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DUBOIS, Marcel; Guy.
Album Géographique. Tome I : Aspects Généraux de la Nature. Album Historique Tome II : Les Régions Tropicales. Tome III : Les Colonies Françaises. Tome IV : La France. Tome V: Aspects Generaux De La Nature.
Paris, Armand Colin & Cie, 1896-1906..
First edition. Folio, 5 volumes. Three quarters leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 2549
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First Edition of Stirling Moss' In the Track of Speed; Signed by Him
MOSS, Stirling.
In the Track of Speed.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957.
First edition of this early work by the legendary driver. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 110914
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"The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist": First Edition of The Son of The Circus; Warmly Inscribed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
A Son of the Circus.
New York: Random House, 1994.
First edition of "his most entertaining novel since Garp" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ted & Susie with my affection John Irving." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140440
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First Edition of the Night Agent; Signed by Matthew Quirk
QUIRK, Matthew.
The Night Agent.
New York: William Morrow, 2019.
First edition of "one of the best thrillers to come along in years" (Michael Connelly), basis for the Netflix series. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Matthew Quirk on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jae Song.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 147132
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FIRST EDITION OF GRAHAM GREENE'S THE HEART OF THE MATTER
GREENE, Graham.
The Heart of the Matter.
New York: The Viking Press, 1948.
First American edition of what many consider the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Edgard Cirlin.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 131747
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"It was a different game now. Clearly the machine no longer belonged to its makers": First Edition of The Soul of a New Machine; Signed by Tracy Kidder
KIDDER, Tracy.
The Soul of a New Machine.
Boston: Atlantic, Little, Brown and Company, 1981.
First edition of Kidder's second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tracy Kidder on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Peter deAngeli. A nice example.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 78911
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First Edition of Ernest Seton-Thompson's Lives of the Hunted; Inscribed by Him
SETON-THOMPSON, Ernest.
Lives of the Hunted.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901.
First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth, with over 200 drawings. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To S.D. Green with best wishes of Ernest Seton-Thompson." Seton Thompson has added a drawing of a bear paw. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 79038
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"Now pay attention": First edition of Sandy Hernu's Q: The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn; signed by both Hernu and Llewelyn
HERNU, Sandy. [Desmond Llewelyn].
Q: The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn.
East Sussex: S. B. Publications, 1999.
Signed limited first edition of Hernu's pictorial biography of the quintessential gadget master to the world's best loved Secret Agent, James Bond. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed by Desmond Llewelyn and Sandy Hernu on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 115097
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“Love and regret go hand in hand in this world of changes swifter than the shifting of the clouds reflected in the mirror of the sea": First Edition of Joseph Conrad's The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions.
London: Methuen & Company, 1906.
First British edition of Conrad's first volume of autobiographical non-fiction. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 55033
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First Edition of Ken Fisher's The Wall Street Waltz; Inscribed by Him
FISHER, Kenneth L.
The Wall Street Waltz: 90 Visual Perspectives Illustrated Lessons from Financial Cycles and Trends.
Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1987.
First edition of this work which provides a look at Wall Street and the stock market's history through dramatic charts and visuals. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed on by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Lee, When I told by 16 year old about your Dad and the flat tire he acknowledged that he wouldn't be able to top that. It was fun seeing you last week. Hope you like this. Ken Fisher 6/20/87." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Georgene Sainati.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 57645
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First edition and signed limited edition of Alexander Blok's The Twelve; one of 650 copies signed by illustrator George Biddle
BLOK, Alexander. [Aleksandr]. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Lithographs by George Biddle.
The Twelve.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1931.
First edition and signed limited edition of Blok's controversial long poem. Quarto, original quarter morocco with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with lithographs by George Biddle. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. One of 650 copies printed, 100 of which are numbered and have as illustrations the original lithographs by George Biddle, this is number 77. In very good condition with the rare original dust jacket laid in which is lacking the spine.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 134252
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First Edition of Julian Barnes's Metroland; Signed by Him
BARNES, Julian.
Metroland.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.
First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig Dodd. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127617
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First Edition of Days of Destiny: Crossroads In American History; Signed by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson
MCPHERSON, James M. and Alan Brinkley.
Days of Destiny: Crossroads In American History.
New York: DK Publishing, 2001.
First edition of this illustrated work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by James M. McPherson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 125144
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Morrison's Strangers Guide and Etiquette For Washington City and Its Vicinity
Morrison’s Strangers Guide and Etiquette, For Washington City and Its Vicinity.
Washington: W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1862.
Fifth edition of Morrison's classic American etiquette guide. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the front panel. Illustrated with wood and steel engravings, entirely re-written and brought down to the present time. In near fine condition. Ownership inscriptions.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 127990
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From the Library of John Updike; Inscribed by the author to Him
ARTHUR, Anthony (John Updike).
Literary Feuds.
New York: St. Martins Press, 2002.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, "For John Updike, with admiration- Anthony Arthur." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Updike is featured in this volume of feuds.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 5767
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First Edition of Rethinking International Trade; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman
KRUGMAN, Paul.
Rethinking International Trade.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To William Paul Krugman." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 87512
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"If my bed grew wings I would fly to a thick forest where there was an old broken-down castle that no one knew about, hidden in trees": First edition of Michael Rosen's Under the Bed: The Bedtime Book; Inscribed by him
ROSEN, Michael.
Under the Bed: The Bedtime Book.
London: Walker Books, 1986.
First edition of Michael Rosen's charming book of bedtime stories, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Michael Rosen on the dedication page, "Michael Rosen was here 23 Aug 89." In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 88122
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First Edition of The Coming of the Space Age; Signed by Arthur C. Clarke
CLARKE, Arthur C.
The Coming of the Space Age: Famous Accounts of Man’s Probing of the Universe.
New York: Meredith Press, 1967.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Arthur C. Clarke on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145398
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First edition of Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy; inscribed by Tim Weiner, David Johnston, and Neil A. Lewis to American journalist William Safire
WEINER, Tim; David Johnston and Neil A. Lewis.
Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy.
New York: Random House, 1995.
First edition of this remarkable biography of the last American spy of the Cold War. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by all three authors on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to American journalist William Safire. The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135981
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“Motion is tranquillity": First Edition of Stirling Moss' Second Book of Motor Sport; Signed by Him
MOSS, Stirling.
Stirling Moss’s Second Book of Motor Sport.
London: Cassell, 1958.
First edition of Moss' sequel to his first Book of Motor Sport. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Edited by Maxwell Boyd.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 110192