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First Edition of Gore Vidal's The Judgment of Paris; Inscribed by Him to His Sister
VIDAL, Gore.
The Judgment of Paris.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1952.
First edition of this classic coming of age story. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Valerie, from Gore Vidal, June 1954." The recipient Valerie Gore was the author's sister. Vidal's father remarried in 1939 and had two children with his second wife; Valerie was born in 1946. Near fine in the original dust jacket, which has been laminated by Vidal. Jacket design by George Salter. An exceptional association.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124488
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"It seems, after all that there are no nonpeculiar people": First Edition of the the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Novel; Inscribed by Saul Bellow to Poet R.P. Dickey
BELLOW, Saul.
Humboldt’s Gift.
New York: The Viking Press, 1975.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Saul Bellow to the poet R.P. Dickey. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of shelfwear. Jacket design by Mel Williamson.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 194
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First edition of Switch Bitch; inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Switch Bitch.
London: Michael Joseph, 1974.
First British edition of this collection of Dahl's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Ann Love Roald Dahl." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Nickelaides.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 129604
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FIRST EDITION OF LIFETIMES UNDER APARTHEID; SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID GOLDBLATT AND NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR NADINE GORDIMER
GOLDBLATT, David & Nadine Gordimer.
Lifetimes Under Apartheid.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
First edition of the photographer's second collaboration with novelist Nadine Gordimer. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by both Nadine Gordimer and David Goldblatt on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 131749
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Scarce Printing of The Political History of Palestine Under British Administration
The Political History of Palestine Under British Administration: Memorandum by His Britannic Majesty’s Government presented in 1947 to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine at Jerusalem, 1947.
New York: British Information Services, 1947.
Rare first edition of this political history. Thin octavo, original publisher's wrappers. In very good condition with rubbing and a few small losses to the extremities.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147165
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Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America; containing numerous maps including an early map of the undeveloped state of Florida
WALKER, R. J.; Jas. Shields.
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting The Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 8, 1845. Document No. 12, 29th Congress, 1st Session.
1845.
Rare printing of the 1845 annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States of America. Octavo, disbound. Contains numerous folding maps and public surveys of Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, South Tennessee, Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama (showing Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek Cessions), and the State of Florida. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135884
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"When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge": First Edition of The Poems of C.P. Cavafy
CAVAFY, C.P.
The Poems of C.P. Cavafy.
New York: Grove Press, 1952.
First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by John Mavrogordato. Introduction by Rex Warner. First editions are scarce.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138295
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Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale; finely bound and decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.
The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Bickers and Son, 1880.
Finely bound example of one of the most popular and widely read novels among Victorians. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a fore-edge painting of Squire Thornhill visiting the Primrose family, illustrated. In very good condition with the fore-edge painting exceptionally bright.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138744
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First edition of Ray Bradbury's The October Country; signed by him
BRADBURY, Ray.
The October Country.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955].
First edition of Bradbury's classic collection of nineteen macabre short stories. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. In Currey's "B" binding in its first state, with the Ballantine Books monogram at spine foot printed upside down. One of three bindings, no priority determined. Currey p.57. Signed by the author on the title page, "Ray Bradbury 1/22/81." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Joe Mugnaini. Author photograph by Morris Dollens.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142805
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"Cooking is Chemistry, really": First Edition of Joel Robuchon's Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon; inscribed by him
ROBUCHON, Joel with Catherine Michel.
Ma Cuisine Pour Vous: Les Recettes Originales de Joel Robuchon.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1986.
First edition of Robuchon's classic cook book. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with full-page color photographs by Corrinne Ryman and Pierre Cabannes. Presentation copy, inscribed by the chef/author on the half-title page, "A Jacques Cooper, avec ma sympathie gourmaude Le 13 Mars 1986 Robuchon." In very good condition with a small area of dampstaining to the first several pages. Cover design by George Lemoine. Books signed by Robuchon are rare.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138242
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George Kennan's Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin; Inscribed by Him to Historian Arnold Krammer
KENNAN, George F.
Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961.
Early printing of this classic diplomatic history by one of the key architect of the United States' Cold War programs. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to historian Arnold Krammer, "For Professor Arnold Krammer with all best wishes George Kennan Princeton, May 27, 1971." The recipient, Arnold Krammer was a historian who specialized in German and United States history and a professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He was twice a Fulbright scholar in Germany in 1992-1993 and 2002-2003. He was the author of seven books, the most recent of which was War Crimes,…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 115459
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Rare sixth edition of William McGuffey's The Eclectic Fourth Reader
MCGUFFEY, William.
The Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, From the Best American and English Writers. With Copious Rules for Reading, and Directions for Avoiding Common Errors.
Cincinnati: Published by Truman and Smith, 1838.
Finely bound sixth edition of the fourth McGuffey Reader. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt ruling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140352
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First edition of Here's To You, Rachel Robinson; inscribed by Judy Blume in the year of publication
BLUME, Judy.
Here’s To You, Rachel Robinson.
New York: Orchard Books, 1993.
First edition of the author's sequel to her best-selling young adult novel 'Just as Long as We're Together.' Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Joanne Thanks! Love, Judy Blume Aug. 1993." Very good in a fine dust jacket. Closed tear and creasing to the rear endpaper. Jacket design by Jim DeLapine. Author photograph by George Cooper.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145014
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Rare 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover Signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary
HILLARY, Edmund.
Edmund Hillary Signed 2003 National Geographic Magazine Cover.
Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2003.
Original May 2003 edition of The National Geographic Magazine cover signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers featuring a portrait of Hillary wearing a winter jacket. Signed by Hillary in black felt tip on the front panel, "Ed Hillary." In near fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146008
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Thomas Day's Reflections Upon the Present Sate of England, and the Independence of America
DAY, Thomas.
Reflections Upon the Present State of England, and the Independence of America.
London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1783.
Third edition of Day's important treatise on American Independence. Octavo, bound in paper wrappers. In very good condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 127208
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Inscribed by Chess Grandmaster Larry Evans to United States Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson
EVANS, Larry & Tom Wiswell.
Championship Chess and Checkers for All.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1953.
First edition of this work by the chess grandmaster. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Larry Evans on the front free endpaper, "To Ambassador Thompson Best wishes Larry Evans March, 1956." The recipient Llewellyn Thompson was a United States diplomat. He served in Sri Lanka, Austria, and, for a lengthy period, in the Soviet Union where his tenure saw some of the most significant events of the Cold War. He was a key advisor to President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A 2019 assessment described him as " arguably the most influential figure who ever advised U.S. presidents about policy toward the Soviet Union…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 3981
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“Freedom is often the first casualty of war": First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The General in His Labyrinth
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
The General in His Labyrinth.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Signed limited first edition of this "fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man” (Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review). Octavo, bound in full leather. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One of 350 copies, this is number 44. Fine in a fine slipcase. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 130969
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"A Man is seldom moved to praise what he loves until it has been attacked": First edition of C.S. Lewis' Rehabilitations and Other Essays
LEWIS, C.S.
Rehabilitations and Other Essays.
London: Oxford University Press, 1939.
First edition of one of Lewis' earliest and most substantial books of essays. Octavo, original cloth, top edge black. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 131228
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First Edition of James' Controversial Commentary on the social environment of turn-of-the-century-america: The American Scene
JAMES, Henry.
The American Scene.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907.
First American edition of James' account of his trip throughout the United States between 1904 and 1905. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt tooling to the front panel and spine. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A nice example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 80105
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First Edition of The War of The End of The World; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The War of The End of The World.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984.
First edition of this classic work Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Greg, this Brazilian adventure and my best wishes Mario Vargas Llosa Nov. 85." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, review copy with slip. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 132567