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Limited First Edition of Louis Auchincloss' Diary of a Yuppie; Signed by Him
AUCHINCLOSS, Louis.
Diary of a Yuppie.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1986.
Signed limited first edition of this narrative portrait of a ruthless climb up the corporate ladder, privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo, bound in full top-grain leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt decoration to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk ribbon laid in, marbled endpapers, double-page frontispiece by Jeffrey Smith. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In fine condition with a very small abrasion to the bottom edge.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146885
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First edition of Sir George MacMunn's Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman
MACMUNN, George. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman.
London: Robert Hale & Company, 1937.
First edition of MacMunn's homage to Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 135157
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First Edition of Philip Pullman's Once Upon a Time in the North
PULLMAN, Philip.
Once Upon a Time in the North.
Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2008.
First edition of this masterful prequel to Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. Duodecimo, original cloth with gilt title and pictorial cover labels to the front panel, illustrated with in-line engravings by John Lawrence, immersive full-page facsimile documents, and folding pamphlets in a pocket adhered to the rear pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146926
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First edition of The Country Life Press; with a complete index of the authorized American editions of Rudyard Kipling's works
[KIPLING, Rudyard].
The Country Life Press.
Garden City: Printed for the friends of Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919.
First edition of this history of Doubleday, Page & Company with a complete index of the authorized American editions of Rudyard Kipling's works. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 123407
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Mark Twain's A Murder, a Mystery, and A Marriage with
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel Clemens].
A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001.
Early printing of Twain's entertaining tale, published for the first time in 2001. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Peter de Seve. Foreword and Afterword by Roy Blount Jr. From the collection of William Safire, although not marked. 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. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979…
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 128640
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First edition of J.M.S. Tompkins' The Art of Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Art of Rudyard Kipling.
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959.
First edition of Tompkins' work on Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Stamps and tape remnants to the front and rear pastedowns.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 135772
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Publisher's advance proof and retained file copy of Joyce Cary's A Fearful Joy
CARY, Joyce.
A Fearful Joy.
London: Michael Joseph Limited, n.d..
Publisher's advance proof and retained file copy of the author's fine historical novel. Octavo, original wrappers. The publisher's retained file copy with their stamp to the title page, "File Copy Michael Joseph Ltd." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Nichols.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 127443
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First Modern Library edition of Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen; from the library of American actor Zachary Scott
IBSEN, Henrick. Introduction by H. L. Mencken.
Eleven Plays of Henrik Ibsen.
New York: The Modern Library, .
First Modern Library edition of Ibsen's collected plays. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughout the 1940s and 50s including Hollywood Canteen, The Unfaithful, Shotgun, Man in the Shadow, and The Young One. In very good condition with Scott’s bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 114678
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First Edition of Dick Vitale's Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love; Inscribed by Him
VITALE, Dick.
Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love.
Indianapolis, IN: Masters Press, 1995.
First edition of this work by the legendary commentator. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Eric Awesome Baby Dick Vitale." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 140213
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Rare German edition of Rudyard Kipling's Puck
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Puck: Geschichten aus alten Sagen. Ein Buch fur groke und heine Leute.
Berlin-Charlottenburg: Bita Deutsches Berlagshaus, n.d..
Rare German edition of Kipling's collected Puck stories. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, illustrated by H.R. Millar. Translated into German by E. Rosenbach. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 123493
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First Edition of The Ghost in the Music; Signed by John Nichols
NICHOLS, John.
A Ghost in the Music.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979.
First edition of Nichols' fifth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Nichols on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Neil Stuart.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 95882
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First Edition of Al Barkow's Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead
BARKOW, Al.
Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead.
Ann Arbor, MI: Sports Media Group, 2005.
First edition of this definitive biography of one of the greatest golfers of all time. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 146680
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First Edition of Tasha Tudor's Favorite Christmas Carols
TUDOR, Tasha and Linda Allen.
Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.
New York: David McCay Company, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 140687
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“Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us:" First Edition of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Death by Black Hole
TYSON, Neil deGrasse.
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2007.
First edition of this vibrant collection of essays from America's best-known astrophysicist. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keenan. Jacket photograph by NASA. Author photograph courtesy of Dan Deitch.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145179
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First edition of Sir Walter Scott 1771-1832: An Edinburgh Keepsake; with contributions by Eric Linklater, C.S. Lewis, Hesketh Pearson, and Ludovic Kennedy
FRAZER, Allan. [Sir Walter Scott; C.S. Lewis].
Sir Walter Scott 1771-1832: An Edinburgh Keepsake.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971.
First edition of this compilation of speeches delivered by the annual President of the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 132075
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First Folio Society of The Spy's Bedside Book
GREENE, Graham and Hugh.
The Spy’s Bedside Book.
London: The Folio Society, 2006.
First Folio Society edition of this sampler of excerpts from some of the greatest spy novelists of all time. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 141349
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First Edition of John Dos Passos' Chosen Country
DOS PASSOS, John.
Chosen Country.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951.
First edition of this work by Dos Passos. Octavo, original cloth. Advanced review copy with the slip laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Samuel H. Bryant.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 101669
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"He wrote us verse of all our sweet, familiar things, of religions, of working-folk, of man and maid and philosophies": Sir George MacMunn's Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman
MACMUNN, Sir George. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman.
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1938.
New and revised edition of MacMunn's biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 122047
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Rare original pamphlet featuring tennis pro vincent "vinnie" richards; published by dunlop tire and rubber company
RICHARDS, Vincent "Vinnie".
Stroking with “Vinnie” Richards.
New York: Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co, .
First edition pamphlet of tennis pro "Vinnie" Richards demonstrating his renowned tennis serve, drive, volley, slice, and racket grip. Stapled pamphlet opening vertically with sequential halftones and filmstrip border. Photo portrait of Vinnie Richards on the cover holding tennis rackets and trophy, published by Dunlop Tire & Rubber Company with advertisements for their tennis balls, rackets, hockey pucks and golf balls at rear. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 81264
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"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish not to take delight in it while we have it": W. Somerset Maugham's Our Betters
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Our Betters.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1924.
Later printing of this incredible comedy in three acts. Octodecimo, original red cloth. In very good condition. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145200
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First Edition of Kenneth S. Lynn's Mark Twain and Southwestern Humor
LYNN, Kenneth S.
Mark Twain and Southwestern Humor.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959.
First edition of Lynn's work examining the literary artistry of the legendary American writer. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Allan Seide.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 139811
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"But he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid": Arthur Miller's Pultizer Prize-Winning Classic The Death Of A Salesman
MILLER, Arthur.
Death Of A Salesman.
New York: The Viking Press, 1981.
First edition of the special illustrated edition of the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Tony Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One + One Studio.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 146319
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“Either war is finished, or we are": First Edition of War and Remembrance
WOUK, Herman.
War and Remembrance.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978.
First edition of Wouk's sequel to The Winds of War. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 146719
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First Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo
O'NEILL, Eugene.
Lazarus Laughed and Dynamo: Two Plays by Eugene O’Neill.
London: Johnathan Cape, 1929.
First edition of this collection of two of the great playwright's works including the long theo-philosophical meditation, Lazarus Laughed, which called for more than one hundred actors making up a masked chorus. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 111219
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First edition of Dennis Wheatley's The Rape of Venice
WHEATLEY, Dennis.
The Rape of Venice.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1959.
First edition of the sixth book in the best-selling author's Roger Brook espionage series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sax.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 128105
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First Edition of Philip Roth's Nemeses
ROTH, Philip.
Philip Roth Nemeses [Everyman; Indignation; The Humbling; Nemesis].
New York: Library of America, 2013.
First edition of the ninth Roth volume in the Library of America series. Octavo, original green cloth, patterned endpapers, original silk ribbon. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Very light bumping to the foot of the spine. Light bumping to the crown and foot of the spine, botom edge of the front and rear panels. Edited by Ross Miller.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145727
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“You have tried to destroy me and though I perish daily, I shall not be moved": Maya Angelou’s Phenomenal Woman
ANGELOU, Maya.
Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women.
New York: Random House, 1994.
First edition, early printing of this acclaimed group of four poems by the famed poet. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Steve Dunwell.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145178
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First edition of Louis L. Cornell's Kipling In India
CORNELL, Louis L. [Rudyard Kipling].
Kipling In India.
London: Macmillan, 1966.
First edition of Cornell's study of Kipling's apprenticeship in India. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 135841
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Two Forewords; One of 950 copies
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Two Forewords.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1935.
First edition of this collection of two letters written by Kipling to Frank Nelson and Nelson Doubleday. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth over marbled boards. One of 950 copies. Fine in the original slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 123463
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First edition of Kenneth Brown's The Medchester Club
BROWN, Kenneth.
The Medchester Club.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938.
First edition of the author's collection of hunting reminiscences and tales of horsemanship. Octavo, original cloth with labels to the spine and front panel lettered in gilt, illustrated by Smithson Broadhead. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 814. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 116384
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First edition of David Benedictus' The Fourth of June
BENEDICTUS, David.
The Fourth of June.
London: Anthony Blond, 1962.
First edition of Benedictus' first novel. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 121643
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"The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason": T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral
ELIOT, T.S.
Murder in the Cathedral.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936.
First edition, early printing of Eliot's dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145271
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First Edition of David Fromkin's The Way of the World
FROMKIN, David.
The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the Twenty-first Century.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of the award-winning author's map of universal history. Octavo, original navy blue half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photograph by Alfred W. Cook. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 145172
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First Edition of Now it Can be Told The Story of the Manhattan Project
GROVES, Leslie R.
Now it Can be Told The Story of the Manhattan Project.
New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1962.
First edition of this work by the director of the Manhattan Project. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 146979
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First edition of Paul Scott's The Corrida at San Feliu
SCOTT, Paul.
The Corrida at San Feliu.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1964.
First edition of Paul Scott's rich, multi-layered novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Rudland.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 138733
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"Who dost though love O seer in thy vision? Women I love, slender and strange and stately waiting untroubled for the years to bear them": First Edition of Sir George Macmunn's Kipling's Women
MACMUNN, Sir George [Rudyard Kipling].
Kipling’s Women.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., n.d..
First edition of the former President of the Kipling Society's study of the women portrayed in Kipling's song and story. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles and central gilt emblem to the front panel. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 135257
