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First Edition of John Dos Passos' Nineteen-Nineteen
DOS PASSOS, John.
Nineteen-Nineteen [1919].
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.
First edition of the second novel in the author's U.S.A. trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Advance review copy with the publisher's advance copy slip laid in dated March 10th 1932. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 90402
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Review Copy of J.F. Powers' Morte D'Urban; Signed by Him
POWERS, J.F.
Morte D’Urban.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962.
Review copy of the first edition of the author's masterpiece, winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by J.F. Powers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Slip laid in from the publisher. Jacket design by Joseph O'Connell. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 137471
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"Who came along at the tail end of this long saga- and can look forward to decades of constructive contribution to the public": First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Lengthily Inscribed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books, 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a full page inscription, "3/16/93 To Neal Loss, Who came along at the tail end of this long saga- and can look forward to decades of constructive contribution to the public! With warmest but wider appreciation for years of help. Paul." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 108116
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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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First Edition of John Davis' With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914
DAVIS, John K.
With the “Aurora” in the Antarctic 1911-1914.
London: Andrew Melrose, 1919.
First edition of Captain John Davis' expedition to Antarctica. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles and gilt illustration of the titular steamship, illustrated throughout, tipped-in rear map. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 111886
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"one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years": First Edition of Knut Hamsun's Vagabonds; In the Rare Original dust jacket
HAMSUN, Knut.
Vagabonds.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1930.
First edition in English of the first novel in the Nobel Prize-winning author's "August" trilogy—Hamsun's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 122177
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Rare First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Letters of Marque
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Letters of Marque.
Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co, 1891.
Rare first edition of this collection of letters published without Kipling's permission and so quickly suppressed. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. One of one thousand copies, many of which were destroyed at Kipling's behest. In near fine condition. Ownership stamp. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 124119
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First Edition of the Roots of Heaven; Signed by patrick Leigh Fermor
GARY, Romain (Patrick Leigh Fermor).
The Roots of Heaven.
London: Michael Joseph, 1958.
First edition in English of this novel, which was awarded France's Prix Goncourt in 1956. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the front free endpaper. Leigh Fermor co-wrote the screenplay for the 1958 film. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 47063
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"WE WENT SLIPPING SILENTLY ALONG, BETWEEN THE GREEN AND FRAGRANT BANKS, WITH A SENSE OF PLEASURE AND CONTENTMENT THAT GREW AND GREW": FIRST EDITION OF MARK TWAIN'S A TRAMP ABROAD
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
A Tramp Abroad.
Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1880.
First edition of Twain's classic fictionalized account of his walking tour of central and southern Europe, early issue with the portrait in BAL state B (no priority), frontispiece in the first state (captioned "Moses"), state A of the text block (no priority), and the cover stamping in state A. Octavo. 631, [1, ad] pages. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial gilt-stamped brown cloth, with 328 illustrations by Walter Francis Brown, True Williams, W.W. Denslow. BAL 3386. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144227
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First Edition of A Century of Arts and Letters; Signed by All Eleven Contributors
AUCHINCLOSS, Louis; Beeson.
A Century of Arts and Letters.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work celebrating the history of the American Academy of Arts & Letters on its centenary. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed on the the title page by all eleven contributors. Preface and edited by John Updike. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145842
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Rare Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of Eric Newby's A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
NEWBY, Eric.
A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1958.
Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 146280
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First Edition of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1991.
First American edition of the Nobel-Prize winning author's second book to be translated into English. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Nadir Jose Saramago 10.28.2008." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140786
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“And it's finally only in the woods you get that nostalgia for "cities" at last, you dream of long gray journeys to cities where soft evenings'll unfold like Paris": FIRST EDITION OF JACK KEROUAC'S BIG SUR
KEROUAC, Jack.
Big Sur.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1962.
First edition of Kerouac's poignant masterpiece of self-reflection. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. A nice example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 147506
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First Edition of Story Lines; Inscribed by Photographer Robert Frank
FRANK, Robert.
Storylines.
Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2004.
First edition of this volume, which commemorates the first major exhibit of Frank’s work in Britain. Oblong quarto, original flexible photographic wrappers Inscribed and dated in 2007 by Robert Frank on the title page. In fine condition, issued without a dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 7357
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First Edition of Infinite In All Directions; Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman J.
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland April–November 1985.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Freeman Dyson on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Perlow.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120637
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Alfred J. Ayer's Philosophical Essays; Signed by Him
AYER, Alfred J. [A.J.].
Philosophical Essays.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1963.
Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "with best wishes A.J. Ayer September 15, 1963 Mexico City." In very good condition. From the library of Sergio Munoz, who was a friend of the author. Books signed by Ayer are scarce.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 133105
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"My sympathies are with the suffragettes": Rare English parlor game book containing numerous early 20th century signatures
[MACKENZIE, Poppy].
The Truth About My Friends.
London: Dow & Lester, n.d.
Small parlor game book belonging to Poppy Mackenzie, each page with tipped-in printed slip lifting to reveal a self-criticism or "truth" (one of them being "My sympathies are with the suffragettes"), below which the participants have signed their name. In good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 135645
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T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom; elaborately bound in full morocco by Brentano's
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
Finely bound edition of Lawrence’s classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Brentano's, frontispiece, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144546
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Deluxe illustrated edition of Colette's Claudine Books; elaborately bound with an original lithographic frontispiece portrait by Jean Cocteau
COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle .
Les Quatre Claudine.
Paris: Pierre de Tartas, 1972-73.
Deluxe illustrated edition of Colette's four Claudine books with the original lithographic frontispiece portrait by Jean Cocteau. Quartos, 4 volumes, bound in full gilt-decorated pebbled morocco with silk endleaves, top edges gilt, lithographic colored frontispiece portrait by Jean Cocteau, illustrated with 24 original colored lithographs per volume by Dauchot, Sala, Lelong and others. In near fine condition. Each volume housed in the original marbled slipcase.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 94691
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Rare Signed limited edition of E. E. Cummings' untitled work
CUMMINGS, E. E.
[No Title]. [An Imaginary Dialogue Between Almost Any Publisher and a Certain Author A.D. 1930].
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1930.
First edition and signed limited edition of Cumming's cleverly titled untitled work. Quarto, original cloth stamped in silver, illustrated with 8 full-page drawings by the author. One of 491 copies signed by the author on the colophon, this is number 144. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Small bookplate designed by Rockwell Kent. One of the more elusive Cummings titles.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 136284