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First edition of George Cruikshank's Omnibus; elaborately bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son
CRUIKSHANK, George.
George Cruikshank’s Omnibus.
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842.
First edition of George Cruikshank‘s Omnibus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Riviere & Son with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and numerous plates and in-text illustrations by Cruikshank, as well as an engraved portrait of Cruikshank by C.E. Wagstaff. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133420
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“FREEDOM IS OFTEN THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR": FIRST EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY EDITION OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ'S THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH; SIGNED BY HIM
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
The General in His Labyrinth: A Novel.
New York: Everyman's Library, 2004.
First Everyman's Library edition of this “fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man” (Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Translated and introduced by Edith Grossman. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Arici Graziano. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde and Abby Weintraub.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137055
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“It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded": CHARLES DICKENS’ OLIVER TWIST
DICKENS, Charles.
The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
First single volume edition of Dickens’ classic work. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Original front wrapper bound in. Armorial bookplate.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 141345
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Rare large paper edition of Reverend Edwards Forster's translation of The Arabian Nights
FORSTER, Reverend Edward.
The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes, Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster.
London: Printed for William Miller, 1802.
Large paper edition of this early translation by Edward Forster (1769-1828), based on the French version of Antoine Galland which first appeared between 1704 and 1717. Royal octavo, bound in full period calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings from pictures by Robert Smirke. In very good condition. Small bookplate to the pastedown of each volume.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145199
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Rare original photograph of internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET; inscribed by him
KLEINROCK, Leonard.
Leonard Kleinrock Signed Photograph.
Large format color photograph of American computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET, the forerunner to the Internet. Inscribed by him, "To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock." In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117384
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Complete first edition set of John Abbott's The History of the Civil War in America; from the library of Wisconsin politician John Fox Potter
ABBOTT, John S. C.
The History of the Civil War in America; Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion. of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals. And of the Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and the Cabin.
Springfield, Mass.: Published by Gurdon Bill, 1863-1866.
First editions of both volumes in Abbott's history of the American Civil War. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's deluxe full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated with maps, diagrams, and numerous steel engravings of battle scenes from original designs by Darley, and other eminent artists, and portraits of distinguished men including tissue-guarded frontispieces of Lincoln and Grant. From the library of Wisconsin Congressman John F. Potter with his gift inscription to vol. I and ownership name to vol. II. Nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge John Fox Potter was elected to the United States…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133065
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First Edition of Derek Parfit's Reasons and Persons
PARFIT, Derek.
Reasons and Persons.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984.
First edition of one of the most important philosophical texts of the second half the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, previous owner name to the half-title page. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147151
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"Nothing promises pleasure more readily that the words 'freshly baked'": First edition of Baking With Julia; signed by Julia Child and Dorie Greenspan
CHILD, Julia and Dorie Greenspan.
Baking With Julia.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1996.
First edition of Child's baking cookbook, based on her PBS series Baking With Julia. Quarto, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Judy Julia Child" and signed by Dorie Greenspan below. Greenspan is the author of cookbooks. The New York Times called her a "culinary guru" in 2004. Jacket design by Vertigo Design, NYC. Jacket photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147381
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"Dream Dangerous": First Edition of American Gods; Inscribed by Neil Gaiman
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142201
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“Truth without love is too hard; love without truth is too soft": First Edition of Authentic Christianity; Warmly Inscribed by John Stott
STOTT, John .
Authentic Christianity: From the Writings of John Stott.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.
First edition of this collection of writings from the legendary John Stott. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Janet with gratitude for your support of the Langham Foundation John Stott Feb 96." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Timothy Dudley Smith.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146124
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First Edition of Jefferson and the Rights of Man; Inscribed by Dumas Malone
MALONE, Dumas.
Jefferson and the Rights of Man.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
First edition of the second volume in Malone's landmark work on Jefferson, from the library of Archibald Bolling Shepperson. Octavo, original navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine and Thomas Jefferson's seal in gilt to the front panel, frontispiece of Jefferson at the Dawn of the French Revolution by Houdon. Illustrated with fifteen black-and-white photographed portraits and documents. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To the Sheps with love from The Malones - Sept. 25, 1951." The recipient, Archibald Bolling Shepperson was a professor of English at the University of Virginia, the author behind…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145265
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"The eighteenth century proclaimed the rights of man, the nineteenth shall proclaim the rights of woman": First edition of Ray Strachey's "The Cause"
STRACHEY, Ray.
“The Cause” A Short History of The Women’s Movement in Great Britain.
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1928.
First edition of Strachey's history of women's suffrage in Great Britain. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Millicent Fawcett. In good condition. Ownership name.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 135463
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Rare Collection of Mao Zedong Propaganda Posters
MAO ZEDONG,.
Chairman Mao Zedong Propaganda Posters.
c. 1968: .
Rare collection of original Mao Zedong propaganda posters. Four posters, one in duplicate, featuring large format images of Mao. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 109621
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First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Vegetable
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
First edition of what Fitzgerald called, "undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written." Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125443
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The Centenary edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
Waverly Novels. [Waverley: or ‘Tis Sixty Years Since, Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, The Pirate, The Fortunes of Nigel, Peveril of the Peak, Quentin Durward, St. Ronan’s Well, Redgauntlet, The Betrothed, Talisman, Woodstock, or, the Cavalier, Chronicles of the Canongate, The Fair Maid Of Perth, Anne of Geierstein.
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1883.
The Centenary Edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Robertson with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated title page and tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, in-text illustrations. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 126344
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First Edition of Harold Bloom's Shelley's Mythmaking; Inscribed by Him
BLOOM, Harold.
Shelley’s Mythmaking.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1959.
First edition of Bloom's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Harold Bloom on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine crown and overall light wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 5721
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First Edition of Which Lie Did I Tell You?; Inscribed by William Goldman
GOLDMAN, William.
Which Lie Did I Tell You? More Adventures in the Screen Trade.
New York: Pantheon Books, 2000.
First edition of the sequel to Adventures in the Screen Trade. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William Goldman on the half-title page to George Christy, former reviewer and society columnist for the Hollywood Reporter. Review material laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 15073
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First edition of Charles Causley's Farewell, Aggie Weston; inscribed by him and with an autograph letter signed by him laid in
CAUSLEY, Charles.
Farewell, Aggie Weston.
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1951.
First edition of Causley's first collection of poems. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "for Philip Abrams from Charles Causley November 1953." With the original autograph transmittal letter signed by and entirely in the hand of the author tipped in. In very good condition. Rare, particularly inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 128138
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First Edition of Philip Fisher's highly regarded Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks
FISHER, Philip A.
Paths To Wealth Through Common Stocks.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960.
First edition of Fisher's classic second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131215
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Rare collection of econometrics papers including Paul A. Samuelson's Some Implications of Linearity
KLEIN,Lawrence R..
Three Papers on Econometrics of Consumption.
Chicago: Cowles Commission For Research in Economics at The University of Chicago, 1949.
Rare collection of econometrics papers including Paul A. Samuelson's Some Implications of Linearity. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Other papers include A Constant-Utility Index of the Cost of Living (Lawrence R. Klein and Herman Rubin) and Family Expenditures and the Marginal Propensity to Consume (Trygve Haavelmo). Stamp to the front panel "With the Compliments of The Author and Cowles Commission For Research in Economics The University of Chicago." Small contemporary name to the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 88160