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Fine collection of first editions by children's book author Philip Pullman
PULLMAN, Philip.
Philip Pullman Collection.
London: Various Publishers, 2000-2004.
Fine collection of first editions by children's book author Philip Pullman. Quarto, 3 volumes, original boards and wrappers, illustrated. The collection includes a two first edition of Puss in Boots (London: Doubleday: 2000), a first Picture Corgi edition of Puss in Boots (London: Picture Corgi Books, 2000), and a first edition of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp (London: Scholastic Children's Books, 2004). Each volume is in fine condition.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 117733
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First Edition of Henry James' Within the Rim and other Essays, 1914-15
JAMES, Henry.
Within the Rim and Other Essays, 1914-15.
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1918.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In very good condition. BAL 10702.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 110471
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First edition, first issue of Muriel Spark's The Fanfarlo and Other Verse
SPARK, Muriel.
The Fanfarlo and Other Verse.
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952.
First edition, first issue of Spark's first book of verse, preceding her first novel by five years. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 127039
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First edition of George Edgar Turner's Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War
TURNER, George Edgar.
Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1953.
First edition of Turner's work on the role of the American railroad system in the military campaigns of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs and maps by George Richard Turner. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership inscription.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 133073
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Limits and Renewals
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Limits and Renewals.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932.
First American edition of the Kipling's final collection of stories and poems. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 120680
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First Edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Bend Sinister
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Bend Sinister.
New York : McGraw-Hill Company , 1973.
First McGraw-Hill edition of Nabokov's first novel written in America. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stan Skardinski.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 73094
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First Edition of Last But Not Least; From the Library of Explorer and Adventurer Steve Fossett
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin.
Last But Not Least.
London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1978.
First edition of this wonderful story of the round the world race. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. 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 Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most…
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 112459
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Comedians
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of “Papa Doc” Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 123659
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First edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Six Comedies
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Six Comedies.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937.
First edition of this collection of Maugham's six most famous comedies. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 136581
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First edition in English of Jean Paul Sartre's Sketch For A Theory of The Emotions
SARTRE, Jean-Paul. Translated by Philip Mairet.
Sketch For A Theory of The Emotions. [Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions].
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1962.
First edition in English of Sartre's work on the nature of psychoanalysis and phenomenology. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Philip Mairet and with a preface by Mary Warnock. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 137129
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First Edition of The Excellent Becomes The Permanent
ADDAMS, Jane.
The Excellent Becomes The Permanent.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 144207
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First Edition of John Updike's Self-Consciousness: Memoirs; Inscribed by Him
Self-Consciousness: Memoirs
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to noted book collector Stratford Carter on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 19053
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First edition of Alan Dean Foster's Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOSTER, Alan Dean.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
London: Century, 2016.
First edition of the New York Times bestselling author's novelization of the seventh installment in the Star Wars film franchise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with an 8-page color photo insert of images from the film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 145010
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author's second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Archer Mayor on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 143897
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Toomai of the Elephants; with illustrations from the 1937 film Elephant Boy
KIPILNG, Rudyard.
Toomai of the Elephants.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1937.
First separate edition Kipling's story of Toomai, a young elephant-handler, the basis for the 1937 film "Elephant Boy" starring Sabu Dastagir, India's first child actor. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs from the film by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 121393
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“It's best to be ruthless with the past": First Edition of Stephen King's Rose Madder
KING, Stephen.
Rose Madder.
New York: The Viking Press, 1995.
First edition of this King thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Author photograph by Tabitha King.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 116997
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First Edition of Shades of Difference; Padraig O’Malley
MAHARAJ, Mac] O'Malley.
Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle For South Africa.
New York: Viking, 2007.
First edition of this work on apartheid activist Mac Maharaj. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Padraig O’Malley. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 3557
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First edition of Cyril Falls' Rudyard Kipling: A Critical Study
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling: A Critical Study.
London: Martin Secker, 1915.
First edition of Falls' tribute to Kipling. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Kipling from the portrait by William Nicholson. In good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 125404
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"This is Robert Francis Weatherbee who was just like you and me when he was little, only his ears were bigger": Munro Leaf's Robert Francis Weatherbee
LEAF, Monro.
Robert Francis Weatherbee.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935.
First edition of Munro Leaf's early children's tale. Octavo, original boards, illustrated by the author. In good condition with some preliminary leaves removed, ownership signature and bookseller's stickers to the front free endpaper and pastedown, rebacked.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 104087
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First edition of Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal
BOURDAIN, Anthony.
A Cook’s Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal.
New York: Bloomsbury, 2001.
First edition of renowned chef Anthony Bourdain's autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Philippe Lajaunie.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 145117
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"Men in pajamas sitting abaft the funnel and swapping lies of the purple seas": First unauthorized edition of Rudyard Kipling's Abaft the Funnel
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Abaft the Funnel.
New York: B. W. Dodge and Company, 1909.
First unauthorized edition, second issue of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with red lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with the titles stamped in red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 120904
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“IS THIS REALITY, THE FINAL REALITY, OR JUST A NEW DECEPTIVE DREAM?”: FIRST EDITION OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV'S KING, QUEEN, KNAVE
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
King, Queen, Knave.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.
First British edition of this early Nabokov novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Mayhew. Photograph of Nabokov on the rear panel by Philippe Halsman. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. A nice example.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 89070
