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"You have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing": First Edition of Tale of the Unknown Island; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose; Illustrated by Peter Sis.
Tale of the Unknown Island.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999.
First edition of Saramago’s classic short story. Octavo, original boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Layne Leary Jose Saramago 8.2005." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Sis. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 136579
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First edition of C.R. Kenyon's The Argonauts on the Amazon
KENYON, C. R. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The Argonauts on the Amazon.
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1901.
First edition of the author's classic adventure tale, containing some of Arthur Rackham's earliest illustrations. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with 6 full-pages illustrations by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142584
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Indian Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Indian Tales.
New York : John W. Lovell Company, 1890.
First authorized edition of this classic collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by L.J. Bridgman. In near fine condition. Tanselle #99.17. A very sharp example.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 121653
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First edition of Lord Byron's Werner
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
Werner. A Tragedy.
London: John Murray, 1823.
First edition, first state of Byron's retelling of Kruitzner, or the German's Tale in Harriet Lee's Canterbury Tales without "the end" and the imprint on page 188. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with five raised gilt bands to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles. Lacking the publisher's advertisements. In very good condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130540
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First Edition of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys; Signed by Actor Richard Benjamin
SIMON, Neil.
The Sunshine Boys.
New York: Random House, 1973.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by actor Richard Benjamin on the title page. Benjamin starred in the 1975 film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, with George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Cuevas. Jacket photograph by Martha Swope.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 141462
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First Edition of Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent; Signed by Her
PERRY, Sarah.
The Essex Serpent.
London: Serpent's Tail, 2016.
First edition of this modern classic, basis for the miniseries starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Sarah Perry on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Peter Dyer.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 142273
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Finely bound Spanish printings of Bartolomé de las Casas' histories of Peru and Chile
[DE LAS CASAS, Bartolomé].
Colleccion de Libros Espanoles: Varias Relaciones del Peru y Chile; De Las Antiguas Gentes del Peru.
Madrid: Miguel Ginesta/Manuel G. Hernandez, 1879-1892.
Finely bound Spanish printings of Bartolomé de las Casas' histories of Peru and Chile. Octavo, two volumes bound in one half morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, all edges untrimmed, original wrappers bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 139017
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First Edition of Ethan Allen: We Make the American Home, Volume 7; Inscribed by Farooq Kathwari to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
KATHWARI, Farooq [Madeleine Albright].
Ethan Allen: We Make the American Home.
2021.
First edition of this style book of American design visionaries. Royal octavo, original wrappers, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in gold felt tip on the front free endpaper, "June 2021 Dear Madeleine, With my best wishes, Farooq." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147610
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First Edition of A Child's Calendar; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
UPDIKE, John.
A Child’s Calendar.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5035
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First Edition of Gao Xingjian's Buying a Fishing Rod For My Grandfather; Inscribed by Him
XINGJIAN, Gao.
Buying a Fishing Rod For My Grandfather.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.
First American edition of the author's first collection of short stories published in English. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Pour ____ ____ Gao Xingjian Paris le 20 Octobre 2006." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138015
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First Edition of Michael Crichton's Disclosure: A Novel; Signed by Him and three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
CRICHTON, Michael.
Disclosure: A Novel.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
First edition of this "expertly crafted novel" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Michael Crichton on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, on the front panel, half-title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Binding and jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 124811
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First Edition of Gypsy; In Exceptional Condition
LAURENTS, Arthur; Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Gypsy.
New York : Random House, 1960.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name. An exceptional example.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133724
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First Edition of Richard Price's The Color of Money; Sea of Love and Night and the City; Signed by Him
PRICE, Richard.
Three Screenplays: The Color of Money; Sea of Love and Night and the City.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this compilation of three classic screenplays. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Richard Price on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mark Caleb.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137983
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First Edition of Athol Fugard's Tsotsi; Signed by Him
FUGARD, Athol.
Tsotsi.
Johannesburg: Donker, 1980.
First South African Edition and true first. Octavo, original cloth Signed and dated by Athol Fugard in 1983. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light rubbing and wear.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 506
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“There is one English Poem, the title whereof is Hudibras" (Voltaire) Samuel Butler's Hudibras; with 16 engraved plates by J. Mynde after William Hogarth
BUTLER, Samuel.
Hudibras, In Three Parts, Written in the Time of The Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, L.L.D. Adorn’d with a new Set of Cuts.
Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, Printer to the University, for W. Innys, A. Ward, Mess. J. and P. Knapton, D. Browne, S. Birt, et al, 1744.
18th century large annotated edition of Butler's acclaimed mock romance, the "best edition" according to Lowndes. Octavo, two volumes bound in full calf with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins illustrated with 16 engraved plates by J. Mynde after William Hogarth including frontispiece portrait of Butler to Vol. I., errata, index, and list of subscribers. In very good condition. Rebacked. Bookplates and ownership inscriptions. Exceptionally clean internally.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 130125
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First Edition of Lytton Strachey's Famed Eminent Victorians
STRACHEY, Lytton.
Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1918.
First American edition of the work that placed Strachey firmly in the top rank of biographers. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with printed paper spine labels, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Cardinal Manning by Elliott & Fry, illustrated with five additional portraits of John Henry Newman, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon, and William Ewart Gladstone. In near fine condition with bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom leather clamshell box.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145349
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Ida M. Tarbell's He Knew Lincoln; signed by her and in the rare original dust jacket
TARBELL, Ida M.
He Knew Lincoln.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.
First Doubleday printing of Tarbell's collected Billy Brown stories, first published by McClure in 1907. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 132584
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First edition of The Poetical Works of John Scott; finely bound in full mottled calf
SCOTT, John.
The Poetical Works of John Scott Esq.
London: Printed for J. Buckland, 1782.
First edition of John Scott's collected poems. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with 14 engravings including 2 by William Blake, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page, rebacked. In very good condition. Small bookplate.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137227
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"Less is a Bore""; Letter signed by Famed architect Robert Venturi with a drawing
VENTURI, Robert.
Robert Venturi Signed Sketch.
Philadelphia: The MIT Press, 2014.
Autograph signed letter by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi on his letterhead. The note reads, "Dear John Thanks for asking Bob 8-12-14 wishing you well (who has added a large drawing of Venturi's Mother's House)." In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 140002
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First Edition of All the Names; Signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
All the Names.
New York: Harcourt, 2000.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Doris Jose Saramago 29 October 2008.". Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Claudine Guerguerian. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 140688