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First edition of Barry Lopez's Crow and Weasel; beautifully illustrated by Tom Pohrt
LOPEZ, Barry. Illustrated by Tom Pohrt.
Crow and Weasel.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990.
First edition of the best-selling author's Parents' Choice Award-winning novella-length fable. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Tom Pohrt. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Bullen.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 135159
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First Edition of George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza
SHAW, George Bernard.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza.
London: Constable and Company, 1930.
First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 138394
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First edition of Evelyn Anthony's The Silver Falcon
ANTHONY, Evelyn.
The Silver Falcon.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of Anthony's suspenseful Derby novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Patrick McCreeth. Jacket photograph by Gerry Cranham. Author photograph by Mark Gerson.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 124384
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First edition of Hilton Brown's Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation
BROWN, Hilton. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation by Hilton Brown.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1945.
First edition of Brown's candid work on the genius of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 5 portriats. Foreword by Frank Swinnerton. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 123612
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Brian Boyd's Vladimir Nabokov : The Russian Years
BOYD, Brian [Vladimir Nabokov].
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990.
Early printing of this biography on Nabokov. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 87069
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“To expect the universe to be benevolent was like imagining one could always win at a game of pure chance:" First Edition of Arthur C. Clarke's The Songs of Distant Earth
CLARKE, Arthur C.
The Songs of Distant Earth.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1986.
First edition of the author's first book after '2010: Odyssey Two.' Octavo, original blue half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Michael Whelan. Jacket design by Anthony C. Russo.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145176
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"When one believes that all the tigers in the jungle are dead, it is quite amusing to walk along the jungle paths in a dressing-gown with a fan instead of a gun": First Edition of H. G. Wells' Joan and Peter
WELLS, H.G.
Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918.
First American edition of this satirical portrait of late-Victorian England, the education system on the eve of the First World War, and the effects of that war on English society. Octavo, original red cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145204
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First edition of James Goodwin's Burwash and the Sussex Weald
GOODWIN, James [Rudyard Kipling].
Burwash and the Sussex Weald. (“An English History in Miniature.”).
Turnbridge Wells: Printed for the Author by The Courier Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., n.d.
First edition of work on the history and landscape of the Sussex Weald where Rudyard Kipling resided from 1902 until his death in 1936. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 136107
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First Edition of National Gallery Illustrations Volume III; with Nearly Four Hundred Reproductions
NATIONAL GALLERY,.
National Gallery Trafalgar Square Illustrations to the Catalogue Volume III: British, French, & Spanish Schools.
London: Printed for the Trustees, 1926.
First edition of the last volume in the Official Catalogue of the National Gallery, this volume featuring illustrations comprising the British, French, and Spanish Schools of art. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with nearly four hundred reproductions. In very good condition with some toning and light rubbing to the extremities. Accompanied by original dry mounted plates from 'Thesaurus Austriacus' on Strathmore notecards and envelopes by DesignsKTB.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 146552
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"However closely we live together, at whatever time of day or night we sound the deepest thoughts in one another, we know nothing": Sixtieth Anniversary Edition of the John Le Carre’s First Book Call For the Dead
LE CARRE, John.
Call For The Dead.
London: Penguin Classics, 2021.
Sixtieth anniversary edition of the author's first book, with a new introduction by the author, reflecting on his creation of the iconic recurring character, George Smiley. Octavo, original blue boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Matt Taylor. Author photograph by Ralph Crane. A sharp example.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 146063
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First Edition of Graham Greene's An Impossible Woman: Memories of Dottoressa Moor
GREENE, Graham.
An Impossible Woman: Memories of Dottoressa Moor.
London: Bodley Head, 1975.
First edition of this work by the author of The Power and the Glory. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 114557
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"I was wide awake, packed and ready to go at dawn": Eric Ambler's The Night-Comers
AMBLER, Eric.
The Night-Comers.
London: Heinemann, 1965.
Early printing of Ambler's inventively thrilling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Russell.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126375
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First Edition of Richard Church's British Authors: A Twentieth Century Gallery
CHURCH, Richard.
British Authors: A Twentieth Century Gallery.
London: Published for the British Council by Longmans Green & Co.
First edition of Church's authoritative guide to the greatest British authors. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with 58 portraits. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Small name.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126107
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"It was as a writer of short-stories that Kipling first established his fame": First edition of Walter Morris Hart's Kipling: The Story-Writer
HART, Walter Morris. [Rudyard Kipling].
Kipling: The Story-Writer.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1918.
First edition of Walter Morris Hart's survey of the Kipling's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 125277
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First edition of Martin Fido's Rudyard Kipling
FIDO, Martin. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling.
London: Hamlyn, 1974.
First edition of the great biographer's lively and absorbing study of the life and work of Rudyard Kipling. Quarto, original cloth, marbled endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126709
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“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets": First Edition of Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
MILLER, Arthur.
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan.
New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
First American edition of this incredibly entertaining play. Octavo, original black half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Inge Morath.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145186
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First Edition of Alexander Solzhentizyn's Stories and Prose Poems
SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander [Solzhenitzyn].
Stories and Prose Poems.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1971.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 2030
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First Edition of Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell
MARIAS, Javier.
Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2009.
First edition of the author's final volume in his brilliant trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145662
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First edition of Kingsley Amis' Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling.
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1975.
First edition of Amis' study of great English author, Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling, with 114 illustrations. In near fine condition. Cover illustration by Avril Broadley.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126944
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William Attwood's Making It Through Middle Age; inscribed by him
ATTWOOD, William.
Making it Through Middle Age: Notes While in Transit.
New York: Atheneum, 1982.
First edition, second printing of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 142304
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First edition of Bonamy Dobree's Rudyard Kipling: Realist and Fabulist
DOBREE, Bonamy.
Rudyard Kipling: Realist and Fabulist.
London: Oxford University Press, 1967.
First edition of Dobree's fresh approach to Kipling's philosophy, poetry, and verse. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good dust jacket. Stamp to the title page, lacking the front free endpaper, tape remnants.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 135942
