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"The mission of the lantern is to give light, to show the way": Grace Thompson Seton's Chinese Lanterns; lengthily inscribed by her
SETON, Grace Thompson.
Chinese Lanterns.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924.
Early printing of Grace Thompson Seton's work on Chinese lanterns. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, illustrated with photographs, many taken by the author. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To S.D. Green with the all good wishes of the author: Grace Thompson Seton. July 20, 1927. 'Through the Eastern Gates I wandered far where cloud-like beauties I roughed the way' -Shi-King." In near fine condition. Rare inscribed by the author.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96116
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First Edition of A Traveler's Guide to Mars; Inscribed by William K. Hartmann to Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell
HARTMANN, William K.; [James Lovell].
A Traveler’s Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet.
New York: Workman Publishing, 2003.
First edition of this complete and accessible guidebook to Mars. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with color photographs and a folding map of Martian markings charted by Earth-based telescopes in the 1960s. Association copy, boldly inscribed by the author to James Lovell on the title page, "For Jim Lovell with admiration! William K Hartmann." The recipient, James Lovell, was an Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 astronaut who was one of the first three astronauts to fly and orbit the moon alongside Frank Borman and William Anders. In near fine condition. From the collection of James Lovell. Accompanied by a sticker…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147320
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"Is it true? Have we really been there?": First Edition of Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya
BENUZZI, Felice.
No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three P.O.W.S Escape To Adventure.
London: William Kimber, 1952.
First edition in English of this mountaineering classic recounting the 1943 attempt of three escaped Italian prisoners of war to reach the summit of Mount Kenya. Octavo, original cloth, map endpapers. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the crown and overall wear, tape repair to the verso. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 42030
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Leonard Cohen’s First Novel; Signed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
The Favourite Game.
London: Black Spring Press, 1996.
Later printing of Cohen's classic novel . Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the half-title page with his "Order of the Unified Heart" stamp below. In fine condition. Illustration by David Wood.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144295
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"Over the great world tragedy of today the star of Bethlehem shines with divine radiance and lights the way to a brighter day when peace and love shall reign forever": Rare First Edition of What Happened to Me; Lengthily Signed by Lasalle Corbell Pickett
PICKETT, Lasalle Corbell [George Pickett].
What Happened to Me.
New York: Brentano's, 1917.
First edition of the autobiography of LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett. Duodecimo, original cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author dated January 17, 1917. Lengthily signed by the author on the front pastedown, "Over the great world tragedy of today the star of Bethlehem shines with divine radiance and lights the way to a brighter day when peace and love shall reign forever - Faithfully from LaSalle Corbell Pickett." In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145582
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First edition of George Bainton's The Art of Authorship
BAINTON, George.
The Art of Authorship: Literary Reminiscences, Methods of Work, and Advice to Young Beginners, Personally Contributed by Leading Authors of the Day.
London: James Clarke & Co, 1890.
Rare first edition of Bainton's classic collection of reminiscences on the art of writing, with contributions from Henry James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bret Harte, and Samuel Clemens among many others. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and font panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 123077
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First Edition of Helen Levitt's Crosstown; Signed by Her
LEVITT, Helen; Essay by Francine Prose.
Crosstown.
New York: Powerhouse, 2001.
First Edition of this handsome retrospective paying tribute the photographers work. Large quarto, original gray cloth with cover photographic plate, illustrated throughout. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 808
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First Edition of Just as Long as We're Together; Inscribed by Judy Blume in the year of publication
BLUME, Judy.
Just as Long as We’re Together.
New York: Orchard Books, 1987.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Jessica Love, Judy Blume December 1987." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, sticker to the front free endpaper. Jacket painting by Peter Catalanotto.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144145
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First Edition of Faulkner's Pylon; in the rare original dust jacket
FAULKNER, William.
Pylon.
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Hass, Inc, 1935.
First edition of Faulkner's explosive novel about a group of Southern barnstormers. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear and toning to the spine.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146052
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First Edition of Malamud's Idiots First; Inscribed by Him to his cousin
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Idiots First.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, "For Marshall, Every good wish Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Marshall Lee.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 112830
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First Edition of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author’s Second Novel: The Green House; Inscribed by Mario Vargas Llosa
VARGAS LLOSA, Mario.
The Green House.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.
First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John Mario Vargas Llosa." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144690
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Finely Bound Collection of the Works of O. Henry
O. HENRY. [WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER],.
The Works of O. Henry.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913.
The Authorized edition of the works of William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry. Octavos, 12 volumes bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt initials to the front panel, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispieces, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 90460
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“Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized”: The Harper & Brothers Edition of Thomas Hardy's Works
HARDY, Thomas.
The Works of Thomas Hardy. [Including Far from the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet-Major; Tess of the D’Urbervilles; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two on a Tower; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Wessex Tales.]
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, c. 1896.
The Harper & Brothers edition of Thomas Hardy's works. Octavo, sixteen volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spines, author's initials stamped in gilt to the front panels, tissue-guarded frontispiece to most volumes, illustrated with black and white engravings in 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'. In very good condition, ownership signature to the front free endpaper of some volumes.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147357
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First French Edition of Saul Bellow's L'Homme De Buridan; Signed by Him
BELLOW, Saul.
L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].
Paris: Libraire Plon, 1954.
First French edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 185
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First Edition of Frederic Remington's Pony Tracks
REMINGTON, Frederic.
Pony Tracks.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895.
First edition of Remington's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. In very good condition, bookplate. Howes R201; BAL 16489; Adams Herd 1878; Graff 3458. A nice example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125652
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First Edition of More Die of Heartbreak; Inscribed by Saul Bellow To Fellow Writer Sidney Hyman
BELLOW, Saul.
More Die of Heartbreak.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's tenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, "For Sidney and Fredda from an old friend Saul Bellow." The recipient, Sidney Hyman as a fellow writer from Chicago and a close friend of Bellow. He is best know for his work The American President. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 3138
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First Edition of Countdown; Inscribed by Frank Borman
BORMAN, Frank.
Countdown.
New York: Silver Arrow Books, 1988.
First edition, second printing of the astronaut's classic autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bob Best wishes Frank Borman." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Written with Robert J. Serling.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144619
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First Edition of Creating Winning Marketing Plans; Inscribed by Sidney Levy
LEVY, Sidney J.
Creating Winning Marketing Plans.
Chicago: Dartnell, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of essays. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, "For John Rogers, In appreciation of a Thoughtful Reader, Sidney J. Levy." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114529
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"Ignorance, not sin, is what involves a person in suffering": First Edition of The Gnostic Gospels; Inscribed by Elaine Pagels
PAGELS, Elaine.
The Gnostic Gospels.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of the author's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147107
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods; Signed by Him
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition, early printing of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 141802