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"Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt": Waiting For the Barbarians; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author J.M. Coetzee in the year of publication
COETZEE, J.M.
Waiting for the Barbarians.
Johannesburg : Ravan Press, 1981.
First South African edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Charles Barry with very best wishes J.M. Coetzee 23/4/81." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine, bookplate of the recipient.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 116489
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“But what was more admirable in Babylon, and eclipsed every thing else, was the only daughter of the king, named Formosanta": First Edition of Voltaire's The Princess of Babylon
VOLTAIRE (AROUET, François-Marie).
Voyages et Aventures d’une Princesse Babylonienne [The Princess of Babylon].
Geneve: 1768.
First edition of one of Voltaire's best-known works of prose. Octavo, original full period calf, gilt titles to the spine, red morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 82403
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First Edition of Charles Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock in the rare original cloth
DICKENS, Charles.
Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo, 3 volumes, original blindstamped pictorial cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition with a few chips to the spines. An attractive example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 95854
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First Edition of Weegee's Naked City; Inscribed and Dated by Weegee
WEEGEE,.
Naked City.
New York: Essential Books, 1945.
First edition of this classic photography book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed and dated in 1946 by Weegee. An excellent tight example that shows some rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 5805
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First Edition of William Faulkner's These Thirteen
FAULKNER, William.
These Thirteen (13).
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of Faulkner's first collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, blue topstain. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 60040
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Signed Limited Edition of Pablo Neruda's We Are Many
NERUDA, Pablo.
We Are Many.
Cape Coliard Press, 1967.
Signed limited edition, one of only 100 examples, this is number 65. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with a cut-out by Jim Dine. Boldly signed by Pablo Neruda and the translator Alistair Reid. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Alistair Reid. Photographs by Hans Ehrmann.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 133314
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First Edition of William Klein's Rome: The City and Its People; signed by William Klein
KLEIN, William.
Rome: The City and Its People.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959.
First edition of the second volume in Klein's acclaimed series of "city" books. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the photographer on the half-title page, "Rome Great Rome William Klein." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 142864
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First Edition of A Pictorial History of the Negro in America; Signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer
HUGHES, Langston and Milton Meltzer.
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 140222
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'Earthrise' Photograph Inscribed by Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Frank Borman ‘Earthrise’ Photograph Signed.
Glossy color photograph of the iconic 'Earthrise' image taken by Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, signed by mission commander Frank Borman, "Apollo 8 Earthrise, Frank Borman, 1968." In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146733
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First Edition of Martin Flavin's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Journey in the Dark; in the scarce original dust jacket
FLAVIN, Martin.
Journey in the Dark.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.
First edition of this classic novel, which won 1943 Harper Prize and the 1944 Pulitzer Prize, which The New York Times called "a story of a boy from Iowa who becomes a business tycoon at the price of his integrity.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original first-issue dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 120356
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"LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY": LOVE STORY; SIGNED BY ERICH SEGAL, ALI MACGRAW AND RYAN O'NEAL
SEGAL, Erich.
Love Story.
New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.
First edition, early printing of the author's best-selling novel, a "sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental" work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role. The film is considered one of the most romantic by the…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 145831
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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others": First Edition of Prisoner In The Garden; Signed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Prisoner In The Garden.
New York: The Viking Press, 2006.
First edition of this work dedicated to Mandela's archive. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela on the title page in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 851
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Finely Bound First Editions of Henry Yule's The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East
YULE, Colonel Henry.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East.
London: John Murray, 1871.
First edition of Yule's important work which correlated Polo's travels with their present-day locations. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling featuring naval vignettes and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with maps and engraved illustrations many folding and in color. In near fine condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 90447
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"A lake is a pond is a river": First Edition of Luke Rhinehart's The Dice Man; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
RHINEHART, Luke [George Cockcroft].
The Dice Man.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971.
First edition of this cult classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Andy 'A lake is a pond is a river.' Luke Rhinehart." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 143807
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First American edition of Thomas Mann's Joseph in Egypt; inscribed by him to Carl H. Pforzheimer
MANN, Thomas.
Joseph in Egypt.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938.
First American edition of the third installment of Mann's four-part novel retelling the vast saga of Genesis, which Mann considered his greatest work. Octavo, 2 volumes, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Herr Pforzheimer, herrlich dankbar fur schonste, reichste Gastfreundschaft" which translates as "thankful for a beautiful summer day in his wonderful estate." The recipient, Carl H. Pforzheimer was a founder of the American Stock Exchange and amassed a large fortune on Wall Street as a specialist in Standard Oil stock. He was an avid collector of rare books and manuscripts and built the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 96001
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First Edition of Famed Photojournalist's First Book Telex Persan; Inscribed by Him
PERESS, Gilles & Ghulam Husayn Saidi.
Telex Persan.
Paris: Contrejour, 1984.
First French edition, published simultaneously with the American edition of the photojournalist's first book. Folio, original stiff photographic wrappers, photographic endpapers. Inscribed by the photographer, Gilles Peress. In fine condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 969
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Rare First Edition of Lewis' First Book, The Edna Lewis Cookbook
LEWIS, Edna and Evangeline Peterson.
The Edna Lewis Cookbook.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1972.
First edition of Lewis' first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Norman Ives. Jacket photograph by John T. Hill. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146318
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First Edition of George W. Catlin's The North American Indians
CATLIN, George W.
North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926.
First Grant edition of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's cloth with elaborately stamped in gilt, with 320 illustrations carefully engraved from the author's original paintings. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, light toning to the endpapers. An exceptional example with bright gilt decoration. Accompanied by an official Four Centuries of American Art First Day of Issue envelope featuring the author and Thomas Moran from 1998 and a card from the collection of Northern Natural Gas Company featuring a portrait of Mandan Chief, Four Bears, by Karl Bodmer.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 147335
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Rare elaboratley bound Victorian Era Guest Book
19th Century Victorian Era Blank Guest Book.
Elaborately bound 19th century Victorian era guest book. Large folio, elaborately bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel reading "Liber Salutatorum [Book of Salutations] London 1848," elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition with every page left blank and with no inscriptions.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139520
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"One of the most important crime novels of the 20th century": First Edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
CAIN, James M.
The Postman Always Rings Twice.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 146083
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"Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!": First Edition of Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewhit; with the signature of the dedicatee, famed English philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts laid in
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
First edition of the last of Dickens' picaresque novels. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with by "Phiz" with 40 plates. With a clipped signature of the dedicatee, Angela Burdett-Coutts laid in. The dedicatee, Angela Burdett-Coutts became one of the wealthiest women in England in 1837 when she inherited her grandfather's fortune of around £1.8 million following the death of her stepgrandmother, Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans.…
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 139459
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"The Things that make us happy make us wise": Rare First Hardcover Edition of Little, Big; Signed by John Crowley
CROWLEY, John.
Little, Big.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.
First hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John- The things that make us happy make us wise John Crowley." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Pat Doyle. Photograph of the author by Richard Sutor. A very sharp example of this work.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 1471
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First Edition of Telex Iran; Inscribed by Photojournalist Gilles Peress
PERESS, Gilles & Ghulam Husayn Saidi.
Telex Iran: In the Name of Revolution.
New York: Aperture, 1983.
First American edition, published simultaneously with the first French edition of the photojournalist's first book. Folio, original stiff photographic wrappers, photographic endpapers. Inscribed by Gilles Peress. In fine condition.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 970
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"A STATE OF JOY AND LAUGHTER": Signed Limited 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.
Signed limited 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. One of five hundred copies signed by the authors on the limitation page. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 147187