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First Edition of Burger’s Daughter; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Burger’s Daughter.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities, name.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 3983
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First edition of Arthur Rackham's The Land of Enchantment
RACKHAM, Arthur.
The Land of Enchantment.
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1905.
First edition of Rackham's beautifully illustrated work. Quarto, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, rebacked, illustrated with 36 full-page and vignette line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Neat ownership name. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142761
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First Edition of Elspeth Huxley's With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook; inscribed by her
HUXLEY, Elspeth.
With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook.
1964: William Morrow & Company, New York.
First edition of Huxley's authoritative report on the rapidly changing political climate of post-colonial East Africa. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps and drawings by Jonathan Kingdon. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Joe Ferrier with my best wished Elspeth Huxley." Laid in is the original typed transmittal letter, an autograph card and photograph of Huxley; all three signed by her to Ferrier. The recipient, Joe Ferrier was a lifelong fan and pen pal of Huxley’s. They often exchanged letters, books, and article clippings between England and the United States. Near fine in a…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96083
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First Edition of Robert James Waller's A Thousand Country Roads; Signed by Him
WALLER, Robert James.
A Thousand Country Roads.
Alpine & Houston: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2002.
First edition of the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Robert James Waller on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leisha Israel. Author photograph by Linda Solomon.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 137799
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W.C. King and W.P. Derby's Campfire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5
KING, W.C. and W.P. Derby.
Campfire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5.
Springfield, Mass.: King, Richardson & Co, 1889.
Early printing of the authors' finely illustrated work on the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. In good condition. Warping and dampstaining to the rear board. Period ownership inscriptions.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132308
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First Edition of David Hume Kennerly's Shooter; Warmly Inscribed by Him
KENNERLY, David Hume.
Shooter.
New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Small quarto, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Roy, Thanks for the interview! Dave Kennerly October 31, 1979." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mary Ann Joulwan.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 118339
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"Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society": First Edition of The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor; Signed by Her
SOTOMAYOR, Sonia.
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2018.
First edition of Justice Sotomayor's autobiography, which details the life of the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Sonia Sotomayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Bianchini and Larsson McSwain.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 123929
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First edition of The Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.
First edition of the definitive collection of Kipling's verse. Royal octavo, original quarter buckram over paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. In very good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 126444
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First Edition of Saul Bellow's The Dean's December; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
The Dean’s December.
New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
First edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 19006
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Finely Bound Example of Samuel Maunder's Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of Belles Lettres
MAUNDER, Samuel.
The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of Belles Lettres.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1858.
The new edition of Maunder's Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and the Arts. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, raised gilt bands to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges speckled red, frontispiece. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 118021
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Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within; Signed by Rory Stewart
STEWART, Rory.
Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2023.
First edition, early printing of this "instant classic" (Marina Hyde). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Rory Stewart on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Matt Broughton.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 144165
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First Edition and Publisher's Presentation Copy of The Ice Harvest; Signed by Scott Phillips and Illustrator Michael Kellner
PHILLIPS, Scott.
The Ice Harvest.
Tuscon: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2000.
First edition and publisher's presentation copy of Phillip's debut novel. Octavo, bound in the original quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. Dust jacket and interior artwork by Michael Kellner. Signed and dated by the author on the limitation page, "Scott Phillips 11/11/00" and with an original drawing of a melting block of ice. Additionally singed by the illustrator on the copyright page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in the original slipcase.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 101301
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Special limited edition of Brown's Where Giants Trod: The Saga of Kenya's Desert Lake; one of 250 numbered copies signed by him
BROWN, Monty. Foreword by Vivian Fuchs.
Where Giants Trod: The Saga of Kenya’s Desert Lake.
London: Quiller Press, 1989.
Special limited edition of Brown's elaborately illustrated history of Kenya's northern desert region and the 13 expeditions to Lake Rudolf. Quarto, original publisher's three quarters pebbled morocco over leatherette boards, marbled endpapers, with 75 color and 50 black and white illustrations, folding map in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author on the half-title page, this is number 49. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 110678
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First edition of Rosemary Jones Tung's A Portrait of Lost Tibet; from the library of Peter Matthiessen
TUNG, Rosemary Jones. [Peter Matthiessen].
A Portrait of Lost Tibet.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980.
First edition of the author's photographic evocation of Tibet. Quarto, original boards, ornamental art by Zlatko Paunov. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea”…
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 140207
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First Edition of Nadine Gordimer's A World of Strangers; Signed by Her
GORDIMER, Nadine.
A World of Strangers.
London: Gollancz, 1958.
First edition of the author's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket showing some wear and a small stain to the spine panel, inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 2697
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First edition of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Me and Juliet
RODGERS, Richard and Oscar Hammerstein.
Me and Juliet.
New York: Random House, 1953.
First edition of the book companion to the sixth stage collaboration between Rodgers and Hammerstein. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs by Fred Fehl. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 137268
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First Edition of Burger’s Daughter; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Burger’s Daughter.
New York: The Viking Press, 1979.
First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Blanche Noonoo.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 133293
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First Edition of Roy DeCarava's Photography
DECARAVA, Roy.
Roy DeCarava: Photographs.
Carmel, CA: The Friends of Photography, 1981.
First edition of this piece of human artistry. Square quarto, original full linen, illustrated with 82 laser-scanner reproductions of DeCarava's exceptional work. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Sherry Turner DeCarava.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146963
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"At night the moon became a woman's face. I met the Spirit of Music”: First Edition of The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison
MORRISON, Jim.
The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison: Wilderness. [with] The American Night: The Writings of Jim Morrison.
New York: Villard Books, 1988.
First edition volumes I and II of this remarkable written collection of writings from The Doors' sensational singer-songwriter. Octavo, two volumes, original half cloth, illustrated with facsimile pages from Morrison's diaries and never-before-seen photos of Jim. Near fine in near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Wendy Bass. Jacket photo by Frank Lisciandro.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145174
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Signed Limited Edition of Winston Groom's Gump & Co.
GROOM, Winston.
Gump & Co.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1995.
Signed limited first edition. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Winston Groom. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 138538
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"He has plucked the sting from our bad dreams": First Edition of Charles Addams' Black Maria
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams].
Black Maria.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.
First edition of this classic collection of Addams’ cartoons. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147271
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“THE BEST NOVEL I HAVE WRITTEN”: First American edition of Anthony Trollope's The Last Chronicle of Barset
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Last Chronicle of Barset.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1867.
First American edition of the final novel in Trollope’s acclaimed Barsetshire series. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, with illustrations by George H. Thomas. In very good condition. Ownership inscription to the title page.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 124063
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First edition of Brantz Mayer's Captain Canot or Twenty Years of an African Slaver
MAYER, Brantz.
Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver. Being an Account of the Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854.
First edition, early issue of the historian's detailed account of the African slave trade without the misprint on page 191. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, additional vignette title. In very good condition, hinges reinforced.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 142153
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"Their fate sent them to serve in India, which is nota golden country though poets have sung otherwise": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Life’s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.
First edition of Kipling's collection of short stories on the British in India. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 123804
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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. Warmly inscribed by Maya Angelou. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Andy Carpenter. Jacket photograph by Dwight Carter.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 3251
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First Edition of Jeb Bush's Profiles in Character; Inscribed by Both Authors
BUSH, Jeb and Brian Yablonski.
Profiles in Character.
Miami: Foundation For Miami's Future, 1995.
First edition of Jeb Bush's first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Foreword by William J. Bennett.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 85632
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First Edition of Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr.'s Black Against Empire
BLOOM, Joshua and Waldo E. Martin.
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2013.
First edition of the first comprehensive overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Patrick Liem.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145142
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"The murderer would own something even when he was dead…And I?": First Edition of Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower
WIESENTHAL, Simon.
The Sunflower.
New York: Schocken Books, 1976.
First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Randall Richmond.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 146793
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First edition of Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favor and Professional Foul; signed by him
STOPPARD, Tom.
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor and Professional Foul.
New York: Grove Press Inc., 1978.
First edition of this collection of two dark comedies. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by the playwright on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 129083
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Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh; finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
BUTLER, Samuel.
The Way of All Flesh.
London: A.C. Fifield, 1919.
Finely bound example of Butler's semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 109527
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Signed limited edition of Charles Grosvenor's An Iconography of the Portraits of T.E. Lawrence
GROSVENOR, Charles.
An Iconography of the Portraits of T. E. Lawrence.
Pasadena: The Otterden Press, 1988.
Signed limited edition of Grosvenor's catalogue of the portraits of T. E. Lawrence. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 255. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover portrait by William Rothenstein. Cover photograph by Vladmir Popovic.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 126800
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"The search of your life is the search for your life": First Edition of Erwin McManus' Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit; Inscribed by Him
MCMANUS, Erwin Raphael.
Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit.
Nashville : Nelson Books, 2008.
Early printing of this early work by McManus. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dan- Live your story Leave a mark! Erwin McManus." In very good condition with some highlighting. Cover design by Joby Harris.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 136213
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John Updike's Copy of Burgess' Little Wilson and Big God
BURGESS, Anthony [John Updike].
Little Wilson and Big God.
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. John Updike's copy, with a signed letter from the editor to Updike laid in. In very good condition. From the library of John Upike.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 102117
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First Edition of Another Beauty; Inscribed by Adam Zagajewski
ZAGAJEWSKI, Adam.
Another Beauty.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author's memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Matthew Adam Zagajewski Boston, October 2004." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marc J. Cohen. Translated by Clare Cavanagh.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147467
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Looking Ahead: The Papers of David Sarnoff; Warmly Inscribed by Him
SARNOFF, David.
Looking Ahead: The Papers of David Sarnoff.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968.
First edition, early printing of the papers of this business pioneer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dr. George Rich With appreciation and all good wishes David Sarnoff 68." Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 130197
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First Edition of The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions; Inscribed by Marcus Borg
BORG, Marcus & Wright.
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1999.
First edition of this work by theologians Borg and Wright. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Borg on the front free endpaper prior to publication, "Dec. '98 To Maren, From one who knows yours parents, and with best wishes. Marcus Borg." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 101663
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First Edition of The Tories: Conservatives and The Nation State 1922-1997; Signed by Alan Clark
CLARK, Alan.
The Tories: Conservatives and The Nation State 1922-1997.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998.
First edition of this personal account of modern Conservatives in government. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Alan Clark 22 IX." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147117
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First Edition of Booth Tarkington's The Lorenzo Bunch; Inscribed by Him
TARKINGTON, Booth.
The Lorenzo Bunch.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1936.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Booth Tarkington, Indianapolis, May 9. 1940. Inscribed for Mr. Jerome Peltier." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 65791
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"Their fate sent them to serve in India, which is nota golden country though poets have sung otherwise": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Life’s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.
First edition of Kipling's collection of short stories on the British in India. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 121804
