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First edition of Martha Walker Freer's The Life of Jeanne D'Albert
FREER, Martha Walker.
The Life of Jeanne D’Albert Queen of Navarre.
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855.
First edition of Freer's appreciation of Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes. Octavo, bound in three quarters emerald green crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 139030
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"Northern must wage unending war with the powers of nature, battling against snow and ice and ocean tempests, as ceaselessly as Thor banged away at the giants with his hammer": First Edition of Lars Christensen's Such Is The Antarctic; From the library of Explorer Steve Fossett
CHRISTENSEN, Lars.
Such Is The Antarctic.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935.
First edition of Norwegian Antarctic explorer Lars Christensen's account of his Antarctic voyages between 1930 and 1934. Quarto, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated with 44 plates and one folding map. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 111526
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First Edition of Beowulf; Signed by Neil Gaiman
GAIMAN, Neil and Roger Avary.
Beowulf: The Script Book.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2007.
First edition of this illustrated work of Beowulf. Octavo, original wrappers. illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. In fine condition. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Colors by Jay Folos.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 116056
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"Well, I will be off to my hut; the sun is just setting and supper will be ready for me": First edition of George Alfred Henty's The Lost Heir
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
The Lost Heir.
London: James Bowden, 1899.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated by Ernest Pater. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Uncommon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122963
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Signed by Saul Bellow
BELLOW, Saul.
Summations: The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature.
Bennington College, 1987.
First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1,000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title, although not called for this copy is signed by the author in his own hand on the title page.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 178
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First Edition of A Month of Sundays; Inscribed by John Updike to His Neighbors
UPDIKE, John.
A Month of Sundays.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to his neighbors Ken and Jane Field. A very sharp copy of Updike's seventh novel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 3600
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Inscribed by Robert Pinsky to the Writer Bob Richardson
PINSKY, Robert.
The Want Bone.
New York: Ecco Press, 1990.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to writer Robert Richardson, "Very good wishes and admiration to Bob Richardson Robert Pinsky." With writer Annie Dillard’s bookplate. The recipient is the husband of Annie Dillard. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 4422
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First Edition of The Elephant and the Flea; Inscribed by Charles Handy
HANDY, Charles.
The Elephant and the Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future.
London: Hutchinson, 2001.
First edition of this memoir by the eminent philosopher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Les Best wishes Charles Handy 2.11.01." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145494
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First Edition of The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader; Inscribed by Him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.
New York: The Modern Library, 1995.
First edition of this compilation of the works of Daniel Boorstin. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ray Grinold from Danel J. Boorstin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Roderick MacLeish.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100661
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First Edition of Susan Charles' The Love Machine; Inscribed by Her
SUSAN, Jacqueline.
The Love Machine.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.
First edition of this work by the author of Valley of the Dolls. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Winifred Apt Best Wishes Jacqueline Susan." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Charles.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114561
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First edition of John Guzzwell's Trekka Round The World; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
GUZZWELL, John.
Trekka Round The World.
London: Adlard Coles Ltd, 1963.
First edition of Guzzwell's account of his four-year single-handed voyage around the world. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset was also one of sailing’s most prolific…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114964
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First Edition of Gunter Grass' Die Vorzüge der Windhühner; Signed by Him
GRASS, Gunter.
Die Vorzüge der Windhühner.
Berlin: Luchterhand, 1956.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 78905
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The Dot and the Line; Signed by Norton Juster
JUSTER, Norton.
The Dot and the Line.
New York: Random House, 1963.
Early printing of this classic work. Small octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Very good in a good dust jacket, with inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146182
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First Edition of Jeane Kirkpatrick's The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State; Inscribed by Her to William Safire
KIRKPATRICK, Jeane J. [William Safire].
The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State and Other Surprises.
Washington, D.C: The AEI Press, 1990.
First edition of this work by Ambassador Kirkpatrick, who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire Columnist extraordinaire. With admiration and friendship. Jeane Kirkpatrick. December, 1990." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 127827
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Limited First Edition of Charles Muscatine's The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer
MUSCATINE, Charles; [Geoffrey Chaucer].
The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer: An Account of the Publication of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Works From the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1963.
Limited first edition of this history of Chaucer's works with examples of his poetry and illustrations from his publications. Folio, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and knight design to the front panel, frontispiece of a page from the Ellesmere manuscript showing the squire, illustrated with facsimile woodcuts, engraved headpieces and initials, pictorial title pages, and an original leaf from the 1561 edition of Chaucer's 'Works' tipped in to page 24. One of only four hundred and fifty examples. In fine condition, ownership tag tipped in to the front pastedown.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146547
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"Lone heart, learning by one light burning, slow discerning of worldhood's worth": First edition of Siegfried Sassoon's Vigils
SASSOON, Siegfried.
Vigils.
London: William Heinemann, Ltd, 1935.
First trade edition of Sassoon's classic collection of poems. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123749
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada)
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Letters to the Family (Notes on a trip to Canada).
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1908.
First edition in book form of this collection of Kipling's letters which first appeared in Newspapers during the spring of 1908 after a trip to Canada undertaken in the autumn of 1907. 12 mo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122384
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First Edition of Orwell's Revenge. The 1984 Palimpsest; Inscribed by Peter Huber to William Safire
HUBER, Peter [William Safire].
Orwell’s Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest.
New York: The Free Press, 1994.
First edition of this work in which Huber discusses the compelling vision of Orwell's 1984. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Bill Safire Peter Huber." Also laid in is a letter from The Manhattan Institute to William Safire. The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 143749
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First edition of Jesse Bowman Young's What A Boy Saw in the Army
YOUNG, Jesse Bowman.
What A Boy Saw in the Army: A Story of Sight-Seeing and Adventure in the War for the Union.
New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1894.
First edition of Young's account of his experiences as a soldier boy in the armies of the Union. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132397
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First edition of Thomas P. Kettell's History of the Great Rebellion
KETTELL, Thomas P.
History of the Great Rebellion, From Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving An Account of Its Origin, The Secession of the Southern States, and the Formation of the Confederate Government.
New York: N. C. Miller, 1862.
First edition of volume I of Kettell's history of the American Civil War. Octavo, original publisher's cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, illustrated with over 125 engravings including 80 portraits. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 136514
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First Edition of Ceremony And Other Poems; Inscribed by Richard Wilbur and also laid in a sonnet broadside from Charlee and Richard Wilbur.
WILBUR, Richard.
Ceremony And Other Poems.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Jane and motherhood Aff'y inscribed Dick Wilbur Cambridge May 51." Also laid in is a sonnet broadside from Charlee and Richard Wilbur. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146260
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First Edition of Paul Theroux's Half Moon Street; Inscribed by him to Sally Soames
THEROUX, Paul.
Half Moon Street.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sally Soames with best wishes Paul Theroux." 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 Andy Warhol. Soames, who was known to be a warm and personal journalist, performed extensive research on…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 119623
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"Power does not alter a man's character. It merely reveals it": First Edition of Carlos Fuentes' Terra Nostra; Signed by the Author
FUENTES, Carlos.
Terra Nostra.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1976.
First edition of the author's magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth. Some foxing to the page edges in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear. Signed and dated by the author. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1922
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"I never aspired to being a great traveller. I was simply a young man, typical of my age; we travelled as a matter of course.": Evelyn Waugh's When the Going was Good
WAUGH, Evelyn.
When the Going was Good.
London: Duckworth, 1947.
First edition, early edition of this compilation snippets from the author's travel books: 'Labels,' 'Remote People,' 'Ninety-two Days,' and 'Waugh in Abyssinia.' Octavo, original navy blue boards, frontispiece of Evelyn Waugh Aged 26 by Henry Lamb, illustrated with a folding map of British Guiana and part of Brazil. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145356
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Signed Limited First Edition of Thornton Wilder's The Angel That Troubled The Waters and Other Plays
WILDER, Thornton.
The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of this collection of three-minute plays by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. Imperial octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Wilder photographed by Doris Ulmann. One of seven-hundred and seventy-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 726. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145431
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First Edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's Amorous Fiammetta
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
Amorous Fiammetta.
London: The Mandrake Press, 1929.
First edition of the first psychological novel in Western literature, reprinted from the original English edition translated by Bartholomew Young in 1587. Quarto, full green vellum with gilt titles to the spine, central design of three women stamped in gilt to the front panel, yapp edges, all edges gilt, illustrated with enchanting full-page color plates by M. Leone. One of only five hundred and fifty copies, this is number 84. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146439
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First Edition of Russell's Corpulency and the Cure
RUSSELL, F. Cecil.
Corpulency and the Cure.
London: Woburn House, 1885.
First edition of this early work on obesity. Octavo, original gray flexible cloth, engraved frontispiece and one other engraved illustration of a laboratory. This work includes chapters covering the reasons of biliousness, obesity, constitutional predisposition, the dangers of excess fat, the author's miraculous remedy for excessive weight and testimonials. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110867
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First Edition of Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story; Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal
WIESENTHAL, Simon.
Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.
First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110499
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First edition, review copy of Margaret Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer
GODDEN, Margaret Rumer.
The Greengage Summer.
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1958.
First edition, advance review copy of Margaret Rumer Godden's story of a young English woman's coming of age during a summer holiday in France. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher's advance review copy slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110805
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First Vintage Books edition of Bob Colacello's Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up; inscribed by him to Bill Zwecker
COLACELLO, Bob. [Andy Warhol] [William Safire].
Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up.
New York: Vintage Books, 2014.
First Vintage Books edition of "by far the best of Andy Warhol's portraits, including his own" (George Plimpton). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication, "To Bill Zwecker, with fondness, Bob Colacello 2014 Chicago." The recipient, Bill Zwecker, was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133037
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Henry Landau's All's Fair: The Story of the British Secret Service Behind the German Lines; Signed by Him
LANDAU, Henry.
All’s Fair. The Story of the British Secret Service Behind the German Lines.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1934.
Early printing of Landau's biography of his time in the British Secret Service. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Captain Henry Landau." Near fine in a good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Uncommon signed.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 83469
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Jacob Bigelow's Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston and Its Vicinity
BIGELOW, Jacob.
Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston and Its Vicinity, With Their Generic and Specific Characters, Principal Synonyms, Descriptions, Places of Growth, and Time of Flowering, and Occasional Remarks.
Boston: Published by Cummings, Hilliard & Co, 1824.
Enlarged and second edition of Bigelow's authoritative work on the flora of Boston and its vicinity. Octavo, original boards, rebacked, greatly enlarged and with a significant glossary of botanical terms. In very good condition. Period ownership inscriptions and notations.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 137356
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First Literary Guild Edition of Miss Hickory; Inscribed by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
BAILEY, Carolyn Sherwin.
Miss Hickory.
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press, 1946.
Scarce first Junior Guild edition of this Newbery award-winning children's book. Octavo, original red cloth with black lettering to the spine and black flower decoration to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, red top stain, lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Helen Fuller, my treasured friend, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Miss H." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket and signed.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145270
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First Edition of Tibet's Secret Mountain: The Triump of Sepu Kangri; Signed by Bonington and Clarke; From the library of fellow Adventurer Steve Fossett.
BONINGTON, Chris and Charles Clarke.
Tibet’s Secret Mountain: The Triump of Sepu Kangri.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 2000.
First edition of this work by Bonington and Clarke. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke on the title page. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 111347
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Soldier Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Soldier Tales.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896.
First edition of Kipling's collection of soldier tales. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, gilt ruled, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated with engravings. In very good condition with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147097
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First Edition of Terry Southern's The Magic Christian
SOUTHERN, Terry.
The Magic Christian.
New York: Random House, 1960.
First edition of one of the funniest, cruelest, and most savagely revealing books about American life ever written, hailed as Southern's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by William Pene du Bois.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 148030
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First Edition of Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of a Private Man; Inscribed by Wolfgang Stopler
STOPLER, Wofgang F.
Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of A Private Man.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.
First edition of this biography on Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wolfgang Ann Arbor, MI Dec. 12, 1994." From the library of noted economist Richard Musgrove. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 4401
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First Edition of A Song Flung Up to Heaven; Inscribed by Maya Angelou
ANGELOU, Maya.
A Song Flung Up To Heaven.
New York: Random House, 2002.
First edition of the final volume in Angelou's autobiography series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Ann Sherry, Joy! from Wendy and Maya Angelou." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88974
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"TIME TO GET UP, FUNGUS MY DREARY, IT'S NEARLY DARK": First Edition of Raymond Briggs' Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book
BRIGGS, Raymond. Paper Engineer Ron Van Der Meer.
Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book.
London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, 1982.
First pop-up, or 'plop-up', edition of Briggs' well-known work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated with pop-ups engineered by Ron Van Der Meer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a pop-up opening door on the verso of the front panel in the year of publication, "For Eileen Ireland With Best Wishes from Raymond Briggs 29 September 1982." In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112501
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Charles C. Nott's Sketches of the War
NOTT, Charles C.
Sketches of the War: A Series of Letters to the North Moore Street School of New York.
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1865.
Second edition of Charles Cooper Nott Sr.'s Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132723
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“Life is a series of unlikely events, isn’t it?": First edition of In The Unlikely Event; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
In the Unlikely Event.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
First edition of one of only four adult books written in Blume's career. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Judy Blume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144301
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First Edition of Walter Block's Legalize Blackmail; Signed by Him
BLOCK, Walter.
Legalize Blackmail.
Chalmette, Louisiana : Straylight Publishing, 2013.
First edition of this collection of classic essays. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper by Walter Block. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 137543
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"It is a lot of Sundays later but all sundays have become one": Our Game; signed by John Le Carre
LE CARRE, John .
Our Game.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.
First edition, second printing of this novel by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Douglas Brothers.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146510
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First Edition of Francis Wyndham's The Other Garden; Inscribed by Him
WYNDHAM, Francis.
The Other Garden.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First edition of Wyndham's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Rolland Comstock with my very best wishes- Francis Wyndham." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Jane Human.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 74064
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First edition of The Second Reader in the New Brunswick Readers series
New Brunswick Readers: The Second Reader.
Toronto: W. J. Gage & Company, 1900.
First edition of The Second Reader in the New Brunswick Readers series, prescribed by the Board of Education for use in the Schools of New Brunswick. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket from Hall's Book Store in St. John, New Brunswick. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 115364
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"It was...unnecessary for me to fret about who the murderer was: Everybody was": First Edition of Imre Kertesz's The Union Jack; Signed by Him
KERTESZ, Imre.
The Union Jack.
New York: Melville House, 2009.
First edition of this novella by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. In fine condition. Translated by Tim Wilkinson.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 1492
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First Edition of Margaret Wise Brown's The Important Book
BROWN, Margaret Wise; Illustrated By Leonard Weisgard.
The Important Book.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
First edition of this charming early work by Margaret Wise Brown. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated By Leonard Weisgard.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 12038
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First Edition of Thierry Rannou's La Route Du Rhum; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
RANNOU, Thierry.
La Route Du Rhum.
Paris: Editions du Sport, 1994.
First edition of Rannou's photographic history of the Route du Rhum. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with full-color photographs. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset was also one of sailing’s most…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112318
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"it was a quiet night, not a breath of wind was stirring": First edition of George A. Henty's In Greek Waters: A Story of the War of Independence
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
In Greek Waters: A Story of the War of Independence. (1821-1827).
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with twelve illustrations by W. S. Stacey and a map of the Grecian Archipelago. In very good condition. A desirable Henty title.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122974
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RARE EARLY PRINTING OF The Yankee Slave Driver or The Black and White Rivals
[SMUCKER, Samuel Mosheim].
The Yankee Slave Driver; or, The Black and White Rivals.
Philadelphia: G.G. Evans, 1858.
Early printing of this early American abolitionist novel set in Louisiana and attributed to Samuel Smucker. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, recased, illustrated. In very good condition. Reinforced interior hinges. Rare.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142308
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First edition of Cees Nooteboom's Roads to Santiago; Signed by Him
NOOTEBOOM, Cees.
Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Cees Nooteboom on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 5715
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First edition of Agatha Christies Towards Zero: A Play in Three Acts
CHRISTIE, Agatha and Gerald Verner.
Towards Zero: A Play in Three Acts.
London: Samuel French Limited, 1957.
First edition of Christie and Verner's adaptation for the stage of Christie's classic work of detective fiction. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128049
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Limits and Renewals; in the rare original dust jacket
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Limits and Renewals.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.
First edition of this fine collection of fourteen short stories. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with central gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 135404
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First Edition of Margaret Mead's Male and Female
MEAD, Margaret.
Male and Female: A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1949.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, small name.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 141421
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147852
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First Edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Last Galley
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911.
First edition of Doyle's collection of seventeen short stories, which he considered his favorite among all of his works. Octavo, original red cloth decorated in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131570
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First Edition of The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader; Signed by Him
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader.
New York: The Modern Library, 1995.
First edition of this compilation of the works of Daniel Boorstin. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Daniel J. Bernstein on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Roderick MacLeish.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 68963
