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First Edition of North of South: An African Journey; Signed Twice by Shiva Naipaul
NAIPAUL, Shiva.
North of South: An African Journey.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979.
First edition of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication. Additionally signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 915
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First Edition of Phishing For Phools; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Shiller
AKERLOF, George A. and Robert J. Shiller.
Phishing For Phools.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.
First edition of "this tour de force" (Alan Blinder). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Robert J. Shiller on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Edward Koren. Jacket illustration by Jason Alejandro.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 70027
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“A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing": First edition, first issue of Bret Harte's Poems
HARTE, Bret.
Poems.
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1871.
First edition, first issue with the publisher's monogram on title-page and foot of spine, and the error "S.T.K." for "T.S.K." in the caption on page 136. BAL 7253. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, brown endpapers. In very good condition with a closed tear to the crown of the spine. Bookplates. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise case.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 137304
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First Edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day
STOWE, Harriet Beecher.
Men of Our Times or Leading Patriots of the Day.
Hartford: Hartford Publishing Company, 1868.
First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, raised bands, morocco spine labels, illustrated with 18 engraved plates. In very good condition, rebacked. Second state with the title page corrected to "Douglass."
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 142076
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First edition of George A. Henty's A Jacobite Exile
HENTY, George A. [G.A.].
A Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XIL of Sweden.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1894.
First edition of Henty’s classic historical tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by Paul Hardy and a map of Central Europe. In near fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 122080
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"Every ball game is an opening night, and with every winner there is a loser": First edition of Laraine Day's Day with the Giants; signed by her and illustrator Leo Durocher
DAY, Laraine [Leo Durocher].
Day with the Giants.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952.
First edition of Day's account of her experiences as "The First Lady of Baseball". Octavo, original cloth, with drawings by Leo Hershfield. Signed by Lairaine Day and Leo Durocher on the third free endpaper. Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Jacket photograph by Editta Sherman.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 123480
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"he alone saved our civilisation": First edition of The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History; signed by Boris Johnson
JOHNSON, Boris.
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014.
First edition of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's work on the the life and character of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Boris Johnson on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 146247
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Original Playbill from the May 1991 performance of The Caretaker; Signed by Harold Pinter, Colin Firth, and Donald Pleasence
PINTER, Harold.
Original The Caretaker Playbill.
London: Proscenium Publications, 1991.
Original Playbill from the May 1991 performance of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker performed at the Alhambra Theatre. Small octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Rehearsal photographs by Ivan Kynci. Signed by Harold Pinter, Colin Firth, and Donald Pleasence. In near fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 88116
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First Edition of Aghion and Howitt's The Economics of Growth; Inscribed by Both Economists
AGHION, Philippe and Peter Howitt.
The Economics of Growth.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2009.
First edition of this comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date introduction to growth economics that presents all the major growth paradigms. Quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "John, with best wishes Peter Howitt" and "Wishing you lots of success!! Philippe Aghion." Written in collaboration with Leonardo Bursztyn. Cover art by Sara Chaillet. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 41854
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First Edition of Pavilion of Women; Signed by Pearl S. Buck in the year of publication
BUCK, Pearl S.
Pavilion of Women.
New York: The John Day Company, 1946.
First edition of this incredible novel. Octavo, original cloth with black titles and an orange boat stamped to the front panel, top stain red, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Pearl S. Buck '46." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some tears.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 146226
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First Edition of Samuel Shem's The Spirit of the Place; Inscribed by Him
SHEM, Samuel.
The Spirit of the Place.
Kent, OH: The Kent University Press, 2008.
First edition of this ambitious novel about the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page using his real name, "To Arline, Best wishes, Steve." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Marc Chagall.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 142111
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's The Diaries Of Jane Somers; Signed by Her
LESSING, Doris.
The Diaries Of Jane Somers.
London: Michael Joseph, 1984.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Phil Kay.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 50071
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"If there be grief, then let it be by rain, and this but silver grief for grieving's sake": First edition of This Earth: A Poem by William Faulkner
FAULKNER, William.
This Earth: A Poem by William Faulkner.
New York: Equinox, 1932.
First edition of this short poem by William Faulkner. Octavo, original paper wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by Albert Heckman. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 90422
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First edition of John Mills' Stable Secrets
MILLS, John.
Stable Secrets; and Puffy Doddles, His Saying and Sympathies.
London: Ward and Lock, 1863.
First edition of Mills' humorous work on horse racing. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt vignette to the front panel, frontispiece and two additional plates by Phiz, publishers advertisements. In very good condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 124083
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First edition of Russell Baker's Growing up; inscribed by him to American Journalist William Safire
BAKER, Russell [William Safire].
Growing Up.
New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc., 1982.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist's enchanting memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Bill Safire, who could have written it better - Russ Baker Sept 1982." 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…
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 128167
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First Edition of Doris Lessing's In Pursuit of English; Signed by Her
LESSING, Doris.
In Pursuit of the English.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960.
First edition of "one of the most authentic books ever written about the English" (San Francisco Chronicle). Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 2696
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First British Edition of Anne of Windy Willow; In the Rare Original Dust jacket
MONTGOMERY, L.M.
Anne of Windy Willows (Anne of Windy Poplars).
London: George G. Harrap, 1936.
First British edition of this novel in Montgomery's acclaimed Anne series. Octavo, original blue cloth. Light wear, else fine in the original dust jacket with some chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 892
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SALTANSTALL, Leverett] Crawford.
Famous Families of Massachusetts.
Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1930.
First edition, 2 volumes. Octavo, original red cloth. Leverett Saltanstall's copies, with an inscription from his sister in both volumes "Leverett Saltanstall from his sister Muriel Christmas 1930". Leverett was a member of the Boston brahmins and later became governor and United States Senator of Massachusetts. The Saltanstall's have a chapter devoted to them in these volumes. In very good condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 2064