering and illustration by Seb Lester.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 4179
