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W.C. King and W.P. Derby's Campfire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5
KING, W.C. and W.P. Derby.
Campfire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5.
Springfield, Mass.: King, Richardson & Co, 1889.
Early printing of the authors' finely illustrated work on the American Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. In good condition. Warping and dampstaining to the rear board. Period ownership inscriptions.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132308
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"The street is packed with silence. Not yet fully awake, I feel myself dreamily carried along on an invisible human tide": First signed limited edition of Alfred Kazin's The Open Street
KAZIN, Alfred.
The Open Street.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948.
First edition of Kazin's short tribute to the streets of Manhattan, a selection from the work in progress that would become A Walker in the City. Small octavo, original quarter cloth over speckled boards, photographic endpapers by Victor Kraft. One of only 1,000 copies privately printed for the author, inscribed by him on the limitation page, "For my friend Belle, affectionately Alfred Kazin 1948." In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96772
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First Edition of John C. Maxwell's 5 Levels of Leadership; Inscribed by Him in the year of Publication
MAXWELL, John C.
5 Levels of Leadership.
New York: Center Street, 2011.
First edition of this inspirational work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "To Melody J. Maxwell 12.11." Very good in a very good dust jacket, marginalia. Jacket design by Brand Navigation.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 141311
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"A distinctive portfolio of distinctive wallpapers": Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. "Economy Group" wallpaper sample portfolio
Sears Roebuck and Co. “Economy Group” Standard Quality Wallpaper Catalog.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1940.
Rare 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. wallpaper sample catalog; the "Economy Group", featuring standard quality papers printed with fadeproof colors in a variety of patterns. Octavo, includes 14 wallpaper samples. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 125883
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"Good Golfing": Byron Nelson's Winning Golf; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron.
Byron Nelson’s Winning Golf.
Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1988.
First edition of the re-issue of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Buck Ray Good Golfing Byron Nelson." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146821
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Puzzles of the Black Widowers
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Puzzles of the Black Widowers: 12 More of the Master’s Best-Loved Mysteries.
New York: Doubleday, 1990.
First edition of the fifth book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James Steinberg.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142339
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Freya Stark's A Winter in Arabia; In the rare original dust jacket
STARK, Freya.
A Winter in Arabia.
London: John Murray, 1945.
Early printing of one of the most important pieces of literature on the region and a book that placed Freya Stark in the pantheon of great writers and explorers of the Arab World. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated, maps. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 119310
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First edition of Henry N. Hudson's A Chaplain's Campaign with Gen. Butler
[HUDSON, Henry].
A Chaplain’s Campaign with Gen. Butler.
New-York: Printed For The Author, 1865.
First edition of Henry Hudson's account of his imprisonment after publishing his hostile criticism of Butler's military policy in the New York Evening Post. Octavo, modern cloth. Hudson served during the Civil War from 1862 to 1865 as chaplain of the 1st New York Volunteer Engineers, as well as war correspondent for the New York Evening Post. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 139497
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Uncorrected Proof of The Cage Keeper and Other Stories; Signed by Andre Dubus III
DUBUS III, Andre.
The Cage Keeper and Other Stories.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's first book, a well-received collection of stories. Octavo, original orange wrappers. Signed by Andre Dubus III on the title page. Review slip laid in. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 447
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First Edition of Tasha Tudor's Favorite Christmas Carols; Signed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1978.
First edition of the author's classic collection of Christmas carols. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, "Tasha Tudor 1986." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 144081
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ'S NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL
MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia.
No One Writes to the Colonel.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971.
First English edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book to be translated into English. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Toni Evora. Translated by J.S. Bernstein.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 136357
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"A wickedly gay and irrepressible book about a bishop, young love and a nudist colony": Thorne Smith's The Bishop's Jaegers
SMITH, Thorne.
The Bishop’s Jaegers.
Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1932.
First Sun Dial Press edition of Smith's wildly hilarious comic romp, preceded by the first edition published by Doubleday, Doran & Company in the same year. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by Roese. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 109968
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First edition of Star Chamber Revels (Or, The Fountayne of Justice); signed by Andre L. Simon
SIMON, Andre L.
Star Chamber Revels (Or, The Fountayne of Justice). A Satyre Acted on Friday the eleventh day of June, in the yeare 1602 by the then Lords of the Queen Elizabeth’s most honourable Council.
Peekskill: Printed by Crosby Gaige, 1937.
First edition of Andre L. Simon's retelling of a day in the life of the Lords of the Star Chamber. Octavo, original boards, engraved headpiece and tailpiece. Signed by the author at the conclusion of his introduction. Very good in the rare original glassine.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 115807
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"one of the most influential books of the 20th Century" The Lonely Crowd
RIESMAN, David with Reuel Denney and Nathan Glazer.
The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952.
Early printing of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 141481
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First Edition of Burger’s Daughter; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Author Nadine Gordimer
GORDIMER, Nadine.
Burger’s Daughter.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979.
First edition of this powerful novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities, name.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 3983
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First Edition of Elspeth Huxley's With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook; inscribed by her
HUXLEY, Elspeth.
With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook.
1964: William Morrow & Company, New York.
First edition of Huxley's authoritative report on the rapidly changing political climate of post-colonial East Africa. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps and drawings by Jonathan Kingdon. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Joe Ferrier with my best wished Elspeth Huxley." Laid in is the original typed transmittal letter, an autograph card and photograph of Huxley; all three signed by her to Ferrier. The recipient, Joe Ferrier was a lifelong fan and pen pal of Huxley’s. They often exchanged letters, books, and article clippings between England and the United States. Near fine in a…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 96083
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First edition of Geoffrey Williams' Sir Thomas Lipton Wins: From the library of Explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
WILLIAMS, Geoffrey.
Sir Thomas Lipton Wins.
London: Peter Davies, 1969.
First edition of Williams' account of his record-breaking passage aboard the Sir Thomas Lipton in the Transatlantic Race of 1968. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset…
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 114991
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RARE FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM OF THE SCHOOL BUDGET; CONTAINING A LETTER FROM RUDYARD KIPLING AND CARICATURE OF HIM
KIPLING, Rudyard and Max Beerbohm.
The Budget: A Reprint of the Issues of May 14th and May 28th, 1898, Containing Contributions.
New York: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899.
First edition in book form of this small publication “published fortnightly by boys for boys” at the Horsmonden School Kent containing a letter from Rudyard Kipling with six “Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette” and a caricature of him by Max Beerbohm. 16mo, original half cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 123533
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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
