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First Edition of Haruki Murakami's Killing Commendatore; Signed Three Times by Dust Jacket Designer Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
Killing Commendatore.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
First edition of this “expansive and intricate novel" (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on the title page and on the rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 125849
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First Edition in English of Xingjian's Snow in August; Inscribed by Him
XINGJIAN, Gao.
Snow in August.
Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2003.
First edition in English of the Nobel Laureate's play that is based on the legendary Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Review copy, with slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Gilbert C.F. Fong.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 1234
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“BY NOON WE HAD TO CONFESS THAT WE WERE LOST”: First Edition of Charles Houston and Robert Bates' K2: The Savage Mountain; Signed by Each Author
HOUSTON, Charles S. & Robert Bates.
K2: The Savage Mountain.
London: Collins, 1955.
First edition of Charles Houston and Robert Bates' K2: The Savage Mountain. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Charles Houston and Robert H. Bates on the title page. Also laid in is a short letter written and signed in Houston's hand. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 645
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"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone": First Edition of Ravelstein; with a Viking press compliments card signed by Saul Bellow tipped in
BELLOW, Saul.
Ravelstein.
New York: The Viking Press, 2000.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's final novel. Octavo, original half cloth. With a Viking Press 'compliments of the author' card signed by Bellow tipped in. From the library of William Safire. Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of “libertarian conservatives” and authored several political columns, most…
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 127950
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First Edition of Philip Roth's When She Was Good; Signed by Him
ROTH, Philip.
When She Was Good.
New York: Random House, 1967.
First edition of Roth's second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page in a contemporary signature. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Roy Kuhlman.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 112689
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First Edition and Advance Review Copy of Eudora Welty's The Ponder Heart; in the rare original dust jacket
WELTY, Eudora.
The Ponder Heart.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954.
First edition and advance review copy of Welty's third novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Joe Krush. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With the publisher's advance copy slip dated January 7th 1954 laid in. Jacket photograph of Welty by Kay Bell.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 90417
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First Edition of Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics; Inscribed by Jane Jacobs in the Year of Publication
JACOBS, Jane.
Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics.
New York: Random House, 1993.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "I hope you enjoy this, Barbara Fryrear, Sincerely, Jane Jacobs Dallas May 1993." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Book design by Carole Lowenstein.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 145777
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First Edition of Joseph McElroy's Hind's Kidnap
MCELROY, Joseph.
Hind’s Kidnap.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this "distinguished work of the imagination" (J. G. Farrell). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Spanfeller. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 140026
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First Edition of The Bush Family Cookbook; Signed by George and Barbara Bush and Ariel De Guzman
BUSH, George and Barbara Bush; Ariel De Guzman.
The Bush Family Cookbook: Favorite Recipes and Stories from One of America’s Great Families.
New York: Lisa Drew Books, 2005.
First edition of this collection of recipes from the Bush family. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by George and Barbara Bush, as well as the author on the half-title page. Ariel De Guzman has written in his hand, "8/06 To Jamie & Russ From the Buh's kitchen to yours - .. enjoy!" Forewords by George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush and Jeb Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 147215
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“It's always easier to learn something than to use what you've learned": First Edition of Chaim Potok's The Chosen; Inscribed by Him
POTOK, Chaim.
The Promise.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
First edition of the author's sequel to The Chosen. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Hugh and Marilyn Nissenson, Thanks for a beautiful evening! Chaim Potok Nov. 20, 1973." Review copy with the slip laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 79898
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First Edition of David Friedman's Law's Orders; Signed by Him
FRIEDMAN, David.
Law’s Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
First edition of this creative, and provocative addition to the law and economics literature. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by David Friedman on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by C. Alvarez.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 105322
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First Edition of P. G. Wodehouse's The Old Reliable
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
The Old Reliable.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1951.
First edition of Wodehouse's clever comedic mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some restoration to its spine. Jacket illustration by Frank Ford.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145017
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"There is a gulf already opening between those who have joined and those who have not": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The New Army in Training
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The New Army in Training.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.
First collected edition, first issue of this anthology which first appeared in 6 separate pamphlets in America of which only a few of each were printed. 16mo, original wrappers. With The Service Kipling on the rear panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121084
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First Edition of Orhan Pamuk's Other Colors: Essays and A Story; Signed by Him and three times by Jacket designer Chip Kidd
PAMUK, Orhan.
Other Colors: Essays and A Story.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Orhan Pamuk on the title page and additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated by Maureen Freeley.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 123428
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First Edition of William Bradford Huie's In the Hours of Night; Warmly inscribed by Him
HUIE, William Bradford.
In the Hours of Night.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1975.
First edition of this documentary novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "July 27, 1980 For My Good Friend, Dan Montemarano With best wishes Bill Huie William Bradford Huie." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 121328
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First edition of Joseph Conrad's Laughing Anne and One Day More
CONRAD, Joseph.
Laughing Anne and One Day More.
London: John Castle, 1924.
First British edition of two plays from prolific writer Joseph Conrad. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Introduction by John Galsworthy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 147552
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"The strangest prose-poet Russia ever produced": First British Edition of Nabokov's Nikolai Gogol
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Nikolai Gogol.
London: Editions Poetry London, 1947.
First British edition of Nabokov's criticism of the work of Russian literary master Nikolai Gogol. Octavo, original cloth. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Gogol. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 118463
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"Friendship is what endures. Shared ideals, respect for the whole character of a human being": First Edition of Ragtime; Signed by E.L. Doctorow
DOCTOROW, E.L.
Ragtime.
New York: Random House, 1975.
First edition of this work of historical fiction mainly set in the New York City area from 1902 until 1912 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by E.L. Doctorow on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 118328
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First edition of Mark Twain's The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893.
First edition of Twain's classic short story collection. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece by Dan Beard and 9 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. BAL 3436. In very good condition. Period ownership inscription.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 137551
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First edition of Secondhand is Better; inscribed by Susan Cheever Cowley to Kenneth David Burrows
MATTHEWS, Douglas; Suzanne Wymelenberg; and Susan Cheever Cowley [Erica Jong].
Secondhand is Better (2H=B).
New York: Arbor House, 1975.
First edition of this unique handbook to secondhand buying. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Susan Cheever Cowley on the front free endpaper, "To Burrows, without whose diverse and grateful help this book - and a lot of other things - would not have been possible. Susan." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated…
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142533