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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 138394
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First edition of Evelyn Anthony's The Silver Falcon
ANTHONY, Evelyn.
The Silver Falcon.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of Anthony's suspenseful Derby novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Patrick McCreeth. Jacket photograph by Gerry Cranham. Author photograph by Mark Gerson.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 124384
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First edition of Hilton Brown's Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation
BROWN, Hilton. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation by Hilton Brown.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1945.
First edition of Brown's candid work on the genius of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 5 portriats. Foreword by Frank Swinnerton. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 123612
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Brian Boyd's Vladimir Nabokov : The Russian Years
BOYD, Brian [Vladimir Nabokov].
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990.
Early printing of this biography on Nabokov. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 87069
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"However closely we live together, at whatever time of day or night we sound the deepest thoughts in one another, we know nothing": Sixtieth Anniversary Edition of the John Le Carre’s First Book Call For the Dead
LE CARRE, John.
Call For The Dead.
London: Penguin Classics, 2021.
Sixtieth anniversary edition of the author's first book, with a new introduction by the author, reflecting on his creation of the iconic recurring character, George Smiley. Octavo, original blue boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Matt Taylor. Author photograph by Ralph Crane. A sharp example.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 146063
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First Edition of National Gallery Illustrations Volume III; with Nearly Four Hundred Reproductions
NATIONAL GALLERY,.
National Gallery Trafalgar Square Illustrations to the Catalogue Volume III: British, French, & Spanish Schools.
London: Printed for the Trustees, 1926.
First edition of the last volume in the Official Catalogue of the National Gallery, this volume featuring illustrations comprising the British, French, and Spanish Schools of art. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with nearly four hundred reproductions. In very good condition with some toning and light rubbing to the extremities. Accompanied by original dry mounted plates from 'Thesaurus Austriacus' on Strathmore notecards and envelopes by DesignsKTB.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 146552
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“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets": First Edition of Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
MILLER, Arthur.
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan.
New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
First American edition of this incredibly entertaining play. Octavo, original black half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Inge Morath.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145186
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William Attwood's Making It Through Middle Age; inscribed by him
ATTWOOD, William.
Making it Through Middle Age: Notes While in Transit.
New York: Atheneum, 1982.
First edition, second printing of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 142304
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First Edition of James Tobin's Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity: Reflections on Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory
TOBIN, James.
Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity: Reflections on Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 142144
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First Edition of Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell
MARIAS, Javier.
Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2009.
First edition of the author's final volume in his brilliant trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145662
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First Edition of Harold Pinter's Poems and Prose 1949-1977
PINTER, Harold.
Poems and Prose 1949-1977.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1978.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Quarto, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 144974
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First edition of James Goodwin's Burwash and the Sussex Weald
GOODWIN, James [Rudyard Kipling].
Burwash and the Sussex Weald. (“An English History in Miniature.”).
Turnbridge Wells: Printed for the Author by The Courier Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., n.d.
First edition of work on the history and landscape of the Sussex Weald where Rudyard Kipling resided from 1902 until his death in 1936. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 136107
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First Edition of Graham Greene's An Impossible Woman: Memories of Dottoressa Moor
GREENE, Graham.
An Impossible Woman: Memories of Dottoressa Moor.
London: Bodley Head, 1975.
First edition of this work by the author of The Power and the Glory. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 114557
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Last Analysis: A Play
BELLOW, Saul.
The Last Analysis: A Play.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1966.
First edition of the only play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alan Ball.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 34864
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First Edition of Lawrence Durrell's Sauve Qui Peut
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Sauve Qui Peut.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1966.
First edition of the third collection of Durrell's 'Antrobus' comedic short stories. Octavo, original pink cloth, illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. Near fine in a good dust jacket with a small segment clipped from the front panel of the dust jacket.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 145175
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First Edition of James Jones' A Touch of Danger
JONES, James.
A Touch of Danger.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1973.
First edition of this work by the author of From Here to Eternity. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 145719
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Isaac Bashevis Singer's The King of the Fields
SINGER, Isaac Bashevis.
The King of the Fields.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988.
Early printing of Singer's masterful historical novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Alcorn. Author photograph by Nancy Crampton.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 126208
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First Edition of Lawrence Durrell's The Best of Antrobus
DURRELL, Lawrence.
The Best of Antrobus.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1974.
First edition of the best twenty Antrobus stories from Lawrence Durrell's three paperbacks. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with drawings by Nicolas Bently. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 145171
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First edition of Lucile Russell Carpenter's Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile
CARPENTER, Lucile Russell.
Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile.
Chicago: Argus Books, 1942.
First edition of Lucile and William Carpenter's work on Kipling's life in Vermont, his travels around the world, and school days. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 123558
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"You have a strong spirit, Ibu. Would you like to be a priestess?": First edition of Joyce Cary's The African Witch
CARY, Joyce.
The African Witch.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936.
First edition of Cary's first popular novel. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 124131
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First edition of John O'Hara's Lovely Childs
O'HARA, John.
Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian’s Story.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this novel by the author of Appointment in Samarra. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nassar.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 126114
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First Edition of Christopher Isherwood's Down There On a Visit
ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
Down There On a Visit.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.
First edition of this novel from the author of Goodbye Berlin and what many consider his finest novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 112391
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Signed limited edition of John Masefield's Tristan and Isolt: A Play in Verse
MASEFIELD, John.
Tristan and Isolt: A Play in Verse.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937.
First edition of John Masefield's adaptation of the great chivalric romance. Octavo, original half-cloth. One of 350 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 69. In very good condition.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 115649
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"A Stone's throw out on either hand from that well-ordered road we tread, and all the world is wild and strange": First edition of John Palmer's Rudyard Kipling
PALMER, John.
Rudyard Kipling.
London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1915.
First edition of Palmer's warm biography of the famed Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 136201
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First edition of R. Thurston Hopkins' Kipling's Sussex
HOPKINS, R. Thurston. [Rudyard Kipling].
Kipling’s Sussex.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1921.
First edition of Thurston's work on Kipling in Sussex. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 135205
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First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov: A Tribute
QUENNELL, Peter.
Vladimir Nabokov: A Tribute.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980.
First edition of this tribute to Nabokov. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Edited by Peter Quennell. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 36337
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First Edition, First Printing of John Masefield's A Play of St. George
MASEFIELD, John.
A Play of St. George.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948.
First edition, first printing of this inspiring play by England's 37-year Poet Laureate. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Graphic House Associates. Author photograph by Keystone Pictures, Inc.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 145274
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"Just follow along, okay?": First edition of Brian Moore's Cold Heaven
MOORE, Brian.
Cold Heaven.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
First edition of Moore's supernatural thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Hans Wendler. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 126409
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First edition of G. C. Beresford's Schooldays With Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Schooldays With Kipling.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936.
First edition of Beresford's homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $15.00 Item Number: 135197
