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“After a leisurely slide into second, Joe bounced to his feet, looked at Marichal, shrugged, smiled, and spread his arms as if to say, "You throw at me, I'll make you pay": First Edition of John Grisham's Calico Joe; Inscribed by Him
GRISHAM, John .
Calico Joe.
New York: Doubleday, 2012.
First edition of this novel which The Washington Post wrote, "knocks it out of the park." Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Grisham on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Fontana. Author photograph by Jonas Karlsson.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119349
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First Edition of I am Charlotte Simmons; Signed by Tom Wolfe
WOLFE, Tom.
I Am Charlotte Simmons.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.
First edition of this "hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel" (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the title page. Laid in is the original program for the book signing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147194
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First Edition of John Dos Passos' Adventures of a Young Man
DOS PASSOS, John.
Adventures of a Young Man.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939.
First edition and advance review copy of the first book in Dos Passos' District of Columbia Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher's review copy stamp to the front free endpaper dated June 1st 1939. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96769
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First Edition of The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast; finely bound in full polished calf
HALL, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast.
London: Arthur Hall, 1861.
First edition of Hall's description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138426
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First Edition of Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full; Inscribed by Him
WOLFE, Tom.
A Man In Full.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of this "masterpiece" (The Wall Street Journal). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe. Fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket art by Daniel Lee. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147378
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"The world has lost one of the very few with the imagination, courage, and leadership needed to restore civilization and build a firm economic base for peace and happiness": The June 1946 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing a notice of Keynes' death and his posthumously printed article: The Balance of Payments of the United States
HARROD, R.F. and E.A.G. Robinson.
The Economic Journal: The Quarterly Journal of The Royal Economic Society. June 1946. [The Balance of Payments of the United States].
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1946.
The June 1946 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing a notice of Keynes' death and his posthumously printed article: The Balance of Payments of the United States. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Ink notation to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135307
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First Edition of David Hume Kennerly's Shooter; Warmly Inscribed by Him
KENNERLY, David Hume.
Shooter.
New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Small quarto, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Roy, Thanks for the interview! Dave Kennerly October 31, 1979." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mary Ann Joulwan.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 118339
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First edition of H. A. Tapp's United Services College 1874-1911. A Short Account of Rudyard Kipling's Old School at Westward Ho! containing Rudyard Kipling’s The Song of the Exiles
TAPP, Major H. A. Preface by Major-General L. C. Dunsterville. [Rudyard Kipling].
United Services College 1874-1911. A Short Account of Rudyard Kipling’s Old School at Westward Ho!
Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd., [1933].
First edition of Tapp's history of Westward Ho! College with Kipling's The Song of the Exiles. Quarto, original boards with gilt titles to the front panel, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121048
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Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh.
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.
New York: New York Review of Books, 2006.
First edition of The New York Times Review of Books edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. In fine condition. Introduction by Patricia Storace.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 54
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First Edition of Michael Ontaatje's The English Patient; signed three times by Legendary dust jacket designer Chip Kidd
ONDAATJE, Michael.
The English Patient.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
First American edition of this classic Booker Prize-winning novel, the basis for the Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, half cloth. Signed by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd three times: on the front panel of the dust jacket, title page, and at his credit on the rear dust jacket flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 145162
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"We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them": First Edition of Trying To Save Piggy Sneed; Signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeffrey Fisher. Author photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and Isolde Ohlbaum.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138144
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"Robed with dark pines I saw beneath me spread Escorial's cloistered palace of the dead": First edition of John Addington Symonds' first published work The Escorial: A Prize Poem
SYMONDS, John Addington.
The Escorial. A Prize Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860.
Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860.
First edition of Symonds' first book, published when he was 20 years old. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 125596
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First Edition of Fletch Won; Signed by Gregory McDonald
MCDONALD, Gregory.
Fletch Won.
New York: Warner Books, 1985.
First edition of this work in the author's classic Fletch series. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gregory McDonald on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the bottom.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 143771
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First Edition of Robert James Waller's A Thousand Country Roads; Signed by Him
WALLER, Robert James.
A Thousand Country Roads.
Alpine & Houston: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2002.
First edition of the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Robert James Waller on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leisha Israel. Author photograph by Linda Solomon.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 137799
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"The only thing crueler than a cage so small that a bird can’t fly is a cage so large that a bird thinks it can fly": First Edition of Caroline Kepnes' You
KEPNES, Caroline.
You: A Novel.
New York: Atria/Emily Bestseller Books, 2014.
First edition of the first book in the best-selling 'You' series, which spawned the popular Netflix show by the same name starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Natalie C. Sousa. Author photograph by Katheen Szmit.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146059
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First Edition of Leo Durocher's The Dodgers and Me: The Inside Story; Signed by Him
DUROCHER, Leo.
The Dodgers and Me: The Inside Story.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1948.
First edition of this work by the Hall of Famer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Leo Durocher on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121332
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First edition of Evolving Concepts of Prudence: The Changing Responsibilities of the Investment Fiduciary in the Age of ERISA
BLIXT, Robert E.; William J. Chadwick; Richard A. Posner; Robert D. Milne; Seymour Smidt et al.
Evolving Concepts of Prudence: The Changing Responsibilities of the Investment Fiduciary in the Age of ERISA.
Charlottesville: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.
First edition of this volume on the evolving concepts of prudence in investment strategy. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 117638
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First Edition of All For Love; Inscribed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
All For Love.
New York: Philomel Books, 1984.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Elaine! Tasha Tudor 1986." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146497
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First Edition of Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress; Signed by Him
MOSLEY, Walter.
Devil In A Blue Dress.
First edition of this defining novel in Mosley’s bestselling Easy Rawlins mystery series, which was adapted into a film starring Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Walter Mosley on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hugh O'Neill. Jacket illustration by John Jinks. Author photograph by Joyce Ravid.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 141535
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First edition of St. John Lucas' The Oxford Book of French Verse
LUCAS, St. John.
The Oxford Book of French Verse.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
First edition of Lucas' compilation of the verse from the greatest French poets of the 13th and 14th centuries. Octavo, bound in half vellum for Christ's Hospital boarding school with their armorial crest to the front panel, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, gilt topstain. Introduction in English, text in French. From the library of British economist David Graham Hutton with his ownership signature and presentation bookplate. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 114537